January Favourites!

Hello!

Since i haven't done a favourites post in a while, i thought i'd include quite a lot of products. 

Please excuse my photo's though, my camera's being a bit funny recently, there must be a setting that's not right and all my pictures are coming out quite dark, i tried to get the best pictures i could for you though! Enjoy :)

L-R - Liz Earle instant boost skin tonic (spritzer and pour bottle), Carmex cherry lip balm pot, Liz Earle Brightening treatment, MAC Fix+, Benefit So Hooked On Carmella perfume, Elemis body oil, Lush Cupcake mask.

L-R - MAC Studio Fix Powder, YSL Rouge Volupte Lipstick, MAC girl about town lipstick, Revlon crystal lilac lipgloss, MAC Mocha blush (from the recent holiday collection, Sigma Flat Top Kabuki F80 Brush.

 

I've used Liz Earle for about 3-4 years now and this is one of the products that i've repurchased over and over again so its more of an all-time favourite but i've been using this every single day since just before christmas. I use my Liz Earle cleanse and polish, this, then my Liz earle skin repair light moisturiser every day and night and my skin always feels so soft afterwards. I prefer the spritzer bottle of this for mornings though, it wake me up a bit more!

Ahh my ever so faithful carmex! Such a good lip balm! I always use this under my lipsticks as well, although i tend to not use as much if the lipstick itself is moisturising as it makes the lipstick slide off easily.

Another Liz Earle product! I really am obsessed. This is amazing for those mornings where you wake up and your skin looks really tired and dull, it really brightens your skin. You get a tingly sensation when you use it (it says this is normal) and i absolutely love it, makes me feel so refreshed!

Another brand i'm obsessed with, MAC! In the winter months i tend to use more powder (no idea why) and  this makes sure my foundation doesn't look cakey. I just spray it about 3 times all over my face (from a bit of a distance) and it freshens my face and gives me a nice glow. Its nice to refresh your makeup with during the day as well so i always carry it in my handbag.

I am in loooove with this fragrance. I really bad at describing smells but its very sweet and coconutty, reminds me a lot of the drink, Malibu.Its gorgeous and i get compliments every single time i wear it.

This smells divine. Its so chocolatey and is such a lovely face mask. It makes my skin feel really smooth and really calms down my breakouts. 

I got this for Christmas in an Elemis set. My mum bought it me because i'm learning massage at beauty school and she thought it would be good for me to practice with (I'm sure she bought it just so i could practice on her haha!) but its not like normal oils where they seem to sit on your skin and make you feel greasy and horrible until you wash it off, it really soaks in. It smells absolutely beautiful and i gave my mum a massage with it and it made my hands really soft. ! Ooh and also, in cold temperatures it solidifies, so it lasts longer too! You just put it in a bowl full of hot (not boiling) water and leave it for about 5 minutes and it melts and you can use it.

Not much i can say about this other than it's a great powder that gives medium coverage. It sets my make-up but doesn't last ages, but i don't mind topping it up in the day anyway as i usually do that. 

This is soooo creamy and moisturising, its a really pretty colour and i've had a few compliments when i wear it and people asking what lipstick it is. Its the perfect everyday lipstick and i've worn it so much.

Techinally, i only bought this last week, but i've been wanting it forever and i'm so glad i got it, its such a pretty blue based pink, the perfect bright pink in my eyes! :)

I was reading The Sunday Girl's blog and she keeps mentioning Revlon Lip glosses, so i HAD to go and buy one, so glad i did. This is a gorgeous nude pink with a beautiful blue/purple shimmer. Its non-sticky as well. My camera hasn't picked up the shimmer as well as i hoped, sorry!

Swatches: Girl About Town, YSL 1 ( i think its called nude beige), Revlon Crystal Lilac.

This is MAC Mocha Blush that i got in the Fabulousy Festive Wintercool Face Kit from the holiday collection. Its a really pretty matte peachy pink. I forgot to swatch this one, sorry! But its in MAC's permanent range so you can check it out at your nearest counter. I've been wearing it everyday since i got it.

I am so glad i bought this brush. I use it for foundation but before i used the MAC 187, which i didn't feel was dense enough to apply foundation with and often left me with foundation streaks all over my face and it took me ages to blend it out in a morning. The F80 is suuuper dense, and although sometimes it feels a little too dense it's so much better than the MAC one. I haven't tried it for anything else yet but i can imagine it being amazing for cream blushers!

So those are my favourites of this month (and a little bit of last month since i didn't get round to doing a december favourites)

 

Let me know all of your favourites or link me to any favourites posts! I love reading them! Hope you're all okay, got a couple of reviews and other posts coming up soon as well :)

Love Amy x

MAC Haul!

Firstly, HAPPY NEW YEAR! 

Everyone says it, but i cannot believe another year is over, i hope you all had a great 2011 though and wish you all the best for 2012! :)

Recently, i've had a slight MAC obsession, as you will see. Some of the products were gifts from christmas (the kits and the studio fix powder) but the rest i bought myself . Btw, i love the new black and white MAC bags they give you now, they're so posh! (Don't know if its just my MAC counter that has only just got these in or what? haha)

Anyway, on to the good stuff.

Left to right: Wintercool Face Kit, Viva Glam Lip Bag, Iced Delights Wintercool Lip Bag, MSF Natural, Rebel Lipstick, Spiked Eyebrow Pencil, Studio Sculpt Foundation, Studio Fix Powder

Wintercool Face Kit

I am so impressed with this kit! You get a lot for your money and they have all lived in my make-up bag since christmas and i've used them non-stop! In it you get Mocha blush, Phloof, Quarry, Brun and Dance in the dark eyeshadows, Hot Gossip lipstick, Emancipation lipglass and 3 brushes.

Swatches: Quarry eyeshadow, Phloof eyeshadow, Mocha Blush, Emancipation Lipglass, Hot Gossip Lipstick, Dance in the Dark eyeshadow, Brun eyeshadow.

I've heard that the quality of the brushes you get in kits tend to be not as good as if you buy the individual mac brushes. The brushes aren't amazing, but they do their bit, and i was more interested in the actual products. The one thing i hate about the brushes though, are the glittery handles in this collection, they look so tacky! I have been wearing Hot Gossip Lipstick non-stop and i love it, its such a pretty darkish pink colour. Its one of those colours i reach for when i don't want a nude or a really bright lipstick on, its kind of in the middle. Even without the brushes, you still get a lot for what you pay for.

Viva Glam Lip Bag.

I actually asked for this because i was terrified of running out of my pink lady gaga lipstick, its one of my favourite lipsticks ever! Its perfect for when i want a nude lip but a pop of colour. Its such a pretty pink. My old lady gaga lipstick still has some left, but as they don't sell it individually anymore, i think it would be best to get it while its there :) the other lady gaga lipstickis a very brown nude, that looks awful on me, but doesn't  look too bad with a pink based lipgloss over the top, i must just suit pinker nudes. 

Swatches top to bottom: Viva Glam Gaga 2, Viva Glam Gaga.

Iced Delights Wintercool Lip Bag

This is the perfect nude lip bag for me. I've been wanting Creme d'nude for ages. 

Its really pretty and although i won't use the lip liner that much, i will use the lipstick and gloss. The gloss is a cremesheen glass in Fashion Whim and the lip liner is called Stripdown.

 Swatches top to bottom: Stripdown Pencil, Fashion Whim Cremesheen Glass, Creme d'nude lipstick.

MSF Natural in Light, Rebel Lipstick, Spiked eyebrow pencil, Studio Sculpt Foundation, Studio Fix powder. I got the studio fix powder for christmas and its amazing! it doesn't last me on an 8 hour shift at work but i don't have a problem with reapplying throughout the day. The coverage is amazing and it takes away shine instantly though, i love it. The other i bought myself. I'm in love with Rebel Lipstick, its by far one of my favourite lipsticks ever. I only bought studio sculpt foundation a few days ago, but i love it already! I've had the MSF Natural before, but the colour was too dark for me so i only use that when i've fake tanned. This one is in light and its perfect for me. The other is the eyebrow pencil in Spiked. Its really good, it doesn't rub off on me and its a great colour for my eyebrows.

Swatches: Spiked eyebrow pencil, Rebel Lipstick :)

So that's my Mac Haul! Hope you enjoyed.

I hope you all had a great New Year! I'll probably post next weekend now, since i have lots of college work to do, then i'm back at college wednesday, and also have to go to work. 

Hope you're all okay!

Love Amy xx