Current Wants & Needs

I've decided to add a new addition to my blog that basically allows me to share what I'm looking to purchase and if in fact I have purchased it. It is something that I will be every month and hopefully this will help me not spend money on other things but rather on the things I feel I need. 

To start off this series, I will be mentioning six products for this month:

1. MAC 15 eyeshadow palette in Warm Neutrals. 

The reason I want this palette is because I think this is an overall good starter palette for beginners. I don't personally own ANY MAC Eyeshadows or quads etc, as I've only just recently been interested in makeup and MAC has just been catching my eye. This cost £65 so around £4.30 for each shadow. 

2. Real Techniques Bold Metals collection. 

Can we just stop and appreciate how gorgeous these brushes look? But I really do want to try these brushes out to see their quality and be able to detect the difference in them from their original collection. Prices vary from £10-£26 and can only brought from boots.

3. MAC Conceal & Correct in Medium. 

This includes six shades and for that reason alone, I think it is a perfect little kit to start off my MAC collection. But I admit that I do own three MAC prolong wear concealers in different shades. This cost £35 so around £5.80 for each shade.

4. Travalo is a portable perfume spray. I love the fact that it is so hassle free as you only need to take the cap off your perfume and push the Travalo down and pump it. Awesome but cost £11.49 each.

5. Inglot Duraline. 

This is really good for making your eyeshadow look it's natural colour on your eyelid. I feel like this would be a good investment for me and I do plan to buy it however they don't have it on their UK website but I did find it on eBay for £8.69.

6. Bioré Pore Strips. I've been eying these bad boys for a while but I'm stuck as to whether they are a good investment. They cost £8 in superdrug which is around £1.30 for each pore strip. 

Thanks for reading! We'll see if I actually do buy these products. 

TopShop Beauty

I am so excited to announce that I am trying out my first beauty products from Top Shop! I've heard a lot about them and always wondered how they were because let's face it, when we think of Top Shop, we first think of a branched out international clothing store.  Beauty doesn't appear to mind when you think of Top shop but I was pleasantly surprised when I watched Zoe Sugg's Lipstick collection and she had a nice range of Top Shop products that it never struck me once that Top Shop did in fact work in the beauty world. 

I decided that instead of just buying one item such as lipstick, I brought a gift giving kind of thing which includes one lipstick and one blusher. That's perfect for me as those were the most likely things I wanted to buy and try out. 

Let's talk packaging: I'm not entirely sure whether they were going for a premium packaging or just standard but I absolutely love it. It's so simplistic that there's no faulting them.  I love the way it looks, kind of hits out a classy side as well as shows a causal side as well. 

The lipstick which is in the shade Innocent is definitely not the colour for me. It doesn't appear on the lips as it shows. It wasn't a matte lipstick which is fine and it was a moisture glossy kind of  texture. I'm not sure if I would like the product in a different colour or if TopShop beauty just isn't for me. 

The blusher that came with the lipstick is in the shade and is a creme blusher. I don't have any creme blushes so that's another first. I felt that the colour was too light for my skin complexion however it stood out to me as more of a highlighter for my skin tone but has shimmers in it. 

Overall, it's an okay product just not the right colours for me. I'm tempted to buy a darker shade and see how that goes, but we'll see. 

Life Style: New Years Resolutions

I never really gave it a thought to actually jot down my New Year's Resolutions but to be completely honest, I don't actually ever make any resolutions but this year I want to follow some ideas and plans that I definitely want to stick to.

1. Blog/YouTube: 

Share more experiences and personal opinions on both my blog and my YouTube account (which I have yet to make- I've been planning this since 2012). Do tutorials and reviews and just get into the internet spirit. 

2. Staying Healthy:

This is a tough one for me. I love food(who doesn't?)  but I love all junk foods- fizzy drinks, chocolate and crisps! One of the things I want to do this year is cut down on my snacks. I've also downloaded some apps which help with yoga and are 5/10 minutes work outs. 

3. Writing:

Another thing that I love doing is story writing. It's a hobby that I don't think will ever be lost to me. This year, I hope to have completed at least 5 novels that have been incomplete for a long while. I promise to get it done. 

4. Be More Organized: 

I love being organised but sometimes, it gets too messy for me to handle. That's why I want to follow through with everything I need to do and stick to my schedule. This is also for cleaning my room and organising it. 

5. Letting My Creative Side Run Wild:  

I'm currently studying Fashion in college and I love it but I need to do projects outside of the course to better myself and really just see how far I can take my creative side. I have already started some projects that I already completed but wanted to improve and I am in the process of working some new fun and exciting projects. It will all add up and look great for my fashion portfolio. 

6. Learning Henna & Nail Art: 

I really feel like learning how to do henna and nail art will enhance my skills as a fashion designer. It will provide me to be more creative and works well with the fact that it relates to beauty and I feel it is essential I learn and practice. Truth be told, I've always wanted to learn how to do henna. I've recently become obsessed with nail art and want to learn different ways to style my nails. 

Original Beauty Blender

I've always wanted to try out the biggest talk in the world of beauty. The Beauty Blender. All the tutorials that I have watched have shown how amazingly it works and I hope it does the same for me. 

I have a problem with getting my foundation to look flawless on my skin. Now I don't know if it's my foundation or my moisturiser but it's been bugging the crap out of me. I hoping that this will help make my foundation look smoother and more flawless. 

The beauty blender comes with a blender cleanser which is a soap you use to clean the beauty blender. I personally don't know whether you have to get the cleanser in order to clean your blender however I do know that a lot of people had been complaining about it staining, so maybe it's a good thing, I got the cleanser too. 

I know that a lot of people complain about the blender being small but to me it's quite average and I don't hate that. It's been made to fit into the corner of your eyes and be able to blend in a diagonal motion. 

So I've just used it for the first time and what you have to do is wet the blender and then squeeze the access water:
  

(It barely fit back into the box! Plus I had to take out the cleanser!) 

Overall I think the beauty blender works just a little bit better than brushes because you don't see harsh lines and it doesn't look to cakey, but that's just how I feel. 

Let me know how you feel about the Beauty Blender. 

Ciate Nail Polishes

     Welcome back. So recently Ciate London were having a sale on their website and I just couldn't resist. I brought the Mini Mani Manor which was priced at only £14.70, from £49. That's an amazing bargain as you get 24 amazing nail products.  It's a cute little advent calendar. 

      Here are some of the swatches I did. I love numbers 1, 5, and 7, they're gorgeous! All the nail varnishes genuinely dry in 30 seconds if not less and I love that as I did the swatches one after the other with no problem of smudges or mishaps. 

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DKNY Designer Handbag

Recently my older brother gifted me with a designer handbag from DKNY. He brought it from Bicester Village. 

All About The Bag:

Price: Around £215 (as expected for a designer handbag)

Basics: Two small handles and straps.

Features: Two way zip, zipped pocket inside and two small open mouthed pockets. 

Appearance: Black and gold. Oval shaped with a flat bottom. Reasonable large. Stylish with the DKNY logo imprinted into the bag inside and out, and it has a little logo that has been sewn to the bags front. The zips are like a trapeze shape with a hole in them and have the logo on each side. 

 

Overview: l love how classy this bag looks: it is very basic in design but so stylish at the same time. It is definitely one for everyday use and is a reasonable size. I personally think that this is the perfect designer hand bag to get for first timers- as it is a great price, great designer brand and great style. I love this bag and every time I look at it, my eyes light up! 

Final Conclusion: Buy it if it is within your price range and you are in need of a designer bag as it has unlimited ways to make it your own and is generally the kind of size you would go for. I love this bag and as it is my first designer handbag, there are no complains therefore giving this handbag a 5/5 for Apperance, reliability and wear. 

It's a perfect start to a beautiful collection...