Nars Orgasm Blush

Hey guys and dolls, so I recently did a Haul post on some things which I had bought at selfridges in Manchester and thought that I would individually review the products, as I basically hauled them on the day I got them and never really had a chance to properly trial and put them to the test before I blogged. So keep your eyes opened for the other products. You can see the haul post 

But today I am going to start off with Nars Orgasm Blush, basically because It is a cult favourite and I thought I would share my opinions on the product. As mentioned in my previous haul post, I was looking for a blush in Nars and didn't know which shade to go for and asked for help from the shop assistant who directed me towards 'Orgasm' because of my fairly light skin tone and the ability to wear pink and peach shades without being too washed out. Also she pointed me towards this shade as I love shimmer on the skin and most definitely in my cheeks and blush/highlighter. I am so glad I picked up this shade as it is the perfect peachy pink colour for my skin, I can build it up for a more defined blush and can use just a wash of it to put some colour into my cheeks.

Nars Orgasm Blush RRP £21.50 

Nars have definitely created some raunchy blushes in their collection and I have worn Orgasm every day for the past 2 weeks and can honestly say that I am in love, I love the texture, the formula and the finish on my cheeks and I will most certainly be purchasing some of its auntie and uncles (deep throat, super orgasm) Well done Nars, this is the first of many to come.

I apply this with my Real Techniques Blush Brush very light handedly, as I tend to have a heavy hand and sometimes go over the top with my blush. If I do I find that going over the blush with my foundation brush seems to wash it out a little and take some of the powder away.

This blush is highly pigmented and feels rather silky to touch and apply, heres a swatch of the blush on my cheeks;

I love this blush especially for the way it flushes my cheeks and adds quite a natural pinch of pink.

Do any of you have any Nars blushes? And if so what's your favourite shade?

Let me know in the comments below

Shopping my Make-Up Stash!

Hey guys and dolls, so I have recently been seeing some 'shopping my stash' videos circling on youtube, of beauty vloggers sifting through their make-up and picking out products to use which they haven't for a while.
I jumped on the wagon and thought that I would give it a go. I know my collection is no were near as huge as any of the online beauty vloggers but its not small either, there are quite a few things i've bought, used for a while and forgotten about or things i just don't generally seem to use.

So I have decided that I would create a day to night makeup look using products I don't normally use. Let me know what you think of the look, and if any of you use any of the products or have any recommendations then let me know :)

Rimmel: Eyebrow Pencil (Dark Brown) | Rimmel: Match Perfection Foundation 100 Ivory |
Seventeen: Wild Metallic Eyes (Wild Nude) | Rimmel: Blush (Rose) | L'Oreal: Blue Eyes Quad |
Maybelline: Colour Sensational Lipstick (Mauve) | L'Oreal: Volume Million Lashes Black

This was the look I created using the above products

Thanks for reading, if you have any questions regarding any of the make-up looks then leave them below or email me, thanks again...

MAC Plum Dandy Lipstick

Hey Guys,
So I know its been a while since I spoke to you guys about Mac, but a couple of weeks ago I was shopping with my sister and she picked up a gorgeous Mac Lipstick. This is a shade I wasn't really crazy about at first, but oh boy I am now.

Plum Dandy (Frost finish) is one of the most beautiful plummy bronze colour lipsticks ever. In the bullet the colour looks a tad too metallic but once its applied on your lips oh my I caved it looks gorgeous. Perfect for every day wear or to darken up with a few more coats for a special evening out.

Mac Plum Dandy (Frost) Mac Lipsticks retail for £15

See how gorgeous it looks, it is by far one of my faves! Im not too keen on frost finishes but to me this one doesn't seem to look too frosty or glossy on the lips, its very moisturising too.

I would really recommend this shade to people who like pinky colours with sparkle, not the best description I know but it fits haha. My sister is 17 and this is her second Mac Lipstick which she loves more than the first. The first lipstick she bought from Mac was Peach Blossom, again a frost finish but more of a pinky toned nude colour. Something she could wear at school everyday and get away with it, well college.

This is how the lipstick looks on me, Im quite pale skinned but I find that it suits me quite well. It most certainly makes my makeup stand out more than without a colour on.

If you have any questions then leave them below and I will make sure to answer.

Love

Wishlist #7

Yankee Candle | Hello Flawless Oxygen Foundation | Marc Jacobs Ipad Case |

River Island Geometric Dress | Navy and White Converse 

Makeup Haul!

Hey guys, so its basically my first week back at uni, and already me and my friend Amy whose blog is MakeupEscape decided to take our first shopping spree into town, dare we say we came back with some goodies.

On our travel round town there were 2 particular brands we both wanted products from Mac and Nars. 2 of my all time favourite brands and therefore we dug deep and bit the bullet buying a cult product the pair of us have wanted for a while.

Our first stop was Nars, I have been dying to try one of their blushes for a while I own their cult classic bronzer Laguna and love it and thought that a blush would complete the 'cheek' area. So, bearing in mind im very light skinned I thought I would ask for some advice off one of the shop assistants, She was called Jade and she was lovely, she told me to stick with a neutral peach shade yet something with shimmer and glow to bring my face to life and if you haven't guessed it already she was talking about Nars Orgasm. If you haven't heard of this blush then you have been living under a rock. I was a bit reluctant at first because whenever I have seen it or swatched it, It has always looked too shimmery and a bit too out there but apparently Im quite heavy handed and thats why. When she applied it to my cheeks I instantly fell in love and purchased there and then! Nars Blushes retail for £21.50 and If you haven't seen the blush before then It looks like this...

Nars Orgasam Blush RRP £21.50

Next stop was Mac, The night before I had been ooing and ahhing over Amy's Mac palette, and one gorgeous colour especially that she had Woodwinked. We have both seen this product before because we are huge Tanya Burr fans and Ive seen her apply it numerous of times in videos and heard her say its one of her fave shades and therefore it persuaded me even more. Dare I say I love a good neutral, but this is gorgeous most certainly one of my fave colours!! This shade retails for £12 and is gorgeous...

Mac Woodwinked Eye shadow RRP £12.50

Sticking with Mac we went back and forward back and forward eying up the all so cult classic Mac Mineralized Skin Finish in Soft and Gentle. Once again we have both seen this numerous of times on blogs, videos on youtube and on peoples skin in person but I like to do my research into a product before I commit to buying especially as its £22. Its a lot of money to invest in something that you might not like. The girl once again was really helpful and tried the highlighter on the both of us and I have to say over the top of the Nars Blusher it looked amazing and once again I bought it there and then!

Mac Soft and Gentle RRP £22

On to the last 2 little gems; I was frantically searching around boots for a lipstick by Revlon called Black Cherry. I have seen it on so many people and have always wanted it, but to my look the colour just did not sit right on my very pale skin. However, A member off staff was so helpful and came over and ushered me to her 'secret stand' otherwise known as the new proudct stand were there were 3 lipsticks by Collection known as the Gothic Collection. The shades were perfect, one for every skin tone and dare I mention the price £2.50!! I picked up 2 as the other was more pink toned and not what I was after. The first one is called Scorned and is the darkest lipstick I have ever seen it is a purple colour with brown undertones, and is gorgeous, a bit too much for my typical make up of the day face but one I can see myself wearing on nights out and especially on Halloween. The second lipstick is something I do wear on a daily basis and is called Revenge (shade 2) it is a gorgeous deep dark red colour, very similar to Mac's Diva but without the £15 price tag. This shade is my favourite and considering this collection is Limited Edition I can see I will be going back to purchase another in this shade and maybe the pinky toned shade too.

L: Scorned R: Revenge Both RRP £2.99

Last but not least my flat mate has been using the new L'oreal Skin Perfection Serum from the Youth Code section they have just launched, and her skin has been looking radiant and flawless so I thought I would give it a whirl and pick one up whilst they were on offer in Superdrugs. I think I got this for around £11 but they normally retail for £17 so I consider this to be a bargain.

L'Oreal Skin Perfection Advanced Correcting Serum RRP £17

Have any of you tried any of the products above? If so let me know what your thoughts were.
If you have any questions or want an in depth review then contact me, or staye tuned because there will be seperate reviews coming very soon of each product.

Night Time Skin Care Routine

Hello again beautiful readers, I have been asked to do my night time skin care regime and thought that I would get it out of the way before I move back to university...before the hectic lifestyle of being a full time student takes over.

Anyway there are generally 4 steps to my routine which are the same every night, and have been for about 2/3 months.

I never used to care about my skin at the end of the day, sometimes I would sleep in my make-up (naughty I know that now) and other times I would simply remove it with a make-up wipe and that was that... nothing else just sleep.

Now to say that I did this up until 3 months ago, I don't have bad skin. In fact my skin is rather good to me, the only thing that fails me is when I get that one spot every time of the month.. so annoying hormones!
Anyway I am seriously rambling but here are my steps of my regime...

Step 1 - Remove any of my eye makeup with my Garnier Simply Essentials Cleansing Lotion on a cotton pad. This product is designed for tough mascara, and is so light on my eyes, I have no need to rub hard just simply swipe over my eyes and hey presto the pads no longer white but black! I then apply this to another cotton pad and start wiping away at my face makeup such as my foundation and my eyebrows.

Step 2 - I remove any remaining make-up from my face (not my eyes) with the Simple Revitalising Wipes which are designed to improve the condition of your skin with added vitamins. I like these wipes because they are 100% oil and alcohol free, which means that on my skin they don't leave a lingering dewy residue... something I despise of after taking away all of my makeup.

Step 3 - I then move on to use my cleanser, which at the moment is the Lush 9 to 5 cleanser, I previously did a post on this which is available here. I apply this cleanser with my fingers all over my face, massage it into my skin and then remove away any excess with another cotton pad. After the cleanser I use my toner, which as mentioned in the Lush Skin Post is the Breath of Fresh Air Toner Water. I spritz this onto a cotton pad and brush over my face just to make sure all of the cleanser has been removed out of my pours.

Step 4 - Leaving my skin for about 10-15 minutes for the natural oils to sink back into my skin, I then apply a night time moisturiser at the moment I have been using the L'Oreal Dermo Experitse Youth Code Night Cream. I tend to switch my night creams up throughout the year depending on the season and how dry my skin tends to be. But this is usually the final step in my night time regime

Illamasqua and Mac

Hey guys, I know your probably thinking I don't need anymore makeup after reading a few of the posts lately but no girl can ever have too much makeup especially whilst im blogging to you guys.

So I was in selfridges the other day and was lurking over at the Illamasqua counter, just admiring the products whilst my mum picked up some stuff from another stall, when an assistant asked me if I would like to try the Skin Base foundation and that she would be able to colour match me. I thought why not, just to see what it feels like as I love the Illamasqua Hydra Veil, to my delight the colour was perfect for my a perfect match for my skin (shade 4.5 if your wondering) and I loved the feel of it. I thought I would walk around for a little bit and see how the foundation reacted to my skin, after half an hour the foundation looked just as flawless as when she applied it, and I bit the bullet and purchased my first Illamasqua foundation. Very proud day for me, but not a good day for my bank balance as this little beauty is around the £27 mark. Quite expensive for the little tube of product I received however small the tube looks it is actually 30ml which is the standard size for most foundations, not too bad looking at it that way.

Shade 4.5 RRP£27

I've only tried it a couple of times since I bought it but the coverage is fantastic, really build-able to create a high coverage foundation, something which I really like. Another thing which might seem strange is the fact that I love the smell of the foundation, not just this one but any high end foundation such as Mac or YSL has a certain high end smell something which I love! Weird!!!! I know I am.

Anyway, after the pondering session at Illamasqua, I couldn't help but visit the old faithful Mac. I have been wearing one of their eye shadows every day for the past year and recently ran out. Because silly old me had depotted the shade and not wrote down what name it was I was struggling for ages to find the right one, until one of the assistants came over took a look at the little scrapping of eye shadow left in the pan and told me exactly which one it was thank the lord!! It was Sweet Lust, a light pink champagney sparkle shade. So ofcourse I had to repurchase it, This time in its own pot so I wouldn't loose it and forget which shade it was.

Sweet Lust (Lustre Finish) RRP £12.50