February Favourites 2016!!

Hey guys!

I doubt anyone has noticed but I am usually one to get my favourites up before the end of the month however I have been so held up with college work, deadlines, falling behind and just the general stress of being an A level student but nonetheless I have worked super hard to get to a point where I can fit in some blogging without falling behind! I have gathered together everything I have been loving during the February month and I will be sharing these with you guys!

First of all is Benefit’s Porefessional Primer. I recently won an Instagram giveaway and one of the prizes I received was a small tube of this heavenly product, I cannot believe it took winning a giveaway for me to try out this product! I will most definitely be purchasing the full sized version. It has a lovely smell to it and does not dry out my skin which is a plus for someone with dry skin. It keeps my makeup in place all day and works wonderfully as a primer, I have been absolutely loving it the past month and it has entered my daily makeup routine of March!

Next is the Makeup Revolution F105 brush. This is an angled brush which is perfect for bronzing your cheeks precisely and on the right angle. I have been using this all month to apply my bronzer and all in all it is a wonderful brush! Considering how affordable this brush is the quality is extraordinary! The bristles do not fall out as I would have expected them to eventually do so and it is a super easy brush to clean. It picks up the right amount of product and applies it very nicely to the contours of my face. It is by far the best brush I have used for bronzing so far! I have the rose gold trim brush which I received in a set but if you order the brush alone it is just plain black.

In my January favourites I mentioned how I was loving the Urban Decay Gwen Stefani Eye Shadow Palette which I purchased in early January. I have now had a lot more time to use various shades and during February I have been specifically loving the shades ‘baby‘ and ‘punk‘. ‘Baby‘ is a white shade with a small amount of shimmer in it which I apply all over the lid and then I apply ‘punk‘ in my crease and outer corner, blending it out with a fluffy blending brush. ‘Punk‘ is a dark maroon type shade therefore it does not make this eye look a super smokey one. Once these shades are blended well they create a neutral eye look  going from a not too shimmery white to a dark brown/maroon crease that I believe is perfect for everyday wear. I have been using this combination of eye shadows almost everyday of March, well the days I didn’t oversleep! I have received many compliments and feel this is currently my go to eye look!

 

Another product I received in the giveaway which I won was the Nyx Butter Lip Gloss in the shade BLG15 Angel Food Cake. After avoiding using lip products for so long due to how difficult my lips are when applying product to them because they are quite dry, I have finally found something that works! This is a lovely nude, neutral shade and has a lovely consistency. It is so easy to apply with a simple doe foot applicator and my favourite part is how hydrating it is on my lips! I love using this with the Urban Decay Gwen Stefani Lipstick in the shade Ex-Girlfriend, I only have the sample version of this which came with the eye shadow palette but I am hoping to purchase the full sized version soon!

My final beauty favourite of February is the Seventeen Semi Permanent Tattoo Liner. This liner is amazing and most certainly lives up to its’ name! It is super matte and pigmented which is necessary if you want a super bold wing. It does have its cons such as if you get it in your lashes whilst applying it then applying mascara maybe slightly more difficult due to how quick this liner dries but apart from that I do not have a bad word to say about it! It lasts all day long and the best part is if I accidentally gently rub the corner of my eye whilst forgetting I am wearing makeup it won’t budge! Yes ladies I know you have all experienced the dreadful moment of panic and seeking reassurance from friends that you have not smudged your eyeliner but I do not have this issue when using this liner. The applicator is a small thin brush which is amazing at pulling out a perfect wing. It is a must have eyeliner and such high quality considering how low priced it is!

 

My next favourite is one I purchased for my new bedroom as I am moving house very soon however I couldn’t help but already use it! It is this lovely acrylic makeup storage I recently purchased. I have been looking for some acrylic storage to store some of my makeup in for a while now but from looking online acrylic storage is quite high priced but I got this beauty for just 4.99! You can see all the different compartments in the pictures and there is room for 6 lipsticks, I only have 1 MAC lipstick at the moment but I am hoping to have all 6 compartments as a home for another MAC lipstick so if you have any recommendations of non matte shades then let me know in the comments!

 

I have also been loving the MyNy  DKNY perfume which I recieved as a birthday present for my last birthday. It has such a lovely scent, not too sweet but not too strong. It is one of my favourite perfumes and I have been using it almost everyday through February. The smell lasts a while and I also love the packaging, the bottle has such a cute shape to it!

Now this is where it gets a bit soppy, I’m a soppy person but I wanted to include this in my favourites this month and it has to be friends. After having a lot of friendship issues a few months ago I was on my own for quite a while but recently I managed to pull myself together, stop being so socially awkward and speak to some people who seemed so lovely and I knew would be amazing friends. These 2 people will know who they are but I am honestly so glad I stopped being so socially awkward because now I feel less alone and now college is actually bearable again! We all share a makeup addiction which is great because we can always get recommendations of each other and we are all YouTube obsessed and actually have quite a lot in common so yeah, these friends have definitely been a favourite of mine this month so thank you for being so fabulous! Also one of them has recently began blogging so click here to check her blog out!

And last but not least is my music favourite! As you may or may not now I do have a fan girl side to me and I am a huge Lovatic! In February Demi Lovato aka my idol released a music video for her latest single, Stone Cold. I absolutely love this song and was definitely not disappointed with the video! The lyrics are so deep and meaningful which is one thing I love about Demi, She is not afraid to put true emotions out there like which takes a lot of courage. Overall I love the song and have been listening to it a lot since it was released on her latest album and even more since the music video came out so it is undoubtedly my music favourite for February!

My February favourites are complete and even though I did not get them up as early as I wanted to we are not entirely too far into March anyway! I hope you enjoyed this insight into what I have been loving during February and still am!

Also I would like to say thank you to all of my lovely readers and followers from all of my social media platforms as I have recently hit an overall following of 3k which is insane! I am very grateful so thank you everybody!

I will post again soon lovelies!

Desire4Beauty

 

January Favourites 2016

The end of the first month of 2016 is here and my has it flew by. I always mention how time has flown by so fast when it comes to doing my monthly favourites but I am pretty certain it was just the other day I was feeling super festive towards the approach to Christmas! I feel this is going to be quite a long favourites post, I like to keep them short but I have tried various new products so far this year and I did not even realize how many until I gathered together everything I have been loving this month!

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My first favourite for this month has to be the Urban Decay Gwen Stefani Palette! Just last November, Urban Decay teamed up with the wonderful Gwen Stefani to create this all time must have eye shadow palette! I purchased it at the start of the month and I have been absolutely loving it since! The shades are super pigmented and blend so easily, there are a variety of neutral shades as well as some ‘out there’ colours when you fancy something more vibrant but not too vibrant. You can find out more about why I love this eye shadow palette by clicking here!

My next favourite is the Maybelline Lash Sensational Mascara. I purchased this within the last 2 weeks of January and it has now become part of my everyday routine! I cannot believe how long I took to purchase this. I have never been a fan of drugstore mascaras as they were always pretty much the same thing in my opinion, I never had found any that really worked well for me, I was always ending up with clumped lashes that were not even very long however as my roller lash supply was coming to an end and so was my bank account balance I decided to head back to drugstore mascaras and try this out and see what the whole hype was about and I am so glad I did! The applicator has an amazing shape which really separates my eye lashes whilst making them super long. I feel like I have eye lashes again! If you, like me, are reluctant to jump onto the bandwagon I urge you, hop aboard now! You will not regret it!

Another favourite from Maybelline is their Master Sculpt Contour Palette. You can read my more detailed review by clicking here but in short it has a super pigmented bronzer but it blends so easily so it is not too intense and the highlighter is beautiful! I do wish there was more highlighter in the palette as only a small section it is highlighter! I definitely recommend this if you want a good quality but affordable contour palette!

Collections’ Translucent Face Powder is what I have been using every single day of this month to set my foundation! It is so cheap and I have already hit pan in a small section of it so I will need to make a re-purchase soon! I ran out of powder towards then end of 2015 and needed something cheap I could pick up quickly to get me through the first week back at college and once payday came I would pick up something a little higher in price but that never happened as I actually enjoyed using this powder a lot more than I expected to! It is not the best powder ever but it does the job, sets my makeup so well and it smells nice too! I love the powder and will definitely be re-purchasing it!

For Christmas one of the presents I received from my best friend were these beautiful earrings from H.Samuel I have worn them everyday since I got them and only ever take them out when I am getting in the shower or before going to bed in case they fall out whilst I am sleeping, I doubt they would as I have slept with earrings in before but I love these so much so I do not want to risk it. I cannot get over how gorgeous these earrings are I just love them so much!

This Pure Blush Perfume from New Look smells absolutely gorgeous! I have worn it almost everyday this month and it is one of the perfumes I reach for the most out of the few I use! This is another present I received from my best friend for Christmas and she will probably be reading this so thank you so much for that! I absolutely love it, it smells amazing!

Frosted Plum Bath Fizzers are a must have if you are a bath lover like me! I have always stuck to using Lush Products for baths but when I received these as a Christmas present I could not stop smelling them as they smell so lovely! As soon as I got the chance I ran myself a bath and tried them out! I thought I would need more than one but a little goes a long way as one was all I needed! It dissolves in the bath making the bath smell absolutely gorgeous which leaves my skin feeling super soft and smelling super good! I am so glad I received these as a gift as I would never have thought to try them out myself and now that I have had the chance to try them out I will definitely be re-purchasing them! I will be doing a review on these soon and the matching scented body butter so keep an eye out for that!

An app has made it into my favourites this month and that has to be Instagram! I have really up’d my Instagram this month and it has shown well through the increase in my following! I have stuck to a specific theme and ventured into the land of flatlays! I get up early on a Saturday morning, well I say early but it is usually just before mid day, in order to get the best daylight possible for my flatlays, I am super happy with my current theme although I do not want it to get repetitive as I do not have the biggest of makeup collections but I do plan to grow that which works in favour of my Instagram! Click here and give me a follow if you like a good flatlay makeup theme!

Last but not least is my final favourite which is a music favourite! Last year I listened to Twenty One Pilots a few times but I have listened to them so much more in the past month! I absolutely love their music and my current favourite by them has to be Stressed Out! I definitely recommend you check them out they make some great music!

That is my first favourites post of this month complete! It is also my first January favourites as I began blogging at the end of January last year so my first favourites were my February favourites so I just want to say thank you so much for everyone that has been reading my content, following me and leaving me lovely feedback over the past year! I don’t want to get too into the whole bloggiversary yet as I am leaving that for another post which should be coming tomorrow! So keep an eye out for it and bring a box of tissues!

Let me know in the comments one of your favourite things of January whether it was a product, an item of clothing, song or even a favourite moment!

Until next time my lovelies!

Desire4Beauty

November Favourites!!

 

Okay… I have probably said this in my favourites for the past few months but wow, where has this year gone?! I only started my blog in February and it feels like that was a long time ago but the year itself has flew by. I remember stressing about GCSE’s and my AS level mocks are already approaching me! Wondering about how I will get into a career in beauty whilst doing A levels and I’ve now enrolled onto a course to start in January! It’s crazy how much changes, some good, some bad but all for the best (the lame old excuse I use when I can’t accept change) but nonetheless it’s time for another favourites post, I have been so busy prepping for blogmas I was surprised I even noticed what I have been loving this month but I know exactly what to include in this post! Most of it is from the past week as it is stuff I received for my birthday but they’re still definite favourites for this month!

So moving on to my first beauty favourite it has to be the Makeup Revolution 144 Eye shadow Palette 2016 collection! This beautiful palette contains all the shades anybody could need for a day or night out! any event or special occasions you will find your perfect shades in this palette! My best friend gifted me this for my birthday and I was literally speechless when I saw it in the gift bag! I remember gawping at it in superdrug and now I own it! I have used it a few times but just for the neutral shades they blend so well and are quite pigmented so all in all it is a fantastic palette!

My next beauty favourite is Rimmel London’s Soft Kohl Kajal Eye Liner Pencil, I’ve always struggled to find an eye pencil that I really liked to tight line and water line with but this one does the job perfectly! It goes straight on without me needing to go across the waterline constantly. It doesn’t last all day if I’m being honest but it does the job for a couple of hours so it can easily just be re-applied but it’s worth it for the bargain price of £2.99!

I have only had 2 beauty favourites this month but there are also a couple lifestyle favourites!

First of all is the Yankee Christmas Treats Candle which I mentioned in my warm me up for winter tag, This was another present I received for my birthday from another good friend of mine. It has such a lovely, cosy and christmassy scent! It’s quite sweet so if you smell it for too long it can become sickly but lighting it in my room or around a bath for a while gives of such a lovely scent I absolutely love it! Definitely a favourite of November!

My next favourite is something I have been loving the whole way throughout November and that is my portable charger! I came across the Anker Portable Charger in one of Eve Bennett’s favourite videos so I purchased it before going away with NCS a few months ago and it’s been such an efficient item ever since! It is always in my handbag and as I’m at college from 9-4pm it comes in very handy, I only have to charge it back up every 3 days, I definitely recommend it for anyone needing a reliable portable charger as I was never really keen on the cheap ones from primark/pound land etc but this one is definitely worth the buy!

And as usual I occasionally include a TV favourite and this month it has to be scream queens! It’s recently just begun in the past few months and now airs in the UK! It’s like a cross between final destination and mean girls! Very gruesome but very good! I don’t want to give away any spoilers but it’s a must watch if you enjoy TV shows such as pretty little liars, gossip girl or the walking dead!

I know there isn’t really many new and exciting things to show you guys this month but I begin blogmas in 3 days and I shall hopefully be uploading a post every single day up until Christmas and they will all be super exciting so keep your eyes peeled for that!

Let me know in the comments one thing you have been loving this month!

I’ll post again soon lovelies!

Desire4Beauty

July Favourites!!

Wow… it felt really weird typing the title for this post, we’re in July already?! where has this year gone!!

I have decided to get my July favourites up a little earlier this month than I usually would do as on the 27th of July I will be taking part in the NCS Challenge and I am so excited for this opportunity! It is over 4 weeks and there are 2 sets of 5 days that I will be away from home so my blogging won’t be very consistent which I apologize for but I will do my best to upload!

My first favourite has to be my Magnitone Lucid! I was gifted this by the lovely company and have reviewed it in a previous blog post. I use it in my skincare routines everyday now and it works wonders! The 20% discount code is still valid if you would like to use it and can be found in this blog post.

My next favourite is Batiste Dry Shampoo! I’m pretty sure I have included this an a previous favourites but I am still in love! I have a sea of empty bottles all over my bedroom floor! I always re-purchase when I run it, it is amazing to minimize/remove oils from your hair when there’s a little too much and your’re rushing around or unexpectedly have somewhere to be! it’s super affordable, the packaging is so pretty and I LOVE IT!!

I have absolutely loved Revlons Photoready Airbrush Effect Foundation, This isn’t a foundation I would wear on a daily basis as it provides a hell lot of coverage! But I did have my prom at the start of this month and I wore it then. It gives amazing coverage, it contains small amounts of glitter to keep you dazzling! It makes my skin look super smooth and I still have 3 big events towards the end of this month and I will definitely be using it then!

The buffing concealer brush for the Ecotools Fresh and Flawless 5 piece complexion set is definitely in my July favourites!! I have been wearing eye shadow a lot more this month,  a smokey eye for a night out or a simple nude/pink summery look for everyday! Now this brush is supposed to be to buff out concealer but I prefer to use it when blending eye shadows. It is so soft and gentle when blending in the crease and I love how I have found a use for the brush because I didn’t use it until I began different eye shadow looks! So out of all my beauty products this brush is one that has stood out to me this month!

Moving onto fashion… I don’t really have a fashion favourite this month but I was so in love with my prom outfit! You can see this here! I’d like to thank Quiz because I got such perfectly matching outfit pieces from there and the staff were lovely and so helpful as I was getting everything last minute! I couldn’t have wished for a better outfit picking experience and the outfit itself was gorgeous! and again, just like the foundation I will be re-wearing this for 2 of the 3 events I have to attend!

My music favourites for this month have to be….

Demi Lovato – Cool For The Summer and Hobbie Stuart – Fall Down!

I love these 2 songs and especially cool for the summer because as you know, if you know me well, Demi Lovato is my idol and she released another amazing song! It is so catchy and really gets me in the summer mood!

For fall down, I love this because 1. I adore Hobbie! and 2. I just love the beat to it and the lyrics are amazing and he has such great vocals!

And last but not least….

My TV favourite!!

I finished watching 90210 at the beginning of this month and I absolutely loved that show! I am gutted there are no more episodes but now I have began watching Once Upon A Time and I am obsessed! It’s definitely my kinda show, all the fantasy story lines and the way it contrasts with the modern world, so many mysterious and so much tensions and suspense I definitely recommend you begin watching it if you haven’t already!

So there are my July Favourites complete!! Let me know in the comments 3 things you have been loving this month!

I’ll post again soon lovelies!

Desire4Beauty