Things that make me smile! 💙

Hi!
It's currently Monday night and I have school tomorrow why am I in such a good mood?
OMGOMGOMG I just realised how many exciting posts I have for the summer I'm so excited yayyyyyy!!
How are you all doing? I hope everyone is doing great, please leave me a comment about what you were up to today, I'd love to know!
Anyway, today's post is rather random, but that's ok because my blog is not just beauty and makeup, it is general life, recipes (they're coming soon, stay tuned for the summer okayyyy), style, travelling and stuff, or at least it will be over the summer.
Disclamer: this post ends abruptly and I'm sorry for that, I wrote it on my iPad because Im having issues with my computer, so I apologise for that.
Let's just get on with it!
1. Christmas pyjamas
I wear christmas pyjamas all year round, I love them so much and they just really make me smile and they always remind me of Christmas and all the festivity
2. Doing things with my friends
I love being with my friends, talking to friends and having inside jokes and things with my friends, I can't wait to see my best friend Sophie soon (I say soon, it may be the end of August :( when we next see eachother, because exams and travelling are getting in the way of everything), and whenever we're together we have such a fun time, I usually do her makeup and take over her snapchat for the entire time. I also have another friend- one of my best friends even, who has a blog (actually two of my best friends have blogs, I don't know if they'd want me to link them, but hopefully they know who they are?) and I got him into it, we had our own little 'party' at being in the blogging community (we were whatsapping at the time so it was hardly a party but still) and it's just lovely to share special moments with your friends.
3. Tea
Obviously, being an average British person, I am obsessed with tea. Like I always have tea. Within half an hour of waking up in the morning, I'll have a cup of tea. It just makes me so so happy and I just love tea to pieces, I don't know what I'd do without it.
4. Writing essays
Most people hate writing essays, but to be honest, I actually quite like it, I like being able to analyse and talk about the writers use of language, the historical context, the punctuation for effect, tone, structure, impact on the reader and the text from the protagonists point of view. English is my thing and I like essays.
5. Flowers
I love flowers. I also have hay fever, which is not convinient. But they're so aesthetically pleasing and photogenic and I just really like them
6. Pancakes
Pancakes are my favourite thing ever ever ever. I love them to bits, I could live off pancakes (and tea), they're just so yummy and I can't even!
 7. Ice cream
I have an easy ice cream recipe going up over summer, and the photo is on that post too, but ice cream is so yummy and amazing and it is so refreshing, there is nothing nicer than having ice cream on a hot summers day (or any day really) and enjoying life.
8. Lipsticks
If you know me, you know I love love love love love lip products. I've mentioned it before, and it is so true, lip products are my favourite things and the satisfaction I get from buying new lipsticks and then trying them (would you like a lipstick collection? Comment whether you would) is unreal, I just absolutely love lipsticks. And I'm a lip balmist (Chris that was for you (-: )
9. Fairy lights
Fairy lights are the prettiest things ever, they are so calming and beautiful, they are literally so gorgeous and they give me so much pleasure just to look at and they always make me smile. They're also so photogenic.
10. Snow
Snow is just one of those things. I love it so much and surprisingly, I've only seen it once.

 

Aaaaaanyways, toodlepip!

Alice x

Affordable makeup must-haves! 💄

Yes, that is a lipstick emoji in the title. Can we appreciate it for a moment.

Moment over, hello guys! Are you well? I hope you're doing fine. If you have exams now (which basically the entire secondary education level students have starting from now- me included) then GOOD LUCK! Just remember that after exams it's summer, where we can forget everything we learnt in the year and stress about going into year 10! Whoooo. Anyway, I have been cursed with tonsillitis AGAIN, for the second time in four weeks, so I'm off school again and I am feeling pretty ill. I have a cup of tea though so it's fine. Now, today's post is an affordable makeup must-haves, and I am not actually sure how I feel about this post, I want to apologise in advance about the pictures, I decided at like 11pm that I wanted to do this, took the photos on my bed (I hate my sheets too, they
don't even match, like the bottom sheet is purple and the one under the quilt is red, weird, ikr) and thought that they would do. So, sorry about that, its not one of my best photography sessions, you can see the flash on most of them and it doesn't look great, but hopefully the actual post will make up for it!

So I'll start with foundation, and I have chosen the Rimmel lasting finish 25 hour foundation. Previously, I have moaned about this foundation and told you how much I don't like it, but my opinion has changed. Over a primer, this is amazing. It stays on for a really long time, and it is medium coverage, but it is buildable, last week I had a huge rash all over my cheek/chin, and two layers of this covered it so well. If you do build this foundation up, it goes a little cakey throughout the day and then patchy, sometimes my cheeks will still look fine at the end of the day, and my forehead and around my nose where I get oily it will start to go patchy and icky, however I only powder once all day. I've had this foundation since February, and I wore it everyday for about a month, and then probably for an equivalent of everyday for three weeks, and I did try to DIY a moisturising foundation thing, and used about 8 pumps (I know, I'm not sure what I was thinking) and it's only half empty. This foundation is £7.99 and is one of the more affordable foundations out there.

Next I'm going to be talking about one of my favourite concealers (I have two, and the other one is the Rimmel match perfection), and this one is the Maybelline fit me concealer, which is just a-ma-zing. Literally, I have no words, it is just such a good concealer. I am planning on trying the Urban Decay naked skin concealer this summer, which has recently been all the hype, so I'll report back on that, but so far this is the most amazing concealer ever ever ever. I got it at the beginning of April, and I bought a back up the other day, I didn't wear it for a while because I thought it was giving me breakouts, but it wasn't so phew, but I think there's about half, maybe more left- I just got up and checked, there's 3/4s left. I have heard that this concealer is a really good dupe for the Nars creamy concealer, and I can't personally comment on that since I haven't tried the Nars one, but if you like the look of the Nars one but wanted a cheaper alternative, then this one may be the one to go for! The coverage of this concealer is amazing, it's definitely full coverage and is so easy to blend, and the formula is incredible, it's creamy and thick but not too thick in the sense that it doesn't go cakey, it's just the right thickness. The actual packaging is ok, it does look like the Nars one, they are both in lipstick tube packaging with the spongy applicator, the bottle is plastic, and although you can't see it in the photo because I used the back up concealer to take the photo, the packaging does rub off and it does go a bit funny. Though for £5.99, I think it's worth the rubby-offy packaging because the actual product is incredible.

Just to change it up a bit, I think I'll talk to you about a lip product next, because those of you who know me know that I have a slight obsession to lip products, I'm never without lip balm and I love lipsticks and lip glosses, well, mainly lipsticks but y'know, I do own a few lip glosses so I thought I'd throw that one in. So one of my favourite lipsticks of all time is the Revlon Colourburst (yes, I spelt it the British way) lip butter in 001, Pink Truffle, it is just the most gorgeous, natural looking pinky lipstick with a brown undertone, it is very moisturising on the lips and the packaging is beautiful. This lipstick doesn't wash me out, and I'm quite pale in the grand scheme of things, it's just the perfect colour and I think it would suit everyone. I'm definitely going to try out more colours from the range very soon (meaning when I'm not broke, so basically never haha, no, I will try them out very soon) and review those too. For £7.99, these are very good value and they're incredible products, I will definitely be repurchasing this lipstick.

Now I will talk to you about a powder, and everyone raves about this powder and goes on and on and on and on, and I can totally see why. It's the Rimmel stay matte powder, and it's probably one of the best powders out there. I have repurchased this 3 times, I currently have three, one in backup, one I had to smash to get the last bits and I'm using that still, and then one that I was using because I was too lazy to smash up the rest of the other one. It says it lasts for five hours, and it does, it covers nicely and gives a really nice finish. It's £3.99 and is worth it, it has an array of shades.

I'm not sure how this post is already this long, but there's only one thing to go, you'll be pleased to hear.
So now I will talk to you about my mascara of choice, and it is the Maybelline lash sensational. I have mine in the waterproof version, purely because I prefer waterproof mascaras. I don't wear this on an everyday basis, as it does give the impression of very big, separated eyelashes, and that's no what I want everyday. It's nice for evening and weekend wear, and for special occasions. It's a good dupe for the Two Faced better than sex mascara, at least that's what I've heard from many people. Its £5.99 and for a mascara, that's a really good price. I also love the packaging of this, I love the colours and overall, I just think it's great!

So that is all for today, sorry it was really long, I'll be back soon with another post, and as this weekend I'm going on a staycation because it's half term, I'll do a post about it!
Anyways, toodlepip!
Alice x

Q&A; homework, gymnastics, crushes & makeup ☆

Hi! I wanted to do a Q&A today purely because I wanted everyone who reads this to know a bit about me and answer some questions. So let's do just that!

Favourite youtuber? 
That's quite hard because I like loads of YouTubers, but right now it's probably Eve Bennett or Gabby's vlog channel

What drugstore makeup items do you recommend? 
Definitely the Maybelline primers, they are literally amazing and I really love them, I have the instant pore eraser one (the one in blue packaging) and you only need a tiny amount for your whole face, like less than a pea sized dot. In this case, a little goes a long way. I also love the Rimmel Stay Matte powder, my shade is 004, sandstorm, but when I went to get a spare one the other day I could only find 003, peach blossom, which is a shade lighter than I'd usually go for. If you want a super good coverage, under eye highlighting concealer then definitely go for the Rimmel match perfection concealer, or if you want an alternative then the Maybelline fit me concealer is also amazing. For lip products, I mainly use the baby lips by Maybelline because I have a slight lip balm obsession (I have to apply lip balm like every 5 minutes), so I would recommend those lip balms. I don't want to go too in-depth because there will be a drugstore makeup favourites/makeup collection/dressing table beauty post coming soon, I might do all three, who knows? :-)

Favourite song at the moment?
Now this one I don't know, I have been loving lots of songs at the moment, especially anything by Little Mix, The Vamps, Shawn Mendes, The 1975, One Direction, 5 Seconds of Summer, and so on, there's too many to choose from! But my top three are probably Windmills by The Vamps, Hair by Little Mix and Love Me Like You by Little Mix.

What activities do you do out of school?
Erm well I did MUN, and I'm going to do it again in September, but the person who runs it and I don't get along very well, so when they're gone in September I'm going to re-join. it. I also do flute, but my teacher got cancer so he's off until September, then I did gymnastics for a while but had to stop because of school, I did tennis for years and years, and I do ballet three times a weeks. I also like to think of blogging as a thing, so I guess I could add that too.

How do you cope with homework and revision?
Well, I try to be really organised and focused. I do my homework when I get home from school so I'm in the right mindset, I will have a cup of tea with me and just work. Sometimes, I procrastinate so much and barely get anything done, other days I'll just be able to work. I usually find homework ok, I get at least two time consuming pieces a night, if not more. Over the weekend I have lots of homework, history essay, English essay prep (I wasn't in school for the actual analysis and reading of the text so I have two A3 sheets which are double sided to fill out), two maths unit tests, French revision, science past paper, maths revision and art exam prep. I don't know how I'm going to do it, to be completely honest. Just keep going, that's my motivation, to keep going because then you can flop down in bed and go to sleep afterwards.

How old are you?
I'm fourteen, fifteen in March next year.

What subjects did you choose for IGCSE and how should I choose?
Well, you should choose based on what you enjoy most in school, and what you feel you excel in and would be comfortable doing for the next two years. I chose twice, but I'll only tell you about the choices I made in my current school. So after English Literature and English Language, Maths and Additional Maths/Further Maths, Biology, Chemistry & Physics, I had four choices, so I chose French, Geography, Sociology and History. Originally, I chose Sociology, Geography, Computer Science and History, but then I swapped to French (it still needs to be finalised on the school system) because I like French more.

Where are you going this summer and where do you want to travel to?
This summer I am going to England and Spain, and when I'm in Spain my family and I are going to visit Almeria, Mojacar Pueblo, Mojacar, Malaga and Alicante. I would love to visit Venice, Rome, Miami, Orlando, the French Alps, Amsterdam, Cornwall, Hungary, Oman, South Africa and of course, Singapore again. Oh, a little side note, I was thinking of doing a Singapore travel diary, so let me know if you'd like that in the comments!

What exciting blog posts have you got lined up?
Well, there's just too many! I have some photography series coming up, so far I have a two for that little series, I have some recipes coming up soon, book reviews, skincare essentials, and many many more that I don't want to share right now, I've written them but I don't want to give them away, all I can say is wait for the summer!

How much high end makeup do you own?
None :( I'm getting mac's plink! this summer, it's a lipstick, I'm so excited and I can't wait to get it. I don't really think I want much high end makeup, just plink! and then I'm content, there was a blush I saw in Sephora that I really liked, but I don't know whether I'll get it. Please do leave any high end makeup you love and think I should try out in the comments, I'd love to do reviews!

How did you get your skin to clear up?
If you didn't know, I had pretty bad skin for at least two years, if not longer. Then, all of a sudden about three weeks ago it started to clear up, and I think it was because of the antibiotics I was put on. After two bottles of it, my skin was really clear, and it is still clear now (I have two spots and three scars), I use a variety of Simple and Boots own products, there will be a skincare routine coming very soon. I also haven't eaten sweets and chocolate in like forever, or dairy, actually, and my skin is hyper-allergic, so I'm allergic to dairy, so I haven't had any in a while, and I haven't really had any chocolate, apart from the odd mini egg still lying around after Easter, and I haven't had sweets in ages. I've also eaten tons of almonds lately, which are supposedly really good for you skin.

Where do you buy your clothes from?
Well, I practically live in my pyjamas, which are from tescos and BHS, but the rest of my clothes are from a variety of shops. I have two pairs of jeans from gap that I practically live in, I have a skirt and a jumper from Forever 21 that I love, three tops from Old Navy, a pair of black leggings that I basically wear all the time from M&S, grey leggings which I love from Zara, along with three pairs of shorts and three-five tops, two jumpers and a jacket from there, then I have two cardigans and a few tops from H&M, then some t-shirts from Go Sport, and then a jumpsuit, cardigan, skirt, jumper and top from Tescos. Don't worry, I'll probably have a style guide up soon :)

Any tips for when you have a crush?
Erm, be yourself, that's really important, just be yourself around them, talk to them in real life as well as online, and then drop compliments here and there to them, and always smile and acknowledge them when you see them. I'm not good with crush advice sorry ahaha.

TV shows you've been loving recently?
Call the midwife as per usual, Death in paradise, I love love love death in paradise, its so funny and amazing and yep, and then Casualty, of course, I watch it every week on iPlayer, Great British Bake Off because its just life, Pretty Little Liars and Grey's anatomy.

What are you looking forward to in the near future?
For starters, tomorrow I'm going to the cinema with my friend Hollie, and her sister (who's also my friend) Chloe, and possibly our other friend Kimberley, then on Saturday I'm also going to the cinema with some friends, then I'm looking forward to the end of term and summer holidays!!!!

That wraps up today's post, I'm sorry there were no pictures, I didn't know what pictures to put. I hope you enjoyed and I'll be back soon with another post, byeee!
Alice x

My historical romance- part 1 ♥

Hello! So, as some of you may know I have been writing a historical romance for a little while and I thought that today I would share some of it with you, so here goes!

Chapter 1
He grabs my arm with his strong, vice like grip and I can feel the tenseness in his muscles, like violin strings pulled so tight they may snap. Lowering his head, he whispers in my ear; 'it's always been you', his voice is astonishingly low and gravely, with a tinkling laugh only words away with every sentence he speaks. I make the mistake of looking up into his sea green eyes, loosing myself in the pools of beauty and safety, the pools that seem so inviting and hold a hope of happiness, I wasn't going to win this war, I was loosing not only what my father wanted me to keep but myself, and I didn't come here to lose myself, I came here to find myself. 

Slowly, he blinks and I have the momentary feeling of triumph as I break free from the hypnotising spell that he has cast on me, I regain control of my brain and start to think logically again, but then he opens his eyes again and I don't have enough willpower to look away, all I want is to get lost in those eyes and to never be found. No, that's not what I'm here for, a voice in my head tells me, squashed by another voice commanding me to run away with him. The voices argue with each other and the volume increases, steadily getting louder until it becomes almost unbearable. Suddenly, as I'm about to scream out, the sound of echoing footsteps rushing towards us snaps me back into reality, and he lets go of my arm and I gaze out of the window, still in the hypnotic trance but trying to quell my uttermost desires, desires that my father would strongly disapprove of. I am not here to find love, I am here to become the respected, elegant young woman my father so desperately needs me to be. 

By the time I arrive in my father's wing I have had time to think about my feelings, and what I can do to fulfil his greatest wishes and to ignore my own self indulgent fantasies. 'Lizzie, sit', my father motions at a plush chair with a floral design covering it, I follow his instructions and perch on the edge of the chair and politely accept the minuscule cup of tea that one of his maids offers me. 'Now, Lizzie, you recall why I called you here, I assume? It is to find yourself, forget your needs and obey those above you', my face contorts into a fierce, small scowl at this, my father and his overwhelmingly big ego. 'For now, you will receive etiquette lessons every afternoon at five o clock sharp in the conservatory, every morning at ten o clock you will receive a music lesson, every day at three o clock you shall have a cookery class and at noon you will have a writing lesson, so you can learn how to write in cursive properly and you will study poems and novels written by the greatest novelists of this millennium, my dear, it shall be divine.'

My father lost the bright sparkle that inhabited his eyes when my mother died eight years ago, however now a dim trace of that twinkle was returning, a shadow of the man he used to be was coming back, slowly but surely, and by forgetting my wishes and only doing as he says that would bring him back. Even if it did mean I'd have to stop thinking about him, the man who torments me and appears in my dreams most nights, and pops into my head unexpectedly everyday. I fan out my petticoats and reach for my father's wrinkled, soft hands, taking them in my own youthful, glowing hands and squeezing them tightly, showing him that I care deeply about him. I swallow my fears, this was going to be hard. 

I am aware that it was a pretty short chapter, but that's just the way it is for now, I will edit it and make them longer but I just thought I'd share it with you the way it is.

So that's all I'm going to share for today, I hope you enjoyed and feel free to leave a comment and follow my blog and share it with your friends!
Big love,
Alice x

Breakfasts

Hello! I hope you're all well and having a great day, I'm not, I have a sore throat, swollen glands, ear ache, a headache, a cough, a runny nose and a really hot neck. So I'm not in school today, and I wasn't in yesterday either. I've missed a maths test already and now I'm missing a science test today. Needless to say, I feel super guilty about it. However, not being in school gives me the opportunity to write lots of blog posts and get work and revision done, I've got two blog posts done and scheduled to go up over the summer, when I won't have wifi for five and a half weeks and I won't have access to my laptop for over two months. I'm going to Spain for five and a half weeks this summer, I'm excited, but I'm even more excited to stay in the airport hotel in Gatwick! I'm also then going to stay with my grandma for a week and a bit, and then to my great uncle and aunt's for a day, and then to my aunt and uncles for one night. My aunt and uncle are also coming to stay with us in Spain, I'm really excited to see them again, I haven't seen them since September when we went to stay with them for twelve days. Ok, I'm rambling, I'll get on with the post, but leave me a comment telling me what you're up to this summer!

So today I wanted to do a post on breakfasts, because breakfast is the most important meal of the day, I have breakfast every single day, and I now know what foods I enjoy in the morning. I do not like toast in the mornings unless it's on thick, freshly baked bread with marmalade and no butter. I just cannot stand butter one bit. Anyway, I'm still rambling.

My favourite breakfast of possibly all time is pancakes, I love pancakes so much, and I make pretty amazing pancakes, so if you want a recipe then please tell me! I sometimes make pancakes, freeze them and take them into school for my breakfast with a little tub of pancake syrup, it's honestly so funny. Pancakes are generally just delicious. The one pancakes that I don't like are the ones from IHOP (International House Of Pancakes), they were so heavy and had an odd taste. The toppings I put on my pancakes are either maple syrup, sugar and lemon, cream and cinnamon or fresh fruit. I found that they had absolutely delicious pancakes in the Intercontinental Hotel in Singapore, they were absolutely delicious, I had mine with fresh cream and raspberry compote.

 

 

In the summer months I like to vary my breakfasts, and so I will occasionally have yoghurt, although technically, because it's dairy and I'm allergic to dairy, I shouldn't really have it. When I do have it though, my favourite yoghurt is the Rachel's raspberry bio-live yoghurt, it's absolutely mouth-wateringly delicious. I also really like the Rachel's lemon yoghurt, you wouldn't necessarily expect it, but it's so nice. I like to top my yoghurt with fruit, I'll usually have blueberries, raspberries and strawberries on it, though sometimes I do have sliced green grapes.

 

Although pancakes are my favourite breakfast food, I absolutely adore English Breakfast muffins and teacakes (not the chocolate things from M&S, ewww, but proper toasted teacakes), I get so excited when I have them and ahhh I really want one now! Usually, with my breakfast muffin/toasted teacake, I will have a beer glass (don't ask, they're just my favourite type of glasses) full of Tesco apple and raspberry juice, this is like the nicest drink ever (apart from tea, obvs).

Now, the next thing I only have at my best friend Sophie's house because her mum makes them for us, and it's waffles. She honestly makes the yummiest waffles ever and I love them so much. Sophie and I have an inside joke type thing where we both think that if we ever lived together we'd basically just live off of waffles and pancakes.

Right, the last few things are drinks, I like making smoothies and juices, and I recently made a yummy juice (it wasn't that recently, probably in December) but it had watermelon, blueberries, lemon juice and lime juice in (don't quote me on that, I'll have to make it again to check) but it's really yummy and makes two big glasses full. Then I also love hot chocolate from costa coffee, in the winter I used to have this a lot when we went to town in the mornings, but obviously now I can't have hot chocolate that much. I also love to have tea for breakfast, I don't know what it is but I could happily have just tea for breakfast, realistically though, that is probably really bad for you.

That is all from me today! I hope you enjoyed this post, it was going to be a revision tips post but I think I'll do that closer to exam season (well aware that Art IGCSEs started this week but hey ho), we shall see. I'm going to have more paracetamol now, byeee.

x





2016 collective makeup haul!

Hi! How's your week been, and how are you? Are you still on Easter holidays? We go back to school after this weekend and we have four CIE (Cambridge International Examinations) exams, which I'm dreading. We also have a history test on the civil rights, an English essay to hand in, a music performance and a science test. Yay :-(

As you've probably guessed from the title, today is a collective makeup haul (whooo) because 2016 has been the year where I've bought lots of makeup, and now I'm happy with my collection and I don't think I'll be buying anymore makeup anytime soon (unless it's like backup concealers, powders and stuff for the summer), although next month when I've saved up more money I might buy another Rimmel Stay Matte powder and a lovely bronzer.

I store all my makeup in two things, the first is a little plant pot from Ikea, it is called SKURAR and I will link it in case you're interested. http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/categories/series/24054/ I also store my makeup in a Bath and Body Works wash bag, which is blue and just says 'Life is better with sprinkles' on it, which unfortunately, I couldn't find, I don't think it's still for sale. but if I do see it online in the future I will let you know.

If you were wondering where I've purchased all this makeup from, then I am going to say when I talk about all the products, but it's basically just from Boots, Debenhams, Carrefour and H&M. I basically only have drugstore makeup in my collection since high end makeup is so expensive, but I would really like the Mac Velvet Teddy lipstick, but I'm going to buy that in the summer at the airport where it's cheaper.

Before I start, I would just like to say that all these opinions are my own and this post is not sponsored. I would also like to say that all these products individually cost under 20 pounds, so they're not too expensive.

Aaaaannnnnyyyyyways, I have done more than enough rambling, so I shall get on with the haul.

The first item is a brush, but it's not just any brush my friends, it is a precision angle concealer brush from H&M that was in the sale (!!!!) and I paid the equivalent to six pounds for it. Not going to lie to you, I thought that was kind of expensive, and so far I've mainly used this brush to dip into the concealer tubes that are almost empty and I want the product from. I have used it to blend a couple times, and I think that my fingers do a better job, if I'm completely honest. The thing I love about this brush is the look of it. It just looks really sleek and lovely and it fits in my makeup tub nicely. If you would like to buy this brush, the link is here: http://www2.hm.com/en_gb/productpage.0279860001.html

Item numero dos that I will be discussing is actually five things, I will be talking about five Maybelline New York lipsticks, but not in detail as I plan to do a post solely about them. Altogether, I paid nine pound 14 pence. The colours I have are 112 Ambre Rose, 140 Intense Pink, 148 Summer Pink, 240 Galactic Mauve, and 900 Pink Pop. To make these lipsticks stay longer, I've been putting a bit of the Rimmel Stay Matte powder over it and the job is done, it stays for ages and yesterday my friend complimented me on the colour I was wearing, which was Intense Pink. I store my Maybelline lipsticks in a box that had a candle in, I also store my Baby Lips by Maybelline in there too. I bought all of these from Debenhams in the beauty section, if you were interested. You can view the Maybelline lipsticks here: http://www.maybelline.co.uk/makeup/lip/lipstick.aspx

Moving on, the next thing is a bronzer from H&M. To be honest, I was so disappointed with this bronzer because it was a completely different shade to the tester. I was so annoyed, I will be buying another bronzer soon, I kind of want to try The Body Shop bronzer, but they're quite expensive so I don't know. If you are going to buy one of the H&M bronzers and you have very pale skin, DO NOT buy Golden Honey or darker. They're so dark and pigmented. I do like how shimmery it is though, and I think it will look absolutely gorgeous in the summer with a tan. The packaging of these are cute, they come with a mirror which is quite handy. You can buy a H&M bronzer here: http://www2.hm.com/en_gb/productpage.0274160001.html

 

Another H&M product, I picked up a powder brush, it comes travel size so it fits nicely in a handbag/schoolbag/other bag and it has a thing on it so it's protected. I think this is a great idea and I would definitely recommend it. It looks really nice in my tub,  You can view the brush here: http://www2.hm.com/en_gb/productpage.0279747001.html

Moving on, the next thing I had to pick up after watching Zoella's Boots Haul in either January or February, I instantly fell in love and bought it because it looked so so pretty. It is the MaxFactor crème puff blush in the colour 15 Seductive Pink. This is so pigmented, and it has beautiful veining running through it, and it's so shimmery. A little goes a long way with this product. I picked it up from Carrefour in late February, and I just love how pretty it looks. You can view/ purchase the full collection of blushes here: http://www.boots.com/en/Max-Factor-Creme-Puff-Blush_1639993/

 

Right, now I'll talk to you about a Kabuki Brush from H&M, it's so cute and it's so fluffy, I think I talked about it in my March favourites more in depth, so I won't talk about it so much in this post. I couldn't find the exact brush on the website, so I've linked a similar one: http://www2.hm.com/en_gb/productpage.0279678001.html

 Next I will talk to you about the last H&M item in this haul, and it is a compact foundation, crème to powder matte finish. It looks lovely on, and if you have oily skin then don't let the matte part scare you, I have oily to dry sensitive skin and it looks fine. This powder is so long lasting, I put it on at 7am and it lasted till 6pm, and I went out and did stuff that day too. It comes with a mirror in the top bit and a sponge in the bottom, I don't really use the sponge anymore that much, but hey ho, I think it's useful anyways. I would definitely recommend this powder to anyone, so if you would like to take a look at it then this is the link: http://www2.hm.com/en_gb/productpage.0279618003.html

The next item is in fact a repurchase as the first one I accidently dropped down the stairs and the product inside smashed and I was heartbroken. It is the Rimmel Stay Matte powder, this is amazing and is my holy grail powder. The staying power isn't that great, I put it on at around 5.15 in the mornings before school, top it up at 7am, then it usually stays until 10.30, so I have to re-top it up at lunch time. It is still good though, and if you were just starting out with makeup and wanted a cheap, good powder then this is the one. I was going to pick one up yesterday, but being the complete idiot I am, I forgot. Mine has hit pan, but there's still some left, thankfully, and until I remember to pick another one up I am alternating between stay matte, a number 7 powder, and the H&M one. My shade is 004, sandstorm, and if you would like to take a look at the powders then this is the link:

 http://uk.rimmellondon.com/products/face/stay-matte-pressed-powder

Right, the next thing is a concealer and it is the Maybelline Fit Me! concealer, and my friends all rave about this concealer so I decided that I would finally pick it up and I've worn it once, it seems really good, it's so creamy and has amazing coverage and stays on your face for a long time. I would recommend this concealer if you were just starting out with makeup and wanted a good, medium to full coverage concealer. Mine is in the shade 15, which is like the lightest one. If you were interested in viewing this product, here is the link: http://www.boots.com/en/Maybelline-Fit-Me-Concealer_1279343/

Righto, the next thing I want to talk to you about is the Maybelline BB cream, 8 in 1 for oily skin. This gives really good coverage, it doesn't slide off and I have oily skin, so this is really good. You only need a little bit of this for your whole face, and it's so easy to blend. Mine's in the shade light, they do three shades, light, medium and dark. The one downside to this BB cream is the smell, it smells like olives and I absolutely hate olives and the smell of them. If you want to find out more about this BB cream then here's the link, just scroll down a bit and it shows you the three choices: http://www.maybelline.com/products/face-makeup/bb-cream.aspx

Now I will tell you about another concealer, this one is the Revlon Colourstay concealer, and to be completely honest with you, I am not a big fan of this concealer, I don't think it gives good coverage, you really have to put quite a few layers on for it to give a coverage, and it goes really cakey on me and it tends to come off. Mine is in the shade 01, pale. It goes dry in the bottle when it's running out too, and the brush kind o deflates. Nevertheless, I have bought this concealer twice, as there was nothing else on offer when I was looking. The link to this is: http://www.boots.com/en/Revlon-ColorStay-8482-Concealer_1312139/

 

Moving on, I will now talk to you about a foundation. This one is the Rimmel Lasting Finish 25 hour foundation, and let me tell you, it does not last twenty five hours. Not even five when you don't prime your face. It's ok though, it has a buildable coverage, it starts medium and after a few layers it can be built up to full coverage. I don't think this is the best foundation for oily skin, it tends to slide off my face and look quite cakey. I generally have to rub it off in the school bathrooms at lunch time. Mine is in the shade 100, Ivory and the actual foundation contains SPF 20. I actually quite like the smell of this foundation, I think it smells really fresh and nice. If you want to view it then here's the link: http://www.boots.com/en/Rimmel-Lasting-Finish-25hour-Foundation-with-comfort-serum_1150829/

Now I'll talk to you about an amazing primer. It's the Maybelline Baby Skin Instant Pore Eraser lightweight primer, and oh my god. This is just incredible. I cannot stress enough how amazing this is, I would definitely recommend this, it's just the best thing out there. It feels really smooth and really does instantly make your skin look better. You also only need a tiny amount for your skin. I really don't have any negative things to say about this primer. If you would like to purchase this then here's the link: http://www.boots.com/en/Maybelline-New-York-Baby-Skin-Instant-Pore-Eraser-Lightweight-Primer_1416202/

Moving on to eyebrows, I'm going to tell you about the Bourjois Paris Sourcil  Precision eyebrow pencil. I filled in my eyebrows for about six weeks, and then went off it, but this pencil is so good. I still use the brush thing on the end to brush my eyebrows through everyday, but the actual pencil is so good. They have buildable colour (is that the right word?) and are really good, I would recommend this if you wanted to fill in your eyebrows but didn't know what to use. This is the link to it: http://www.boots.com/en/Bourjois-Eyebrow-pencil_1668194/

The very last thing I will be telling you about is another foundation, which is the Maybelline Fit Me foundation. My shade is 115 and it matches the concealer. I really like this foundation because it gives really good coverage and has a lovely finish. It's a lot more long lasting than the Rimmel foundation, and I would definitely recommend this foundation to anyone. I'm terrified too take this foundation anywhere though, in case it smashes, which is a downside, as if it did smash the product would definitely go everywhere. If you would like to view the foundation this is the link: http://www.superdrug.com/Maybelline/Maybelline-Fit-Me-Foundation-Natural-Beige-220/p/498951

 That is my massive haul complete, I hope you enjoyed and I will see you soon with another post, toodlepip!

Alice x