August Favourites! woohoo!

So today I have decided to take a page out of the thousands of youtube beauty gurus and do an August favourites!

Favourite number 1

So, my first and most favourite of the favourites is my new found love for burts bees lipbalm. The original beeswax one in particular. So, I had never owned one of these bad boys until about 3 weeks ago. Yes, you hear me right, until 3 weeks ago I had no idea what I was missing in this AMAZING lipbalm. (I had a go of my friends one when we were on holiday, and I dont know what it was, but I didn't take to it as much, the heat maby?) Now, I am a bit of a sucker for lipbalms, I buy them all, I recently dished out the dosh for a korres lip butter - good, but not worth the hype or money. This on the other hand was around £3.50 and worth every penny. I have literally become addicted to the feeling it has on your lips. It kind of makes them feel like they are tingling, but good tingling, not the lip venom blisteringly painful tingling - no no. So the long and the short of it is that i think you should go get one... now. : )

Favourite number 2
This favourite is a steal at £1 Yes! £1! It is a blush from the tesco line All about face in the colour coral. I bought this on a whim while I was in Tesco, and really I wasn't going to be heartbroken if it turned out to buy rubbish. However, this was not the case! It is a gorgeous coral colour which is very pigmented - and I mean VERY. I put this on thinking I would need to be heavy handed with it but it was on the contrary (my dear watson teehee) I have been having to use a much less dense brush to apply this to give just the right amount. One downside is that it is perhaps a little chalky, but I'l let that slide. Oh also - it is on a deal with the whole line where you can buy 4 items for £3! I know what I'm going to do next time im in tesco! (I couldn't find a picture im afraid - sorry guys!)


Favourite number 3
On the other end of the scale from my last favourite is my Clarins eyeshadow quad in so chic. Now at the hefty pricetag of £27.50 this was a big splurge item, which I ultimately felt guilty about buying... not now though! These quad comes with a frosted white, a khaki/grey/silvery colour, a deep plum/purple, and a sparkly black. It also comes with a spongetip applicator with two sides, one is just your run of the mill sponge tip but the other side is like a smudger sponge. I love that side! It's so handy! These eyeshadows are beautiful, nice and pigmented, long lasting, and they come in a pretty red pouch!



Favourite number 4
My fourth favourite of August is Co-Washing. This isn't really one specific product, but it's the way I have been washing my hair for the past month or so. What you do is, instead of washing your hair with shampoo then conditioner you just use conditioner. I start by using a cheap conditioner - my favourite is alberto balsam in sunkissed raspberry - and rubbing it quite hard into my roots, i leave that for about a minuit then rinse it out, I then use a slightly better conditioner - justnow it is a treseme one on the ends, i leave this for about 2 minuits then rinse it out. It sounds like it would leave your hair unclean feeling, and greasy but it doesn't! it makes your hair REALLY soft and in good condition, and personally I think it is making my hair grow! I do however wash my hair with shampoo every couple of weeks to make sure there isn't any build up in it. This is worth trying out if anything just to give your hair a special treat!


Favourite 5

My fifth and final favourite this month is Marc Jacobs Daisy perfume! yum yum yum!! This perfume is so fresh and clean smelling! It also oddly manages to make me feel quite calm. I bought this perfume in June on the airport back from my New York trip. Weirdly though I didn't use it much until a couple of weeks ago, and now I've been wearing it almost non-stop! The smell is quite flowery but with a bit of a fruity "kick" to it, all in all I highly reccomend going to try it out!

Well, in the words of Porky Pig - That's all folks!


Jenni xx

routines routines routines

So here is yet another post today. As i'm sure you can notice I am trying to bulk this blog out!
So I thought I would write what make-up I have been putting on as my general every day make-up routine.

To start off - At the moment I have been using beauty flash balm from Clarins to begin (as inspired by beauty mecca's blog) Now, I love this, but I have to admit I think i am using it wrong! Ive been putting it on everyday which I think is too much for two reasons.
1. I believe this isn't an everyday moisturiser, and that makes me think it wont be as appreciated when I actually need it.
2. It costs a bloody fortune! Therefore using it every day will dramatically limit how long this will be in my possession!

Anywho, so as i said, i begin with beauty flash balm. I then put on neutrogena healthy skin foundation in classic ivory.  Unfortunately I dont believe you can buy this in the UK, I found it on a trip to New York (best week of my life!) and decided to stock up with a couple of bottles! This foundation is great for my skin, it leaves a nice glowy finish with a medium coverage.Perfect.

After this i apply a wee bit of mac strobe cream to my cheekbones. This is sooooo good!!

Then it is the turn of MAC's peaches blush. Oh. My. Goodness. This is the blush of all blush. The creme de la creme. You would think that it is just a plain flat peach blush, but no. It gives pale girls the perfect peaches and cream look, and darker girls that gorgeous peach "pop" ( i hate using that to describe make up, but hey, its true) to the cheeks.

I fill in my brows with just a rimmel pencil, then put on urban decays primer potion in sin - not in preparation for eye shadow, more so just to keep from my eyeliner smudging, I then use blacktrack fluidline on my top lashes in a flicky shape in an attempt to make my almond eyes look a smidgen bigger! To top all this off I put on lashings of bare esentuals buxom lash and some clear or pinky lipstick or lipgloss - which at the moment is Lancomes marshmallow juicy tube - yum.

This is my basic make up routine for days when i have work or am not doing anything special. I will save a more elaborate routine for another day me thinks!

Jenni xx