Tecnic Advent calendar 2016

Tecnic Advent beauty calendar

So it's almost that time of year, where everyone starts buying there Christmas advent calendars before they sell out and trust me they don't stay in shops for long. I remember when an advent used to be advent candles or just a chocolate advent calendar.

Loads of companies have made an advent, you get chocolate, candles, cosmetics, jewellery, toys and so on.

Anyway this year I wanted to find a beauty one as last year I had the H&M gold rose packaging advent, which was filled with Christmas charms, earings, etc which was in my last December blog post which I loved. I Found this one online which is amazing for the price. Its the ' Tecnic wreath advent calendar''. I love the shape of the advent its unusual to the normal look, its a hexagon shape with a wreath patterned in the middle of the box on the front.

You get 24 beauty products counting up to Christmas day. You do get lipglosses, pallets, nail varnishs etc... it does show you on the back of the box what you get inside, but if yiou didn't want to find out and keep it a surprise then stick the advent straight on to the wall or put it against something. But at least you don't know what day you will be getting that beauty product till you open the countdown doors of course.

By looking on the back of the advent I'm higly impressed for what you get and how much you spend for this beautiful unique calendar.

I cant wait to start opening the doors in December and letting you guys know that I received behind the doors and how I found what the products was like.

Overall I love the packaging, the value for money is amazing and I recommend you to give this ago in December.

Sleek matte me lip creams review

Sleek matte me lip creams

So in a few months it will be Christmas again ( where has the time gone?!) Anyway most places have started to bring out there Christmas gifts. Boots is always worth looking around especially around now. I went in to my local boots and found sleek matte me lip creams gift set.

I love the sleek lip creams and brought this straight away!

You get four different lip cream shades and for the price for four its amazing!.

The first colour is 'Old Hollywood' the shade is a really dark red pretty much a burgundy colour. When you first apply to your lips it's a deep red then near the end of the day it slightly fades to a slight lighter red.  This shade is perfect for Christmas time with a black sparkly dress.

The second shade is 'Velvet slipper', this colour is a dark brown with hints of red/ purple tones. This really looks great for autumn time, so when your wearing a mustard colour jumper, autumn brown tee this would look great. I have been wearing this one a few times and I've been wearing this one while my hair has been up so you focus more on the lips This is my second favourite one out of the sleek pack.

The third one is 'Rioja red' as it has red in it's name of course you get the idea that it's red!

It's not one of your deep red's you see a lot of but it's a light red with a slight orange tone to it. This would look great either Autumn or Winter time! you can wear this lip cream with mustard jumpers, white shirts or even a fluffy snowy white jumper. I haven't worn this 'Rioja red' out yet but i'm sure I will!

The last lip cream is my everyday favourite 'Birthday suit' I've mentioned this lip cream a few time's before on my blog as it's the colour I always go back too, plus the colour is such a nice shade. This shade is a light brown nude, which looks amazing with anything you wear. I wear this shade pretty much everyday. You only need to apply one coat as it's very pigmented, but you can apply two coats if you want your shade to stand out more.

Overall I love all of these sleek matte me lip creams, also the products are amazing to apply they glide on in one smooth application, I first apply the bottom lip then the top after wards, this takes a few seconds to dry to get that matte finish. Then I apply a soft lipgloss on top just to make my lips less drying. Doing it this way makes my lips stay put this colour all day! even when i'm drinking green tea or water! That's why I always stick with the matte me's as the products does what it says on the box and stays on for hours without the product flaking on your lips.

I highly recommend you to try these out. Go to your local boots or superdrug , find the the testers test them on your hand and see what shade is best for you. Or if you want to see how good they are test some on your arm leave it for a good few hours go shopping then check your arm to see if the product is still on your arm. Which I highly sure it is. Then see what shade you want to go for, it takes a while for the product to come off your lips with a makeup wipe as the product is so pigmented and matte that it stays on your lips for hours making it harder to budge which is great as you want it to stay on all day . So out of the four my favourites in order is 'Birthday suit' then ' Velvet slipper', 'Old hollywood', then the 'Rioja Red. I do love them all and I highly recommend you to try these beautys out or get your family or friends the perfect gifts this Christmas and buy them this gift set they will love it!

Rose Gold Jewellery haul

Rose Gold Jewellery haul

Beike rose gold watch - I saw this online and thought it looked elegant and pretty, the brand name is 'Beike' and it's a Quartz wristwatch. The dial window is made out of glass, so I have to be very carful with it, don't want it to shatter! There's four differnet colours Red, pink, white and black. I choose the white daisy watch as it goes with anything! It's such a nice fitting, it's not too tight, it's pretty lose and feels really nice on your skin.

The photo on the left  I paired the Beike watch with a thin gold rose leaf bangle, when I sore this bangle I thought wow this will pair really well with the watch, it's the same colour rose gold, it's matches the nature it has, daisy's and leaf's and overall I love it!, it's abit too big so I pushed the two leaf's together to make it slightly tighter.

Rose gold earrings- These are really nice diamond shape earrings, these earrings have 3 'V' shape plain rose gold bits in the middle of the diamond shape, outside of the 'V' shapes there's a big 'V' shape with pretty gems on top of it, These would go well with any of the items I've mentioned so far in this blog.

Rose gold necklace-

This necklace caught my eye, the gems was just sparkling in the light in the store, it has a simple rose gold chain, with a gold rose circle and there's also a circle in the middle with pretty tiny gems. It looks really nice with a black dress.

I highly recommend everything here, especially the Beike watch it's not a tight fitting, it's pretty lose, looks smart with anything you wear and all of these jewellery items looks amazing!

Bourjois Rouge velvet

Bourjois Rouge velvet liquid lipsticks  review

So in my previous blogs I've been telling you guys that I've been loving the sleek matte me liquid lipsticks, I wanted to try a different brand and see what other colours they have and if they do the same. I found out that Bourjois made matte liquid lipsticks too.

Cool Brown - Unlike some matt liquid lipsticks this is the most smoothest consistency matte liquid lipstick ever. The sleek matte me dried pretty quick which is great if your in a hurry to do your makeup but this liquid lipstick takes a while to dry to give it plenty of time to budge around your lips how you like it. This is in the shade cool brown which looks a slight pinky brown. This will look good with a cat eye or even a basic makeup look.

Grand cru- This colour is perfect for Autumn/ winter. It's such a nice shade of red, I searched it online before I brought it in Boots, and it looked purpley pink but actually testing it in store it applied as a nice deep red then when you rub it in its a light red. This liquid lipstick shade would look great with a 'Snow white' colour jumper or a Autumn mustard jumper. When you first apply it on your lips it goes on so smooth which is my favourite kinda liquid lipsticks. I'm so happy I've found a liquid lipstick that you when you drink a hot drink or even water that your lipstick doesn't get too dry on your lips that you just have to remove it.
The cool brown is more of a morning and day time shade and the Grand cru is more of a night time going out shade.

You should check these out, I will 100% buy these two shade again and also look in to the other colours the sell. Love them!.

Outfit of the day

Outfit of the day

So in my latest blogs I mentioned I dyed my hair blonde recently you guys haven't seen it so here it is. Anyway today its pretty sunny and hot so I thought I would wear a dress as it's such a lovely day. So this dress is from Miss Selfridges, it a black dress with two layers, the first layer is a see through material and the second layer is a thick shiny material to cover up what you are wearing under the dress.
It has a chocker neck which is covered with beads going around the neck line which is pretty flattering, it has a slit just under the neck line, which gives it abit more female feel.

As it gets slightly chilly during the day I've added my Boohoo kimono, it's such a nice mandala sort of feel, it's nice monochrome design. It's so comfy, its a pretty lose fitting with wider arms so it's such a perfect thing to wear during the day time when you don't wont to wear anything too tight or warm. This goes so well with the Miss Selfridges dress. I highly recommend checking out BOOHOO if you haven't already and looking at the kimono's. You can wear this pretty much with everything and it still makes your outfit look sylelish. Love this kimono to bits.

Halloween Haul 2016

Halloween Haul 2016

So it's almost that time of year when we all come in to fall! boots, jumpers , leaves, candles...

So I thought I would go out and buy a few bits for Halloween for myself and my daughter before everything gets sold out!

First off this purchase is a pretty simple item, it's a pumpkin scented candle, I love the smell of candles they just freshen up the room and give it a nice scent for a little while, it's nice when your all cosy under your blanket with a hot drink. This scent is a really calm no heavy pumpkin smell. It smells slightly sweet so it's a really good Halloween scent to have especially if your having a Halloween movie night this is great just to put on a table and chill.

So I saw these in the shop and I read the label ''Flashing cups'' and thought how do they flash?! there's a button at the bottom of the cup, you press it and it flashes, the light has three different settings, the first one is a crazy flicker setting, the second is a slower flicker and the third it holds the light still. These look so good in the dark and would look great at a kids Halloween party as the lights on these cups would brighten up the room. These would also be great for an adults movie night they are great to Instagram!.

They sell these in three different styles, the purple one has witches printed everywhere, the green has cobwebs and the orange has pumpkins.

The third thing I picked up was these ' Spooky false nails', so I never worn false nails before but I saw these and thought I would give them ago, There's witches, pumpkins and also spiders on the nails. I like the orange and black together its a really great Halloween look. You can buy other colours but I loved these the most. I will write a review about these near Halloween to say how well they stayed on and how I applied them and what they looked like for the finished look.

I picked up a box of these bracelets just to see what they are like, they do two different styles one of the styles is the bats and other is pumpkins. You get two bracelets in one box, you have to put them together yourself. They glow in the dark which is good for kids to wear so they won't get lost. You get four glow in the dark glow stick and two purple plastic bat. I haven't tried them out yet till Halloween, but you bend the glow sticks and put two in both holes on the back of the plastic bat, highly recommend these for kids.

The last item I picked up was this! so last year I dressed my daughter up in a pumpkin costume ( which looked adorable) this year I wanted to find something different not all kids would wear. I found the weirdest cutest Halloween costume which is this 3D spider costume. Its a black material with a big green cobweb with a giant orange 3D spider on the front. On the spider it has big goggle eyes with 6 legs hanging off the costume. This is such a weird costume but also so cute! I highly recommend this for both boys and girls it's such a adorable costume.

So that is all, when Asda brings out there Halloween items I will bring out another blog to show you the rest of my items for a Halloween night.

I hope you have enjoyed this blog and given you a few ideas what you could get for a Halloween night

Thanks for reading

x

E.L.F Haul

E.L.F Haul/ Review

So I ordered and reviewed e.l.f products before and loved them, so I thought I would try out more of there products. I took a look online and found a few bits that I really wanted to try out so these are the things I ordered...

Lip Exfoliator clear - This lip exfoliator just smells like the one they do in Lush, it smells amazing, so when its starting to get cold your lips dry up a lot!, I've been using the lush lip scrubs for years and thought I would give e.l.f's exfoliator ago as its slightly different, the lush lip scrub product is in a little pot and you can get loads of different smells and colours, the e.l.f one comes in a lipstick container in two different colours. I like the product as lipstick exfoliator as it's a lot easier to apply if your out and about, the lush lip scrubs you have to stick your hand in and apply it on your lips and you can the remaining product on your hands and if you don't carry tissues or wipes then your kinda stuck, so this e.l.f exfoliator is a lot handy when you go out. But I do love the lush lip scrubs they smell so good.

Jumbo lip gloss stick - In the nude
So I've tried lip crayons before and never liked the product on me. I found the jumbo gloss sticks on the e.l.f website and thought they look like a jumbo crayon so I gave them ago and this colour is so nude you can barley notice it anyway, so if you like that look then this ones for you.

Jumbo lip gloss stick - Sangria starters
This shade goes on a lot better than the nude, this shade is a neutral none heavy wine berry, this product glides on straight away and its not sticky which is a big bonus for a gloss stick. This product is good to wear if you don't feel like wearing heavy makeup, I prefer this to the nude shade.

Nostalgic lipstick -
This product goes on straight away! it reminds me of the MAC Myth shade as it's pretty much the same shade and thickness.
I highly recommend this lipstick if your thinking of ordering a lipstick off of e.l.f.
The container of this product is pretty basic, it's a grey lipstick case with a slight bit in the middle which is see through which you can see the colour of your product. The lipstick it's self is a light nude pink, which is great for summer and also autumn.

Lipstick pen gloss - Maple sugar

These lipstick pen glosses comes in a clear tube, which you twist a lot to get the product out, so really its good if you have a child who love's to grab your makeup as they wont be able to get any of the product out. This maple sugar shade is a pretty neutral shiny clear pink which is nice to wear alone or even on top of a lipstick. So if you want a nude look then try this one out!

Conditioning  lip balm - Melow melon

This comes in a nice packaging, it feels nice and creamy, very moisturizing also really pigmented, this is one of my favourites I ordered on the e.l.f website. I don't always feel like wearing a lipstick if I have dry lips or if its too hot it will just melt off and this is brilliant. Its a lip balm tint with a really nice pink shade which will make your lips look nice and also keep them nice and healthy.

Eyebrow kit - Medium

It does what is says online!, gives you fuller thicker and more defined brows. My eyebrows aren't in bad shape at all, I just like touching them up abit to make them slighter darker, I love the gel and the brown powder, I thought the powder looked really light in the pallete but actually its the right shade I need and I love it .

Lengthening & defining mascara

My favourite 2 parts of make up are lipsticks and mascara!  I had to try thr e.l.f mascara. The brush is small which applies amazingly to the bottom lashes. This gives you a natural looking length and it doesn't leave clumbs. Also doesn't leave your eye lashes sticking together, so if you like natural looks then try this one out.

I highly recommend all of these products by e.l.f, they have amazing products and they don't lie at all to say what the products will do, it says what they actually do! and that's what I love. I recommend you check the e.l.f website E.L.F out and try a few things out, I can honstley say you will love them!