May Favourites

So since it's been a while since I properly blogged, I decided since it's the 1st of June today and since I am quite out of practice, a favourites post would be the best way to go. Some of these favourites may be from before May because I haven't been blogging and so I haven't really been keeping up with new products and new things in my everyday life, but it's just some things I've been loving recently!

I'm going to start off with makeup, I haven't really purchased anything new really recently but I have purchased a few new products since I last wrote a makeup related blog post. 

The first thing I wanted to talk about is the newest addition to my eye shadow palette collection. I had seen Morphe palettes all over Instagram and I thought they looked absolutely amazing and completely affordable for what you get. So, I decided to have a look and find one that I thought was really nice and one that I would be able to use on an everyday basis, nothing too bright or extravagant. I went for the 35W palette which has a lot of browns and burnt oranges as well as some greys and pinky purples. You can create so many different looks with this palette and I have been loving it so far. I don't often have time to do my makeup properly with eye shadow and everything else, you know the full monty, but when I do I really enjoy having lots of colours to play with. Some of these colours are more pigmented than others, I would say the lighter the colour is the less pigment you are likely to get out of it, but that is on my skin and with this particular palette so it is worth experimenting with.

The next makeup product I want to talk about is the Rimmel Lasting Finish foundation. It has been a long time since I found a foundation that I thought really lasted all day. This I find, with some powder to set can get me through a whole day at school and a whole 9 hour shift at work without needing topping up. By the end of a day at work or school, I do notice a little bit of shine on my nose from the natural oils in my skin but other than that the foundation is perfectly in tact keeping bronzer, blush and highlighter pretty much in tact too. I would definitely recommend giving this a try. 

The final makeup product I want to mention for this month is a Sleek blush in the shade 142 'Antique'. I have been using this blush straight, every single day for about 2 months now. I say every single day, I mean the days where I have worn makeup because I have a lot of no makeup days these days as a result of tiredness and laziness... Anyway, on days where I have been wearing makeup I can guarantee if I had a blush on it would have been this one. It's quite a distinct colour and I wasn't sure I would like it at first but on the skin it looks really pretty and isn't too strong or overpowering. It does have quite a significant shimmer in it so highlighter is not necessary, but I like quite a lot of highlight so I put highlighter on as well as this. I also love the little mirror that comes inside, you'd be surprised at how handy a little mirror that size is.

Still beauty related but not makeup, I have been using and loving Garnier's Micellar Cleansing Water as my holy grail for removing my makeup and cleansing my skin. A few drops of this on a large cotton pad and your makeup just comes straight off. No hassle at all and there's none of that aggressive rubbing of the eyes that leaves them red and sore because it takes makeup off so easily. It also makes my skin feel really nice and I think it has significantly improved my skin from the days of being lazy and just using a makeup wipe and nothing else to remove my makeup and cleanse my skin. The 400ml bottle also has approximately 200 uses and it has lasted me a really long time so far, so I think it's really good value for money. It's certainly lasting me longer than your average pack of 25 wipes would.

And the final beauty related product is a perfume. I don't often talk about perfumes and sprays because I've never really found one that I thought was really worth raving about. For my birthday at the start of this year I received the Marc Jacobs original Daisy perfume in a set and I have used it to death ever since. I go between 2 perfumes and a body spray on an everyday basis but this is definitely my most used. Looking at how much is in the bottle and thinking my birthday was almost 6 months ago, you wouldn't think I'd used it much but it just seems to be lasting a really long time, which is fine by me because I love it so much! It's such a fresh smell, I can't really explain it so you'll have to go and smell it yourself if you've never smelt it before.

A fashion favourite I have really been loving recently is Topshop's Joni jeans. I have seen these jeans worn by most girls I see at school or just walking around town and there have been many times where I have considered buying them and have put them back, mainly because of the price. However, I realised that I have a job now and I can afford and need to buy myself some decent jeans because my ratio of pants to tops is very unbalanced. So, the first pair I bought was the washed out black pair and I loved them so much that I went back and bought a blue pair. They are so comfortable and so easy to move in and I have eventually found a style of jean that fits me right. I can see why people wouldn't want to spend £36 on a pair of jeans especially as a teenager because money can be hard to come by and trust me I know that from before I had a job and still even now with my job, money is always an issue. But, if you are looking for a good quality pair of jeans that will last you I think Topshop Joni style is the way to go. There are so many colours to choose from as well so it can suit everyone. 

So now my more random favourites... My friends have been watching The Vampire Diaries for god knows how long now and they have been hounding me about watching it ever since they started watching it. Honestly, at first I had absolutely no interest in it but then when they were talking about it and telling me about it more I wanted to see what all the fuss was about. I still have one exam left to sit next week but I have had 5 already and my aim was not to start watching it until my revision was over and so I waited until about 2 weeks ago and then I started binge watching. After watching the first episode I couldn't stop. I have however had to stop watching it late at night because it was starting to run around my mind a bit too much when I was trying to sleep. But, I am still watching it during the day whenever I get a chance and I absolutely love it. I am currently on season 2 so please NO SPOILERS because I really want to get all the way through without any! I can guarantee my friends will let something slip at some point but I would like to keep that risk to a minimum! If you haven't watched it before, I recommend watching the first episode. But if you're in the middle of exams wait until they are over!!! You will be addicted, especially if you are a fan of Pretty Little Liars, this will be right up your street.

And that's it! I'm pretty sure I've covered the main favourites of this month in this post and it felt really good to be able to sit down and write a post. Something I haven't done in what feels like forever and I hope you enjoyed it! I also hope that I wasn't too rusty and that everything made sense... Not writing for 6 months and the calm after the storm of exams has me completely run down but this felt good. 

See you soon,

Becca x 

October Favourites

It feels like a really long time since I did a favourites post, saying that, it probably hasn't been that long but to me it feels like ages! 

I can't believe October has been and gone already! I've done 2 months of sixth form!? Time files when you're having fun, eh!? 

So, since it's been the end of another month I thought I'd share a few of the things I've been loving this month. There aren't as many things in this favourites as I normally have done in the past but there's a few things you may be interested in hearing about! 

Oh, and I apologise in advance for the varied lighting - the sun was not on my side whilst taking these photos... I guess it looks cool on some of them but I'll let you have your own opinion on that one...

I received these in one of my Pink Parcel boxes a couple of months back and they are the best things for taking eye makeup off and that is no exaggeration. I don't use these if I only have mascara on because I don't often have problems getting mascara off. I like to use them when I have eyeliner or a lot of eyeshadow on because it makes it so easy to get it off without irritating my eyes from scrubbing them so hard. 

From looking at this you would think I hadn't had it long, but I think I've had it for almost 2 years now... But I love it! Still going strong! This is the Strawberry Sorbet eos lip balm and if you have had an eos before you will understand how good they are. So moisturising and super quick and easy to use on the go. I've been using this a lot more recently now the colder months have come in and I've started to get chapped lips.

This is another product that I received in my Pink Parcel box a while ago and I think it's meant to be like a loose eyeshadow but I have been using it as a highlight. It doesn't specify what it is exactly so I think it's perfectly reasonable to use it for whatever purpose I fancy! 

One of my favourites for a while now is the One Direction Our Moment perfume. As you can quite clearly see, I haven't got much of this left! I started out just using it for special occasions because in my opinion, it's that kind of going out smell, but then I just got too obsessed with it recently and I've been using it probably 3-4 times a week. I cant describe scents for the life of me but it's a very girly and fresh scent, perfect for all occasions. 

This is another product I received courtesy of Pink Parcel in one of my more recent monthly boxes. It's the Bourjois Dark Khol Mascara, a product I hadn't really heard of before I received it. However, I have been using it throughout October and I've been absolutely loving it. Really good quality and really easy to reply. It also doesn't fall down your face during the day which is a huge bonus for me personally because that is incredibly annoying.

And of course it wouldn't be a monthly favourites without this month's favourite candle! I got this 3 wick copper candle from Next for £12 which I thought was a very reasonable price for a large candle such as this one. I cant actually find this on the Next website to find out what the scent of it was but I believe it was sandalwood and something else, try looking at your local Next Home department and see if you can find it and give it a sniff because it's a lovely smell! Plus, it's copper and we all know copper is totally in at the moment, it just looks super pretty sitting pride of place in the middle of my windowsill.

The final favourite of mine is actually a bit of a cheat, well actually, I suppose it's not. Let me explain, I've been watching a lot more TV recently and I've fallen in love with 2 programmes. The first is River which I've been watching throughout October and absolutely loving. If you haven't seen it yet, go catch up on BBC iPlayer because it's brilliant! And the second is The Bachelor. I caught the last episode of The Bachelorette and then moved onto The Bachelor. The reason I think this is a bit of a cheat is because this was right at the end of October and into November the last couple of days so it isn't really a October favourite... But I included it anyway! You can catch up with the first 2 episodes of The Bachelor on ITV Player or it is on ITVbe at some point during the week, I believe it's a Friday but you would need to double check.

What are your current faves?

Love, Becca

-xoxo

Holiday Favourites

I don't feel like I use enough new products each month to do a monthly favourites every month, so I thought I'd put a bit of a twist on it and do a holiday favourites instead because I feel that the products I use on holiday are slightly different to what I would use at home. 

So, I brought together all my favourite holiday go-tos and put them in a post for you so I hope you enjoy it!

2 things I found myself constantly reaching for while I was away were my 2 NAKED Palettes. I have the original and number 3 and I absolutely love them both to death. They each have 12 different shades mixing matte, shimmer and glitter all into one palette. They are super versatile and they fit into your luggage really easily. I'm thinking of doing a couple of posts with a bunch of different looks you can make from these palettes so let me know in the comments if that is something you would like to see.

Staying on with eyes I was also loving my Maybelline 24 Hour Colour Tattoo in 'Metallic Pomegranate'. I found that this was really easy to put all over my lid when I was in a bit more of a hurry and it still looked really lovely. That's what I like most about this product, it is so easy to use so it's perfect for when you're in a rush. I think I'm going to invest in getting some more colours of these because they are so quick and easy.

You may have seen in one of my recent Pink Parcel Box Opening posts that I received the L'Oreal Volume Million Lashes Excess mascara. I have honestly fallen head over heels in love with this product. I am a sucker for mascaras, I think I have more mascaras than any other makeup product in my collection. This mascara goes onto the lashes so easily and it creates a really full looking eye. It also isn't a very wet mascara. That sounds extremely weird but I know some of you will definitely know what I'm talking about. However, it is definitely NOT waterproof as I have discovered. Still, I have loved using this so far and I will continue to love it until I use it all up!

My one and only MAC lipstick, Candy Yum-Yum. I absolutely love this colour, however I have found it really hard to wear. I decided that I was going to take it on holiday with me because if you can't be bold and bright on holiday where can you? In the end I ended up loving the colour, however I wasn't applying it straight from the tip as I found the colour was too strong that way and so I used the brush that I am going to talk about below to give a more subtle coating. Other than the brightness, I love the consistency of the lipstick and the staying power is pretty good, not amazing for food and drink but it is good enough. I also love the smell of it. That's one thing I really like about MAC is that their products always seem to smell really nice.

And the brush that I have been enjoying using to apply my MAC lipstick is the Real Techniques Retractable Lip Brush. I hadn't really used this much until I decided to try it with my MAC lipstick because up until then I just applied the product straight from the tip with other lipsticks. Since trying this I have been loving using a brush to apply lipstick in general. It gives really accurate application of the product meaning there is a little less need for lip liner and it also applies the product evenly across the lips really well. The bristles on the brush are also really soft but very compact and dense to create the perfect application.

The final lip product I was really loving was my Revlon Colour Burst in 'Juicy Papaya'. I have loved this lip butter for a really long time now. The consistency is more like a gloss than a lipstick which I think is really nice because it has a nice glossy finish rather than a matte one. It's also a really lovely colour and isn't as bright as it appears. I find it is buildable to an extent but it can't be made completely opaque, or at least I haven't been able to do that with it. Still, a really lovely product and it's a perfect colour for holiday tans! 

I'm sure this foundation appears in every single favourites post I do... Sorry if you're bored of hearing about it but it has been my favourite foundation for a really long time now and other than my Bare Minerals Original SPF 15 foundation (which is too light now I have a tan) I haven't really found anything that matches up to it. I don't know if its the fruit extracts in it or what but this foundation doesn't break me out, it doesn't irritate my skin, it doesn't feel heavy on the skin and it gives pretty decent coverage if you layer it right. Overall I think it's one of the best drugstore foundations out there and if you haven't tried it I really suggest you do. Oh, and it's by Bourjois if you couldn't see the top.

Another product I received in one of my Pink Parcel boxes is this Bella Pierre pot of something. I'm not entirely sure what it's meant to be as it doesn't specify, however from the colour my first guess was a loose eyeshadow. However, I had it sat next to my Benefit High Beam and they are pretty much the same colour, just one is a powder and one is a liquid. So, as a result of this discovery I decided to try this as a highlighter and God forbid it works brilliantly! Whatever it is is in the shade 'Bubble Gum' and is a very glittery light pink powder. You don't need much of this at all to create a shimmery highlight. Too much will make you look like Edward Cullen in the sun.

Onto my fashion favourites of the holiday I was absolutely loving my TopShop cat-eye sunglasses. I bought these specifically for going away and I have been absolutely loving wearing them. I haven't had cat-eye sunglasses before but I really like they way they look and I feel they suit my face quite well. Brilliant for keeping those harmful rays out of your eyes whilst looking fabulous all at the same time!

This is something that I wear an awful lot at home as well as when I'm away but I wore this pretty much every night while I was away, give or take a few. It's so simple yet the sparkle adds something more to the outfit. It's by far my favourite necklace so well done Matt, you have good jewellery sense!

One thing we all wear on holiday is flip flops! I picked up 2 pairs really cheap from Primark for just £1 each which of course is a complete bargain. I wasn't expecting too much from them due to the price but they have been the comfiest things ever for the past 2 weeks! The toe post doesn't rub at all and they take the shape of your feet really well making them extremely comfy. Flip flops in general are so easy to slip on making them perfect for holidays. Another thing they helped with was the hot floor, no one wants burnt feet!

Final fashion favorite is this playsuit from H&M. My mum picked this up for me in the sale a few days before we went away and I absolutely love it. I think I wore it 2 or 3 times through the whole holiday because it was super easy to put on and it looked like I'd put in a lot more effort than I actually had. My only issue with playsuits is the toilet issue and I'm sure we can all agree on that one!

My final favourite of my holiday in Mallorca is books. I read 4 books in the 2 weeks I was away (I'm a really quick reader) and I just really got into every single one of them and enjoyed being able to live in someone else's life for a little while. That's one thing I've enjoyed about being off school because I don't have time to read what I want to read during term time so it's nice to be able to read some good books and not have to think about school until September! 

And that's everything I was loving on holiday! I really hope you enjoyed this post and I will see you again very soon!

Have you been away on holiday? What are your holiday favourites?

Love, Becca

-xoxo

March Favourites

Happy March! 

I'm aware that I haven't posted in a while and I also missed the 2nd Secret Blogger Project 2015 post last month so I'm sorry to those girls for that! However, school has been so busy with my first GCSE exams starting next month and I just honestly haven't had the time to sit down and write a post.

However, it's the Easter half term and I'm going to try and get a few posts in during the next 2 weeks before things start getting really busy! 

As you've probably seen by the title I'm going to kick start April with my March Favourites!

I'm gonna start off with 2 lip products. The first is my Strawberry Sorbet eos lipbalm. I love this thing to death and I honestly couldn't live without it! Definitely a holy grail product for me, it's so hydrating and it tastes really good too! However, that's not great if you're hungry! 

The second lip product I want to talk about is the Revlon Colourburst Lip Butter in Juicy Papaya. I have used this lip butter quite a lot now, it's super pretty and isn't as bright as it looks in the packaging. It's actually quite a neutral tone but adds enough colour to be quite a summery colour for the lips. It's also quite moisturising and applies very easily to the lips.

The next product is another holy grail product - Batiste Dry Shampoo. I'm pretty sure you'll have heard of it, if not tried it! This is the tropical scent and it's one of my favourites. Batiste is an amazing brand and it is definitely a hair product I will stick by for years to come. It's perfect for those days when you sleep in and don't have time to wash your hair.

The NAKED Palette is back. I've talked about this palette so much on my blog since I got it for Christmas but I've honestly fallen in love with it. It's so perfect for everyday and evening use. I haven't been using it as much the past few days because I've been too busy to have time to do it! But, this is my go to palette at the moment and I highly recommend checking Urban Decay's eyeshadow palettes out if you don't have any already. I will definitely be investing in more in the future!

One Direction's Our Moment perfume is one of my absolute favourite scents. I only wear this on very special occasions because I don't want to use it all up! I'm honestly dreadful at describing scents so you'll just have to go to your local perfume shop and smell it for yourself! It's a very fresh and quite simple scent but it lasts for a good amount of time, plus the bottle is just adorable and I could look at it all day!

Wipes are an essential for me and I have really been liking these Johnson's Moisturising face wipes. I don't have particularly dry skin however in the winter, I do get some dry patches and these wipes have been perfect in helping that along. These wipes are also miracle workers when it comes to Benefit's They're Real Push Up Liner which I personally find impossible to get off. However, with these wipes it comes off straight away which is a bonus for me.

I received a new laptop for my birthday and honestly, I've never stopped using it since! This is the HP Pentium I think, I'm just reading what's written on the laptop itself! But I would highly recommend HP laptops if you're out looking for a new one because so far I've had nothing to complain about with this laptop. This particular laptop has 1 terabyte work of space which is brilliant for me because I save basically everything!

Due to my GCSEs coming up very soon, I've made a revision timetable particularly for school days. However, in the holidays and often on weekends I do a lot more than what is on here. I find that writing myself a revision timetable and having it stuck up right next to my desk makes it easier for me to focus on a subject and get a decent amount of work done ready for a well earned break during spaces where there are no subjects.

My contract got upgraded in March which meant I was able to upgrade my iPhone 4 to an iPhone 5c and I absolutely love it! My phone is one thing that is always in my hand or in my pocket and my iPhone 4 was getting really old and was getting very slow with apps and the internet so I was due to get a new phone. The 5c is such a good phone and I would highly recommend it for iPhone lovers, or even if you've never had an iPhone, this is a good place to start!

I'm in love with this purse. That's all I have to say really. It's so pretty and it's also a perfect size for me. I often carry a lot around in my purse with me and so a large purse is very helpful! As you can probably see it is from River Island and honestly I think River Island do some of the nicest purses so go check that out! 

As I mentioned in my February Faves, I was reading The Scorch Trials and loving it. I have now moved on to the next book in the collection and I'm now loving The Death Cure! The Maze Runner series by James Dashner is one of my favourite series that I've read yet and I highly recommend reading the books before seeing any of the films! I haven't seen the films yet because I prefer to read books first so if you can deal with the temptation, give it a go!

I hope you enjoyed this post and I will hopefully see you sometime soon in the Easter holidays!

Happy Easter!

Love, Becca

-xoxo

February Favourites

February Favourites

Well, there’s another month over and done with! Where has 2015 gone!? Yeah I know it’s only March but still, that’s a quarter of the way through the year already! I can’t be the only one that thinks it’s going really quickly! Moving onto a new month can only mean one thing… Monthly Faves time!!!

This is also a super duper long favourites this month, just as a pre-warning! 

Let’s get on with last month’s favourites then!

I’ve used nose strips before however, the last ones I used weren’t as good as these ones! These are the Skin Lite Nose Pore Cleansing Strips. I get a lot of blackheads on my nose, but nowhere else. I’m sure a lot of other people have that problem too. Blackheads are possibly the most annoyingly disgusting things that could appear on my face, I honestly hate them so much. I find it really hard to get rid of them, but with these strips, once you pull them off after the suggested 10-15 minutes, you can actually feel the blackheads being pulled out (sounds gross and painful but I promise it’s not) and you can then see them on the strip once you’ve pulled it off. That for me is one of the most satisfying things ever. It doesn’t quite get every single blackhead because that would be pretty impossible, at least with the amount that appear on my nose, but it does make a difference looking closely at your nose afterwards. This often makes your pores appear bigger and deeper but that’s just because they’ve been fully opened up after the removal of the blackheads.

Sticking with skincare, I’ve really been loving the Simple Refreshing Facial Wash Gel. I featured this in my Winter GRWM and I’ve been really loving it this month. It’s really nice to use after removing my makeup, it goes onto the skin really nicely and most importantly, it makes my face feel clean afterwards. I have so many cleansers but this is probably going to be one of my favourites because it’s so nice to use either in the shower or just over the sink on a morning or evening before going out or going to bed. Very quick to use with a little bit of water and a flannel.

I received a Montagne Jenessee Cucumber Face Mask in my stocking for Christmas and I’ve been waiting for a nice opportunity to use it and I decided that when I did my GRWM I was going to use it as you may have seen. I love these peel off masks because they don’t make your face ridiculously tight but they make you feel like it’s doing something to your skin. Of course, the best part of using a peel off mask is when you get to peel it off! It’s like being in first school again, deliberately covering your fingers in PVA glue and waiting for it to dry just so you can peel it off! Anyway, I also really like how my skin feels after I’ve removed the mask because I always feel really clean and refreshed which is a really nice feeling to have.

As you may remember, over the period of Christmas and my birthday, I received a lot of Soap and Glory products so I thought I’d mention something I received then that I’ve really been loving. II can’t get enough of this Hand Dream! I’ve never been a huge fan of hand creams because I don’t really get dry hands and I find it really frustrating when it doesn’t sink in quick enough and I have to wait for that greasy feeling to go away. However, Hand Dream Super Cream has completely changed my opinion on hand cream! This tube comes everywhere with me now and I love it to bits. It smells lovely, the bottle isn’t overly huge and it doesn’t take an ice age to sink in!!! That’s probably the best part about it!

The next Soap and Glory Product I’ve actually had for a while now but I’ve recently been using more often, specifically on my legs. This is The Scrub of Your Life and it literally is the best scrub I’ve used! It has quite large exfoliating particles but it feels so nice on the skin and this scrub also lathers up too so I guess it acts as a soap and a scrub all in one! Even better! I’ve been getting quite dry skin on my legs recently as a result of being on my knees and dancing a lot so I’ve been trying to exfoliate and moisturise more to try and solve or at least minimize that problem, and this product has really helping.

Sticking with shower products, I also want to talk about a LUSH product that I received for Christmas. I believe the So White shower gel was a Christmas shower gel if I’m thinking of the right thing. Anyway, it smells AMAZING and I’ve loved using this in the shower. I love the smell of apples and this shower gel could just be pure apple juice in a bottle for all I care! The only thing I will say about this product is it’s very watery which is slightly annoying but it still lathers lovely and obviously, leaves my skin smelling amazing as well as looking quite good too as it has a hint of shimmer in it too! Perfect for using in the shower before going out somewhere!

Finally on the skincare front and also going back to Soap and Glory is the Wash Your Hands of It soap. Sorry for so much Soap and Glory but it was pretty much inevitable with the amount I received this year! I’ve loved using this soap to wash my hands lately, it smells really nice and I think it looks quite cute sitting by the sink – totally not relevant but oh well, it does! This soap also doesn’t dry your hands out either which sometimes I find particular soaps do that to me so this one is perfect for that!

Moving onto makeup now, I’ve recently joined the Rimmel Wake Me Up concealer band wagon. So late on this product I know, but just to redeem myself I tried the foundation about a year and a half ago so I’m not completely behind! This concealer is literally the best thing since sliced bread! I’ve fallen head over heels for it! I find it really illuminating which is great for covering dark circles under my eyes, which I have a lot more of than I can account for! It also has really good coverage and pigmentation making it super easy to apply and it stays on really well all day. It’s also super easy to slip in your makeup bag for when you’re on the go and I just love it! That’s all I can really say! It’s an amazing product I say!

The next makeup product I want to talk about I know I’ve talked about loads before but it’s the MUA Lipstick in Shade 11. I think this colour is just super easy to wear, it’s not too bold but it looks good with anything and it also stays on really well which is always a good thing for me in a lipstick because lipstick just seems to fall off my mouth somehow… It’s really pigmented and just looks really pretty on the lips. I love it, can’t say much more really!

The final makeup favourite I want to talk about is the huge e.l.f. palette I received for Christmas. I love e.l.f. I just wish it was available in physical shops in the UK! My friend sent this to me from the US and I absolutely love it. There are so many colours in this one palette and it isn’t even that big of a palette! There’s probably every colour under the sun in there and it’s just perfect. All of the colours have really nice pigmentation and consistency and there is a range of matte, shimmer and glitter shades so there’s something for everyone. There’s also a huge range of light and dark colours so you can range from really simplistic and natural to much more dramatic which is perfect in a palette like this because it makes it so versatile which I love.

Sticking with e.l.f. I have also been loving 3 of their Shimmer Glosses. The 3 pictured look quite similar but they all look really lovely on the lips. I don’t find these too sticky and the consistency is just generally really nice. They have a doe-foot applicator which I like best for lipglosses as it makes them so much easier to apply with or without a mirror, at least that’s what I think. Applying a lip product without a mirror is never easy but I find these type of applicators make it slightly easier! There is obviously a tiny bit of shimmer in these but it’s nothing too dramatic. The colour also isn’t too bright either so they’re all more natural than bright and bursting with colour which I prefer.

Now I’m going to discuss 2 Benefit products that I’ve been loving this month. This is the Benefit They’re Real mascara and eyeliner duo. I’ve been loving the mascara for about a year now as you may or may not know, but the liner was a new one for me this Christmas and I’ve never looked back. The push-up applicator makes application so much easier and quicker. It’s perfect for anyone starting out in winged eyeliner and I honestly don’t think I’ll be changing eyeliners anytime soon. The mascara is just amazing. I’ve loved it for ages now, it volumises slightly better than it lengthens but it still looks really nice on. The extra part on the end of the applicator also makes it so much easier to get right into the corner lashes.

Moving away from makeup I want to talk about the Zoella Body Mist. I received this for my Christmas off a friend and it has been my everyday scent since then. Considering I’ve worn it most days for about 2 months with top ups throughout the day, I still have so much left which makes me extremely happy. This mist has a really fresh scent and it smells exactly how I would expect Zoe to smell. That was a weird comment but you know what I mean! The packaging is also super cute and I love the way it looks sitting on top of my dressing table.

Now it’s time for the random favourites!

I’ve been trying to read this book for so long and I’m still only half way through it’s just so hard to find the time to actually sit down and read it! It’s such a good story line though! For anyone who doesn’t know, this is the second book in The Maze Runner series so you would need to read The Maze Runner before but I highly recommend reading this series, such a gripping book with what I will openly admit is a really weird story line and it does scare me sometimes but I’m still reading it which can only be a good thing, I haven’t given up despite having no time to read it!

A piece of jewellery I’ve been loving this month is this Hasma Hand anklet that I ordered from Dainty Day Dream the other month. I love this anklet to death, it’s so simple but looks so pretty and I really can’t wait for summer because I think this will look really nice with some flip flops or sandals and shorts. In case you didn’t see it, I did a post including a discount code for Dainty Day Dream jewellery. If you are interested in getting a 20% discount from this company, please click here and you will be diverted to the post I did including the link for the Dainty Day Dream website as well as the code you need to use. 

The next favourite of this month are my lantern fairy lights that I have on my bedroom window. I bought these from Primark for £6 which was an absolute bargain and I think these lights are super pretty. They really add a lot of effect to my room at night. They even look pretty during the day which is obviously a bonus!

Another decor favourite is this Prosecco candle from Urban Outfitters. This candle literally smells amazing, I'm awful at describing smells so just go to Urban Outfitters, find this candle and smell if for yourself. I think it's quite a sweet scent so if that's not what you like then this might not be for you but go give it a sniff anyway, Urban Outfitters have a really good range of candles at the minute so go have a look!

I said right at the start of the year that I was going to get organised, so the next 2 favourites are as a result of that promise I made to myself! The first is my diary, I have used this to write absolutely everything in lately and it has helped me stay so organised!

The second form of organisation this month has been post-its. I’ve used post-its a lot this month to remind me about things etc. and I’ve actually forgotten my books etc. a lot less by using these! So I think using this is a positive thing for me and I’m going to continue with it in the run up to my exams!

Woah, that was a really long favourites! I hope you enjoyed it none the less and well done if you got this far!

See you next time,

Love, Becca

-xoxo