Liquid Lipstick Collection

As most people already know, I am quite the fan of make-up and have an ever growing collection. That being said the biggest part of my collection is lip products. I recently discovered 'liquid lipsticks' and they are now my go-to lip product as they are so easy to apply and long lasting. As you can see I have quite a few, most of which are matte finishes as that is my preferred style. I also prefer nudes colour to bright pinks and red as they are much easier to pull off on a daily basis. I have left links to all the shades avaliable at the end of the post.

From Left to Right:

• Make-up Revolution Salvation Velvet Lacquer: Velvet Vamp  
• NYC Liquidd Lipshine: Wine n Dine
• Make-up Revolution Ultra Velour Lip Cream: Say Yes it's What We Do Best 
• MUA Luxe Whipped Velvet: Majestic 
• Make-up Revolution Ultra Velour Lip Cream: All I Think About is You
• Rimmel London Show Off (Apocalips) Lip Lacquer: Celestial 
• Wet n Wild Vicious Varnish High Shine Lip Stain: Legendary Face 
• Make-up Revolution Salvation Velvet Lacquer: What I Beleive 
• Rimmel London Show Off Matte (Apocalips): Atomic Rose 
• Make-up Revolution Ultra Velour Lip Cream: Can't We Just Make Love Instead
• Make-up Revolution Ultra Velour Lip Cream: Their Eyes Can;t Find Us
• MUA Luxe Whipped Velvet: Spry 
• Make-up Revolution Salvation Intense Lacquer: Barely There
• Make-up Revolution Salvation Intense Lacquer: More Than I Could Give
• Make-up Revolution Ultra Velour Lip Cream: Move Your Mouth Forever

When doing these swatches I noticed that the Make-up Revolution Ultra Velour Lip Cream in Can't We Just Make Love Instead was an exact dupe for the Rimmel London Matte Show Off in Atomic Rose. If you like this shade then I would suggest purchsing the Make-up Revolution product at £3 rather than the Rimmel London at £6.49, as it save you almost £4.

If you enjoyed having a sneak peak at my make-up collection, let me know in the comments and I will share some more with you. Also let me know what your staple lip product is and why.

A Day Trip to The Beach

Yesterday I spent the day at Skegness with my family. Skegness is somewhere we used to visit every year camping when we were younger, so it was nice to go back for a day trip as we haven't been camping for so long!

We got up at 6am with the intention to set off at 6:30, but of course, that is not the time we ended up leaving as Luke has great difficulty rising before lunchtime as a 14 year old. The drive took just a little over 2 hours and we arrived in the town at 9:15am. Due to it being a Sunday this meant that nowhere was open until 10am, including anywhere to get breakfast, so we stopped off at Mcdonalds for Luke to get breakfast (He insisted that he was too hungry to wait 20 minutes to go for a proper breakfast).

The day started at Morrisons Cafe, where me, mum, Zoe and dad had a big cooked breakfast. Whenever we used to go camping we would leave at 6am and always stop at Morrisons for breakfast as nowhere would be open that early, so we carried on the tradition and it was very yummy! In fact, it was that nice that I had eaten most of it before I realised I didn't take any pictures!

The next stop was Fantasy Island. Fantasy Island is essentially just a giant market full of junk, but occasionally there are some good things. I picked up some bed sheets and egg cups ready for university and also a couple of pairs of sunglasses. Once we had walked around the entire market and brought everything we wanted to we headed back to the town and seafront, which is about a 5 minute drive. We looked around a few shops in the town before stopping at a bakery to get some cakes to eat in the park. There wasn't actually any cakes that I fancied so had some cheese straws instead. We sat on a bench in the park whilst we ate our cakes, I also took this opportunity to take off my air boot and let my foot move for a little bit. 

Arcades were the next things we did, a fair amount of time was spent at the arcade on the pier, winning tickets before heading down to the beach. Instead of going on the sand we sat on the wall as the sand was still quite wet from the rain the previous day. Of course, you can't go to the beach without getting fish and chips, so that is what we did. I actually ended up having sausage and chips and I was feeling a little bit sick from all the walking I had been doing. (It had been the furthest I had walked since having my cast taken off, with no crutches and one crutch) But it was still very nice!

Finally, Zoe, Luke and dad went on the fair, whilst me and mum waited on various benches as I had given up on walking or standing at this point, even though I was having a good day. Before heading back to the car we had ice-creams from a place called Bizze-Lizzes where we used to get ice creams from all the time when we went camping.

The journey home took longer than the way there and we arrived home just before 10pm and I went straight up to bed and fell asleep. As I am writing this I am still quite tired and am aching, but it was a lovely day out and I am lucky that I can spend the day resting.

Make-up Revolution Blusher Palette Review

Last week I shared my thoughts about an all matte palette from one of my favourite brands and today I am talking about two more palettes, expect this time they are blusher rather than eyeshadow.

Much like the eyeshadow palette I have had these two a long time, so I have had a chance to used them multiple times and decide what I really think about them. I will leave links to both palettes I have talked about at the end of the post.

The first one I am going to talk about is the cream blusher palette, which I ordered right at the beginning of the year in the sale. I decided I wanted to try cream blusher as I had seen a lot of people using them online, especially during the 'clown' contouring craze and I already owned quite a lot of individual powder blushers. When I was scrolling through the website looking for a blusher I liked I came across this palette and decided staright away that I wanted to try it. I paid £6 for this product, which I think is an amazing deal for 8 fairly large pans. When I first used this product I was a little bit worried about the texture as they were very creamy and I didn't want them to look greasy or slide down my face throughout the day, but that doesn't happen at all. The colour pay off is really good, meaning a little goes a long way, so it is very easy to accidently apply too much and look like a clown. The only negative thing I have to say about this product is the fact that some of the colours are a little bit too bright for my liking, but that is down to personal opinion rather than a fault with the product.

All About Creams Palette

The second palette I am talking about looks almost idetical to the first one, However it is a powder formulation rather than a cream. This palette I brought in a christmas gift set for £10 which came with two brushes, so i'm not sure if its avaliable on the webiste anymore.. I have previously tried lots of he individual powder blushes from the brand and loved every single one, so decided to but a palette as it would be more travel friendly for holidays. When I recieved the product I was shocked with the quality, normally when you buy a palette containing tis many products the quality isn't as high as buying the individual ones, however they feel the same if not slightly better than the indvidual blushes. If you haven't tried any of the blushers from Make-up Revolution I would highly recomment trying out one of their blusher palettes as you have 8 different shades to try out, which works out £2 cheaper than buying them all individually.

A more recent blush palette I have been loving is Blush Godess which includes 4 blush shades and 4 highlight shades for only £6! If you have tried any Make-up Revolution products that you think I might like please let me know in the comments, so I can try them out.

Back to School Essentials

I'm not sure when everyone goes back to school or university, but I know that my brother and sister both went back to school today and I go to university towards the end of the month. I thought I would share some of my back to school essentials in case anyone still needs to do a last minute stationary run.

I have gathered together a huge amount of stationary, so that I had plenty to last me for the entire year. Of course not everything is essential, but it's aways better to be prepared for anything. Below I have listed all the items in the picture to give you a rough idea of the kind of things you might want to buy, if you haven't done so already.

Top 10 Essentials:

Pens 

I prefer to use rollerball pens, rather than ink or gel

Pencils 

Both HB and coloured pencils are useful

Sharpener and Rubber set

Pencil Case 

Of course you need some way of transporting all your stationary

Revision cards 

You might not need them at the beginning of the year, but at least you have them ready for exam season.

 Post-it Notes 

I have way more than any person would need, but they are useful for jotting down things you need to get finished.

NoteBooks 

A lot of schools provide exercise books, but in 6th form or university you are expected to bring your own.

Ruler 

You may also want to buy a full geometry set, depending on what year you're in.

Highlighters 

These are always helpful when taking notes from textbooks or annotating work.

Memory Stick 

If you know a lot of your work is going to be computer-based it is definitely worth buying yourself a memory stick as it makes it much easier to work on the same thing at both home and school.

Of course you don't have to buy everything I have mentioned and you can definitely buy more if you wish to do so. For example, I brought a lot of extra things that wouldn't be classed as essential. For example: Fine Liner pens, Whiteboard markers, Plastic wallets, gel pens and an excessive amount of post-it notes.

I hope everyone has a good first day back at school/college or university.

Make-up Revolution Ultra Mattes Palette Review

This week I have been sorting through all of my make-up and organising it into boxes ready for when I move to univeristy in 3 weeks time. Doing so has reminded my of how many products I have that I love using on a daily basis. One of these is the Ultra Mattes Palette from the brand Make-up Revolution - one of my favourite drug store brands. 

I have had this palette for a few months now and have used it many times, so I thought why not share it with other people who may also like it. You can order this palette online from here or here, or alternatively you can buy it from a Superdrug shop and it only costs £8, which I think is an extremly good price for 32 different shades. Recently the Ultra Mattes 2 palette has been released which I am yet to try, but it can be purchased here or here, again for only £8.

The main reason I always reach for this palette when I do my everyday make-up is the fact all the colours are matte, that probably seems silly to say because obviosuly they are all matte, it is a matte palette, but I have so many other palettes that have lovely neutral shades in, however they are always sparkly which isn't ideal for using in the crease or when you want to go for a more sutle look. I love having a palette that is all matte as it means that I have 32 different neutral shades to choose from instead of 3 or 4, meaning I can create so many different make-up looks.

One look that I have been loving recently is using peachy shades mixed with a little bit of the dark brown in the crease and the cream colour in the top left corner all over the lid as it is a very natural look. If I want to make it look a little bit more fancy I add a little bit of my highlighter to the inner third of my lid and it's done.

I know there have been a lot of mixed reviews about the Make-up Revolution products, a lot of people love the brand whilst other people don't like the products at all. I am one of the people that love the brand and all of th products that I have tried from them. I think the quality is really good for the money you are paying, of course its not going to be as good as a palette that cost £40, but I personally believe that it depends on how it is applied to how long it lasts anyway. I have never had a problem with any of the products I have used when I have applied them using primers and my real techniques brushes. I used to put my make-up on at 7am and it would still be there when I got in from school at 3pm.

If anyone is looking for some matte eyeshadows or just looking for a good starter eyeshadow palette I would highl recommend this one, as it gives you so many options for a really affordabl price.