My holiday in Prague- where to visit, where to go out, what to see, what to eat and drink!

So this is a bit of a late post, but I wanted to share some of my memories from my birthday trip to birthday trip to Prague!

Originally I hadn't planned on visiting Prague any time soon, however two of my friends had members of their holiday drop out, so wanting to do something different for my 21st, I took one of the places on the trip- and I'm so glad I did!

We flew from London Stansted and the flight was so quick- it actually took me longer to get to the airport than to the Czech Republic! Nightmareeeeeee

Once we arrived, we checked into The Royal Post Apartments, selected by my friend Sinead. These apartments were AMAZING, as we arrived the cute little receptionist guy was so friendly, even giving me a free bottle of champagne for my birthday. The rooms had unique designs and the comfiest bed ever, not to mention the best lighting ever in the bathroom...

Loving life a bit too much

That lighting tho

The decor in the bedroom was my favourite!

Not long before we opened the free champagne, and obviously not long before I broke a glass because I'm an idiot!

For our first night, we headed out for some dinner at a restaurant near our apartments and the King Charles bridge, they took about 900 hours to bring the food, so by the time it arrived taking photos was the last thing on my mind and I ate in about 2 seconds! After our food we headed to an Irish bar and met a massive gaggle of Scottish men on a stag do, one tried to chat us up by saying he was Harry Styles' best mate..owkkkkaaay then def not though are ya. We went to a few places, unimpressed with most of them, but then stumbled across a 241 cocktail bar, so after a few frozen strawberry daiqiuris we were dancing away and watching strippers dance on a bar!

Ash and her boobs got a lot of attention as per

2-4-1 cocktails + me being the biggest lightweight = good night

When we woke up the next day, we decided to try and be a little more cultured and experience some sights that didn't involve strippers. We explored the Prague castle, which was really interesting and highly reccomended! You can purchase tickets from the tourist office, or in the office outside the castle itself. There are loads of different parts, cathedrals, beautiful outside grounds, and museums of old items- they have a room of instruments of torture and a hallway filled with very old clothes!

For our second night, we decided to go on a bar crawl, tickets were sold pretty much everywhere in the centre at the ticket offices. As we arrived there were about 50 other people there, pretty sure we were the only English ones there apart from one other group, which was a strange experience as usually when I go somewhere touristy everyone is bloody English! Ash gravitated towards the group of English lads, and we branched off from the bar crawl (which was o.k) and headed to a bar called James Dean. I loved it here! https://www.jamesdean.cz/

The next day it was safe to say we were hanginggggg, so we headed out for some food. At Pit Stop Cafe me and Sinead shared a pizza and some pasta, and it was really decent comfort food, exactly what you need when you're hungover. Highly recomended!

For dinner we headed to the El Centro Spanish restaurant near our apartments, this is the day i became an ALIOLI ADDICT, I am in love with it!!!!

My meal here was lovely! Recommend to anyone- obviously get the alioli!

 Prague is one of the most beautiful places I've been to, it really surprised me how lovely it is, as often its image gets tarnished with associations of stag do's and prostitutes! Def worth a visit :)

Also, guy from Germany, we are really sorry that we kept making you do Arnold Schwarznegger impressions over and over and over again #Iamthegovenorofcalafornia #i'llbeback

NYX NUDE LIP HAUL AND REVIEW- Lip Lingerie, Soft Matte Lip Creme, Slide on Lip Pencil, High Voltage Lipstick!

NYX Nude Lip Haul

I am obsessed with a good nude lip! It is pretty much my favourite colour for lips and I am always trying new lipsticks to find that holy grail nude.

I decided (as all the products are pretty reasonably priced) to try out a range of different NYX nudes in search of THE PERFECT nude lip combination for me! Usually I like to use MAC Spice lipliner, with Yash lipstick, however I get bored easily and I have been rocking this combo for a little too long now. The products I went for are:

Soft Matte Lip Creme- in Abu Dhabi and Cannes £5.50
High Voltage Lipstick- in Tan Gerine £5.50
Lip Lingerie- in Lace Detail £6.50
Slide on Lip Pencil- in Sugar Glass (I am an IDIOT and accidentally ordered two of these haha) £5.50

Soft Matte Lip Cremes

I really love the texture of this product- it feels like you have nothing on your lips! I ordered the colours Cannes and Abu Dhabi, my only complaint with Abu Dhabi is that it is so similar to the colour of my lips already. This is really good for when I feel like having a no-make-up-make-up day, but I don't think I would wear this on a night out or anything. Cannes is amazing and slightly lighter, so it does play up my lips a little more. A little of this product goes a long way and it is truly matte, so I would absolutely recommend this to anyone who likes a matte lip, however put a little lip balm underneath if you find it drying.

High Voltage Lipstick

The colour of this is amazing- I would really compare it to MAC's Myth! I could never wear a colour like this without a lipliner but with a lipliner on its amazing- I used it with the lipliner and Cannes Soft Matte Lip Creme and fell in love- a lot of effort wearing three products but I really think I've found my perf. nude lip combination! It's so creamy and comfortable on the lips, I think I'll be buying a few more colours, seeing as I can't wear this alone!

Lip Lingerie

I absolutely love the formula of this- however I'm not 100% sure about the colour that I got! It is growing on me, but it looks a little grey in some lights :( I bought it in Lace Detail, and sometimes it does wash me out a bit. BUT- the actual formula is lovely, long lasting and feels amazing on the lips. I would not recommend using a lipgloss on top of this as when I did, it turned two different types of lipgloss into a weird, gloopy consistency! It looks amazing alone, and even better with a liner, I can't wait to get some more colours in.

Slide on Lip Pencil

The colour of this product is absolutely spot on- its an amazing browny nude colour and makes every lipstick I've tried it with pop! It lasts for ages and has great staying power, I've looked in the mirror hours later and it's still there chillin' on my lips. The only complaint I would have is that I feel like I'm having to sharpen it loads and it's going down pretty quickly- but seeing as I was an idiot and bought two- I don't think this is too much of a problem to be honest!

So to summarise- my nude favourite combination was the Slide on Lip Pencil in Sugar Glass, Soft Matte Lip Creme in Cannes, and then the High Voltage Lipstick just in the centre! A M A Z I N G!

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Life as a NYX Insider and my first EVENT as a NYX Insider- The Campus Giveaway!

As promised here is a very special dedicated post all about my role as a NYX Insider!

What is a NYX Insider?!

A NYX Insider is essentially a brand ambassador for NYX- but with the ability to give everyone some inside information about all the exciting things going on with the brand. In my role I help to organise and orchestrate events, as well as letting other students know exciting NYX news. I will post some photos later in this post that show what I did at my first event!

How and why did you apply for this?!

I applied to be a brand ambassador for NYX as I love the brand and all the products, and admire the extent that NYX goes to to get involved with make up artistry and members of the industry no matter how big or small they are. I saw the vacancy advertised online for a NYX brand ambassador and thought that I would apply as it sounded rightttttt up my street! After successfully getting the job, I was invited along with nine other ladies (all from different unis in the country) to L'Oreal HQ to learn all about the products and brand.

The NYX head office was AMAZING, it was make-up heaven, every wall was covered in shelves and shelves of NYX cosmetics, every type, every colour, all free for us to play with. We explored the new range of products that are due to come out ASAP (absolutely amazing!!!!). Some of my favourites include the Ombre blush (in a peach colour because I'm obsessed with peach), the Lip Lingerie, and the Intense Butter Gloss. We got to touch and feel all of the products which was really inspiring and literally made me want to buy everything...

What was the highlight of the training day?

A highlight of the training day for me was learning all about the NYX Face Awards, which has now launched in the UK. NYX offer a life changing prize of £10,000, as well as a trip to L.A to attend the U.S Face Awards, and a crazy supply of NYX cosmetics. There are no limitations on entry to this competition, you don't have to be a professional make-up artist or currently work in industry- just have a passion for make-up! This shows how the brand is willing to invest in talent, and doesn't just go after entrants with the most followers on social media. I'm really excited to see some of this years entries!

What will you be doing as a NYX Insider?

My role is to generate excitement and a buzz amongst the students, and others! My first event was a massive success and has made me REALLY excited for whats to come. The event was a free make-up giveaway on campus! I made a Facebook event before the giveaway (which was on Thursday) and we seemed to get a really great response- although I had no idea the amount of people that would actually turn up on the day-looooads of people! We set up and already had people in a line, some of the products included lipstick, foundation, eyeliner, tinted moisturiser and chunky lipsticks. Due to the huge volume of people that attended- we were out of make-up in twelve minutes! This was annoying as I really wanted everyone to get something, but hopefully if we do this again we will have more products. Everyone who came was so lovely and I hope they enjoyed their make-up!

<- Me and Suchitra, the other Manchester NYXInsider

<- When we were cleared completely out of make-up!

                         <- A lovely comment from a lovely girl who attended the event :)

<- Our cute #NYXINSIDER hoodies!

Here are a few photos of what make-up I wore on the day, and some of the product details for this look:

<- Foundation- Estee Lauder Double Wear- Honey Bronze
Contouring- Anastasia Beverly Hills Contour Palette- Medium
Bronzer- MAC Limited Edition Bronzer- Earthshine
Brows- Anastasia Beverly Hills Dipbrow- Chocolate
Highlight- MAC Mineralize Skinfinish- Gold Deposit
Eyeliner- NYX Matte Liner- Black
Lipstick- NYX Lip Lingere- Lace Detail
Lipliner- NYX Slide on Lip Pencil-Sugar Glass
Lipgloss- NYX Butter Gloss- Eclair

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Fitness Post! How I'm Trying to Get Back Into it + Recent Food Prep Recipes!

Being healthy is difficult!

Sometimes I'm really good and feel like I'm smashing it...but recently I keep slipping up and having to say "Okay this is a cheat day now" :(! This week hasn't been that bad, I think I just get really hungry sometimes and end up eating a load of random stuff while I'm waiting for my food to cook and that's my downfall!

I've been quite good at going to the gym recently, I try for 5 times a week (don't always do this!) and at the moment my focus is legs, so I train legs 2/3 times a week! I will do a dedicated post to my leg workout soon :)

In terms of nutrition, I have started to try and prep food before hand, and I've found this really helpful. The photo of me above shows some of my recent progress, but I really do have a long way to go! Hopefully I can get my nutrition 100% back on track and stop having all these sneaky little cheat days.

Here is a photo of some of my recent food prep:

On the left is grilled chicken breast wrapped in prosciutto with a mix of quinoa, red rice, and wholegrains with broccoli. On the right is grilled turkey breast with spicy seasoning with the same mix of quinoa, red rice and wholegrains, this time with peas. The mix of grains I have been using is the Merchant Gourmet sachets, they are amazing because all you have to do is put them in the microwave for one minute- which literally saves so much time! I pre heated the grill and just put the two pieces of meat seasoned on a piece of foil- so the whole thing was really simple and easy to make. This really saved me from eating crap when I got in! This is a photo of the grains I recommended in case you want to look for it during your next food shop:

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Space Party + Space Alien Costume Make Up Tutorial!

Last weekend I went to visit a friend of mine in Leeds who was having a space themed party. I knew from the moment I clicked on the Facebook event that this was going to be a good party- mostly by the fact that there were about 500 people invited on the event! I love fancy dress and any excuse to be able to dress up and do some interesting make-up that I wouldn't usually be able to do. Me and my friend Sinead decided to dress up as aliens to go with the space theme, and Sinead came up with our make-up concept which was to create a blue alien look with face paints, making sure that we didn't look too O.T.T or stupid! Here are some photos of the finished look, I will explain step by step how we created it:

Step 1- Before we started doing our alien face paint, I applied my make-up as normal, as if i was going on a night out. I wanted us to still look quite normal, so did a smokey eye and contouring as usual! I started with Smashbox Luminizing primer all over my face, and Benefit Porefessional to fill in my pores. I then used Estee Lauder Double Wear foundation in Honey Bronze. To highlight I used Anastasia Beverly Hills Contour Kit in Medium, using the lightest colour to highlight under my eyes, down my nose, across the middle of my forehead, and underneath my cheekbones. I spot highlighted under my eyes and down my nose with Kevin Aucoin's Sensual Skin Enhancer in Sx06, using a damp beauty blender to blend it out, before setting with Ben Nye Banana Powder. For my cream contour I used the Tom Ford Shade and Illuminate in Inensity two, blending across my cheekbones and the sides of my forehead. I set my face with MAC Mineralize Skinfinish in Medium Dark and used Dark Deep for contouring. To highlight I used MAC Mineralize Skinfinish in Soft and Gentle, and for blusher I applied MAC Peaches in between my highlight and contour shades. For brows I used Anastasia Beverley Hills Dipbrow in Chocolate. To create a gold smokey eye, I used MAC Paint Pot in Rubenesque as a base, then blended Texture, Swiss Chocolate, and Embark into my crease to form a gradient effect, before patting MAC Goldmine on top of the Rubenesque. I finished with Rodial mascara, NYX Matte effect liquid eyeliner, and Eyelure lashes. For lips we used NYX Abu Dhabi Soft Matte Lip Creme.

Step 2- To create the Alien look, we started with a dark blue metallic face paint, applied it slightly damp with a paint brush (you could use a foundation brush- we just didn't want to make ours blue!). We applied this in all the areas that you would usually contour, so across the forehead near the hairline and down one of the cheekbones.

Step 3- We used a lighter, more green coloured face paint to draw another line directly under the blue line, following the shape round and slightly blending.

Step 4- We used a silver colour to do another line underneath the green line, then wet the brush slightly and blended it all together to form a gradient effect.

Step 5- Using NYX's Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk, we  drew a final line underneath the other face paints, and then drew some small X shapes to look like sparkly stars across the whole design.

Step 6- In the centre of the X's drawn with the Jumbo Pencil, we added little gem/dimantes to make them stand out. I started off alternating the colours but this got a bit annoying- so I just ended up putting mostly silver!

So that's how we made our alien look! Hope you like it
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Work Look! Parfait Amour Eyes and Candy Yum-Yum Lips

Time for werk! Doing what I do, I get to wear some shades that most people def. wouldn't usually wear to work haha! I this look I went for a vibrant purple slightly smoky eye with a vibrant pink lip.

Products:
Too Faced Primed & Poreless
MAC Face & Body Foundation- C3
MAC Studio Fix Fluid NC20- (where I needed fuller coverage)
Smashbox Concealer- Fair
MAC Prep & Prime Highlight pen- Light Boost
MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural- Medium
MAC Mineralize Skinfinish- Soft & Gentle with Smashbox Fan brush
Smashbox Paradise Blusher
MAC- Temperature Rising Bronzer- Soft Sand
Espresso & Mystery in brows with Mac #266
Too Faced Shadow Insurance primer
MAC- Parfait Amour eyeshadow
Make Up Geek- Unexpected eyeshadow
MAC- Violet Pigment
Random dark purple eyeshadow I found!
17 Eyeliner- Black
Smashbox Eye Brightening Mascara
MAC- Magenta Lipliner
MAC-Candy Yum Yum with Pink Novaeu in centre

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How to do a M.A.C face chart! MAC Face Chart tutorial in 5 easy steps!

In the past I have had questions about how to do a MAC Face Chart! There are tons of ways to do them, a lot probably better than mine, but I'll briefly explain how I do mine, just in case anyone wants to have a go! You can google the image of the face chart and print it out, either one per page, but I like to do two per page.

Step 1: Find a blank chart (like this one!):

First of all you need to download (or you could use this one) a face chart. You can print these out onto normal paper, but I'd suggest using artist/watercolour paper, as you can use different mediums such as cream or liquid and the paper will be thick enough for you to blend and play with different textures.

You can use any product you like, have a practice on a chart with some of your make-up and see what you feel most comfortable with! I like to use eyeshadows for a lot of my work, with liquid eyeliner and lipstick. I also love the NYX jumbo eye pencil in Milk for making eyecolours pop, and Too Faced Lip Insurance primer for lips.

Step 2: Create the skin:

(This was done on photoshop, not with charts and make-up, I will redo with charts another time!) Start to create the skin for your face. You can use a liquid all over like Studio Fix fluid or Studio Sculpt, but I just like to use powders as that's what I'm most comfortable with! To start I take a MAC #224 brush and either Mineralize Skinfinish in Medium, or Brule (light nude) eye shadow and apply all over the face to make a base skin colour. I then take Wedge eye shadow by MAC (light brown) and shade around the edges of the face, building up colour with Texture by Mac (Orange-y/brick colour). Texture is a great skin colour on paper! I like to take a Bent angled liner brush (I just use an E.l.f one) and draw a line/crescent shape from the high planes of the cheekbone all the way down to create a cheekbone (as you can see in the picture) I like to start doing this with Espresso eyeshadow (you can use any rich brown) then intensify it with Mystery (a very dark, cool brown). For a very defined look you can leave it like this, but I like to blend it out with the #224 brush and some more of Texture. Draw two crescents from the brow to nose to create the top of the nose, then with pencil draw on the outer part of the nostrils, and shade with Texture and Espresso to make a nose. Go in with a few different browns and play around until you get a good looking nose!

Step 3: Eyes!

Once you've built a nice base with your 'skin' products, you can start on the eyes! There is no set order to what products you use when, but I like to do eyes next. If you have a way that you personally like to use eye shadow, try that out, but I always like to do it a certain way with face charts as obviously they are different to faces! You can apply straight to the paper (like I did in the photos of my face charts up there) or use a base (NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil, MAC Paint Pot etc) I like to do both, depending on the look!

Once your base is applied (or not) take a blending or pencil brush (#217 or #219 are good) and blend a light colour inbetween the brow bone and the crease. For example in this look I could use a very light lilac, light pink or light purple. Once you've blended it, pat your medium colour all over the lid, I used the medium purple here. Also take a pencil brush and swoop it all over the under eye area. Take a slightly darker purple and run it through the crease with a small brush (angle, pencil or liner would work) then intensify the outer 'V' with a really dark colour, in this case a dark, intense purple. You can add more colours, a pop of colour in the inner corner or whatever you like from this point on!

Step 4: Liner, Lashes and Brows!:

(Sorry about the awful brows- it's very hard to do eyebrows on a computer haha!)

Colour in the eye of your chart- it will really bring it to life! I love to do electric blue eyes! Take any pencil or liquid liner and line the eye, less is more! Do it as you would your own eye. Then take the liner place it at the lash line, then gently flick out to create lots of little eyelashes. Start with one at the edge, one in the middle facing upward, and one close to the inner corner facing the opposite way to the first one, then build up.

For brows use medium brown or dark brown shadows with an angled brush, liner brush or pencil brush. You can use pencil or liquid liner for a more definer look. Again, apply this as you would to your own brow, but have a light hand and be careful!

Step 5: Lips and Finishing Touches:

For the lips feel free to get creative- pick fun colours and if you like, draw a pencil line and create a new shape! This is what I did with the photo of my chart abouve, you don't have to stick to the original design you can play around!

Start with a lip primer, like Too Faced Lip Insurance, then apply your lipliner or lipstick with a brush. You can add any finishing touches like a bit of blusher, or touch up any parts you feel need a bit of extra colour. Cover up the blank side of the chart abouve, then the coloured side and you can see the huge impact make-up makes!

I love doing face charts! Almost as fun as the real thing!

My favourite/The best MAC Lipsticks- in my opinion! With Swatches

I was having a look at some of my lipsticks the other day and randomly decided to have a think about which were my faves, and swatch them all! These are just a few, other close contenders were Pure Zen and Up The Amp.

Rebel- Described by MAC as "midtonal cream plum". I'd say this is pretty accurate, it's a lovely reddish, purpley plum! This lipstick is really interesting on, and I get a lot of people asking me which one I'm wearing when it's on!

Diva- Described by MAC as "intense reddish burgandy" I had actually never heard of this lipstick until I got it, my sister went into MAC with me to try out a new foundation, had a lipstick on, but of course it rubbed off, so the artist gave her Diva to top it up. I loved the colour! It's the ultimate deep burgandy lip, and looks so nice with neutral or grey eye make-up.

So Chaud- Described by MAC as "intense reddish orange" this was an impulse buy for me around Christmas a year or so ago, I love this lipstick! Orange toned lipsticks like Morange seem to work on me, on a day that I'm stuck on what lipstick I want to wear I love this one, it's so bright, but wearable at the same time.

Riri Woo- Described by MAC as "matte cool red" This lipstick needs no introduction! I jumped to buy it as soon as I recieved the email from MAC saying it was released, and it was such a good buy! It looks great on everyone, it's a true red, and I got lots of compliments when I wore it to work!

Candy Yum Yum- Described by MAC as "neon pink" Which is a very accurate description! This is a recent addition to my lipstick collection, I got it when I did a back to MAC recently. This is such a gorgeous, fun colour. I love wearing this on a night out, it looks great with a tan and is such a fun colour!

Pink Noveau- Described by MAC as "bright pink" This is a really pretty colour reccomended to me by a MAC artist, who had it on at the time! I wear this with Magenta lip liner which is a match made in heaven! Love!

Impassioned- Described by MAC as "amped-up fuschia" This was my first, and all time favourite lipstick. Not MAC lipstick- lipstick in general! I love this shade so much, and I love the amplified finish too, it's like a thick creme and the pigmentation is just perfect. 

Viva Glam Nicki- Described by MAC as "bright yellow pink" I think this is such an underrated shade, it's gorgeous and looks different on everyone! On me it's a very bright pink, almost comparable to a slightly lighter Candy Yum Yum, on others it's a light, coraly pink, some a very dark pink. And all the money going to charity is a great part of this lipstick.

Costa Chic- Described by MAC as "light coral" This is such a perfect shade for summer. It's not for everyone, but I personally love it!

Angel- Described by MAC as "soft pink" The perfect baby-pink lip. Loved by Kim Kardashian, ignore the 'frost finish' label, it's a creamy, moisturizing finish that I would not compare to a frost at all! This literally goes with anything.

Shy Girl- Described by MAC as "creamy neutral coral beige" The ultimate, ultimate nude lip for anyone. This looks good on me as I have olive toned skin, but it's gorgeous on everyone I've seen it on! Whenever I do a look and am not sure what lipstick would go with the colours, I pick this one. When I'm in a rush and need a quick sweep of lipstick, I pick this one. Smokey eye? Colourful eye? Natural look? Shy Girl! One of my all time faves.

Hope you enjoyed looking at some of my favourite MAC lipsticks, and ones I consider the best! If you get stuck on buying a new lipstick, look at these and see which one to buy! Leave a comment with your fave :)  

Dior Addict Lip Gloss Review- Spring Ball

Recently when I was making some purchases in work, as I was paying I spotted some gorgeous Dior Addict lip glosses by the checkout, they were so pretty I just had to buy one! I was looking for a pink toned nude for ages, but hadn't found the right one, seeing Spring Ball Dior Addict gloss, I knew I had to try it! This is one of the nicest lipglosses I've used in a while, gorgeous, simple colour and it feels amazing to put on. It is a little sheer, so those looking for a pop of colour wouldn't really like this gloss, but anyone looking  to complete the ultimate, gloss pink-toned nude lip with a little sparkle, this is a life-saver.

Pigmentation- 3.5/5

Feel- 5/5

Price- $$$$

Overall- 4/5

Last Month's Favourite Makeovers

As part of my job, and in my spare time I love to do makeovers on people! I am lucky working where I am that I get to do make-up on people from all walks of life, all different skin types, shades and face shapes etc! Sometimes there are people who come into my work who are just gorgeous and make my job easy for me! Here are some fun looks I did on clients and friends from the last month:

Double discount haul! ❤

Okay so twice a year at my work (Boots), we have a double discount, where staff discount is twice what it usually is! I used this as an example to stock up on some things I've had my eye on for a while...the bits and bobs in this photo don't include everything I got, like shampoo, wipes etc, just the fun stuff! Here is a list of some of my faves:

Smashbox- Melondrama lipstick
Smashbox- Eye Trio in Vignette
Smashbox- Blush Rush in Paradise 
YSL- Peach lipstick
Dior- Addict spring gloss
Bumble & Bumble- Surf and Thickening spray!

I also came home to a package from NYX, with 2 Round Lipsticks, a Black Label Lipstick, 3 Lip Pencils and a Milk Jumbo Eye Pencil! I've been so naughty haha! I will swatch some of my faves soon...

So this past month I've bought and been given (it was my birthday!) so many great products, so I wanted to do a post to go over them and give my opinions of the amazing, and the not so amazing products! 

The first product I'm going to review is Smashbox lipstick in Posy Pink:

Oh my god....can I just say I love this lipstick! I would say the finish is similar to the MAC cremesheen lipsticks, very moisturising, still a great colour payoff. It is the ultimate pink-toned nude, goes with literally any look I do and makes my lips feel really nice! The only downside to this lipstick I would say is that I looked recently and the lipstick had actually snapped within the packaging, meaning if I wind it up too much...it snaps off! This was probably down to a drunken accident by one of my friends when we were out, but it's still amazing regardless!

The next product is Smashbox Eyeshadow Trio in Screen Shot:

I love the brown and gold colours in this trio, they go great with my brown eyes! The lighter colour, I could live without, but is still a nice colour, good for transitions or a brow highlight. The gold is more of an antique style old gold, so I tend to put a brighter gold in my inner corner when using this. I used this trio in my gold smokey eye YouTube tutorial, that you can find in my last post! They are really pigmented colours, and you really do only need to use a small amount to get a great result. I would seriously reccomend this trio it is to dieeee for!

Another eye product I got that i loved was the Too Faced Natural Eye Palette:

As I currently work for Too Faced I'll try not to be too biased...but OMG I am in love with this palette!! It's one of our bestsellers and I can really see why! The colours suit everyone, I've used this palette on customers in work of all types, from an eighty year old woman, to a young girl with darker skin, to a middle aged woman who never wears make-up, and they all love it! My favourite colours are the last three, Nude Beach, which is a shimmery, high frost nude, Honey Pot, a true, bright gold and Cocoa Puff, a brown with gold pearl. They all look so great on, but I would really reccomend using the Too Faced Shadow Insurance for the mattes/Candlelight for the shimmers as they really pop, and you need something to grab the glitter! Heaven is the ultimate brow highlight, which I love, and Velvet Revolver is a great transition colour, similar to MAC Wedge/Urban Decay Tease. Again, I used this in my tutorial!

One of my new favourite products is now Too Faced Candlelight Shadow Insurance:

This is one of those products that made me think how have I survived without this! It really is amazing, my eyeshadows look 10x brighter, more vibrant, it grabs all the glitter, shimmer and pigment and makes it stay there for hours and hours. This honestly changed the way my eyeshadow looks are, and lots of people have commented! I love it! One downside I would say, is that it is advertised as 24h wear, but I would say this isn't quite accurate, as I've experienced it coming off after a long day, but it does help it stay on for HOURS longer than my shadow usually would, as I have oily eyelids.

My next product is MAC #266 Angled Brush:

This brush is really amazing! It completely changed the way I do my brows! I used to use some random angled liner brush to do my brows, but it was pretty flimsy, this brush allows me to get a really straight, precise line which makes my brows look so much better! I haven't used it for liner yet, although I intend to when I get the chance! Its a great little brush and anyone looking for an eyebrow brush- get this one!!

Finally, the last product I'm going to mention is the E.L.F Brush Belt:

I got this belt for work, as I hate having my brushes all over the place, it looks really unprofessional when I have a customer and have to rummage through drawers when doing their make up! This is the first ever brush belt I've purchased and I love it! It's easy to adjust, fits all my brushes in and seems to be a great piece for my kit. I don't know too much about brush belts, so over time if I find any problems I'll be sure to mention them, but for now I think this is a great piece that really helps me out!

So overall that's some of my favourite new products! Some other great ones I didn't mention are MAC Diva Lipstick- a great, gorgeous deep, dark red lipstick. MAC Soft and Gentle- my new go-to highlight, I love it and can't believe I waited so long to get it! E.L.F Natural Nymph Lipstick- A true nude shade, I use this to neutralise my lips before applying a lipstick, finally Too Faced Perfect Lips Liner in Perfect Nude- as the tube says "The only lip liner you'll ever need", this is so true! Love <3