My Favourite Brow Products

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I am going to talk to you about my favourite brow products, apart from Blush and Lips, brows are my favourite part of doing my makeup, simply because they make so much of a difference to any look, they are a key staple in my makeup routine. I personally think everyone should do something to their brows, wether it's just shaping or filling them in, it makes such a difference and makes everyone look a bit more out together, they stand out and change/shape your face.

Maybelline Brow Satin Brow duo (£5.99) - This is a great drugstore eye brow product and it's a very unique one. This has a pencil on one end which is perfect for shaping, then you have a sponge with brow powder on to fill in your brows. This is very good and gives natural definition to your brows, perfect for beginners who are just looking for natural definition. Link

Anastasia Brow Wiz (£15.50) - This is a very staple brow product as in pencils are the easiest to use and the most common, a lot of people may own this because it is very easy and convenient. This has a brow brush on one end to distribute the product and to blend harsh lines, this needs to be used with a light hand as pencils can come across very unnatural and harsh at times. This is a great product for travelling as well as using on the go or if your in a hurry. Link

Benefit High Brow Glow (£16.50) - This is more for the people who want the very slick and strong brows, this can be used to highlight all round the brow for definition or can be used in certain places such as under the arch of the brow for a crisp arch. This this a good product but it's not a staple for many people, I don't use this everyday but this can make a big difference. Link

Real Techniques Brow Brush (Can't but separate £20.99 for set) - Their aren't too many good brushes for a cheaper price compared to Mac etc, but Real Techniques is greta quality this brush can be very natural; because it's bigger than some brushes, meaning it looks natural as it doesn't add too much products, great with most powder products not too much cream. Link

Anastasia No 12 Brush (£15) - This is now my favourite brow brush for cream products, it adds more definition because it's smaller, this is also very precise for creams. This is a the perfect brush as well because of the brush on the end, it blends products out like no other. Link

Anastasia Dipbrow Pomade (£15) - Speaking of cream products above, the reason why I brought the No 12 brush is for this product, the Dipbrow Pomade is one of my favourites! Perfect for definition, you don't need a lot of product and a little goes a long way, I would also recommend using a light hand since you don't want it too harsh. I would say for everyone to try this because it's so easy to use that it can't really go wrong. Also the best thing about this is that it lasts forever meaning you don't have to worry about it throughout the day! Link

Mac Eyeshadows (£13) - You may of heard about using eye shadows for brows, well for me the best eyeshadows for this is Mac. I have Charcoal Brown and Omega which are both Matte shadows, for your brows you want to use mattes since their not sparkly etc. These two colours are the best for brows I think and would suit any colour brows. These can also still be defining as well as natural, it just tends on how much you use etc. Link

HD Brows Palette Foxy (£19.95) - This is one product I had always walked to try as HD Brows as a brand made your brows look perfect! This is a lovely palette again for travelling, but because you have so many colours which is great if you tend to go for different looks. 

Benefit Gimme Brow (£18.50) - This is one of my favourite products again, this is a life savour when your not looking to do much with your brows, great for every day! This gives slight definition and keeps them natural. This is amazing on it's own or layered with other products such as the Mac eyeshadows. This is perfect for beginners who don't want too much product or definition. Link

Anastasia Brow Powder Duo (£17) - This is again a lovely product from Anastasia which keeps your brow natural but defined. I tend to mix the two colours together to create the perfect colour and definition. This is easy to use and great to carry with you on a daily basis. Link

Benefit Brow Zings (£24.50) - This again is another of my favourite products, this is perfect for creating definition and a precise look to your brows. I first apply the powder then go in with the wax to set them and to add more colour and definition, this is pricey but will last you ages, this is easy to use and works perfectly every time. You can also create a more natural looking by using either of the products on it's own. Link

What are your favourite brow products! I have a eyebrow routine from last year click here.

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My favourites of 2014!

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I can't quite believe that we are coming to the end of 2014, this year has gone so quick and because it's coming to the end this means a favourites of 2014 post! 

My favourites -

Makeup -

My first makeup favourite of 2014, has to be the Benefit Gimme Brow, this is a wonderful product that fills in, defines and cares of your brows! This looks so natural and only takes a few seconds to transform your brows. This can be used on it's own or over over products to set them in place.

Onto a lipstick, this is Mac's Lipstick in Creme cup, this is a great everyday lipstick and I have got a lot of use out of it since I brought it in August. It's a pigmented baby/nude pink, this is very creamy hence it being a cremesheen.

I think I found one of my favourite foundations through out this year, and it's the Bourjois 123 perfect, this is a correcting foundation with three pigments, yellow for anti-dark circles, mauve for anti-dull complexion and green for anti-redness. This is a great drugstore foundation, because it looks natural and helps to prefect any imperfections.

A powder that has had a lot of hype this year, is the Soap and glory one heck of a blot. This is a translucent and fine powder to help mattify your skin, what I love about this the most is that it doesn't add any colour to your skin, and doesn't make you look orange or even too pale, because one colour fits all.

The Nuxe Reve De Miel lip balm is great, it's a perfect all rounder, perfect for under lip products, perfect for dry and cracked lips but also it excels for hydrating your lips. This is one of the best lip balms I have tried, and I love this for every day.

Moving back onto Bourjois, I brought quite a lot of their Colour Boost glossy finish lip sticks. And long story short I have fallen in love with the two colours Orange punch (03) and Plum Russian (06), they are very glossy and look lovely on the lips, because they are a glossy lipstick they don't stay on the lips that well, but they are so easy to re apply that I don't mind topping them up.

Their is one mascara that I love, and that I will love for a long time, this is Benefit's They're real. A great mascara for getting length, but holding a curl and giving great volume!

Another lip product, this time from Sleek, this is their Matte Me lip creme in the colour Petal (435). This is a very pigment matte pink which is more of a baby pink. This looks matte and beautiful on the lips, and has great staying power.

Another lip product I love which is the Lush Santa's lip scrub, this is a paste scrub which work miracles at keeping your lips looks good, and is great at the dry and cracked areas on your lips. This is limited edition for Christmas, but all the other lip scrubs are just as good,

The HD Brows eye brown and eye shadow palette is great for travelling. It has a lot of neutral matte colours perfect for a every day eye look, but you can also use the colour to define your brows. It does a good job at filling in your brows, and then if you use the Benefit Gimme Brow on top, your brow game is very strong!

Lastly is a makeup product that is a stand out of 2014, or my ultimate product of this year! This is the Benefit Brow Zings brow shaping kit. This comes with a powder to fill in your brows, a wax to set everything, a hard angle brush to use with the powder, a blending brush to use with the wax and a mini pair of tweezers for any star hairs. This is in my eye a brow changing product.

Hair -

I have liked using the Toni & Guy sea salt spray for a few years now, but through out this year I have been using it more and in different ways. This gives great texture, and beach waves. One way I like using it is to spray it in the mid lengths of my hair, throw my hair in a bun on my head, then take out when finished getting ready. Or even curling my hair, then applying this in after to make the curls more rough and and beachy.

Something more recent, this is the COLAB dry shampoo in the scent New York, this is much better than Batiste dry shampoo. This one adds more body, volume and doesn't dry out your hair, it smells amazing and is by far the best one I have tried.

Scent -

A perfume I have recently brought is the Philosophy celebrate grace fragrance, this is a hard one to describe but smells fresh and fruity, but with a slight hint of floral. A great scent for everyday and one to throw on.

Onto a body spray, this is the Victoria's Secret Endless Love body mist. This smells like Herbal Essences shampoo, and is very fruity. It is meant to smell like apple blossom and ylang ylang.

Skincare -

This year I have fallen in love with one skin care brand, which is Ren! I brought one of their sets a few months ago and haven't looked back since. The Hot Cloth Cleanser is perfect for a mini pamper session every night when taking my makeup off, it feels amazing and takes off your makeup like no other.

Another Ren product is the Daily Supplement moisturising cream. This is my day time moisturiser, it hydrates and doesn't dry out. A little bit goes a long way but also it sits nicely under makeup.

Onto a skin care item I have mentioned loads of times, this is the Palmers Cocoa Butter, and my saving grace. Perfect for any thing, for hydrating dry areas from hands to face, or even using as a after sun.

Jewellery/Fashion -

I got given a Michael Kors bracelet when my dad and step mum went to America. I have loved it since the day I got it, it is a leather wrap bracelet with the MK in the centre, this is gold and is perfect with my Michael Kors pieces. 

They are my products of 2014! Have you tried any, also I want to know what are your products of 2014? Comment below

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Autumn/Winter Makeup

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Its getting a lot colder here in the UK and it feels more like Winter everyday and with Christmas getting very close. I thought that I would share with you some autumn/winter makeup trends and my chosen products for these trends.

Trend One - Smokey eyes paired with a nude lip, and a light base.

The first trend is some smokey but still nude eyes, with a very light but glowing base and a nude lip.

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We saw this look in Paris Fashion Week on the show Chloe, you can see that it's very nude all over and is very natural but femening.

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Then again from the show Balmain at Paris Fashion Week we saw model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, wearing some light eyes and nude lip with strong brows and contour, with a lovely sleek low ponytail with a middle parting.

I first of kept in mind that we saw a lot of glowing but light foundation as a base, I reached for the Bourjois Healthy Mix Serum foundation, this gives you a light base but keeps your skin looking radiant and glowing at the same time. For cheeks again very minimalistic, for this I chose the Mac Pro Longwear blush in Rosy Outlook applied very lightly over the cheeks. Then onto eyes you wanted to neutralise all the veins, redness and discolouration in your lids, this is why I chose Mac's Paintpot in Painterly. Onto eye shadow I kept it very simple and not too shimmery, I used the Urban Decay Naked 2 Pallete with the colours Foxy all over the lid, Tease in the crease with Half Baked over Foxy and under the lower lashes, all blended out with no harsh edges, also I would keep mascara very minimal with some brown/purple eye liner to softly add depth. Lastly onto well moisturised lips I would use the Soap and Glory Gloss Stick in Nudist over the lips, for a your lips but better.

Trend Two - Light eyes and a bold lip, with medium-full overage bases.

The second trend is again some light eyes but this time channeled with a bold lip, but with some medium to full coverage foundation for a base.

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Here we see model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley modeling for the show of Grace in London Fashion Week. Glowing medium-full coverage foundation with a bold lipstick.

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If anyone is going to pull off a purple lip Cara Delevigne can! Again with the light eyes and purple lips its a perfect looks for Autumn and Winter.

To start with a medium to full cover foundation has to be the Bourjois 123 Perfect foundation, this is great for coverage and any skin type. Then for a very light cheek I have picked out the Bourjois Cream Blush in 03, a perfect flushed pink for the apples of your cheeks. Onto eyes, for a base I went for the Mac Pro Longwear paint pot in Let's Skate, a lovely shimmery pink. Them to define your eyes a bit more I have used the HD Brows eye and brow pallete with the colour medium brown in the crease and Carbon on the upper lash line. Lastly the statement part, I have gone for the Bourjois Colour Boost Lip Crayon in Plum Russian with the Sephora Lip Gloss on top in Purple. Also if your looking for a red option in the picture above of Rosie she is wearing Mac's Russian Red lipstick.

What are your favourite makeup trends at the moment? Comment below

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September Favourites 2014

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I am glad this isn't too late, but today I have my September favouirtes for you. I have a lot of beauty to talk about, with some randoms of course. 

Beauty

The first thing I am going to start off with is the Rimmel Match Perfection Loose Powder, I use this before foundation and after primer, this keeps your makeup on for longer and you looking more matte. I also use this powder with the Real Techniques Duo Fibre face for a light dusting without applying too much. Moving onto primers, I have been loving the Bourjois Health Mix Matte Primer, this is very light and looks really nice under foundation, I also mix this into some foundation for a more luminous glow. Talking about keeping you matte and foundation on for longer, I have been using the NYX Matte Finish Setting spray, this isn't really wet and drys very quickly. I use this last to keep everything in place through out the day and it works well, just as good as the Urban Decay one. I do love filling in my brows and any brow products in general, I have been using the HD Brows Palette in Foxy to fill them in, then I use the Benefit Gimme Brow to set them in place, this creates a very nice but defined brow, and they go very well. I have a lot of lip products but not too many, I am going to start off with a lip balm, this is the Nuxe Reve De Miel, this is one of the best lip balms I have ever used, it's a thick moisturising paste and the best thing ever. Onto some thing more inexpensive, the Maybelline Baby Lips in Cherry Me, has been a nice transition into Autumn for school and everyday. But now a pink lippy this is the Sleek Matte Me in Petal, this looks stunning and are not that drying at all. 

Random

Random favourites are some of my favouirtes to talk about. I have been watching quite a lot of TV programmes last month. Education The East End is one of my favourites, I love seeing different schools and it makes you think more about the teachers in the respect that you get to see the impact it makes on them, good and bad. Then another medical programme I like is Saving Hope, it's very good and really different. I would highly reccomend you watching the series. The last programe is Who's Doing The Dishes, I love seeing in the celebrities houses, and it's a really god concept.

I have a few songs this month, the first one is Blame It In Me by George Ezra, Ella Eyre Comeback is amazing, Shift K3Y I know and lastly Vane Riptide. They are all amazing songs, 100% reccomend them.

What did you love throughout September? Comment below

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High end Makeup - Back to school

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As I promised a few days ago that I would do my high end makeup for back to school. I just want to say you can mix and match these are just my favouirtes, also you don't have to wear high end makeup at all but it's a personal preference. Also like the drugstore one I am going to do the basics then the add on's.

The Basics//

BB Cream - I have not gone for a foundation for this one but a BB (Beauty Balm) cream. This has a SPF of 35, this is Mac Prep + Prime BB Cream. This gives you a really sheer coverage which I think is perfect for school for you to let your skin shine through, light coverage. (£24.00 - Link)

Blush - I can't go a day without blush and I am loving Benefit's Rockateur boxed powder. This is a beautiful rose gold blush that gives you a perfect glow. Very natural and perfect for school with any sort of base. (£23.50 - Link)

Eyebrows - I can never go a look without doing my eyebrows. Lately I have been using the HD Brows Eyebrow pallete. I am in love with this because it makes your brows look much fuller and perfect. I love having a natural makeup look and bold brows. I use the colours Carbon and Medium blonde(£25.00 - Link)

Mascara - What a surprise the Benefit They're Real Mascara, I love this because it gives you everything you want in a mascara, length, volume and separation. (£19.50 - Link)

The Add on's//

Paint Pot - I love paint pots from Mac and this is the Pro Long Wear Paint Pot in Let's Skate. This is a very shimmery light pink, this is very nice for some colour without wearing a lot of eye shadow.(£15.40 - Link)

Powder - Lately my skin has gone from being oily to combination/normal. This is why if I am wearing a powder I want it to add some flawless glow and this Bare Minerals Mineral Veil Finishing Powder does just that, very natural for school aswell. (£20.00 - Link)

Highlighter - I love wearing highlighter while wearing the Rockateur blush. But I go for more of a glow for my highlighter, I have been using the Stilla Shimmer duo in Kitten. Adds a perfect glow and looks natural and flawless. (£15.00 - Link)

Lipstick - I think their is only one lipstick that can complete this look to a T and that is the Mac Lipsticks in Creme Cup. I don't have to say anymore apart from perfect! (£15.50 - Link)

What are your high end favourites? Comment below

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