Whats in my...Basket? ♥

...all 4 of my makeup drawers look like this:

a mish mash of everything all jumbled up and in the mornings it took me an extra 10 minutes looking for things, it just wasnt working for me!
But now ive found something that workes wonderfully. A BASKET, Not any old bastket, a pretty blue floral one ofcourse...

Ive tried a makeup bag...but everythings piled up together and i'm always scared of things smashing and cracking, like delicate MSF's...Makeup isnt cheap y'know.
I still store everything in the drawers, but keep my staples in the basket.
Its so easy now to locate everything and i just swich some products around a couple of times a week depending on what blush i feel like wearing or foundation.

Lets have a peak inside:
So, its just my basic everyday items.

The best thing is...it folds away! So when i go on holiday, i can just fold this up and throw it in my bag.

it costs £1.99 from Dunelm.
Go get yourself one (;

Haul: Nars, Mac, Bobbi Brown, Models Own & Cath Kidston ♥

Another week, another haul...

What i got:
Mac Spiced Chocolate quad - £21.95 Local CCO
Bobbi brown Pale Mauve Lipstick - £10.50 Local CCO
Models Own Nail polish Jade stone, Grey Day, Champeigne, Nude Beige - £5 each Boots
Nars Torrid - £19.50 Nars.com

The product i'm most excited about is Mac's Spiced chocolate quad that came out with the Cult of cherry collection...ive been eyeing it up ever since and thaught id never get my mitts on it since its Limited adition. I even was contemplating paying the mammoth ammounts on eBay for it! So i was very lucky to find this in my CCO, I literally squealed when i spotted it sitting on the shelf. It's Such a well put together quad (Nanogold, Brash, Sweet Chestnut, Spiced Chocolate), The colors are all very wearable and perfect for the upcoming colder months.
I'm also loving Models own polishes at the moment...Maybe even more then OPI? (...never thaught i would say that!). They have a beautiful range of colours and finnishes and i'm most definitely going to collect some more!
The Bobbi brown Lipstick and Nars Torrid are always things that i have wanted to try, So i just caved in and baught them. Hopefully some positive reviews will come soon (:


I also got this adorable HUGE Cath Kidston makeup/toiletries bag. Perfect for going on holiday and staying at friends houses. Right now i'm using it for my moisturizers and general skin care products as its waterproof, so if my Lush toner spills, it wont be damaged.

I'm a big Cath Kidston fan but only have several items as its quite expensive, But I was so suprised at the price of this...It was on sale for a teeny tiny £12.00, thats fab considering Cath kidston things are usually way above that.

I love it. Its made out of the usual Oil cloth material and has sweet little robins on it, How cute is that? (:
Ive never seen this design before, Its beautiful!

What do you think of Cath Kidston things?

Lush Dream Cream ♥

Most Lush products dont really appeal to me and i find them to be slightly overhyped. But i was on the market for a good bodycream, so i succumbed to the hype and picked this up, hoping for utter miracles!

My skin type is extremley sensitive, flares up and becomes incredibly itchy and inflamed so easily if it dosnt agree with a poduct, So i was slightly apprehensive about giving this a go...

Its made from mostly natural ingredients, its vegan and contains a blend of these essential ingredients to help soothe, calm and moisturise the skin:
Cammomile
Oat Milk
Rose oil
Lavender oil.

Impressive!

The cream itself is a quite unnatractive beigey/pale yellow colour and smells very...herby?
I cant really discribe the smell, but its definitely natural smelling, not totally umpleasent, makes me a bit drowsy though haha.
Its a very thick rich cream. Quite a weird thickness though, You could hold the pot upside down for as long as you like and it wouldnt fall out, but its not at all solid like a balm or anything.
Since its such a thick cream, it does take a good few minutes to sink in...So its best to apply this at night, also you dont want to walk around during the day smelling like a herb shop! lol.

Well then, did it work?
Dream Cream is said to 'calm irritations, reduce redness and banish blotches'...
It deffinitly did all this plus more!
Hurrah!

I absalutly love this body cream. I apply this all over my chest neck arms and legs before going to bed and in the morning my skin feels velvetty soft and has a nice natural, healthy sheen to it.
It didnt irritate my skin one bit, it actually calmed the redness down and felt so cooling and refreshing!
Ive used every night for 2 weeks so far, and ive hardly made a dent! So its going to last me a while, yay (:

Fairly good price also - £8.60 for 250ml!
Go grab yourself some!

Jewellery Haul - Owl Mad ♥

"Hoot Hoot!"

I went on the hunt for some cute owl pieces at the weekend as i just adore owls. How can you not?
Ive recently spotted the gorgeous Alexa Chung and Nicole Richie sporting some unique Owl pendants recently and they both just happend to be two of my favourite fashion influences, so i thaught id go and see if i could grab some for myself!

So here are the lovely things i purchased...

The first thing i got was this little ring. I spotted it all by itself in the corner of a stand in the sale part. Is so quirky and different, I love it! Love that its sat on a little brance too, how sweet is that? (:
Shop - Internacionale.
price - £1.99

Second things i spotted, In the same shop...Were these two long chained necklaces. Now, ive never seen anything like these before and probably wont wear them all that often because they are quite big and are more statment pieces, rather than casual, everyday wear. However, I think they would look lovely with a plain white vest top though.
Im in love with the one on the right, I love how the feathers are made from old style gold coins, really gives it a vintage look. The detail on it is beautiful.
Both were £3.99 each.

The last thing i got was from Accesorize. Its a teeny tiny owl on a very delicate chain.
I think it would look cute layered with some longer necklaces. I love how it has two little faux amber coloured diomonds as eyes.
This was around £6.



What do you think of Owl Jewellery? Yay or Nay?

Review: Mac Paint Pots ♥

Everyone has a 'holy grail' primer, right?
I was struggling to find a good primer for my eyelids, as they are quite troublesome to say the least.
Ive tried most of the highly coveted primers on the market, Urban decay primer potion, Too Faced Shadow Insurence, Elf Primer, even the new Nars primer...None of them really comes close to these. Most of them i found were too dry, too thin, too watery or greasy...


These, I must say are the perfect formulation.





Packaging?
Packaging is nice and simple, A clear, heavy, sturdy glass jar with a black screw top lid. You have to dip your fingers in the jar though, which is a slight hastle sometimes if you have long nails.
I love the look of the little pots though, So adorable and tiny!

The colours i own are:

Pinterly - Most universal one. Pink toned flesh colour. Best for every day use.
Bare Study - Shimmery white beige. Also good for every day use.
Coral Crepe - This is an LE Paint Pot. Bright vivid, extremely pigmented coral. Quite thick in consitency.
Rubenesque - Same finnish as Bare Study. Shimmery light golden peach.
Quite Natural - I use this as eyeliner. Dark warm matte brown.




What i like most about these are that you can wear them alone as a light eyeshadow or as a liner. Ive even heard of people wearing coral crepe and rubanesque on their cheeks. They dont budge or smudge either.
They make any eyeshadow colour go on smoothly and more vivida and my eyeshadow stays perfect right the way though till' when i take it off.

I find the best way to use these are to make sure your hands are warm and swirl your finger in the product for a minite to warm it up, Then apply straight onto lids with your fingers, a brush could also work, but wouldnt be as even.

They retail for £13 on the Mac website and in store. A reasonable price considering they contain 5g of primer, which will last a long time!

Collection 2000 Hot Looks Nail Polish ♥

Awh, How cute are these little gems?

The colours i own:

Button Moon - Minty light green with hints of blue (How adorable is that name!?)
BMX Bandit - mixture of purple and navy blue.
Dynasty - Light pink with lilac undertones
Hoola Hoop - bright neon pink.

There are 20 shades to collect in total, but these are the ones that caught my eye the most.

The shades are so fun and suitable for summer, all very vibrant candy shades with a very shiny wet look finnish.
My favourite of the four is BMX Bandit, Ive never come across a colour like it. In some lights it looks blue and in other lights, purple.

(Colour ouside in natural light.)

Top to bottom - Dynasty, Button Moon, BMX Bandit, Hoola Hoop.

The application of these polishes are all top quality. They apply smoothly and are totally opaque with 2 coats. I LOVE the brush! Its a very similar brush to OPI's pro wide brushes. I'm a huge fan of wide brushes, It just makes application so simple and quick.


Another thing i love is the bottle, So dinky and cute, looks adorable on my shelf...The bottle is very small and you only get 8ml of polish, But for £1.79 what could you expect? Plus i never finnish a full bottle of polish anyway, so the size does not bother me one bit.

The lasting power of the polishes is average, About 2 or 3 days then it starts to chip, with a good topcoat like Seche vite, it would last longer though.

I highly recommend these polishes, Lovely colours, great application, fast drying, cute bottles and really really cheap!
Im definitly going back to superdrug to buy more!

Mac Neutral Palette, Complete! ♥

Today is a very important day, Very important indeed.
My Mac neutral palette is finally complete!
I got this palette along with 3 shadows for christmas and have been determined to fill every slot since with a pretty neural shadow that I can wear everyday.
Ive chosen simple, wearable colours that are easy to work with, that i can slap on half asleep in the mornings and know will still look good (:

I'm fairly content with it, I may buy a few more darker frosty brown shadows to put in it, as i think it consists too much of matte browns and lighter shades at the moment, but for now, its just right!
I tried my best to organise it by colour, putting lighter shades on the top row, slightly darker shades in the middle and darker on the bottom...its still a bit jumbled up though!


Left to right:
Top row - Shrom, Blanc Type, Brule, Gleam, Gesso
Middle - Omega, RetroSpeck, Cork, Cranberry, Electra
Bottom - Satin Taupe, Brun, Brun (why do i have 2?), Embark, Carbon.

I have no idea why i have 2 Brun shadows. Hmm. Strange.

Anyways, I love it...
Lil seems to love it too haha