September Favourites

Maybe a little late being a few days into October, but here is what I have been loving a lot for the past month. My first was bought by accident, well basically I went to go buy some little bits for my cousins birthday present, I liked it so much I bought one for myself as well! 

Rimmel Colour Rush Balm in 710 Drive Me Nude. I really like these lip products shaped like a chubby pencil, I think they are super easy to apply, especially with the point to get a little more precision to your application. 

So this product says : "Moisturising Long Lasting Lip Colour ALLURING COLOUR, TENDER LIPS… So Kissable!"

I definitely agree with long lasting, I can put this on for work and after five-six hours when I finish, yes it has faded a little, but with a lot of lip products you would usually find it has pretty much gone. Also I found it fades well not leaving your lips with little colour patches. The range holds twelve different shades, so quite a few to choose from, my cousin only likes wearing nude colours hence why I have the nude shade of the bunch but it is a gorgeous, easy, wearable shade perfect for any time of the year. As for moisturising, I find a lot of the matte/long lasting lip products tend to be very dry and leave your lips flaky. I was very surprised with this one, as it says in the name "balm" it does go on super easy like a lip balm and then sets after a little while to a semi matte finish. So finally "kissable?" yes I believe so hehe! I will be getting my mitts on some of the others in this range. 

Rimmel Colour Rush Balm - 710 Drive Me Nude £5.99

Whilst I am talking about lips I may as well move onto my next favourite, from Estee Lauder another nude shade called 120 Desirable, the Pure Color Envy Lipstick. So I saved all my beauty club points up and ended up paying just over two pound for this one hehe! Oh my firstly I just want to say I love the packaging super simple, looks a luxury product with the navy and gold colours, but I really like that as you lower the lid it just clicks into place. Super simple I know but a nice finishing touch. This is a sculpting lipstick and I love how even though I chose a nude shade it adds shape and appears to plump up my lips with the full coverage colour. One swipe over my lips and that's it a fuller looking pout! A luxury creamy formula that leaves your lips feeling super soft and hydrated throughout the day. The only negative I have about this is the longevity, I find it does not last as long as other lip products but it does fade beautifully and it would not put me off buying other shades. 

Estee Lauder Pure Color Envy Lipstick - 120 Desirable £24

My only other make-up favourite are the Katy Perry Eylure Lashes - Lovely Lolita (£5.95), I got these to wear at the Katy Perry concert back in May, I only went and forgot them that night. But I found a couple of other occasions to wear these and I love them. I was a little worried that the Katy Perry range would be a lot of fuller and longer lashes but these are just perfect, adding a little "oommpphh" to your natural lashes. This set have clusters of six to seven lashes spread evenly with a short/medium length. Basically just right for the natural glam look.

Finally my last two products I have been using together quite a lot in September. From The Yorkshire Soap Company I got Bomb Cosmetics Raspberry Blower Cleansing Shower Butter (£7.99), silly me read the label wrong in the shop and thought it was a moisturising butter like the body butters from The Body Shop. But you actually take a scoop and lather it up in the shower, so it is like a tub of soap instead of the traditional bar of soap. Containing natural shea butter this is a rich and moisturising formula. I love the smell it reminds me of raspberry ripple ice-cream, and also goes really well with King Of Skin from Lush (£5.75). I know I am pretty late to trying out this but oohh my I am glad I finally got it! It is just perfect, after rinsing off my new shower butter I grab my King of Skin and use this all over like I would moisturiser but straight onto wet skin. I then pat myself dry and ta daa! super soft skin. I think I am starting to like this more than my Soap and Glory Righteous Butter, but only because I like the way King of Skin leaves your skin feeling more hydrated and nourished, like I can still feel the moisturiser slightly after a few hours of application. With a combination of bananas, avacados, and oatmilk as few of the ingredients no wonder I love the smell, very nearly similar to The Breakfast Scrub from Soap and Glory. 

Phewwuu .... Hope you liked my ramblings on about things I have been loving in September, leave a comment if you use any of these and what your favourite products are.

Love Jess x

DIOR & CHANEL | Cream Shadows

Oh don't you just love splashing out on super pretty make-up! These two just accidentally fell into my hands, as soon as I tried out the colours I new I had to have them!

Christian Dior: Diorshow Fusion Mono
Long-wear Eyeshadow
001 Lune

Chanel: Illusion D'Ombre Longwear Luminous Eyeshadow
82 Emerveille 

The main reason I bought them was because of the shades, they are PERFECT for bridal make-up. Both have a soft shimmery/metallic finish, blurring any imperfections and subtly adding a wash of colour. The swatches below were easily done by using only my finger. I must admit the Dior eyeshadow colour I have come across before within a different brand though, and I could not imagine how it would come out, I suppose I thought it would be a bright white pasty colour! But how wrong I was, it is a beautiful pale silver sheer wash with very fine micro-glitter. Whereas the Chanel shade is a warm peachy champagne shade, both giving a gorgeous, iridescent luminous finish.

Both have an amazing silky soft texture which I love, making it very easy to apply but as you can see by the swatches I found (especially with the Chanel pot) they are very sheer and hard to build up the colour. I tend to push a similar shade over the top to intensify the colour, "chopper" from Naked 2 Palette works well, or "all that glitters" from MAC. Fair enough if you wanted just a sheer wash of colour but due to the product being such a creamy texture I feel like it would crease very easily if worn alone. 

Very luxurious products, a bit pricey at £24 a pot, especially with better options out there.

Have any of you tried these two out? What cream shadows do you like?

Love Jess x

MAC Eyeshadow Palette

TOP (left to right): Vanilla, Blanc Type, Brule, Omega, Corquette

MIDDLE (left to right): Naked Lunch, All that Glitters, Wedge, Texture, Charcoal Brown

BOTTOM (left to right): Mulch, Trax, Satin Taupe, Smut, Black Tide

I have the Large Single Pro Palette with x15 eyeshadow insert. All found on www.maccosmetics.co.uk

TOP (left to right): Vanilla, Blanc Type, Brule, Omega, Coquette

MIDDLE (left to right): Naked Lunch, All that Glitters, Wedge, Texture, Charcoal Brown

BOTTOM (left to right): Mulch, Trax, Satin Taupe, Smut, Black Tide

I use Vanilla and Blanc Type for highlighting the eye area, so the brow bone and tear duct, really helping to lift and open up the eyes. Blanc Type and Brule are also great for a matte natural base to work other colours onto because of the beige tones. 

Omega, Coquette, and Charcoal Brown are the colours I use for brows, with an angled brush to fill in and add shape. I use Omega for blonde and light brown hair, whereas the other two are slightly darker and Coquette has muted grey tones, so a great all rounder.  

Now, Naked Lunch is my favourite out of my whole palette, its super subtle and flattering for any make-up look! This and All that Glitters complement each other really well as they both have the pink/pearl undertone and shimmer, I love to layer these two on top of pink cream eye shadows to add texture, and to deepen the colours.

I use Omega and Wedge to define the crease and outer V of the eye, these muted beige shades can be great to break up other colours, or for a soft natural smoky eye, I like to sweep the colour all over the eye and blend well. 

Mulch, Satin Taupe and Smut are also perfect shades for a darker smoky eye, I love the bronze/red undertones they can be blended out really well. An easy to do smoky eye! You can also push the shadow along the lash line with a small flat brush (MAC 239) for a softer winged out look.

I really liked the look of Texture and Trax, Trax is a burgundy plum with a bronze/gold shimmer, I like to use them to add a little under the eye, only very subtly though. Texture can also be a an alternative to a natural crease colour to add a little more depth to the make-up look. 

Finally Black Tide, this is perfect for sweeping along the lash line with an angled brush to create the illusion of thicker lashes, great for blending but careful as it can drop a little. I love the little sparkle in this shadow too.

What is your favourite MAC eyeshadow?

Love Jess x

No7 | Stay Perfect Superlight Foundation

I must say I struggle to find a foundation that I really like, stick to using, and manage to finish the whole bottle. I have now been using this one for a good month or two and I love it! This foundation says it is suitable for all skin types (I have oily/combination skin) using a Zoeva Defined Buffer brush I work the foundation into my skin, starting from the centre of my face and working the product outwards to create a fresh natural complexion. When I purchased this I was suffering with dehydration and had flaky/crepey skin (doesn't sound nice, I know!) unlike many, the No7 foundation did not cake up around these areas, it totally smoothed out my skin. Obviously I use other products to help out with staying power and the finish but without powdering this gives a lovely natural dewy finish. I can apply it first thing in the morning and know I only have to powder once through the middle of the day and it will still look perfect when I get home later in the afternoon. It does say "up to 24 hour wear" but lets face it who wears foundation for 24 hours!
This is called a "Superlight" foundation and I definitely agree, this foundation has a very runny texture a bit like MAC Face and Body and gives a light to medium coverage, and it is build-able too! I do still need to conceal and some redness from my cheeks does show but that is understandable for a lightweight foundation. So all you girlies who like a more heavy coverage this would probably not be good for you, but I really do not like the "caked on" look so this is perfect for spring/summer!
As for the colour shades available, I went into Boots and had the No7 Match Made Service, I must admit they did choose a shade a little to dark for me and had to go back to get the lighter shade but this range has fourteen shades, and I now have a darker shade which I could mix if I get a little tanned this summer! phahahaa!
A little random but some people do like to know about packaging, this foundation is small and compact great for travelling and putting in your handbag, also I really like it is in a squeezy bottle so you can use it all up! 
Another plus ... with a SPF 15 and this foundation is also Hypo-allergenic. 

Stay Perfect Superlight Foundation £14.50 Boots

Has anyone tried this out, or any other No7 foundations?

Love Jess x

Urban Decay: de-slick Make-up Setting Spray

I got mine from the Urban Decay stand in House of Fraser for £20

A couple of summers ago now I moved down to a cafe my boss had newly refurbished, its so close to the sea and attracted so many customers. When we got good weather through the summer it was super busy and really warm. I was just so sick of coming home with most of my make-up melted away or the remainder smudged all over my face. So this year I am prepared as I have found this A-mazing product!

I came across Urban Decay de-slick Make-up Setting Spray on a monthly favourites video, she raved about this product, so when I was down in London I picked one of them up with a palette as well!

Usually my make-up stays put until about half way through the day, I start to get an oily t-zone and the foundation just slides straight off. So one weekend I new we would be super busy at work so I sprayed this on after I finished my make-up just before powdering everything in place, and ten hours later when I finally got home.... yes! my make-up was still there, same as I had applied in the morning!

The setting spray was developed in an exclusive partnership with Skindinavia, the solvers for vanishing make-up. Using temperature control technology this fine weightless mist allows your skin to breathe and prevents the moisture from your skin evaporating as quickly. The de-slick formula is oil-free, controlling shine and helps the skin to stay looking matte, as well as keeping all your make-up in place all day .... no smudging, no fading, no more make-up sliding away!

I tend to apply all my make-up expect my powder then apply the spray. Giving it a good shake I hold it 20cm away from my face and spray an "X" shape and a "T" shape over my face, these techniques ensure you are spraying the most oil-prone areas on your face are covered. Sometimes I like to spray a layer of this on my face first before any make-up and again at the end, for them extra long days!

For those of you who don't worry so much about the oiliness but the longevity of your make-up should try the All Nighter Formula ... Like I say to my brides "It's like hairspray for your face. Your make-up will not budge!"

Love Jess x