~April Favourites!~

~April Favourites!~ 

27/04/11

This month was simple really, i had been obviously using the same products again and again!

I didn't include any nail polishes, because for me that's a whole other post:)

All the products this month: 

Lip Products:

• Hue Lipstick from MAC- I'M IN LOVE WITH THIS! Seriously the best nude colour for my complexion, a total love. 
• Sally Hansen Lip Inflation in Sheer Pink- A real gloopy product but really shiny and glossy, and really nice over a nude colour!
• Natural Collection Juicy Lips in Toffee Cream- Such a pretty goldy shimmery colour, really nice alone or over hue!
• "I love.. strawberries & milkshake" Lip Balm- So pretty and pink, it's lovely by itself for a natural look.

 Eye Products:

• GOSH eyeliner in Black Ink- Again i have mentioned this! It's just so perfect and black, and lasts all day! A total must for me. 
• Rimmer Lash Accelerator, and No7 Intense Volume Mascaras- Perfect combo of the two give me big full lashes, which i always aim to achieve, really nice!
• MAC eyeshadows in Shroom & All that glitters- Shroom is just perfect alone all over the lid, and all that glitters always give my eyes a sparkle, that make me seem more awake, and gives a subtle definition which i love!
• MUA eyeshadow in shade 17- This matte taupe colour gives a nice natural look when worn all over the lid alone, and this is the one i wear most days for school.

Face Products:

• (Obviously) Maybelline super stay foundation- I just did a rave review post on this! So that explains itt. 
• Natural Collection cover up stick in fair 1- really creamy and a great base on the eyes too.
• Collection 2000 lasting perfection concealer- Beautiful job at covering dark circles and spots, really good coverage. 
• Natural Collection blush in Pink Cloud- THE PERFECT COLOUR FOR MY CHEEKS. It's such a pretty natural colour that makes me look really glowy and fresh.

Skin care:

•  Mud Therapy, Deep Cleansing mud mask- this mask has been really helping my skin even out, and feel softer and better than ever! I've been loving this really thick, green! mask, that just works wonders for my skin!

 Swatches!

I hope you're having a beautiful week!

Hugs, Danielle xo

~Maybelline Super Stay 24h Foundation!~

~Maybelline Super Stay 24h Foundation!~

Rave review timee.

25/04/11

Oh my gosh, i cannot say enough good things about this foundation!

The bottle claims that: 

Non-transfer, 24hour makeup, spf19, resists heat & humidity, sweat resistant, flexible all day comfort, oil free!

All of these claims are loading alot of pressure onto this foundation to deliver.

I found that it:

• lasts all day.
• was lightweight, and flexible, and did bring all day comfort.
• I didn't break out from it, so I'm guessing it is oil free.
• It did seem to resist the heat and humidity, because its been very warm in england lately, that i needed a foundation to stand up against it, and it proved worthy.
• Also it was sweat resistant. 
• The 24hour tag line, is maybe a bit extreme, certainly 8/10hours, but no way could it last a whole day literally.
• And it did transfer a little, but not heavily!

 Heres a horrible picture of me wearing it!

ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.

 

It seriously did even out my skin tone, and gave me a warm glow which meant i didn't have to wear bronzer! (Result!)

Heres the product: 

 It retails attt: £8:99

Which I think is a good price for such a lovely foundation!

And heres a quick swatch! Try and spot the foundation ;)

 See how it airbrushes my skin?

Anyway i really love this product and had to share!

I hope you are having a lovely bank holiday weekend!

Hugs, Danielle xo

~Favourite Spring Jewellery ~

~Favourite Spring Jewellery~

24/04/11

It's officially spring now, and has been beautiful weather for a while.

And i thought why not show you guys some of my favourite jewellery pieces that i've been wearing lots recently!

Necklaces:

• The boot is from a small boutique near my house and cost around £10! 
• The mirror necklace is from Topshop, which i got in the sale a while back for about £8 (BUT, i saw it recently in Claire's accessories for cheaper!) 

Bracelets: 

• The watch is a ToyWatch, i got it for my birthday last year!
• The Pearl bracelet in the middle, is my Thomas Sabo bracelet with the strawberry charm. 
• The Gold watch is from NewLook and has lovely charms all around it, i bought this for about £7. 
• The big chunky rose bracelet is from Primark for only £2!
• And the wrap around bracelet is also from Primark, and is actually a necklace that i wrap around my wrist, and this only cost £2.50!

Rings: 

• Thumb: Pink and white floral ring from new look, around £4/5.
• Pointer Finger: Red bow from Accessorize, about £5/6.
• Middle Finger: Really sparkly Pink ring from River Island, for about £6/7.
• Ring Finger: The newest ring i have, Beautiful long cage ring from H&M for £3.99.
• Pinky: A simple ring from Claire's Accessories for £4.

And that's all of it, seems alot, but i love my accessories! 

haha, Have a lovely Easter Sunday! 

Hugs, Danielle xo

~London In the Sun~

~London In the Sun~

23/04/11

My boyfriend and I went for a lovely day out to London yesterday.

It was our anniversary and we went for a stroll around London Town. 

And i thought I'd post a few gorgeous pictures of London In the Sun.

Sand Sculptors on Southbank Beach!

Freaky!!

 

Southbank Book fair!

Gorgeous London!

Southbank Walkway :)

So pretty!

Buckingham Palace! The Queens house ;)

The Queens Park ;) (Green Park)

Beautiful Merry-Go-Round On South Bank, and the lighting is from a gorgeous sunset behind me!

All In All- A beautiful day, filled with lovely moments.

I hope you enjoyed this post lovelies! 

Have a lovely easter weekend!

Hugs, Danielle xo

~Blue&Silver, Blue&Silver, Blue&Silver~

~Yes, another Nails of the dayy!~

22/04/11

I didn't want to just have plain old simple blue nails, so i added a tiny twist of a silver nail too!

Here:

I used:

Pure Torquoise 295, from BarryM.

And

Shade No.9 from 2True.

All found at superdrug/boots:)

Hope you had a lovely week!

Hugs, Danielle xo

~What's In my Makeup Bag~

~What's In My Makeup Bag~

20/04/11

I have already done a whats in my bag/purse post, so i thought i would do a whats in my makeup bag one, as I've started to carry one recently.

Here it is:

It's a FCUK makeup bag i got YEARS ago!

It's a big grubby, but i love that fact i can see inside it :)

And that's the contents!

1. Natural Collection Blush in Pink Cloud.
2. Rose Mirror
3. Scarlett Crimson Face Mattifying Papers (Amazing things!)
4. Palmers,Coco Butter Formula cream. 
5. Mac Lipstick in Hue.
6. Natural Collection Lipglosses in Raspberry Ripple & Toffee Cream.
7. Collection 2000 concealer in Fair 1.
8. Gosh eyeliner, in  Black ink.
9. Rimmel accelerator mascara. 
10. H&M angled brush
11. QVS big fluffy brush. 

 Seems like alot, but i seem to use all of it so yeah :)

What's in your makeup bag? :)
Hugs, Danielle xo

~Nails of the day~

~Nails of the day!~

20/04/11

I picked up this BarryM nail paint in Peach Melba yesterday, and this simply meant today i was going to be sporting some peach nails ;)

I'm IN LOVE with this shade, they've made it so easy to incorporate some peach tones into your outfit!

It;s only £2.99, so go and get it for your spring collection! :)

Have you picked this one up yet? If so what do you think? :)

I hope you're having a lovely week!

Hugs, Danielle xo

~Nails of the day (again!)~

~Another Nails of the day~

18/04/11

I have been so experimental with my nails lately and today was no different! 

I decided on this crazy look!

How i did this AMAZING look?! : 

1. Painted the whole nail with 2 thin coats of the lilac shade. (Best to keep the coats thin so that after all the pink and black, it doesn't get too thick and prone to big chips! )
2. Then get a cocktail stick and dab on random, smallish ,spots of the pink all over the nail.
3. Then get a differnt cocktail stick and draw tiny black lines around the spots of pink, do not completely circle them just two lines either side.
4. Then just do random black splodges over the nail to fill gaps, keeping them soft, no sharp lines!
5. Then just cover the nail in a clear coat, and VOILA! You are done :)

I am obsessed with this nail look, and can't wait to do this in different colours.

You can do this using any colours: green&blue, gold&silver!

Be creative lovelies! 

Hugs, Danielle xo

~Nails of the day~

~Nails of the day~

18/04/11

So i decided to do something a bit more funky because i was simply bored of one tone shades or french tips on my nails.

So i went with Polka dots!

It got a bit messed up but for a quick 5 min job, not bad!

I think it looks pretty and crazy!

The colours i used was:

Pink Flamingo 305, from BarryM.

and French white 103, from Collection 2000.

All found at superdrug/boots:) 

All i did was cover the whole nail in pink flamingo and then used a cocktail stick to dot some white onto the nails,to create a funky dotty pattern! 

Enjoy :) 

Have a lovely Monday!

Hugs, Danielle xo

~What's In My Bag?~

~What's In My Bag~

17/04/11

This is my bag!

It was £14.99 from H&M, and i got it around Christmas!

I love it because it fits everything i need, and it looks lovely with every outfit i have! 

Now what's inside?

Alot of stuff..

Haha, Okayyy. 

So I have..

1. Sunglasses from primark ;) (and case)
2. Palmers Cocoa Butter formula lotion for my hands/legs if needed. 
3. Earphones
4. Keys
5. Hair clip
6. Hair bands
7. CoCo Mademoiselle Perfume by Chanel. 
8. Thomas Sabo Pearl bracelet with Strawberry charm.
9. Extra chewing gum :)
10. Total care- dental floss ;)
11. Comb
12. Iphone 3gs 
13. Duo Fiber brush from QVS.
14. Flower Mirror
15. MAC lipstick in Hue
16. MAC lipstick in Chatterbox
17. Gosh velvet touch eyeliner in Black Ink
18. Natural Collection Lipgloss in Raspberry Ripple
19. Gosh Lipgloss in 102.
20. Glasses for my terrible eyesight from Prada.
21. Umbrella, because i live in england. 
22. Water
23. Soft&Gentle deodrant
24. Glamour mag for May 2011
25. Purse full of crap and no money! 

So what's in my purse? 

Alot of rubbish apparently. 

Oh well, i need all of it...

Hope you guys are enjoying the sun here in England :)

Hugs, Danielle xo

~Tiny Haul~

~Tiny Haul~

17/04/11

Yesterday, i went to Oxford Street with my beautiful boyfriend. 

And he wanted to treat me to a MAC present!

I picked Hue lipstick as i had been lusting over this secretly for ages!

I was so excited to leave Selfridges with my MAC purchase! 

After, we went to Boots to pick up a few things. 

I wanted Apple Blossom from Natural Collection but they were sold out D: 

So i decided to try a few other things whilst i was there. 

And i took full advantage of the 3 for £5 offer. 

And bought one concealer stick (review coming)

& two lipglosses!

I hope you all had a lovely Saturday/Weekend! 

Hugs, Danielle xo

~Nails of the day!~

~Nails Of The Day~

15/04/11

I painted my nails this afternoon, and i gave myself a manicure!

So i painted them french tip, because i was super bored of just one colour nails. 

Here they aree: 

Ew, man hands!

And i used two nail polishes to get this:

Sweetheart from OPI

204 French Tip From Calvin Klein

 Hope you guys liked my nails.

Have a beautiful Friday :)

Hugs, Danielle xo

~FOTD!~

~FOTD~

15/04/11

I used:

1. Clinique Moisture Surge (moisturiser) all over the face. 
2. Natural Collection Tinted Moisturiser in Natural all over the face. 
3. Collection 2000 Lasting perfection concealer over any blemishes.
4. MeMeMe setting powder in Buff to set all this in place.
5. H&M Bronzer in cheekbones and around the face.
6. Natural Collection Blush in Pink Cloud on the apples of my cheeks. 
7. MUA eyeshadow in shade 2 (Pearl) As a cheekbone highlighter. 
8. 2 Matte shades from the Sleek Storm Palette for my Brows.
9. Colour Institute, Brown cream eyeshadow all over the lids.
10. Sable from MAC in outer corners.
11. Vaseline all over the lid to give it a healthy shine.
12. GOSH, eyeliner in black ink in waterline and tightline.
13. Mascara- No.7 Intense Volume and Rimmel Lash Accelerator. 
14. Lipliner from No.7 in 20 nude.
15. Lipstick from MAC- Chatterbox.
16. Lipgloss-Turkish Delight from NARS. 

Seems loads, but to be honest it only took 10 mins to apply!

A mixture of highend and veryyy low end!

So something for everyone, have a lovely friday :)

Hugs, Danielle xo

~Wishlist #2~

~Wishlist #2~

14/04/11

MAC Quite Cute collection instantly caught my attention this past week,
and one product REALLY caught my eye! The Plush Glass in Fashion Fanatic.
It's a beautiful pink shade, i seriously love it, but i dunno if i can go and get it yett,
bummer! (£16)



 MAC Mineralize Skin Finish Natural, i've always wanted to give it a go,
and it seems the perfect powder for my skin..seriously might go pick this
up very soon! (£18.50)







 Two eyeshadows that i found i quite liked lately: Twinks and Sketch!
Really pretty shades, that i don't feel i have in my collection yet so would be
lovely new additions! The pan shadows are only £9 too!

Left- Sketch. Right-Twinks.

Last MAC product, the simple paint pot in Bare Study because
i don't have it and this makes me sad. (£13.50)

 Next I've been wanting Makeup Forever HD Powder. This seems a
lovely powder, that has been mentioned sooo many times by youtube
gurus. I'd really like to pick this up and put this straight into my foundation routine. ($30)








 Last makeup product isss, Too Faced Shadow Insurance (£12) I'd like
to try this because I've recently run out of my urban decay primer potion,
and i want a good replacement and I've heard good things about this!

                                                 


                                                                       A Few Random Things!

I'd LOOOOVE the Tall White Concealed Placket Grandad Shirt, from
Topshop for £35. It's just gorgeous and makes me soo happy everytime
i look at it! It needs to be mine. The picture doesn't do it justice but
believe me, it's beautiful.









 I'm also lusting over the Gold and Cream Wash Oversized Articulated Owl, also from Topshop! It's so pretty and interesting, and i love owls so this
is perfect for me! Would look nice with the shirt above too ;) (£15)

 Finally i need new jeans so this isn't really a lust, but i like these jeans
from H&M and they're only £9.99! So these will very shortly be mine :)

And yes, I'm actually finished!

These are my top lust items atm, and I'm sure this will all change next week!

Alsoooooo, I need new makeup storage!?

Any ideas/websites?

 

Hugs, Danielle xo

~Review of Sleek Cosmetics~

I have accumulated a few Sleek Cosmetics over the last year or so.

So i decided to do a review on the brand, because i have fallen in love! 

First 2 products are the Sleek palettes!

I have the Original and Storm. 

The Storm, featured left, is actually my favourite. As i am a lover of a natural eye look, this is perfect for me, as it hold more neutral tones! Also i use the two matte browns for my eyebrows. 

 The next one is the Original, this one is a fair bit brighter, holding bright blues and pinks, and a purple! All fun colours for more vibrant looks. Both Palettes hold a matte black! And both are INCREDIBLY pigmented! I mean completely comparable to MAC, even better in my opinion, as a Sleek palette only costs around £5 for 12 eye-shadows!!

Next is the Sleek Pout Polish In Powder Pink- 942.

This is AMAZING, this is completely comparable to higher end lip conditioners, It's so pigmented and soft, and soothes and softens lips instantly after one application. And it's only like 3/4 pounds! I love this,

and have had it a few months, and use it very often! Also, a slight downside is simply that they only have a few shades, this being one of them, they do come out with new ones occasionally but they are usually limited edition, so go snap them new ones up!

        Next is the Blush in Pixie Pink- 936.

This is sooo pigmented it actually scares me LOL, i wore this everyday for about 3 months, and still grab for it occasionally, it costs around 4/5 pounds..but I'm not sure? This blush is stunning and very very high quality, it looks very pretty against my paler skin, and when I'm tanner! A must have in my opinion.

Now this is one product i disliked from what I've gathered. The Sleek, Magnitude Lengthen and Volumise Mascara. The white mascara end just didn't work for me, it dried and then I'd TRY and apply the volumise end, but it would just clump and go sticky and weird. I tried without the white base, and it still clumped and gave me a nasty sticky mess. Also it got EVERYWHERE on my face, and was a real disaster, I'm not sure how much they sell for, as i bought this last summer, but it surely wasn't a must have, it's a must- avoid for me.

And that's it for my sleek review, some real gems in there

along with one not so great product, but i still LOVE this brand BIG TIME. 

I love how, everytime i walk past their counter in superdrug they always

have a brand new palette out or a new  tinted lip conditoner colour! And they do 

everything you could want, this is just a tiny look into what they sell!

So there will be more reviews on brands coming soon!

Hugs, Danielle xo