Girl About Town || MAC Monday's

Hellooo my lovelies,

 This week's MAC Mondays is on one of the most talked about MAC lipsticks and that is 'Girl About Town'. It's an amplified formula so it's very creamy like a cremesheen but with really high pigmentation of colour. I love Amplified lipsticks as they tend to last a lot longer on your lips than Cremesheen but they still have that lovely formula so are not at all drying which I tend to find with matte lipsticks. Girl About Town is a beautiful bold and bright fuschia shade and it's name suits it perfectly!

 I put off buying this for a long time because I always thought it was similar to MAC's 'Impassioned' which I already owned but it is not at all similar! It's a blue toned pink so it makes your teeth look whiter which lets admit it girls we all love that in a lipstick! I think this is the perfect shade for everyday in the Spring and Summer (if you're like me and like wearing bright lipstick during the day) and it also doubles up as the perfect lipstick for a night out. I always, always, always get compliments when I wear this lipstick and it's Gary's favourite one and if he notices that a makeup item is really nice then it's definitely a good'un!

 The main thing I love about this lipstick for a night out is that you can be assured that you can drink and yes you can kiss ladies! and this will still be on your lips. I usually only need to re-apply this once on a night out and in all honesty I probably don't even need to do that. So if you haven't tried Girl About Town and are looking for a new pink lipstick, get to MAC and give this a swatch- you'll fall in love!

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A x x x 

March Favourites

Hellooo my lovelies,

 I cannot believe it is April already, this year is flying by (the older I get, the more the year seems to fly by..anyone else??) but that means it's time for another monthly favourites post! I don't have as many monthly favourites as usual this month but I do still have my old favourites such as YSL touche eclat but I think you all know by now how much I love that! So I decided to just add in new favourites/products I've rediscovered that I've been loving throughout March.

  During March, I was a teeny weeny bit naughty and actually purchased 3 new MAC lipsticks that I showed in a haul here and here. One day I will manage to save money I promise... I bought Pink Pearl Pop, Pure Zen and Girl About Town. I've been loving all three so I tried to pick my number one favourite out of the three but I had to pick two for seperate occasions. I have been loving Girl About Town which is a beautiful fuschia pink for more fancy occasions such as a 21st I went to and out for dinner etc, it is such a gorgeous lip colour and I can't believe that I waited so long before picking this up. My favourite shade for day-time wear has been Pure Zen, it's such a simple nude shade and nudes are bang on trend this season. It looks beautiful with a more heavy eye or even with simple eye make-up for a basic, chic look. I always struggled to find my perfect nude but now I have definitely found it!

 My favourite blushers of March was simple, hands down it is Sleeks Californ.I.A. palette. It's a beautiful palette of cream blushers that I've been using religiously and often (yes I know I'm really sad) get it out and swatch it on my hand just to admire how pretty the colours are! They're the perfect corally/peachy shades for Spring/Summer and I have no doubt that I'll love them for many more months to come! The packaging is really slimline and compact which is ideal for me when I'm staying places or if I'm doing my make-up on the go (after I'm running late and have to decide between making the train or having perfected make-up...) My favourite two shades in this palette are the first two which are 'Newport Peach' and 'The Surf'. I have done a review of this palette on my blog here.

 My number one favourite of this month is one million percent La Roche Posay''s Effaclat Duo. No words can explain how much I adore this product, it has done miracles for my skin. I had my doubts when I bought it because nothing ever seems to actually work when it comes to reducing redness and correcting blemishes. Look no further, this product is a miracle worker and I will forever recommend it to anyone I love that has problems with blemish-prone skin! I never used to be confident enough to leave the house without foundation on but after a few weeks of using this I could. As if it couldn't get any better it actually produces visible differences within 24 hours. I have a full review of this on my blog here.

This favourite sort of connects to my previous favourite because since my skin has been better I've not needed a heavy foundation. So for lighter coverage I have been enjoying using Maybelline's Dream Pure BB cream. I've never really been into BB and CC creams and don't entirely know a lot about them. I do know though that this gives me just enough coverage that it still looks natural and like skin whilst covering anything I need it too. I really like the packaging of this too, it just feels nice to hold and I like the turquoise writing on it. However, it does get pretty grubby as you can see from the condition of mine! I love that this has SPF in it too because it'll be ideal for Summer when you need the protection and also want lighter products on your skin.

 My favourite perfume this month has been Taylor Swift's Wonderstruck Enchanted. I love this perfume, it reminds me of a time when I was super happy in my life and my boyfriend bought me it so it always reminds me of him! It smells amazing, I'm really bad at describing smells but it's a mixture of fruits and florals. It apparently contains passion-fruit, pink poppies, wild berries and peony blossoms but it is a gorgeous concoction and I haven't really reached for any of my other perfumes this month. I am planning on doing a perfume collection very soon though so keep your eyes peeled for that! Another thing I love about this is the bottle, obviously it's pink which pleases me immensely it's a pink opaque glitter BUT when you hold it up to the light it goes a transparent hot pink and you can see how much you have left. I love the gold writing too and it did have a gorgeous gold charm around it too but that broke from me carrying it around in my hand bag :(. I absolutely adore Taylor Swift and it's entirely a coincidence that I absolutely love her perfume too! (I'm not so keen on her purple version of this).

 I've been loving the Soap and Glory five fruits body butter this month too. It smells mouth-wateringly good and it reminds me of my Summer holiday in Italy as I was slathering this on left right and centre to moisturise my sun-dried out skin! The main thing I love about this is how quickly it sinks into the skin because there is nothing worse than having to hang around semi-naked whilst you're waiting for body creams to soak in. It lasts quite a long time too as I still have a third left in my old one and is super affordable. Plus the packaging's pink so I can't complain!

 My last favourite this month has got to be O.P.I.'s 'Which is Witch' nail polish from the Wizard of Oz collection. I've been loving having this on my ring finger with a variety of colours in March from lilacs, whites to mint greens. It just jazzs up your manicure and makes it look more girly and instantly like more effort has gone into it than really has done. I usually despise glitter nail varnishes because although they look fabulous they are a pain in the ass to remove but this is very long lasting and I've had no problems with chipping. It does take at least 3/4 coats of this to get it opaque enough to wear alone though and sometimes it'll look even better if you add an extra few coats on top of that too. When my other nails were chipping, I simply changed the colour of my nails but left the glitter on the ring finger. Having to spend 10 minutes scrubbing at my nail trying to remove chunks of glitter is a lot easier when you've had a months wear out of it instead of just a week!

What products have you been loving this month? Have you tried any of these ones?

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Lots of Love,

A x x x 

Haul, Haul, Haul! || Mac and Boots

Hellooo my lovelies,

 So I've been shopping again *slaps on wrists*. I think I need to ban myself from going anywhere near the shops because I always spend far too much money. I do still have a Spring/Summer clothes shop to do though so I will need to brave the shops a few more times yet before I can implement this ban! I will do a fashion haul post on that too if you'd be interested in seeing it!

 The first thing I picked up was St Tropez bronzing mousse and a new tanning mitt. I have never used this fake tan before because I love my St Moriz which is a fraction of the price, you can pick that one up for £3 and St Tropez is £20!! However, where I live apparently it's wrong to fake tan apart from in the main summer months so literally nowhere has it in stock! The only shops where I can get fake tan during the colder months is Boots and Superdrug and neither stock St Moriz sadly. This normally wouldn't be a big deal, I'd order it online and wait but I have a 21st on Saturday and I don't want to be a little ghost for that! Fingers crossed this tan gives me the effect that I get from St Moriz or better...(it better for £20 anyway!!). I also grabbed a new tanning mitt because my other one was filthy and I was long overdue a new one. Don't ya just love the feel of a new tanning mitt?! If you haven't used one to fake tan before then I definitely would because it gives the best finish!

 My Boots FINALLY had the Revlon colourburst Matte Balm stains in the colours I wanted! The colours I chose were 'Unapologetic' which is a beautiful Pink colour (I can almost see you all rolling your eyes at yet another pink lip colour) and I also chose 'Mischievous' which is a pretty orange shade. I only have one orange lipstick and since it's bang on trend this season why not hey! Although I'm not entirely sure I suit orange lipstick so I'm yet to be brave enough to wear it outside...

 I picked up a Revlon nail polish also because all Revlon makeup was on 3 for 2 and I wasn't really after anything specific so I just got a new nail polish (which I definitely did not need). Obviously it was pink because I wouldn't pick any other colour would I? I could probably do a lengthy blog post on just the pink nail polishes that I own alone!

The last thing I got in Boots was this deep sleep pillow talk set. It includes the deep sleep pillow spray and the stress less rollerball. I've wanted it for a while because I suffer from panic attacks and insomnia so anything that can help me relax and get more sleep is a gift from God. I'm hoping it works! I actually got this with my Boots points because then if it doesn't work, I won't really feel like I've wasted £22. I really like buying something 'big' or 'expensive' with my Boots points because then I feel like I've got something great for free...even though it's technically not free!

 Probably the most exciting thing I bought was two new MAC lipsticks. I definitely have an addiction, I definitely did not need these but I definitely was not able to leave the shop without them! I actually had four so I think I did well narrowing it down to two, I bought 'Pure Zen' and 'Girl About Town' and the other two I was choosing between was 'Honey Love' and 'Japanese Maple'. Girl About Town is a bright fuchsia pink and Pure Zen is just a pale peachy nude. As I'm sure you'll gather by my colour selection, I've been looking for a new nude lipstick and I've been loving my Tanya Burr 'Afternoon Tea' lipgloss so I was going along the lines of that colour but in a lipstick? Honey Love, Japanese Maple and Pure Zen are all similar, they aren't dupes of each other but they're too close in colour to justify buying them all! I so nearly went for 'Honey Love' which is a matte finish but Gary informed me that it looked like I'd put dark foundation on my lips so I gave that one a miss! But hey I'll probably end up going back for that one another day and although Japanese Maple looked like concealer lips for me I'll probably end up with that too! I really want to collect MAC lipsticks, I'm not sure what it is but there's something so satisfying about adding them to my collection

Hope you enjoyed seeing the bits and bobs I picked up recently! What products have you bought recently? Have you tried any of these products?

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Lots of Love,

A x x x