January Wantable...

I am always super excited when my Wantable box arrives each month! I usually end up impatiently tracking it's progress as it ships from the US to my front door! 

You can read about my December Box here!

This month I got 4 full-size products most of which I am quite happy with!

First product I saw was this wet/dry diamond shadow from Vincent Longo in the colour Concerto. I've never had an eye shadow that has been able to be used wet before so was pretty excited to get this. 

I love the colour and have tested it both dry and wet. 

It's really blend-able when it used dry and you can get really clean lines when using a fine brush and water.

To get this look I used the shadow wet with my Zoeva 322 Brow Line Brush to achieve this super fine flick. I wanted to create a softer winged out liner look, compared to my normal black flick. 

In this look I also used the liner you see below on the water line, just to add a pop of colour to this subtle look. (($24.00-£14.90))

This brings me to the next product I got in my box, a Navy Eye Liner. I love this colour I think it's great for adding subtle colour to most make up looks. As much as the name suggests it is Navy I find it to be more of a dark teal blue colour. You can find swatches below. (($18.50-£11.50))

This next product I wasn't too happy with and very much doubt I'll be using it any time soon. It's a lip gloss in a pan in the colour Henna. First of all I'm not a great fan of the colour and secondly it's super sticky. I like my lip glosses a silky sticky texture and not one where it feels like it'll glue your lips together. Swatch below. (($14.00-£8.70))

And my last product I have used once and is a great mascara by Lord & Berry. Even though it is a great mascara I like my mascaras to be waterproof as it holds curls better. 

I will however be giving this to my friend who uses non-waterproof mascaras and am very sure she will love it. I find the formula really easy to use and applies nicely, it's really black and stays on all day. I also really like the super sleek packaging. (($23.00-£14.25))

Here are the swatches of the products. At the top is the Navy eye liner, left is the lip gloss and to the right is the diamond shadow used dry in the middle and swatched wet on the far right.

I will only be using 2 out of the 4 products received in this box but I'm not disappointed. I still love the fact you get full sized products and love giving presents so there won't be any wasted products, apart from maybe the lip gloss. 

This time I got around £50 worth of products in a box that cost me £30.

I will be skipping next months box as I'm going to save my money, but I'm sure it'll be back again in March!

What new products have you tried recently? Leave me your blog links in the comments.

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2014 Favourites || Beauty...

I haven't been blogging for very long but boy what a year it has been!

In this post I shall write about a few of my favourite beauty finds of 2014 and I shall try and keep it short and sweet..

Firstly I would like to talk about my hero against my oily t-zone - milk of magnesia!

You need very little of it and all I do is spread it evenly on the parts of my face that get oily/shiney. Then I use a hair dryer to dry it because most of the time I haven't got the time to just wait around and let it air dry, you will be left looking partially like a ghost. After that I put a silicone based primer like the Maybelline Baby Skin on top which gets rid of the whiteness. And carry on with the rest of my make up routine. You can see step by step pictures in this post here!

This new found product keeps me matte all day long and I don't have to carry or touch up with powder any more! 

My favourite brand I found out about and bought many products from is Makeup Revolution.

I did an introduction post here! They basically are the best brand for high quality make up and having a vast range of products to choose from. I especially love their eye shadow palettes which are super creamy. pigmented and really easy to blend! My haul post you can read about here. They regularly have deals on so like them on Facebook to keep up to date.

After testing out a few subscription boxes from the UK, I decided I wanted to venture further afield, so after some research I found Wantable. The best make up subscription box service I have tried. It is a bit more expensive than the one based in the UK but for the extra money you get full-sized, high end products. They also do other boxes; Accessories, Initmates & Fitness.

You can find my November & December boxes linked here!

I have loved every product I've received from them so far!

This here is my new favourite foundation, L'oréal Eau De Teint. As soon as I tested it on my hand in Boots and felt the consistency of it I had to have it. It doesn't have much coverage but it is build-able and is enough to perfect/even out my skin tone for a naturally flawless look. I have oily skin and I use this with my milk of magnesia base which I mentioned above and set it with Rimmel Stay Matte powder and I have great looking skin all day long. My review on it is here.

After seeing many, many tutorials on perfect brows that last all day I had to buy this Anastasia Dipbrow Pomade. It comes in quite a few different shades so I'm sure you'll find one to suit your hair. I have the colour Blonde but have recently dyed my hair a darker colour so haven't been using it, I will be purchasing the colour Medium or Dark brown. Then when I'm in between hair shades I can mix them to match my hair colour & do ombré brows. It really does last all day long, it has held up against accidental eyebrow itching and a sweaty forehead. You can read my blog post here but I'm sure as soon as I get the other shade there will be another follow up post on a step-by-step guide about how to use it.

I have 3 Beauty Gurus that I have been loving this year all linked below. 

Nicole Guerriero...

Lizzie...

Nikkie...

All three ladies are super beautiful and do amazing tutorials/reviews on make up. I love watching their videos because they are all very smiley and easy to watch. They do tutorials from the very basic, how they apply foundation, to step-by-step bold eye looks + everything in between.

And that concludes my beauty favourites of the year, I'm sure I've forgotten a lot of other things but these are the ones that really stood out to me.

Hope you all had a great year & a happy new year!!!! Thank you to everyone who has read my blog so far! Much love to you all!

What products have stood out for you this year? And what are your thoughts on my favourites?

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Wantable December...

Holy Moly!
Yay it finally arrived!
My Wantable box!
If you don't know, this is a subscription box from the USA so you'll get different brands to what we have here in the UK. I find this the most exciting subscription out of the boxes I have tried so far.
When you sign up there is a questionnaire where you click 'love', 'like' & 'dislike' and through this you will never get products you 'dislike'.
This months box cost around $50 which is around £31, this includes shipping and UK tax.
It is more expensive than other subscription boxes but I think it is definitely worth it as you get high end full sized products!

First product I saw was the above lip gloss (swatches below). This is the second Surratt product I have received from Wantable, this being my second box so far. I am very pleased I got this colour as I do wear a lot of dark lipsticks at the moment. This can be used as a sheer but pigmented lip colour on it's own or on top of a lipstick to add a bit of gloss/subtle bit of colour. It's quite sticky but that shows that it will stay on your lips for a long time. The one odd thing I found with this product is that it is a completely different colour in the tube than it is swatched, which you will see below on my hand. In the tube it looks more burgundy red but swatched it's actually more of a purple.
This product is worth $32 (£20).

Onto the next full size product, one I was super happy to see as I am running out of my primer. This Ofra Absolute Cover Face Primer. I have been using it for a few days now and I really like it. It has a very creamy consistency but does not feel greasy at all. It works well my my combination skin (oily t-zone). It gives a really smooth base to use under foundation, my current favourite being my L'Oréal Paris Eau De Teint. This primer is worth $35 (£22).

The next product I saw came in a simple black gloss card box but when I opened it and took this out, WOW! Check out the amazing black gem studded packaging. This is a super smooth and pigmented powder bronzer and being quite fair skinned (damn you winter...) I do have to use it quite sparingly but it does give a lovely glow to my skin. I also use it as a contour because, well, who doesn't want epic cheekbones. The thing about this bronzer that I love is the fact it isn't shimmery, which makes it great for contouring. This is worth $53 (£33).

The last product I got was this amazing blush quad palette by Tarina Tarantino. This comes in a mirror finish gunmetal grey case and has 4 shade of blush ranging from peach, pink to purpley blushes. I think it's amazing and have been testing out different blushes every day. All of them are really, really pigmented and I love the variety of colours you get, this is worth $45 (£28).

Below are the swatches to show the colours. Around the edge are the blushes, in the centre is the bronzer and at the bottom is the lip gloss, which as you can see comes out purple.

I absolutely LOVE this box, I don't think I could choose a favourite product from this month. I think the products are amazing and the fact that they are brands that I wouldn't buy because of the price range but am more than happy to receive them in this subscription box. 

This box cost me £31 in which I got £103 worth of products which I think is pretty epic!

I have skipped next month (January) to save money and to test out another subscription box (they are pretty addictive..!) but I have a very strong feeling I will miss this box and it will be back in February. (UPDATE - I may have 'accidentally on purpose' un-skipped next month ... Oooops!)

This is my most favourite subscription box I have tried so far. 

Which beauty subscription boxes have you tried and what are your thoughts?

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November Wantable..

OH MY GOSH - I was a little bit excited when the delivery man came with this box! I have never bought anything from America before so I was very eager to receive and open it.

This was my first box from Wantable, they do 4 different boxes - make up, accessories, intimates and now the new fitness box. I only ordered the make up box as that is the one I'm most interested in.

It costs $36 for the subscription which is around £22, you get 4-5 FULL-SIZED products and can skip a month or cancel at any time. Like other beauty subscription services you do a questionnaire about what you do and don't like. 

  I received 4 products, all of which I am very pleased with.

Firstly I would like to say how well packaged it was with foam padding inside to make sure they didn't rattle around and get broken on their journey from the US to my house. 

The first product I picked up was the make up brush by Vincent Longo, super soft and perfect for applying blushes. I have used it to apply my cheek highlight and it applies that nicely without it being too much.

Next was the Vincent Longo Duo lip pencil, 2 nude shades with one darker than the other for creating the perfect lip shape and base for any nude lipstick or lip gloss. Really creamy and easy to apply.

The lip gloss came next, a red shimmery lip gloss by (PLA) Beauty called Ruby Slippers. I found it quite sheer and sticky but I feel like it will be good for adding sparkle to any red lipstick and will stay on for a long time.

My favourite product I received was the Surratt Smokey Eye Baton. AMAZING! It has 2 ends (which took me a very long time to figure out) one end has a super creamy black eye liner and the other side is a smudger with black shimmery shadow in the lid. I have been using the eye liner on my waterline and it is one of the first liners I have used that doesn't fade much/at all during the day, no touch ups!!

Here are swatches of the products all super pigmented and am really happy with all the colours.

All in all I CANNOT wait for next months box!! So far this has been my favourite subscription box!

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