Dear Father Christmas...

This year I have been exceptionally good, so here is my Christmas wishlist for you and Rudolf!!  ;)

Boots - New Look - £27.99
These boots are an A/W staple, perfect with jeans, leggings or tights and a dress. At £27.99 they're an absolute bargain.
Combined Lace dress - Zara - £45.99
This classic piece is the perfect LBD. Fab for any season and will carry you through Christmas party after Christmas party.
iPad case - Ted Baker - £79.00
I'm cheating a little here, as I already own this! It has been on my wishlist for so long and my fabulous best friend bought it for me for my birthday a few weeks back. However, I wanted to share it with you as it's such an amazing little case which doubles as a patent clutch bag! Perfect!
Naked Fake It gift set - £14.00
A gorgeous gift set for anyone looking for a stunning self tanning product which is natural and eco-friendly. Naked Bodycare are THE people to go to for affordavle, safe body products and this beautiful gift set is no exception. Also makes a fantastic stocking filler for your sister, best friend, mum, daughter, auntie etc etc!! Full product review coming soon...
Marc by Marc Jacobs Henry watch - £259
Well, I don't think I need to say anything here. Just look at it, exquisite!
How To Marry a Millionaire lingerie set - Gilda & Pearl - £109
British made, luxurious lingerie, made from the finest fabrics and to the highest standard. Gilda and Pearl pieces are just pure indulgence. If you're going to own one 'fancy' set of lingerie, make it this!

Kate Moss for Rimmel - 107 wine matte lipstick

For the past few weeks I've been looking for the perfect deep bloodred lip colour to match with my autumn wardrobe. I'm loving the deep red matte lip look but wanted something relatively cheap and cheerful as it's not something I'm planning on wearing all that often, so doubt I'll see the bottom of the tube!

Rimmel's matte lip colour in '107 wine' from their Kate Moss collection ticks all of the boxes. It has incredible staying power and gives a really vampy, striking look. It costs just £5.49 from Boots and I paired it with the Rimmel 1000 kisses lip liner in '063 Black Tulip' which matched perfectly and costs just £2.99 - also from Boots.

This gave the colour a sharp outline and increased the staying power again. I wore this to watch the fireworks on Guy Fawkes night and didn't have to reapply once in 3 hours.

I love the overall look of this lipcolour and think it's the perfect shade for the season. Plus it's a bargain, and us girls love a bargain!

(PS Boots have 3 for 2 across their makeup, hair and beauty in store at the moment so buy the lippy and liner and get a third item for free! Told you we love a bargain!)

x

Halloween makeup - feeling feline!

Hello lovely readers,

Just popping up a quick post on my halloween makeup for this year. I was lucky enough to go down to the Masked Ball at the Lizard with my hubby last weekend - which was utterly amazing!! (See the video footage here: http://m.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DgJBCKBppMBw&h=KAQHWWhuu&s=1 courtesy of Twisted Vision.)

I wanted to share this look as I managed to create it mainly using the make-up I already own with the need for facepaint etc so it's a pretty straightforward look to create if you're invited to a party at the last-minute.

First off I moisturised my face using my Green People day solution moisturiser and then prepped my face using Revlon Photoready Perfecting Primer.

I applied Estee Lauder double wear liquid foundation using a stippling brush to my entire face and then using a foundation brush I heavily contoured the hollows my cheeks, my temples and the top of my forehead using Revlon Photoready Skinlights in 'bronze'. I then highlighted my cheekbones, nose and chin again using Revlon Photoready Skinlights but this time in 'pink'.

I used my new Sleek eyebrow palette in 'light' to shape and then fill the main body of my eyebrow, and then to drag out the tails to above my natural brow line. You can see in the first picture that my natural brow sits just below the brow end that I have drawn on. This gives the eye area a much larger appearance.
I then shaded the sides of my nose using a shadow brush with a flat brown eyeshadow and connected this shading right up to the inner brow area. I applied a small coat of white facepaint to my upper lip, the bridge of my nose and my lower forehead at this point, just to make these areas stand out a little more, but if you don't have this to hand then don't worry, the look will work without it.

I used a kohl eyeliner pencil and my Eco Tools smudge brush to fill my upper lid with black, setting this with a flat black eye shadow. I created a heart shaped 'nose' on the tip of nose using my kohl eyeliner and set this with black eyeshadow, connecting down to a small line to my cupid's bow which I created using my NARS Eyeliner Stylo. I fixed everything with a dusting of Diorskin Forever pressed powder.

This is the look at this stage:

To finish the look off, I added some whisker points on my upper lip and lined my upper lash line using my NARS eyeliner again. I brought this topliner down the inner corners of my eyes toward the bridge of my nose to elongate the eye and then highlighted the entire eye area - above and below - using my Bourjois Little Round Pot eyeshadow in '01 - light'. I lined my inner upper and lower waterlines with Sleek ink pot in 'dominatrix' and popped on some false eyelashes giving my upper and lower lashes a quick coat of Estee Lauder Sumptuous Extreme mascara in extreme black.

And voila! Here is the finished look whilst we had stopped for a cheeky Maccy's on the way!!
(My ear headband is from Accessorize).

I hope you enjoy this basic and easy to create look, and that you all have a spook-tacular halloween!! x

NOTD feat Essie 'Don't Sweater It'

Just a quick post to share today's nail colour with you!

I'm currently wearing Essie's Don't Sweater It and love the deep, autumnal colour as a luxe alternative to my usual auburn/maroon for the season.

Don't Sweater It is a rich, chocolatey mauve-brown with purple undertones which give it further depth. It's a glossy, solid colour which looks fab with a chunky sweater and jeans for the autumn. 

Essie nail polishes are three-free and are available from Selfridges.com for £10.95 per bottle.

Moroccanoil - my hair saviour - review

So back in August 2012 I reviewed my gorgeous, new Moroccanoil Barrel brush. I mentioned back then that Moroccanoil is my hands-down hair wonder product and a few people asked if I could write a review...

Well, for those lucky people, just 13 months later here it is!! Yes, prompt, I know!


For those who haven't tried / heard of Moroccanoil it came onto the UK market a few years ago and was hailed a hair super hero! And for good reason.  This beautiful hair oil not only protects your hair, but it also replenishes and repairs the hair, leaving it supple, shiny and super soft.

I have always used the original formula, despite a new 'light' version for fine and light-coloured hair being released. Though I have both fine and light-coloured hair, I find that the original formula suits my hair perfectly with the small amount that I use.

Moroccanoil original hair treatment - 100ml - £31.85

I simply wash my hair as usual and roughly towel dry until damp. I then dispense a small amount (roughly the size of a 20p piece) using the pump nozzle provided and work this through from around mid length to the ends of my hair. It smells utterly delicious, and is absorbed super quickly. Surprisingly it doesn't weigh hair down, nor does it make it feel greasy and I find it also helps my hair to dry a lot faster as it separates and nourishes it - always a bonus when your normal hair drying time is around half an hour, hello dead arm! Once blow dried I style as usual and voila! Perfectly nourished, healthy-looking hair, which also smells divine!!
The Moroccanoil also helps to protect the hair from heat, so blow drying and styling is less damaging, with hair looking soft and full bodied once styled.

I have also found that my hair suffers a lot less from frizz and flyaways in humid and damp weather when using the Moroccanoil. If my hair is especially dry - for example if I am on holiday somewhere hot - I will also use a small amount on the ends once styled just for that additional moisture and shine.

Moroccanoil is available from good hairdressers - such as the fabulous Afina in Truro - and also from feelunique.com. It retails at around £31.00 for the original, full 100ml size bottle which comes with the pump dispenser.

If you're concerned about Autumn being one long bad hair day, I'd seriously recommend that you give this product a go! x