I'll admit that October hasn't really been a very make up based month. It's mainly been based around being sat in a face mask and pyjama bottoms watching other people's make up tutorials. With that in mind my first favourite is the Soap & Glory No Clogs Allowed face mask. This is a really interesting mask because it heats up on your face and you can feel it getting all the dirt out but when you wash it off your face is left feeling so cool almost to the point of cold. But I actually really like it because the combination of the two leaves me feeling a nice mixture of relaxed and awake. I've also found it's been really helping with the troublesome spots I've been having lately. 

My second favourite is a Nourishing Hand Cream from Sephora, this has a full review coming up soon so I won't go into crazy amounts of detail but I will say that it works a complete and utter treat! Since starting my job around the beginning of the month pretty much all the work I do involves constantly using my hands leaving them feeling really sore and dry. One use of this however, and it's like I haven't even been to work! I also find that it sinks in quickly too.

Sticking with the hand theme, LUSH's Lemony Flutter Cuticle Butter is another favourite of mine this month. I know it has featured before, here, but it truly deserves another mention. I've been using it non stop but I'm still near the top of the tub because you need the smallest amount to cover all ten cuticles. As I've said before the smell is amazing and it gives your cuticles a nice treat because it's such an oil product. Although this does mean that it doesn't sink in very fast at all. 

Last but not least in the beauty side of things is the Garnier Micellar Water. It claims to be able to remove make up, cleanse and soothe all in one step with no rinsing needed. I have to say I very rarely use it for taking off make up, although when I have done it doesn't do a bad job. I mainly use this as a cleanse on those days I haven't wore any make up just to keep my skin clean and it certainly does a great job at that! It really does soothe my skin too. I'd really recommend this to anyone who wants something quick, cheap and easy.

As for non beauty things, I've really been enjoying tea and hot chocolate lately, as a non coffee drinker I find that it's a nice thing to take with me into lectures, although I dread to think about how much I've spent on Costa's and Starbucks since I started University!

Some Blogger's and Vloggers I wanted to mention are ViviannaDoesMakeup, SprinkleofGlitter and In The Frow.  You guys should know by now how much I love Anna, both her blog and Youtube channel are among my most visited pages, she puts so much hard work she puts into them both and it really shows. I also love her weekly vlogs. As for Louise from SprinkleofGlitter, I've been a "Sprinklerino" for years now and have never stopped loving her, her personality and her little family. She's another woman I could watch both beauty reviews and funny family vlogs on. She's also raised some serious issues in the past too, making videos on Self-Harm and Youtube Culture. Last but not least is Victoria from In The Frow, I've only been watching and reading for a few weeks (slap on the wrist!) but I had to include her in this months favourites simply because her videos are already favourites to watch, and I think that shows a good youtuber! 

xxx 

Monthly Favourites: August 2014:

I haven't done a monthly favourites in so long! I was very much stuck in a rut of using the same products over and over again. Lately I've been using some more new things and so I thought I'd show you what I've been loving this month. Most of these products have featured in lots of other posts already but hopefully you won't mind too much.

The first favourite is MAC's Girl About Town lipstick. I've been wearing this almost every time I wear makeup this month, which is a huge deal for me because it's quite a bright lip and to me is a physical representation of how much more confident in myself I'm becoming. It's a lovely colour and goes well with the summery weather and bronzed up skin. 

This nails inc varnish in Marble Arch I'm sure you've seen before because it was in my latest NOTD, and as well as then I wore it literally every day this month whenever it got chipped I found myself taking my nail varnish off but putting it straight back on again. It's such a beautiful colour!

After giving myself a kick up the bum in my shop my stash post I've been making myself reach for this Accesorize Blusher in Bombshell much more often, and I'm so glad I did because it's actually really nice. I put a light dusting along the cheekbones and because of the bronziness to it it doubles up as both blusher and bronzer saving me a step.

When I first started using The Body Shop's Vitamin E serum I was really disappointed in it thinking it never sank in and just sat on top of the face making it far too oily, but then I realised I was using two pumps, since then I cut down to one and now just half a pump and find that it works perfectly. It sinks in so well and leaves my skin feeling so soft and looked after. I'd definitely recommend using this before bed.

Is it weird to put a deodorant in your favourites? I'm not sure but this Right Guard Women Xtreme Dry has been a firm favourite this month! I'm not going to skirt around the subject I'm just going to come out with it, other than when working out I don't think I've sweat a drop since using this deodorant! It's so impressive if you see it next time you're shopping please pick it up you won't regret it!

A random favourite now, is Cinderella! If you've been reading my blog for a while you'll know just how deep my feelings for Disney are any classic film or song you can bet I know all the words, I've found myself watching Cinderella more and more lately though, in fact just writing about it is making me want to watch it as soon as I finish this post. 

So with that in mind I'll draw it to a close and say goodbye! I hope you enjoyed my monthly favourites. What have yours been? I'll see you next time.

xxx

Monthly Favourites: January 2014

I know this gets said by every blogger and youtuber at the beginning of every single monthly favourites, but where oh where has the month gone? I still can't get over how quickly Christmas came and went and here we are in February. However on to the point, I know I don't do these posts every month but that's because I'm a but of a creature of habit and tend to stick with a product until it is completely used up so I very rarely have new products that I use each and every month. On to the point though as last month came after Christmas I had plenty of products that I've been loving and so I thought it was high time I made a monthly favourites.

I'll start with the least glamorous of the bunch and that's deodorant. Lacura is an Aldi based brand and some of you may be thinking oh dear not a supermarket brand but I'm sure the rest of you who have used Lacura products will know what I mean when I say you wouldn't be able to tell the difference between it and regular beauty products if you didn't know. This is the Aloe Fresh roll on deodorant, and after the Sure product from an old empties post which stopped working about half way through it was nice to have such a fresh clean feeling product that actually worked. I would say I recommend it because it did it's job but I would be lying because I won't be buying it again as it has stained a ridiculous amount of my tops with those horrible white marks that so many deodorants do.

The M.A.C 235 is hands down one of the best brushes I have ever used. My first impressions of it were oh dear it's bigger than my eye I'm really going to struggle to use it, whereas in actuality I find it the perfect shape and size for highlighting under my brow bone and in the inner corners of my eye. It's made it a two second job to do both eyes since I started using it, and I have no intentions of stopping for a time.

The Body Shop Beautifying Oil in Olive is next. As much as I still cam't get over the fact I could have bought any other scent than olive (because even though I do like the smell I struggle to get past the fact it really does feel like I'm using olive cooking oil on my skin) I do absolutely love it. I've used it in a really thick layer along the ends of my hair a few hours before a shower to really soak in as much moisture as possible before a wash and also in my cuticles before and after painting my nails to make them look better. I feel like it has made a difference but I can't quite tell if that's a placebo effect or not so I think a little linger using it should make things more clear.

Another M.A.C brush now, this one the 266. Ever since I started using his I have loved the way it makes my eyebrows look. As someone who used to just quickly run a brown eyebrow pencil through my brows using a powder and a precise brush has made a huge difference for me, I think my eyebrows look far more natural and real when I use this brush along with a powder.

Liz Earle's Instant Boost Skin Tonic Spritzer is a big love of mine for before bedtime. It smells so nice and relaxing as well as soothing my skin, which always helps send me off to bed well. I plan on doing a full review of this at some point so I won't go into too much detail but I will say I'm sad the bottle isn't any bigger because I don't want to run out! 

Last but not least is a non-beauty favourite, it's the lovely Michael Buble's album to be loved. I just had to include it because I have to have listened to this album from start to end at least 50 times and I love his voice in every single song. 

That's all for another post, I hope you enjoyed it and I hope to see you again soon. Also do you like a little non-beauty favourite every now and again or would you prefer these posts to be strictly beauty related? Let me know in the comments.

xxx

Monthly Favourites: October:

Tresemme Salon Finish Firm Hold Hairspray: 

 I've got the largest bottle of available and I've had it for over three years and I'm yet to finish it! If your'e  looking for a product that will last you forever and is nice and affordable then look no further. It has a really firm hold with the thinnest layer of spray. All in all it's good but I have to warn you against applying too much of this without it leaving you with sticky wet looking hair, which is never a good look.

nspa Raspberry Milkshake Bath and Shower Gel:

I love the smell of this product so much it really does smell of raspberries, and makes me feel fresh and clean. I've used it as both a bubble bath and a shower gel, when used as a bubble bath it makes hundreds of lovely smelling bubbles, and when used as a shower gel it foams up really well and makes my skin so soft.

Sleek Kajal Eyeliner: 

This is another product I've had for years but got lost in the back of my make up collection. Towards the beginning of  the month I pulled this out for the look I wore to the Rocky Horror Picture Show and fell back in love with it all over again. It lines both the tight line and the water line instantly and creates a nice dark black, which lasts hours on end without smudging.

Wet n Wild Trio Eyeshadow: 

Sadly the names of this product has rubbed off but I had to add it to my favourites because I've been wearing it so much lately. I've put a link to where you can buy Wet n Wild products anyway, because they're so hard to find in the UK. The colours are so highly pigmented and smudge really well so if you can get your hands on them I would recommend picking some up.

17 Powder Brush:

This is a nice thin brush so I've been using it through my T zone as a setting brush to keep my foundation in place. This one in the picture is the old packaging as I've had it for a while but I don't the brush itself has changed too much,

Real Techniques Pointed Foundation Brush:

This is the perfect brush for a higher coverage of foundation, without it looking like your'e absolutely caked in make up. The shape of  the brush also means that you can get into all the crevices of  the face well meaning that you can get into all of the areas of your face. 

Neutrogena Pink Grapefruit Daily Scrub:

I won't go into too much detail about this product as it has a whole review of it own and it's already been in my pamper evening routine post. But, what I will say is that this is an amazing smelling and feeling scrub which I wholly recommend to anyone with oily skin like mine. 

That's all I've been really loving this month, I hope you enjoyed this post. As always if there's any products you've been loving this month then please let me know in the comments along with any requests for future posts. 

xxx

Monthly Favorites: Semptember

MaxFactor - Facefinity Compact Foundation in 03 Natural:
 This is way too dark for me to use as a powder foundation but it's amazing as a contour, it's really light in weight and coverage meaning that it makes a really nice natural contour that i can build up. I know you're not supposed to use bronzer or powder foundations as a contour powder but some you can get away with it just takes a little experimenting with. The packaging is really nice too, it comes with a nice big mirror so when i put it in my everyday makeup bag I don't have to worry about having a mirror with me. Overall, it's a lovely product that I've been using every time I've worn makeup.

The Body Shop - Seaweed Mattifying Day Cream - For Combination to Oily Skin:
Around 3 or 4 months ago my skin started to get really oily, I've always had temperamental skin it changes skin type more than I change my clothes. So on a shopping trip to London I picked this up, and I have to say it worked absolute wonders for my skin. As I'm sure you know even with oily skin you have to make sure you keep it moisturised, which this did, it also helped clear u p and deal with the oil too and made my skin feel so much better almost straight away, I use it everyday and I'm thinking about picking up the night cream to match. I've recommended this to friends with similar skin types to me and would 100% recommend this to any of you with oily or combination skin.

The Body Shop - Lip Butter in Sweet Lemon:
This was another London purchase as on the coach travelling there the aircon dried my lips out massively so I had to pick some up straight away. I have to admit I only bought this because I fell in love with the scent of this, it tastes and smells like lemon sweets. I wasn't really expecting it to do any good but it really is such a nice lip balm, it's nothing compared to my Carmex which I lover like no other lip product but it does the job well. It's very greasy, oily and really lives up  to the name butter. It literally feels like you're rubbing butter into you're lips, which is not something I enjoyed at all at first but it is something you get used to and it now isn't a problem.

Soap & Glory - Heel Genius:
I've been a huge fan of both this product and the brand as a whole. I get really dry heels every now and again they can be totally fine for months on end and then out of no where  they'll get really dry. So I rub this in every night (or at least as often as I remember to) and it really helps smooth out dry patches and leaves my skin new and soft. There really isn't much more to say about it really it looks and smells amazing - but then it is Soap and Glory so it's expected!

Revlon - Top Speed Fast Dry Nail Enamel in 570 Vintage:
This is a beautiful colour, it looks pretty much exactly as it does in the bottle a nice subtle plum toned pink that's perfect for Autumn. It actually does dry in top speed too! Basically it's a lovely colour, fast drying and goes on evenly and smoothly. The only negative I have for it is that it doesn't last very long on my nails at all, it chips within days, although it doesn't bother me too much as it never takes long to touch up.

Batiste - Dry Shampoo in Dark & Deep Brown:
I've been trying to grow my hair for the past few months, which means I've been leaving huge gaps between washes to keep it in as good a condition as possible and help make it nice and strong. But sometimes even I can't deny that it looks like it needs a good wash so in the morning I'll give it a good spray and it completely removes the look of grease meaning I can get away with a day or two more without washing it. I know it sounds gross but it really does work and keep my hair strong. The fact this product has colour to it also means that I don't ave to spend ages ruffling my hair until the gray has gone.

So, that's it those are all the products I've been using lots and loving for this past month I hope you enjoyed it and I'll see you all next time.
xxx