Hey Lovelies, hope your all having a nice weekend, today I thought I would do a makeup look for you, I haven't done one in ages and I love wearing dark lips in Autumn and Winter, so I thought I would share with you what I wear.
For my base the foundation that I used was the Bourjois Healthy Mix and Collection Lasting perfection concealer, I just love this foundation and concealer. The powder I use was Rimmel London Stay Matte Pressed Powder.
My eyes were kept quite simple as the main part to the look was the lips, I use MAC Woodwinked all over the lid and Maybelline Mono in Chic in the crease and used the cream colour from the MUA Matte palette as the highlight under the brow bone. I blended all the eyeshadows really well so it didn't look too dark. Then I applied the Illamasqua eyeliner in Abyss, it's my favourite eyeliner it's so black and easy to apply. I applied the Maybelline Falsies Mascara to my eyelashes and then for my brows I mixed the two browns from the MUA Matte Palette.
For the cheeks I used the 17 blush in Plum Puff, it's a gorgeous Autumn blush that is plumy pink.
Then for the lips I used MAC Diva which is an absolutely stunning dark burgundy red that is perfect for Autumn.
I hope you like this look and what's your go to makeup look for Autumn/Winter?
Hey Lovelies, hope your all alright, today I'm going to do a bit of a different post today on body image.
All images are from Google.
Everywhere we see in magazine, on TV, social media it is the normal that you need to be skinny and I don't think it's right, we can't all be skinny. I am healthy weight but on my stomach it's never been as skinny or as flat as I wanted and I've been extremely insecure for a long time and being called fat never helped. I came to the realisation that I just need to try to accept it, I've tried exercising, not eating as much and eating healthier before but it doesn't make much of a difference, it's just my shape and size I don't think I'm going to be able to be skinny.
Now a days there is so many young people with low self esteem or confidence if they aren't skinny and more having eating disorders because of magazine, celebrities and the media and we shouldn't be in that sort of society. We should be accepted no matter what our size!
Meghan Trainor's All About That Base is an inspiring and good song saying about size and it doesn't matter. Adele has always said she is fine with her size and she wouldn't be skinny. I think there needs to be more advocates of different sizes telling young people and adults it's alright to be the size you are.
If you are wanting to lose weight I think that is fine, if your doing it for the right reasons, not just because you want to be skinny as everyone else. I know as well that some people are just naturally skinny and still eat enough. I hope body image does change and more people become accepting of their size but I don't if that will happen with all the skinny models/celebrities in magazines, TV and in the media and they get slated if they aren't a small size.
What are your thoughts on body image?
Hey Lovelies, hope your all having a nice weekend. Sorry I haven't blogged in just over a week, it was down to some personal issues which I don't want to talk about but I wasn't in the right mind to blog and I always find I work best and do better posts if I'm in the right frame of mind and when I'm happy. Anyway I've got post for you today on a new service by Coloristiq that has only launched recently and its a unique renting service.
Each month you get to choose 3 nail polishes from their vast range of nail polishes available, their is a wide range of shades and brands including Essie, OPI, China Glaze and Morgan Taylor. The three nail polishes you have chosen will be delivered to your door for you to try out for a month. Then after the month you send back the polishes packaged up properly to the post box or the post office. All of this is just £14.49 a month.
It's a really unique and wonderful idea I think, I have lots of nail polishes and I can honestly say I've never finished a complete bottle of nail polish, I always like wearing different colours and this way with the renting service you can try out the nail polishes and then send them back. Often I find with nail polishes too if you have had them for a long time they end up drying up or going gloopy and you can't use them so you have to chuck them away and you waste a lot of money, this way your saving money and getting to try out lots of nail polishes. If you really enjoy a shade you can go out and buy it and also if you try out a shade and you don't like it you get to send it back so you haven't wasted your money.
The nail polishes arrive in this compact box and their protected with these guards and when I first saw them, I thought they were a weird contraption but they are helpful in making sure the nail polishes don't get damaged or broken when being sent.
As it is a rental service you need to keep all the packaging (the box, yellow protective wrappers, pre-paid postal label or Coloristiq sticker) as you need to send the nail polishes back but these are included on some instructions for you, so you know.
I was lucky enough to be sent these three gorgeous shades Essie The Lace Is On, OPI French Quarter For Your Thoughts and China Glaze Well Trained. Essie polish is a pretty shimmery fuchsia colour, OPI polish is a blue toned nude grey colour and the China Glaze polish is a beautiful dark teal colour. A big thank you to Coloristiq for these polishes they are all stunning.
My readers have been offered one month's free trial of the Coloristiq Experience. All you need to do is register, then email Coloristiq at info@coloristiq.com with the promo code ASHLEIGH1 and your first month will be manually refunded.
What do you think of the Coloristiq renting service? Which colours are you lusting after?
Hey Lovelies, hope your having a good day and have a nice Bonfire night, today I've got a MAC Rebel dupe for you.
I didn't know this was a dupe till after I bought the lipstick, I wanted a dark autumn lipstick and wanted to try more Makeup Revolution lipsticks and picked Rebel With a Cause.
If you know me I love a good MAC lipstick and Rebel has been a favourite of mine for ages, its a dark berry shade its a satin finish but quite matte but moisturising and really pigmented and perfect for autumn.
I actually prefer Rebel With a Cause, it is so much more moisturising than MAC's Rebel, they are both really pigmented but I do find that the MAC lipstick is a lot more long lasting on the lips than the Makeup Revolution lipstick. The Makeup Revolution lipstick is more glossy on the lips than the MAC lipstick too.
In the bullet they do look very different but swatched they are almost identical, Makeup Revolution Rebel With a Cause is slightly lighter and slightly more red toned but it is ever so slight and you can hardly tell the difference.
As you can see on the picture they look so much a like and when I wear it is hard to tell the difference, so if you don't want to fork out £15.50 then go for this amazing dupe that is great quality at only £1 you really can't go wrong.
What are your favourite MAC dupes you've found, would love to know.
Hi Lovelies, hope your all having a good week. A while ago I did a weekly roundup and people seemed to like it and so I thought I would do a monthly roundup every so often, if I have anything interesting I wanted to share.
The most interesting and exciting thing I got to do was the #SheffieldBBloggers meetup in October, me and the lovely Heather and Georgina all organised and I had so much fun doing it. We all got amazing brands involved for the raffle and goodie bags. I've never organised a meetup before and got brands on board, so it was all new to me but we all worked hard and I enjoyed doing it. It was a small intimate meetup which we all agreed was best, bloggers got the chance to talk to everyone because there wasn't as many people. All the bloggers said they really enjoyed the day, so me and the other organisers were really happy and proud of what we achieved and that everyone had a good time. I also loved getting to know the other bloggers and having fun with Heather. After this experience I'm excited to do future meetups with other bloggers.
This month has actually been really busy for me, I had this meetup, I've been out a few times and I did an outfit post on my blog which I rarely do as I'm not really a fashion person but I like to change things up sometimes and go out of my comfort zone, I've had college, placements at schools and being assessed while I was there, working, looking after my nan and blogging. I am actually quite proud of myself for being able to keep on top off everything, sometimes when I have a lot going on I get really stressed out and then worry about it all.
What have you all been up to this month?
Hey Lovelies, hope your all having a good Halloween, I've got my October Favourites for you.
Beauty Favourites
My favourites for eyeshadows have been the NYX Smokey Look Kit and MAC Woodwinked. The NYX Smokey Kit is my go to, for creating a smokey eye and this was what I used for my smokey eye in my OOTN. All the shades are shimmery, they have different shades of grey, a brown and a black it has all the shades you need for a smokey eye. They are all really pigmented and are long lasting. MAC Woodwinked is a gorgeous golden brown shade that you can just wear on its own or with other shades, I've been wearing it a lot this month and love it, it's pigmented and long lasting. The Rimmel London Scandal Eyes in Golden Bronze it's a cream eyeshadow and is a good if your in a rush and just want a wash of colour.
For blushes I've been wearing Nars Douceur and 17 Plum Puff these are perfect autumn shades. Nars Douceur its a deep pinky brown shade that is matte and lasts really well on the cheeks and gives definition. 17 Plum Puff is a matte plumy pink shade that is quite pigmented and lasts quite well.
Last up is lipsticks both are gorgeous dark Autumn shades, I've been wearing MAC Diva and Makeup Revolution in Rebel With a Cause the most this month. MAC Diva is a matte dark burgundy red that is really pigmented and long lasting and even though it's matte it's not drying. Makeup Revolution in Rebel With a Cause is a purple berry shade and also matte but really moisturising, it's quite pigmented and lasts a good few hours on the lips.
Non-Beauty Favourites
Music- Ariana Grande-My Everything is such an amazing album that I have been loving listening to. Ella Henderson-Glow is a lovely song and I love her voice. The Script-Superhero's is such an inspiring song.
TV Shows- The Vampire Diaries returned this month and I love this show I think it's amazing, I've watched it from the beginning and I also like the spin off The Originals.
#SheffieldBBloggers was a favourite of mine I enjoyed organising it and getting brands on board and working with Georgina and Heather. Then seeing all the bloggers having a good time and enjoying the goodie bags.
What have been your favourites of the month?
Hey Lovelies, hope your all having a good week so far, today I'm reviewing some of the Makeup Revolution products I bought a while ago, I always like to give products a good try before reviewing them so here's my thoughts on them.
I've heard so many good things about Makeup Revolution and seen raving reviews, so I wanted to try their products for while and I finally got around to trying them and I love them. I bought the Iconic 3 Eyeshadow Palette, Sugar Blush and Rebel With A Cause Lipstick.
I wanted the Iconic 3 palette for ages, I knew it was a dupe for the Naked 3 and I didn't want to fork out so much money on the Naked palette, so I wanted this palette. This palette is absolutely gorgeous, it has shimmery/metallic shades and matte shades I always like using a variety of finishes. The palette has a variety of pinky, purple, golden, brown shades, I don't own many pinky eyeshadows and so it's a good palette if you want to expand your collection of colours. The colours are all really pigmented and last really well, you can't really see the first shade on my hand but it does show up on my eye. You can create both daytime and nighttime looks, something that is natural or smokey which I always love in a palette. For £4 you really can't go wrong with this palette.
The blush in Sugar, is a pinky corally shade I would say it's more of a Summer blush but you can still wear it in Autumn it's a versatile shade. It's has gold flecks in the blush but it's really unnoticeable and looks more matte on the cheeks, it's really pigmented and just one tap on the brush gives you a lot of product, that lasts well. It's only a £1 which is so inexpensive.
Lastly is the lipstick in Rebel With A Cause, I wanted a darker shade for Autumn/Winter and just picked this one up and it is a dupe for a MAC lipstick, which I will be sharing with you soon. It's a stunning purple berry shade that is matte but so moisturising on the lips which I love. It's really pigmented and lasts for a good few hours on the lips. It's also £1 so super inexpensive.
The packaging on all these products are minimal but sleek which I really like and so far it's quite sturdy, sometimes with this type of packaging I find it breaks easily but this hasn't.
Overall I am in love with all these products they are inexpensive but such good quality, that is really pigmented and is long wearing.
What are your favourite products from Makeup Revolution?
Hey Lovelies, hope your having a nice weekend, I've not been too well but I still wanted to get a post up for you. A few weeks ago I went out for my sister's boyfriend birthday and I thought I would share with you my outfit and I haven't done an outfit post in a while.
This dress is from Select and I got it 3/4 months ago and is was really inexpensive I think it was £17.99/19.99 and its simple but pretty, it's got floral lace detailing on it and I love lace and floral patterns. I just paired it with my heels from Matalan's, there not too high and are easy to walk in and so I love wearing them. I kept the look simple with just some black oval earrings and my silver ring. For my makeup I went with a smokey eye and kept my cheeks and lips natural.
I love this outfit because it's simple and not too dressy and is perfect for just going out for something to eat at a restaurant or on a date and it isn't too much but it still looks like you put effort in. I think we all love a good black dress and it's ideal for this time of year.
What's your favourite black dress you own?
Hey Lovelies, if you didn't see already I posted the first part of the Sheffield Blogger Meetup here. In today's post I'm talking about the goodie bags and raffle prizes.
We got amazing companies involved for the raffle so we could raise as much money as we could for the charity and also so bloggers could get prizes that were something they would use. The brilliant companies that got involved with products for the raffle were:
Argan Dew Hair Oil and Mask Samples, OPI Nail Varnish Gift Set, Balm UK Makeup Bundle, Taupe & Pearl Jewellery, 4 Vivienne Westwood rings from Silvertree, Furless Cosmetics Brush Set, 2 Jewel Candles, Candy Rock Necklace, 4 Handmade Burger Meal for 2 Vouchers, Passion for Naturals Bundle, BTX Hair Treatment from Fruition Hair Sheffield, Full HD Brows Treatment from Kim at Boudoir Salon, Nourish Gift Set From Only Naturals, Nourish Gift Set From Nourish, 6 Perfumes from Fragrance Direct, London Retro Sunglasses of your choice from Sunglasses Shop , Bee Good Bundle, Cocoa Brown Fake Tan Gift Set, Trusted Health Products AM & PM, La Roche Posay Bundle. A big thank you to all these companies for sending these amazing prizes!
I was lucky enough to win this gorgeous Vivienne Westwood ring from Silvertree, I was in such shock that I actually won the raffle and got this amazing prize. The owner of Maveli, Jan from Look Good Feel Better and one of the ladies from Lush won the other rings which they all deserved as they worked hard for the meetup.
We also got amazing brands involved for the goodie bags and we wanted to make sure they were good products that all the bloggers would use. All the brands in the goodie bags are:The Blogger Programme personalised bags, Balance Active Formula Day & Night Cream, Passion for Natural Aloe Vera Product, Benefit Cosmetics Lola Tint, Big Easy Sample, T-Zone Facial Scrub, Crabtree and Evelyn Product, Skinetica, Cloud 9 Skin Solutions, Essie Nail Varnish, Somerset Toiletry Company, Papier Poudre Blotting paper, Body Shop Nail Varnish, Lyons Leaf Beauty Balm, Quinoderm Face Wash, Macadamia Cleansing Conditioner, Mondss Underarm Pads, Nanshy Makeup Brush, Transforming Lives £100 Voucher, Bare Minerals Eyeliner, Beauty UK Nail Varnish, Only Naturals Samples, Charnos Stockings from No Bull PR, Urban Decay Primer Potion from the White Rose Branch, Clinomyth Toothpaste Challenge, Lypsyl, Deborah Milano, Dermocare WWF Plasters, Epic Blend Lip Balms, Crownbrush Eye Brush, Tiny Wishes Bracelet, Go Splash Water Flavourer, Makeup Revolution Makeup, Vanilla Shimmer Midi Ring, Jurlique Mini Goodie Bag, House of Wonderland Badge, Old Wives Tail Hair Treatments, Demadew sample, Joico Colour Therapy, Flurt Frozen Yoghurt and Punky Pins Earrings. A big thank you to all the brands that got involved for the goodie bags.
I hope you have enjoyed the two instalments of the #SheffieldBBloggers meetup.
A big thank you again to all the companies involved for the event, goodie bags and raffle, Jan from Look Good Feel Better charity and all the bloggers that came to the meetup.
