Autumnal Everyday Make-Up

Hello!

There's no doubt that the summer is over and Autumn is here, after experiencing some thunder and lightening on a night out earlier this week i'm certain the sun's has has worked hard enough for 2014 and is in hibernation ready for spring!












Personally, I LOVE the winter months, be it fashion, make-up, snuggling up in bed or eating hot stocky foods, i love it all! In this post i'll be letting you all in on my simple Autumn everyday make-up routine, perfect for when you're in a rush on a lovely Autumn morning.




BASE-
Firstly my base! I Started with my Liz Earl Light moisturiser just to make applying my make-up much easier. I then went on to Rimmel Wake Me Up Foundation I love this foundation because it has little specs of glitter in it making you look so naturally glowing, which i thinks really important this time of year as your skin starts getting dryer and can look really dull! 
I then used Rimmel Match Perfection Illuminating Concealer under my eyes and around my nose! This concealer is really brightening, lightweight and doesn't crease under the eyes at all, however it's not got a great coverage so if you need a little more TLC under those eyes then i'd recommend something with a little more coverage!
                                                   




Lastly i use Benefit Sun Beam on the high points
of my cheeks just to make me look a little more
 dewy (i'm currently suffering with a cold so
this is a great step for looking a little more
glowy and lively)!

CHEEKS-
I'm not a huge blusher fan in the summer but i think during the colder months, blushed cheeks are key! So i used this really nice cream blush called 'nearly nude' from F&F Face...(yes that is brand for Tesco but it's such a nice product and i picked this up for £1) a cream blush is a really good one to go for if you want to keep that dewy look!
I then used MAC Mineralize Skin Finish in 'medium dark' just to add color to my cheeks, jaw and forehead!
                                                                                    


EYES- 
I kept my eyes pretty simple as this is a quick make up look! I used Rimmel Wonder'Full Mascara, which i purchased the other day and am loving!
I then put Sleek Eyebrow Stylist in 'dark' through my eyebrows, I've never really got on with eyebrow pencils very well but this pencil is so waxy and easy to use it mimicks hairs really well and looks so natural!
Lastly I finished off with my Rimmel London Brow This Way in 'mid brown' just to keep my brows in place! I found this product quite hard to use and really clumpy when i first got it, but stick with it! Once you use it more and theres less product on the brush it is really easy to work with.

LIPS- 
I finished off with possibly my favorite new lip product! Bourjois Rouge Edition Velvet in 'Nude-ist' - really similar to Lime Crime Velvetines, these are a gloss that turn matte, and way less drying than the Velvetines (actually really moisturising), i am obsessed!

Hope you enjoyed this! :) I'm not being sponsored by Rimmel by the way despite this post being full off their products.
.. Let me know below what you think of this easy make up look :) see you soon, S x

...Oops

SO...it's been a while!

After starting up my blog last year, suddenly A-levels got a bit hectic and blogging took a back seat! My A-levels are over now however, and i am currently sat in my new student bedroom preparing myself for my first lecture tomorrow- that's right...university has come around.

Despite the lack of blogs, I did actually dip myself into the world of YouTube this summer! After doing this i've decided I want to get more involved in the YouTube/blogging community, and try to schedule myself to post a video and a blog once a week (a terrifying but exciting thought). I've been watching Youtube videos and reading blogs now for years and years and years and have since, always had an interest in being a beauty/lifestyle blogger - what better time to start than now!

I should get into a routine within the next month, just have to figure out what days works best! So keep your eyes peeled for posts and videos :)

See you soon!x

(Take a look at my newest video - University Haul https://www.youtube.com/scarlettph)

Winter's Nailed

I love a painted nail, it's very...seriously rare if I ever have a bare nail (terrible I know) but I just have a phobia of a plain nail! With autumn behind us and winter very much here i've put together a few of my favourite nail varnish shades for this time of year!

I've chosen 5 of my favourite icy shades that I think are perfect for this time of year. Obviously, unless anyone's been on an exotic holiday recently (or are just naturally tanned) then most of us are going to be pretty pale...I like these shades because despite looking fabulous on tanned skin (especially Utopia and In The Navy) they also work well on pale skin too! 

The Headkandi Baletric cool is very sheer, and you don't really get the colour that the bottle is unless you put a white layer on underneath. Mushroom is amazing, this is my go to colour, I literally wear this all year round! It looks good with most outfits and colours, and looks amazing on both pale and tanned skin! Nude Beige is a nice nude (obviously) and is lovely if you want a natural look that just goes with everything, perfect for autumn/winter. Utopia is a grey tinged white which again looks amazing with a tan, I love white nails as I think it looks really edgy and just has a really nice finish if you apply it correctly! The blue in the top left corner of the first picture is called In The Navy but I didn't get a picture of that (for some reason?) but this is another beautiful rich colour that looks good with pretty much everything! 

Models Own nail varnishes are my addiction! They are so thick and pigmented which such a shiny finish, and I usually just have to do one coat to get a neat finish (although I do usually do two for durability) The lasting time isn't great, but with a good top coat on they can last about 5-6 days without chipping which isn't that bad, I guess! I purchased these ones from their website (http://www.modelsownit.com/products/nails/nail-polishes.html) for £5 each :) 

Do you have any models own nail varnishes? What do yo think of them!?

WOOLIES!

Autumn wouldn't be Autumn without finding the perfect Woolie jumper! So I've been on a mission to find one that I love and could wear everyday...it's currently an work in progress however I have found some 'alrightish' ones that I'd thought I'd let you know about - which are all really good value (which is not surprising due to my lack of funds at the moment!)

 H&M Chennille Jumper £14.99

This jumper is the softest/fluffiest thing ever and it also comes in black. It's nice but a very weird fit and I don't think it's particularly flattering...but never the less is it VERY warm. 

H&M Double Knit Jumper £10 (Sale)

This jumper I picked up in the sale so couldn't find a link, but it's just a basic jumper which is double knit so it's good for layering things under as it not particularly that warm that you'll overheat with a few extra layers underneath...

F&F Pom Pom Knit Jumper £16

This is probably my favourite! I would have bought this in white however, it was sold out and so the pink was the next best thing which I though would make do. It is the fluffiest, softest jumper of all three and when you're in it, literally no breeze comes through at all...It's a miracle! 

This has been a very dull post but I thought I'd throw it in anyway :) 

Estée Lauder - Deluxe EyeShadow Compact

I've never been much of an eye shadow girl, I'll usually keep things simple with a liquid eye-liner and some mascara. So since I've started blogging about beauty I've told myself that I need to buy and experiment with more eye shadow's! I've always felt that I haven't got the right shape eyes for eye shadow and never think it looks very flattering on me, but hey-ho I'm giving it a go!

So it's the end of the month and finally pay day tomorrow, thank the lord! Unfortunately I couldn't afford to get my hands on a new pallet... however, I rummaged around the house and came across my sister's Estée Lauder Deluxe EyeShadow Compact. I think this is about 2 years old and I had a go at finding it on the Estée Lauder website but I couldn't seem to find it! But after looking on Amazon and Ebay the prices for this pallet ranged from £20-30. Personally, if I was going to pay that price for an eye shadow pallet I would not have chose this one as I'm not too keen on a lot of the shades. However there are a total of 18 shades and there are at least 7 of them that I think are lovely (mainly the more neutral/earthy tones).

My favourite shades are 04 and 14 which are matte shades- obviously you can see in the picture 14 is slightly darker and has more of a grey tint. These shades would be good for an eyebrow! I used 14 for mine. Unfortunately the photo isn't a great representation of what the colours look like in real life...boo. But two shimmery shades that I love are 63 and 07. They're really nice glowing shades that have a tiny bit of glitter tint in them and once blended they look so pretty! Those are just 4 of the shades I'm keen on and have actually tried, but it's looking good for some of the others too! For the price tag, I thought they would be a bit stronger in colour but they're surprisingly really subtle and you have to re-apply lots to get the full colour that is displayed in the pallet, although, they blend really well!

So...I put together a really subtle look using 07, 63, 14 and 60. This is quite a nice/day time Autumnal look as it has a tiny tint of red in it. These colours make the colour of my eyes pop as well which is always a good thing! (Not entirely sure why my skin looks so patchy in mouldy in this photo?) Kind of just realised how stupidly subtle my eye shadow is!? I promise it looks a lot more lively in person hahah.

 Another quick thing I picked up and love this month is this Elizabeth Arden Green Tea Revitalise perfume. I picked this up from Boots for £10 on offer and love it! It's really crisp and fresh and the perfect scent for cold months. I highly recommend keeping your eye out for this because it's lovely!

Sorry this post has been kind of boring, I will spoil myself on pay day tomorrow and buy lots of goodies to talk about! Feel free to comment with anything, send me your links so I can check out some of your lovely blogs :)

ps. I'd love it if you gave me a follow on bloglovin' pretty please!

More MUA... Double Take Lipstick

Back again...

Sorry it's been a while since my last post, oops! This week I'm blogging about MUA Double Take Lipsticks which I'm very impressed with! After seeing a MUA tweet that there was up to 75% off of selected products I thought I'd take a look as I didn't think it was possible for MUA's incredibly low prices to get any lower- well apparently it was! 

I wasn't expecting much from these, as it was an impulse buy and they were just £1.50 reduced from £7 which I thought was amazing! I waste £1.50 at least once a day on sweets and unhealthy food so I thought I'd spend my money on a healthier (non edible) alternative which definately paid off!

So I chose Fashionista Double Take Lipstick in Ultra Pink (Right) and Aubergine (Left). I chose the bright pink because I never really venture out to bright colours but I thought for £1.50, it wouldn't be much of a loss if I was to dislike it. I chose Aubergine because I thought the dark maroon/brown shade was perfect for these cold Autumn months! When I received them I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the product. The packaging is really cute but simple, just a metallic red tube that reminds me of christmas (as does EVERYTHING at the moment...so excited) and is fairly small and thin so can fit nicely...well, anywhere you want it to fit!

When I saw the colours I got I was a bit nervous as the only bright colours I wear on my lips are Rimmel London's Kate Moss Matte Lipstick in shade 110 and 107. But these were slightly on another level. The pink is well...very pink, whilst the Aubergine is very dark! Firstly I tried the Aubergine which quite frankly went terribly wrong...it was SO hard to apply because it was just so dark. It was either very blotchy or very dark and messy around the edges, I'd definately recommend wearing a lip pencil with this shade just to make the edges a little neater.

I also HATE it when you talk and can see the inside part of your lip that lipstick just never applies to, well that happened a lot with this colour! I think because it was just so dark it really made the pink of the gum bit (I hope you all know what bit I'm talking about?) stand out a lot which isn't really a very good look! After applying it lightly and blotting it a bit to make it a little more subtle and blended, I did quite like this lipstick but it would be very difficult to reapply on the go because you have to get it just right before it is wearable and acceptable to the public eye!

The Ultra Pink however, I LOVE! It is such a nice colour, although it's so bright, it's not too crazy and is just really flattering of my skin tone, yay! It was also really easy to apply in comparison to the Aubergine. I think most pinky shades are easier to apply as they're closer to your natural lip colour than a near on black lipstick so therefore aren't too pokey and out of place on your lips.

Although a bit disappointed with the Aubergine (however loving the pink), the texture and finish of these lipsticks cannot be put to fault! They are just so smooth to apply and really creamy. "Lusciously creamy in texture, the unique formula leaves a full-pigmented, modern matte finish while hydrating for maximum comfort for high impact velvety smooth lips" I totally agree with every part of this statement from the MUA Website.

Whilst super moisturising and soft to apply is isn't at all shiny (which I dislike since discovering matte lipsticks) like a Vaseline Balm for example. The colours of these lipsticks are SO pigmented as you can see from the swatches above. There is two layers of the Ultra Pink and just one very thin and blotted layer of the Aubergine so that gives you an idea of just how pigmented they are. They're totally build-able, so you could go for a more subtle look (although not majorly subtle) or a really vibrant look.
I wore the pink lipstick for a whole school day (about 7 hours) without having to reapply and the colour was pretty much just as bright just less thick as it was when I applied- that's after having lunch and drinking without reapplying. As the colour wears off your lips can become kind of dry but not in a bad way as they still seem to feel velvety and soft. The colour doesn't get lighter but just becomes a little less thicker and glossy from when you first apply it, as it wears off it kind of feels like a stain- you don't notice/feel it's there any more but the colour is still bright as ever!

Sorry for how much I rave about MUA, but at the moment a lot of their products are best suited to what I want and what I can afford (sad, I know!). But I truly feel that the products I buy from them are totally worth the small amount of money that they cost and can often be a really surprising product! I'll definately be buying more of these lipsticks and I have my eye on Atomic Tangerine and Buff but unfortunately they're out of stock on the website at the moment, but I'll be waiting!! I hope you enjoyed this post and check out the sale on their website because there are some major bargains over there! x

Have you bought any MUA products recently, am I the only person obsessed!? Also, feel free to comment below with your blog links as i'd love to have a read. :)

Motel Rocks Playsuit

Hello!

Just a quick post about a playsuit which I wore to a friends 18th last night! I'd never really heard of Motel Rocks, as Misguided is usually my go-to place for party outfits, but after signing up to Uni Days (which I highly recommend doing, especially for gifts now Christmas is approaching- YAY!) I noticed an offer for 25% off there so I thought I'd take a look- the pricing there is probably fairly similar to Topshop pricing, a little expensive! But to my surprise when I visited the page it offered me £10 spending credit if I signed up to a newsletter which was handy...



This playsuit started at £45 but after £10 and 25% off I paid £37.70 (as post and packaging was £3.95), I ordered it in a size up from my usual size because it was a baggy playsuit anyway, and if the prices were anything like Topshop then I thought the maybe the sizes were too (tiny)!

I was really happy when it arrived but I kind of wish I did get it a size down as it was a bit too baggy in some places but I was really pleased with the quality of it, the material was surprisingly thick and kept me warm so I didn't need to pair it with a jacket or anything and I thought the feathered pattern was so cute and different!

Below isn't really a great picture of what it looks like but this was just a brief post! :) hope you enjoyed it x