March favourites

Through out the month i gather so many favourites but when it comes to writing it down i forget everything. so hopefully i wont miss anything out.
So these are few of my favourites this month, let me know if you would like to see another one next month.

• Elvive Fibrology hair conditioner

• Garnier Pure 3in1 wash, scrub and mask

• Metcalfes skinny top-corn sweet and salt (yum)

• Rituals body/room spray 

• La Roche Posay effaclar duo +

• Palmer's Cocoa Butter hand cream

• Maybelline color drama - 630 Nude perfection

• L'Oreal color riche - Blake's pure red

• Mac - Brave

• Estee Lauder Pure gloss - 04 Brazen Berry

• Gossip Girl ( how could i leave this out?!)

• The Carrie diaries  (a series i have started to watch)

What are your favourites this month?

M  x

Inspiration

I think everyone has a couple things that inspire them, well if you didn't you wouldn't really have any aspiration to go anywhere or do anything. These things push you to get to be where you want to be and i think that's important to remember.

I suppose some are really silly little things.. but we still treasure them and others are really big life goals that we have which is great.

 these are a few of mine; some are pretty simple and some are pretty stupid but i guess they motivate me.

Blake Lively

I have always admired Blake Lively as a model and now even more so after watching gossip girl (but my admiration started waay before that) I just like her as a person and the causes she supports, not to mention how gorgeous she is .

Music

Spotify is where i listen to all of my music while cleaning or writing my blog posts.

Some songs i listen to really inspire me to write and motivate me and i guess music will be one of everyone's because it is such a broad spectrum. I think it helps me to get ideas.. either that or helps me procrastinate.

YouTube

I watch you tube on a daily basis probably like a lot of you. I find it is one of my biggest hobbies (if it is one) it takes away my boredom and gives me inspiration for different blog posts i could right or different products i could use. 

The Carrie diaries

A bit or a strange one... along with my gossip girl obsession ive been watching the Carrie diaries as well. Its about Carrie Bradshaw (played by Anna sophia Robb) as a young girl and shows all her decisions she makes about going to university, her job as a writer and boys. I found it really motivational because she basically pursued everything she wanted to, to get where she is now. I love AnnaSophia Robb as an actress anyway but she just made the series a whole lot better. She is trying to find who she really is by moving to the beloved New York. I think i love this as well because the gorgeous Austin Butler. (You can watch it on Netflix)

Pinterest 

Pinterest is a app similar to instagram but you can make your own boards to pin photos on.

I spend the majority of my time pinning alot of photos of fitness, recipes and a lot of them are pinned on to my 'Inspiration' Board. Any time im not feeling 100% i can always scroll pinterest and find some quotes or pictures to cheer myself up.

New York

It is my biggest dream to move to New York one day and hopefully i will. Pictures of the beautiful city always inspire me to keep doing anything i can to make it happen, it also motivates me to save every penny i can to make the move.. i think that's probably why i like gossip girl and the Carrie diaries so much because it is set in New York.

comment down below something/someone that inspires you for whatever reason, i would love to know.

M x

( xoxo gossip girl ) 

Nails inc.

I must say after the amount of nail varnishes I've used in the past Nails inc. Is by far my favourite and I've consumed quite a little collection.

They last probably about 4/5 days without chipping, they dry super quick and even the lightest of colours are so opaque, only needed 2 coats at maximum. I cant rave about them enough.
for about £11 pound each they are worth it.

These are a few of my favourites.

Haymarket

One of the first nail polishes from Nails inc. was 'hay-market' which is a lovely minty green really good for spring/summer. which i no longer have as i used it religiously.

Rainbow Street

Now one that i like to pair with various other nail colours is 'Rainbow street' its a glitter nails polish with gold, pink, green and black running through it.. definitely the party colour.

Uptown

A lovely dusty pink colour which i have only used a few times but i just love the classy elegant feel 'Uptown' gives. I feel like it would suit pretty much any it skin tone.

Hyde Park Place

And the last one which is the newest to my collection but probably the most loved at the minute.. is 'Fashion' this one is limited edition so it wont be available for long but it is very similar to 'Hyde park place' by Nails inc. they have a similar tone but fashion has a slight more lilac/purple look to it which is great to transition in to spring/summer.

Nails inc also do fab top coats which  can honestly say they make my nails so glossy looking and every single one drys super quickly !

Let me know some great nail products in the comments!
meg x

Something about a fragrance

La Petite Robe Noire EDP - Guerlain

For a while now i have been debating whether i loved this perfume or not, i knew i liked it but enough to buy it? i don't know, i bought it regardless as the set was half price at work, after trying to make a decision whether to return it or not i just had to have a spray and i came to terms with the fact i was definitely keeping it as i do love this perfume.

The perfume its self is nothing like the original, it still has that fruitiness to it but its not as sweet as the eau de toilette, this has more of a musky scent as a base which forms it into quite a sexy fragrance but still has that kick with various berries and the firm beautiful black notes of perfumery.

you can definitely pick out the black cherry as it leaves the bottle, mixed with black tea and a hint of almond to give it that seduction we all want.

For around £66 it is well worth the pennies as it truly lasts on the skin and you don't need to go drowning yourself in it as one or two squirts is enough to keep your going.

This is one perfume i do not regret buying and is now a favorite of mine.

let me know your favourite perfume? 

meg x

Kiko haul

Recently I have been looking for some new products and after my first Kiko purchase in London i couldn't resist going on line to order a few more bits, PLUS they have a few really good sale items at the mo.

I wasn't going to go over board so i just bought a few things:

Long Lasting Stick- 21 passion fruit/ 37 burgundy
I already have one of these which I love so when i saw the dark burgundy eye shadow stick i had to add it to my basket. These last really long on your lid and apply really easily.

Infinity eye shadow- 203/ 207/ 208
I wanted some more single shadows being as most of mine are in palettes, so i order 3 new ones ( i think two of these were down to £3) these eye shadows are really pigmented and they are quite big so you get quite a bit for your money, i also bought the palette to put them in.

LUSCIOUS CREAM - CREAMY LIPSTICK- 500

Lastly i bought a lipstick, i had trouble deciding which lipstick to have, but now i wish i had chose the other one because this one is a pinky nude colour but way to pale for my skin so makes me look a tad ghostly but it would suit darker/tanned skin. The formula and texture is great i'm just disappointed with the colour as it looked darker online.

My skincare routine

So I have a whole new skincare routine being as I've never really had set products that I always go to; I thought I would try to find some. So here I am with my daily products!

Clarins intense eye makeup remover-
It does 100% of what it says: takes off  heavy eye make up and waterproof with out having to pull every eyelash out while doing it.

Emma Hardie moringa cleansing balm-
I swear by this cleanser! This is definitely a product I will keep on buying. My skin has honestly been the softest its ever been, it definitely does its job and takes off every bit of my makeup. I just apply a bit o my face and then remover with a cloth and warm water, until clean.

I often use a scrub every other couple of days after i cleanse but i don't have a specific exfoliator that i use, i tend to switch between a couple depending on my skin that day. 

the origins ginzin moisturizer-
I then take my moisturiser, I must say this is a good face cream but the smell just makes this above any other. It is definitely a water based face cream, it is very hydrating.

If I feel like I need a little extra hydration I go to the Clarins hydra-quench which is slightly thicker and i tend to use this as a night cream because although my T-zone can get quite oily my skin can still be really dehydrated.

so that is basically what i do to my skin everyday to take my makeup off, nothing too complicated just a simple routine. let me know what products you like to use?

meg x

Favourite new-year purchases

So over the last 2 weeks of December and the start of January I have been purchasing a few things that I have had my eye on! So I thought I would share them with you:

Number one has got to be Charlotte Tilbury matte revolution lipstick in Love Liberty. I was originally after Glastonbury but when I got to the counter I fell in love with this one. It is so creamy and lasts so long, its great despite me dropping it in my cup of tea the other day (I nearly cried) and not to mention the Lush rose gold packaging.

To match I got a Kiko lip pencil in 309.
After hearing gabby from Velvetgh0st rave about there liners I picked one up not knowing it was the same shade as my lipstick.

While I was there I found a dupe: Long Lasting stick for eyes in 21, for cliniques chubby eye stick in amble amber that I've been wanting for ages, the kiko stick is a champagne orange colour which will really make my blue eyes stand out.

Philip Kingsley daily defence is one of my last purchases which the Philip Kingsley assistant helped me to pick, this has worked wonders on my hair to detangle it as i have such long hair and made i super soft.

Then i finally i ordered the Illamasqua brow cake in gaze (i keeping calling it anastasia instead oops), as i have been using the same brow product for ages. This product isn't to harsh on the brows but enough to define them, which i love.

What have you bought in the new year?

meg x