Benefit and Mac make up haul

Hello lovelies,

now as promised I have a benefit haul for you today! 

I actually brought these a couple of weeks back now which means naughty me started using them but forgot to take pictures of them brand new so I've tired to scrub them up as nice as i could. 

Anyways, the other day, I can't really remember the date, I went to a benefit night called 'speed faking' like 'Speed Dating' thought that was very cleaver.

The first thing from benefit was the purple world famous neutrals pallet which includes 6 colours, 4 pressed powder shadows and 2 cream shadows. 

This product was £23.50 so quite a lot but totally worth the price, I think the pigmentation is brilliant and it looks really great on my colour eyes 'browny/hazel' my favourite way to wear this is 'Holy smokes' the dark cream eye shadow blended up to the crease and then in the outer V of the eye blended out with  'Raincheck?' and blend that under the eye half way, then blend 'Blingo' from the tear duct to the first middle of the pupil. 

Look Below 

OR I like to wear the same look but with 'bikini-tini' as the base colour instead of 'Holy smokes'  this will give a softer look to the eyes. 

(Look below)

 

I really think this pallet is amazing and I've really stepped out of my comfort zone with purples instead of my naked palette and I love it, so  thanks benefit for that one! 

the next thing was the 'erase paste' yes I finally caved and brought it and guess what i love it! I got it in '02 medium' this was £19.00 and I love it however, I have one criticism, it has a slight highlight and its so waxy that it could sit on a blemish for the whole day but I don't really feel like highlighting my blemishes so please, benefit, if you're reading this (which I highly doubt) bring out an erase paste WITHOUT a slight highlight. 

Worth the £19.00 because honestly you do not need huge amounts of this and I will be repurchasing at some point. 

The other thing I purchase was the new 'Rockateur' blush, I fell in love with this before the woman even showed me it. It comes with a blush brush which is actually very good for a small brush but I find it hard to use as i have freakishly big sausage hands. This again like most of the benefit products is £23.50 I think.

  It does slightly remind me of Macs 'soft and gentle' but with a more peachy tone to it. It is my new favourite blush and I wear it everyday its so subtle but the colour is buildible depending on how much colour you like.

A brilliant soft blush

The final thing I brought from benefit was their new 'Hydra smooth lip colour' in 'Juicy details' this is a lovely formulation and its very hydrating, although I must say it really doesn't last as long as other lipsticks I've tried which is fair enough as it doesn't claim long lasting wear so I didn't expect much on that front anyway.

 Again you can build the colour of this up. I normally wear this to school with just one layer as it's nice and shear. This colour is a your lips but better colour (depending on how you layer it). I can't really remember the price, I think it was between £19.00-£23.50 but I'm not sure. I like to wear this with a smoky eye or with really natural school make up. I'm not as thrilled as I thought I would be but I'm still very happy with it. 

So that concludes the benefit side of things, I've been a fan of benefit since I was about 11/12 and I'm an even bigger fan now. I've had many many benefit products and the girls at the counter have even started calling me a 'Benebabe' or something like that. I might as well live there. 

I just wanted to add a quick mac part to this haul whilst I'm here. 

The first thing I brought from was 'Morange' this is an amplified finish so the formulation is amazing! So moisturising and lasting. I apply this  at say 10.00 am and I don't have to reapply until 12.30 pm - 1.00pm even after drinking and eating. Now obviously it will rub off a bit whilst eating/drinking but still you are left with some colour. This I brought in Ireland so it was €19.00 so around the £15.00 mark. Totally worth the money and this was definitely my summer staple. My new favourite lipstick. (sorry benefit) 

The next thing I brought was 'Mac studio fix fluid NW25' I was really debating as to if I should buy it or not because it was so expensive it was €37.50 which I think is about £30.00-£35.00 I did in the end because its just so brilliant it lasts on my face for longer than 2 hours which is a result on my skin. I put it on at 6:45 am and my spots only begin to show through at about 12.00pm. So all in all its great. A tad too dark for my skin, the lady who matched me was a little off with that but I still wear it I just mix it in with a tiny pump of a lighter drugstore foundation whatever you prefer. Love this product and it gives a heavy coverage. 

Thats all for now guys

kels :) xx

Let's have a catch up

Hey guys,
it's time for a catch up, again I'm so sorry about the wait but my laptop broke again and I've had to go back to school and get into the swing of things again. 
This isn't a beauty haul or review or anything I'm just telling you why I haven't updated! 
So I do have two hauls coming up!

The thing that I wanted to tell you about and I haven't got any pictures which I'm really annoyed about is the benefits 'speed faking' evening it was great fun, we all had a laugh tried some products and the people were really lovely. But there will be more about that soon. 

The next thing that I'm so excited about is.. 
I have a new little addition to my family, My baby cousin was born just before the last time I updated and I'm not sure if I told you all, so her name is Leila Kerry-Lee and she is the tiniest thing I've ever seen, she so cute! 

Thanks for reading,

bye! x

Ireland 2013

Top of the morning to you all! (sorry about how cheesy that was) 

So I'm sorry I haven't blogged in about, what? 3/4 weeks! Give me a break I was in Ireland, visiting family! I don't come baring beauty posts and all that jazz but I do come with a little Ireland related post! I was there for three weeks and the time flew by, I can't even remember what really happened! 

Ireland is a home for home for me, I go there every year to see little baby H who I can't really mention much on here as of yet for personal reasons! Anyways, I went to a family reunion with only a quarter of my family. Trust me we are a very big irish family! 

We went to the Montenotte Hotel and it is beautiful.

 This is the view from the balcony outside the restaurant. This photo doesn't do it justice, its one of the most beautiful views I've ever stood infront of! Theres palm trees and the lit up  city it is just amazing. 

                                                       SPLINGE! 

                                     I felt the need to take a quick selfie in the mirror in the lobby 

                                                            The tables looked great

    

                                                              

Make up haul

Hey guys, 
I'm back with my first haul blog. 
The other day I went in to town with my cousin Kelly and her two year old boy Harry! 
I didn't go mad because I had a budget of about £30/£40
At first we went into super drug and they had a 3 for two on bourjois.

Bourjois bronzing primer

I believe this was about £9.99 and I'm a bit undecided on weather I like it or not, it depends what kind of day my skin is having and how much you apply, I find if my skin is a little dry it makes me look a little muddy but if my skin is nice and radiant I can wear this and it just completely smooths my skin and makes it all bronzed goddess like, and I'm far from goddess on my best days, so thats definitely saying something, I like to wear this under my foundation and powder. It smells AMAZING. If you don't like perfumed products it might not be for you, but it smells beautiful, like coconuts and summer and suncream and lovely things like that! 

Touche healthy mix brush concealer 

The next thing I brought was the Touche healthy mix concealer, I think it was around about £7.99. It's a brilliant drugstore version of YSL Touche eclat and it doesn't sink into your creases it smoothes them out also it gives a glowing look, I don't think its great for blemishes but for dark circles its great and my eyes haven't been as bright as when I use this product, another perfumed product. I can't really figure out what it smells like but agin like most Bourjois products it smells good. 

Rouge edition lipstick 10 rouge buzz 

Best lipstick I've ever owned. I really wanted to step out of my comfort zone of deep reds and go for a more orange colour so when I swatched this colour I loved it, it is an orangey red, like a very orangey coral, what I love bout the colour is in the dark it looks like a nice red but if you wear it on a bright day its very orange and I really love it! Its also feels like a balm, nice and moisturising and when its on it looks very glossy. smells like fruit and is just amazing. 


Thats all make up wise, I did buy 6 lovely nail varnishes but that'll be separate,
thanks for reading
kelsie xxx

My skincare products/ routine/ views

Hi guys,

I'm sorry its taking me so long to write on here but unfortunately my laptop keeps on breaking and everything is wrong with it, hopefully I'll be getting a new mac book pro in april, so thats good but it is a long time away but I'm sure we can stick it out for these next 8 months! 

I'm going to talk about my skincare routine and the  products I use. Now my skin isn't the best and trust me I don't do this every single night maybe once twice a week! Although I do use my cleanser toner and moisturiser every single night, give or take the toner. 

 Liz Earle "cleanse & polish" hot cloth cleanser 

(This isn't my own photo, it's from the official Liz Earle website)

This is always the first product I use in my nightly routine.

It is a plant based cleanser and works in two parts, the first part is to cleanse and the texture of it just removes the make up straight away, maybe if you're wearing a heavy smoky eye you might need to do it twice but otherwise the once should work. It removes the toughest mascara. 

I love this product because it just make my skin feel so soft and clean so obviously it does it's job! 

Garnier pure active purifying toner 

(http://www.boots.com/en/Garnier-Pure-Active-Purifying-Toner-200ml)  

I normally do this after the liz Earle product and I swear by it! I have terribly spotty skin and I've been using this for the past month and my skin has cleared up so much its unreal, you just apply it on a cotton wool pad and voila you're done. As soon as it's on your skin you can really feel it working because it dries out the spot right away! 

nSpa beauty rituals Brightening detox scrub

(http://nspa.co.uk/products/brightening-detox-scrub) 

I don't use this as often as the other two products but I use it at least once a week and I can honestly say 'it does what it says on the tin' after I use this my face feels so soft and when I use it at night, when I wake up the next day my skin just looks so much more radiant. This scrub has lot's of micro beads in it, these help to unclog pores and buff away dead skin cells. 

Tzone blackhead fighting facial scrub

I'm not bothering with a picture for this because I don't think it's worth it, I honestly HATE it. 

I think it's 

1. too rough on the skin

2. hard to apply 

3.hard to remove 

I also have not seen any improvement at all in my skin since using it! I love T zone products and am very disappointed at the poor quality of this product. I think that it isn't worth the money for such a poor basic product. 

Origins "drink up" thirst quenching mask 

(http://www.sephora.com/drink-up-10-minute-mask-to-quench-skin-s-thirst) 

I cannot stress how much I LOVE this product! I use it twice a week and my skin just looks and feels amazing afterwards, I cannot say any more than how brilliant this product is. 

T zone spot zapping stick

(http://www.chemistdirect.co.uk/t-zone-spot-zapping-stick_1_4166.html)

This product is always in my makeup bag, just incase I'm out and I feel a spot brewing or I suddenly just breakout all over the place, I think its a very good product and it really helps. It''s almost like the spot purifying toner in the way that you can feel it working straight away!

Benefit triple preforming moisturiser 

(http://www.lookfantastic.com/benefit-triple-performing-facial-emulsion)

Again love this product, I've been through two bottles of this and they last a long time. Although they do take a while to sink into your skin, afterwards it's so worthing because it just honestly makes your skin feel lovely! A bit on the pricey side but again totally worth it.

Thats it guys, I'm going to try and write as much a possible for you but I can't make any promises, unfortunately I've lost the lead from my camera to my laptop so all of the photos were not mine the black writing in brackets should tell you the website I got them off! 

I hope you enjoyed my first beauty blog! 

Thanks guys 

kelsie xx