January Make up favourites

We are finally at the end of January. It's been nice to start fresh and get motivated ready for the year ahead but it does seem to drag and everyone becomes a bit down with the January blues.With that in mind I thought I'd end on a high with the makeup products I've been loving this month.

My First love is my Morphe 35F palette. I am a massive Morphe eyeshadow fan I think the payoff you get from these eyeshadows are Amazing! from the matte colours to the glitter, the pigment is brilliant and lasts all day and into the night! They are so easy to blend together and I will forever be a massive Morphe fan!

Next let's move onto foundation. A classic for many people but my go to foundation is Mac studio fix fluid. I use the shade nw15. I personally think it gives me high coverage and doesn't wear off as quickly as others.

Carrying on with Mac is my current lipstick favourite in the shade 'Honey Love'. It's such a nice nude colour it has more of a brown tone to it compared to 'Velvet Teddy' which to me is more pink undertoned. 

Next is my blusher. It has already featured on my blog (see blogmas day 1) This beauty is from Sleek,I love the pink shade of it and my favourite part is it has gold flecks in which are so shiny on the skin. Perfect for adding glow to your face. The shade I use is: Rose Gold 926.

To go hand in hand with the blush is my favourite highlighter palette from MakeUp Revolution. This palette is beautiful. All the shades are so pigmented and add such a good highlight to the cheek bones which even stands out in photos. A bargain at £4!!

Speaking of Makeup Revolution, another one of my current favourites is their 'Conceal & Define' concealer. I use it for under my eyes as its high coverage and because I use the shade C1 I find it brightens that area. - This is meant to be a dupe for the Tarte 'Shape Tape concealer'. Another bargain for £4 from Makeup Revolution!!

Finally my last makeup favourite for January is L'OREAL's 'Paradise Extatic' This mascara is absolutely Brilliant. It adds so much length to your natural lashes especially for us mum's who have no spare time on the school run to be applying lashes! It retails at £11.99 which I think is brilliant for an ultimate eye make over every morning!

Let me know what some of your January favourites are, doesn't just have to be beauty!

Blogmas day 11! -Sleek Advent

What's behind door 11 you ask? Well today's Sleek product was a makeup brush. This brush is to apply eye makeup, so lets have a look a bit closer.

As you can see the brush is all black with white hairs at the very top. The brush is so soft and quite fluffy therefore it is brilliant for blending. It is also an angled brush which helps apply make up into corners.

I have swatched an eyeshadow onto my wrist to show how well the brush works. The swatch at the top is an eyeshadow applied with one of my flat brushes which has packed the pigment onto my arm brilliantly however the line is quite harsh. The bottom swatch is applied with this Sleek brush we got in today's advent. In the picture you can see how well the brush has blended the eyeshadow in without taking away the pigment. It has left no harsh lines it's all soft so will apply the eyeshadows beautifully making smokey eyes easier!

I definitely need to try a smokey look with the Sleek palette from this advent calendar and now this fluffy angled brush!

See you for day 12!

                                

Blogmas Day 9! -Sleek Advent

What was behind today's door? Well  you'll be pleased to know that it isn't an eye product for the fourth day in a row! Today's product is a nail polish!

This shade is so lovely! and I love love love the colour! It's a plum/berry colour! I think it's such a lovely shade for autumn and winter, you can mix it with so many colours; blacks, browns and mustard colours go really well with it!

This particular shade from Sleek is called 'Velvet Supper.' Once again I was too excited by the colour to read the bottle. So when I applied it to my nails I was surprised that it was drying matte! As I've said before I love the matte finish but there are gel top coats out there if you prefer the shiny look -Although I definitely think it doesn't need it.

The shade is a little bit lighter than what it is showing up on the photos. Before anyone says.. I know I haven't painted them perfectly. I have had to quickly paint my nails, take my photos and write this blog post to get it up asap as I have a party tonight so I really should be going to get ready!

Lets see what door number 10 brings tomorrow!

Blogmas day 8! -Sleek Advent

Day 8 and behind the door was yet another eye product and another eye liner! But this time it was a liquid liner. The packaging is all black with white logo again. I noticed that the handle on this eyeliner is really long which I thought is perfect for more accuracy when applying it.

The nib on the liner isn't the thinnest one so it's brilliant for the more thicker wing. But the colour is a very dark black so definitely brings the glam to your look.

I tested the liner on the back of my hand to show how dark the liner is and also tried to show how thin the line could go, however not straight on my hand!! I'm sure with less pressure and more concentration you can pull off the perfect wing!

Day 9 tomorrow! and the weekend!

Blogmas day 7! - Sleek advent

Day 7 and behind today's door was another eye product, an eye pencil. The packaging is all black with the white 'Sleek' logo at the bottom.

The eye pencil is from the same range as the lip pencil -twist up. Again no mess or effort sharpening!
The colour today was black, perfect to go alongside any of the colours from the palette in yesterday's post!  The shade is 'Midnight 133'.

The nib on the eye pencil is quite a thin point so it is good for winged liner if you don't feel confident using liquid liner or even just feel like winging it with pencil. This pencil did smudge very easily which is a good thing it makes it absolutely perfect for smokey eyes! -Always a gorgeous look and a definite favourite of mine.

The top line is showing how thin the liner can be and also how thick and dark it can go depending on the pressure when you apply it. I feel like this eyeliner would be long lasting because I had my hands in water and it didn't come off. Perfect for long days/nights wearing it or on the waterline you know it wouldn't come off straight the way.

Speak tomorrow!

Blogmas day 6! -Sleek advent

Behind today's door was exciting! With the shape of the door on the advent calendar I thought it'd be a little palette maybe an eyeshadow duo or another blush. I was So excited when I opened up it up. It was a palette, however it had not two not even 5 but 12 mini eyeshadows in it. It is so cute! - I know what you're thinking eyeshadows can't be cute but trust me they can when they're this small! -Perfect for your handbag though ladies! 

The palette itself is lovely, its got some matte shades for a subtle day look or even as your transition colour if your going full glam. Then of course it has some glitter shades.

I think with this palette you could try many different looks like I said subtle everyday looks, full glam and with the range of different colours you can match it to what you're wearing or feeling that day! 

I swatched a few of the colours to see how pigmented they are and as you can see they are pretty good! From left to right I used number 8, number 5 and number 9. I love number 8 for a smokey eye and number 5 is so in this festive season! Gold glitter at christmas is a must!

Day 7 tomorrow! one whole week! 

Blogmas Day 5! -Sleek Advent

Day 5 already? Once I'd open this door I saw a lovely lip pencil. It's a twist up which saves the time and mess of sharpening and that's always a winner in my eyes! The Sleek logo is on the bottom of the pencil in white which is different for Sleek's usual black they opt for.

The colour? You guessed it...red! They've spiced it up a little though because the shade is slightly darker than what it has been with the other products. It's not too dark to be a berry toned colour but it is a step away from the 'Santa Red' I keep referring to - It is showing up slightly darker on pictures.

The nip on the pencil is thin so brilliant for accuracy when lining your lips. Honestly this product

just glides on so it doesn't feel sharp as some make up pencils can do. 

I've compared the lip pencil next to the lip creme I opened on day 3. I wanted to see if it'd be wearable together. I definitely think they work together. The pencil would simply outline the lips but the colours would easily blend into each other.

Lip Creme - Rioja Red

Twist up Lip Pencil - Spiced Apple.

Who's intrigued to find out tomorrow's product? 

Blogmas Day 4! - Sleek Advent

Day 4 and another door! Today I had a feeling it would be a nail polish- again from the shape. The 7ml bottle is matching to the lip creme from yesterday. Glass bottle showing the shade and the black Sleek lid.

The colour is also matching to the lip creme with a vibrant red exactly the same called 'Rioja Red'. Again like yesterday's product it is such a festive colour! It's a real Santa red. Not too dark and not to coral in colour! As I was too excited by the colour I didn't read the bottle and realise it was a matte colour so I was in awe when I painted it on my nails. It honestly took around 30 seconds until it was touch dry and a gorgeous matte finish. I only have one coat on and it covered my nails brilliantly! I don't feel you even need a second coat but obviously you could.

If you don't like the matte finish you can opt for a gel top coat to give you that shiny finish,however I personally think the matte finish is lovely. I did dig out my gold glitter polish as I thought as it's Christmas it'd look lovely with that on the ring fingers. I would use the Barry M gold glitter.

Four days down and I am loving these products! -Can someone invent a yearly one please??

See you tomorrow!

Blogmas day 3! -Sleek Advent

Another day in December means another advent door. Today with the shape of the door, I thought it could be a lipstick or a nail polish. It was a Lip cream/lipgloss. As always I'm going to start off with the packaging, the glass bottle is see through so you can see the shade of the lip creme and the lid is the usual black in colour with the Sleek logo imprinted very faintly. I think it looks really classy and expensive even though separately these retail in Boots and Superdrug at a bargain £4.99!

Now lets get down to business.. The colour, it's called 'Rioja Red'. The shade is beautiful and absolutely perfect for the festive season. I mean when you think Christmas you automatically think red for Santa right?

When I did a swatch of this product the consistency is so creamy therefore no chapped lips ruining the look as some lip products can be so drying, especially in this latter months of the year mother nature already does that for us.

 

The colour is such a fun and festive red which I think especially in December can be worn day and night! - (Kid Cudi in their heads? anyone? or just me.) When I tried to wash it off my arm I really had to scrub -Hard. So Ladies this is perfect for festive drinks with your loved ones and work parties dancing into the early hours of the morning sipping many drinks along the way because your Sleek red lip creme isn't going to budge!

Lets see what day 4 brings us!

24 days of Sleek - Days 1 & 2 -Blogmas

I'm going to be completely honest here.. I have waited weeks to open my advent calendar. I had my eye on the sleek one weeks before I got it. So When the day finally came I was excited. I contained that excitement for a few more minutes whilst my little one opened his Paw Patrol and Lego City advents first.

Day one:
I opened up door number one to a little compact case. With the usual lovely smooth Sleek packaging, black with their logo. Very simple but I think it works, not too busy. I then opened up the case with a mirror on one side and a Beautiful rose gold blusher. It is a stunning peachy/pink coloured blusher with gold specks of highlight in and it is perfect and for those who know me, know I love me some highlight. I have needed a new blusher because the current one I was using was a bit dark and dim. This is honestly gorgeous and will definitely become a statement in my everyday make up!

Day two:
Here we are on December 2nd and day two of the advent. This one I had a good Eye- dear  (I will get the pun police after me!) anyway, I had an idea that it was a make up brush because of the shape of the door - I'm sad I know -but c'mon when someone gives you a malteaser shaped box you shake it to make sure it's them don't you?

So the brush in day number two is a fluffy but flat eyeshadow brush. Its again in the Sleek design of black and the smooth material -perfect for grip!

I've included a picture of today's make up, I did use the new blusher and also used my new eyeshadow brush to apply my eyeshadow. I used the brush to apply my eyeshadow across the middle of my lid, This brush applied it lovely, picked up loads of product and went on lovely I just finished it off by using a blending brush to get rid of any harsh lines.

So at the end of day 2 of my Sleek advent calendar, I am very pleased. This is what I have received so far and we're only on day 2! 

Who's excited for more?