What's In My Bag?

Hello! Today's post is a realistic what is in my everyday bag post. I see alot of these posts featuring really strange things that i can't imagine ever needing to bring around with me, but my bag is as realistic as it gets! Aside from the receipts, loose chewing gum and chocolate bar wrappers oops i have included everything i usually bring around with me! 

 

THE BAG:

I'm really lucky to have actually won this bag in a competition, i honestly could not believe my luck i don't win things ever! Its a tote bag from New Look and retails at £17.99 and comes in various pretty pastel colours such as yellow, pink, white, turquoise and pale blue. Its the perfect size for a small everyday bag. It does not look like it can hold much but believe me, it does!

The first thing i have in my bag is the latest issue of Cosmo with the beautiful Michelle Keegan on the cover!

This nail polish from the brand New Cid came free with the magazine and its honestly gorgeous! The colour was hard to capture, its alot more pink toned in real life but it's so bright and gorgeous i had to pick this one!

Dry shampoo is an essential for my bag, having really long thick hair i honestly do not have the energy to wash it every single day, so this is great for top ups! Plus the mini sized bottle is great for smaller bags.

Staying on the long thick hair topic, i can't be without a brush! This paddle brush from Denman is amazing, and doesn't rip out my hair like some other brushes.

Hand cream is an ultimate essential! I unfortunately have eczema on my hands and body and i find this hand cream is amazing when i can feel it flaring up again. I'm not so keen on the smell but it absorbs really quickly and does a great job at moisturising.

I don't think anyone goes anywhere without these three things! Keys, phone and purse. My phone case was from headcase designs on Ebay and cost £4.99! My purse is very old and from Peacocks but i can't bring myself to get rid of it.

This looks like alot of tablets for one bag but when you suffer with hayfever in the summer you need them! 

what can i say? a wispa gold and a half eaten crunchie.. classy

The last things i have in my bag are lip products. I usually end up with every single lipstick i own in my bag as i just shove the one i'm wearing on the day in! It's nice to have a bit of moisture too and the peach baby lips is my current favourite!

What do you usually carry in your bag? Let me know! Chloe :)

The best makeup brushes ever?

Hello! Today's post is one i have been meaning to write for a long time.. but because i'm lazy and was avoiding washing my makeup brushes big time, it got slightly delayed! However i washed them all at the weekend and managed to get some pictures before they all turned orange/sparkly so here it is! Are these brushes the best makeup brushes ever?

These brushes are from the brand Nanshy and my set are the Luxury Makeup Brush Set, priced at £34.95, for this price you get 13 beautiful brushes and a fold up padded carry case for them, i got these at Christmas from my lovely boyfriend and just cannot get enough of them! The brushes have synthetic hair, are 100% Vegan and also are cruelty free.

These are possibly some of the softest makeup brushes i have ever felt! The handles are smooth and comfortable to hold for long periods of time (eyeshadow blending brush haha!)

Brushes the set contains:
Flat foundation brush - This one i find is perfect for applying light foundations/BB/CC Creams

Flat topped round foundation brush - This ones my ultimate favourite! Its amazing for buffing in foundation, contouring and even applying blush

Fluffy Brush - This ones perfect for powders of any sort, its nice and fluffy and gentle

Fluffy angled brush - I use this one for blush mainly, but its also great for powder highlights

Fluffy brush, flat topped foundation brush, angled brush and flat foundation brush

My ultimate favourite from the collection!

Big flat eyeshadow brush - This one is so good for when you want to apply colour over the whole lid

Smaller flat eyeshadow brush - This one is exactly the same as the big one expect its more precise and can be used under the bottom lashes to add colour

Small hard round brush - Another one of my favourites, this brush is so good for apply crease colours, it picks up alot of product and is small enough to run right through the crease

Fluffy blending brush - This ones amazing! It blends ever so well and is so soft light and fluffy

Angled eyeshadow brush - This ones nice for outer V, i think its too big however to use in the crease

Eyeliner brush - This one is nice, good for applying gel liner however it stains very easily and i have found a couple of the bristles have frayed

Angled eye brush - I use this personally for eyebrows however it could be used for liner too! This ones amazing, it never moves out of place and the angled line is so perfect and thin

Concealer brush - This brush is very versatile! Its great for apply concealer under the eyes and brow bone however its also good for eyeshadows, highlights and dusting off any fallout under the eyes

Double sided eyebrow/lash brush - This was a nice addition to the set, it works well and is nice that its double sided!

Small flat eyeshadow brush, Big flat eyeshadow brush, Fluffy blending brush and Small hard brush

An absolute plus side to these brushes is the fact that when you wash them they return back to the original colour completely! I always forget how nice and white they are till they get cleaned.

You can buy many other sets of brushes from this company, including other white ones and black ones too. They also sell brushes individually.  I've hinted at my boyfriend that i'd like the ultimate face set for my birthday present as i just love these brushes so much! They are definitely my favourite ones i have ever tried and will not be looking for a new brand of brush any time soon!

Do you have a favourite brand of brushes that work well for you? Let me know! Chloe :)

All Time Jewellery Favourites!

Hello! Today's post is something a little different. I don't usually see posts like this (maybe i'm not looking hard enough!) but i thought it may be interesting to some people! I always remember being at school or college and seeing girls walking round with individual jewellery pieces thinking wow she pulls that off so well! maybe if i get something similar i will look just as cool.  I hope that now i have my own jewellery favourites people will look at mine and think wow she's so effortlessly cool. Hahaha. Moving on, here are the jewellery items i wear almost every single day!

Possibly the cutest jewellery stand ever!

EARRINGS
I have a double ear piercing (meaning i have two holes for earrings on my lobe) and i am not a fan of big earrings as they swamp my small ears. I used to always buy the Primark pearly effect plastic earrings for years and built up a massive collection, but this year on my one year anniversary with my boyfriend he brought me a real Pearl pair, i about cried! These ones are from Pandora, which i personally find such a pretty girly brand of jewellery, i love the shop so much.

These earrings have a lovely silver edge round them with a pretty pattern that almost reminds me of leaves. They are silver and really delicate looking on the ears!

These are my back up earrings! I wear these in my second ear pierce hole and i got these in a set from Asda about 7 years ago for around £2. I think they are just metal and at one point they were nice and gold but now they look... slightly vintage. They have caused me no irritation being so cheap and they still look pretty and elegant if you don't look too closely!

BRACELETS

On a day to day basis i wear two bracelets, both of them actually have a lot of meaning to me. My first one is my Pandora bracelet (do you see a reoccurring theme of Pandora jewellery yet?) I know alot of people have these, but i can understand why they are so simple yet look so good with anything! They can either be day to day accessories or glam up a posh outfit so you are winning either way! This bracelet was another gift from my boyfriend, he's the sweetest! Over time him and other family members have brought me pretty little charms for it for Christmas and Birthday presents.

This shopping charm is so cute! 

i know the colours don't necessarily match but i love it this way!

My second everyday bracelet is by a brand called Nomination. These bracelets are becoming more and more popular by the day! They are an alternative to a charm bracelet, as they have pictures and links that are personalised without the dangly or 3D effect of charms. I got mine when i was only 13 and now i'm almost 20 so i've had it a long while! Some of the links have started to break away but regardless i still love it.

RINGS

One day when i was a little girl i decided to myself wearing every single category of jewellery in one go would make me look too fancy when i'm the least fancy person ever, so i made a choice: wear necklaces OR rings. I went for rings and too this day i tend to prefer them over necklaces how silly haha! Lets get the Pandora ring out of the way first... I'll soon be a walking advertisement for that company but i can't help it, it's gorgeous!

This is one of Pandora's birthstone rings and mine is the May one. The colour is one of my absolute favourite colours so i was thrilled when i found out it was my month! I also love all of the other stones though and would really love the pink stoned one too, however i would feel so wrong wearing the wrong monthed ring! It wasn't too expensive and i got it as a Christmas gift from my dad that i picked myself! I'm thinking of treating myself to some more rings from there huge collection soon as they are just soooo pretty.

This was an 18th Birthday present from my Aunty and is one of my most valued presents i've ever got i think its so beautiful and unusal! I'm usually really careful with this one as i don't think it was too cheap and i get nervous with expensive things, i'm definitely too used to Primark level things. This picture doesn't do it justice, in the light it is so sparkly and all of the clear stones reflect the light! 

I hope you enjoyed this post! I felt like it was something different! 

*Disclaimer - this is in no way me trying to show off! I love being nosy with things other people have and i'm sure others feel the same way, this is just me letting you be nosy too!

Thanks for reading i appreciate every single view! :)

Get Ready With Me! Smokey Pink Eyes

Hello! This get ready with me post has a focus on eyes today. I went for a smokey pinky shimmery kind of look, here are the details!


FOCUS: EYES 
I used the Naked 3 palette from Urban Decay to create this look.

First of all i used the Urban Decay Primer Potion in sin all over my lids and higher up to near my brow bone.

Then i took the lightest shade, Strange and mixed it with the baby pink shimmer called Dust, and sweeped these all over the whole of my lid using a big flat brush from Nanshy.

Next i took the colour Buzz which is just a gorgeous bright pink shimmer shadow, i put this all over the outer half of my eyes using the same flat brush.

I then took Nooner, my favourite colour in the whole palette! It's the pink equivalent on Tease from the Naked 2 palette! I put this all into my crease using a short brush, i'm not sure what it's called but i call it my stubby brush haha! Then i took the darker shade called Darkside, and added this gently on the top of Nooner. Then i blended it all out with a big fluffy brush!

To finish off the shadow, i took Trick, the rose-gold shade and pushed that in under my lash line for a a really pretty pop of colour.

Next i lined the top of my eyelids with the Loreal Super Slim Liner, and the bottom of my eyes with a Rimmel Kohl Black Liner.

I used my incredible Younique 3D Mascara next! I've seen so many mixed reviews on this product but it is my actual holy grail! I loveeee it. I used the Rimmel Scandal Eyes Mascara on my lower lashes. I find it's too clumpy for my upper lashes but it looks great on the bottom. 

REST OF MY FACE:

For my skin i used Rimmel's Perfect Match Foundation

The concealer i used was the amazing E.L.F Oil Free Concealer

I also used Rimmel's Stay Matte Powder All over my face

For eyebrows i used my Soap and Glory Brow Archery in Brownie points and ABH Dipbrow in Chocolate

On my lips i used MAC's Creme Cup lipstick and Tanya Burr's lipgloss in Just Peachy

For my cheeks i used E.L.F's Bronze and glow bronzer, and the Makeup Revolution Blush Palette.

I used the brightest pink and the bottom pinky blush baked highlight.

I hope you enjoyed this post! I think it was my favourite one I've ever done, as i enjoy creating makeup looks so much! I've struggled with the close up photography in the past but i think I am getting there now! Thanks for reading! :)

Favourite MAC Lipstick Combinations!

Hello everyone! Now, I'm not usually the biggest lipstick fan as my lips are misshapen, and by misshapen I mean even if I fill them in ever so carefully, they always look like i've coloured outside the lines. However i previously added another MAC lipstick to my small lips collection and i've found that i have been wearing lipstick more than ever! Here are my top two lipsticks looks i've been enjoying recently

1) Pretty In Pink
I've never been a pink lips girl, but when i visited a MAC store on holiday (no joke i was in there for about an hour!) I found my perfect pink woo! The pink i picked up is called Creme Cup and it is a cream sheen lipstick which is sold for £15.50. It has a nice nude undertone, which is probably why i loved it, being an absolute nude lipstick fanatic! It is very creamy and you do not need a gloss with it. I also love the taste of MAC lipsticks they are honestly so sweet and delicious i do know you are not supposed to eat them

I cannot get over how beautiful this is!

I personally like teaming this pretty lipstick with two other of my lip essentials! If im feeling particularly pinky I will wear it with the Essence lipliner which is only £1, in the shade 012 Wish Me A Rose.  The Nivea lip butter in Raspberry Rose is also really nice as it adds a slightly pinky glossy finish to the lips.

Please don't judge these hideous close ups, i need to practice my close up makeup photography 

2) Nude Nude Nude!

Ahhhh, i just get so excited thinking about nude lipsticks, they are my ultimate favourite. I love MAC's Blankety lipstick. I actually own two because i'm so scared about running out of it. Its from the amplified collection and is just gorgeous. It is a solid nude colour with a tiny brownish undertone. You don't need to wear much of it as its amplified, and it gives off a nice sheen too. 

I love wearing this lipstick alone, but also like to pair it with the Maybelline Baby Lips stick in Peach Kiss. This just adds a really glossy finish and gives your lips a nice bit of moisturising protection to keep the lipstick on for longer.

I hope you enjoyed this post! Please let me know if there is anything you would love too see me post in the future and also which MAC lipsticks do you love the best? :)