Showing posts with label lipstick. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lipstick. Show all posts

Friday, 29 April 2016

April 16 Favourites

April has been a difficult month for me, I have been so poorly this month and feel like I have spent the whole month either lay in bed or at the doctors. I had an amazing girls night out for my best friend’s birthday and threw a baby shower for another of my best friend’s birthday, I’ve done a couple of nice things but mainly just lots of antibiotics and Harry Potter. But the times when I have dragged myself out of bed, these are the products that I have been reaching for.

Saturday, 13 February 2016

Valentines Day Makeup Picks

Whether you are going on a date with your man, going on a girls night to find Mr. Right or staying home watching the Notebook and hating every man you’ve ever met, we all deserve to look and feel fabulous this Valentines weekend.  Whether that involves a face mask and an over bubbly bath, some fantastic over dinner makeup or getting out your freakum dress and killer heels and dancing to Single Ladies all night long, who cares as long as you feel hawt! So here’s my favourite Valentine makeup picks for this year.

Friday, 5 February 2016

What's In My Bag Feb 2016

Hi Everybody and Happy Friday! The weekend has finally arrived again, today I am working all day, then going to the gym, then hopefully chilling out in front of the tele! So today I thought I would do a ‘What’s in My Bag’ post, I am super nosey so I love reading these blog posts and watching the youtube videos, so thought I would share with you all exactly what’s in my bag. If you follow me on snapchat you will have already seen a lot of my handbag contents - if not, come follow me on snap: megandoesbeauty

Monday, 1 February 2016

January 16 Favourites

Welcome to the first monthly favourites of the year, I hope you all had a great January even though it has flown by. I love January, for me it is a month that symbolises new beginnings, a step towards making yourself the you that you want to become. This month for me has been focused on work, studying and healthy eating. I started back on my old healthy eating and exercise regime, over the past 4 weeks I have lost a whopping 11 pound and 3 inches from my waist and 1.5 inches from my hips, so this month has consisted of a lot of random favourites including recipes, foods and lifestyle bits but for now here are my January beauty faves!

Thursday, 7 January 2016

2015 Makeup Favourites


2015 was a great year of makeup for me, I’ve done a bit more experimenting this year when it comes to makeup and I have tried a lot of new things. This year I have broken my favourites down into categories because it was getting too difficult to just pick a handful of products. It was quite hard to think back to the start of 2015, but I have just tried to pick things that I have been constantly picking up through the year. So I hope you enjoy!

Monday, 12 October 2015

Well Done Shopping Trip

Recently I passed my final exam completing the first stage of becoming a chartered accountant. Obviously this meant we had to celebrate, and some ‘well done me’ prezzies were in order. My mum got me some lovely Yankee Candle goodies, and me and Rob decided we would get the train to Liverpool for a bit of shopping, a nice Italian and some drinks. I don’t think he realised quite how much shopping that would consist of, when he suggested it, but we managed to last the whole day and didn’t end up on separate trains home. I got two jumpers from Primark, lots of Christmas decoration, too many Lush Christmas bath bombs and also a couple of Beauty goodies that I thought I would share with you.


Friday, 2 October 2015

September 15 Favourites

It’s that monthly favourites time again! Another month over and another month closer to Christmas (sorry!!), after saying goodbye to September we can now welcome October, and undoubtedly welcome Autumn, woooo! (cue the countless Autumnal blog posts). September was a stressful month for me, filled with revision, exams, car break downs, buying a new car, having my new car hit by a runaway driver, hospital visits and finishing off the month with the all clear from my doctors and passing my exams! But even after ending on a high my usual makeup and skin care routine took a bit of a hit, this month my skin has been awful so there are a couple of skin care favourites and as I have worn hardly any makeup due to hibernating to study most of the month, there are only a couple of faves for when I have reached for the war paint!

Wednesday, 2 September 2015

August '15 Favourites

I know everyone seems to be moaning about waving goodbye to Summer but I am definitely welcoming September with open arms. Bring on the berry lips, fluffy scarves and comfy shoe boots! Throughout August I spent a weekend away in York in a log cabin on a stunning fishing lake, attended my Friend’s gorgeous wedding, attended one of my best friend’s little boys first birthday and also had a big night out in Manchester for one of my best friend’s 23rd birthday. So I’ve used a lot of different products this month, but here are a few products that I have kept picking up again and again all throughout August!


Thursday, 6 August 2015

Superdrug Haul August

I’ve recently been to Superdrug and couldn’t help but to pick up a few things. The Superdrug that I visited was only a small one and unfortunately there wasn’t a huge range of things, and shockingly there was no Revolution!! But here’s what I picked up.

Thursday, 7 May 2015

Revolution Lip Gloss

A little while ago I was majorly dropping hints to my boyfriend to skip down to superdrug and get me some revolution eye shadow palettes. One evening I came home from work to find a lovely little lip set. It had 3 very bright chunky lip pencils and this clear gloss. 

I am a gloss lover, I never keep a matte lipstick, matte for very long, I am gloss obsessed. No matter how much I try to leave my lipstick alone, the drying out and peeling dread comes over me and I reach for a gloss! This gloss is perfect, it's not a plumper or pucker or anything too uncomfortable and fancy, it's just a plain everyday gloss. Yes, I know glosses can be heavy and sticky and irritating. But this is light and not at all sticky, which is great for blustery days and the occasional smooch. 

Sunday, 23 November 2014

Queen Bee Vaseline

Queen Bee






I am a BIG Vaseline fan. A really really big Vaseline fan. For as long as I can remember, I have loved it. It’s such a great product especially now that we are in the winter months and we are all trying to keep chapped lips at bay. I began to get a little bit obsessed with getting all of the new limited edition lip petroleum jelly tins to complete my collection. I have original, aloe vera, rosy lips, cocoa butter, sun protection (the yellow one that is a nightmare to hunt down) and another limited edition ‘paint the town’ which is a red jelly. It’s gorgeous and is really pigmented, it looks great on and like all the others makes your lips super soft. I also have the cocoa butter moisturiser – it smells divine! It keeps skin so soft but isn’t greasy like some lotions. Perfect for moisturising before fake tanning as it soaks in really quickly and due to it not being too oily, it stops tan from streaking.




So when I saw the new limited edition Queen Bee tin, I started my mission to find it. After 2 weeks, many trips to different Boots and Superdrug stores around my home town and scrolling through the internet, I finally got my hands on it (well technically two, due to it being limited edition I talked myself into getting two)

It’s lovely, it works just like all of the others, keeps your lips lovely and soft and has a gorgeous smell of honey! The tin looks really cool and every time I get it out of my bag – people always ask what it is. It retails at £3.99 at Boots.



When collecting all of my Vaselines together I started to find them all over the place – I had one in my desk at work, handbag, makeup bag, next to my bed and dotted around my rooms and in many clutch bags from nights out partying. Vaseline is great to carry with you on the go to keep your lips soft but I use it for so many things. I put some on my eye lashes at night to keep lashes soft and healthy. I use it on my cuticles to keep them soft and stop them from snagging. I apply it to my lips straight after applying my foundation to get rid of any foundation-lip. I use it on my elbows and knees before fake tanning. I use it on my nose during flu season to prevent chapping on my nose from blowing it all of the time. It’s so versatile and I don’t know a single person that doesn’t love Vaseline.
If you haven’t already, go out and grab yourself a Queen Bee tin – it smells good enough to eat.

Do you have any limited edition Vaselines that I haven’t got? Which is your favourite?

Do you have any weird collection habits?

Wednesday, 12 November 2014

Chrismas Gifts for Her £20 or Less







It's never too early to think about the perfect Christmas present, these things definitely take good planning. I thought I'd share with you a few things that I've been looking at in the run up to Christmas Present buying Season. These are small presents for £20 or less, perfect for your Mum, Sister, Friends or any other special girls in your life.

Lee Stafford LSGS09 Frizz OFF Hairdryer Kit this is reduced from £50 to £20 on Very.co.uk. The Kit includes a 2200 watt hair dryer with 6 heat/speeds and a cool shot, a round brush, a quilted cosmetic bag and 200 ml Lee Stafford Dehumidifier.

Little Hottie gift pack, this featured in my last blog post - http://megandoesbeauty1.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/little-hotties-great-for-candle-lovers.html
These are little wax melts that are put into an oil burner to make your own fragrances, perfect gift for candle lovers. This Gift pack retails at £15 in selected stores and on their website.

The Soap and Glory - All The Right Smoothes gift set contains 3 gorgeous body butters retailing at just £8 at Boots.

8 Pack Assorted Lip Smackers. These feel like a mix between a lip balm and a gloss. They look great on and keep your lips very smooth. They smell exactly like the drinks flavour. My favourite is orange Fanta. These retail at Claire's for £12.
Myleene Klass Lip Stick Collection look great, I haven't tried these yet but have read countless reviews about how fabulous and long lasting they are. They retail at Littlewood's for just £10



And of course Yankee Candle 6 Christmas Votive Collection. Everyone loves a Yankee Candle, these are all Christmassy Scents and would make the perfect Christmas pressie for any Yankee Candle fan. These retail at Boots for £10.99











Tuesday, 21 October 2014

Avon Colour Trend Kiss n Go Lipstick


Avon Colour Trend Kiss n Go Lipstick


I Love Avon! I used to be an Avon representative a couple of years ago when I was at college, to fund my partying lifestyle along with my part-time job. During that time I came to realise how much of a good brand Avon is, even though it is reasonably priced. I have found that high price doesn’t always mean high quality!




So I ordered myself 3 Color Trend Kiss n Go lipsticks. They are priced at £3.75, buy one get two free. So yes – I got three lipsticks for £3.75. I already know what you are thinking – that they are going to be totally awful and I shouldn’t have wasted my time, but bare with me guys! The packaging doesn’t look amazing, with the plain white tube, however it has a transparent band around the tube so you can see the colour of your lipstick without opening which I did think was really cool.


Lucky Kiss

         

Let’s start with my favourite in colour ‘Lucky Kiss’. I was desperate to find myself a darker red lipstick for Autumn as I usually stick with bright red or pinks. I didn’t want to take too much of a risk and go for a purple so I went for this darker red. The stick itself looks much more purple/brown than dark red but when it goes on your lip it looks totally different and is really pigmented. It is a gorgeous colour exactly the warm toned red/purple lipstick I was searching for. It has a slight shimmer in which makes your lips look extra warm. I am quite an olive toned brunette, and if you’re the same then I would definitely recommend this colour. It applied very easy and smells gorgeous. Now as you’d probably guessed by the price, the lipstick doesn’t stay on very well, it fades quite easy so make sure you take it with you on the go to touch up whenever needed




The next colour I bought was in colour ‘Amethyst’, this is a much pinkier colour. I picked it because I knew it would be a safe bet, knowing that Lucky Kiss was a bit of a risk and I might have hated it when it arrived. Amethyst isn’t very pigmented, nor does it particularly have a shade. It’s very similar to the colour of my natural lip. I have been wearing the lipstick to work quite a lot, as it’s nice and subtle but has a lot of shimmer in it, kind of gives the look of having a clear lipgloss on without your lips looking wet and sticky. However, like Lucky Kiss, it fades very easily and needs constant reapplying, but also smells great and applied very easily.


                                                     Pink Holiday



The third colour I chose was ‘Pink Holiday’, when it arrived I was very excited about it, the stick itself looks like a very bright pink. However it isn’t very pigmented so you have to apply ALOT to make your lips pop like the stick itself. This colour is a lot less shimmery than the other two colours. It is a lovely shade, but it isn’t quite as bold as you would think by looking at the stick. It applies really easily and leaves your lips feeling very soft! However like the other two colours, it needs touching up ALOT!



Were they worth the £3.75 for all three? Definitely! I absolutely loved Lucky Kiss, and have been wearing it a lot even if it does need reapplying. It’s perfect for Autumn and exactly the colour I’ve been searching for. Amethyst is perfect for during the day, and has a really shimmery look. And Pink Holiday is a lovely colour and goes really well with a smokey eye or a bold eye shadow. They are all easy to apply and smell great, leaving your lips feeling very soft!