Would You Rather? - Beauty Edition

1) Would you rather lose all of your mascaras/eyeliners/lipsticks and lipglosses or lose all of your palettes and eyeshadows?

This is tricky, because I have way more lipsticks and eyeliners than palettes and eyeshadows but most of my palettes were gifts so have a more sentimental value... that being said, I use lipstick/mascara and eyeliner way more and those would be much harder to replace as I have a lot more so I´d probably have to ditch the eyeshadows and hope my friends and family would treat me on my next birthday :)

2) Would you rather chop off all of your hair or never be able to cut it again?

I´d probably say never cut it again. I know that if I chopped it all off it would grow back pretty quickly and then I could style it however I wanted, but I don´t think I´d ever have the guts to chop it all off!

3) Would you rather have a coral cheek or a pink cheek?
Coral, definitely!

4) If you had £1000 to spend, would you rather buy clothes or make up?
I would have to say clothes, as much as I love make up!

5) Would you rather apply lipstick as eyeliner or eyeliner as lipstick?
Tricky, probably eyeliner as lipstick, not only would it be much easier to apply but I am sure there are some nice brown eyeliners that would look quite good on the lips!

6) Would you rather only shop at MAC or Sephora?
Even though there are no Sephora stores in the UK I would definitely choose Sephora, much more choice

7) Would you rather use one eyeshadow colour or one lip colour for the rest of your life?
Eek! This is difficult but probably one eye colour, I could probably go for a simple brown on my eyes and they always mix up my lip colour..

8) Would you rather wear Winter clothes in the Summer, or Summer clothes in the Winter?
Neither! But if I HAD to choose maybe Winter clothes in the Summer, I hate being cold more than I hate being hot.

9) Would you rather have dark nails or bright nails all year round?
Bright!

10) Would you rather give up your favourite lip product or your favourite eyeshadow product?
Probably my favourite lip product as I have several that I also love!

11) Would you rather only be able to wear your hair in a ponytail or in a messy bun?
Ponytail, I haven´t quite mastered how to rock a messy bun and actually look nice yet..

12) Would you rather never be able to paint your nails or never wear lipgloss again?
Never wear lipgloss, I have quite a few super hydrating lip balms that almost give a glossy effect, I also love getting my nails done too much!

13) Would you rather shave your eyebrows and have none at all or  sharpie them in everyday?
Oh come on! How can somebody choose!
Again, if I HAD to probably sharpie them in and hope that I can pull it off! 

14) Would you rather live without make up or nail polish?
Nail polish, I love make up too much!

Summer Hair in a Bottle

In the summer I try to avoid using heat on my hair as often as possible and for the past few years have been loving natural waves for an effortless summer look.

However, this normally requires sleeping with wet hair and then hoping for the best in the morning, until now!

I picked up Toni & Guy Sea Salt Spray in Boots a few months ago on a whim and absolutely love it! I let me hair dry naturally then spray this into my hair quite liberally, scrunched up my hair then voila! Effortless waves, no touch ups required. 

I am in love.

May Favourites!

Hi! So it's been a while since I've done a monthly favourites post, it was difficult narrowing this down to just a few as there's been so many that I've been loving lately.

These are the ones I've been using almost, if not then every day for a while.

Enjoy. 

The Body Shop - Camomile Cleansing Oil

The quickest and most fool proof way to remove your male up, even eye make up.

Perfect for lazy people like me, doesn't make your skin feel greasy and does the job. Cheap and cheerful too. What's not to love?

Real Techniques Buffing Brush

After using the Expert Face Brush to apply foundation for as long as I can remember, the Buffing Brush came as such a pleasant surprise. Blends and buffs foundation in perfectly, also great for pressing on powder. Dreamy.

MAC Face and Body Foundation

A foundation I have wanted for a long time and heard countless rave reviews. I was not disappointed. The perfect go to foundation. Blends like a dream, glides on, does not cling to dry patches, looks natural, I could go on. I haven't used anything else since buying it. I am in love.

The Body Shop Early-Harvest Raspberry Body Butter

We all know how great the Body Shop body butters are, the scents and the actual moisturiser itself. The smell of this one though is incredible. Think Fromage Frais? I could sniff this all day. Probably one of my favourites so far.

Benefit Coralista Lipgloss

I got this as a sample size a while ago and kinda forgot about it until recently, I have found myself reaching for it more and more. It's the perfect glossy natural lip, it has a hint of coral and also looks great layered with my orange or coral lipsticks. It also smells great.

Tresemme Heat Defence Styling Spray

Speaking of scents, this scent is also lovely, I get a lot of hair smelling compliments when I spray this in my hair. I also love how easy and quick it is to use, I've always been fairly lazy when it comes to heat defence, but this has made it a two second job, and for that, me and my hair are grateful. 

What have you been loving lately?
Check out my Non Beauty Favourites here.

Loreal Ombre

If you know me at all you will know that I am the least adventurous person when it comes to my hair. I sported dark brown hair for years until summer last year when I discovered the Loreal Ombre kits.... of course I'd seen ombre becoming a thing, and thought it looked gorgeous on most people and definitely a MUST for the Summer, so I picked up two boxes and after an hour voila, I was hooked.

I kept my hair maintained through the summer but then by winter my hair had started to fade to a kind of Orange, bronze kind of colour which I hated and the question arose.... to go back brown or to re-ombre?!

After weeks of questioning I took the plunge and dyed my locks yet again! I'm aware ombre is on its way out now and it's defo more for summer, but I MUCH prefer my hair lighter and the Loreal Kit is so fool proof and easy to use I thought I may as well! 

The results are yet again great in my books, I get a lot of hair compliments and for less than £10 I would highly recommend this way than a £300 salon trip (which I'll save for another story)! 

Get to Know me Tag!

Before I begin I just wanted to draw attention to the fact that this Blog recently hit 500 Bloglovin Followers! I just wanted to say a massive thank you to every single one of you who has commented or followed this blog, your support means so much to me!

This Tag is a fun way of letting you know a little bit about me, but I warn you it's quite a long one. Enjoy.

1. Is your hair naturally curly or straight?

Neither. My hair can never make its mind up what it wants to be. If I blow dry it, then it's straight. If I sleep with it wet it's super curly and if I just leave it to air dry then it's frizzy. The joys.

2. Do you dye your hair yourself or do you go to a salon?

I used to dye my hair a lot myself when I was younger, then I had like a two year break then on my last birthday one of my presents from my boyfriend was a hair salon trip, I had them dye it and didn't like it too much, it sadly costed my boyfriend £300! Since then I have done my own ombre twice using Loreal's Ombre Kit. 

3. Do you wear your hair in the same style everyday or change it?

I mostly just leave it down and au natural. Especially in the summer. I change it up sometimes and will straighten it or curl it, or plait it. It depends on my mood and where I'm going. 

4. Do you do your own mani/pedi or go to a salon?

Luckily for me my sister is a professional nail technician and my boyfriend has a nail salon (he doesn't do nails, just owns it)! So since I can remember I've had my nails done professionally by my sister wherever she has been working.

5. How often do you change your nail polish?

It depends, I get Shellac a lot because I hate chipped nails, so if I get Shellac then once every 1-2 weeks. If not then twice a week.

6. Do you polish your toes in the winter or just in the summer?

As much as I try not to put polish on my feet in the winter, I simply can't stand feet without polish! So unfortunately I do it all year round.

7. How long does it take you to put your make up on?

It depends where I'm going and how long I have, but roughly around 15 minutes, sometimes it can be longer, sometimes quicker if I'm in a rush.  

8. What do you do first face or eyes?

I always apply foundation and concealer first then eyes, sometimes I do bronzer, blusher or powder before or after, depends on what I'm doing.

9. Do you collect make up or just buy it when you need it?

Collect. Shamefully. Some things I do try to only buy when I need them like primer and foundation, but somehow I still end up with several at a time.

10. How often do you wear false eyelashes?

Fun fact: I have never actually wore them.

I have pretty long lashes anyway and I'm not a fan of anything looking too fake on my face. I probably will experiment with them at some point, but as of now I've never felt the need to.

11. Do you do a full face of make up every day?

Nope. If I have nothing to do or nowhere to be then I don't wear make up or I'll wear a little bit. Typically eyeliner and lip balm.

12. Do you wear make up when your home alone or with the family?

Usually no. However sometimes I just like to put it on, I really enjoy applying make up, so if I'm with family indoors for a few days and I haven't wore any for a few days then I just will for the sake of it.

13. Will you leave the house without make up?

Yes, and I do quite often. However, like I said, I just like to apply it and where it, so I sometimes just will even to pop to the shop.

14. How many high end products do you have?

I don't own too many high end products, I love drug store make up, however this year I'm going to branch out and splurge on more high end make up.

15. Do you plan your OOTD every night or decide when you're getting dressed?

If I have a party or something on then I will try to figure it out ahead of time, but for day to day life, I just choose when I'm getting dressed.

16. How often do you change your handbag?

Not very often. I have a few handbags, I tend to buy a new one every 3-4 months, I switch up my day to day bag between a big one and a small shoulder bag quite often depending on where I'm going.

17. What time do you wake up and go to sleep?

This changes constantly! Lately I've been going to sleep around 1am and waking up around 11am. I need lots of sleep or I'm grumpy!

18. How often or when do you work out?

Lately I've been trying to work out more, aiming to do it 3-4 times a week. I work out typically in the afternoon or evening, I don't have much energy in the morning.

19. Left or right handed?

Left.

20. How tall are you?

5"6 exactly.

21. Do you speak any foreign languages?

Nope! I can say I love you in about 5 languages ha! I studied French for two years but I only know a handful of words. I know a few words in different languages but not enough to string a sentence together :( my boyfriend is Vietnamese so I also know quite a few words in that language. I would love to learn a language!

22. How many pets do you have?

None :( we had a cat, but we don't have her anymore due to a long story! Hopefully we can get another soon :( 

23. How often are you on Blogger?

Everyday. I don't blog everyday but I'm here every day.

24. Do you read comments posted on blogs?

I don't typically read comments on other people's blogs. But I read every comment on my own.

25. Do you keep a list of products to try as you see other posts?

Yes, I have a five page list in my notebook...oops!

26. How did you come up with your blog name?

I have no idea. It doesn't serve much meaning, I just quickly choose something.

27. What kind of camera do you use for photographs?

I use a Nikon Coolpix S9200. It was a gift from my boyfriend for last year's birthday and I love it.

28. How often do you clean your house?

I'm currently in between places as I'm moving next week. But usually every day because we have a small place.

29. What's your favourite colour?

I don't have one. I love any pastel colour. In fact I like most colours...

30. Do you swear?

More than I should.

31. What are you doing with the rest of the day?

Probably take some pictures for upcoming blog posts, workout, watch a few episodes of revenge and eat. 

Well that was pretty long, feel free to do the tag too! And let me know if you do so I can have a read! Have a lovely day.

V05 Heat Defence

If you asked me what my biggest beauty sin was, not applying heat protector would definitely be up there.
However, a few months ago this number found its way into my ever growing collection of products. I've used V05 a little before but since their new range came out I didn't get around to trying anything. What I like about thks product is that it's literally fuss free, you just apply a small amount to the ends of your hair and you're done. I find my frizz slightly tamed and I can rest knowing I am doing something good for my locks.
Have you tried this?
What's your favourite heat protectant?

Charles Worthington Texturising Spray

After hearing a lot of hype around this product and it being named the 'Oribe Texturising Spray', I knew I had to give it a go.

After trying and testing it for a few days I can now report back my thoughts on this product. 

Firstly, it does give volume, it adds a lot of texture to your hair which I can't really complain about. 

However, in my opinion this product feels a lot like hairspray, it smells like hairspray and it feels a lot like it whilst in my hair which I'm personally not a huge fan of seems I'm not really a hair product user. This is also an issue as it leaves me wanting to wash my hair straight away which is not great if you're using this production a daily basis. 

My final thoughts: if you don't mind a lot of product in your hair and you're used to that then I highly recommend this if you're looking for voluminous hair. However if you're like me and not really used to too much product and like your hair to feel clean constantly, then I'd probably steer clear.

As for it being a Oribe dupe, I can't comment as I haven't tried the latter, but it does do what it says on the tin and for a fraction of the price, it's worth a try.

Fat Hair "0" Calories | Review

Recently in Superdrug as I was browsing the hair aisle for a new Shampoo, I spotted these. Samy Fat Hair "0" Calories. I've seen them before a few times as the packaging is very vibrant and eye catching and they kinda look like the stuff they use in hair salons, but I'd never tried them.

So of course, when I was running low on Shampoo and spotted these at half price I decided to pick them up, I got the Amplifying Shampoo and the Thickening Conditioner.

My hair is quite thin and damaged, it's not too thin but it could be thicker. I've never used any type of product that thickens my hair other than Lush's Big Shampoo, which I loved. 

The shampoo doesn't have much scent to it, it's kind of like a standard soapy scent, and I found you have to use quite a bit to get a good lather up, the conditioner is kind of like a gel like consistency and smells a little like hair dye. (Not the best of scents). I used slightly more conditioner than normal because the thickness of the product didn't work through my hair as well as usual.

The Verdict...

In terms of doing what it says, I didn't notice too much difference in my hair, I've used these a few times now and my hair doesn't feel or look much different. The scent isn't great and I feel like I need to use more than necessary which is quite annoying. If you can get these on offer you can try it as my hair can be quite stubborn when it comes to new shampoos and conditioners, but I wouldn't recommend paying the full £6(ish) a bottle. There's better out there.

So in general I wasn't impressed, let me know if you have tried any of the Fat Hair line and what your thought are?

Superdrug Haul

 It's difficult living in London and being faced with a Boots or a Superdrug with every corner that you turn! You pop in for a 'look' or to buy 'one thing' and come out with unnecessary purchases such as a nude lipgloss and more new lipsticks. This is a regular occurrence for me and as I did this on Sunday I thought I'd show you what I picked up when I just popped in for a look. 

Firstly, I did need a new Shampoo and I am running low on moisturiser so I kinda needed to pick those up. I opted for this OIay Essentials Day Cream with SPF 15 as it was half price. I hadn't tried this before and I'm always on the hunt for a new holy grail moisturiser! For Shampoo I spotted the Fat Hair "0" Calories range, I see this every time I'm shopping in Superdrug and I always eye it up due to the vibrant packaging but I've never given it a chance, and as it was half price I picked up the conditioner too!

Then on to things I definitely don't need but wanted. Everything was 3 for 2 on Revlon so I kinda had to! Right?!

I picked up two lipsticks in Berry Couture and Blushed! Then a lipgloss in Super Natural. 

Reviews on everything coming soon :) 

Macadamia Natural Oil Hair Care

When it comes to looking after my hair I'm pretty lazy.

I sleep with it wet and opt for the 'just got out of bed' look, more often than not.

I shampoo and condition my hair every 2-3 days and occasionally use a hair masque or oil for it, if I'm feeling like pampering myself.

It's safe to say that over the years I've tried plenty of different brands of shampoo and conditioner, I'm never left feeling amazed by the condition of my hair, but it does the job.

However, when online shopping last week I clicked on hair care and came across the Macadamia Natural Oil brand. 

I'd heard about this brand years ago from Youtubers, I remember at that time it was so hyped up in America but nowhere to be seen in England. So when I came across this brand online I thought I'd give it a go. I didn't go for the full size of either as I didn't want to spend a lot of money on something that I had no idea my hair was going to like.

The rejuvenating shampoo smells great, it doesn't smell fruity or floral, it kinda just has an old school shampoo smell that I love and it really cleans your hair and makes it feel fresh.

I used this on my hair three days ago and can still smell it.

The deep repair masquerading was what I was most excited to try.

I applied this all over my hair, left it a couple of minutes then combed through, got on with my shower then rinsed it out.

This wasn't a life changing product, but my hair did feel silky after using it.

It felt soft, healthy and clean straight away after one use.

I don't know if the improvements become even more visible with regular use, but this is definitley one that my hair liked and that I enjoyed using.

Overall I do like the products and would most likely purchase them in full size.

My hair responded well to them and would enjoy using them when my hair needs an extra boost and a deep clean but definitley not for day to day use.