July Favourites 2015
July has been an interesting month beauty wise, I have my usual make-up bits but this time I have a couple of hair related things too! The majority of these
favourites are quick and easy to use things, convenient beauty bits which last
well and look good. Lets start with my base of the month a newbie, which I
refrained from opening for months because I was trying to use up a similarish
product (the Bourjois CC Cream – reviewed). However the lack of light weight
bases which were dark enough to match my summer skin finally meant I had to whip
it out and what can I say, NARS have done it again!
The NARS Pure Radiant Tinted Moisturiser (£29) in St. Moritz has
been putting the biggest smile on my face, this stuff is wonderful. Feels
lightweight, is best applied with fingers and delivers a healthy, somewhat dewy
medium coverage, blurring all imperfections whilst not masking the skin in the
slightest. This is the Queen of Tinted Moisturisers, at first it looked way too
orange, but once blended into the skin it adjusts very well and the added bonus
of SPF 30 means it’s become a daily staple. It does seem to become a little shiny around 6 hours later, so I recommend setting the TM if you have oily skin.
The Topshop Brow Pencil in Spike (£6.00) was a bit of a struggle to
learn how to get along with, but now I’ve figured it I can quickly fill in my
brows within a minute. I still love the ABH Dipbrow, but it does take a lot more
time than a convenient pencil – since this shade is so dark a tiny bit goes a
long way. Another new product in my collection, has been the much hyped about Kiko long lasting shadow sticks (£6.90) this one being the shade 28. When I saw they were
having a 50% off sale I had to pick some up to see what the fuss was
about, especially when a handful of them were only around the £3 price tag. This
shade I took with me on my weekend away to London, a nude/light pink brightening colour with tiny flecks on glimmer. It works well alone and as a base too. They’re creamy, blend easily and last a decent
amount of time on the eyelids, once I’ve had the chance to use the all I’ll be
reporting back soon!
A rediscovery this month has been of the Rimmel Scandaleyes Shadow Paints (£1.00 ) particularly the shade Golden Bronze which I reviewed ages ago
here. I have loved doing my eye makeup super quickly and the speed of
these shadow paints is amazing! The doe-foot applicator means its on the lids in
two seconds and I spend another 2 blending the stuff out et voila, eyeshadow is
all done! It’s nice and opaque too meaning I don’t have to worry about applying
a base or layering it up. Sometimes you can find these shadow paints on
Fragrance Direct for a bargain price of a quid, so keep an eye out they’re
handy to have around!
Another golden shade I’ve been loving is the Colour Pop Super Shock shadow in Get Lucky ($5.00). It’s a totally different shade to the Rimmel one,
cooler toned and slightly antiquish? but regardless there’s something about
golden hues that merge so well with brown eyes AND look like a whole lot more
effort than it actually takes. The formula of the Colourpop metalic shadows are
delightful, you only need to spend a couple of seconds patting down the shadow
with your finger and you’re good to go. I usually like to build it up a little
but a light wash is excellent too.
The ColourPop Lippie Stix in ‘Brink’ ($5.00) isn’t exactly a summer shade, as you’ll see from the swatch below, but who really cares – I love it! It’s probably three shades deeper than my natural lip colour and the one inspired by that famous Kylie lip we all know so well. I am so impressed with the lasting power of the matte lippie stix! I wore it to the Safari Park and it stayed in tact and pretty flawless for at least 7 hours, fading only a tiny bit when I ate lunch (fish and chips). I did not expect it to be so long lasting, yet creamy and pigmented with one swipe. Now I just want to find a cheaper way to get more :'(
Here are the swatches for everything:
These are all one swipe, the get lucky shade is a light wash, you can build it up more which is equally as beautiful ^_^
On to the first hair products ever talked about on my blog, these are
certainly something special! With shampoo I normally use whatever we have at home which does a good job and none that I have used in the past have actually left me wanting to buy them again. I have dry hair and I know the best remedy is an overnight coconut oil mask, but I often cannot be
bothered with that D: Along came the Dove Damage Solutions Intensive Repair Shampoo (£2.69) and it really did what it said on the bottle! I can actually say I feel like my hair is stronger, shiny and less dry too – those Keratin Repair Actives really do seem to be doing something and yes I shall be repurchasing this again. The second hair related item is probably the biggest bargain I have purchased this year.
I picked up the Beautybay Ionic Hairdryer for £16, reduced
from £40! We have an old hair-dryer, but this was such a bargain I couldn’t say no! Especially as it’s a
hairdryer, blow dryer and has a large thingymabob see I told
you I don’t know how to talk to about hair related things! in one go. I’m not generally one to use heat on my hair, but to be honest the convenience of this has meant I can manage hair washing and drying quickly, morning or night.
That is about it for my July favourites! Excuse my rustyness on talking about hair products, its certainly something new for me, but its nice to find hair products that are worth sharing with you all ^_^