Current Favourites - January-March 2013

Hey lovelies, so I know I haven't wrote a post in a while but I've had some stuff going on in my personal life and have needed some time off from everything, hope you understand!

So I'm coming back with my current favourites and I've decided to do one of these every three months just because I don't change many things that often.

 This is an overview of some of my favourites, others will be mentioned at the end.

Make-up & Skincare:
1. At the start of the year I bought the benefit boxed blush in coralista and I have used it ever since when I have worn make-up. I apply it with the MAC 168 brush which you can also see above. The blush is really subtle but can be builded which I really like as I don't need to worry as much about applying too much at the start and if I need more I can always add some more on top. The blush also has a really lovely shimmer to it so subtly highlights your cheeks as well. One less product to use is always a bonus if you're lazy like me.
2. For my eyebrows I love using powder and have really loved using MAC charcoal brown to fill mine in! I apply this with the real techniques brow brush which can be found in the starter kit at boots. I like quite a strong brow but you can also use it to achieve a more subtly filled in brow if you just want to fill in any sparse areas.
3. My favourite mascara has to be Maybelline the Falsies Black Drama. It just gives me such voluminous lashes without being clumpy.
4. As for lipstick, I really love a red. I own quite a few even though I really don't need the amount of reds I have (however, I just tell myself that it's ok because they're different shades and textures haha). The one I've been LOVING recently is MAC Russian Red which I got for christmas. It's a matte formula but isn't too drying.
5. In march boots were doing an offer where if you spent £10 or more on soap and glory stuff you got a free body butter. I didn't get to choose the one I got as they were giving away that particular body butter however I really like it! The sugar crush body wash and scrub are an essential for me when I really want to pamper myself. The scent of the lime lingers for a while after you shower so I always end up smelling myself haha how weird! the body butter is the butter yourself body butter which is really fruity and really nourishing!

Film & TV:
1. I absolutely love the hunger games it's seriously one of my all time favourites. If you haven't already seen it I would seriously recommend it! I'm not going to go into detail about the film as I don't want to give anything away to people who haven't seen it however from me it definitely gets 5 stars! I honestly can't wait for november for Catching Fire to come out in cinemas!
2. Any film with Aaron Johnson in I'm most likely going to watch! Also I love the beatles and was introduced to this film by a friend of mine! Nowhere Boy is basically about John Lennon before the beatles when he was younger! The film is absolutely AMAZING!
3. I am a massive fan of house, it's definitely one of my favourite TV shows! I have 4 seasons of it and started to watch from season 1 again in february!

Books:
1. If you have seen The Huger Games I think I should probably inform you of the books if you haven't already read them. They are definitely better than the films and have much more detail to them! I couldn't put them down when I read them. Seriously they are awesome!
2. My second book favourite is The Perks of Being a Wallflower which is kinda hard to explain but seriously I couldn't recommend it enough. I don't know if any boys have read this because I only know girls who have, but if you're a boy and have read this book let me know what you thought of it!
- Just a quick note to add, I bought a kindle recently and have really been getting into my reading so if you would like any separate blog posts of book reviews please let me know in the comments!

Music Favourites!
1. Mirrors - Justin Timberlake

2. The album 'What did you expect from the Vaccines?' by The Vaccines (well done Mollie), but in particular the song Post Break Up Sex, It's a really catchy song!

3. This Is What Makes Us Girls - Lana Del Rey

Random Favourites:
1. In february I went to the Warner Brothers Studio Tour in London and if you are a massive potterhead (like moi) and you haven't been... YOU HAVE TO GO!!!!!!
2. Cherry Coke, can't get enough of it!
3. Raspberry Jelly...

I hope you all liked this post guys and if you have anything you would like to see on my blog then please feel free to leave any requests in the comments! Speak to you soon!xo

What's in my travel make-up bag?

Ok, so I'm spending half term at my nans and I thought, what better to post next than a what's in my make-up bag (travel edition)!

So this is my make-up bag:

 It's from next about a year ago so I can't remember how much it was but it's a really nice tan colour with a colour block of orange.

Now for what's inside:

This is an overview of all the products I bring with me to my nans, the only item I bring more than one of is lipstick because I can never stick to one colour.

The clinique anti blemish foundation is my absolute favourite at the moment! Along with the rest of the line (which I mentioned in my skincare post). I apply this with the real techniques experts face brush. I then use the deluxe crease brush (also from real techniques) to apply the clinique even better concealer. The foundation is in the shade 04 fresh vanilla and the concealer is in the shade bisque. My all time favourite powder is the rimmel stay matte which is in the colour 004 sandstorm.

I use eyeshadow to fill in my eyebrows as I find it looks more natural than using a pencil even though I like my eyebrows to be quite strongly filled in. I use the real techniques brow brush to do this. At the moment my favourite mascara is maybelline the falsies black drama, it's absolutely amazing! If I feel like using eyeliner I go for the rimmel london waterproof gel liner in black 001.

The eyeshadow I use to fill in my brows is MAC charcoal brown. You can see it more clearly in the image above.

On my cheeks I just use some bronzer on an angled brush. The one I use at the moment is nars laguna on a MAC 168.

 These are all the lip products I bring with me. I bring a range of colours which I will go through. Before I apply any lipstick I use a lip scrub. My favourite is the lush sweet lips lip scrub.

 These are the drugstore lip products I bring. From left to right: Revlon lip butter in 015 Tutti Frutti, Maybelline color sensational in 550 Cherry Candy and Rimmel Apocalips lip lacquer in 303 Apocaliptic. The revlon one is what I wear when I want an orange lip, the maybelline lipstick I wear when I want a sheer red lip and when I want a bold dark pink lip I go for the rimmel apocalips which I'd say is a dupe in colour for MAC girl about town.

 I bring 2 nudes with me both from MAC. The first is in the colour Kinda Sexy and on the right of Kinda Sexy is Jubilee. Kinda Sexy is a neutral rosey-pink and Jubilee is more of a brown toned nude.

My bolder lip options from MAC are Russian Red and Lickable. Lickable is a permanent colour I just have it in the recent christmas packaging.

Lip Product Swatches:

Top: Revlon Lip Butter in Tutti Fruitti
Bottom: Maybelline Color Sensational in Cherry Candy
Left to Right: MAC Russian Red (Matte Finish), MAC Kinda Sexy (Matte Finish), MAC Jubilee (Lustre Finish), MAC Lickable (Cremesheen Finish) and Rimmel London Apocalips in Apocaliptic.

I also bring along my Kiss Eyelash Curlers which you can buy in boots.

What make-up do you bring with you when travelling? Are there any products you think I should try?