SP BEAUTY

After a friend recently sent me a video of her taking her make up off using only the Face Halo and water I logged straight onto Amazon Prime and ordered myself a pack of 3, I cringed slightly at the price, £18 for a pack of 3 when I can go to Ikea and get 4 flannels for £1?? I went along with it though, as the assurance from my friend that these would be life changing was too persuasive to ignore and I needed all of the small wins in life that I could get my hands on.  The following day, after my super speedy delivery (let's take a second to appreciate Amazon Prime) I counted down the minutes until it was time to remove the day from my face. I wet the cloth/ pad with warm water and began swiping it over my make up covered skin and to my amazement I could automatically see the pigment transferring straight onto the pad with absolutely no scrubbing. Bearing in mind this is without using any kind of cleanser, which I just could not wrap my head around. I was highly sceptical wh...

I have tried writing and re-writing this post countless times and I just can't seem to conjure up the right words or emotions to express the thoughts whirling around my head. I'm not entirely sure what my intentions are, still while writing this with the possibility of even 1 person reading this but my urge to share outweighed my urge to stay quiet in this instance. I know I speak for so many people around the UK when I say how shocked and devastated I was to hear about the news of Caroline Flack recently. It has really thrown me and I just can't seem to shake the heaviness at the pit of my stomach. The idea that someone could have reached such a low that they see no other option but to stop living is a concept that really truly scares me. Not because I can't understand why someone could feel like that, but because I genuinely can see how fragile life is and that the difference between life and death seems so unconcerning when you allow yourself to reach the edge...

If you've been keeping up with the world of skincare, you will be aware of the infamous The Ordinary, a skincare brand priding themselves on their no-fuss packaging and back to basic ingredients, aiding in their low and unbeatable prices. At first I thought the price tags were too good to be true and in true beauty addict style I was instantly logged into my LookFantastic account making an order.  Here is my verdict on the top picks from the brand: My fave of all of their products that I've tried so far - The Natural Moisturizing Factors + HA. I adore this really thick, creamy moisturiser as a part of my night-time skincare routine, you can really feel this one doing bits for your skin and the added hyaluronic acid works wonders at plumping and targeting deep within the skin. I'm also not mad at the price tag £6.75 for 100ml! The Caffeine Solution Eye Gel - Being half Indian my eye bags come as part of the olive skinned package and it seems that no ...

Although my student status has enforced an involuntary decrease in my spending budget, my interest in trialling beauty products has prevailed. Therefore, I've taken upon myself to find the best of the best when it comes to drugstore products. Skin is one of the hardest product areas to get right in my opinion - what works for me might completely not work for you and vice versa. But I thought I would inject my two-pennies worth into the foundation mix around this stick foundation and give my thoughts on how it worked for my dehydrated but oily skin. After hearing so many rave reviews about this foundation and its supposed similarities to Hourglass's cult fave stick foundation myself and my friend felt we needed to get our hands on L'Oreal's version. For £8.99 I felt that if this was a flop it wouldn't be a waste of a ridiculous amount of money (I'm looking at you Nars Sheer Glow for £30 a pop - even though I love you!). On first use I really liked ...

This small but mighty palette has changed my eyeshadow game since purchasing it a couple of months ago within Sam and Nic’s Smashbox beauty edit box*. The Smashbox Cover Shoot Eye Palette in Ablaze is super lightweight but the choice of 8 shades aids in the perfect mix & match combination to create a multitude of looks at different intensities. I personally love a natural everyday look using the top left pale nude shade all over the lid followed by the matte rusty colour in the crease, the pink shimmery shade (far left) over top and then I use the darkest brown (far right) as a liner which I smudge into the lash line and then create a little smudged out flick. The mirror is the perfect size to travel with and you’re able to create so many different looks with this tiny palette that it is the perfect holiday/ travel companion. As I’m back and forth from home to uni so much this is the only eye palette I’ve been reaching for. *( https://m.smashbox.co.uk/product/12046/73159/p...

Often we associate spending more money on products as them being of an exceptionally higher quality and although this can definitely be the case for many products it is not always so.  I have been loving reaching for my Revolution Conceal and Define concealer recently on a day-to-day basis as a full-proof way of ensuring my make up looks as good as can be. I mainly use this in a lighter shade than my skin tone (usually C6), applied liberally under the eyes. As previously mentioned, I was not blessed in the eye-bag department and so I need all of the help I can get. This concealer is a really creamy formula and blends into the skin really smoothly whilst still giving a really great amount of coverage.  There are 25 shades available which I think is really amazing, especially for how much of a bargain it is as you are bound to find a shade that matches your skin colour and tone! A little tip that I have loved using as well is buying a darker shade of this, I th...

After trialling a fair few alternatives I think I have found myself firmly settled on a favourite mascara courtesy of L'Oreal's Lash Paradise (£11.99). This drugstore mascara has been repurchased too many times to count and I can't imagine going elsewhere for the foreseeable future.  The hair-like bristles create natural separation and a thick enough coating of the lashes to really open up the eyes whilst avoiding the dreaded spidered look. The only downside I can think of is that, like with many mascaras, when you buy a new one the formula can be a bit too wet and sticky at first but this really quickly firms up once it has been opened.  This is one that will definitely be sticking around in my make up bag until anything else comes close!

A really quick post to say I'm back and I intend on staying back! The beginning of 2020 has been a difficult one for me and in order to pull myself out of the hole I found myself slowly descending into I wanted to go back and do the things I have enjoyed the most in my time! AKA blogging. No matter if I am just talking to myself, I intend on delving back into my love of make up and beauty products and sharing that love on a platform I have thought about ever since I left.  I want to be able to look back at the end of 2020 and feel really accomplished in the effort I put into not only my studies (I'm a final year at University) but also into doing the things that bring me genuine joy.  So here goes...