October Favourites

It's October :) I'm currently sat on my bed and looking out of my window, the sky is a blue/grey and the trees are extremely bare. I feel as if it has only been Autumn for a week, the weather has turned a little chilly and the leaves have just dropped in one go. 

Every Autumn I think to myself I must take some pretty "autumn" based pictures as the area I live in is very photogenic. I never do, but any photo I take would never capture the true beauty of the moment anyway. 

This months first favourite is actually astory, it happened this morning but I feel it is super cute. 

Being helpful towards my mother this morning I hung the washing on the line for her (it was all her clothes so no benefit towards me) when my 6 year old cocker spaniel ran up to me, sat on the wet grass and started whimpering. So I picked him up, went over to mum and she informed me he was being a drama queen and wanted to play ball. He'd been very patient for hours waiting by his toys whilst I slept and mum did some gardening. 
I had recently purchased him a orange and black ball with a rope handle. After a couple of throws up and down the garden he came bouncing back without it (he has the attention span of a peanut sometimes). When I called "go find it" to get the game back going again, he went bouncing off and picked up a leaf...a big orange leaf that he thought was his ball. Much to his disgrace he spat it out of his mouth very quickly then ran to his toy. 
Reading back I guess it's one of those story where you had to be there. But it's still going in my favourites :). 

Don't revise Lissay, play with me instead!

Now for a slightly more normal favourite...although this has to be another "you had to be there" story, maybe even "I love him so everything is cute about him" story too. 

Lush recently brought out their autumn winter range. Which of course includes snow fairy. It smells so amazing ! The scent is candy floss, I have not smelled candy floss before, only eaten it. I would say it's smells a little bit stronger than the taste of candy floss...does that make sense to you? It is fruity, but sweet like icing sugar. I think that is the best way to describe it. 

Its pink, it's very pink. The scent lasts all day on my skin too, but then again I don't do anything which would make the scent disappear...like exercise. *slaps wrist*. 

It leaves my skin feeling very smooth also. 
I was watching TV earlier with my boyfriend, and I caught a whiff of the soap, but it did not come from me. So I sniffed his arm, we're close enough to pull moves like that off, and his face looked as if he'd been caught doing something he shouldn't. Turns out, he'd liked the smell of it so much he'd been using it too. N'awhh, he does not want a bottle for Christmas though, it's too pink for his house. 

I have got the big 500g bottle which is £11.95 and I also treated my self to the snow fairy gift set which is £22.50 and comes with 100g bottle £3.75, snow fairy sparkle shimmer bar £4.95, the god mother soap £3.10 and the magic wand reusable bubble bar £5.25. Turns out if I had brought it all separately it would have been £5.45 cheaper. I will not make that mistake again! Looking forwards to bath time later though :)

I have had very problematic skin recently...It's a hormone thing. I have acne tablets and cream but this does not always keep them at bay. My chin has been extremely red, sore, swollen and painful for what seems like a month, but is more a week, week and a half maybe. Some days it feels like i have a grazing muzzle on because it can be painful to eat...which just makes me want to eat more as I find food very comforting. 

In order to help relieve the sting and reduce redness I have been using the Body shop tea tree face mask - suitable for blemished skin £10 for 100 ml along with my witch anti blemish redness relief moisturiser. Although I still have the spots, these products have been a god send! They have really reduced redness and soreness. The tea tree elements in the face mask are instantly cooling and the moisturiser has a green tint to it which instantly covers redness and then the calming ingredients, such as witch hazel help to calm any irritation and sensitivity within the skin. I do not know how I coped before I had these products. As much as I'd loved to do a before and after shot of the moisturiser i do not fancy putting a picture of my acne in my favourites. I'm sure you'll appreciate it too.

That is it for this month, not a lot but these products have made a difference in my month :) 

Rose Golden Luxury Set Zoeva brushes

Along with all the other pennies I've spent recently, part of what I was saving for, my most exciting purchase, is my shiny new Rose Golden Luxury Set Zoeva brushes.

I've heard good reviews about the quality of these brushes. They are certainly living up to their reviews. They are super soft, this is down to the mix of sypethic and natural fibres. They are good with the mixture of powders and creams in my makeup door. Application wise the 102 silk finish is excellent with my new Nars foundation, and 231 luxe pettit crease is the perfect size for my eye crease and makes a smoky eye a dream to create. These are deffinately my two favourite brushes out of the set of 8.

They are a very ellegent looking set due to the rose gold which makes them stand out from all my other brushes.

The set also comes with a handy little cute travel case. My photography skills are not that great but they do look really good.

I also purchased the cleanser, some eye shadow pallets & eyeliner

Septmeber Favourites

Hellooo September!

This month is one of my favourite months of the year (obviously July trumps them all as it consist of my birthday!) as we start to see Autumn creep in slowly and we say goodbye to the summer. As much as I love summer you cannot beat hot chocolates around the fire, pumpkin carving and leaves crunching under my boots. I know, complete cliche, but I love it, and frankly in my mind, that is all that matters. 

In respect to September being one of my favourite months, what better time to list my first favourites blog. =]

One item that I have been truly loving, in the very small time that I have had it, is my Zoella Beauty Mist "blissfull mistfull". It has a very delicate, light smell to it, I cannot describe it using adjectives that match a particular item, although it is very sweet and fruity, a theme which runs through the Zoella Beauty range. It is not over power, a few squirts last throughout the day. One negative I do have about the product is the spray part of the packaging, the spritz broke =[. So instead of having a light mist sprinkled over me, I get what I can only describe as a water pistol squirt leaving a wet mark on my clothing. Easy fix for the clothing...spray the skin instead! This however, has not ruined the product for me, just means I have to think when applying it. The detail to the rest of the packing I do really like, Its a clear bottle with what appears to be a rose gold coloured scent inside and a cute dark metallic coral lid. Two colours which I really like. Well done Zoella, a product I am no doubt sure you are proud to have you name on as you should do.

Another item I have been really enjoying is the Bodyshop Sumptuous Cleansing Butter Comomile. This cleanser aims to melt away impurities and remove all types of makeup. I used to use the Emma Hardie Moringa Cleansing Balm but this is quite expensive (£36 for 100ml) so when I found a high street product with the same standard of effectiveness my bank account was relieved. Although I do still have a pot of the Emma Hardie for special occasions. I use this balm every night to remove either BB cream or foundation as well as waterproof and non waterproof eye makeup. It really does make the task effortless to the point where I no longer see taking my makeup off as a task. It actually removes the makeup unlike a makeup wipe which just seems to smudge it all around my face. One thing I am always really careful about is my eyes as they are fairly sensitive. The bodyshop cleanser is wonderful, it does not irritate my eyes at all, even after using it for a month solid. It also leaves my skin feeling super smooth and refreshed after use, it also leaves a lovely fresh sent to my skin. 

As you can see hear my pot is nearly gone and you do not need to use much at all. A new one one been purchased. 

I recently had a little splurge over at Estee Lauder and as a result I got a free goodie bag, this consisted of many items, but one I really like was the mini lipstick .

It is a gold/pink tone, not quite an autumn colour more of a spring colour, but nevertheless it is still wearable this season due to the gold. Which makes me happy as I love pink so I can get away with it in a fashionable manner. It is very subtle but as the light catches it, it shows it's true potential. I like this factor as I am not confident enough to pull off a bold coloured lipstick, I am working my way to it though!  It also had a very fruity lipstick smell to it. 

In the light

Not in the light

Over the weekend I treated myself to a new pair of socks. Because I like socks, especially with pictures on them. When I was in new look I spotted a pair of navy blue socks with ginger bread men and candy canes on. Who could resist them, and at this time of year!?! They had to be purchased instantly. Other than that though they are just normal socks.  

Yehh, so my feet are not the smallest.

Hair. It's that time of year where its hats or dry ends. I do like my hair and I do put a fair bit of effort into it and on that basis I like to have it on show. Due to the change in weather it does take a bit of a battering and the ends get very dry. So I dug down in my half used box and re-discovered my miracle hair oil by schwarzkopf. This is a finishing treatment, I am not sure what exactly it is supposed to do, but for me it leaves my hair feeling silky smooth and healthy. This is a product I tend only to use in the colder months as come summer my hair does not dry out so much and I feel it a waist of money to use. Don't get me wrong, my hair dries out in summer to but a monthly hair mask does the trick. One of the bonuses to this product is it speeds up drying too! I don't know how, but it says it in all the descriptions and actually works! Wow, magic is the only explanation. Although it is featured in my September favourites I only started using it again a couple of days ago, but it works instantly so felt it is justified to belong in this post. 

Not a great picture but I am no photographer.

I have many other favourites too but not enough words in my brain, so here are some pictures. 

I do love a good cream eye shadow
and think this colour is right for
autumn, and i really like purple. 

06 Current Desire, Estee Lauder, my new
Autumn colour pallet. 

Zoeva - 102 silk finish & 

235 contour shader making

application a dream

Much better than I thought
it would be. Glad I brought
it, not glad I paid circa
£11 in WHSmith and
walked into tesco to
see it at £4. 

Lovely colour for this time of year.

Works wonders! Came in my
pink parcel. 

Very pretty bold pink,
i'm branching out!

All gone :(

Fan girl yes, but I also really liked this. 

Again, fan girl, but as you can see my other
candle ran out. 

Perfect for a light coverage.

Lovely moose texture. Works well
and came in my pink parcel