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February Favourites

Today's post is my February favourites, I only have 7 this month, but these 7 have definitely had the most use out of everything for the last 28 days so here we go...

1. MAC Studio Fix Fluid foundation £21.50

This has been my go-to, most used foundation of the month, hands down, the coverage is great, it doesn't feel heavy or cakey and the finish is matte but natural. I really have been loving it.

2. Maybelline Fit Me concealer £5.99

This is a relatively new one, but it was a love-at-first-use moment for me, its really creamy, very pigmented but not thick and very easy to blend. I have been using this over my Nars Radiant Creamy concealer (which I thought I would be using every day since buying it) and over my beloved Pro Longwear by MAC too.

3. L'oreal Miss Manga mascara £8.99

The new release from L'oreal, which I have heard a lot of negative things about, but I for one, have nothing to complain about, I really like it and I haven't even looked at another mascara since buying this one last month.

4. The Body Shop Seaweed Mattifying day cream £10

This is definitely holy grail for me now, and I'm nearly running out. I love the smell for a start, its such a refreshing scent to put on your face first thing in the morning, wakes me right up! On more important matters it really is mattifying but not drying by any means, my face doesn't feel stiff, just hydrated and smooth. Perfect.

5. Soap & Glory One Heck of a Blot powder £12

This was a purchase from last month too and one I have used everyday, it has totally taken over from my Rimmel Stay Matte powder, which I do still love but I have found this one to be just that little bit lighter on the skin, no cake feel no matter what.

6. Bobbi Brown Shimmer Brick highlighter £32

I have had this little gem for a very long time, but after seeing the new Revlon versions released I figured I really should get more use out of it, so I did, I have been using it on my cheekbones and down the bridge of my nose very lightly for a nice but natural glow.

7. Organix Brazilian Keratin Therapy anti-breakage serum £6.99

This wonderful little bottle full of beautiful smelling serum has been great for my fly aways. I don't straighten my hair too much these days, mainly because I'm lazy but I have used this every time and its so good, not greasy at all, it applies like a super light weight oil and frizz and fly aways are a thing of the past. Usually I would get frizzy just by looking at the rain, but with this, nuh-uh!!

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Sunday Make Up

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Today I thought I would do a FOTD post and just show you guys what products I'm currently using on a daily basis.

Firstly a new moisturiser that I recently picked up, the Seaweed Mattifying Day Cream by The Body Shop, this stuff is amazing! I can see the shine disappear from my face as soon as I rub it it, it smells really clean and doesn't leave my face feeling stiff, just hydrated and matte looking.

After my moisturiser has dried in I have been using the Rimmel Stay Matte Primer almost every day since I got it (some days I forget, I'm trying to get into a routine), again I love this, it is a cream formula so it just dries right in, it doesn't just sit on the skin like Porefessional or Baby Skin, it doesn't feel drying, it just smooths and mattifies and it definitely prolongs the life of my foundation.

For foundation I have been using MAC Studio Fix Fluid, I have done a full review on this (yesterday's post) but overall, it is a full coverage foundation, that blends in seamlessly and hides all my imperfections, there is very little need for concealer with this one.

I find that the concealer that works best with the Studio Fix Fluid is the MAC Pro Longwear Concealer, which I love for its thin consistency but great pigmentation. I just take half a pump of this and dab it where I need it and blend it in with a stippling brush. Voila.

For under my eyes I have been testing out this Nars Radiant Creamy Concealer, again it is very pigmented so I just use two splodges of this under each eye and then tap it in with my finger.

For my eyelids I now try not to go ever them with my foundation brush when I am doing my foundation because I find the more layers I put on, the more likely they are to crease. So on my naked eyelid I apply MAC Painterly Paint Pot pretty much up to my eyebrow, one thin layer covers everything.

Cheeks have been easy, I have been going back to my old faithful MAC blush in Giggly, a real Barbie pink shade, which is great for winter for that naturally flushed look.

My face powder is a new one too, it's the One Heck Of A Blot by Soap & Glory, which has taken over from my Rimmel Stay Matte powder, I'm really liking it, it's really light texture so you can barely feel it on the skin and it doesn't look cakey when you layer it up.

For highlighter, I've been using my favourite of all time High Beam by Benefit, because its perfect and long lasting. I just use this under my brows, down my nose and on my Cupid's bow, I rarely use it on my cheek bones, I usually use a powder highlighter for that, but with my bad skin at the moment, the last thing I want to do is highlight those areas.

Eyes, I have been in love with my Naked Basics palette by Urban Decay ever since I bought it, it's just so wearable. I gravitate towards 'Walk of Shame' for all over my lid, then 'Naked 2' in the crease and a tiny bit of 'Faint' for the outer corners. I have also been testing out Faint as an eyebrow shader, and it's actually a perfect colour for me, so I'm going to try and get an idividual shadow for that.

For mascara I have been using the Miss Manga mascara by L'oreal, every single day, I love it, it's such a light daytime mascara that seperates every lash and defines them really well.

For quick eyebrows I always use my Veluxe Brow Liner by MAC, mine is in the shade Deep Dark Brunette, it's just definitely the easiest and quickest ways to get brows done.

I change my lip products every day, depending on how I feel, what I'm wearing, what I'm going to be doing in the day etc. but I have been using these two products a lot since I bought them, one is the Maybelline Colorsensational Lipstick in the shade 132 Sweet Pink, a really natural, everyday, nude pink shade, with a slight sheen that looks so pretty on. The other is Revlon Super Lustrous Lipgloss in the shade 215 Super Natural, again a pretty nude pink shade, perfect for day time, really glossy and really pretty, I have done reviews on both of these recently because I love them so much.

Hope this was a helpful Face Of The Day/ Mini Review post.

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Major Haul Part 1

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Erm, I accidentally bought all of this stuff yesterday.

I'm going to split this haul into two posts or else it will be very long, so this one will be Make Up and the next one will be Skincare & Haircare. (I am not going to include the fashion as you can see everything from the picture). Enjoy!

So firstly the 'Drugstore' make up, I went to Superdrug first where I picked up the MUA Powder Blusher in Cupcake and the NYC Cheek Glow in West Side Wine. Then I went to Boots and got a few of my most wanted, the L'oreal True Match foundation, and there was a buy one get one half price offer on L'oreal so I managed to get the Miss Manga Mascara for half price, I also got Soap & Glory's One Heck of a Blot because ever since I heard EssieButton talk about how it's her favourite I have wanted to try it and lastly I picked up the Rimmel Fix & Perfect Primer, I actually wanted the Stay Matte Primer but they didn't have it and I liked the fact that this was a cream so I thought I'd give it a go.

Now for the 'High End' part, I had to go to MAC as I had some empties to return so I swapped them for a Satin finish lipstick in the shade Snob which had been on my wanted list, next on the agenda was re matching myself for the Pro Longwear Concealer, so a lovely lady helped me and as I suspected I was an NC15, I also picked up a new bottle of the Studio Fix Fluid because I haven't had one for years and reading about it made me want one again (also in the shade NC15). Next I went to House Of Fraser to get my Nars Radiant Creamy Concealer, they were out of the shade Vanilla which I think would be my perfect match but I chose to get Chantilly anyway as lighter is better than darker and I've been dying to test the consistency of this out. Last but not least I hit the Urban Decay counter, again because of EssieButton, and picked me up a Naked Basics Palette.

I will be doing reviews on a lot of these products once I have had some real time to test them out so watch out for them if you are interested in buying any of these.

Part 2 will be up tomorrow (Skincare and Haircare).

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