List Love

I have a really big love of lists and I've no idea why that hasn't translated into my blog posts, but I figured it was time it had to happen!
I have notebooks everywhere around my room, in my bags and generally around the house with lists for anything you can imagine.

For my first list I thought I'd break in gently with a general 'Lust List'.

There's so much right now that I'm lusting over and I thought it would be a fun post to make a wish list and see if you share the same ones as me!

Here's my Top 5 Beauty Products to lust over at the moment:

Clarins Odyssey Eye Quartet Mineral Palette

This needs no introduction and absolutely no explanation.

Look at the casing!

And that gold just has to be mine.

Bobbi Brown Desert Twilight Palette

This is an absolutely perfect palette of shimmery nudes.

I haven't even seen it in store yet but still want it.

I have a friend who works for BB, will have to get her to give me a make over ;)

Alpha H Liquid Gold Serum

I've been using the Liquid Gold recently and have been loving the effects.

Ruth from A Model Recommends uses this on the nights she doesn't use the Liquid Gold, for perfect skin I would like to do the same!

Hopefully then all of my scars and spots will permanently leave my face.

Origins Make A Difference Gel

I had a sample of this from the Origins counter and loved it, it's a beautiful light gel that absorbs straight into your skin leaving no residue but fully hydrating.

Loved it!

MAC MSF

M already has this and we recently posted about it on our Sunday posts as I had the chance to use it for a night out.

Obviously as everyone else has I fell in love instantly and would quite happily apply it all over every day!

What a look ;)

So that's what I'm currently lusting over...there's plenty more to come but I thought I'd stick to beauty for now.

Do you love lists? I'm already planning my next one, there are a lot of clothes, shoes and bags I have my eyes on!

What do you have your eye on at the moment?

L xxx

NOTD Revlon Watermelon Fizz and Raspberry Rapture

When I was around L's the other day I raided her collection to paint my nails. She posted the Raspberry shade last week.

I love the scented nail varnishes. I love the novelty of your nails smelling nice. They start to smell when they dry and these really smell like the scent they say and it actually lasts. I couldn't decide between the two so decided to just do both of them.

The polishes are great quality and I only used one coat of both. It's hard to show in the photo. The watermelon fizz gave the bright pink of raspberry rapture a glittery red shade.

For a glitter polish it has a really opaque finish and gives a great coverage. I love both of these and really want to get them. 

I love the way they look together on the nail and they both look pretty on there own too. 

I want to try more of the scented polishes and more Revlon polishes in general. Especially the gel shine ones.  Revlon is such a great brand that both L and I are really loving at the moment. They have great foundations, primers and lip products that have caught my attention at the moment.

Love M

xxx

OOTD

As I was getting ready the other day I really liked what I was wearing so I snapped a few quick photos and decided to share it on here. Hope you like it.

I was lucky enough to win this gorgeous Adorning Ava spike necklace a while back from the lovely Sera from The Agoraphobic Fashionista, if you don't already read her blog it's a great one to check out. When she told me I'd won I was so pleased as it's a necklace I adore and it's the first spike thing I own. I love that it's bright colours and brightens up any outfit. You can purchase it for a very reasonable £8. It's a necklace I wear a lot when I'm having a lazy day. I also love that Adorning Ava offer free delivery. It always makes me more likely to order from a company.

I'm currently really lusting this gorgeous necklace. For £10 you can't go wrong. It's a simple statement necklace that you could wear with anything and make it look very this season!! link here

Oops dirty mirror. So the rest of my outfit was a new blazer picked up in the New Look Sale. I really like this one. I only wish it had a button. It's black with a very subtle navy dog tooth pattern. I absolutely adore the cut of it. Even though it's one that stays open it's still cut to flatter you. Annoyingly I can't find it online but it was reduced to £15 and is still in some stores.

I wore a simple black long t shirt underneath. I prefer to wear a longer cut top with skinny jeans.

The skinny jeans are one of my new favourite purchases. If you are a regular reader of my wishlist you'll know coloured skinny jeans have appeared in them regularly  Well I finally have a pair and they are a gorgeous wine/pink red and were a bargain £14.

They have them in lots of colours. I would say if you can fit in the size down go for it as they tend to get a little bit baggy towards the end of the day. I plan to pick these up in more colours soon. They are comfy and sit a bit higher on the waist so you don't have to worry about bending over and having the gapping at the back.

Have you got coloured skinnies? Do you own spike necklaces? I'm loving them.

Love M

xxx

Review: Mac MSF in Soft and Gentle

When L broke my Mac virginity back in March this was one of the first products that caught my eye as we browsed the counter. I was drawn to the pretty shimmer and was just discovering highlighters and the wonder of them at this point. This is a hugely popular Mac product and well known in the blogger world and in my opinion one well worth the hype.

It is my beautiful Mac Mineralize Skin Finish in Soft and Gentle. Excuse the messy package it is now 6 months old.  It retails for £21.50 (here). It's a soft powder with a baked texture. For the price you get loads of product. After using it every day since the end of March I'm just losing the dome shape now. So it really is going to last you a long time.

Soft and Gentle is the a warm golden slightly pinker nude skintone shade. It just adds the most beautiful lift to the skin. It's a slighty shimmery highlighter but you won't look like you're covered in glitter heading to a school disco (who else thought the glitter all over was a good look)

Look how pretty. And you can see here how it's nowhere near pan yet. I definitely think you'd get at least a years wear using it every day. I like to dust it on my cheek bones, down the bridge of my nose (with a very gentle hand) and under my brows. 

The mandatory swatch there for you. This photo is taken without flash!!

Here is a light dusting of it on the cheek for every day :)

Have you tried Mac MSF? I really want to try Lightscapade. It looks amazing!!

What's your best highlighter? I've found liquids just can't compare to this!!

Love M

xxx

I was given a highlighter powder for my 18th birthday from a family friend which was a limited edition Dior highlighter. It's in a silver case with a key ring style brush attached to the side and contains both silver/pink and yellow/gold highlighters and it has always been GREAT.

I still love it and have used it for every outing since my 18th and is still nowhere near pan whatsoever.

This combined with the fact I own high beam for a more subtle shimmer I never thought I'd actually need another highlighter for a looooooooooooong time.

I mean 6 years of usage and it barely looks like it's been used, why would i need to buy one if I've got this?

This was until M came to mine to get ready for our Reunion night out and I tried the MSF for the first time.

Unbelievable.

i couldn't believe how tiny the shimmer particles were and how easily they blended with the rest of my make up.

i genuinely couldn't believe how much of a 'glow' it gave me with one sweep across the cheeks and down my nose.

From the photos of the night you can clearly see in every single one how lush the effect is and quite frankly as soon as I get a job it will be one of the first things I will be buying!

(Along with some more Liz Earle!)

Have you tried it?

I tend to shy away from things that have been hyped up as I hate having the same as everyone else.

But I will be making an exception for this!!

L xxx