Boudoir Prive; October Box

So it's that time of month again, I really can't believe this is the 3rd Boudoir Privé box, how quick does 3 months fly? It's scary! Haha, this month has been an absolute beaut, I think this is my favourite box so far, the samples seem bigger, more relevant and all in all lovely products. It's the first time I've really been over the moon happy about my box, and just as I was beginning to wonder if these boxes were for me, this arrived and won me over!

I can't BELIEVE this box of lovelyness only cost me £10! Such a good deal, and a lot of fantastic products to give a go!

First thing to catch my eye was the Korres Body Butter. Now I'm not going to lie, I love a good body butter, I'm never really without one with my dry skin. This smells so lush and after using it last night I woke up with the softest skin! Definitely a winner and costing £12.50 full size it's probably within budget for a repurchase!

Next is the Studio Makeup Liner Style Pen. I'm pretty sure this is full size and retailing for £12.50, we've already made up the cost of the box and a bit extra! I have been hunting down a good felt tip liner for ages, so this literally couldn't have come at a better time. I can't wait to try this out, I'm really hoping it lives up to my expectations, from what I've swatched it really is BLACK and not a silly grey, so fingers crossed it has good staying power too!

Next are two goodies from Cetuem, who are listed as one of the top 100 beauty brands by Harper's Bazaar (fancy huh?!). I am forever buying face masks, so I can't wait to try out the illuminating mask, and the Créme de lite should be a little treat for my skin used morning and night. Both are said to brighten the skin and eliminate uneven skintones so it should be interesting to see if they live up to it!

Next up a perfume sample, "Siwa" by Memo Paris. Now I never really hold out much hope for perfume samples in these boxes, it's not surprising really when perfume is such a personal thing. However this months offering I actually quite like. It's probably not something I'd repurchase purely because it's REALLY sweet, it's described as "Vanilla revealed by cereal" which as odd as it sounds, it's oddly accurate. You would have to smell it obviously to understand at all, but I'll definitely be slipping this into my handbag!

Next is the Rose & Co Rose Petal Salve. This to me is like a cheaper alternative of the Elizabeth Arden 8 Hour Cream. It's a multi-use product, soothing chapped lips, dry skin, can be used over lipstick or eye shadow, on brow bones or mixed with a shimmer powder to create a highlight. This sounds so interesting and I'm definitely popping this in my bag, such a handy product to have.

Lastly is the Leonor Greyl Huile de Palme, this intrigued me the most when I opened the box because I literally had no idea what it was! It is a pre-shampoo conditioner that promises to soften and nourish dry and damaged hair. Now with having ridiculously long hair, I'm always up for a bit of haircare so I'll definitely be trying this out!

Overall I'm really happy with this months box. The samples are a better size and definitely products and brands I'm interested and intrigued by, the whole reason I signed up for Boudoir Privé. This company are new and there are going to be ups and downs at first, but I'm hoping now the standards set that this is the way it will be from now on, fingers crossed!

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OOTD #018; Leather Legging LOVE!

Jumper; Topshop, Leggings; Topshop Wedges; New Look, Necklace; Primark

I've been updating my winter wardrobe slowly, I had to get a pair of leather leggings! They are so versatile, my favourite way of wearing them are with a massive chunky knit, but I quite like the look with this cropped jumper I have. I've also added some gorgeous chelsea boots and leopard leggings to my collection, I'm still on the lookout for a beautiful cape and the perfect chunky cardi.

What are your must haves for winter?!

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Extremely Late September Favourites!

I feel like I've majorly been neglecting my blog recently, I really haven't had a spare ten minutes, let alone a couple of hours to blog. I should start having more time on my hands soon so blogging should be back to more regularly, but please stick with me! Haha, anyway I know this is incredibly late, but I can't see these things changing anytime soon, I've tried stepping up my make up game recently and trying not to go for the whole "primer-foundation-concealer-eyeliner-mascara-red lipstick" combo that I work everyday, and swapping and changing a bit more, and these are definitely things I've been appreciating this month.

NARS Bronzer in Laguna; This is the love of my life. I've never really been that much of a bronzer girl until Bourjois and their block of chocolately bronzey loveliness came into my life, but I haven't even reached for it since this arrived. I know it's incredibly pricey for what it is, and I'm usually the last person to throw my pennies away but this really is something else, the hype is definitely justified.

Topshop Blush in Flush; This is something that had ended up shoved in my make up draw never to be seen again, but I spotted it the other day and the flame has been reignited, I can't believe I forgot what a beauty this is. I'm not really into massive pink cheeks but this gives such a natural flush to the cheeks (as the name would suggest) that I can't help but reach for it, especially when the winter months come and I look an extra off Twilight.

Eyeko Graffiti Eyeliner Pen; This is the first felt tip liner I've ever tried and it's just so much quicker to use in a morning than my gel liner. This is my new best friend when it comes to a good winged liner, incredibly easy to use and I would recommend it to anyone who wants an easy alternative to liquid liner, which just seems to equal disaster when I try and use it. 

The Beauty Parlour Lip Balm; I saw this stand in Superdrug, and it reminded me a lot of Soap and Glory with the retro looking packaging. I'm a complete pushover when it comes to buying lip balm, I just can't seem to go into Superdrug/Boots without coming out with one. This one smells and tastes like mint, it's just the nicest thing ever! I'm not sure how effective it is as a lip balm, my lips are in good condition anyway at the moment, but purely for the smell and taste it's worth the buy, so refreshing and gorgeous!

Avon Supershock MAX Mascara; This is probably the only favourite that genuinely upsets me, because I love it so much. Sadly every time I use it my eyes water like a bitch, and after one too many days of business men staring while I cry off all my sodding mascara on the train I've had to give it up. It genuinely upsets me because this is a fantastic mascara, and I've never had any problems with other mascaras before so for a while I was convinced it couldn't be to blame. Clearly though it is.

Avon Colourdisiac Lipstick in Red Hot Lips; I've been steering towards the fuchsia side of life late August/early September, but in time for Autumn I've converted back to good old red lipstick, this is my personal favourite, it smells fruity and lasts forever, I can shove this on at the start of a shift and 4 hours later it will still be just as bright and beautiful as it was when I first applied.

I've really been swapping up my face and hair routine too much to write about any products because I haven't used them long enough to form an accurate opinion. 

Hope you're all having a lovely (if not really rainy) week!

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NEW Make-up Brand Alert! FASHIONISTA @ Superdrug

For a while in my Superdrug there has been a make-up stand empty, with a coming soon sign on it. I've been so excited to see what was coming, I hadn't heard much in the blogging community at all. When I popped in yesterday the stand was made up apart from missing a few things, so I decided to have a good look. Aswell as the standard eyeliner, powder, foundations etc, there's something very different about the brand. A "customize your own palette" concept, something I haven't seen anywhere on the high street before. The palettes are made for either four eyeshadows or blushers, both are the same size so when travelling you could even put in a mix of the two. There are SO many different shades I can see this becoming my new obsession. As an introductory offer in Superdrug you can get four blushers/eye shadows and the palette for £12. Baring in mind you're talking of £11.50 for one eyeshadow in Mac, to me this is a really good deal.

The baked eyeshadows stuck out the most to me, I really love shimmery eyeshadows, and these just looked gorgeous. I picked out Bella, Gold Rush, Globe and Cosmic. These shades I would never put in a palette together, but I know I'll be picking up many more of these shades yet so I just went for the ones I really liked.

As you can see from the bottom, it's really easy to pop these eyeshadows out of the single eyeshadow cases, and the name and information goes with them so there's no worries about getting confused over what the shade name is! I like the fact these are in little single cases, as this means if I don't have room for them in a palette I can keep them protected.

I really love these shades, to me the packaging is really simple and sleek and the eyeshadows are really big for how much they cost (£4 full price). 

I was seriously impressed with the pigmentation of these beautys, if this is the show up without a primer, with the help of one these will be absolutely beautiful. My favourites have got to be Bella (far left) because this is a shade I can see myself wearing absolutely everyday, it's such a gorgeous gold champagne colour, and Cosmic (far right) because this colour really has to be seen to be believed, it will be gorgeous in the crease and bottom lash line when doing a grey smokey eye, or used as a eyeliner.

Overall, although I have only tried the eyeshadows, I'm seriously excited about this brand. I think for a while now Superdrug and Boots have had that same old feeling everytime I went in, there was nothing really new or exciting that inspired me to splash the cash, but this brand looks set to change that. I'll definitely be grabbing some more eyeshadows, trying some blushers, and ofcourse, trying out the most highly advertised product in the range, "Magnetism Nail Lacquer" which will hopefully be a cheaper alternative to the Nails Inc Magnetic Nail Polishes!

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Boudoir Prive; September Box!

There has been a bit of a mix up and I was sent two boxes, which I really need to email Boudoir Privé about but I just haven't had chance! I will be keeping both these boxes as I'm really happy with what I got! I'm sure there were more goodies this time, and there's not really anything I don't think I'll use, so I'm really impressed. 

First up, Zoya Nail Polish. These retail at £9.98 a bottle, and as the box costs £10, for somebody who loves nail polish as much as I do, this has already paid for my box. I really like the fact they added in samples of all their nail colours from their Autumn/Winter collection, it really added something a little bit more special to the box. I love both these colours, and I'll definitely be trying out both!

Mai Couture is a luxury brand that offers these fancy blotting papers. I'm not somebody who has to deal with shine very often, but there are occasions where my skin does get oily in certain places, and these will be really handy to keep in my make up bag. The little card that comes with it pretty much explains how the blotting paper works, and I really think it's a unique and different touch to the normal blotting paper.

I was really excited to see this in my box, but after smelling it, it's not really my type of scent. These little samples are really handy for keeping in your bag if you don't want to take a massive perfume bottle, so I will still get some use out of them!

I LOVE a hair product! There is such a back log of shampoo/conditioner/masks/hairspray just purely because I can't say no to trying out a new hair product. My hair has a beautiful way of drying really frizzy, and with this promising to leave hair visibly smooth, frizz-free and shiny I'm really excited to give this a go! This can be applied to both dry or wet hair, but I don't really like adding a lot of product to dry hair so I'll probably use this when my hair is wet.

Tropic Body Smooth Refreshing Polish - This was probably one of my favourite things about this box. I instantly remembered the name from the Apprentice, and I had been meaning to try out some of Susan Ma's range of skincare since the series finished. This smells LUSH, and I really cannot wait to give it a go!

Colbert MD Nourish Eye Cream; Apparently the lovely Kate Middleton and Sienna Miller use Colbert MD skincare, and if it's good enough for them, I'm sure it won't be a disappointment! for 15ml of this eye cream you'll be robbed of £90! Now obviously I won't be repurchasing, but that's what these boxes are all about right? A little pampering session each month!

Last up, Cargo Cosmetics Boogie Nights Eye Pencil. I'm really glad I got two black glitter pencils, because I rarely use any other colour eyeliner, and you can never really have enough black eyeliners right? These will be added to the collection, really excited to give them a go!

So that's everything! I've really been impressed this month, I was sitting on the fence with last months box but I think they've really come back with something special, and I'm already excited for next months installment!

xoxoxoxox

Sleek Bad Girl Palette

I've wanted this Sleek Palette since it came out, but it's just something I never got round to getting. Bigger priorities, more important things to spend my money on, and the fact it was never in my local Superdrug and honestly I couldn't be bothered ordering online for one thing. I hate messing about with 48321038210 single eyeshadows so palettes are really a must for me. My Urban Decay Naked palette can work pretty much any neutral everyday eye going, but I've really been wanting a dramatic evening palette for a while, so when I saw this in Superdrug I couldn't resist!

There's a mix of beautiful highlights, greys, blues and purples as well as of course the infamous "noir" matte black that features in pretty much every sleek palette.

Innocence, Gullible, Blade, Gun Metal, Underground, Noir.

Intoxicated, Envy, Obnoxious, Abyss, Twilight, Rebel.

I really haven't heard that much about this palette, but it's definitely the favourite Sleek palette I own. All the shades are highly pigmented and blend beautifully together. There's a good few matte shades in there aswell as shimmers, there's so many different eye looks with this palette and I can't wait to experiment!

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OOTD #017; AUTUMN IS HERE!

jumper; topshop shorts; random boutique in manchester tights; primark socks; topshop jewellery; primark and vintage.

Between coming into September and the ridiculous winds, I think it's fair to say winter has arrived! I've been trying to get the last wear out of these TIIIINY shorts before it just gets too cold, so I've been pairing them with these gorgeous mohair socks I got from Topshop last year, they are so lush! I'm going to updating my Autumn wardrobe massively as soon as pay day hits, but until then I'm trying to work last years wardrobe. I definitely fancy a poncho (not an ugly betty one), leather leggings, DEFINITELY a cape and some bright jumpers. Autumn/Winter is my favourite time of year where fashion is concerned, I love having loads of layers and wearing jumpers and even my gorgeous fur coat has come out (it's never too early!).

Talking of winter, is September too early to make my Christmas list? There's definitely a few things I fancy already!

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