Gifting The Perfect Fragrance

When it comes to Christmas gifting, I always find that fragrances are my go-to product as they just make such amazing, classy presents. I think some people find scents a little bit challenging to buy but these two are fail safe. My favourite website for picking up fragrances is Fragrance Direct where they have an amazing selection of luxe perfumes and incredible discounts so you can pick them up cheaper. For people like me, who are poor students, we need all the discounts we can get. Also it's nice to save a little bit of money over Christmas because it means you're not scraping through till the January payday. So here are my two top picks. 

So let's start with this gorgeous perfume which is the Chloe Signature EDP which comes incased in the most beautiful elegant looking packaging complete with a cute little bow. It smells so sophisticated and feminine and I'm so happy to now have it in my collection. I mean, it also makes for a good blogging prop and looks so pretty on my dressing table. It makes me feel very sophisticated even though I'm clumsy as anything so yes, what a winner. 

Next up is one of my all time favourite perfumes by Marc Jacobs, Daisy. I've already been through a bottle of this and it just smells so beautiful. The packaging is stunning, just look at that bottle top, and it's just such a fail safe fragrance that I think that any girl would be happy with. I always spray a little bit of this in my hair and it just seems to linger all day. However, if you don't like this one you may find that the Daisy Eau so Fresh is for you because it smells absolutely gorgeous as well (there's a really good deal on a gift set for this at the moment by the way). 

If you don't think these are for you, my other favourites include Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium, a beautiful vanilla scented scent, and Paco Rabanne Olympea, which is literally a dupe for Coco Mademoiselle and smells incredible. There's such a great range on the Fragrance Direct website at the moment so it's perfect for getting those Christmas presents for any guy or gal! I hope you've enjoyed reading this post and you don't leave buying presents til the last min like I do - I start off with good intentions but then I get distracted by buying myself presents oops. 

Til next time xxx

*This post is in collaboration with Fragrance Direct but all opinions are 100% my own*

Keeping The Glow This A/W: Cream & Liquid Highlighters For A Dewy Base

I always feel that as the seasons grow colder, my skin gets drier so my favourite thing right now is applying a cream or liquid highlighter just on it's own or under a power based highlighter to really give a dewy, healthy, 'lit from within' base. 

Cream Highlighters 

I think that cream highlighters are really lovely but can look a little bit cakey if you go over board with product or aren't blended out properly. But isn't that the same for everything if you don't blend out properly? 

The NARS multiple stick in Copacabana is one of my favs for applying straight onto the skin, sometimes I apply this to my fingers first and then blend onto the skin or apply directly onto the high points of my face and blend using a kabuki brush for a seamless finish. The same goes for this highlighter by Milk Makeup in the shade Lit (which it is by the way, it's LIT). 

Copacabana is a beautiful light pink champagne shade which is actually quite thin whereas Lit is a thicker formula and really gives a golden glow cause the shade is gold - duh. This one requires a little bit more blending and I usually spray a little bit of my Pixi Milky Hydrating Mist over my face and then blend everything in with one of my Sigma Kabuki brushes for a really beautiful natural finish. Once applied you can either just leave it, which looks utterly stunning and natural, or you can add a little bit of power highlighter over the top which will really pop. 

Liquid Highlighters 

If you want ultimate dewy skin goals, liquid highlighters will be your new best friend. As well as applying these over the top of your foundation, you can apply these before application for a really illuminated base. 

Starting with something I only have a sample of is the Mac Strobe Cream. I have a few of these which came with some Mac deliveries and they have lasted me a very long time (I'm still using up the first one!). I know this is called a cream but to me it's very liquidy, hence, including it in the liquid highlighters section. This actually comes out as pure white with gorgeous pearly iridescent reflects, but don't be worried about blending it out as it's very thin. I believe this is actually a moisturiser but I like to use it over the top of my base makeup patted into the high points of my face with a little bit of powder highlight over the top. I think any moisturiser placed over the top of your makeup gives a really dewy radiant glow but this is just on another level. 

Finally, we have the most majestic liquid highlighter. This is the Cover Fx Custom Enhancer Drops in the shade Moonlight. This comes out as molten champagne goodness and when blended into the skin is just so majestic but still quite natural looking and not at all cakey. Because these come out as drops with a little pipet, t's really easy to add a little bit into your foundation for a really radiant finish. The only downfall with this product is the price but having said that it's a beautiful high quality product and you really pay for what you get. 

(From top to bottom: Milk Makeup: Lit, NARS: Copacabana, Mac: Strobe Cream, CustomFx: Moonlight)

I hope you've enjoyed reading this post about my dewy highlighter favs and that your skin makes it through this winter without drying out, may the skin gods be with you. 

Til next time xxx 

Lush Halloween Picks

One of my favourite things throughout the year are all the Lush seasonal releases, they contain some of my products to date and the Halloween range contains one of my favourite scents ever - I will use it year round cause it's so beautiful. So anyway, lets get on with my halloween lush picks. 

Monster's Ball Bath Bomb 

Oh bless, my lil one is suffering from a lil bit of conjunctivitis (I mean let's be honest.. He's completely dead). I cannot get over how beautiful this smells, I'm so bad at describing scents but this is divine and contains a combo of lime and neroli oils. I'm not sure whether it was because I was keeping mine in the bathroom, relatively near to the ceiling (so my brothers couldn't pinch them) but mine went a little bit gooey, melty and crumbly.. You can probably tell from the photos, but still, can't wait to use this on Halloween! I'll definitely be purchasing another one of these before they go out of season as they smell, so, good. Big fan.

Sparkly Pumpkin Bubble Bar

So this is the original pumpkin bubble bar and it just smells like everything good and right with the world, a.k.a. Autumn. It is very glittery, fruity and an essential bath product when it comes to setting magical halloween vibes. I mean, need I go on with this one? It speaks for itself really.

Pink Pumpkin Bubble Bar 

Unlike the original pumpkin bubble bar, this one smells more floral and is covered in pink glittery goodness. Even though I adore the original, this one also smells so amazing. I would actually go as far to say that I prefer this to the original one?! Maybe it's because the scent is quite fresh which I love and you can definitely pick out the jasmine. Love love love.

Lord of Misrule Shower Cream 

Oh my lord, this shower cream smells amazing. It contains a mix of 'spicy patchouli, stimulating black peppercorn and fragrant vanilla'. This scent to me is so earthy and musky but reminds me of hot spices too - oh honestly it's just so nice. When you use it in the shower it is a little alarming to be applying a bright green shower gel (it washes off though obviously) but it just smells incredible and that scent stays on the skin which I love. This is to date one of my favourite scents and it's probably one of their best scents (in my opinion). I would also say that I probably prefer this scent to Snow Fairy..  I know I know, I still love the Snow Fairy shower cream but Lord of Misrule, you are just on another level.

So those were my Lush Halloween picks from this year. I am so excited to do a massive festive/Christmas Lush haul (which I feel like is acceptable as soon as we hit Nov 1st), can't wait for all the Snow Fairy products (even though Lord of Misrule is where the party is at). Hope you've enjoyed reading!

Til next time xxx