April Favourites| 2015

It's that time again, here's a mixed bag of things I've really being giving a lot of love to this month!

Mac Studio Sculpt Foundation
Irecently purchased a new bottle of this and fell back in love, I hadn't really used it for a few weeks and I'm now back on board with it! It's so glowy, light weight and build-able. This is my most moisturising foundation I own so for anyone with de-hydrated/dry skin will probably like this.

Kiko Long Lasting Eye Shadow Stick Shade 25
I only got this at the end of March and I've used it so much!This is a metallic light Taupe, that once on, doesn't budge. I think this colour could work for anyone, alone or as a base. I've been using this under powder shadows as it keeps them on for hours which for me is completely unheard on!

Clippers Apple and Elderflower Tea
I'm a huge tea drinker. but as I'm on a mission to get healthy I'm cutting out unnecessary sugar and dairy (although I don't use sugar...) I also hate caffeine, sends me very panicky so I've been replacing most cups of regular tea with this and good lord it's delicious! I just have this as is, and leave to brew for ages, sometimes add a tiny bit of honey if I'm having a real sweet craving.

Essie 'Go Ginza'
I've had this on my nails nearly every weekend now, as the weather in the UK has heated up, this is just perfect. It's a really gorgeous pale lilac (but described as pink) this is really opaque so 2 coats is enough and extenuates a tan (fake in my case) fantastically. I know this is going to be great throughout Spring and Summer.

Daredevil
Taking a sharp left turn here from nails to Marvel TV shows! This is new to Netflix, it's Marvel, it's amazing. I think there's only 12 or 13 episodes on Season 1, so I'm really taking my time watching this as it's just too good. 100% worth a watch!


Catfish and the Bottlemen
Do I need to say anything about this? Just an amazing band, so unique and relatable. I love putting their Album 'The Balcony' on, on my drive home from work and singing my little heart out to it. Favourite song at the moment is Homesick!

Worth the Hype? Mac Mineralize Skin Finish

There are those products that get so much air time on blogs that you think they must be heaven sent, often when I try them I'm bitterly disappointed- Collection Concealer I'm looking at you! I always feel that need to try these hyped up products, so I finally crumbled when I went into Mac the other week and picked up the Mineralize Skin Finish in Soft and Gentle.

This is a pearl toned highlight with gold/bronze specks running through, when I say gold specks I mean glitter, fairly large chunks of glitter ... I gave this a quick swipe with a clean, dry cloth and took the larger glitter off which worked wonders; I think it was there to look pretty, not help you at all!

The gold accents and swirled throughout this which makes it so beautiful, clearly some particles weren't as finely ground as others but that's not a huge problem if you want a more obvious highlight.

This needs to be used so sparingly that I'm starting to wonder if I might own this until I die, I use my real techniques Duo Fibre Brush so that it isn't picking up too much product, give it a good tap and place it on my non existent cheek bones, forehead and down the nose. It adds a really luminous healthy glow that I've not found in another highlight before.

I'm always looking for a glow, since I've started using more Semi Matte foundations I'm really noticing the difference that a decent highlighter can make to the finish of my make up.

I love that this, like most of mac's offerings, is exceptionally pigmented, you don't need a lot of this at all to get a beautifully healthy glow to your make up. it's also so versatile, I've been using this on my collar bones, inner corner of the eye and under the brow bone (not all at once, I'm not ridiculous!)

I think this is definitely worth the hype- I can't think of anything to complain about here, it's pigmented, adds a amazing glow to you, versatile and seems like it's going to last forever!

You can get Mac Mineralize Skin Finish Here.

M x