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Wow, I really am lame huh!  I’m really apologetic for the lack of posts; I’ve been extremely busy and this is the first chance in a week I’ve had to sit down and relax!  I’ve been working non-stop and celebrating my 22nd birthday non stop, so you have to forgive me!

Thank you all SO much for the shoe help on the last post!  I decided to keep both pairs (naughty!) as I couldn’t decide and I loved them both so much for different reasons.  I’ve never showed you my outfits before so I’ll show you two from my birthday celebrations which feature both of the shoes!

Outfit 1 – Outside my favourite restaurant, Vanilla on my birthday.  Had a delicious dinner with my family after a day of spa treatments! (Please excuse the wild hair!)  If you follow my twitter then you’ll have seen the pictures of my three course meal which I would eat again every day if I could.

• Black dress with front zip – H&M
• Cream lace cardigan – Topshop
• Navy quilted bag – Ebay
• Navy/Black Heels – Topshop

Outfit 2 – I celebrated with my girlfriends at Vinopolis on Southbank – we had a wine tasting lesson and then spent the night sipping wine and cocktails!

• Floral dress – Cult
• Grey Wedge Shoes – Topshop

Do you like?  I’m obsessed with my floral dress from a new store called Cult which opened in Lakeside last week.   The back of the dress has strings which you can pull tight to create a corset effect which gives you a tiny waist! I love it!

My Mum knows how much I adore massages (I was diagnosed with Scoliosis – curvature of the spine, when I was 11 and had major spine surgery when I was 12 so I’ve always had a dodgy back in need of a good massage) so she took my sister and I to the East River Spa at the Radisson Edwardian hotel next to Canary wharf for some treatments!  I had an aromatherapy massage and then had a Moroccan steam cleansing ritual treatment with my sister.  I really enjoyed the whole experience and will write a full review in the next few weeks.

My gorgeous friends also bought me my favourite kind of things for my 22nd – Makeup of course!  Last year they bought me lots of M.A.C and this year they decided to by me makeup by Bare Minerals, which I’ve been lusting after for ages!  I’m now equipped with the Bare Minerals Get Started Complexion kit which I’ve been using every day!  Also expect reviews soon of what I think of it!

In other news – I am off on holiday this week.  I’ve been looking forward to it SO much as its my first holiday this year.  I am going to Disneyland Paris for a few days, and then to a cottage in the South of France for a while with my family.  I plan to write lots of reviews whilst I’m out there ready to post when I get back.  But you’ll have to excuse my absence for just a while longer, I’m sorry!

Sorry about the essay in this post, I’ll get back to the make-up reviews and tutorials asap.  I’ve also been writing guest posts for Zuneta. Click HERE to read about what I think about Paul & Joe lip lacquers.  I have another post going live on Zuneta tomorrow about Korres Body Butters – which I’m in love with! (Click here to read Korres post!)

What are your favourite spa treatments?  Which outfit do you prefer and have you all been on holiday this year yet? Where did you go and what did you get up to!?

XXXXX

May has been a good month as we have started to see glimmers of gorgeous Summer weather here in London, I’ve nearly finished uni for the Summer term, and I’ve generally been having a lot of fun!  In this post I have chosen to showcase my most used and favourite products from this past month!

Miss Dior Cherie Fragrance – This is my summer fragrance! I got my first one a few years back on holiday abroad with my girlfriends, and whenever I smell it I am reminded of then and all the fun we had and the great weather.  The smell is just delicious, elegant yet sweet, just delicious!  The bottle is obviously adorable also.

Estee Lauder Lipstick in Crystal Baby – This is possibly my favourite lipstick.  Its the one I wear the most, my go-to; the one I can slap on and know it looks good.  It is pretty much my exact lip colour but adds a nice even sheen and creamy pink finish.  It smells so good, its silky smooth and really moisturizes my lips and the packaging is just exquisite.  I will pop up swatches of this and my other Estee Lauder lipsticks up soon!

MAC lipglass in Live & Dye (Blonde-Brunette-Redhead Collection) – I’ve had this since Christmas when the collection came out but honestly never used it as it felt really sticky and just lame for Winter weather.  Now it is warmer I have been wearing this lots, over all lipsticks!  I didn’t realise how silky it made your lips feel, like you have a big layer of silk over your lips.  The colour is cute but doesn’t show much, this is my only MAC lipglass so I’ll probably try out another colour when it runs out!

Topshop Cream blush in Neon Rose – You can see my post on this product HERE! Its a gorgeous cream blush which I’ve been using over powder blushes for a pop of colour!

Carmex cherry lipbalm – Smells delicious, lasts a long time on my lips, cute little tub, moisturizes, SPF 15, what more can I say!

MAC MSF in Soft and Gentle – This is my favourite bronzer and the only one I normally use, ever!  I am so pale, as you all know by now, but this just gives a beautiful flush of golden shimmer over my cheeks an really brightens my face up.  I love it!

The Body Shop Face and Body brush – I actually have about three of these on the go right now, one for powder, one for blush and one for clearing up fall out from eye shadow!  It is the softest, most gentle brush I’ve ever used and I possibly couldn’t live without it now, haha!  These last a very long time, I’ve had my first one for three years now and its still in pristine condition (just wash it regularly!).

So there you go, my most used from the month of May!  I am so excited that Summer is nearly here and I think it is reflecting on the products that I chose as my favourites and what I’ve been using.  I’m sorry that I haven’t been updating as much recently, I’ve had a lot of work and essays on, but I promise to pop up some more swatches soon!

Is there anything in particular you girlies would like to see next?  Do you like my May favourites?

XXX

The clocks have gone forward and we are now officially in Spring!  As the sun is still shining brightly at 5pm, I’ve decided to use my favourite eye shadows at the moment and do a few tiny looks and examples of how you can wear them!

I’m using The Body Shop’s shimmer cubes in #19 .  Here are two other looks using the purple and teal colours, with the idea of lining the eye.

Teal -

 

The teal is my favourite colour in these cubes, it dazzles like a gem and is so flattering!

Purple -

 

The purple is a great way of using colour a little subtley.  The actual shadow is a lilac, but it really jumps out, or pops (haha!) on top of darker eye liners.

I already did a look using the blue cube a few pages back (Which you can find here), which looked like this -

 

So we have, The Body Shops Shimmer cubes #19

 

On each eye, I

• covered the whole eyelid in the golden seashell colour to give a nice base and took it up to the brow bone for a nice flattering high-lighted lift
• Lined the eye with a coloured eyeliner (for the teal and blue eye I used The Body Shop’s blue pencil eyeliner, and for the purple look I used their purple pencil eyeliner).
• With a small angled brush, I picked up some of the eyeshadow and then drew over the top of the eyeliner for an intense effect.  Just push the shadow on top and it should stay put longer.
• Finish off with lashings of mascara, I used the Body Shops super-volume mascara!
• Oh, and for added dimension, place a tad of the seashell gold or the other colour you used on the inside corner of your eye!

This look is easy and fun, and I love that you can use the colours to accessorize with your outfits, handbags or shoes! Here is a previous post on the shimmer cubes and the range it came out with!

I hope you enjoyed! If you try any of these looks out, I’d love to see your own versions! XX

p.s – i bought all of these products with my own money! X

So I’ve just happened upon this gorgeous range on Specktra.com and I am SO excited!

How beautiful are those seahorses and star fish!  The collection is called ‘To The Beach’ is due in shops in May this year and I can’t wait.  I’m not one to go crazy with MAC’s collections, I only invest in their stuff that I really love and will use, but those blushes are irresistible!  I’m not too keen on the yuky green and orange colour packaging though, I think a nice baby blue to match the cream of the shells/sea horses would be much more attractive!  Even the black packaging below looks better!

Thanks again to Specktra for these images.  Heres a link to the thread…

What do you think of this collection?!

Katie XX