What's In My Makeup Bag

Hey Lovely Ladies, 

I recently admitted to myself that I needed to start carrying a makeup bag in my handbag. 

Last week I was rummaging in my new handbag and there must have been about twenty different lip products scattered around! 

So Instead of buying a new one, I remembered one that I was given a few Christmas' ago from my lovely Gran. It was a No7 bag that at the time contained lots of lovely makeup samples.

I absolutely love the bag! 

It's a gunmetal sequin bag that slightly changes colour with movement. 

It took me ages but I managed to just put in what I really needed for when I go out, whether it's out shopping, to a meal or on a night out! 

Lips

MAC Lipstick in Please Me - A gorgeous everyday pink for me, gives a lovely softness to any makeup look.

MAC Lipstick in Impassioned - Gorgeous for those days when I just want a pop of colour. 

The Body Shop Strawberry Born Lippy Lip Balm - A great glossy lip balm that smells divine. 

No7 Lip Liner in Plum - Love it under Please Me.

Eyes

Maybelline The Colossal Mascara - A great mascara, although I want to try the purple tube next time!

GOSH Velvet Touch Eyeliner in Black - My favourite eyeliner pencil, goes on so smooth and lasts for ages!

Too Faced Shadow Insurance Policy Palette - A great palette with a nice amount of eye shadows so you're not always wearing the same look. 

Too Faced Shadow Insurance - Amazing primer, makes any eye shadow go on great and last all day. 

ELF Blending Brush and Eye Shadow Brush - Great Brushes for the price. 

Face and Cheeks

MUA Blush in Shade 4 - Gorgeous matte shade, looks lovely on the skin and just £1! 

Collection 2000 Lasting Perfection Concealer - A great concealer that I've loved for awhile now.

MAC 129SE Brush - I really like this brush as its great for applying face powder and blusher. Which means I can carry around less brushes.  

That's what's in my makeup bag! 

What's in yours? 

Linzi xxx

August Faves!

Hullo Lovely Readers! 

Makeup and Tools 

I've been loving E.L.F blushers recently and I cant wait to get more of them! The three that I've been using a lot of is "Candid Coral" "Pink Passion" and "Gotta Glow" which is my favourite highlighter at the moment! 

The Body Shop Mango and Peach Born Lippy Lip Balm...SMELLS AMAZING! I've had this for a long time now and its nearly running out so I'm going to have to pick up another one soon. 

The Body Shop Eye Definer in Black. I picked this up for free in a magazine a few months ago, it came with a navy colour too. I would buy it again if it's on sale, it lasts a long time and I don't find it in weird places on my face at the end of the day :-) 

From Collection 2000 I've been using the rather famous concealer and the Multiplier mascara. The concealer is really good and is on par with my MAC studio finish concealor and actually lasts slightly longer which is great. The Mascara is great too, amazing for a natural look, with no clumping. 

E.L.F Studio Line Blush Brush, I think everyone should try this brush. Its amazing at picking up product and feels so soft. You can't beat the price. I'm waiting for another good discount code and then I'm gonna pick up a few more brushes from the Studio line :-) 

Hair

 I've been using this Andrew Barton "The Straight Answer" Hot Iron Protection spray for years now, Its a great spray although I'm careful with how much I use due to my naturally oily hair. Its smells amazing and gives my hair an amazing silky, soft feel. 

Fragrance

This last month I've been using this Gwen Stefani Harajuku Lovers Wicked Style Perfume in LOVE. I think its a very unusual scent, its a sweet, fruity floral and has some lovely ingredients that make it very interesting. I will hopefully be doing a full review of this soon. I picked this up in Boots for just £9.99 about six months back but never used a lot of until recently. 

Body 

I've been trying to go through my Body Shop Body Butters lately as I'm worried they are going to go bad if I don't use some of them up soon, so I've been using this Papaya Body Butter most of the month. When I first bought it I wasn't fussed as I didn't like the scent straight from the tub but in fact I love it when its on my skin, so strange! 

It's a very fruity scent that isn't too strong. 

Favourite Read

"Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire"

 I found this to be well written and I did fall slightly in love with Travis - the main character. It's what I call a "possessive romance" which is very popular at the moment. I'm writing a review for it right now. :-)

So that's all my monthly favourites, I'm sorry it's so late. You may know that I've been re-decorating my room so its been chaos around here this last week. It's practically done now! I'm thinking of posting a few pictures when I finish it :-) 

Hope you have all been well! 

Linzi xxx

Lip Combo - With MAC, No 7 and The Body Shop

Hullo Ladies!

Hope you all had a great Bank Holiday! Mine was very quite but relaxing :-) 

Today I'm wearing one of my favourite lip combinations. 

I use these three products with each other to create a lovely plum/pink lip.

First I start with bare lips. 

Then I line my lips with this gorgeous No 7 Perfect Lips Pencil in Plum.

This is quite a dark plum colour and is very creamy and pigmented.

 I buy these when they give out the £5 off vouchers as they are usually £7.50. Although right at this moment on the Boots.com website they are half price :-) 

Next I use my MAC Matte lipstick in Please Me.

On the website they call this a Muted Rosey Tinted Pink which for once is correct. 

I love this lipstick and find it very creamy for a matte lipstick :-) Sadly it still shows up those problem ares on my lips, especially when its been on for some time. 

Then because of the problem areas on my lips I like to put a lip balm on top.

Any lip balm would do but I'm in love with this Body Shop Born Lippy Strawberry Lip Balm at the moment, the scent is fantastic, makes my mouth water :-) 

I've been creating this combo for a long time now, the colour lasts forever on the lips. 

I like to reapply every so often though just to keep it fresh. 

How about you? Do you have a favourite lip combo??

Linzi xxx

My May Favourites

Hullo Lovely Ladies! 

These are some the products I have been using continuously in May! 

I have been loving this Born Lippy Strawberry Lip Balm from The Body Shop, It smells amazing and really moisturizes my lips :-) 

Also from The Body Shop is the Coconut Body Butter which I was drawn too whilst we have been having this lovely sunny whether.

 I've also been using the Coconut Body Scrub but forgot to photograph it! 

China Glaze For Audrey is the most elegant and beautiful polish I own, I might buy a back up soon...that's how much I'm loving it hehehe

Another polish I have worn a lot is this Barry M Block Orange Nail Paint. This is a real pop of juicy colour

 :-) 

This is Ed Hardy Original Women or as some people like to call it "Love..Kills... Slowly"

No matter what you call it, it gorgeous! 

Very fresh and fruity! 

I have been taking these Vitamin C tablets lately, they're to help with your body's defense system but I have really noticed a difference in my nails, they seem a lot stronger! They're tasty too! 

These are just some inexpensive ones I bought from ASDA months ago :-) 

It's been too hot lately to wear a lot heavy foundation so instead I've been using this Garnier BB Cream! 

I'm thinking of doing a review on this soon :-) 

I've had a few bottles of this, this one came in a mini set with the body butter and scrub! 

It's a lovely true coconut scent, great for the summer! 

This is MAC's Amplified Cream lipstick in Girl About Town which is a very popular colour! 

I love wearing this with just the BB Cream and some eyeliner and mascara! :-) 

Hope you have all had a great month! Whats been your favourite products? 

Thanks, Linzi xxx