Sweetaholic Beauty's Surprise Christmas Giveaway!

Hey Ladies! 

Jasmine from Sweetaholic Beauty is doing an amazing Christmas giveaway right now! There will be two winners...one will be from Australia and the other will be international....so anyone in the world can enter! 

Get's you really excited for the festive season!

The prizes include secret products from various brands like....Face Of Australia, MUA and The Body Shop! 

I'm off to enter it...make sure you do too :-)

Linzi xxx

I Heart Drugstore Makeup Tag

Hi Ladies!

I found this Tag on the Tanya Burr's Youtube Channel. 

1) What is Your Favourite Drugstore Makeup Brand? 

I don't think I could name just one but the one brand I'm really obsessed with at the moment is MUA. They recently brought out their own brush range!

2) What are your favourite face, check and lip products?

My Favourite Face product is an eyeshadow that I used as a day highlighter for my cheeks and its the Bourjois eye showdow pot in Beige Rose, give my skin a lovely gentle glow. 

For my cheeks I'm loving MUA Blusher in Shade 4, I won this in a giveaway a few months back and I'm so glad I did. It's one of the best blushers I have...and it's only £1! 

My favourite lip product from the drugstore is the GOSH Velvet Touch Lipsticks. They go one beautifully and there are some amazing colours! 

3) What is your least favourite Drugstore Product?

Rimmel/Maybelline foundations. 

I'm so pale and they just make me look orange. Even the lightest shades are way too dark. 

4) What is the best makeup bargain?

Anything from brands like MUA and ELF. Brands that are inexpensive but don't skimp on quality. 

5)What is your favourite underdog product?

Probably the GOSH Exceptional Wear Foundation! It took me so long to find it but It's really the only drugstore foundation range that has shades that don't turn me orange. Sadly though, I never hear any other bloggers talk about it! 

6) What is the drugstore product that is really over priced? 

I find Revlon make up really expensive. For a drugstore brand that have very high prices even though I don't hear much excited talk about their products!

7) Whats the best drugstore dupe? 

I think alot of people will agree that the MUA Undressed palette is the best drugstore dupe out there. It's nearly exactly the same as the Naked Palette from Urban Decay. I really need to post my review on it soon! I'm just waiting for this gloomy Winter lighting to disappear! 

8) What drugstore product is not worth the hype?

I really dislike the Maybeline gel eyeliners.  Everyone says that they are a dupe for the Bobbi Brown Gel Eyeliners....I really have to disagree! 

So there you go another quick tag :-) I tag you all!

I'm loving all the tags that are going around right now! 

Hope you have all had a great Monday, Linzi xxx

Baking Again!

Hi Guys!

So I've been baking again and this time I decided to do a chocolate sponge cake. 

I'm not a big fan of the traditional Christmas cake so I've decided to do something else this year. 

A Chocolate sponge with Raspberry Jam and Cocoa Butter cream filling. 

It's quite a messy one and isn't perfect at all but I like to think that gives it edge ;-) 

How about you? Do you like the more traditional Christmas cake around this time of year? or would you rather something a bit different? 

Linzi xxx

Christmas Tag

Hi!

I first saw this tag on Bow Tied Beauty and loved it so much I decided to do it myself. 

What's Your Favourite Thing About Christmas? 

Lot's of things but mostly the traditions. I love the fact that my family have these little things we do every year without fail. I get shockingly upset when something stops us doing them...like a child really! 

What's Your Favourite Make Up Look For The Christmas Season? 

The glitter! You have to go mad on the glitter eye shadow and nail polish around Christmas....it just has to be done. I'm think of doing a dark smokey eye with some silver glitter running through it. Then a lovely red lipstick and some curls in my hair! I love the fact that you can go that little bit further with your makeup for Christmas without caring that people might think you have over done it. 

Real tree or fake tree?

We've never had a real tree in my house, even though they look nice I've heard how much hassle they can be, also you can get some pretty realistic plastic trees out there now!

Giving presents or receiving presents? 

For the first few weeks in December its all about the giving but as soon as I've finished my shopping....trying to guess what someone has bought me is my favourite thing to do. It's practically a tradition for me to try and force my brother to tell me! 

Do you open your presents Christmas Morning or Evening? 

In the morning! Although in my family we always get "Table" presents....which basically means that my dad keeps the best present until after we have eaten and we all have to pretend we didn't know we were getting anything! 

Handmade Christmas Cards or Bought?

My Nan makes cards so it's always lovely to get one from her that shes taken time to make!

What's your all time Favourite Christmas movie? 

Muppets Christmas Carol. I've loved it since I was a small child. I make sure to watch it every year. 

Whats your Favourite Christmas Food? 

Seriously???? All of it!

 It's the best reason ever to over eat! 

I loved doing this  so I tag everyone! 

I'd love to read all of your answers!

Linzi xxx

Perfume Yearnings - Celebrity

Hi!

Like I said in the last post, I'm addicted to perfumes. 

This is a post that features some of the Celebrity perfumes that I've been yearning for this last year! 

Fame - Lady Gaga

Justin Bieber - Someday

Katy Perry - Purr

Taylor Swift - Wonderstruck 

I've smelt all these gorgeous perfume and  even though they are all in that "fruity, floral" group, I think they are stunning! 

Yes.....even Bieber's...... :/

Do you have any of these perfumes? 

What do you think of them?

Linzi xxx

Perfume Yearnings - Designer

For a long time now I've been addicted to perfumes. 

I love to read reviews on them, I love to see other people's collections and I love to write my own thoughts on them. 

Here are a few perfumes I've been wanting to buy over the last year. 

Roberto Cavalli 

Jimmy Choo By Jimmy Choo

Nina By Nina Ricci 

D&G The One 

Marc Jacobs Oh Lola 

     

What Perfume Have You Been Yearning For Lately?

Linzi xxx

  

                                        

REVIEW - Aussie - Dual Personality - Smooth and Shine Milk

Hi Ladies.

I'm pretty sure they have changed the packaging of this now, but I picked this up in the Superdrug Clearance for 99p. 

This is a great product that boosts the natural shine in your hair. 

I run it through my towel dried hair before I blow dry it. 

It helps to smooth at my hair which makes it easier to work with. I even find it cuts down my straightening time by half.

On the bottle it says "Our Styling Formula with Australian Jasmine Extract Will Help De-kink Your Hair, Fight Flyaways and Crank Up The Shine."

It definitely gives you some extra shine, If you pump some onto your hand and rub them together, you can clearly see the shimmer that it gives your lovely locks. 

If you can find this you should give it a try. Like all the Aussie products I've tried over the years it's very much worth it! 

Hope you all have a great weekend!

Linzi xxx