Make Up revolution 2nd birthday!!

So the amazing brand Makeup revolution turned 2 this year and they invited a tonne of bloggers/vloggers/makeup artists and makeup lovers to celebrate their birthday with them at Cafe de Paris in London!!

I was one of the extremely lucky people who got an invite!!!! YAY!!!!!! 

As I was going on holiday on the Saturday and the event was on the Thursday in London I thought I'd take advantage of the time to spend the whole day in London and do some shopping and as I was going to be shopping I decided that it would be a good idea to drive. So I drove to Shepard's Bush Westfield and parked their for the day. I then mooched around Westfield popping into some of my favourite shops (Ted Baker, House of Fraiser, LUSH, Superdrug, etc) I got a bit carried away in LUSH and I will be doing a haul post in the next week. I Jumped on the tube and over to Oxford street because I knew that there was one piece from LUSH that I could only get there and I wanted to grab a few last minute bits for me and my boyfriend from Primark for our holiday. After doing all my shopping I dropped my stuff back in the car and made my way over to the party at the stunning Cafe de Paris venue. 

I was supposed to be meeting up with another girl who was going but she fell ill at the last minuet and had to cancel so I made my way in by myself and I have to admit I was a little bit daunted because I am really shy when I'm thrown in to situations where I don't know any one, but I bumped into two lovely girls Kirsty and Tess who also met at the event and they took me under their wings and we ended up having a lovely night.

The event started at 4 and it was a chance for bloggers to meet and mingle and have a look at some of the new products that have just been and will soon be launched. 

This is Makeup Revolutions sister brand I HEART MAKEUP and their newest addition to their extremely popular Chocolate bar collection of palettes (of which I'm a huge fan) this should be launching on Wednesday 23rd march and I cant wait!!! I LOVE all the shades this really is right up my ally!!! 

Then on to the make up revolution table which was over flowing with new products from shimmer bricks and blush/ highlight palettes to brand new liquid lipsticks (not liquid to matte lipsticks!!) but of all the new releases the most sought after is the Fortune Favours The Brave palette that has been made in collaboration with Jane (British Beauty Blogger) it is a beautiful palette of 30 eye shadow shades that have been especially chosen by Jane so that anyone could use the palette. This beauty has already launched and is only £9.99 (that's an amazing price for 30 shadows of this quality!!)

After looking at what the brands had to offer came the party segment of the evening!!! It started with cocktails and picky foods and chocolate fountain! 

Adam Minto (the owner of the makeup revolution brand) got up on stage to say thank you to all the people who had been involved with making the brand what it is today! They then also announced the big news that in conjunction with Freedom Makeup there will be a competition happening this year for budding make up artists to enter to win a grand prize of £10000, a years supply of Freedom makeup and being signed to the Freedom makeup brand!! All information will be released by Makeup revolution after the 1st April and I will be signing up to be a part of it!! I can't wait!! 

The highlight of my night was meeting the great Mr Makeup and having a chat and getting a few scoops about what is up and coming from the brand!! I'm so excited to tell you all about it!! After he met everyone who wanted to say hi he announced that the amazing Scott Mills was to DJ for the evening!! 

Thank you for sticking with me this long I know it's a long blog but I wanted to have you a taste of what the evening was like!! :) 

Love C x

Honey Bee Bath bomb (LUSH)

I recieved this bath bomb from my sister as part of a Honey gift box for Christmas (honey is really good for eczema prone skin!) it came with this Honey I Washed The Kids soap, Its Raining Men Shower gel and a Massage bar! 

I tried this bath bomb out the other day so thought I'd write a quick review on it!! 

This is the LUSH description from their website:- A good soak in a Honey Bee bath will soothe and cleanse the skin thanks to its wonder trio of honey, aloe vera, and rhassoul mud, a clay mined near Morocco’s Atlas Mountains. Honey is a wonder ingredient that soothes, retains moisture and is antiseptic, and we add plenty of cooling aloe vera, too. Rhassoul mud has natural cleansing properties, and also helps condition and soften the skin.

So I can say straight off the bat it's got a very faint scent! Which some people will really love as do I sometimes but I really love the LUSH products that are heavily scented!! It is however very heavily coloured with yellow and left a light yellow stain on my skin and in the bath (which I scrubbed off once I was out! Obvs!) It is a lovely moisturising bath bomb and it made for a very lovely bath!! Well worth a buy and I will be repurchasing soon!! 

Love C x 

Franks Body Scrub

OOOHHH.MYYY.GAAAD!!!!

This scrub is amazing!!!!!! I have well and truly fallen in love with it.

As you know I have skin issues and get some really bad patches of eczema on my face and body, so in conjunction with my Vanity Planet Spin 4 Perfect Skin face and body brush which I have been die hard for since I bought it in the middle of last year, I have started using the Franks coffee body scrub. now I wasn't the first person in my family to try this my little sister tried it first and I used it a couple of times and liked it so much that when she moved away to uni I vowed to get my own! So I did!! 

I picked up the Cacao Coffee Scrub which is a blend of roasted and ground robusta coffee beans, organic cacao extract, cold pressed almond oil and cold pressed macadamia oil. They say that it smells like chocolate cake, which it does with a hint of coffee, it is vegan and not  tested on animals and can be used to target dry skin, stretch marks, cellulite and acne. They suggest to use it 3-5 times a week but for me that is a bit much as I have got really sensitive skin.

I am in LOVE with this coffee scrub its just the right amount of tough on the skin where you can actually feel its working. I like to use in the morning as it makes me feel awake and makes my makeup go on so much better, as a girl who suffers from texture on my face I can't tell you how much of a life saver this is.

The scrub itself comes in four different scents Original (made with orange oil so has a lovely orangey scent) Cacao (chocolate) Coconut and Peppermint. I have tried the Original and the Cacao now and loved them both and I am intrigued to try the others when this one runs out! This scrub itself is a must for anyone who suffers from problem skin like i do or for those who just like a good exfoliator!

Hope you enjoy it let me know what you think of the scrub if you try it!!

Love C x

My start on the Makeup career path

So I have finally got my butt into gear and booked myself on a place for a Bridal Makeup course. If you don't know I have wanted to be a Makeup artist for ages!! Makeup really is my passion and I love seeing the affect that makeup has on a persons confidence!! I have been doing makeup on friends and family for ages and I love to make people feel beautiful, so what better way to do that then to offer to take the strain off someone on their wedding day. The course I'm doing is at Mode Makeup Academy in Winchester and I'm super excited to start!! I'll keep you all updated with whats happening and stuff as and when it happens but I thought I'd do a quick post about it!!

Love C x

Make Up Revolution Ultra Professional Collection 2016

"THIS IS THE COLLECTION YOU NEED FOR 2016- THE BEST INTEODUCTION TO MAKEUP REVOLUTION IN ONE BOX. THESE ARE THE BEST SELLERS, THE ESSENTIALS AND THE PRODUCTS THAT ARE RAVED ABOUT EVERYDAY! 12 ITEMS FROM EYES, LIPS AND FACE CATEGORIES COMPLETE WITH 3 ESSENTIAL BRUSHES MADE OF THE FINEST SYNTHETIC HAIR FOR FLAWLESS APPLICATION."  

This kit contains:-

1x Redemption Palette 

1x Contour Kit 

1x Radient Illuminator

1x Eye Primer

1x Liquid Eyeliner 

2x Amazing Lipsticks 

2x Intense Lip Glosses

1x Face Powder Brush 

1x Flat Eyeshadow Brush 

1x Eyeshadow Blending Brush 

Redemption Palette- 

This is a really lovely palette that is filled with some amazing colours!!! The eyeshadows in this palette are very pigmented and extremely blendable, I love that this palette has some neutral shades and some pops of colour on there too! 

Contour kit-

This 3 in 1 palette is lovely for bronzing highlighting and blush! The bronzer shade is great to as a lovely warmth to the face! I love this highlighter so much it's truly stunning and gives a beautiful sheen to the skin with out looking glittery! The blush is nice too but for me it's a little bit to shimmery, don't get me wrong I love a blush that glows but this aeems too much like glitter and a sheen! 

Radient illuminator- 

This would be really lovely if I could get it to work! I don't know if it's my brushes or the product but I don't seem to be able to get any product on the brush! So a little gutted about this! 

Eye primer-

I love this eye primer! I was really worried when I got this that it was going to be like so many eye primers ice had in the past and be siliconey and make the shadows slide around during the day, but this is lovely and makes the shadows stay put and look really vibrant!

Liquid eyeliner- 

This little mini baby eyeliner is so cute I love it! It's a great little liner to chuck in your handbag for on the go touch ups, but the thing I love most about this liner is that it has a glossy finish! 

Amazing lipsticks- 

This set comes with two of Makeup Revolutions amazing lipsticks in a nude and a red colour!! I love the lipsticks from this range anyway and I'm always happy to add more of them to my ever growing collection! 

Intense lip glosses- 

These glosses are really nice! I was expecting them to be sticky and thick but they aren't they are a lovely consistency thats also not to watery! The colours are nice too I prefer the shimmery one as it looks lovely over a nude lip but the pink is nice too! 

Brushes-

I love love love Makeup Revolution brushes! They are inexpensive but really good!! I could rave about them all day long but that would soon get boring! What I will say though is if you get a chance to pick some up do so because you won't be disappointed!!

All in all I love this set it was a present from one of my best friends for Christmas and I hope that Makeup Revolution brings out one like this every year!! 

Love C x  

 

Advent calendar pt 1

So I got a Ciate London nail varnish advent calendar this year and as there are 24 doors to open I thought I'd do a post after every 6 days and tell you a little bit about what's behind each door!!

So here is the advent calendar

It is very cute packaging with the little bows and bells on!! Very Christmasy!! I got this from Tkmaxx for £20 which is a bargain considering it retails for £50! 

Day One- 

When you open the door there is a message on the inside that reads "There is no better feeling than making somebody smile."

This is a nail topper called "Miss Mistletoe". It's a lovely little pot of glitters in gold, pink and red. I have swatched it as you can see in the picture and the reflect of the light on this glitter is amazing. This glitter would be overly to wear all over the nail or used to create nailart! 

Day Two-  

On the inside of this days door reads "Don't let anyone ever dull your sparkle." 

The polish in day 2 was this beautiful clear polish with lilac glitters in! It is absolutely stunning! In this picture I did two very thin coats so as you can see the amount of glitters in this polish is ridiculous! I didn't top coat this polish either it is just on my nail as it comes out of the bottle and the shine on the nail is amazing! This is a great nail topper or could be worn layered up to create an opaque glitter finish! 

Day Three- 

The message on the inside of this door was "Beauty is whatever brings you joy." 

The polish behind day fours door is called Meet me in Mayfair. it is this really lovely clear polish with strands or black, white, silver and lime green glitter. it really s lovely because the majority of the strands are black and white so you get the occasional hint if green and silver which really helps to break up the colours. This polish would be really really nice as a varnish topper or as an opaque polish if layered up!!

Day Four- 

The message behind today's door was "Take the Ciate bow with you wherever you may go."

Look at the polish from day 4!! It is just stunning. Its called Members Only, 

it is a really really beautiful peach polish with tiny glitters in it, the picture of the swatch of this polish really doesn't do this colour any justice. It really is one of the nicest polishes I own and I don't have anything that is remotely like it. I wouldn't wear anything else with this polish just a clear top coat to protect the longevity of it. I love love love it!!!

Day Five- 

The message behind the door of day 5 is a quote from Danny Kaye- "Life is a great big canvas, throw all the paint on it you can." 

This polish is called Encore, it is a really bright orange colour that unfortunately really isn't very Christmasy but its still very pretty. The pigmentation of this shade is amazing and it only needed one coat. this polish will definitely be a staple in my summer nail colours and I can't wait t use it.  

Day Six-

There was another quote behind today's door, "Playing dress up begins at age five and never truly ends."- Kate Spade

 I am really really in love with this shade, its called Pepperminty and even though the swatch picture makes it look blue it actually is a super pretty mint green colour. Its the perfect spring shade and I will undoubtedly be wearing it as soon as spring hits us.

So that was a run down of the first six days of my Ciate London advent calendar I will be doing another three posts like this one for the remaining days.

Love C xx

It's been a while......

I know I haven't posted in a while. I have been super busy recently. I will be posting more often when I get my new laptop which will be soon and I have a load of new products that I'm going to try out and write about when I do!!! 

I promise! 

Love Cx