Random Collection Haul

S.O... I have been shopping now and again but not bought enough to do single hauls on each shop so here is a mixture of MAC, Boots And Superdrug trips I have made! hope you enjoy <3

Item 1

firstly my mac purchases...
I love matt lipsticks and so it was only right while in bath I went to jollys and purchased a MAC lipstick.

I chose It in the colour Please Me.  This is a lovely pink colour that's' long lasting and I just can't get enough of it! perfect for everyday life and special occasions.

Price £15.50 

Item 2
     
Also from MAC this blusher is just FAB! normally I just use drug store products as well.. they are easy to access but every now and again i love a little splurge and buy high end products.


I got the Heirloom mix Mineralize blusher in Modest Blush. This is a sweet natural looking blusher is perfect ascent to use on an everyday basis if you are not keen on over doing the blusher as it builds up nicely on your cheeks. Its Part of a special collection so it has the cutest sparkly packaging! (more of a reason to buy!) 

Price £23.00

Item 3

On a trip to Superdrug in my lunch time for some conceler i discvered my store had finally stocked Zoella Products! od of course overly excited my bought the body fragrance Blissful Missful and the bath soak soap opera, Both with the adorable packaging! they share a delightful sent. Thought the body mist does not smell for that long (like most body mists) its still a great purchase.

Price £8.00 (body spray)
Price £5.00 (bath Soap)



Item 4

When I was having a look around boots I saw a Christmas offer on L'Oreal Paris Make up when you spend £14.00 or more you get the Couture Gift set. And so I ended upbuying the L'oreal Paris Studio Secrets smoothing resurfacing primer so far I have loved this primer as its great for covering up spots, pores and uneven parts of my face (which I love). The product has a very creamy texture and I thought it was a silly small pot for a primer BUT a little goes a long way with this primer!

Price £14.29

Item 5

The final Item I Bought on this Haul is the L'oreal Paris La Palette Nude in  01 Rose. This is just a wonderful pallet filled with 10 beautiful colours for a nude look. Since buying this i have used it EVERY DAY as there are so many combination's that could be done and a with a nude eye you can never go wrong.

Price £14.99

Item 6

Because I spent so much on L'oriel products I got the Couture Gift set which was just jam packed of wonderful products. It came with the Volume million Lashes mascara, Colour Riche 461 Lipstick, Colour Riche Le Khol white eyeliner pencil and a Red Nail Polish ! These are all good products but out of all of them I would buy the Volume Million Lashes mascara again, in fact it might just replace my old favourite.  

So there we have it a my VERY late random haul of all things i have accumilated during the month of november... sorry its so late!

S.O love xoxo

A MUST BUY!!!

S.O..... I had been waiting for the New Taylor Swift Album '1989' to come out for a looonnngggg while (well after seeing her on the RED Tour to be precise) and of course I had it on pre-order.

Now I have been a fan of Taylor Since I heard 'Love Story' and then went on to discover everything and every song the Country/Pop star had to offer. Her New Album '1989' if officially her first complete pop album and it does not disappoint.



Track List (Deluxe Edition):
1.Welcome To New York
2.Blank Space
3.Style
4.Out Of The Woods
5.All You Had To Do Was Stay
6.Shake It Off
7.I Wish You Knew
8.Bad Blood
9.Wildest Dreams
10.How You Get The Girl
11.This Love
12.I Know Places
13.Clean
14.Wonderland
15.You Are In Love
16.New Romantics 
17.I Know Places (Voice Memo)
18.I Wish You Would (Voice Memo)
19.Blank Space (Voice Memo) 


After Listening to this album non stop I had to share it with you all. After the release of her fist single off the album (Shake It Off) it was clear the new Taylor was going to be a success. By now I would hope most of you would have seen the video if not I will leave a link ;) 

Now for my favourite tunes on the album 'I Wish You Knew', I Know Places', 'Wildest Dreams' and 'Wonderland' I know there are a lot in that list but if I could I would have listed them all!
Of course the early releases from the album 'Out of the Woods' and Welcome to New York' are both catchy but non compare to 'Blank Space' And the KILLER VIDEO that was released the other day!!! A-M-A-Z-I-N-G.

BLANK SPACE VIDEO

SHAKE IT OFF VIDEO

S.O love xoxo

Sisters are bad Influences

S.O... as I mentioned before in my last post my sister came home last week and of course we had to have the obligatory shopping trip before the cinema trip!!

And of course because I have an obsession with make up Superdrug happened to be on that trip.

Item 1


For the past few weeks I have been looking to work on my eyebrows and on this shopping expedition I came across the Make up Academy Pro-Brow ultimate eyebrow kit (Fair). The Kit has 3 shades of powder and a highlighter to apply under the brow to give a finished look. Along with a mini tweezers and a double ended brush to help you perfect your brow. I found this product easy to use and as a relevant new comer to filling in my eyebrows I love that could jump straight into perfecting my eyebrows.

Price £3.50

Item 2

Now I have grown to love the L'Oreal Paris Colour Riche Collection and after experimenting with the Blake I went and got the Eva Pure Red. Now this one is a more orange in colouring in comparison to the Blake. Like my other matt red from this collection it have a great staying power and I highly recommend these to anyone and everyone!!!

Price £6.99


 Item 3

Not sure why but I just I can't get enough of red lips atm (might be my obsession with Taylor Swift) and so I have a wonderful deep red for you all. A well know favourite amongst many is the Rimmel Kate Matte Lipstick Wine 107. A perfect matt lipstick with an intense velvet colour which was wonderful/spooky for Halloween But also an autumn/winter essential look. but surprisingly it smells sooo good! (not what you look for in a lipsick). 


Price £5.49




Item 4

 Now everyone needs a good natural eye shadow palette and mine has been recently been running out so I thought I would try a new a different one for a change. Beauty UK  is a brand I have never tried before an the Posh Palette Masquerade No.2 looked look full of great colours.

Price £5.99


Item 5

My last item in the haul is the Real techniques Nic's Picks collection. This group of 5 brushes comes in limited edition silver colour and is part of the Superdrug Christmas range.

Firstly The duo-fibre Face Brush. Perfect for application of face powder if you need a nice light weight coverage (not a powder face) and also works well for blending blusher and bronzer. The duo-fibre gives a lovely soft touch.










Secondly the Exclusive Cheek Brush. This brush if great for applying make up across the cheekbone helping to highlight and shape key features.

Next the Exclusive Angled Shadow Brush. For a while I have needed a brush to help me with my use of eye shadow and this is a great addition to the collection as it is perfectly cut to create layering in the crease off the eye lid simple.

Thirdly The Base Shadow Brush allows you to apply a base of eye shadow flawlessly but also great for blending and I think its a great addition to anyone's make up bag.







Lastly the Exclusive Eye liner Brush this makes the application on a gel liner easy and can also be used to apply eye shadow on the lower lash line to finish of a look.



Price £20.00





S.O love xoxo

Love, Rosie

S.O.... this week was half term and my sister came to visit me back at home! After a long day shopping (you will see the results of that later) we went to the cinema to watch 'Love, Rosie'. 
Now me being a huge fan of Lilly Collins I have been waiting for this movie to come out for quite a few months and it did not disappoint! It may even be my new favourite 'Chick Flick'.

The film is an adaptation of the 2004 book 'Where Rainbows End' by the Irish writer Cecelia Ahern. The story follows Rosie and Alex, who have been best friends since they were 5, on their journey through life where their choices lead them down different roads. This film has you on the edge of you seat with the 'will they/wont they' plot twist. It is an uplifting and at times funny film that shows the two friends transition from teenagers to adults whilst their lives change quite dramatically and at the same time trying to remain friends (sometimes crossing the line of friendship) but their different relationships keep getting in the way of their happy ending. Lilly Collins does not disappoint, she portrays the character of Rosie Dunne in her struggles through life. Her English accent throughout the film was just right along with her portrayal of an 18 year old to playing a 30 year old. Her overall performance was delightful. To top of the great cast list, Sam Claflin is looking as good as ever and plays the male lead of Alex Stewart. These two create the perfect couple with the undeniable chemistry and you just want them to end up together! The film also stars some wonderful supporting actor such as Tamsin Egerton, Suki Waterhouse, Christian Cooke and Jamie Winstone.

In short 'Love, Rosie' is the perfect chick flick that will have you laughing (so much I have never heard a cinema so loud), holding your breath in anticipation and tearing up because this movie is just so perfect and I highly recommend it !!! Grab your girls and some popcorn!

 S.O love xoxo

Lets Bake!

S.O being at home this week seemed like a perfect time to do some baking! Now, I am no Mary Berry but I do enjoy the occasional bit of baking and today was cake day. Normally my baking is limited to cup cakes as they are easy to do, but this time I decided to try something different, a two toned cake! One half vanilla and the other half chocolate...yum!


Ingredients:
Plain flour(or self raising)
Caster sugar 
Butter 
Eggs
Baking soda
Vanilla essence
Cocoa powder 
Icing sugar

Utensils :
Baking tin x2 (I only had one heart shape tin so had to cook the cake halves one after the other)
Scales
Mixing bowl
Electric mixer
Grease proof paper
Teaspoon
Fork
Spatula

This is an incredibly easy recipe to follow and make... S.O lets bake!


Pre-Heat the oven at 170 degrees celcius

Firstly you need a bowl, scale and mixer!
Add 4oz of flour, 4oz butter and 4oz caster sugar into the bowl.
Next crack two eggs into the bowl (making sure there are no pieces of shell in it of course) 
Then add 1tsp of baking soda and 3 drops of vanilla essence.



The next part is even easier!




Mix it all together until you have a smooth batter, without any lumps.





Before you put the first cake into the tin you need to make sure the baking tin your going to use has been greased (to prevent it all from sticking to the sides of the tin). To do this you take a small amount of butter and rub it all around the inside of the tin. As you can see I chose a heart shaped tin to make my cake extra cute!


Firstly cover the inside of the tin in butter. Then place a bit of grease proof paper under the tin and trace around the outside of the tin with a pencil. Then cut out the shape and place it in the bottom of the tin.

Next pour the mixture into the tin and place in oven for around 32 mins (checking every few minutes, without opening the oven, that it cooking okay).

While the first cake is in the oven, wash up the mixing bowl and we are ready to start the mixture for the second half of the cake.

This cake follows the same process and has the same ingredients apart from one extra yummy bit, cocoa powder!

Add 4oz of butter, flour and caster sugar to your bowl. Followed by cracking two eggs into the mixtue and adding 1tsp of baking soda.

Next add 10 grams (just short of half an oz) of cocoa powder into the cake mixture. Because you are adding more dry ingredients I tend to add a little extra butter to even it out and ensure a moist cake.

Then mix it all together. Once your first cake is done, remove it from the oven and turn it out onto a cooling rack, removing the cake from the tin. Once the tin is cooled, butter and line the tin as before and pour in the chocolate mixture. Then place in the oven for 32 mins.

 
Once cooked turn the chocolate cake out onto another cooling rack, removing the tin and grease proof paper.

While the cakes are cooling, you can make the icing. This cake would taste nice with regular or vanilla butter cream icing, or even a chocolate glaze. But for mine I chose to make chocolate butter cream icing.

To do this place room temperature butter and icing sugar into a jug and mix together using a fork until smooth. Carry on adding butter and icing sugar until you have enough icing for two layers on your cake. To get the chocolate flavour add coco powder and mix in, adding more butter if necessary. I don't use measurements for the icing as I just taste it as I go along!

 
Finally apply a thick layer of butter icing on one of your cake layers. Place the un-iced cake layer on top of the icing and cover the top with the remaining icing.

And there you have it a two toned vanilla and chocolate cake! I finished mine off with some fruity confetti for some added colour, decorate yours however you like and enjoy!

S.O love xoxo

The Notebook Tutorial

After watching the notebook at the weekend (what? It was raining! What else was I meant to do?) I was inspired to try my hand at the hair and make up of Allie, aka Rachel McAdams.(please excuse the no makeup face in some of the pictures!)

Firstly with wet hair I put my hair into a side parting. Next I worked some Renewing argon oil from Morocco into my damp hair followed spraying VO5 heat protect styling spray all over and brushing that thoroughly into my hair.  





Once I dried my hair I sectioned it off before adding a second coat of heat protection spray. I then started to curl my hair in fairly large sections, starting a short way from the roots and winding the whole length around my Yogi Tourmaline Ceramic Curling wand to create big bouncing curls.






Once my hair was fully curled I used the Silvikrin Maximum hold hair spray all over to make those curls stay put. I then brushed through the curls to get a more natural look. 





Next I twisted a fairly large section of the front of my hair on one side back a few times and secured with a bobby pin, doing the same on both sides, pushing the section forward a bit before securing to make sure I had the right shape. To finish the hair use a white flower of any kind and pin over the bobby pin to the  side of your head with the lowest parting. I found a big white flower badge in my sewing kit and secured with a bobby pin.











The next step is the make up. For the notebook most of Rachel McAdams' makeup is very natural without much on the eyes and face but with a strong colour on her lips.



Firstly I used Nivea daily essential express hydration primer for sensitive skin all over my face. Next as a base I used the Maxfactor Pan stick in fair to give a nice even cover all over my face and to blend I chose the real technique miracle complexion sponge. For extra coverage of blemishes and spots I added the Wake me Up concealer where I felt I needed it. To get a matt finish I used the Rimmel London Clear Complexion clarifying powder over my entire face.





For Blusher/Bronzer I used the Soap and Glory Powder Trip which consists of Solar Power, Glow all Out and Love at First Blush. I used Solar Power under my cheek bones and Love at First Blush on my cheeks to add definition.




Face all done, moving onto the eyes!

Rachel Mcadams does not have a great deal of eye make up on so for this look I thought I would use more natural colours from a Clique Eye Pallet. I used the lighter shade of brown the whole of the eyelid and the darker for the crease. Finished off with Rimmel London scandaleyes mascara to create a natural eye look.





And finally for the lips I used The L'Oriel Paris Exclusive Collection Blake's Pure Red.







S.O..... here is the final result! Just a few shameless selfies for you to enjoy. I hope I did the iconic film justice with my Rachel McAdams inspired look! 

 S.O love xox