Monthly Favourites | March

Beauty

Hello, apologies for being so absent on the blog lately, work and other thing literally took over my life all of March. I was just too busy to have time for anything else so I decided to use my free days to catch up on some needed sleep and also just to sort of detox my system.
Anyway, today I'm sharing my March favourites, they're all beauty bits and I just noticed that one or two of these products had also been featured in the January favs post as well - guess that shows you just how much I love them right?

Top 5 Winter Nail Polishes

Barry M
From L-R: O.P.I - Unfor-greta-bly-blue & Lost My Bikini in Molokini // Barry M - Racing Green // Essie - Chinchilly & Bordeux

Today I'm sharing my top 5 nail polishes for winter. These are the shades I find myself gravitating towards a lot this time of the year, I've mentioned many times on the blog how much I love the O.P.I Lincoln park after dark shade - it's the most gorgeous deep burgundy shade I've ever come across and it'll remain one of my all time favourites for years to come! As you can see the shades above are quite different from one another, reason being that I want everyone to find a shade they like, not everyone digs dark vampy or forest green colours like I do so maybe the lighter shades can be of help if you're looking into trying any.

Let me know in the comments below if you've tried any of these nail polishes.

Esther. x

Nails | Essie's "Chinchilly"

Essie

This is the colour that I've been rocking for about a week now. It's very long lasting, easy and creamy application as well as being opaque so you don't need many coats to get the true colour. I'm used to doing two or three coats but for this one, two was enough to give me that full coverage and opaque grey colour. My nails are behaving quite well right now so I'm going to use the chance and try on a lot more colours just because I think the longer and well filed the nails are, the better everything else looks.

Esther x

New In | Naked 2, Essie & Make Up For Ever

Beauty

You guys have no idea how excited I was to try these products; especially the false eyelashes and the Make Up For Ever shadow. Three weekends ago I went to Copenhagen and it was a University related trip, it was a very abrupt departure which resulted in me being able to only stay there for a little over 24 hours. It was great because I finally met one of my good friends who unfortunately wasn't there when I went in the beginning of July. I had very limited time but I managed to find myself in make up heaven that is S-E-P-H-O-R-A. Truth be told I probably spent an hour to two in there, just walking back and forth and scavenging each and every beauty counter from Bobbi Brown, Benefit Cosmetics to Nars. I managed to keep my cool and walked out with only things I needed like false eyelashes :)

Monthly Favourites | May

Beauty

Beauty | May Favourites
'Metal Cherry' blush - Makeup Store // Vaseline // Chocolate Soleil Matte Bronzing powder - Too Faced // YSL Fusion Ink foundation // Blindfold me Blue - Rimmel London // Off the shoulder - Essie // L.A. Girl Pro.setting spray // Maybelline  lipstick in Vivid Rose 904 // L'Occitane hand cream

Last month I found myself experimenting quite a lot with beauty products. Firstly I would like to tell you guys about this amazing shea butter hand cream from L'Occitane, it smells and feels divine on the hands, it literally moisturises all cracks and I promise you that your hands will no longer be ashy. This YSL foundation was also featured in my previous 'favourites' post, I'm still loving it and perhaps a review might soon follow if anyone out there's interested; or you could simply watch reviews of it on YouTube. The Essie nail polish is something I tend to return to every now and then, it's especially great for the summer season as is the deep blue from Rimmel London. 

Gift Guide | For The Beauty Blogger

Beauty
1. One Direction You & I fragrance - here | 2. Urban Decay Naked2 Basics - here
3. Christian Louboutin classic red nail polish - here | 4. Make up pouch - here
5. Essie - Midnight cami - here | 6. YSL Rouge volupté shine lipstick - here
7. Prada Candy fragrance - here | 8. Burt's Bees Beeswax lip balm - here
9. Lancôme grandiôse mascara - here | 10. Philosophy shower gel - here
11. NARS blush in Orgasm - here | 12. Brown sugar lip scrub by Sara Happ - here


It's almost Christmas and I didn't manage to prepare all the Gift Guide posts I had planned in time for the Holidays but here's the last set and it's for the beauty blogger or those with devotion to cosmetics. I tried to gather together beauty products that I think any beauty junkie out there would love, it's everything from fragrance, to nail polish, to lipstick, to the shower gels. And an organic lip scrub for the perfect pamper night. These are all quite well known brands and it shouldn't be too hard for you to get your hands on one in case you still have some last minute shopping to do. It's been fun doing these and I wish I had posted more because I had a whole lot planned but the timing just wasn't right, guess there's always another time. I'll now continue snuggling in my cosy bed catching up on missed episodes of my favourite series.


MERRY CHRISTMAS! xx

Monthly Favourites | November

Beauty
NIP+FAB foot cream // Thierry Mugler Mugler Show Eu de toilette // Atrix hand cream
Clarins moisturiser // Bath & Body works hand gel // Blistex lip balm
Urban Decay Naked 3 palette // Nivea roll-on // Bobbi Brown foundation stick
Sleek lipstick // Maybelline Linerefine eyeliner [brows] // Essie [off the shoulder]


Having not posted any monthly favourites as  of late I decided to do one for the month of November seeing as I was loving quite a lot of things. Mind you some of these item you've mostly likely already seen on here before. First comes one of my top five foot creams out there and it's from NIP+FAB, it's very moisturising and perfect to keep your legs smooth and soft especially in this cold. A while back I'd posted a review of both the Clarins daily moisturiser [here] and Sleek lipstick [here] so to get more in-depth thoughts regarding them, go ahead and open the links. For school I've found myself rocking neutral eye shadows and topping them off with my favourite Gosh liner, thus I've been getting a lot of use from the UD Naked 3 palette and lastly is the Thierry Mugler Mugler Show eu de toilette, I've almost drained the entire bottle and it's not long ago since I got it. It's a more summery scent than winter nonetheless I've worn it non-stop.

 Hopefully everyone's having a great week and looking forward to the weekend, I have my first final tomorrow and it's in Mathematics... I'm dreading it and have been studying like a maniac the past days. My weekend will be spent soaking in books so I probably won't be back on here until late next week when I'm finished with my finals. Good luck to everyone who has exams week. xx

Nails | Top 5 Colours

Essie

Although the summer season's almost over I thought why not post my Top Five nail varnishes that I've found myself gravitating towards more than once and talk a little more about them. I'm a sucker for both bright and dark varnishes plus it's always good to have a new colour that I've not yet used in my collection just so I can have something to look forward to. Today I'll be talking about these favourites of mine, if you're interested then keep on reading.

Off The Shoulder

Essie
'Off the shoulder' - Essie

Haven't done a nail polish in a while and seeing as I'd recently tried this new polish from Essie that I'd bought last summer but didn't get to use it until now. I love the colour and it contrasts very well against my skin tone. It's a polish I can wear any season really but I'm guessing by the tone and colour of it, it's more spring and summer appropriate. This sure isn't the last time you'll be seeing this nail polish on here so brace yourselves.

New In | Silvian Heach Jumper & Other Accessories

Essie
Jumper - Silvian Heach | Nail polishes - Yamayay | Gold chain - Claire's

Haven't done one of these in a while so here it is.
Showcasing just a few pieces of what I purchased while in Italy this summer. Bought the jumper as a last minute sort of thing while waiting at the airport, it's quite baggy (maybe a little too baggy), nonetheless I still love it. I really like the design on it plus I got it for a really good price. It was 70% off so there was absolutely no way I was going to walk out of that store without the jumper. It's now happily chilling in my wardrobe with my other colder weather attire.
The Yamayay nail polishes were also a last minute purchase at the airport in Milan on my way to Sicily via Rome. The Essie polish and gold chain were purchased in France.
That's it, see you in my next post.

xxx

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Currently Craving | MAC, Nars//Marc Jacobs//Essie

Essie
Currently Craving: Beauty#1


Hello beauts, as you probably already know. I have a side to me that loves make up and I've happened to talk about and hauled a couple of male up related items on the blog so it shouldn't be news to you guys. I have a tendency of becoming obsessed with things, whether it be a pair of shoes I spotted in Zara or a cute pair of earrings, I will not stop raving about that very particular product until either it has become a part of my collection or I've got bored of talking and thinking about it. Weird init?

So, these are my current craves, now that first lipstick is 'RiRi Woo' by MAC. My oh my how people went bonkers on Instagram when this lipstick came out, I watched a YouTube video where someone mentioned that they had waited for the lipstick to get back in stock for a whole 2 hours! I call that madness, I mean it's just a lipstick (although I'm a lover of lipsticks, I just found the idea to be crazy haha). Now I've also watched and read a couple of reviews regarding the lipstick and it's received quite a lot of mixed reviews. Some say it's the exact same thing as the 'Ruby Woo' lipstick by MAC and some say that it's more matte and what not. Anyway, point blank. I really like red lipsticks so I think I might just go get Ruby Woo since I've heard so many good things about it and obviously RiRi Woo was limited edition, I doubt I will be able to find it anywhere.

Also on my list is a perfect barbie pink lipstick that doesn't end up making me look like a messed up black barbie doll and I want to perfect my winged liner application. I've never been good at it but I'm definitely progressing.