I Can't Contour.

Ahh contour. This is possibly one of the more difficult things to do when it comes to makeup. I'd tried everything, big brushes, small brushes, dark bronzers, light bronzers, matte bronzers, shimmer bronzers, cream bronzers, the lot. It's a lot more difficult than it looks.

Earlier this month, there was an article in Stylist Magazine, called Down With Tools, and thanks to that, I think I may have figured out the perfect way to apply contour. 

I've found that NARS Laguna works best for this, it's pretty matte, the hint of shimmer isn't enough to make your face sparkle Edward Cullen style, and it's light and not too orange for a pale skinned girl like me! Please excuse dodgy pictures of me, I was half way through doing my makeup, with hair pinned back and foundation lips!

To do this, you use the fleshy part of your hand under your thumb, and lightly roll it in your bronzer. I prefer to do this really lightly, and then more than once, so I don't end up with too much.  Then place this part of your hand under your cheekbone, it should sit there perfectly, and roll your hand, so the bronzer transfers. 

This should leave you with a line just like this! I like to continue to use that part of my hand to blend it out a bit, but then I go to town with my Real Techniques blush brush to blend it all out! 

I then use the top line to guide where my blush should go, and then blend the two together, or if I'm going to skip blush just blend it out upwards!

I've found this is the only way to contour which doesn't leave my face looking bruised! It's definitely the most natural application method I've found!

I hope this helps!

How do you guys apply your contour?

May Favourites

And just like that, the end of another month is upon us. How time flies when you're having fun!

I'll get straight down to it with the products that have been putting a smile on my face in the month of May! First up, I've got one skincare item, which is possibly at cult status right about now, Pixi's Glow Tonic, which I finally got my hands on this month, the day they got a delivery in! This stuff is pretty much always sold out, since it's only available from Pixi's Carnaby Street Store. In essence it's an exfoliating toner, and it's dramatically brightened my skin since I've started using it! I'll be posting a full review very soon!

Next up is a hair product I've been loving. After having my hair trimmed and styled at House of Rush at the beginning of the month, I've been taking much more interest in my hair. I've accepted the shortness and am trying to embrace it! My stylist recommended spritzing the roots of my hair with dry shampoo or texturising spray after straightening, to add a little texture and volume. I've tried a few, but particularly I've been loving V05's Give Me Texture Spray. No white powder, just volume, texture and finally style! I've also been loving two brushes, I use the Andrew Barton comb whilst straightening my hair, and the pink coarse bristle brush from Sally's to backcomb and create volume at the root! I think they were about £2.99 each, so bargain!

An article in a copy of Stylist magazine this month has shown me the perfect way to apply contour, meaning my beloved NARS Laguna has had a lot more use! I'm going to do a full post on it tomorrow, so keep your eyes peeled for that!

At the beginning of the month, I bought the Topshop Sunbeam powder highlighter after being recommended it by a ton of people during #bbloggers. I have to say, this is the highlighter that has made me realise the point of highlighters! I think this must just work well for me, since I've had a fair few highlighters before, but none that have worked for me like this one!

Two nail polishes I've been loving, first up the Seche Vite topcoat which is basically just the god of topcoats! Go buy it now. Right now. Secondly, my second forray into the world of H&M polishes, this glitter polish has been getting a hell of a lot of love!

I've never really got the Rimmel Scandaleyes shadow stick thing, but this month I realised that these are the key to the fuss free smokey eye. Really, it's so easy.

My lips have been feeling a little dry recently, so I've been tag teaming them with Blistex Moisture Max at night and the Korres Lip Butter in Pomegranate during the day. Silky soft lips are now mine!

Out of the beauty world, and I just have a few random favourites to mention. I love my statement necklaces and this H&M one has barely had a day off since I bought it, I just love it so much. A visit to Prints in St Christophers Place left me with the perfect pens (it's a stationery nerd thing) and I am literally obsessed with them, and won't let anyone else use them! Lastly, my lovely new iPad mini, which I got at the beginning of April (thank you student finance) is the new love of my life. I've been loving the A Beautiful Mess app for instagram too!

What have been your favourites this month?

Rimmel With Kate Moss Salon Pro Nail Lacquer

I won't insult your intelligence by suggesting that I haven't had my eye on these since they were announced. I'm obsessed with the Kate lipsticks, so I expected to fall in love with these too. As always, I was right ;)

Under the eagle eye of my boyfriend, who was telling me I was allowed "No more than one, you've got soooooo many nail polishes, why does it matter," I had to whittle it down to just one polish to take home. At under a fiver each they're cheap as chips, so realistically I think I should have been allowed three!

I flirted with Grape Sorbet, a beautiful pearlescent pale pinky purple, that is unlike anything I own, but as my boyfriend pointed out, it wasn't very me either. Then I had a little dalliance with Hip Hop, a shade which is probably the closest match to Chanel's Holiday, without going to the Chanel counter and blowing a tonne of money. Jazz Funk was considered, but I have a few very similar colours. Then I spotted this one, Disco Fever, abandoned on the wrong side of the Rimmel display, looking all alone and forlorn, so I just had to have it. 

This is possibly my personality in a bottle. This shade is just so me, I love it! It's a gorgeous pink toned purple with a hint of shimmer.

I love the Rimmel 60 Second polishes, and the formula of these is even better. The brush is bigger too, very wide and flat, it's perfect. I can't say much in terms of chipping, since I top everything with Seche Vite, so it's basically stuck for life.

My boyfriend has now left London for four weeks, so maybe if I were to accidentally bring home a few more, he'd never find out? 

What do you think of Rimmel polishes?

What's On My Bedside Table?

I've seen this tag floating around the blogosphere for a while, and I was tagged ages ago, but never did it, since I wasn't really happy with my set up then. I'm living in Student Halls this year so nothing is really how I like it, but I've finally set a few bits up how I like them so I thought I'd share with you!

My bedside table is really small, with one drawer and a cupboard. I keep my pyjamas in the cupboard underneath, and my Soap and Glory Endless Glove, diary and spare charger cables in the drawer, nothing photo worthy! I have no idea where the unit's from, but I'd hazard a guess at Ikea! My lamp came from Dunelm Mill, I think it was under a tenner and I lurrrrrve it. It's velvety and wonderful.

I always have a candle burning on my bedside table, in the winter it's usually my cakey Yankee Candle ones, or something Vanilla, but at the moment I'm burning a strawberry Skittles one! I have this weird piece of wood with my favourite Banksy print on it, which I picked up at Camden Market for around four pounds. My mum bought me the coaster, so I don't know where that's from, but it's usually got a big ol' teacup full of green tea on it.

I'm a total bookworm, and I like to keep a chick-lit book around for reading in the evening before bed, something lighthearted! I keep the crime dramas for the tube! I've just started this Marian Keyes one! I keep this little Tenues notepad by my bed for late night musings and list writing. 

I admire those people who keep technology out of their bedrooms, but I am not one of those people! I keep my iPad mini on my bedside table, so that I can sit in bed and catch up on some blog reading. I also keep my iPod there, since I can't fall asleep without music! 

The reed diffuser is this one from The Body Shop. I got it for Christmas and it's still going! It's got a gorgeous vanilla scent, and keeps my room smelling fresh. Since my flat is a studio, I can generally smell what I cooked for dinner from my bed! This helps sort that out! The little china dish was from Urban Outfitters, I use it to store jewellery I forget to take off! 

In this cute Ikea plant pot I store the things I often reach for when I can't be bothered to get out of bed. The L'Oreal Micellar Water lives here, for when I'm too lazy to properly Bioderma, Cleanse, Tone and Moisturiser. It's also home to my Caudalie Beauty Elixir, which helps me sleep, wakes me up and cools me down. I always keep a body cream on my bedside table, at the moment I'm trying to use up this Rituals Cherry Blossom and Rice Milk one, since I've kind of gone off the smell! This is also home to my Body Shop Pillow Spray, and my tablets, and a nail file!

This acrylic unit is from Muji and keeps all the little bits of clutter organised. On the top shelf I keep a lip balm (currently LOVING this Blistex Moisture Max one, it's amazing!) a lighter for my candles, my favourite night cream and my watch when I remember to take it off (Marc by Marc Jacobs, if you're interested!).  On the second shelf lives my serum, some Witch Hazel for any breakouts, and also my new Nip and Fab spot treatment that I'm trying out. In the section on the right is my Nytol, essential for an insomniac like me! Bottom shelf is home to headphones and some cotton pads, and then under the unit my Lush Popcorn Lip Scrub. Between the unit and the plant pot I keep the dream dictionary my Mum bought me, which makes for some hilarious morning reading since I always have the most bizarre dreams.

So that's my bedside table! Hope you enjoyed this slightly different post! And I tag everyone! But in particular these two;

Linda from ThisIsMyLoveForBeauty

Holly from Impatience Is A Virtue

The Primark Polish

Since the boy has decided it's time for me to tighten the purse strings a little, I've had to think  a little outside the box (read; Selfridges beauty hall) when it comes to getting my beauty fix. This week has seen me delve into the beauty section that my friend Melisa would cringe if she new about. Namely (deep breath) Primark and Poundland.

And actually, I found a few gems, one of them being this cute nail polish set from Primark. At £2 for four polishes, I was expecting lumpy, gooey, streaky, petrol scented shite, to be quite frank, but to say I was pleasantly surprised would be an understatement.

Firstly, I really like the colours, there's a glitter polish, made up of little turquoise glitter, with a few bigger chunks thrown in for good measure, which you can layer up for full coverage, or top off another colour with one coat, for just a hint of sparkle. The other three colours nicely fill a blue/green gap in my collection. There's one purple toned, lilac blue, a true greeny mint, and a lovely cornflower blue. All four colour go together really well, if you fancy mixing it up a bit, and it's the perfect set for someone who is a little less knowledgeable when it comes to polish pushing.

As far as formula goes, for fifty pence a polish, it's nothing to turn your nose up at. Less streaky than any Barry M offering I've tried, and looks great after two coats, they're pretty damn good.

Just goes to show, you don't have to spend a fortune to get good products. I won't be giving up my Essie, Butter London or Chanel anytime soon though.

Have you tried anything from the beauty section in Primark?

The Weekly Roundup #14

Beautiful flowers growing on my road / Baking cupcakes / My Mummy and I seeking refuge from gigantic spiders, on top of the linen box, locked in her en-suite, in matching jamas / Cake pop making! / My cupcakes looking pretty! / My favourite cake pop combo! / Time for the birthday cake! / Champagne toast / The birthday boy!

A late afternoon beach walk / Please throw my ball! / A cheeky evening treat / Back in Burger & Cocktail / Yummy American treat! / It's finally back in stock! / A girly catch up with Melisa in Vapiano! My favourite summer drink / Steak dinner with the parents!

Firstly, my apologies for being the worlds worst blogger the past couple of weeks. I don't really have much of an excuse, except I've been swamped with work, my deadline's in just over a week, and there's been a few family things going on, in the last month we've had a birth, death and an 80th birthday, so it was really important to me that I get home and spend some quality time with my family.

Since being back in London, some exciting stuff has been going on! My boyfriend and I have decided to move in together next year, and got an offer accepted on a flat, so we'll be living together in our lovely new flat in August! Scary stuff! I have also landed myself a new job, which I'm pretty excited about! But I'll tell you more about that next week...

On the beauty front, it's been all about quick and easy therapy this week, since I've been running around like a headless chicken. I've been loving the essentials like Bioderma, and my This Works toner, which make makeup removal an utter dream. Also a massive shout out for my one and only, Lush's Catastrophe Cosmetic face mask, which totally got rid of a nasty chin break out the night before my job interview! Phew! In the makeup department, it's a foundation combo I've been loving! Warmer weather has left me reaching for my Revlon Nearly Naked foundation, mixed fifty fifty with my MAC Studio Sculpt, for the perfect mix of high coverage and dewy skin. The MAC Studio Sculpt foundation is a bit of a weird one, I find that if I wear it alone it can cause my skin to break out, but if I mix it with other foundations, it works quite lovely.

On a slightly more somber note, it's been a bit of a scary week in the news. The combination of the death of Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich, two men being removed from a plane on suspicion of trying to hijack it, the M6 being closed due to a 'suspicious vehicle', and the scare at London Bridge tube station has left me a little on edge. It's a big, scary old world out there, and I hope you are all staying safe. My thoughts also go out to the hurricane and flash flood victims out in America, the devastation caused is truly horrible. You can donate money to help the victims here.

I hope you've all had good weeks, I promise to get back into the swing of things soon! In the meantime, I hope you are all well, and stay safe. x

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How To Look Sort Of Average In Under Ten Minutes.

We all have those days where we wake up late, and have something important going on in the day where we need to look semi-decent. This happens to me far too often, so recently, I've had to perfect the art of looking average, in as little time as possible. 

When it comes to speed, I try to use as few products as possible, so immediately I eliminate primers, contours, highlighters and lipsticks, because it just takes too much time. So this means I start at foundation. My current foundation mix is Revlon's Nearly Naked mixed 50/50 with MAC Studio Sculpt. The Nearly Naked provides the dewy, fresh, natural looking skin, whilst Studio Sculpt bumps up the coverage. When I'm in a rush I just smear this across my face with my fingers, and then quickly buff it out with the Real Techniques buffing brush. If I need an extra coverage on any unwanted visitors then I look no further than the MAC Studio Finish concealer. It's my all time favourite concealer for blemishes, but if I'm in a hurry, I'll use this under my eyes too. I then dust Bourjois Healthy Balance Powder over my face with the RT Powder brush, to set my makeup and give a little extra coverage. 

Then on to brows, I'm currently loving this brow palette from the Along Came Betty range available from Tesco, it's a great dupe for the Benefit Brow-Zings, and it's only about six pounds. I use the little brush that comes with it to fill in the middle part with powder, and then set the whole thing with the pigmented wax that comes with it, before brushing them out with the little spoolie that comes with it to make them look more natural. I really think that doing your brows is one of the easiest ways to make it look like you have made an effort, even though it doesn't take too long.

Onto eyes, my fail-safe speedy look means smearing my MAC Paint Pot in Painterly over the lid, with a smudge of NARS Galapagos (top right in the palette) in the corners, to add a little definition. I finish off the eyes with a swipe of Rimmel Scandaleyes kohl in Nude in my waterline to make me look awake, and YSL Shocking Volume Mascara on the lashes, my favourite mascara ever.

Finally, a wash of Benefit Sugarbomb on the cheeks for a fresh, natural looking flush, and a slick of a tinted lip balm, my current favourite is the Korres Lip Butter in Pomegranate.

I've got this whole process down to about six minutes now, so it's perfect for on the go. Soon, I'll be able to do it without a mirror!

I normally finish this off with a spritz of dry shampoo in the hair, and a big scarf.

What are your most reliable products?

P.S. Thank you to my boyfriend's flatmate, Alex Penfold, for divulging from his usual car-based photography, and taking this picture and editing it for me, since I was camera and laptopless. You can go back to your cars now. If you like that sorta thing, you can check out his awesome photography here.

I'm Coming Home

Apologies for abandoning the blog this weekend guys, it was time for a little R&R in Bournemouth, a little family time, and a walk or two with my ball obsessed Cockapoo. This weekend has had me relishing the thought of my uni hand in (not long now, thank god) so I can escape to peace and quiet for a while.

Before I moved to London, I spent a lot of time on trains, travelling to and from college (I went to Brockenhurst college, which is right in the middle of the New Forest, where there are more funeral homes than convenience stores, and you had to push a donkey out of the way just to get into your classrooms) and I really begrudged the time I spent on the train every day, it would take around forty minutes, which is too long to do nothing, but not long enough to do anything.

Since moving to London, trains are an all too real part of everyday life now. Whilst I still begrudge time spent on the Underground, I really quite enjoy my trips home now, since it's time where I have to just sit still, which I don't do often anymore.

So when I'm headed Waterloo bound, I have a careful think about what I throw in my handbag. Sometimes, it'll be a piece of work that I've been putting off for a while, but sometimes, when I don't have anything of importance to do, I'll have a little me time.

If I know I'm heading home, at the beginning of the month, I'll put a couple of magazines aside for me to massacre on the train. I used to keep my magazines pristine, but now they get creased, scrawled on, and pages ripped out of. It's all par for the course as a Journalism student! Whilst I love nothing more than to curl up with a good book at home, travelling is all about space economising, so I tend to just throw in my iPad (I've recently upgraded from my tired old original iPad to a mini, best money I ever spent! And I spend a lot!) so I can read a book, or watch something, I'm working my way through a few cheesy American comedies as we speak. I also take all my uni notes on this, so I can work from this too!

Some people find it really weird that I have an iPod as well as an iPhone, but I couldn't live without it! I now don't store any music on my phone, it saves my battery life like nobody's business, plus, it's so pretty! I have this on hand wherever I go, and use long train journeys to listen to my favourite albums all in one go. 

My notepad goes with me too, I like to make a ton of lists and do all my blog planning the old fashioned way, with pretty coloured pens. I'm a child really.

I love to use train time to paint my nails, since I usually can't sit still long enough for them to dry, it's the only time I don't end up with smudged nails! 

And last but not least a bottle of water and a packet of sweets. Has anyone else noticed how extortionate food is on the train?

The Weekly Round Up #13

Singlehandedly keeping Lola's in business / The excitement of finding Criss Cuts are back in McDonalds / Barbecue time! / The best of summer! / A Berry Hibiscus Refresha to reward a hard day's shopping / Pretty cakes! / Nails and rings! / A cheeky Dominos / My favourite Lola's.

Koppaburg in Ikea for £1.35! / Sad times, my very last use of the Let The Good Times Roll Lush cleanser that has now been discontinued. / Homemade Wagamamas! / Being a film crew with the boyf / Shakes in Burger & Cocktail / Melisa being interviewed at the Gorkana networking event / Got my hair styled at Rush / New pens for a stationery addict!

Pretty flowers from my lovely boyfriend. / My favourite summer lipstick / Loving my new Topshop Jeans and Fred Perry sneakers / Train was delayed, so nail painting happened! / Finally starting to look like spring! / A long anticipated bath! / Scary sheet masks! / Cuddles with my kitty / Don't think she's moving off my bed so I can sleep anytime soon!

The more observant amongst you may have noticed that there was no weekly roundup last week. This was mostly because I felt like I didn't really have enough to tell you to dedicate a whole post to it, and also, I didn't want these to start getting boring, so I think, unless I have a particularly wild week, I'm going to start making these a two-weekly thing.

So what's new? Well I'm writing this post from the comfort of my kitchen back home, enjoying a weekend in Bournemouth. It's been a week of family events, so I decided to head back home for som good ol' quality time with the family. This also means I get to have bubble baths, cuddles with my cat and dogs, and not worry about the food bill, so it's all good.  

It's been a busy couple of weeks with uni work, I'll be so glad to get it all out of the way! I really enjoyed the Gorkana Networking event at Rush salon on Piccadilly on Tuesday, where I was treated to champers, a little hairstyling, and a well-stocked goodie bag after! 

This week I've fallen back in love with my NARS And God Created The Woman palette, and I've been using it every day. I think because it was limited edition and fairly pricey (I personally still think it was really good value) I was hesitant to use it, but at the end of the day, there's no point buying these things if you don't enjoy them. I love this palette so much, it's great for everyday smokey looks, and a darker, evening look, but it's small and easy to travel with. 

I've also been loving my new Lush face scrub, Ocean Salt. It's not quite as good as my Let The Good Times Roll, but it's not bad! It's cream based but with coarse sea salt too, so it hydrates your skin at the same time as getting rid of the dead skin, and leaves your skin crazy soft!

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Chanel Rouge Allure Velvet

So, let's talk about a naughty little purchase I made last month shall we? I don't often splash out on an unnecessary makeup item (shush mum, most of the makeup purchases I make are for review purposes!), but I was caught up in the Chanel buzz in the Selfridges beauty hall, and under the guidance of a not-so-spend-thrifty friend (yes Sam, I'm talking to you) I may have handed over a little more cash than I care to admit, to leave with a little white bag. 

Let's just take a moment to admire the Chanel packaging. Just the bag added a little spring into my step for the rest of the day, there's an unequivocal luxury associated with Chanel, that for a high-end lover like myself, just brings on the excitement. The black and gold packaging just oozes class, and I feel like a proper lady when I whip this bad boy out. I love the spring mechanism that holds the lid on the tube (oh my god, just the sound is satisfying), and the engraved Chanel name in the actual bullet makes me want to not use the lipstick, so as not to ruin it. You get the picture, I like it.

Now onto the lipstick! It wears slightly matte, but Chanel quality control allows for no dry lips here. In terms of wear time, you're going to get a good six hours or so out of this (obviously this depends on what you're up to, if you're indulging in a Big Mac/cupcake/nineteen cups of coffee/makeout sesh then the wear time will probably be a little less!). I love the colour, it's pretty bright in the bullet, but wears a little more daytimey, than something like MAC Party Parrot. This is my must have Spring/Summer lipstick of the moment.

I like to wear this with a flick of winged eyeliner and a little bronze and highlight, alone or, more recently, with a slick of the Korres Lip Butter in Pomegranate on top. It's so pretty.

This lipstick was worth every penny!

Burger & Cocktail

 Food pictured, Cookies 'n' Cream shake, Cheeseburger, Sloppy Joe Fries, Rodeo Burger & Small Fries

Now, it's no secret that I like my food, and at the moment, my meal of choice is a big 'ol burger, and a shower of fries. In my humble opinion, the cream of the crop in this category, is London's own Burger & Cocktail.

We are talking the biggest, most perfectly cooked burgers, on a soft and squishy bread roll, with every topping you could possibly imagine. I myself am partial to a good old cheeseburger when I go here, so I can accessorise with side orders (sloppy joe fries, come at me!) but I wouldn't turn down a Rodeo burger either. 

And don't even get me started on the Cookies and Cream shake. It's like liquid Oreo. I'll leave it at that.

I think Burger & Cocktail are pretty reasonably priced too, It's around £15 for a cheeseburger, shake, and chilli fries, which I think is pretty reasonable, especially seeing as you'll leave just about ready to burst. All the staff are lovely, and don't judge you for ordering enough food to feed the whole of West London, or for making your third trip in a week. Which is a bonus.

You can find Burger & Cocktails at 35 James Street, London, W1U 1EA, down the side of Selfridges. Check out their menu, or book a table here.

The Vintage Cosmetic Company - Press Day

 Last week, Holly and I headed into a boutique hotel in Soho, for the Vintage Cosmetic Company's press day, in honour of their launch into Boots Stores next week. The company make beautiful vintage themed beauty accessories, soft fluffy brushes, pedicure sets, tweezers, eyelash curlers, and false lashes, which at the moment are available from their website, or feelunique.com.

The brushes are all really reasonably priced, between £7 and £17, and are super soft and fluffy, the pink handled ones are available exclusively online, but the ones in the bottom photo, with the white handles, will be launching in larger Boots stores next week, I'll definitely be picking up the Powder brush! It's so incredibly soft and fluffy! 

At the event, we were offered the chance to try out a pair of their eyelashes, I picked up the Nancy pair, which are quite full, thick lashes, that still look quite natural. If you take good care of them, they're reusable, and I think they might be my favourite pair of lashes ever. These retail for £6, which I think is pretty reasonable.

What do you think of The Vintage Cosmetic Company?

The Sunday Five Product Face

Ahhh Sundays. They might just be my favourite day of the week. To me, Sundays are a day of pure indulgence. Luckily for me, my Uni timetable means that I don't have classes on a Monday of Tuesday, meaning that I can do absolutely nothing on a Sunday, leaving all work til the beginning of the week. 

The perfect Sunday to me means a long lie in, followed by tea in bed, and numerous episodes of Man Vs. Food/Don't Tell The Bride/The Big Bang Theory/2 Broke Girls, or anything else that screams self-indulgent trash. Ideally, this would be followed up by a stroll through Hyde Park, or a market, picking up fresh fruit and something for dinner. A few hours cooking in the kitchen, then an evening snuggled up watching Pixar movies, eating something with beef in it, and hopefully a cupcake, whilst popping on a face mask and painting my nails. Bliss.

When it comes to Sundays, I like to embrace the idea of lazy, insert five product face here. The idea of spending hours priming, highlighting, contouring and blending makes my skin reel, so it goes as follows.

A light base goes on the face, ideally this would be some kind of tinted moisturiser or BB cream, but my milk bottle complexion doesn't match any of them out there, so this is where MUA's Undress Me foundation comes in. This is like the lightest foundation ever, barely there coverage that just evens out the skin tone, without looking like you're wearing anything. Pair this with a cream blush, I'm loving the pretty pink of this Topshop blush, in Morning Dew, which gives a gorgeous 'pinch-me-pink' english rose glow. For eyes, a little smudge of cream eyeshadow in the corner does the job, and I love the Maybelline Colour Tattoo in On and On Bronze. A little smudge of that in the corner of the eyes is perfect. Match that with a flash of natural but full mascara, such as the L'Oreal Telescopic Lash. Finish off with a pretty pink lipstick, this weeks pick is Viva Glam Gaga.

Right, I'm off to cook a homemade version of a Wagamama dish, and watch the Lorax, enjoy your Sunday!

Topshop Lips - Macaroon

I've never really been that enamoured with Topshop makeup, I made that point in this post, but today I picked up this lippie from the Oxford Street store. For the most part, Topshop lipsticks don't actually suit me, most of the colours are too pale, but this one is just right. It's a fairly bright pink with blue undertones, but it almost looks corally, it pretty much sits in the neutral territory. It looks ever so flattering against pale skin with a pink flush on the cheeks, and a simple eye. 

The lipstick itself is pretty creamy, but I find the formula quite drying on the lips, it's just fine with a slick of lip balm underneath though. At eight pounds a pop, Topshop lippies are a little pricier than your average drugstore lip product (although Revlon, why for you so expensive?) but if you like the colour then go for it!

My one little thing with Topshop packaging is that it's cream, it gets ever so grubby! Kind of annoying!