The Wishlist #3

Chanel Creme Blush in Affinité £27 // Urban Decay Revolution Lipstick in Jilted and Turn On £15 each // Bobbi Brown Rich Chocolate Eye Palette £39.50 // Giorgio Armani Si Eau De Parfum £43.50 // All Star Burgandy Converse £45 // Topshop Nail Paint in Twilight Tease £6 // 

There's always something on my wishlist, but with a recent barrage of new releases, and new discoveries, my wishlist is getting pretty extensive at the moment.

High up on the list is Chanel's Creme blusher, isn't it pretty? I've been swatching it every shift at work and I've now decided it will be mine. As for that Bobbi Brown palette, who could resist those colours? The Urban Decay Lipsticks have been up there for a while now, but I can't decide between these two shades for first purchase. I desperately need some new Converse as I had to bid farewell to my last pair due to unfortunate circumstances, and I love these burgandy ones! I've been after a rose gold nail paint for a while now, and recently discovered Topshop's Twilight Tease which fits the bill nicely. And lastly, the new Giorgio Armani fragrance was sniffed and sprayed at work last week, and I can't stop thinking about it. It's a really refreshing, fruity fragrance, quite unlike anything I've smelt before.

What products are on your lust list?

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!

The Spring Summer Edit: The Cream Blush Edition

When it comes to summer blushes, I tend to favour a cream product, especially when I'm wearing a dewier foundation. I'm not actually a massive fan of them, and there is only a few that I really like, since I'm quite a fuss pot.

Without a shadow of a doubt, my favourite cream blush is the Bobbi Brown Pot Rouge's, particularly this shade, Fresh Melon. It's a gorgeous corally flush, and it also works great on the lips. As you can see, I like to use my Real Techniques Stippling brush to add a little colour with this, and it works a treat. I did a full review of this here.

A new cream blush I'm getting to grips with is one of Topshops, the shade Morning Dew. This is a little too pigmented for my liking, making it quite hard to apply, but when you get it right, it's a very pretty pink.

Lastly, is a blush I like to use to add a little more dimension, or colour to my face, or for a more natural look. This Dainty Doll blush was a £1.99 fragrance direct find, and I use this on my no-makeup, makeup days.

Do you guys like cream blushes?