Because February has been such a short month I thought it would be really hard to pick out favourite products, but actually there were so many I could have mentioned here, and I found it hard to narrow it down, meaning this is a long'un! Really, these are my favourites from the last six weeks, there were a lot of products I loved through the second half of January that I didn't feel like I had been using long enough to include in my January favourites, but I've continued using them throughout February and really love them.
Also, can we take a moment to appreciate that I haven't bought a single beauty product all month? This has never happened before. That's restraint guys.
So first up, the product we knew I'd be including. The NARSissist Eyeshadow Palette. Let's just take a moment to appreciate it's beauty shall we? This has been my go to palette for the entire month, it's the palette I took on my trip home, it's got every colour offering I could possibly need. The formula is buttery smooth and intensely pigmented, and man the colours are gorgeous. My favourite from the whole palette is Ashes to Ashes and I think it's a shade I will end up purchasing the single of at some point in the not too distant future. I also really like Lhasa and Bali.
The base I've been reaching for repeatedly this month is the Chanel Vitalumiere Aqua Foundation, a product I've rediscovered my love for. It's a very lightweight medium coverage foundation, but what I really love about it is the finish. It's almost satin on my skin and it looks so natural but beautiful. The lasting power of it isn't fantastic, but I've been pairing it with my Laura Mercier Radiance Primer which extends the wear time to the end of the day. My one concern is it doesn't feel like there's much in the bottle? We shall see?
Whilst I've still been loving the Body Shop Bronzer, I've been using the YSL Terre Saharienne bronzing powder* too, which adds a little more colour and than The Body Shop's offering, but is still matte and subtle. It's a gorgeous product, pretty pricey, but it lasts incredibly well on the skin.
There are two lipsticks that I've pretty much been back and forth between this month. The first is the Bobbi Brown Sheer Lip Colour in Pink Flush, a limited edition shade from the Nude Glow Collection. I love everything about it from it's limited edition silver packaging, it's moisturising properties, and most importantly the colour. It's a blue toned rosy pink with, as the name would suggest, sheer application, meaning it just gives your lips a subtle wash of pink. It's really flattering and a perfect spring lip colour in my opinion.
The other lipstick that's gotten a lotta lovin' is the Topshop lipstick in Beatnik, a muted rosy berry toned lipstick which is a similar shade to my actual lips, just with a little something something extra. I did a full review on this on Wednesday, so if you want to know more, you can read that here.
The mascara I've been loving this month is one that I loved during the autumn months, and then it kind of got forgotten about, but I pulled it out of my stash back at the beginning of the month expecting it to have dried up. Surprisingly it hadn't, so I figured I'd try and use up the lasts of it, and it's actually become a firm favourite. The mascara in question is the L'Oreal False Lash Telescopic Mascara. It's got a thin plastic wand which isn't something I normally like, but I have to admit it really complements the formula. The wand is almost like double sided fine toothed comb, meaning it really grabs each individual lash and coats it in product, leaving you with long, voluminous, fluttery lashes. Even the boy comments when I wear this, and he's pretty oblivious. I'm nearly out of this now and it's definitely something I'll be repurchasing.
And the last beauty product I wanted to mention is the Models Own Nail Polish in Pink Fizz. It's a beautiful solid glitter polish in a gorgeous metallic light pink shade. Not the sort of thing I normally go for at all, but I think this is just beautiful. It's slightly textured but once you add a topcoat it just looks and feels like a gel polish. This is the shade that's been on my nails at least half the month, and it was my Valentines nail pick too. Very pretty and girly.
If you made it through all that, you deserve a new lipstick.
What have been your favourite products this month?
