May monthly favourites video

Heres my favourites video for the month of May. Must appologise for how out of sync the video is, something went wrong with youtube uploading it :(

Products features in favourites:
-Body shop shea butter
-Garnier skin naturals cleanser and toner for dry & sensitive skin
-Aveeno cream
-Origins ginzing eyecream
-Mac creamblend blush- something special
-Jemma Kidd dewy glow- rose gold
-Real techniques stippling and blush brushes
-Denman hair brush
-Collection 2000 skyscraper lash mascara
-Collection 2000 collagen curl mascara
-Revlon super lustrous lipglosses-pink crystals, coral reef, pink pop
-Topshop lipstick- Ohh lala

Rachy xxx

2 FOTD's- My skin's getting better!

So if you follow me on twitter I'm sure you've heard my rants about my poor skin. I also did a post a week or so ago. Basically I had a reaction, got reccomended a bunch of creams, the University doctor said I didn't need to see them and just wait it out, I made them see me, and they gave me steroid cream and Aveeno moisturiser. I wish I could have just had them in the first place because my skin has pretty much cleared completely now in 2 days (touchwood!)

Yesterday I was still laying off the makeup on my cheeks so that FOTD is more eyes and lips of the day, with a little added highlight in the cheekbones ;)

-The first look is yesterday's FOTD (still some redness on my cheeks) and the second look is todays, notice how much my skin has improved :)

Yesterday:

Face: Jemma kid dewy glow- rose gold (on cheekbones)
Eyes: Bobbi Brown corrector- porcelain bisue, Collection 2000 lasting perfection concealer- 1 fair, Illamasqua brow cake-thunder, Gosh velvet touch eyeliner- golden globe (as e/s base on lid/under eye), Inglot eyeshadows: AMC shine 30 (pearl-browbones), AMC shine 25 (gold-lid), pearl 433 (green-crease), Pixi gel liner- onyx, Collection 2000 skyscraper mascara

Lips: Topshop satin lipstick- ohh la la

Today (notice clearer skin and makeup on face- yay!):

Face: Collection 2000 lasting perfection concealer- 1 fair, Surf baby cheek powder- My paradise, Jemma Kidd dewy glow radiance cream- 02 rose gold,

Eyes: Bobbi brown corrector- porcelain bisque, Collection 2000 lasting perfection concealer, Mac prep + prime eye-light, Illamasqua brow cake- thunder, MAC e/s: Shroom, gleam, All that glitters, Mac kohl liner- I get no kick, Pixi gel liner- onyx, Collection 2000 skyscraper lash

Lips: MAC lisptick: Vegas volt.

You can probably tell from these pictures that I'm really feeling the glowy face with peachy and coral lips at the moment, so these will probably be a couple of my staple looks for this summer

What are you're staple looks for the summer?

Rachy xx

Topshop Cosmetic & brush Haul+ FOTD

So today my beloved student load came through and I completed 1 of my 4 exams in the morning so I decided to treat myself (any excuse). I went to a few makeup stands willing to splash out; Mac, laura mercier, Chanel, but nothing tickeled my fancy. What did tickle my fancy was a few bits I picked up from Topshop:

Top left to right, All Topshop: Cream blush- Flush-£6, lipstick- Ohh la la-£8, Sunflower headband-£10, cosmetic sharpener-£3, Liner brush- £3, Angled brush- £4.

I have only swatched the makeup products so far but they feel like they have really nice formulas. I lovee the pinky blush and the peachy-coral lipstick, perfect for summer. As for the brushes I havn't tried them yet but they look good quality and it is so hard to find a cheap liner brush that is this thin, I've been searching a while. I've just ordered a couple of real techniques brushes so I expect a brush post will be coming soon. The flower headband is just a bit of fun to wear to my summer festival :)

Here's some shoddily lit pictures, swatches & FOTD:
Blush- Flush, Lips- Ohh la la. (I love how my Elvis poster reflected in the blusher mirror and matches the lipstick packaging :)

Blush- flush (blended), Flush (not blended), Ohh la la lipstick

Moi wearing the blush and lipstick :)

Any one else tried any Topshop cosmetics or brushes they would reccomend?

Rachy xxx

Topshop eyeshadow mousse- Glint (FOTD)

I have one lipgloss from the Topshop makeup collection, but other than that I'm not too familiar with Topshop makeup, so when I saw the new 'sandstorm' collection online yesterday I decided to pop down to my local Topshop to have a look. The collection looked pretty standard (liquid eyeliners, lipglosses etc) but the one thing that wasn't so standard was the Eyeshadow mousse. There were two colours, Glint and Tundra, Glint being a gorgeous shimmery chocolate colour. I liked the colour and was intruiged about the mousse element, so I made the purchase.

I tried out the mousse yesteday and am wearing it now and have to say I am very impressed. The colour is lovely and it blends in nicely just like an eyeshadow. There is no creasing so far and I can't imagine there will be from the feel of it. The colour reminds me of a browner version or Urban decay Smog, so I applied a layer of Smog eyeshadow over the top today.

Left: Topshop mousse-Glint, Right: Urban decay e/s- Smog

What else i'm wearing:
Face: Maybelline mineral concealer- 02 natural, Mac powder blusher-style, Mac MSF- soft and gentle

Eyes: Mac brow pencil- spiked, Topshop eyeshadow mousse- glint, Urban decay eyeshadow- smog, Mac pearlglide eyeliner-Lord it up, Mac plush lash mascara

Lips: Benefit lipgloss- Almost famous

All in all I really like the Topshop eyeshadow mousse, and I might even go back to get it in the other colour.

Rachy xxx