THEBEAUTYSTORM: 2015

its the most wonderful time of the year

Sunday, November 15, 2015

summer beauty must haves

Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Hi everyone so today I am going to be sharing with you my summer makeup must haves. I have recently been into wearing less makeup for the warmer weather as it is a little irritating.

A little side note please let me know what you think of this image I've only just read my camera's manual and this is the product of my first play around so please bear with me on the photography front.

I obviously wear base makeup like foundation and concealer because I wasn't blessed with perfect even blemish free skin. For that I use my NARS Sheer Glow and Rimmel Wake Me Up Concealer, but theres nothing summery about that really.

For the rest of my face I love love love bronzer, I have always been a bronzer girl over a blush girl which doesn't make sense as I have a ridiculous amount of blush but nevermind. Usually when I buy one bronzer I tend to use it until its finished. If you have read my blog for a while (or feel free to have a look through my old posts) you will now how much I loved the MUA Mosaic Bronzers especially the Natural Glow one. But recently I picked up the really hyped up Bourjous Chocolate Bronzer thing (does any one even know what its called because I don't) I really like it because it adds such a lovely glow and I think this will be one that I keep using for ages.

Highlighter is quite a new thing for me, I've always known about it from when I started out in makeup back in 2012 but due to the fact my skin is mostly oily I always stay clear of it, until probably late 2013, but I barely used it then. All last year I used High Beam by Benefit which I love. But This year I have bought so many highlighters MAC Soft and Gentle being one of them. I love it so much its a gorgeous shimmer on the cheeks but you do have to be careful or you can look a bit like a disco ball.

I have always worn eyeliner, as you probably know but I recently have ditched the eyeliner and shown my mascara more love. The mascara in question is Essence Lash Princess which I really like, and I think it will be one of those mascaras which get better with time. It is a little clumpy which I quite like and really lengthens the lashes which is the main thing I want a mascara to do.

Being avid watchers of ICOVETHEE and HelloOctober I had to pick up some of the Bourjous Rouge Editions due to how much they rave about them. I love them, I love the Velvet in Nude-ist for lasting power, especially when eating and the Aqua Laque in Brun Coyable for everyday wear as it isn't as harsh.

Hope you enjoyed!

Kate x

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a well needed mac splurge

Friday, June 26, 2015

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NARS sheer glow review/first impressions

Sunday, May 31, 2015

beauty

your best skin ever wishlist

Tuesday, May 12, 2015

So my skin recently has been playing up a lot, I'd just got clear skin about 10 blemishes came from nowhere, I feel like I should be paying more attention to my skincare and what products I use on it, so this is my 'Best Skin Ever Wishlist' because who doesn't want the best skin ever.

1. Origins Clear Improvement Mask
This is a charcoal mask, which have always intrigued me and always seem to work wonders according to other bloggers. I have blemish prone skin so this one looked good too as it claims to cleanse pores.

2. Bioderma
I love my Garnier Micellar water but something tells me that it will never be as good as this one. It was the original micellar water and the original is always best, right?

3. La Roche Posay Serozinc (2 for £10)
I've wanted to try this for the longest time as people claim it works wonders for blemish prone skin, and bumps under the skin which I have a lot of, and the fact you can get 2 for £10 on Esscentuals makes me even more tempted to order some.

4. The Body Shop Vitamin E Serum
I have a lot of acne scaring from years at picking at my skin. Vitamin E supposedly is good for clearing this and I really want to try a serum, so this one ticks all the boxes.

5. Bare Minerals Complexion Rescue
Not technically skincare but, it looks amazing and I really want a nice super light base as I don't get on with BB Creams and ICOVETHEE always goes on about how good it is so it must be worth the hype.

6.Nuxe Reve De Miel Lip Balm
Another Cult favourite beauty product, I am forever suffering with dry lips, which are sometimes really painful, and the fact it is honey makes me think it will smell amazing.

7.Vichy Aqua Thermal Serum
Another thing I struggle with as I have combination skin is dry skin, especially around the areas I get blemishes which makes them harder to cover. This is not as oily as other serums which I think would be better for my skin type as I have an oily t-zone.

8.Avene Thermal Spring Water
I think that a thermal water is something everyone should have especially approaching the warmer months I think this will be really useful to refresh my skin during the day.

Hope you enjoyed!
Kate x