TALK THAT TALK

As I'm sure you all know, mac have recently released their second collaboration collection with Rihanna - RiRi <3 MAC Fall. I had been so excited for the collection after seeing Rihanna post pictures on her instagram leading up to the release and knew I had to get my hand on the beautiful dark plum lipstick she's wearing in the promo pictures...

I had been checking my local mac stores and the mac website every day and when I finally saw they had been released online they were already sold out :( so I went to my local mac store (I walk past everytime I go to the gym - uhoh!!) and to my surprise they still had everything left in stock but as a student (who also already has way too much make up) I decided I would just stick with my original plan and just get the 'Talk That Talk' lipstick, and here it is...

Firstly, the packaging. I've heard lots of people love the packaging and lots of people hate it, but I personally think it's gorgeous! I love the metallic pink/gold colour and think it's really glamourous!

and the actual lipstick. It's a retro matte finish, which can be quite drying, that gives a really dramatic look which is perfect for the autumn/winter season and also very in fashion this season! I have been using this for nights out this week and due to the retro matte finish it lasts really well! All in all a lovely lipstick and I would definitely recommend trying it if you can find it!

Thanks for reading!

Have you got anything from the new rihanna collection?

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FAVOURITES || September

I know we all say it every month but WOW! where has the year gone? I can't believe we're already in October! I'm back at uni now and back to the hard work but also back to fun nights out with my uni friends! I've just selected a few of the products I've been reaching for a lot this month and have been really enjoying

1. Victorias Secret PINK fresh and clean

I love the scent of this body splash, and there isn't really a better way to describe it other than the obvious...fresh and clean! It has good lasting power for a body spray and this is great just for spritzing a few times before I leave the house for uni or the gym or something.

2. Urban Decay 24/7 glide on liner in "Demolition"

I got this as part of set from sephora and was really pleased as I wanted to try out the urban decay liners as I'd heard such great things about them staying put and not smudging and we all know the panda eye isn't a great look! The liner has a black and brown end but I've been finding myself reaching for the brown end (demolition) as it gives such a nice soft and natural look for the eyes and really does stay put - perfect!

3. Revlon Lash Potion

This may actually be my favourite mascara EVER! It gives such length and volume to my lashes I only need 1 coat for day time wear and only two for a nightout to give a more dramatic look! I haven't really been monitoring my lash length then so I can't really say if the growing promise is true or not but still all in all a great mascara

4. La Roche-Posay Effaclar Duo

This is another raved about product and this month I decided it was time to start taking better care of my skin and this was the first product on my list due to its anti-imperfections claim. This really is a miracle product and has really helped clear my skin up - and quickly too!! I have tried so many things to clear my skin and this is in the handful of products that actually makes a difference - love it!

5. False lashes in general!

I've always wanted to wear false lashes but could never master the art of putting them on but one of my lovely housemates puts them on for me now and I'm starting to learn how to do it myself!! I love the look they give for a night out and how they add to a dramatic eye look, looking forward to trying different styles!

What have been your favourites this month? Any the same as me?

Thanks for reading!

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REVIEW || EOS lip balms

Right, we've now got baby lips in the UK, now we need EOS lip balms! Not only is packaging awesome, they are actually really nice moisturising lip balms that come in a variety of flavours! I also love the fact that the packaging is the colour of the flavour and that they're nice and colourful. They make me happy just looking at them and even happier smelling them and applying them to my lips!

As you can see I picked up more than a handful in America, but you can pick them online HERE! at a slightly increased price but they're definitely worth trying if you're a lip product hoarder like myself! I would recommend the blueberry acaai and strawberry sorbet in particular and the sweet mint is nice if you like minty lipbalm!

Have you tried EOS? What colour do you like?

Any other lip balm recommendations?

Thanks for reading!

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Favourites || American Edition

If you read my previous post you'll have seen I have just got back from a holiday in America and I promised an american favourites style post as I bought too much to show you all of it! I love everything I got but these are the products I'd recommend my lovely readers to buy if they have any transatlantic travel plans! Some of these items ARE available in the UK but they are much cheaper in the states (not fair booo :(). Anyway... here they all are....

Tarte Amazonion clay 12 hour blush in Tipsy and Amused - $26
Tarte is a cosmetics company that is not available anywhere but USA and sephora in Canada which is sooo frustrating because these blushes are amazing! They are so pigmented but still so wearable and they do last the whole day - I haven't worn them for 12 hours so I can't comment on that! They also have a huge range of colours, I believe there's 12-15 different shades. I went for a corally pink colour (tipsy) and a scary looking bright pink (amused) and really wish I could increase my collection but I guess I will just have to wait for international shipping on the tarte website! Another plus point of these blushes is that they are full of natural ingredients and contain amazonian clay (duh!) meaning they are good for your skin too and won't break you out if you're prone to acne.

Covergirl outlast 3-in-1 foundation - $10ish
This foundation is an all round winner for me. It has great coverage without looking cakey, doesn't go oily in my t-zone and also has spf 20 and all for around $10! The bottle promises the lasting power of a primer, coverage of a concealer and blendability of a foundation in one - and I 100% agree! Whilst covergirl is not available in the UK, Maxfactor is actually the same company and they sell the exact foundation with a slight different style of packaging (the bottle is the same) which I will purchase when I run out of this bottle, even if we have to pay £12 for it in the UK!!!

BeautyBlender - $20
Paying $20 for a make up sponge seems absolutely ridiculous however this is worth every penny! It can be used on such a variety of products - cream, powder, liquid..! I'd seen on youtube that the sponge needed to be damp to work its magic and it can be used to apply your face product and as I was told by a sephora worker it can be used over your foundation to make sure your foundation is seamlessly blended and it really works! No more patchy, fingerprint/brush marks in your foundation! And the solid beauty blender cleanser is also amazing for cleaning all your brushes and the sponge! This can be purchased on amazon for £20, but like I said it's worth every penny!!

Covergirl Smooches in "sweet tweet" and "tweet me"- $4 (I think!)
These are the covergirl take on the maybelline lips - creamy lightly tinted moisturising lip balms! I actually prefer these to the babylips they feel much creamier and less greasy than the baby lips and the packaging is just so cute! There's a huuuge range of shades too - sweet tweet is a red tinted colour and tweet me doesn't have much of a colour. These are just lovely and moisturising and smell gorgeous! Perfect.

NYX Butter gloss in "Eclair" and "Creme Brulee" - $4.99
These are soo nice and smooth and the colour pay off is perfect to apply over a lipstick! I also think these are a great price and really hope they get added to the UK NYX website soon! There's not much else to say about these!

EOS lipbalm in "Blueberry Acaai" - $2.99
 I will be doing a seperate post on the EOS lipbalms but I just wanted to mention them in this post as they are a firm favourite - adorable packaging, gorgeous flavours and a great moisturising lipbalm at an even better price!

Maybelline dream bouncy blush in "Pink Plum" - $6.99
I love the idea behind this product, it's a lovely soft cream blush that blends beautifully to give a dewy finish and they also have a large colour range so there is bound to be something to suit everyone. I haven't tried many cream blushes before but after using this I think I will be trying a few more. Now we've got the baby lips hopefully we will have these next!! Please maybelline??

Anastacia Brow Wiz in "Ash Blonde" - $21
Being blonde means I have VERY fair eyebrows that need filling in. I also have dense eyebrows nearer the centre of my face but they get more and more sparse towards the ends which is so annoying and hard to manage!! But this eyebrow pencil is just perfect - the colour is perfect for me too as it gives me noticeable brows without looking like a scouse brow! The tip is very thin meaning I can get really good precision on my brows and it also does not smudge at all unlike other pencils i've used and ended up with half an eyebrow missing! Luckily I've managed to find somewhere online that deliver this to the UK :):) HERE!

Revlon Lash Potion Mascara - $4.99
I don't know if this mascara actually has helped my lashes grow but what I do know is that this mascara gives my lashes huuuge volume whilst also adding a good amount of length with only 2 coats! Another major plus for me is that it doesn't print above or below my eyelashes which I have found with a number of mascaras. One massive disappointment with this mascara, well more with revlon, is that in the UK this retails for £9.99!!! Ridiculous compared to the US price tag

Wet n Wild 8 shadow palette in "comfort zone" - $4.99 roughly
Firstly any palette with 8 shadows for less than 5 dollars is amazing value but it's even more amazing value when you know how good the quality of the shadow is! The colours are highly pigmented and do not crease at all and with 8 colours there are so many looks you can create! There's even a handy diagram on the back with mini tutorials

Benefit "Sun Beam" - 1 of 3 in a set for $17
I've always wanted to try the benefit tints and beams but they have quite a hefty price tag if you're not entirely sure you're going to love them so when I saw sephora offering a mini sunbeam, posie tint and cha cha tint for $17 I couldn't resist! The sunbeam has been the standout part of the set for me, it just gives a beautiful bronze highlight that really makes you look glowing!

I realise this is a very long post but it would have been much longer if I had done a full haul!!Have you tried any of these products? Would you want to try any of these products? What are your holiday favourites?

Thank you for reading! :)

Emily

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Where on earth have I been?!

I have been away from my blog for way too long but I do have my reasons! Not only have I been working full time, I have also been on two A M A Z I N G holidays. Firstly, I went to see my Dad, Stepmum Charlie and little sister Freya :) My dad has lived out in Oman for the past 2 and a half years so every summer me and my brothers make the trip out there for 2 weeks, and this year my lovely boyfriend Liam came with me... here's a small snippet of that holiday...

It was so nice to see my little sister as I don't get to see her that often, she changes so much every time I see her! It was a lovely relaxing 2 weeks in the scorching sun - even if it was ramadan and we couldn't eat or drink in public during daylight...

10 days after I got home from Oman, I went on a second holiday this time with my Mum, stepdad Jeremy and again my brothers. We flew out to Vancouver in Canada and then drove down to Seattle where Jeremy's uncle lives. We stayed there a few days before going off on a roadtrip down to Oregon and around Washington state - we did some white water rafting and it was terrifying but also totally amazing! We then went back up to Seattle for a day before flying down to Las Vegas for a few days. Vegas is an amazing city and I will definitely be heading back there when I'm over 21!! We then spent another week in and around Seattle before heading back to Vancouver for 3 days via a ferry through some beautiful islands. I got back yesterday and so far the 8 hour time difference isn't giving me too much jetlag but it's early days! Here's a few photos from my second holiday...

 The Bellagio

 A beautiful lake in Washington State

 Terrifying!!!

 Me and my brother :)

 Up Stratosphere overlooking the strip

 A shot from the ferry :)

 Totem poles in Stanley Park, Vancouver

 The view from our hotel in Vancouver

The Luxor Hotel :)

This has been a fairly heavy picture heavy post so sorry about that but I hope you enjoy looking through my holiday snaps! Obviously as I was in America a fair amount of shopping happened and I will be posting an America Beauty Favourites post in the near future as I have far too much stuff to do a haul so I will pick my favourites to share with you and I will post a few fashion picks too :)

Thank you very much for reading and staying with me on my blog whilst I was away, I'll be back to posting a few times a week now! Hope you've all had a fantastic summer, has anyone been anywhere interesting?

love

Emily

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Favourites || June 2013

I know everyone says it but I really can't believe were already at July!!! This year is going at lightening speed, I can't believe I've already finished and PASSED (YAY!) my first year!! Today I'm going to tell you all about my favourites from the month of June! I haven't been buying much make up due to the fact I'm saving for my holiday in America - and why buy stuff here I can get for near enough half price in a few weeks?! And here they are...

1. Smashbox Healthy FX Foundation
When I first bought this foundation I HATED it! I thought the coverage was too light and it went patchy over the day, however I decided to give it another try and I love it now! With primer and a setting powder this foundation lasts long enough and now my skin has cleared up more I don't feel the need for a heavier coverage. One thing I'm not so keen on is how quickly is goes down, but then at least you can see how much you have left as the product moves up the bottle the more you use!

2. MUA lipstick in Shade 3
So many bloggers and so many of my friends have raved about these £1 lipsticks but I had never tried them until recently! I picked up a couple of shades and this one I reach for the most - it's a lovely deep hot pink. It lasts a fair amount of time and is really nice and creamy - defo more than I'd expect for £1!!!

3. Laura Mercier Full Blown Volume Mascara
I got this mini mascara in a set my mum brought back from America for me, I really like the brush on it and also the formula. It really lengthens and volumises my lashes for the whole day without them dropping at all! I'm not sure how much the full size retails for so I may look in to that in Sephora in a few weeks and pick it up.

4. Mac Blush in "Dame"
This is abit of a cult mac blush and it really lives up to the hype. I've had it a while now but recently I've started reaching for it more and more as it gives a lovely blush of pink without being too OTT and suits my skin tone nicely and I think it would for many different skin tones, definitely worth the money and a great buy for someone looking to buy their first mac blusher

5. MUA Eyebrow Pencil in "blonde"
I'm always looking for new eyebrow products as having blonde hair means I have fair eyebrows that I feel a serious need to fill them in! This was only a pound from superdrug but WOW this is amazing! It is nice and waxy which helps to tame some of my longer curlier eyebrows and the colour is also ideal as I find a lot of "blonde" shades tend to be quite dark and I don't always want that strong brow but this is perfect, definitely recommend this for blonde girls who like filling in their brows but don't want to go too dark.

So there they are! Have you tried any of these products? What do you think of them?

What are your June Favourites?

Thank you

Emily

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Tight'n'Bright || OOTN

Last weekend me and a group of girlfriends had a girls weekend as most of our boyfriends were away on an end of season football weekend so we took the opportunity to have a cocktail night at one of the girls houses before hitting town; so I thought I'd share with you all my outfit :)

White crop top - £4.99 - New Look

Blue/Green Bodycon Skirt - Around £20-30 - Topshop (last season)

Gold chain necklace - £4 - Primark

Nail polish - £3.99 - Rimmel Nail Tip Whitener

I love wearing bright colours in the summer, especially when I have a tan! Unfortunately my tan in this picture is 100% fake seeing as whenever we've had any sun I've been working! The white nails also made me look even more brown! I kept my hair down and straight with some backcombing to create some volume and had a nude pink lip and brown smokey eyes. I also wore some nude wedges which can't be seen in this photo but the photo below shows the whole outfit and some of my gorgeous friends too! :)

Here you can see how the whole outfit goes together...

and as you can see I wasn't the only one to go for a skirt and crop top!

And here we all are just before we went out :)

We had a great night of fun laughs dancing and sangria!

What do you think of my outfit? Do you like wearing bright colours on nights out in the summer?

Thanks for reading

Emily

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