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Skincare wishlist

Skincare wishlist

Skincare wishlist by daniella-keating featuring The Body Shop


My skin is crying out for a proper skincare routine. Right now I just wash my face, whack some spot cream on, some eye cream and then moisturise. Oh I also use face masks. But my skin is so terrible right now I think it's time I thought about changing my skincare routine up a bit. These are a few favourites that have caught my eye.

The Body Shop Calming Toner, The Body Shop Vitamin C Microdermabrasion scrub, La Roche Posay Effaclar Duo, The Body Shop Camomile Silky Cleansing Oil, Lush Cosmetic Warrior Face Mask.

I would love to here your recommendations as I'm looking for new products to try. My skin is dry with breakouts by the way.

Have you found a skincare routine that works for you?

Daniella x

Boots Haul

Hello lovelies, yesterday I went town with my mum and I ventured into Boots and Wilkinsons. I did buy all the make-up myself and my mum bought me the skincare/body bits. I was going to buy MAC Pro Longwear Concealer but I only had £24 and I wanted to buy more than one item of make-up aha! This definitely fulfilled my make-up crave.


From left to right: Garnier Moisture Match for dry skin, Impulse True Love Body Spray, Rimmel Lip Liner, Rimmel Apocalips, Rita Ora for Rimmel Nail Varnish in White Hot Love, Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer in Fair and Seventeen Three Way Highlighter. 


My mum also got me this gorgeous wrap skirt from Primark and it was only £9! 



What bits have you picked up recently?

Daniella x


REVIEW & SWATCHES: L'Oreal True Match Foundation

Possibly the most talked about foundation amongst us beauty bloggers is L'Oreal's True Match foundation. There has been so much hype around this product and as a beauty blogger I couldn't not try it! I've had this for a few months now so I'm ready to give my full thoughts on it.

L'Oreal True Match

I must admit at first I didn't like it, I'm used to a super heavy matte coverage and this foundation isn't quite that. When my skin turned really dry I couldn't use my normal foundations because they stuck to my face and left it really patchy. Not a good look, I can assure you... So I then turned to this beauty and oh my goodness, lemme tell you now, the hype is needed as it is THAT good. I now consider this baby my holy grail foundation.


One pump

Rubbed once

Blended in

It blends really well and as you can see from the picture above my skin still looks like skin, it isn't orange and it has coverage. I'd say the coverage is medium but it can be built up or sheered out, depending on your preferences. I use two pumps and it gives me great coverage that isn't too heavy. 

The shade range is amazing, it caters for light to dark skin and pink, yellow and neutral undertones! Amazing for a drugstore foundation right? I have the lightest shade I believe and that's Ivory Rose, it's the perfect match for my skin and I love it!

What are your thoughts?

Daniella x





The Sunday Edit #10

Week rundown on my blog:
Monday: 40 Beauty Questions Tag
Wednesday: March Favourites
Saturday: March Empties and Mini Reviews

Hey lovelies, I hope you're all well. It's not six days into April... These days are flying by so fast it's crazy! But I can't wait for Easter and all the yummy chocolate!

So I'm now back at home in Leicester for three weeks as we have spring break. I'm too poor to stay at my house in Sunderland so I had to come home aha. My mum and her lovely new boyfriend picked me and my boyfriend Michael up and took us back to mine, how nice is that?!

I'm so excited to have a lie in as waking up at 7 o'clock nearly every morning kills me. I need to get rid of these bags! Although we have three weeks off from Uni I'll be doing Uni work everyday I bet. I have three essays, three exams to revise for, four assessments to prepare for, shorthand practice, a 20-page magazine to complete and five blogposts for my other blog. Wish me luck... I'll need it.

On April 1 I got an article published on Fashion North. I really enjoyed writing it and I know have a nail varnish wishlist as long as my arm... Please have a read, I'd love to know what you think of my writing style. You can read it here.

I'm now gonna relax for a bit and then get on with some work.

I hope you all enjoy your Sunday!

Daniella x

March Favourites

Hello lovelies, it's 2 April, 2014 and that means one thing... It's monthly favourites time! I haven't bought any new products in a while because I can't afford it, damn being a student! But here are some rediscoveries and products I've given a second chance that I would now consider as my favourites of the month of March.

March Favourites



L'Oreal True Match Foundation: I'll be honest, the first time I tried this foundation I didn't see the hype... I'm a full coverage kinda girl and I instantly went back to my MAC Studio Fix Foundation. But after my skin taking a turn for the worse and becoming very dry this foundation has now become my holy grail. It's medium coverage and it doesn't cling to my dry patches, hooray! Better yet, it comes in a range of shades with pink, neutral and yellow undertones. Something that is very rare in the drugstore!


L'Oreal True Match

L'Oreal Collection Privee, Julienne's nude: I won't go into too much detail about this product as I've done a full review on it here. But this has been my go to lipstick this month, I'm obsessed with nudes as I hate worrying about my lipstick throughout the day. L'Oreal have hit the money with this product.

L'Oreal Collection Privee

Miss Sporty Metal Flip Nail Varnish: I'm not too sure on the name of this nail varnish but it is beautiful. It's an iridescent shade so it appears blue but in the light it's green. I find myself staring and moving my nails around when I'm wearing this varnish aha, it brings out the inner child. Best yet it's only £1.99!

Miss Sporty Metal Flip Nail Varnish
  
Real Techniques Contour Brush: I love this brush for contour and highlight. It's the perfect size to sculpt my cheekbones and I find it makes contouring that bit easier. I love Real Techniques brushes as they're amazing quality, wash well and they're so soft!


Real Techniques Contour Brush


Le Volume De Chanel: This is actually a sample that I got ages ago in 2013, it's been more than three months and it hasn't dried up. This mascara makes my eyelashes voluminous, separated and it adds length. It's such a good mascara but at the £25 price tag I'm not sure I would buy it full size.

Chanel Mascara
That's it for my monthly favourites, keep your eyes peeled for a monthly empties coming soon!

What was in your March favourites?

Daniella x





REVIEW: Mac Mineralize Blusher - Dainty

Today I'm sharing with you my thoughts on the beautiful Mineralize Blusher - Dainty by MAC. This is my first MAC mineralize product and I am in love.



This blusher is a gorgeous soft pink with subtle shimmer. It can be dusted all over the cheeks for a nice natural sheen or it can be built up to a lovely pink flush of colour.

It's finely milled and very easy to apply, it's also very blendable so if you apply too much it can just be buffed away. As my skin has gone from being oily to very dry due to the weather change this blusher is perfect as it doesn't stick to the dry patches of my face, if I apply it lightly.

It is a tad pricey at £20, but as with MAC you pay for the quality of the product and it's definitely worth it. You do get quite a lot of product too, I don't see myself hitting pan any time soon and I use it pretty much everyday.

Do you own a MAC mineralise blusher? What's your favourite?


The Sunday Edit #8



Week run down on my blog:

Monday: Sleek Face Form Review and Swatches
Wednesday: Lush Mask of Magnanimity Review
Saturday: Make-up storage/set up wishlist

Hey lovelies, I hope you've all had a wonderful week! I haven't purchased any make-up in what seems like years and I'm craving a splurge. Hurry up student loan day! I need the Naked 3 pallet and all of MAC in my hands (a girl can dream)!! This week was the same as most to be honest, although the weather has been sunny and much warmer. Hello Spring!

Today the sun is beaming down and it's the nicest weather I've seen for a while. Me and two of my classmates from University went to the National Glass Centre in Sunderland today to film for our news story assessment. We are doing a story on the mothers day paperweight making that is running at the centre. We interviewed the glass maker as well as the participants. We also got to see the furnaces, and oh God when he opened it my face nearly melted off! 1000 degrees of pure heat, I felt like my foundation was going to slide off... I took a few pictures to show all of you lovelies how nice the weather was as well as some pics of the Glass Centre, it's so cool there.

What did you get up to this week?

Daniella

x

Furnance

Participants working on their paperweights

Hot Glass Studio

Exhibition

Inside Glass Centre

Gift shop

Lovely view of the river Wear

NGC

Outside National Glass Centre

Side view of NGC

Riverbank

Riverbank

Riverbank

University of Sunderland
St Peters Campus

Cute marble I bought from
the gift shop

Lovely view of the river Wear and the sea




Make-up storage/setup wishlist

Today I'm sharing with you my make-up storage wishlist. I live in a shared house at the moment so there's no room for me to get any of this storage (not like I can afford it right now anyway haha). But I'm living with my boyfriend next year in a flat so I hope they'll be loads of room for all this beautiful storage!




Make-up storage wishlist


Some of these items aren't exactly what I want but it's on the same lines. So I'll start from left to right on the top and then left to right on the bottom.

Ikea Alex Drawers: It's seems every beauty blogger has these incredible draws and I'm dying to get my hands on it as it's a perfect way to store make-up. I love the colour, it's so fresh and crisp.

Illuminating mirror: We all have the same problem in Winter when waking up at 7am and it's still dark outside! These mirrors solve that problem, they don't have an orange tinge like a lamp does so it almost recreates natural daylight, so it makes it easier to see what you're doing (life savour!).

Ikea Malm Dressing table: Isn't Ikea just amazing? This dressing table comes with a draw so even more beauty storage. I'd put make-up wipes, cotton pads, baby wipes, ear buds and make-up remover in here so it's all easy access for when I'm in the middle of getting ready. I'm so messy and I always need to wipe my hands after using foundation.

Clear acrylic drawers: You can buy these from eBay, Amazon and Muji. These drawers would sit on my dressing table and have my everyday make-up, products I want to use up and new products I want to try. This will make it easier for me to reach my make-up instead of searching for it.

Vanity mirror: These are just beautiful. I've always wanted a vanity, it's so girly and chic and a must have in my make-up set up.

Dressing table chair: I love these kind of chairs, they're so pretty and comfy and it completes the whole vanity set up.

When I finally have all of my storage and set up how I want, I'll definitely have a post showing you all of it.

What's on your beauty storage wishlist?

Daniella x

REVIEW: Lush Mask of Magnanimity

If you have read my February favourites you would have seen this lovely product. I (well my boyfriend) bought it for me a month or so ago and I've only used half. I use it a few times a week, sometimes on my whole face and sometimes on problem areas. I have the 125g one and it cost £5.25 but you can buy the bigger 315g for £9.95. It may seem a tad expensive for a face mask but oh my, it's so so worth it!

I have very problematic skin and I get loads of breakouts, not acne but red, sore unsightly breakouts, yuk! I've always wanted to try a face mask and Lush are well-known for theirs, I picked up Mask of Magnanimity because it looked the best for my skins needs.



The mask can be used on your face, on your back, on your chest - basically anywhere you have spots. It contains peppermint oil which stimulates the skin, marigold oil and chlorophyllin to treat the skin and evening primrose and aduki beans to ex foliate when you wash it off.

When the mask is on it feels very refreshing, like a breeze of cool air. It smells amazing, I love the smell of peppermint and just as well as this smells refreshingly pepperminty (that makes sense, right? Aha)

The thing I love the most is that when you wash it off it does gently ex foliate your skin so it saves you the job of doing it afterwards. When I've got a few breakouts that I want to reduce by the morning I wack this mask on and it soothes my skin and calms my spots. It really does work!

After I've scrubbed the mask off my skin feels so smooth, this mask is really a miracle worker. I might pick up the bigger pot next as I love it!

What is your favourite Lush face mask?

Daniella

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Sleek Face Form Review & Swatches

I've had this product for a month or so now and I've had plenty of time to thoroughly road test it. So today I'm sharing with you my views on Sleeks Face Form.

First of all, it's a face contour kit; it has a brown contour, a highlighter and a blusher. It retails for £9.99 and can be found in Superdrug, on their website and on Sleek's website. It comes in four shades: fair, light, medium and dark. I went for light as fair has more of a peachy tone blush and I prefer pink blushers.


Sleek Face Form

I love this product, although I'm pretty new to contouring the contour shade is perfect - it isn't too orange, nor too muddy, Sleek have hit the money with this contour! The highlight is a gorgeous champagne colour, perfect for a nice glow. The blusher is a shimmery rose gold but it's not too shimmery that you end up looking like a glitterball, it has the right amount of shimmer for a healthy glow.

Left to right - Blusher, Highlight, Bronzer
Please excuse my deformed hand...

Sleek are known for their highly pigmented products and this kit doesn't fall short. It's so pigmented so you only need a little bit and it blends out so evenly and perfectly. I think you can tell by this review that I love love love this product. It also has a mirror on the opposite side so it's great if you're on the go!

I'll definitely be trying more products from Sleek. What are your thoughts on this contour kit?

Daniella

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