REVIEW: Mac costa chic lipstick

Here is my costa chic lipstick from mac:

So this lipstick I bought on new year's eve when I went up to london from selfridges mac counter. Now, I've only just got into lipsticks - before I was completely a gloss girl, still am to an extent but yeah :). This was the second lipstick I bought - I now have 4.

What mac sells it as: Colour plus texture for the lips. Stands out on the runway. Simmers on the street! What made M·A·C famous. And the colour is described as - a frosty light coral.

Price: I bought it for £12 but apparently its gone up to £12.50. ughh mac stop putting the prices up :(

My review: First thoughts this lipstick is expensive. Yes it is expensive and when your my age it is a lot to pay for a lipstick however I love the brands and quality of makeup and would not mind spending about £15 on an eyeliner so that didn't bother me that much. And I would say you definitely get what you pay for! The texture of all the mac lipsticks is so nice - creamy, soft and not drying. Exactly what you need in a lipstick! The colour comes out really well on the lips and can be made really subtle with a thin layer or very dramatic with a few layers applied. The colour itself is absolutely beautiful. It is a gorgeous orangey coral and looks absolutely stunning on all skintones. It comes out very nicely on pale skin but I think it will come into its own when worn with a tan - will definitely be featuring in my summer makeup! It can be matched with most things on the eyes and I've found it works particularly with a neutral and brown based shadows. However it could be used with a black smokey eye to create a really dramatic nighttime effect. I consider it the best lipstick i own (others I have include mac's cosmo and sandy d) and I think i will use it alot in the summer. Also, I wore it on my first date with my last boyfriend - and lets just say it worked ;).

Would I buy again - most definitely yes. Havent found this colour anywhere else. absolutely beautiful.

Thankyou for reading :) if you have anything you would like me to review leave me a comment and i'll see if i have it :D

hope your having a good week

xxx

Tip of the Day

Oh yes another tip :D Before I go on to it last night i went to the dizzee rascal and lily allen concert at the o2 in london. it was absolutely amazing!!! Me and my girls were up dancing the whole way though - seriously they are both such incredible performers! If your ever near one of either of their concerts definitely go see it! I wanted to find a picture of lily because she looked so gorgeous and her eye makeup was amazing. but there arent any up and my ones were really bad quality :/ My favourite songs of the night were holiday by dizzee rascal and 22 by lily allen. Oh soon i will do an outfit post of what i wore :)

Anyways I'll stop rambleing about my weekend - do you guys actually like hearing about what i get up to? When I read blogs I love to hear what they've been doing because it makes it much more personal but would you prefur if I kept it just to makeup and fashion?

The tip of the day is a really simple hair style that takes about a second to do and is SO on trend for this ss10. It is the alexander wang plait!

It was features on every girl in his ss10 collection and is the perfect hair style for school or work, ont the beach, in town, out partying literally anywhere! And its so easy to do simply brush your hair to the side and put it in a loose plait. Works especially well on long hair but medium length hair can do it too. It can look both dressed down and up! I wore it last night to the concert and will be regularly using it this whole spring summer season. Hope you like it!

xxx

My weight loss plan

So I decided to stray away from the usual fashion/makeup posts. Don't worry they will be back tomorrow :) I've decided to tell you about my dieting habits in the hope someone can offer advice to shift those last few pounds.

So basically I have been dieting almost constantly since i was about 10. I was a really fat child when i was younger but lost so much weight when I was 11/12 and went really skinny. I then gradually put it all back on until I was almost a size 10 in year 11. After the last summer I did a huge crash diet where I ate basically nothing for a couple of weeks and went back down to a size 8. My weight then gradually came back until I went on yet another crash diet where I ate nothing for half a week then only fruit for the rest of the week. From then on I stopped eating my full 3 meals a day and a snack and cut down to just lunch and dinner.

Diet plan at the moment - For breakfast I have a can of kick (like red bull)

I then have a special k bar at break and nothing at lunch.

I eat nothing until dinner when I have a normal meal e.g. pasta or chicken or something.

I then do an exercise video every night and go swimming once a week.

I am a size 8 but really want to lose more weight for summer. Only issue - my gcses are coming up and I will have to eat during them to be able to concentrate. So how do i lose and keep off the week? Advice needed!

This is what I look like now:

I am the one on the right btw :) Dress from topshop. But yeah thats me size 8 - I do want to lose alot more weight and am aiming for a size 6 for summer. Basically I want to be able to wear crop tops and not have everyone be like EW shes fat.

What are your diet plans for the summer?

Song of the moment - Human by The Killers.

I actually can not stop listening to it. Reminds me of V festival last year. They were the most amazing headliners and this was just incredible. SO excited about this years!

Anyone else going?

xxx

Advice needed!

So i've got a party next saturday and I need some advice as to how to do my makeup. Its a 60s fancy dress party therefore i was thinking of doing the white and black eyeshadow look however what do i put on my lips/cheeks?! Any advice would be so appreciated! Also costume ideas :S ??

So I went shopping last night and went into my local topshop and was saw so many of those bralet things. What are your thoughts on them? Think they could work either beneath see through bodies or with high waisted shorts/skirts. Think its appropriate to wear them alone in the summer? I may be investing. These are the ones I like the look of :

The above one I was thinking of wearing with a light pink long sleeved lace body and hotpants for a summer party or something. And the one below one its own with shorts or maybe with some high waisted thing. But i dunno there both £20 each from topshop.

Hope your having a great weekend :)

xxx

Tip of the day

So I've decided to start doing little tips and tricks that I have to share :) I am so so tired already today so I'm just gonna do a little post.

Tip of the day: People with fair complexions can wear dark plum and red blushes too! Just find the ends of your cheek bones (near to the side of your nose) and gently blend the colour in from there and back into the hairline. Gives a nice bit of colour without looking too stark and dramatic.

All I can think about at the moment is V FESTIVAL! I've already got my ticket on the pre sale. Anyone else heading down to chelmsford for the festival this summer? Thoughts on the lineup?

xxx

LOTD: school makeup :)

OK it just made my life to see i had 6 followers :) i feel so honoured so thankyou so so much it means so much to me!

Today I decided to not do another review although I always enjoy the reviews on other peoples blogs and I decided to do a look of the day. Because I still go to school my everyday look have to be school appropriate. Because I love makeup I chagnge my school makeup every day though generally stick to a nude and brown colour scheme. This look is one I do at least once a week for school and is easy and quick for me to do in the mornings :) Enjoy :

Products used:

Face:

• Maybelline pure liquid mineral >
• clarins stick concealer in 02
• Benefit 10 blush

Eyes:

• Mac eyeliner in coffee
• Mac eyeshadow in honesty
• Mac eyeshadow in white frost
• Mac factor false lash effect mascara
• Benefit badgal plum mascara
• Benefit lemon aid

Lips:

• collection 2000 lip gloss in 04 honey

And for my hair for school I change daily to - either straightened as seen here or in plaits or in a ponytail or bun or curly. I get bored if i do the same thing everyday. Hope you enjoyed reading this post and can get some ideas from it.

Any other ideas for school or work makeup?

Thankyou for reading and have a good week

xxx

REVIEW: Maybelline pure liquid mineral foundation

Here is my very dirty bottle of the foundation. In the background you can see my dressing table :D
I've decided to do another review. Hopefully doing two in a row isn't excessive? But this one is for my favourite foundation of the moment - maybellines pure liquid mineral. I love mineral foundations for the winter because they give me a quite heavy coverage - which i need for my skin as well as being moisturising but not overly thick. For summer I tend to use mineral powder foundation instead as it's lighter and means more sun can get to my face. Here is my review for the foundation I use at the moment, maybellines pure liquid mineral.

What maybelline sells it as: Your skin will love our micro-mineral infused liquid foundation… Perfect, flawless yet breathable coverage. Skin appears visibly improved and looks so natural, so healthy.

Price: £7.99

My review: I have nothing but amazing feedback for this product. I absolutely love it! I'm on my second bottle already. Firstly the packaging - it comes with a really easy to use pump which has never broken for me and always distributes a good amount of product. The packaging is not ugly and looks fine on my dressing table as well as being portable and has never leaked. Onto the actual product. It is quite a heavy foundation but because of this it has good coverage and after a while it is very light on the skin however you do have some time of it being sticky while it sinks in after application - however this i have experianced with all the liquids i've tried. The coverage is buildable and the foundation also works very well with cream concealers and blushers. It is very easily applied to the face with either fingers or a foundation brush. This actually took me a while to start liking it - when i first got it I thought it was too heavy and too oily for my skin but that may have been because i went straight from a powder into liquid foundation and my skin had to adjust. The price is very reasonable and is completely affordable for all people. It lasts ages - about 2 or 3 months and I use it every single day. I would most definitely recommend this for winter use as a affordable but quality product for young or older skin alike.

Would I repurchase? I am already on my 2nd bottle and I will definitely be repurchasing when this one runs out. However my next foundation buy will probably be a powder foundation for the summer.

Any ideas of a good powder foundation?

What liquid foundation have you found works?

Hope you had a good day :)

xxx