My Beauty Wish List

Hey guys. I hope you have all had a lovely weekend. I had planned to spend most my weekend blogging as I have long list of reviews and posts ready to type away but I was struck by a nasty migraine this weekend and spent all weekend in my onsie on sofa feeling very sorry for myself. 

So since I didnt have the energy to do my planned posts,  I thought instead I would share with you my 'Beauty Wish list', just to feed my blogging habit a little, and cheer myself up. I have an ever growing list on my I pad which is much longer then this. I always make note of products mentioned in blogs or on You tube videos I l would like to give a try, and seeing as I spend a fair amount of my free time reading blogs and watching You tube I am sure you can imagine the length of my list :p . So  I put this together to give you a sneak peak into some make up and beauty items I would love, some of them are very pricey, luxury and high end items so they may not be in my collection  till I can save up the pennies to purchase them, but a girl can dream. 

As you can probably see from my wish list I am a bit of a foundation junkie, I love trying new foundation. I have lots of foundations I enjoy using but I have never found that go to, holy grail type foundation. So I always on the look out. 

I made this list using Beauty sets, I had lots of fun playing about on this website, and can see it fast becoming my new blogging tool. 

My Beauty Wish List with Chanel , Christian Dior, M·A·C

Do you currently have a wish list? I would love to hear about some of the products you would like to try, or anything you can recommend?

Thanks for reading

Emma Louise xx 

Make up spring clean

So yesterday I decided to have a clear out and de clutter of all my make up.....I hadn't quite anticipated how much of a task this would be......turns out I had a lot more make up then I thought oops. As I mentioned in my previous post I have recently got some new bedroom furniture to store my make up and beauty essentials. 

So I decided this was the perfect time to sort through my make up. I was very strict with myself, if it was past its expiry date, hadn't been used in the last couple if months, or looked a little bit worse for wear it was going. Being the obsessive I am I also armed my self with disinfectant wipes to clean all the make up I was going to keep, as much of it had foundation or powder marks all over them. 

So after clearing out three boxes and drawer I actually was quite brutal and threw half of my collection away, anything that was still in good condition and I just didn't used I am keeping to one side to give to give to family as its a shame to see it wasted. I couldn't believe the amount if stuff I found that had been forgotten about or hardly used. Most of these items were from before I had my own home to pay for and became the responsible adult i am now :p, and I was no where near as careful with my spending as i am now. Even though I still buy a lot of products now I don't impulse buy, I always do my make up research before buying. 

So after hours of cleaning and sorting this what I was left with. To some people this might still look too much, but it will honestly be used.  I feel much better after having a clear out and clean up of my products, everything looks refreshed and new, and a de clutter always makes you feel better, even if half way through you regret starting. When I think I threw half of it away I am slightly horrified at the amount of money I have spent over the years but make up and beauty products are my vice and I love trying and testing new products and experimenting with new looks. 

Thanks for reading 

Emma Louise x 

Mac Archie's Girls

Like many make up and MAC lovers , I have been extremely excited about the MAC’s Archie Girls Collection. The collection is biased on Veronica and Betty, two best friends and rivals competing for the love of Archie.  The collection has a variety of products, there are some general ‘Archie’s girls’ pieces and the collection is split to portray each girls persona. Betty is a sweet, blonde haired girl next door, and the Betty collection is full of pale and soft pastels. Veronica on the other hand is Brunette spoilt rich girl, the Veronica collection captures her character in seductive dark tones.

 The collection came out in the US at the start of February and the blogging and Youtube world has gone MAC and Archie crazy. Of course all this hype meant I spent lots of time reading and watching. reviews from lots of on line beauty gurus, some what heightened my excitement. After the press release I had a pretty good idea of the products I wanted to purchase and was very impatiently sitting tight, waiting for the UK towards the end of February. That was until one of my friends told me Selfridges was exclusively launching the collection early. So I headed straight over to the on line store and made my purchases.

I managed to somewhat restrain my spending and purchased four items of the collection. Now being a blonde girly girl, I was instantly attracted to the shades and colours of Betty collection. So I decided to go for the Betty Lipstick in girl next door, the Betty Lips glass in stay sweet and the Betty pigment in Cheers my dears, just need to add how cute the names of the products are.  Finally I couldn't resist the beautiful Pearlmatte face powder. 

I am huge lipstick lover, I have an array of colours in my collection, but I mostly opt for nudes of pinks. So this lipstick was very me. It’s a blue tone pink Lustre lipstick. I love the finish and tone of this lipstick, its the perfect cute pink shade, I found just a couple of coats of this lipstick really changed the effect so you can switch up the look of this lipstick with a few coats.  The gloss in stay sweet and girls next door and the perfect colour combination to achieve a pink lipped  look. It also would look lovely on its own if you wanted a more natural look. I was also impressed with the pigment, I am not a huge fan of pigments as I find them a bit messy but I loved the lavender pink colour of this. Its really pigmented and the finish it really strong. I don't own many eye shadows this shade so I am sure this will be well used. 

Lipstick and gloss together.

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pigment, lipstick and lip glass lip gloss

I am in love with the  pearlmatte face powder. Firstly it looks so cute with the pink hearts embedded in the powder, so cute actually I almost didn't want to use it. When i did though I was so impressed with the colour, I would personally use this as a highlighter along the top of my cheek bones as it has a high shimmer finish. I love the pink highlighter glow it gives me cheek and the name describes it perfectly with its pearly glow. 

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Both light and dark coloured combined, darker pink colour, lighter colour (sorry my camera is not great but you get the idea)

Now I can’t do this review and not mention the packaging. The packaging is a real switch up from MAC’s usual black statement to comic book style white with reds and pinks.  I love the retro and colourful packaging and I have to admit it this distinctive and unique packaging that initially caught my eye with this collection.

Overall I am really impressed with the Archie’s Girls collection, I adore the colours and shades used to illustrate the different identities of two girls and I think there are some really good quality products on offer.  The collection is now available on the MAC website, they have also realized some exclusive products to this collection  available only to MAC, I am trying very hard not to buy the brush set along with a few other pieces I have my eye on such as the Betty bright lipstick and the Ice cream sundae eye shadow set, but if I want to have any kind of social life this month I will have tor restrain myself. 

Let me know what you think of the collection? 

Thanks for reading

Emma Louise x