KKW Beauty – Ultralight Beam

(Photo credit to: Kim Kardashian and KKW Beauty Instagram pages)

When it comes to the Kardashian’s, there’s no doubt that they don’t know what they’re doing when it comes to beauty and business 🔥. Kim launched her beauty business with contour and highlight kits and a creme lipstick collection which was a huge success so there’s no surprise that Kim is launching more products.

A few weeks ago, she launched her fragrance collection which by the way, I can not wait to smell (just waiting here patiently for them to launched in the UK) and now she is launching an Ultralight Beam collection which consists of pigment shimmers, highlighters and glosses – I love a bit of glitter sparkle! ✨

The Ultralight Beam collection is launching on 1st Dec at 12pm PST (which I believe is 8pm here, right?) and is sold exclusively at kkwbeauty.com. You can buy powders and gloss as a duo for $32 or the whole collection for $160. It seems expensive but she is launching a gloss and powder duo in five different tones: Iridescent, Bronze, Copper, Yellow Gold and Rose gold so all in all, worth the money!

Unfortunately, due to the price of shipping and tax payments, I haven’t got any of the KKW Beauty products as I can’t afford them 😞 so if you’ve got some, pls let me know what they’re like!

Beauty Advent Calendar’s 2017

Okay so before you guys say anything, I know we’re only in the first week of November but I absolutely love Christmas and you need an advent calendar at the start of December right? So, I thought this post would be okay 😉. I’ll admit, I’ve never had a beauty advent calendar before because I’ve always thought that they were too expensive but this year, I have found some amazing ones for a reasonable price so I thought I would show you guys because lets face it, as much as we want a Jo Malone advent calendar, we can’t spare £300 for one!

 

 

Makeup Revolution Advent Calendar – £30

This calendar I have actually ordered myself as I love Revolution makeup and I just thought it was an absolute bargain as I know that I am going to use every single product. The advent calendar was £50 but it’s been reduced to £30 so get it whilst you can! It’s from Superdrug and you can find it here.

The calendar has 25 doors which makes it an even better bargain as some only have 12 days. In the calendar you get: 3x Baked Highlighters, 1x Bronzer, 6x Lipsticks, 4x Makeup Brushes, 1x Eye-shadow Primer, 1x Liquid Highlighter, 1x Travel Mirror, 2x Pressed Highlighters, 2x Strobe Balms and 1x Full Size Eye-shadow Palette.

 

Makeup Revolution Christmas Tree – £70

This Revolution advent calendar is a little more expensive but I had to add it to the list as it’s such a good makeup brand and it is sooo worth it. The Christmas Tree was £120 but it has been reduced to £70. This calendar is also from Superdrug and you can find it here.

The Christmas Tree has 25 doors and you get: 1x Bronzing Palette, 1x Brow Enhancing Stick, 5x Redemption Eye-shadow Palettes, 1x Blush Stick, 2x Ultra Strobe Balms, 3x Lip Euphoria Lip Glosses, 1x Ultra Bronzer Powder, 1x Amazing Curl Mascara, 1x Euphoria Eye-shadow and Contouring Palette, 1x Makeup Blending Sponge, 1x Bronze Stick, 2x Salvation Palettes, 1x Brush Cleaning Tool, 1x Blush Palette, 1x Bronze Shimmer Highlight Powder, 1x Highlight Stick, 3x Give Me More Lip Powder Lipsticks, 1x Due Face Sculpt Powder and 2x Salvation Intense Lip Lacqueres.

 

Tanya Burr 12 Sweet Days Beauty Calendar – £20

As you can tell from the name, this beauty calendar has 12 doors. The 12 Sweet Days Beauty Calendar was originally £30 but it has been reduced to £20. You can get this from Superdrug and you can find it here. The beauty calendar includes: Eye Shimmer Pots, Glitter Liners, Lip Glosses and Nail Polish. I personally have never used the Tanya Burr range but it has good reviews and for the price, it’s a steal!

 

Essie Nail Polish Advent Calendar 24 Day Christmas Countdown – £50

This beauty advent calendar has 24 doors. It was originally £80 but it has been reduced to £50. You can also get this calendar from Superdrug and you can find it here.

In the calendar, you get: 7x Nail Polish, 13x Mini Nail Polish, 1x Mini Polish Remover, 3x Essie Mani Surprises. This calendar also has 5 shades exclusive to the calendar. Even more reason to get it, right?

 

Lush 12 Days of Christmas – £67.50

I know for a fact that this advent calendar is going to be very popular, even at the steep price! As said in the name, the calendar has 12 doors and you can buy it from the Lush website here. The calendar includes: 1x Bubbly Shower Gel, 1x Never Mind the Ballistics Bath Bomb, 1x Golden Wonder Bath Bomb, 1x Plum Snow Bubble Bar, 1x Christmas Eve Bubble Bar, 1x Snow Fairy Shower Gel, 1x Christmas Cracker Bubble Bar, 1x Baked Maska Soap, 1x Christmas Sweater Bath Bomb, 1x Bucks Fizz Body Conditioner, 1x Sherbet Dip Bath Bomb, 1x Shoot for the Stars Bath Bomb.

 

Soap & Glory It’s a Calendar, girls! – £40

First of all, I love the name of this calendar – I’m easily pleased lol. You can get this calendar from Boots however, it’s all sold out!! You can find the calendar here for when it comes back in stock (hopefully). The calendar includes: 6x Body Wash Pods, 1x Body Buffer, 1x Hand Cream, 1x Foot Cream, 1x Primer, 1x Mascara, 2x Gloss Sticks, 1x Matte Stick, 4x Crazy Sexy Kohl, 3x Pillow Plumps and a pair of tweezers.

 

Sleek Makeup A Gift A Day Advent Calendar – £35

This calendar hasn’t got a lot of good reviews but I personally love Sleek makeup and I have a lot of their matte liquid lipsticks which are included in this advent calendar. This calendar has 25 doors and it’s from Boots. You can find the calendar here. The calendar includes: 1x Powder Brush, 4x Matte Me Lipsticks, 7x Twist Up Eye Pencils, 1x Mascara, 1x Dip It Eyeliner, 1x Glitter Eyeliner, 1x Blush, 3x i-Divine Eye-shadow Palettes, 1x Lip VIP Lipstick, 4x Matte Nail Varnish, 1x Eye-shadow Brush, 1x Angled Eye-shadow brush.

 

House of Fraser Beauty Advent Calendar – £20

This advent calendar was originally £25 but has been reduced to £20. You can buy the calendar from House of Fraser and can find it here. The calendar has 24 doors and includes: 1x Colour Couture Mascara, 1x Black Liquid Liner, 1x Red Lipstick, 1x Nude Lipstick, 1x Eyebrow Pencil, 1x Gold Glitter Liquid Eyeliner, 1x Silver Eye Crayon, 1x Champagne Eye Crayon, 1x Trio Eye-shadow, 3x Nail Polish, 1x Blusher, 2x Eye-shadow Dust, 2x Lip Glosses, 1x Nail File, 1x Funnel, 1x Kabuki Brush, star and sequin nail art and 2x Nail Stickers.

 

Let me know what ones are your fav or if you’ve got one that I haven’t mentioned!

 

Makeup/Beauty Tips – Part 1

I love love love learning new makeup and beauty hacks so I thought that I would share with you guys some of them. I’ll never claim that I’m a specialist and I understand that some of the hacks may not work for yourself but it’s worth a try, right? I’m just here to help some of you guys out and hopefully you can teach me some hacks that I didn’t know as well.. Team work makes the dream work haha! 

Rule number 1 which is the most important – NEVER sleep in makeup!! I’ll admit, sometimes it is the easier option when you’re tired but you’ll regret it a few days down the line when you start getting a breakout 😓.

2. Do your makeup before you do your hair. Make sure that you blend your foundation into your hair line so there’s no white patches visible when you style your hair.

3. Most people know this little tip but I thought that I would add it anyway – make sure your beauty blender is wet before you use it. This makes blending foundation easier!

4. Makeup has an ‘expiry date’ and this is shown on the back of the product. You should see a symbol of an open tub with a number inside – this indicates how long the product should be used for once it is open. For example, you may see 6M which means 6 months.

5. After putting your foundation on, get a thin sheet of tissue and put it over the area where you have just put makeup and gently blot over the tissue with powder. This helps to stop excess oil. This little tip also helps with lipstick to help it stay on a little longer.

6. If you can’t afford to keep splashing out on makeup, you can buy an eyeshadow palette that can be multi-purpose. You can use eyeshadow for your eyes, your eyebrows, blusher and contour for example.

7. To make your eyeliner and eyebrows more fleeky and neat, you can line them out with foundation and a concealer brush. This is handy incase you make a mistake when doing your eyeliner and eyebrows for example which saves you from washing it off!

8. To make your eyeshadow more pigmented, spray your eyeshadow brush with rose water or setting spray before you put your eyeshadow on.

9. If you got mascara on your face (e.g. on top of your eyelids or on your nose), wait for it to dry instead of wiping it off straight away and then scrape it off with a clean mascara wand or spoolie.

10. To reduce the amount of mascara that goes on your face by accident, place a small bit of card behind your eyelashes when you apply mascara or a plastic spoon underneath your under eyelashes.

Those are my top 10 tips – I will be doing another post with more if you guys enjoyed it!

Sarah Ashcroft

*Photos from Sarah’s Instagram: @sarahhashcroft*

So, my girl crush is Sarah Ashcroft. Her life is just an absolute dream.. She’s beautiful and has amazing fashion taste also.

Sarah is a fashion blogger based in the UK and to be truthful, she was my inspo to start my own fashion and beauty blog. Her blog is http://www.thatpommiegirl.com/ but most of her updates are on her Instagram, Snapchat and YouTube page.

Recently, Sarah got flown to Coachella by Lipsy.. What a DREAM 😍. Above are some of her outfits that she wore to the festival. I absolutely love the sequin mini dress she wore and the lace playsuit… How beautiful! Also crushing on her makeup, hair and gems – what festival goals, ay? 😉

Much love, Erin x

Silicone Beauty Blender

I’ve been seeing these silicone beauty blenders all over social media and in beauty shops and as someone who LOVES a sponge beauty blender, I didn’t think they would be worth the hype. However, I decided to buy some to try them out and they proved me wrong!! (..that’s the first and last time you’ll hear me say that 😉 😜).

I decided to buy a pack of three purely for the shape of the blenders. I felt like if I was going to use them, I had to use them properly and not use additional brushes or sponges to get to the tricky areas like the side of your nose. These blenders have structure to them but they are easy to move around your face and get to the tricky bits.

There are many PROS to the silicone beauty blenders but the PRO that over rules them all, is that you do not waste any foundation.. Perfect!! If you have a sponge beauty blender, the sponge tends to absorb some of the foundation but with these blenders, no makeup is wasted. Another PRO is that it is soooo easy to clean which saves a lot of time and hassle 😃.. Gives us girls more time to take selfies that way, right? 😉. Because the product is so easy to clean, it is more hygienic lets say.

The silicone beauty blender can be used for all types of foundation and BB cream but it works the best with liquid foundation.

I bought my blenders on Amazon for about £3 altogether but there are many beauty shops around that sell them also. Different places also sell different shapes of these blenders so it’s best to have a little shop around before you buy.

Much love, Erin x

Brush Egg!

So, I am not a makeup artist (unfortunately 😞) but I am obsessed with buying it and accessories to go with it! After hoarding owning hundreds of makeup brushes (.. I wish that was an exaggeration lol!), I was getting fed up with filling my sink up constantly to let my makeup brushes ‘soak’ and then rubbing them in my hand, so I had to find an alternative. Fortunately for me, someone had thought of an alternative before and created this little egg shaped beauty. This little egg shaped beauty is called… wait for it.. a brush egg!! Ha, easy to remember! The Brush Egg is open at the bottom which allows you to put your fingers inside it so you can hold it easily. The makeup cleaner has different types of ‘bobbly bits’ on it which helps get all of the excess makeup off of your brushes and are handy if you have different brush types or sizes! The Brush Egg itself is very easy to clean which is a bonus.. especially if you’ve been standing there for a while cleaning your brushes lol 😄. This lovely invention comes in different shapes, sizes and colours – You can even get one in a shape of a heart which is cute!

I bought this item from Amazon but it is available on other online sites and in beauty shops also!

If you love your makeup and your brushes, I would highly recommend getting this product! All you need is product, a bit of shampoo or brush cleaner, water and you’re good to go!

Much love, Erin x