My Everyday Makeup Look

This has been my favourite makeup look to wear recently. I think it looks so effortless but still really put together. 

My new obsession is using brown eyeliner in the tightline and waterline, and then smudging it out using a deep brown eyeshadow and a pencil brush. I don't know why this is so appealing to me, but I just love it. I'm literally obsessed with all of the products I use to create this look, and they're all recent purchases, so I can't wait to share them with you...

PRODUCTS I USE TO CREATE THIS MAKEUP LOOK: 

• L'Oreal True Match Foundation 

• Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Concealer (to highlight under the eyes)

• Anastasia Beverly Hills setting powder in Banana (to set the concealer)

• Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder in Dim Light (to set the whole face)

• Anastasia Beverly Hills Contour Powder in Fawn (to contour)

• The Body Shop Honey Bronzer (to bronze the skin)

• Revlon Highlighting Palette in Bronze Glow (for cheekbones and on the eyelids)

• MAC Blusher in Blushbaby

• Too Faced Chocolate Bar Palette eyeshadow in Triple Fudge (for eyebrows)

• L'Oreal Smokey eyeshadow in Escape in Bordeaux (for outer corners of eyelids)

• L'Oreal Khol eyeliner in Pure Espresso (for tightline and waterline) 

• Too Faced Chocolate Bar Palette eyeshadow in Triple Fudge (to smoke liner out) 

• Maybelline Lash Sensational waterproof mascara

• Charlotte Tilbury Lip Cheat in Pillow Talk

• MAC Matte Lipstick in Honey Love

 Love, H x

Today's Essentials

Here's a little sneak peek at my essentials for today...

Bag: Forever21

Watch: Marc Jacobs Rose Gold

Fragrance: Jo Malone Saffron Intense

Lipstick: YSL Volupte Sheer Candy in Coco Givree

Powder: MAC Mineralise Skin Finish in Medium/Dark

Brush: Zoeva 106 Powder Brush

Love, H x

Christmas Gifting Ideas for Women

This year I have been searching all over the internet for Christmas gifting ideas. I have found so many helpful blog posts and YouTube videos that inspired my gifts this year. So with that said, I thought I would put together a blog post that will hopefully help others that might be lacking inspiration this festive season.

This post includes a range of different price points and is directed at gifts for women and girls.

So let's get started!

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NAILS

Ciate Olivia Palermo The Fashion Edit - Mini Nail Polish Set - £25.00 from Asos

LIMITED EDITION TOPSHOP Christmas Berry Nail Varnish Duo - £12.50 from John Lewis

MAKEUP

Charlotte Tilbury The Perfect Pink Kiss Set - £49.00 from John Lewis

MAC Irresistibly Charming Lip Gloss Set - £26.00 from John Lewis

Star Print Makeup Bag - £8.00 from Asos 

Anastasia Beverly Hills Contour Kit - £39.00 from Cult Beauty

HAIR

Limited Edition Twinkle Tangle Teezer Compact Styler - £9.45 from Asos

Liz Earle Botanical Shine Hair Heroes Gift Set - £29.95 from John Lewis

Bed Head Party Girl Set - £21.69 from Asos

GHD Arctic Gold Deluxe Dry and Style Gift Set - £195.00 from John Lewis

SKINCARE & BODY

Origins Mask Marvels Gift Set - £30.00 from John Lewis

Yes To Coconuts Exclusive Body Set - £16.80 from Asos

Charlotte Tilbury The Gift of Goddess Skin Set - £39.00 from John Lewis

Jo Malone Christmas Cracker - £32.00 from John Lewis

FASHION & ACCESSORIES

Bedroom Athletics Cream Slipper Socks - £10.50 from Asos

Oversized Pom Pom Key Ring - £8.00 from Asos

Marble Effect Phone Case - £8.00 from Asos

Jack Wills Mittens - £24.50 from Asos

HOME & MISC

Copper Cable Photo Holder - £8.99 from Asos

NEOM Tranquillity Diffuser - £38.00 from John Lewis

Hotel Chocolat Classic Christmas Luxe box - £35.00 from John Lewis

Hot Chocolate Gift Set - £13.00 from John Lewis

Winter Candle - £20.00 from The White Company

Also ANYTHING from Lush is always a good gift for us gals!

Hope this helped guys. Feel free to leave any comments below.

Love, H x

Our California Trip

Some of you may know that my boyfriend went travelling this year... I think I might have mentioned it in a previous blog post.

It's quite a story actually...

Carl and I met JUST before he was due to go on his travels, so it was obviously quite a sticky situation for us. Of course, we would just have to do our best to make a long distance relationship work for 4 months. And we did.

Just before he left in the January, he asked me how I was with flying. I said I was fine with it - and so then he proposed that I fly out to see him when he got to L.A in the April.

(HE'D PRETTY MUCH ALREADY BOOKED THE TICKETS)

I was shocked and soooooo excited at the thought of that, I OBVIOUSLY said yes!!!

And so April came around, and I flew to Los Angeles to meet him!

(This was also my first time flying by myself and I think I did amazingly well *pats self on back*)

It was honestly the most magical 12 days I have ever experienced. Not only did I get to see my gorgeous boyfriend after far too long of being apart, but we were in CALIFORNIA!

Having never been to America before, I clearly wanted to do some super touristy things.

Such as...

EAT AT THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY!

EXPLORE MUSCLE BEACH & VENICE BEACH BOARDWALK!

SHOP AT SEPHORA, OF COURSE!

EXPLORE HOLLYWOOD & BEVERLY HILLS!

We also took the bus up to San Francisco, which was AMAZING!

SMOOCHIN' AT THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE!

UNION SQUARE, SF, FROM THE TOP FLOOR OF MACY'S!

And we did soooo much more! 

If you couldn't already tell, I had the most amazing time and I just wanted to document this experience via blog post so I can remember all of these memories.

Carl, I cannot thank you enough for giving me the most magical trip of my life. I will always treasure every memory that we made.

I honestly felt so comfortable and at home in L.A, I reaaaally hope I one day get to go back! If you live there it's safe to say I'm beyond stupidly jealous of you.

Thank you for reading!

Love, H x

Autumnal Makeup - Purple/Berry Tones

Autumn is here! It's official!

I absolutely love this time of the year, it's definitely my favourite season. 

I feel that it is also the most romantic season... Cosy nights in, cuddles, blankets, crisp morning and evening walks, HOT CHOCOLATE... All that good stuff. It might just be me, but there's something about spending this time of year with that someone special that is just sooooo warming and lovely.

I also love that dark lips, dark nails, fur coats and wearing head to toe black are all now so acceptable! YAY.

Feeling very inspired, I created this purple toned look. I filmed a video on it for my YouTube channel, so go and check that out to see what products I used! ...

I hope you enjoy!

Love, H x

My perfect weekend

This weekend was one of those weekends where you look back at it and think... Yeah. That was such a perfect weekend. Just little things that make it a really good time, you know?

It started on Friday when I saw my gorgeous boyfriend after work and we made our classic stir fry for dinner. Food makes me happy. As does he ;)

Stir fry is such a reoccurring meal for us haha we can't get enough! I might upload a recipe for it actually, it's super scrummy!

So on Saturday we took a road trip down to Whitstable to the seaside. We hadn't been to the seaside yet this summer... I know right... So we were super excited to chill by the coast. It turned out to be such a lovely day - was scorching hot, even by the sea. Literally no breeze. So I was suffering a little in my black skinny's and converse.

Once we'd had a little walk around, we settled down for lunch in a lovely cafe restaurant overlooking the sea. And after an excruciatingly long wait... Our food was served.

How good does that look?!

Scampi, Whitebait and Chicken Caesar Salad, just between the two of us. Haha we are such peeeegs. After eating pretty much everything... We rolled ourselves out of the restaurant and back to the car.

When we got home, we decided that we were going to (or should I say Carl forced me to) play some basketball. I'm only joking, I do rather enjoy it. So we headed to the court for some quick hoop shootin'. Can I point out that I did preeettty well considering Carl's 6 ft 3 and I'm 5 ft 4 or something. Once we had worked off all of the calories from earlier that day we headed home to chill. (Not without a quick stop at the Chinese takeaway of course).

SUNDAY!

I love Sunday's. They are sooooo relaxing. But the thought of Monday looming around the corner is always a little depressing. Anyway we decided that we were going to have a BBQ as the weather was looking to be around 24 degrees. It actually turned out to be hotter than expected so that was a bonus.

Of course, before anything, Carl went to the gym. And then we played some more basketball. During which I was maliciously chased by a the most persistent wasp there ever was. I think he thought I was a flower as I was wearing the brightest yellow top and a very sweet Victoria's Secret body spray. Haha. But Carl managed to save me so we continued playing.

After kicking Carl's ass at basketball, we headed back to start prep on the food for the BBQ. So. Much. Food.

We also had fun trying to figure out how to put up the swinging chair in the garden haha. It's more difficult than it sounds!
It turned out to be such a lovely evening with Carl's family, I loved it.

To finish off the most perfect weekend, Carl and I caught up on our favourite series, Suits. HOW GOOD IS SUITS???? If you haven't watched it... What are you doing?

And then after that, I headed home. And that is what I call my perfect weekend.

Can I just mention that I am so beyond lucky to have the boyfriend that I do. He's so thoughtful, loving and HANDSOME and he makes me so happy. I love every second that I spend with him. Love him with every piece of me.

Thank you so much for reading guys.

Love, H x

NEW Rimmel Kate Moss Nude Lipstick in shade 40 - Review

Hey beauties.

Today I'm bringing you a mini review on the new Rimmel Kate Moss nude lipstick in the colour 40.

I did intend on picking up all of the shades from the collection so I could do a collection review for you, but believe it or not there were only a couple left, and they looked pretty grubby. But if you would be interested in seeing a full review, please let me know!

So here is what shade 40 looks like...

To be honest, this is probably my favourite shade from the collection anyway. It's a pale, peach and slightly pink nude. I believe it's the palest lipstick in the collection, but even so, it's not SO pale that your lips disappear. However I would recommend putting a darker lip liner underneath or a gloss over the top. (That's if you're not into the super nude nudes). Although if you're not into the super nude nudes, then I wouldn't purchase this lipstick haha! There are darker nudes in the collection.

RAMBLE OVER.

Okay, so this product will cost you around £5.49 from Boots. I think that is an absolute steal!!! The formula of this lipstick is super creamy, but I would say that if you suffer from chapped lips (like me), give them a good exfoliating before applying this product as it did stick to some of my dry areas, and settled into some fine lines. But other than that, it's super nice.

I feel that the colour pay off is amazing, and you're really getting an overall great product for your money. I can't say much about the other shades in the collection, however I'm sure they would be much the same.

This lipstick has a really mild perfume to it, so it's not overpowering but it does have some scent, which I like. It kinda reminds me of 'new car smell' if ya know what I mean. Haha. So random.

I personally love wearing this shade over the top of the L'Oreal lip liner in Beige A Nu. I also love pressing it into the centre of the lips over other lipsticks to achieve a fuller look.

I've actually had some really bad experiences with Rimmel Kate Moss lipsticks; others that I have tried have been sooooo drying and have had little lumps in them (it's hard to explain) does anyone know what I mean? I found it especially with the shade 113.

Anyway, this lipstick has restored my faith with the Rimmel Kate Moss lipsticks haha. So that's a good thing! Would I recommend this lipstick? Yes, absolutely.

I hope that you enjoyed this post - please leave me a comment if you did :)

Thanks for reading.

Love, H x