My 2014 resolutions.

2014 is upon us, and I thought this year I would make some resolutions. 

1. Loose at least 2 stone before the summer

(Staring the Exante diet - 08/01/2014)

2. Start writing more blog posts 

(2 posts a week is my target)

3. Finish my accounts course

(Need to plan a timetable, and stick to it)

4. To keep my room and car organised and clean 

(Tidy, TIDY, Tidy)

5. Save as much money as I can 

(need to get myself a house :D)

Made any resolutions yourself this year?

Love L xox

Top 13 of 2013!

It's come to the end of 2013, so thought I would share with you my top pics of the year.

 1. Real techniques expert face brush. 

 (£9.99 @ boots/Superdrugs)

This brush is really great, since buying it I have not used any other brush or technique of applying my liquid foundation. Makes application really flawless, and blends the products on evenly. 




2. Dior nude BB cream (£24.00 @ escentual.com/£29.00 elsewhere)

This BB great is great!!! Brought it after seeing many other beauty bloggers rave about it, and it really does live up to its name. I used this everyday during the summer, as it was so light on the skin, and it felt like I had nothing on. 





3. Clarasonic Mia 2 (£125.00 @ Debenhams/House of Fraser)

Love Love Love this! Have wanted to get one of these for ages to know, due to the price I really wanted to do my research first. Finally I got myself one end of november, and have been using it day and night since. It really is great, leaves my face feeling super clean and soft! I never knew before how much dirt I was actually leaving on my face over night! Great little item!

 4. Philosophy purity face cleanser (£39.00 @ QVC - Supersize bottle with pump)

Brought this when I got my clarasonic, and they work a breeze together, its really cleans my face, and does not leave my face feeling really dry afterwards, the smell is also very great. If you a lover of this cleanser I definitely recommend splurging on this supersize bottle (946 ml), the pump comes in super handy, and if i'm correct the normal bottle which is 250 ml is around the £25 price range. 






5. Liz Earle hot cloth cleanser (£14.00 @QVC)

Used this all year, before I invested in my clarasonic, didn't find this to work well with it, hence the change to the philosophy cleanser. This is a really great cleanser to manually wash your face with, leaves you skin feeling super soft and not dry, super great at removing eye make-up as it is very gentle on the skin, and eyes.










6. Victoria's Secret VS fantasies shower gels (£9.00 each or 5 for £30.00 @ Victoria secret)

When it comes to bath time, I love to splurge!
These all smell gorgeous, I possibly couldn't tell you my fav one! Each bottle lasts about 2 months, as you don't need a lot to get a lather, so I don't mind spending that amount. If you think about it, if you buy the 5 bottles for £30 offer, you would only need to repurchase every 10 months! 




7. Chanel Joues Contraste Powder Blush (£31.00 @ Boots/Debenhams)

This is a really beautiful blush, definitely a treat for your make up bag, the packaging is off course gorgeous, and as always Chanel products smell amazing. 
A really pigmented blusher, and the shade range is really great, a colour for every skin tone, and for any mood. 
I use colour 70 called Tumulte. :)










8. Chanel Soleil Tan De Chanel Bronze Universal (£31.00 @ Boots/Debenhams) 

Purchased this at the airport, before I flew off to the Caribbean, I don't like to tan my face, and I'm allergic to fake tan on my face, so this was the perfect substitute for matching my face to my body colour. I used this as a base under my foundation, and it gave me such a beautiful bronzed face.





9. Vichy Idealia Smoothing and Illuminating cream (£18.20 @ Escentual.com)

Lovely little moisturiser, does not leave my face looking greasy, and sinks into the skin straight away. This makes it the perfect base for applying foundation, have repurchased over and over again.

10. Estée Lauder raisins eyeshadow duo (£23.00 @ Boots/Debenhams)

This is a fab pair of eye shadows, one being a pinky champagne colour, and the other a reddish brown, both are very pigmented and would suit a lot of different skin tones. 
Nice to have a change from the normal nude smokey eye looks. I hope to get some more in other colours in the new year :)






11. Revlon lip butter is raspberry pie (£7.99 @ Boots/Superdrugs)

This is a great range of lip products. More like wearing an tinted lip balm, instead of a lipstick. Comes in a variety of colours, raspberry pie being my fave! 







12. MAC 217 blending brush (£18.00 @ Mac stores or mac counters)

Fab little brush, don't know how I lived without it for so long!! Makes doing a smokey eye really quick and easy! Even thought there more on the expensive side, mac brushes are definitely worth it, there really good quality and will last a lifetime if you look after them. 
Hope to extend my MAC brush collection in the near future. 









13. Lush grease lightning spot treatment (£5.95 @ Lush)

Best spot treatment I have ever used, have really helped to clear up any breakouts, only need the smallest pea drop, so the bottle really is going to last a while. Also being from lush, it is all natural ingredients, Its nice to know I'm not putting any dodgy chemicals on my face, that could break me out even more. Will defiantly re-purchase when my bottle runs out :)

Thanks for reading!!
Have made it a new years resolution to write more blog posts. So I hope to see you all very soon!


Love L xox

Boots Beauty Advent calender

Everyone is very much going crazy about Christmas advent calenders right now, and my favorite beauty store boots has decided to get a piece of the action!
Meet boots first ever advent calender  "24 days of beauty treats"

www.boots.com -£30

Launching 2nd October 2013

It will include many of boots favorite brands including Soap & Glory, Nails Inc, Rimmel and many more...

Items will range from make-up, skincare, hair-care and will include miniatures as well as a few full sized products.

I can't wait to get my hands on this, and it makes a great alternative for the more expensive advent calenders getting release this year. 

This is a limited edition, and personally I think this will go out of stock pretty quick. So make sure you pop to your local store, or visit the boots website! £30 bargain!

Love L xox 

L'oreal Skin Perfection Awakening + Correcting Eye Cream.

I've been eyeing up the serum and moisturizer from this skincare range for a while now, but during a recent visit to boots I noticed this eye cream. I swatched some on my hand in store, and wow did it make it smooth! I couldn't help myself, it was 1/3 off also, so I just had to get it. 

This promises to improve visible skin quality day after day, conceal dark circles, reduce eye bags, and smooth fine lines. I need all of this (plus more) so I was very excited to try it out. 

It massages into the eye area beautifully, and absorbs very quickly, It definitely gives my under eye area an energy boost.  I also feel that it reduces my dark circles, not fully but enough so that I don't have to use under-eye concealer.

I cant wait for payday to come, so I can treat myself to a few more items from this range.

The whole range has a 1/3 off in boots and superdrug stores. 

Love L xo

Benefit cosmetics countdown to love advent calender

Yes I know it may only be mid-September but I am already super excited about Christmas.

Reading about this on the ELLE website this morning has made me even more excited , so I just had to share it all with you. 

Meet the benefit cosmetics countdown to love Christmas advent callender full of 24 teeny samples of there best selling products. 

This is available for 1 day only (2nd November) from selected debenhams stores, benefit boutiques (carnaby street and Dublin) And the Benefit cosmetics

 website. Priced £50.00 

I shall defiantly try and get my hands on This beauty! 

Love L xo 

YSL Youth Liberator Serum Foundation!

I always love a new foundation on the market, and this one I was super excited about. 

The glow of the teint touche eclat foundation with the benefits of there amazing forever youth liberator serum. 

This retails at £34.00 which I think is a great price. The Serum alone costs £61.00 for a 30ml bottle, plus the £29.00 for the touche eclat foundation. So buying this mixture is an amazing saving. 

Before! (AHHHH)                                                  &                              After :)


This foundation has a lovely silky texture which glides beautifully on to your skin, and instantly gives you that radiance and glow. The coverage is medium-full and certainly hides away many of my imperfections and redness. When first applied is will leave your skin with a light dewiness, but then slowly dries to a semi-matte finish which leaves your skin looking lovely all day. 

Overall I am very happy with this product, I did have a little trouble finding a shade at first as the shades are meant to be the same as the touche eclat (B50 for me) but I found this too dark in the serum formulation so opted for the B30 instead.   

If you are in the market for a new high end foundation, I definitely recommend you popping down to your local YSL counter :)

Love L xo

Victoria secrets....Pure Seduction!

So I have just discovered Victoria Secrets has now come to the UK (Yes I know i'm late) and it is amazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzing!

I Spent a very long time smelling all the body scents, and instantly fell in love with Pure Seduction.

There website describes this scent as A flirty, floral fragrance. Entice in Pure Seduction, a passionate romance of succulent red plum and sweet freesia. I would also like to add that this is very sweet and sophisticated!

I picked up the fragrance mist, and body wash. These retails for £9.00/$12.00 but I believe they also do a 5 for 30£/$ offer across all the other items and scents.

Other products include body lotion, hand lotion, body scrub, body butter and eau de toilette.

I shall defiantly be visiting the new bond street store next time i'm up london, and purchasing some more bits from the brand :)

Love L xo