My Birthday Wishlist!

You may have noticed by my inconstant posts, that May has been a rather hectic month so far and it doesn't seem to be slowing down any time soon with two exams next week and my birthday the following one. So I figured I'd so you guys a few of the beauty things I'm hoping for. I love the Dainty Doll blushes I have, but am  determined to own every shade - they're just great quality and look great with my pale skin. Despite the terrible reviews I've read on the Revlon Baby stick I love a sheer wash of colour and would love to try this out! Earlier today I picked up  couple of Sally Hansen polishes on a market stall for just £2 each - The brush is just amazing and the polish dried so quickly, I need more in my life! After completing a sample size of Wonderstruck Enchanted, I would love to own a bottle (plus it just looks so pretty). Lastly my friend and I have been looking into a trip to France during the summer - I think I need to know if to stock up on Bioderma so think a trip to John Bell & Croyden is in order.

Heres to hoping my friends and family can take a hint! Last I made the above wishlist on Beauty Sets if you're wondering - I just couldn't work out how to get rid of the white space I didn't use so sniped it to my pictures in the end!

Montagne Jeunesse Fruit Smoothie

Over the past week I've developed what feels like the worlds worst cold, meaning my skin isn't at its best so I figured I'd try a little pick me up. Montagne Jeunesse take me back to sleepovers in my early teens, although with so many more brands now offering face masks its been a while since I've found myself trying any of their products - this didn't let me down. The smell is amazing! It is very strong and as my nose was blocked when I tried this I cant comment on if its too overpowering - but in the packet it smells amazing and quite frankly I imagine it would be a joy to wear for a good 10-15 minutes! 

 I really liked the consistency of this, I found it easy to spread without being too messy and a little goes a long way. After 15 minutes I found that the mask had hardened and washed it off with ease leaving my skin soft, smooth and clean! 

 At around a pound I think this face mask is a complete steal, especially when you consider you can get around 2-3 uses from it! 

Soap & Glory's Perfect Day

In the January sales I picked up a six shade Soap & Glory lip palette for just £6, I felt it would be pointless to review the palette now, So figured Id give the shades their own reviews over the coming months. Todays lipstick of choice is 'Perfect Day', To apply I simply use my fingers for a sheer wash of colour or with a brush for a more pigmented look.

Perfect day is a beautiful almost natural shade which gives a lovey flush of colour while still being really wearable. It's a lovely 'every day shade'. I love that these are so pigmented on the lips yet feel so moisturising! They also last around four hours on the lips which is always a plus.

Have you tried any make up from Soap & Glory?

Mint Apple by Sinful Colors

Sinful Colors is very quickly becoming my favourite nail polish brand, offering a huge range of good quailty polishes for just £1.99 a bottle. My latest pick was this pretty green shimmer called 'Mint Apple'. I love that the shimmer adds a twist to the whole mint nail trend but is still really subtle on the nails. I find that you need just two coats to achieve the look below which doesn't take to long since the polish dries pretty quickly. Amazingly Sinful Color nail polishes last around four days on my nails, whereas normally I cant go one without chips.

What do you think of Mint Apple? Also I want to give a shout out to my lovely hand model in this post, who I made sit over the park with me so I could make the most of the sunlight for blog pictures. She's just started a blog so go give her some love here.

Free 'They're Real' with ELLE

 If you've been reading this blog a while you may have noticed I'm a sucker for a good magazine freebie and this one I just had to share! This month Elle magazine are offering readers a free travel sized They're Real mascara which normally retails at £9.50.

Elle isn't the cheapest magazine around retailing at £4 a copy, although I love the idea of being able to try such a talked about product at a more reasonable price.

Will you be buying a copy of Elle?

Latest in Beauty discovery Box

I love latest a beauty and feel they offer such better value for money than normal beauty box subscriptions, So when I saw their CEW 2013 Beauty Awards Finalists Discovery Box I jumped at the chance to buy!

The box itself was overflowing with products! There's a few I wont get the use out of such as the male samples and the anti- ageing skin care - But I'll be passing them on to a new home who will enjoy them so much more than I can. A 20% off Elemis products along with free delivery voucher was also included. 

Both the Balance Me and Elemis creams will be passed along to my mum, as at seventeen I feel I'm a little too young to get any use out of them. Although I was left impressed this my hair treatment which looks so expensive complete with a glass bottle and pump, I hope the product itself matches up to the packaging! The Ellie Saab sample is nice, but a little too orangey for my liking. I wont be buying full size but will be enjoying this over the summer months. 

I love purpley toned lipsticks so was excited to see this essential care lip liner in the shade pink rose I cant say I own much organic make up so I'm looking forward to trying this. I'm not a a huge fan of rose but I love these spray on toner type products so am looking forward trying this eau florale de rose from Melvita (I also love that it's in a handy travel size!). I really like nails inc so was over the moon to see this bright orange shade, It's literally going on my nails the moment I finish this post! Lastly I've heard so much about Weleda so was happy to see a mini body lotion from them as these come in handy when I'm staying somewhere for the night.

Overall I'm very happy with this box! Have you ever used Latest in Beauty?

Pound Buys (including Wet n Wild, Bourjois, Rimmel, Naked and more)

Sorry if your not a fan of these posts but I seem to be addicted to my bargain buys lately! Can you believe my total spend for this haul was just £7? As normal I made a stop in Poundand where I found this amazing Glossing Hair treatment from Naked, a Rimmel concealer in the shade soft ivory along with a Skittles candle (which smells lovely) Next I made a stop in Poundworld (which is basically the same shop, only mine is far bigger than Poundland and stocks so much more) The make up section here was amazing and I walked away with a Wet n Wild pressed powder, Bourjois eyeshadow, Perfect Stay lip tint, and to tutti Fruity lip glosses. They also had a bunch on Fish hair products which I'll be going back for.

Have you had any good pound buys lately?