Best In Beauty 2013

I've only just realised whilst uploading the pictures that I have in fact, picked out 13 products. I could totally make this into the 'top 13 of 2013' tag floating around on youtube but it was completely unintentional. 

The majority of my favourites from 2013 have popped up from the drugstore. Lets be honest, drugstore brands were on a roll the past year, with quite a few releases being dupes for high end products! So without further a do, lets get started shall we.

Boxing Day Beauty Picks

So its been... a while. I know there's no room for excuses but I've been beyond busy this holiday with family, so much so, I haven't even gotten round to doing an ounce of college work. There goes my fabulous mock results. 

Anyways, I wanted to quickly share the few beauty bits I picked up while doing my rounds on Boxing day. It's certainly not a lot, but my focus this year was to mainly update what was hanging in my wardrobe and so when it came round to beauty, my budget was pretty much blown. 

I did however find the No7 liners in boots hidden on the corner of the shelves, and it just so happened to the very last one. I couldn't really refuse and figured it was just plain fate. Swatching them, they seem to have a soft, creamy formula, so I'm looking forward to trying them out. 

Lastly, while queuing at the tills in Topshop, I found these gems at a wondrous price of £3 a piece. I've already tested these beauties out and they're amazing; quick to apply and will not budge!

I hope you all had a wonderful christmas but since its already New Years Eve, I wish you all a happy New year! 

The Winter Lip Combination

So we all know everyone loves to sport the red lip, but because this season hasn't been the coldest of winters, I wanted to give RiRi Woo a bit of a warmer tone and a little extra dimension. 

AUTUMN PICKS: Lips

So a few of you may know by now that lip products are possibly more than a weakness to me and I never really feel fully satisfied unless I return from a shopping trip without a sparkling new lipstick at hand. Suffice to say, if there was ever a 'lipsticks anonymous' group session I'd surely be the first to sign up and admit to my addiction. Going completely off topic as per usual, but I just wanted to share a few of my favourable picks that shall be sweeping my lips this fall. 

NOTD #4: Cobalt Blue - Dupe!

Miss Sporty Quick Dry Polish in 'Pop Fiction' (£1.99)

I know full well this shade isn't exactly the epitome of autumn but I can't fault it. If your looking for a perfect pop of colour to add to those dull fingertips, this is a polish you simply have to turn and feast your eyes at. 

For a £2 polish, I wasn't really expecting exceptional performance but it is in fact quite opaque with one coat; although I'm the type to do a once over with every polish, opaque or not. The brush is a wide width with a slight rounded tip to make for quick and easy application round the cuticle edge. Also the fact that it is a quick dry formula is perfect for if you are in a rush... or if you're like me and just plain lazy. 

I also find this shade to be quite the dupe for a bloggers favourite: Topshop's polish in 'AWOL' which is £5. So if you're lusting after that colour, I would highly recommend this as a cheaper alternative without sacrificing on quality. 

Any other polish dupes or shades you would recommend for fall, let me know! 

My 'Go To' Berry Lip Combination

LEFT- Plumful | MIDDLE- Double Dare | RIGHT- plumful layered with double dare 

Due to the drastic temperature changes in this lovely place we call England, I can now officially say it is Autumn. Now, I'm not all too into the colder months as I much prefer the shorts and tee look but make up is something that I quite look forward to changing up, what with the more dark vampy tones in season. 

MAC LIPSTICK: Vegas Volt

Being a lip junky, every time I enter the realm of MAC, the lip counter always seems to draw me in like a fat kid with cake and I end up walking out with a new lip product without myself even realising it.. I know that is surely classed as some sort of problem but this colour was just to perfect to pass up. 

I absolutely adore coral lips through the summer or if I feel daring enough then sporting it through winter is by no means out of line. I know summer is sadly drawing to a close but I feel like purchasing this shade is helping me to prolong that summer feeling. 

REVIEW: Bourjois Colour Burst Lip Crayons

 Le swatches:- 

Left- Peach on the beach 

Middle- Orange punch 

Right- Red sunrise 

Ever since the release of the Clinique chubby sticks there has been a sudden craze in lip crayons; with just about every drugstore brand creating there own version, so it was not surprising when Bourjois decided to launch their take on them. 

During my America travels I have been testing these beauties out on their wear, pigmentation and just all round comfort in the scorching heat. 

Swatching them in the store, they came across quite highly pigmented for a lip crayon which was of course a good sign and the fact that they had a supposed 10 hour wear and SPF certainly did not put me off. So of course, being a lip junkie, I had to buy more than one shade.. More like 3, but I certainly did not regret it. 

SUMMER SELECTION SERIES: Top 5 Summer Lip Products

 I'm about to make a big confession.... i have a bit of an obsession for lip products; I always feel accomplished when returning home from a shopping trip with a good lipstick or gloss so as part of my summer selection series I thought a Top 5 would fit nicely.