GRWM : Surprise Birthday Party♥

On Saturday, I went to a surprise party. Since it was a party, I wanted to do a little extra for my makeup. I've also included a OOTN as well.

I kept the face natural and lips nude, but I went for bolder eyebrows and eye makeup.

Face

No.7 Instant Illusions Primer

Rimmel Good To Glow Highlighter Soho Glow

Maybelline Dream Flawless Nude Foundation in Ivory

Maybelline Fit Me Concealer in 15

Maybelline Fit Me Powder in 220 Natural Beige

Brows 

NYC 815A Eyeshadow Quad

Eyes

Maybelline Colour Tattoo in Creamy Beige

theBalm Nude Dude Palette 

Base - Fabulous 

Transition Crease Colour - Flawless

Crease colour - Friendly

Maybelline Master Precise Liquid Eyeliner

Max Factor False Lash Effect Mascara

Lips

KIKO Glassy Lipgloss in 01

Contour

Blush, Highlight and Bronzer - Urban Decay Naked Flushed in Native

OOTN

Dress - Forever 21

Shoes - New Look

I enjoyed doing a GRWM this way as it was different and I preferred doing it rather than just photographing the products I used. Would you maybe like to see another one in the future?

Achieve Longer Hair With Lee Stafford♥*

Hair growth products always sound like a gimmick to me. How could they possibly work? Every time I see something that claims to grow your hair, I pass by it as I don't believe it. When I first saw these, I was curious to whether it actually worked. I gave it a shot and just had to share it with you.

If you want your hair to grow, surely you need clean, fresh locks to begin with! The Lee Stafford Hair Growth Shampoo* ensures you have clean hair and also creates a healthy scalp for your hair to grow. Not to mention does it leave your hair feeling amazing, but also smells gorgeous! The packaging is also great as it's pink, and it looks cute sitting with the rest of the Hair Growth collection.

The Lee Stafford Hair Growth Treatment* is the beauty of them all! This is the magic product that works, however, I cannot work out how it actually does it. After you've rinsed out your shampoo, you apply a handful of this throughout your hair from roots to tips and leave for five minutes. Not only does this help your hair grow, but it leaves your hair is such good condition. It's a treatment, therefore, is quite intense for your hair leaving it looking glossy and gorgeous. Every time you wash your hair, you use some of this treatment until you notice a difference, then continue using weekly to keep your hair maintained.

Once the treatment has been in for five minutes and is washed out, you condition as you usually would. The Lee Stafford Hair Growth Conditioner* works along side the shampoo to leave the scalp in good condition for your hair to want to grow. It's very creamy, and glides through your hair when applying. This leaves your hair feeling extra smooth and shiny after rinsed out. 

The scent of the whole Hair Growth collection smells identical. It honestly smells beautiful, and in fact, I've received complements from people saying my hair smells good (bonus!) But, the real question? Does this improve your hair length? I've noticed a difference in my hair, and I would genuinely say it has helped my hair! It isn't a gimmick product, and that's always a positive point!

Ever tried this miracle product? Will you be trying it now?

* PR samples

Summer Holiday Lookbook 2015♥

On the 30th June I went on holiday to Torremolinos, which is just about 10 minutes away from Malaga. Whilst I was away, I stayed in Hotel Puente Real (which is a gorgeous hotel by the way!) and whilst being here, I took advantage of the fact there was a beautiful beach right across the road and decided to put together a lookbook of what I wore every evening during the week I was away.

Night 1

Top - Forever 21

Bandeau - New Look

Shorts - Golddigga - Sports Direct

Sandals - Tesco

Bag - Shoe Zone (Same each night)

Night 2

Top - Stradivarius

Shorts - Golddigga - Sports Direct

Shoes - Shoe Zone (Same each night)

Sunglasses - Primark (Same each night)

Night 3

Top - Stradivarius

Shorts - Internacionale 

Night 4

Dress - Primark

Night 5

Top - New Look

Skirt - H&M

Night 6

Top - Primark

Shorts - Primark

Night 7

Top - New Look

Shorts - Golddigga - Sports Direct

I think either night 3, 5, 6 or 7 were my favourite outfits! Which night's outfit is your favourite? Let me know!

Favourite Summer Perfumes 2015♥

I love perfume, and there's no doubt about that. I currently own way too many, yet still continue to buy them. Majority of them smell gorgeous, and their bottles are normally stunning too. Whenever I end up in Boots, Debenhams or Superdrug, I always end up smelling perfumes. I decided to pick out just five perfumes to share with you as my Summer scents for Summer 2015 (and trust me, it was hard to narrow it down to just five).

Starting with my newest perfume, Vera Wang Princess. Firstly, can we talk about the cute heart shaped bottle?! The scent itself is very fruity. It's extremely feminine and young. It's meant to make you feel like a princess! It may be fruity, but, it is sweet too. To sum it up in three words : sweet, girly and fresh.

The Top Notes: Water Lily, Apple, Fresh and Sweet Mandarin and Apricot.

The Heart Notes: Exotic Guava, Tiare Flower, Tuberose and a hint of Dark Chocolate.

The Base Notes: Vanilla, Amber and Wood.

Next up, CK One Summer 2014. This was Calvin Klein's perfume for Summer 2014. I grabbed it quickly in August as it was reduced and I really wanted it! The scent is unisex, yet I adore it. It smells like Summer in a bottle; refreshing and cool. It comes with an optional top - you can either us it as a spray, or, pour it on. Personally, I prefer a spray.

The Top Notes: Grapefruit, Lime and Melon.

The Heart Notes: White Freesia and Cyprus.

The Base Notes: Coconut Water, Cedar and Crushed Sugar.

When I first got this perfume, I didn't associate it with Summer. Fast forward until a few months, it reminded me of Summer! It's Beyonce Pulse. It's a gorgeous perfume! I reach for it quite often simple because it smells fantastic. It's floral yet fruity and strong but not overpowering at the same time. It's a hard perfume to describe because there's so much going on, but I highly recommend you go and smell it! As you can see, the top lid of the bottle is long and protects the actual bottle itself!

The Top Notes: Pear, Bergamot and Blue Curacao.

The Heart Notes: Bluebird Orchid, Peony and Jasmine.

The Base Notes: Vanilla, Musks and Woody Accords.

Another newbie perfume, Lady Gaga Fame. Do not fret, the perfume is not black when sprayed! When looking at it, you'd expect it to be deep, dark and mysterious. It's actually the complete opposite. Again, it's fruity (I love fruity perfumes), and it's not too strong. When I wear this, I receive a lot of complements and people always ask what perfume I'm wearing! The bottle is incredible and unique - clear so you can see the perfume but has the golden claw top.

The Top Notes: Belladonna Flower and Incense.

The Heart Notes: Honey Drops Saffron and Apricot.

The Base Notes: Jasmine and Tiger Orchid.

Finally, one much loved in my family, CK in2U Her. This is probably the strongest, most fruitiest perfume of the lot. It's strong yet still wearable and nice. Apparently, this is the "youthful scent aimed at the younger generations", so you can feel young wearing this! As if the scent isn't good enough, the bottle is very sleek and modern.

The Top Notes: Pink Grapefruit, Bergamot and Red Currant Leaves.

The Heart Notes: Sugar Orchid and White Cactus.

The Base Notes: Amber, Red Cedar and Vanilla.

I love fruity perfumes, therefore I own many! Those are my favourite perfumes for the Summertime this year.

What are your favourite perfumes for Summer? Got any you recommend I try?

The Eyeliner Guide♥

Basically every single makeup brand sell eyeliner of some sort. Whether it's pencil, liquid, pen or gel, the list goes on. If you're new to makeup or just in the lookout for a new eyeliner, it can be quite daunting as there's so many to choose from. I figured it would be quite helpful if I wrote about each type of eyeliner to help you out when choosing one, or two, or them all.

Pencil eyeliners are probably the easiest of the bunch. They come in all colours possible, and are quick to use. These are the most multi use because you can use them in different ways. They can be used to define your eyes on your waterline or on your upper lash line to make your lashes appear thicker and fuller.

My favourites include No7 Metallic Eyes Pencil, SEVENTEEN Eye Kohl, MUA Intense Glitter Eyeliner Starry Night and Pixi by Petra Endless Silk Eye Pen. They're all black, and really good.

Gel eyeliner is probably the next easiest in line. It comes in a pot and with a brush for application, although, you could use your own angled eyeliner brush. Using this give a more smudgy, edgy look - not as harsh as normal liquid. It's definitely buildable - the more layers, the darker it shows up. You can wear this on your upper lash line for definition, and if you're confident enough, you can wing it out.

The one I use is the MUA Gel Eyeliner. It's simple to use, and the gel is non-drying, black and looks great when on. It appears to look quite smokey and less-harsh compared to black liquid eyeliners.

Probably my favourite eyeliner of the lot. Pen liquid eyeliner. Once you get the hang of how to hold it and use it, it's super simple. This is the most efficient eyeliner for doing winged liner and the tip is thin and precise. A lot of times when doing my makeup, I reach for this to do a thin line on my upper lash line (that takes a lot of practise, but trust me, it's worth it!). 

I used to have the PS.. love liquid eyeliner (£2.50 from Primark) which is great for beginners, however, mine burst, somehow! The one I currently have and love is the Maybelline Master Precise Liner.

There's also liquid eyeliner, like this one here. I don't own one, yet, but I will do soon!

Has this eyeliner guide post helped you in anyway? If you're a fan of eyeliner, which type do you like using?

Lush So White Shower Gel♥

Around Christmas time when Lush bring out their Christmas range, everyone goes crazy, literally. Snow Fairy, a product everyone knows about. Candy Mountain bubble bath, a product which everyone who adores Lush can identify. So White Shower Gel? It was new for Christmas 2014, however, not many people had heard of it nor smelt it when I mentioned it. I had to try it, because, I owned two other Lush Christmas shower gels, plus, I was intrigued. Does it deserve more hype than it receives?

If you can remember back to February this year, I did a post featuring the So White bath bomb, which you can read here. I bought a Christmas gift set in the January Sales, and this little bottle was in it. I can remember reading the description of this on the Lush website and thinking it sounded like a shower gel I'd like.

For a starter, the packaging is cute! There's something about it that I really like. It's only 100g, which means it's small and I think that's what makes it look cute.

Now, the actual scent. It smells like delicious, crisp, fresh apples. The consistency is a lot thinner and runner than the other shower gels that I've tried, but that doesn't bother me. I love using this in the morning, especially if it's early, because it's refreshing and feels like it makes me more awake.

If you prefer sweet shower gels, then this probably isn't what you're looking for. The actual shower gel itself is quite shimmery, and it's definitely one of my favourite shower gels. If it comes back for Christmas 2015, I think I'll be picking it up again and I really recommend it. It definitely deserves more hype!

Have you ever tried So White Shower Gel? If not, will you be picking it up if it returns?