March Beauty Favourites 2015

This past month has been a month of pampering. Regular body scrubs, weekly baths, and nourishing mud masks for the face. Given I’ve been getting a little bit of eczema on my face (which I mentioned in my previous post), and had extremely dry lips, I’ve been trying to give both a little extra T-L-C. My favourite lip combo for the month has been a nightly lip scrub using the Mint Julep lip scrub from Lush, and a heavy slathering of Bite Beauty’s Agave Lip Mask to deeply moisturise my lips. It’s been the only combination of lip products that I’ve come across which have really helped the situation, and I’ve tried everything from Blistex to Nuxe Reve de Miel, so I would know. And for those days when I’ve been craving a pop of colour, I’ve been reaching for the NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream in Ibiza. These truly are amazing (and a steal at around $5 a pop), especially given the low price tag, and feel so soft and comfortable on the lips. Staying power is definitely there, and I’ve found that these are much less drying than other matte liquid lipsticks on the market (Stila, I’m looking at you!).

My favourite concealer of the month has been from YSL, the touche éclat, which has cult status for a reason. This just melts into the skin. It incredibly lightweight, luminous, and the pale salmon pink hue is perfect for concealing the slight sallowness I have under the eyes. As for my face, I’ve been getting back into using Charlotte Tilbury’s Filmstar Bronze & Glow on a daily basis. The contour shade is so pigmented that you have to be careful you don’t go overboard with your brush, but it is such a beautiful warm matte shade. It’s perfect for adding a bit of colour to the frame of my face. The highlight shade, I don’t use quite so much as it does have a lot of glitter in it and is prone to fallout (everywhere, and I mean e-v-e-r-y-w-h-e-r-e) although I think it would be perfect for a night out on the town.

I have a second budget favourite for this month, and it’s the Comfort Zone Eyeshadow Palette from Wet’n’Wild. I bought this on a whim during a crazy mad BeautyJoint order (seriously, I had about 20 items in there…) and I’ve really been loving the taupe, rose and chocolate shades. They’re all shimmer, so I prefer to use these all over the lid, although there are two gorgeous highlight shades in there for the inner corner of the eye.

I have been absolutely loving the Maybelline Colour Tattoo’s this last month. I finally picked up a couple, and my firm favourite would probably have to be ‘Bad to the Bronze’, a coppery bronze shade perfect as an everyday base. These have been likened to the MAC Painterly Paint Pots, and while I can’t compare, I will admit they’re pretty good. If you’ve got oily eyelids like me, then you’ll need to use an eyeshadow primer underneath (my favourite is from NARS), but after that, they will not budge. I find that these are great just for a little bit of all over colour on those mornings when getting out of the door on time is looking like it’s going to be a struggle. They’re so creamy, very easy to apply, and blendable. A small amount will give you a subtle wash of colour although you can build and deepen the intensity with layers.

My final favourite for the month was a treat from my stepsister, and it’s the Elemental Herbology Macadamia & Papaya Body Scrub. This smells like sugary lemon curd (or maybe just like papaya…), and has such a beautiful consistency. The product itself contains bio-oils so after using this your skin feels slick, smooth, and moisturised. I’ve been using this at least once a week and have really noticed a difference! Let me know in the comments below what your beauty (and non-beauty) favourites have been this month, and if you’d like to see my favourites in video form, then head on over here to watch! x

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