♥My Social Media♥

Hope you all had a good Monday!
I'm just going to tell you all my social media names if you would like to follow me on anything else other then on here!

Twitter: @nancyy_makeup
Instagram: nancycoxmua
You can also find my blog on Bloglovin as well!

Nancy XO♥

Review│♥Lee Stafford Hair Growth♥

Hope you guys are having a great weekend!♥
Today I'm going to be telling you all about my experience with the Lee Stafford Hair Growth treatment!
My hair is just below my shoulders and I'm always wearing extensions and they just get on my nerves after a while. I heard about the treatment and I thought I'd give it a go!

I got the shampoo, conditioner (both £6.99) and the conditioning mask (£7.99) from Boots.
I got them in February, and I ran out of them all in April.

These are the bottles of the shampoo and conditioner. You really only need a little bit so they do last a long time. You just use them as you would a normal shampoo and conditioner. It contains apple and lemon extracts and green tea, which is also what it smells like. It does smell lovely. I always got compliments on the smell of my hair. Is that weird? I washed my hair 2 times a week as it tells you too on the directions of use. I always washed my hair with the shampoo 2 times and then I left the conditioner on for a couple of minutes before rinsing off.

I had thrown my pot of the conditioning treatment away but this is what it looks like. I used this up before the shampoo and conditioner as you do need a lot each time you use it. This conditioning treatment is amazing I love it so much! It makes your hair feel amazing and thicker every time you use it! It contains the same as the shampoo and conditioner, apple, lemon and green tea. Its a lovely thick consistency which you apply to your scalp to your roots and massage it into your scalp for about 5 minutes and then you rinse it off. It leaves your hair so soft and silky!

Now the question your all asking! Does it make your hair grow? And the answer is...YES!
In my personal experience I have seen a difference in my hair from the start to the finish! I took a photo from the start of the experiment to see if it works, to the end! And I can see a difference.

So on the left, is when I started the treatment in February, and the photo on the right is about 2 weeks ago from today. I can definitely see a difference in the length, it may not be a lot, but to me it is. I can also tell it has grown and I can now curl my hair with curling tongs when before I couldn't.

I would definitely recommend to use this as it does make your hair grow for sure, but also it makes your hair feel amazing!

What do you guys recommend to help make your hair grow?

Nancy XO♥

♥My Skin Care Routine♥

It's Wednesday! I love Wednesdays! Hope your all okay! My skin care routine! This is so important to get lovely healthy skin, so here's what I do every day and night!♥

So the first thing I do, at night, is take off all my make up with a baby wipe. I think these take my make up off really well. 
I then take the excess make up off with a cleanser. I also take a cotton bud and put some of the cleanser on the end and take off my mascara. With using a cotton bud you don't rub or tug the lashes as this might cause the lashes to fall out. I massage the cleanser in my skin and then I remove it with a cotton pad! It leaves my skin feeling fresh, soft and smooth. 
After cleansing, I always always use a toner. I love using a toner, it removes any make up the cleanser didn't remove and the rest of the cleaner and it helps give your face a nice base for your moisturiser to absorb into your skin. I put this on a cotton pad and sweep it around my face.
I then use my night cream, I love this cream. Its a lovely thick consistency. It makes your skin feeling awake and supple.

So when I wake up, I always go over my face with a baby wipe to refresh my skin.
I then cleanse and tone again like at night.
I then put my moisturiser on. It has Pro-Vitamin B5 which restores, soften and smooths your skin. It has vitamin E which moisturises and improves your skin condition, which I have definitely noticed. This also creates a nice base for my make up to sit on. 

My cleanser, toner and night cream are all by The Body Shop and my moisturiser is by Simple!

As well, one every week I use my Lush Mask of Magnaminty face mask, this helps with preventing spots and blemishes and leaves your skin feeling amazing! I will be doing a full review on this product very soon!
I also get rid of my dry skin on my lips by using the Lush Bubblegum lip scrub, there is a full review right here: 

A skin care routine is very important to making your skin feeling soft and smooth and keeping it fresh and nourished. I really recommend to get a cleanser, toner and moisturiser and this will help make sure you get all your make up from your face and making your face feel amazing.

Whats your favourite skin care product?

Nancy XO♥

Review│♥Lush Bubblegum Lip Scrub♥

Hiya guys, hope your having a great day! Its review time!♥

This lip scrub is the best thing ever! I got this yesterday and as soon as I used this I needed to review this for you all cause I am literally in love!

I always suffer from dry lips and the skin peeling off and I had heard about this product and how amazing it is so I went and treated myself and all I have to say is that it has saved my lips and its so worth the money!

It exfoliates and gets rid of all the dry skin on your lips and leaves them feeling smooth and creates a beautiful base to then apply lipstick. I use this before applying my makeup, and then again before I got to bed after I have taken off my make up and I have definitely saw an improvement to my lips. I have also noticed that my lips are so shiny after I have used this.

What you do is get some on your finger and rub it into your lips. I then lick it off cause it does taste rather good and then add some lip balm on top for moisture, then, weather you want too or not, add your lipstick or lip gloss and your lips will look amazing!

This product smells amazing. I kept this in my make up organiser draw and as soon as I open the draw I can smell this. It smells heavenly. As soon as I opened the jar the first time I got this I was in love. I just wanted to eat this! It literally smells of bubblegum and as soon as you smell it your mouth waters and your just like ahh my god! (That's honestly what I said as soon as I smelt it, and its the only way I can describe how amazing it smells)

This is so worth the money and you only need a little amount so the product will last a long time, and for only £5.50 its a bargain and a life saver for your lips!

Whats your favourite Lush products that you recommend for me to try out?

Nancy XO♥

♥April Favourites!♥

Hey guys, Happy Bank Holiday! Hope your all having a wonderful day! Since its May now, I thought I'd share with you my April Favourites! So lets get into it!♥

The first thing I have been loving in April is the Real Techniques Brushes (1) I brought the Core Collection for £21.99 which I think was an amazing price for 4 make up brushes. They are amazing quality and feel so soft and smooth on the face. The brushes you get are a detailer brush, a pointed foundation brush, a buffing brush and a contour brush. My favourite brush out of the four is definitely the buffing brush! I use this to blend in my foundation and it makes my face look flawless and doesn't leave brush lines in my foundation which I love! They are made of synthetic fibres and are very easy to wash! I love these brushes.

The next thing I've been loving is again the Real Techniques Miracle Complexion Sponge (2) I love this sponge so much! I blend my foundation and concealer in with this and it blends into my face amazingly. It has 3 parts to the sponge, a flat side, a pointed tip and rounded sides and they are all very helpful and make your skin look flawless. I brought this for £5.99 and it is so worth the money! 

I got some Simple Hydrating Light Moisturiser (3) as I had ran out of my old moisturiser and I love this! I also moisturise after I've cleansed and toned my face when I take off my makeup and before I apply my make up! It has Pro-Vitamin B5 which restores, soften and smooths your skin. It has vitamin E which moisturises and improves your skin condition, which I have definitely noticed. It also makes a great base for applying your makeup and for £1.99 its great.

The foundation I've been loving this month is Estèe Lauder Double Wear Foundation (4) you can find my full detailed review on my blog: http://nancyelizabethmakeup.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/estee-lauder-double-wear-foundation.html I got this for £28.50 and after having some trouble with this foundation I've finally learnt to love it! After watching many tutorials of how different people apply the foundation, I've finally found my own personal way and the trick is to apply as little as possible to avoid the 'cake face' look. It does stay all day which I love about it! It is on the expensive side but basically you get what you pay for.

My last product I love is M·A·C's Rebel (5) ! I LOVE this lipstick so much! I love M·A·C lipsticks so much and they are literally worth the money. This retail at £15.00 and I happily pay this much for one! They last a long time, especially when you have a couple of different shades and me personally wear a different shade every day. They make your lips feel moisturised and have an amazing sheen to them! I will be a M·A·C Lipstick junkie for all my life! Read my full review on this lipstick here: http://nancyelizabethmakeup.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/mac-rebel-lipstick-review.html

Whats been your favourite product this month?

Nancy XO♥

Review│♥Naked Basic Palette by Urban Decay♥

Hi guys it's Friday! Nearly the weekend! I'm so excited for this review!♥
I have been wanting to try out the Naked palettes for so long now, so I thought to get use to the colours and the shadows I'd treat myself to the Basic palette and I am so glad I did, its amazing and I'm in love!
It retails at £22.00 and it has 6 shadows, one is shimmery, the rest are matte. I have been after some matte shadows for a while as all I have are shimmery, glittery ones. But not anymore!!!!!

This is what the front of the palette looks like. I absolutely love feel of this too! It doesn't feel like plastic at all. It feels smooth and soft, kind of like a fabric feel. But its definitely not like plastic at all.

These are the colours that come in the Basic Palette. As you can it includes: Venus, Foxy, Walk of Shame (W.O.S), Naked 2, Faint and Crave. For me, these colours are absolutely perfect for me. And the colours are so pigmented, as you can see on my hand, and they are so blend able, its so easy to blend the colours together, and they really compliment each other in all the palette, whatever colour you chose to put together.

I first tried out the palette today and used most of the shadows together.

I used 'Foxy' all over my lids. I then put 'Naked 2' in the middle of my lids and 'Faint' on the outer corner. I blended these together. I then put some more 'Faint' on the outer corners and some 'Crave' in the crease. I then put Venus on the inner corner to brighten my eyes. I didn't add any liner, just some mascara and some natural lashes. The lipstick I am using today is 'Rebel' by MAC.

This palette is so worth the money, as just one single shadow form Urban Decay is £14.00. You get six for £22.00, amazing! I am honestly in love with this palette, and in the future I will definitely be buying all the other Naked palettes for sure. 

Whats your favourite Urban Decay product?

Nancy XO♥

Review│♥Estée Lauder Double Wear Foundation♥

Its May! Were so close to the summer now! Hope your all having a good day today!♥
So I've been using this foundation for a week now and I thought it's time for a review! Before we start,  I have combination skin: normal-dry, so I always moisturise my skin before applying the foundation.

Firstly, the most important factor about a foundation, the colour match:
This foundation is in the shade '1W1 BONE', and for my skin tone it is absolutely perfect. It matches my skin tone amazingly. Estée Lauder have so many shades in this foundation which I was very impressed with, so there is a shade out there for you!

The application: I found the application of this foundation quite tricky to start of with, but now I've got my own technique that suits me! When I first applied the foundation I found it very cakey and for some reason it didn't work very well with my nose.
But now, I have found that applying the tiniest bit to each part of your face works so much more better, it doesn't look as cakey and makes your skin look natural.
When I put the foundation on my nose, it went patchy and flaky, even with me moisturising and applying my primer. I was applying the foundation with a regular foundation brush. But I have found that with using my Real Techniques Buffing Brush, the product on my nose looks so much more flawless and natural!
Also, the foundation doesn't come with a pump, you have to pour out the product, but M·A·C's foundation pump fit perfectly if you just trim the end of the tube, which helps you use less product and makes the foundation longer.

The coverage: I have quite red skin, blemishes and red marks on my skin, and they are quite hard to cover. After hearing the great reviews about the coverage I was very very excited to use the foundation as many stated that they didn't have to use concealer. But in my case I still have too. The foundation does give a good coverage, but on my red marks and blemishes it doesn't cover them too good. I still have to use my concealer to cover them and then apply the foundation, this covers them better with just the foundation on its own. I was disappointed to find it didn't cover as well as I thought but I found a way for me personally to make my blemishes disappear!

Another good point with this foundation is that you don't have to powder after the application. Once the foundation has settled into the skin it goes quite powdery so you don't have to bother with applying a powder, which helps with avoiding the cakey look that some foundations give. I personally, powder the places I conceal to help keep the concealer and foundation in place all day, which works well for me!

Lastly, this foundation does stay all day! I put my make up on at about 6.30am and go to college till 7.30pm and it still looks amazing and flawless and doesn't get shiny which is a big big pro about this foundation.

All in all, this foundation is very good! It retails at £28.50 which is quite expensive for the product but at the end of the day, you get what you pay for! This has been one of the best foundations I've come across and I will be repurchasing this again. I do recommend this foundation, but its all personal preference. I hope this review helped you guys though.

Whats your favourite foundation?

Nancy XO♥