♥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│♥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♥

♥My Estée Lauder Counter Experience♥

Happy Thursday! Hope your having a wonderful day!♥
Yesterday I went into town to treat myself to some new make up. I was so excited as I was going to get the Estée Lauder Double Wear Foundation as many youtubers and bloggers gave so many good reviews about the product. This was my very first Estée Lauder product I've ever brought and so this is the first time I've ever had an experience at their counter. So I thought I'd share with you all my first counter experience.

I went into Debenhams, a department store, and I went to the Estée Lauder counter, where we waited about 10 minutes to find out there wasn't a make up artist to do a consultation and match me up with foundation colour for about 2 hours! So we went to a different store.

We went to John Lewis, I had never been in this store before so I didn't know my way about but I soon found the make up department. I found the Estée Lauder counter and I was soooooo impressed! As soon as I got to the counter the make up artist asked me if I needed any help. I told her I wanted to buy the Double Wear Foundation and that I've never tried the product before so I needed a colour match! She was so so lovely, she told me to sit on the chair. She asked if I wanted the foundation to match my skin colour exact or if I wanted to go a little bit darker. I always like my foundation just that little darker then my skin tone. She matched me to the foundation in the shade '1W1 BONE' I was so so happy with the bit of foundation she put on my jaw/neck and the colour looked amazing and it felt so smooth and light on my skin! So I told her I was very happy and I would like to purchase the foundation. 

This was the part I was very impressed with. When I was paying for the foundation, she gave me a little pot of the foundation and told me to use all the tester pot before I open the proper foundation to make sure I like the shade and if it is the correct colour. I was so so so so impressed! I have never had another company give me a tester pot like that before. I just thought this was a really good idea because she said if the colour wasn't correct she could change the shade for me! And she also gave me a sample of their new perfume! I felt very very happy and I couldn't wait to get home and try it out. I know for sure I will be purchasing another make up product from Estée Lauder in the future! 

Whats your favourite brand of make up?

Nancy XO♥