♥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♥

Tutorial│♥Ombre Lips♥

Hi guys, hope your having a good last day of the weekend!♥

I thought I'd try a shot at a Youtube tutorial! I love my ombre lips that I created yesterday so today I sat in front of my camera and tried to film how I created this look. Please note, this is the first video I've ever made, so it won't be wonderful! But 

http://youtu.be/ItYPusNYdYQ

Hope this helps you guys

Would you like to see more tutorials? Comment below if so!

Nancy XO♥

Review│♥M·A·C Rebel Lipstick♥

Yay its Saturday, hope your having a magical weekend!♥
I want to share with you all my thoughts on M·A·C's Rebel that I purchased earlier in the week.
I am in love with this! I never normally wear lipstick and if I do its a very nude colour, so I thought I'd be daring and get a darker colour that I wouldn't really go for and see if I could pull it off.

I brought this from my M·A·C counter in Debenhams, it retailed at £15.00. Some may think this is alot of money but its so worth it! 

It came in this black packaging. I love the packaging that M·A·C provides for thier products and I always keep them to store them in, so when I am finished my lipstick I can stack them and keep them neat and tidy.

I absolutely love the colour of this lipstick. I'm so so in love and it was so worth every penny. It's a very deep purple but with a hint of pink in it. I personally think it looks much darker in the tube compared to when you actually put it on your lips, but the product is buildable. The more product you put on, the more darker it goes. It also has a satin finish so it gives a beautiful shine on the lips. I've also noticed with this lipstick, if you put a slight amount on your lips too, this also acts as a lip tint which I love also. 

The reason why I love this product, other than the colour, is it last so long on my lips! I woke up at 9am today, I put this lipstick on and its 3.30pm and it still is on my lips. Ive had lunch, had drinks and even gave my boyfriend some kisses and it is still as it was when I applied the lipstick this morning and I haven't had to retouch on my lips with the product! I did however, before putting the lipstick on, apply some concealer onto my lips to give the lipstick a bit of hold and after I applied I added some translucent powder over the top to stop it from smudging. This may of been a help for the product to stay on my lips, but I have tried the lipstick another day without applying concealer and powder and it lasts a long period of time.

I honestly cant get enough of this lipstick!

I defiantly recommend this lipstick to you all who want to try something new and dark!

http://www.debenhams.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/prod_10701_10001_123443826999_-1

http://www.maccosmetics.co.uk/product/shaded/168/310/Products/Lips/Lipstick/Lipstick/index.tmpl

Whats your favourite MAC lipstick?

Nancy XO♥