What Beauty Products I Got For Christmas

Hello everyone & Merry Christmas!
I hope you all had a fabulous Christmas, ate lots and enjoyed giving & receiving presents!
Today's post i'm going to show you the some of the beauty related gifts i received.

 Obviously, this won't be a review on the products, it's simply showing you the products.
Hope you enjoy!

1) The first thing is probably my favourite present. It's the Laura Ashley Ultimate Indulgence set. The purple products are Wild Blossom and the blue products are Imperial Bloom.
It comes with: (left to right) 
Body wash, body lotion, body polisher, A nail file, bath soak, fragrance mist, body butter and a hand & nail cream.
I've only tried the fragrance mist and the hand cream so far and both smell amazing. The hand cream quickly soaks up and leaves your hands feeling soft and moisturised.
ALL the products smell AMAZING. I'm not sure if i prefer the 'wild blossom' scent or the 'imperial bloom' scent but i know they both smell incredibly gorgeous and i can't wait to try out all the products.

2) The next present is the 'Girl-o-whirl' set by Soap & glory. This present i was very happy to receive because i absolutely LOVE soap & glory products, and because i haven't tried many of their makeup range i was excited to find out that i received this.
The only down side to this is, you can't take out the products. The eye shadows, blushes and lip glosses have to stay in the case unfortunately. I would of rather if each of them had its own packaging so i could put it away into my makeup draws but never mind. But this set also does come with a mascara and a gloss stick. The mascara i have tried before and i do like it but i've never tried the gloss stick, until now. It's incredible. It's actually one of the nicest lip products that i have tried for a while. It's so moisturising and glossy. which i love. I don't normally go for lip glosses as i find them sticky, but this isn't at all sticky. It just glides onto the lips easily and looks gorgeous. It gives a hint of a colour, nothing too pigmented but i do like the colour it gives off. I have yet to try the eyeshadows, blushes and lip glosses and i'm very excited to try them! 

3) My next present is a Ted Baker set. It's called 'The Great and Gorgeous' This set contains 4 beautiful pink brushes, a black felt tip eyeliner, a pair of eyelashes, 2 nail polishes, 2 face illuminators, 2 lip crayons, A glitter shadow, a cream eye shadow and finally, my favourite, a beautiful blusher.
I haven't tried any of these products but i'm most excited to try the blusher. I have previously tried the lip crayons as i received them last year, but they're amazing so i wasn't disappointed when i saw they were in this set.
In the pictures below, can we just take a moment to appreciate how GORGEOUS and BEAUTIFUL the blusher is. It's incredible. I haven't tried it yet because i don't want to ruin the beautiful design, but when i do try it out, i bet it'll be insane. The packaging for it is also beautiful. It's a rose gold hard shiny case. It looks very expensive so i'm hoping it wont disappoint when i eventually try it out.

Left- the glitter shadow & lip crayons swatched.

4) The next present that i'm going to show you is bubble bath by champneys. I'm a huge bath person and this Christmas i specifically asked for bubble bath so i was over the moon when i unwrapped these! All three smell incredible. My favourite is the red tub but the other two do also smell divine. I haven't tried these out yet but i'm looking to! 

5) The 5th present i'm going to tell you about is a brand that i've never tried before. I received the Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream Winter Essentials Kit. I've wanted to try out the Eight Hour skin protectant cream for the longest time and this little kit includes it! It also includes the intensive moisturizing hand treatment and the Lip protectant stick. I've only tried the lip protectant stick and it's amazing. I can't describe how amazing it is, but it is. The hand treatment and the skin protectant are miniatures at 30ml and the lip protectant is 3.7g. I was so very grateful to receive this as i know Elizabeth Arden isn't cheap.

6) The final pressie i'm going to show you is the 17 complete collection. This i was very happy to get as last year i missed out as they sold out everywhere. This set comes with so much!
5 lip glosses, 12 eyeshadows, 1 bronzer, 1 blusher, 5 brushes, 1 mascara, 1 pencil eyeliner, 1 gel eyeliner, 1 lip liner, 1 metallic cream (used on eyes, cheeks or lips), 1 face primer, 1 sharpener and 1 eyelash curler.
I've tried 3 of the eyeshadows (well pigmented & easy blending) I've also tried the primer, which is amazing! The most exciting thing for me was the face primer and i do love it. It kept my foundation on all day during christmas and my face felt so smooth. All the brushes feel so soft and i'm very excited to try them out. As for everything else, i haven't yet tried but i am eager to try out everything and hopefully something will appear in my January Favourites! 

And that's it! I was so very grateful with everything i received and i felt very spoilt and lucky!

Thankyou for reading!
Love,
Sally xxx

Current Makeup Favourites

Hello,
I haven't written a post in absolutely ages and i felt like i should. so, today i'm going to write about my 'current makeup faves'
To be completely honest, i haven't been wearing much makeup lately. I think it's because i have to catch my college bus at 7:50 every morning and because i'm lazy and love to sleep, i don't get up in time to do a full face of makeup. I think i'd rather lay in bed for an extra 40 minutes. haha, is that bad? oh well.
But the makeup i have been wearing i have been loving so i thought i'd share.

The first item, is the bourjois bronzer in the shade '51' which is the lightest. 
If i have time in the mornings i'd quickly brush this over my cheek bones to give my face a bit of colour.
This product isn't highly pigmented but that's a good thing for me.

The next item is my eyebrow kit. It's by MUA and it only comes in one shade.
As you can tell, i use the light brown powder (top right) and the wax (bottom right)
Sorry it looks a disgusting mess but i do use it everyday..
Anyway, the powder is the perfect shade for my brows and the wax helps keep the powder on for longer. The kit did come with a mini angled brush and tweezers but i don't use them. For value, this kit is completely worth it and i'd defiantly replace when needs to be. 

Finally the last item is a mascara. By Maybelline 'colossal' in black. This mascara i actually bought months ago and i never liked it. I found the formula too wet and i felt like it didn't do anything for my lashes. It's not until recently i went through my makeup collection and found this. I tried it out on a wim and loved it. I think i love it now because it's not as wet anymore meaning it clings on my lashes well and doesn't smudge like it used to. I don't think i'll repurchase this as it'll be silly to spend £8 on a mascara but then wait months for it to dry out, In future i just won't go for very wet formulated mascaras. But even so, i did love using this this month and i was very happy with the results. 

Thankyou for reading!
Love,
Sally xxx