Thursday 24 July 2014

My all time favourites/products I can't live without!

This is going to be a post about my favourite products and products I can't live without! 

First of all let's start off with my favourite skincare products....




So these are all Soap and Glory products that I absolutely adore!
  1.  This is Wash Your Hands Of It a hand soap that is my absolute favourite soap ever... to be honest I never would have just bought this product in the shop because stuff like hand soap I would usually go for would be the 'cheaper alternative'  but I was given a bath set for Christmas one year that happened to have this in it, and I'll never go back. It does exactly what it says and doesn't try your skin out, I usually have very dry hands so this is an amazing product for me! 
  2.  This is The Ultimelt it's a hot cloth cleanser that I picked up because I'm a huge Liz Earle hot cloth cleanser fan and I seen reviews online saying The Ultimelt was a cheaper alternative... and that it was! I absolutely this product, it really gives a great deep clean to the face and leaves your skin feeling fab!
  3.  This is Peaches and Clean I use this product on days when I wear little/no makeup just to wash my face, not to say that it doesn't remove makeup because it does but personally I find that it takes that bit extra scrubbing to get it off (only if you're wearing really really heavy makeup) and I have such sensitive skin if i scrub too much I look like I've been in a fight or something, but I absolutely love peaches and clean and the smell..... OH MY GOD!! It smells divine!!
  4.  This is Face Soap and Clarity and I love this product, it leaves my skin really soft. I use it most days for a nice soft and exfoliated feel to my skin! 
  5.  This is No Clogs Allowed there are no words for this product, it's self heating and leaves my skin feeling amazing! I would definitely recommend this product, it's amazing!! 




Anastasia Beverly Hills Dipbrow Pomade in chocolate, I only have this a few days but my god I don't know how I've lived without this product it is unreal!! I've seen reviews on it and I decided I needed it in my life, it's smudge proof and stays on all day. I know it's a cardinal sin of makeup to sleep with your makeup on but I had to see HOW good this product was so I decided to sleep with it on one night (of course I took all my other makeup off) and it was perfect the next day. A little of this product goes a HUGE way (I learned the hard way by putting a huge amount on my brush the first time I used it! 



MAC Prolongwear Concealer and Foundation. Not much else to say about these products other than, does exactly what it says on the tin... it's called Prolongwear for a reason because it stays put for hours! 


MAC's Lustre Drops. I use these as for highlighting my face and I love love love this product! 



MAC's Powder Blush in Harmony, I use this for contouring as I am really really pale so it adds a lovely colour that isn't orange for contouring my face! 



MAC's Paint Pot in Painterly, as you can see I use this alot.. I use it as an eyeshadow base over Too Faced eyeshadow insurance primer for that extra stay as I have horribly oily eyelids! I have a few other paint pots but this is by far my favourite one. 


MAC's Mineralize Eyeshadow in Young Punk, a gorgeous eyeshadow that comes out very dark grey/black (depending how much of the white colour you use with it) with a purple sparkle going through it. I love pairing this with MAC's cranberry! 


MAC's Eyeshadow in Cranberry, as you can tell I have used the hell out of this eyeshadow. It's my favourite colour and really makes my eyes pop.. it's my go to colour when I'm having one of them days where I don't know what new to do with my makeup! 

MAC's Eyedshadow in Cork, Espresso and Handwritten, I use these for a natural eye to put a nice dramatic eyeliner flick over or a nice brown smoky eye!



MAC's Powder Blush in Cream Soda from MAC's Archie's Girls collection. I like this colour because it's light enough that it doesn't over power my face but it's so pigmented a little goes a long way! I use this as an everyday blush!




In the first picture I have Essence's Colour Flash mascara in 01 Miss Early Greenbirdy which is a lovely green mascara and I love this colour so much it really makes my eyes pop!
In the second picture I have Benefit Bad Gal mascara in Plum, I love this colour so much it makes my eyes pop too and it's a gorgeous colour!
In the third picture I have MAC's False Lashes mascara in Plum Reserve (purple) which is a gorgeous purple mascara but it's quite different to Bad Gals colour and Blue Charge which is a stunning electric blue mascara! 



This is NYX's Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk, what can I say.. this is a great product that makes colours come out so bright on the eyes and I'm so glad I invested in this product! 



The Paw Palette, I love this palette because it's so handy especially when on set instead of using the back of your hand and even for doing my own makeup! 


Essence "All About Matt" translucent powder for setting my foundation, this stuff is so cheap but oh god it's amazing! My favourite matte powder ever. 



Too Faced Eyeshadow Insurance eye primer, this stuff is amazing... quite similar to Urban Decay's primer potion, I just find Too Faced's primer works better for me! 
Lip Insurance lip primer, this stuff really is amazing... it makes lipstick stay on all day and no bleeding which is always a plus! I only have a sample size that my sister brought me back from America but I definitely need to invest in a full size one! 



So they're all my ultimate favourite products, I hope anyone reading this found it interesting to read and if you've experienced any of these products let me know how you found them or how they worked/didn't work for you in the comments or send me an email to the email that's in my sidebar! 
Thanks for reading! 

xo

Wednesday 16 July 2014

A little introduction...

This is just a little introduction to my blog! 

I'm Hayley, I'm 21 years old and I live in Dublin, Ireland. 

I'm a qualified makeup artist and it's my passion. My second love is photography, I love taking pictures of anything I think is nice and catches my eye! 

I'll be uploading some makeup looks, talking about my favourite products and talk about what tips work for me and my makeup/beauty regime. 

My next post will be my all time favourite products post! :-) 

Thanks for reading 

xo