Favourite Lip Products

Rimmel Apocalips - Nude Eclipse

MUA Luxe - Tranquility

Soap & Glory Sexy Mother Pucker Gloss Stick - Nudist

Lime Crime Velvetine - Cashmere

Revlon Colorburst Matte Balm - Sultry

Maybelline Color Drama - Nude Perfection

Sleek Matte Me - Birthday Suit

What are your favourite lip products?

Laura Elizabeth xo

My April Favourites

The Body Shop Instablur £14.00 - This is by far my favourite primer out of everyone I have ever used. I was just slightly disappointed at the size of it for the price I paid, but despite that, I have no other complaints about it. I noticed very early on that it minimised the appearance of my pores and once my foundation is  applied it definitely keeps the shine at bay as I find myself having to re-powder a lot less often. I've also noticed that this product has a hint of a smell to it and I am obsessed with it! It makes me look forward to using the product everytime I apply make up. 

Make Up Revolution Ultra Blush Palette in Golden Sugar £6.00 - This palette comes with eight gorgeous shades, one matte and a long mirror (always a bonus). I find two shades to be the perfect highlighter, three to be lovely pinky blush shades, two a shimmery bronze and one to be a perfect shade for contour as it is matte. All shades are pigmented and differ even though some appear to be similar shades. I have used this everyday that I have worn make up in April and I am sure that it will continue be a part of my daily routine for a long while yet. 

Original Source Vanilla and Raspberry Shower Gel £1 at Superdrug - I love these shower gels, they come in a range of scents but this one is my favourite. It's super sweet and smells good enough to eat! You can create quite a lather with it and it leaves your skin smelling lovely for hours afterwards! 

Simple Hydrating Light Moisturiser £1.98 Superdrug - I could not believe the quality of this product for how inexpensive it is. The first time I used it I woke up in the morning and could already notice a huge difference in my skin. It leaves it feeling really soft, the cream soaks in well and it doesn't leave a sticky residue behind. 

Glitter Liquid Phone Case £3.95 - These are so pretty! There are lots of different colours on eBay and its perfect for when you are bored as you can sit and watch the glitter move for ages!

Lime Crime Velvetine Cashmere $20 - I bought this on Dollskill.com due to the whole Lime Crime incident, and it arrived within a few days. I've wanted to try this shade for ages and I was so super pleased with it when it arrived that I've been wearing at every opportunity I can. It's a lovely purple/grey shade but it is still a lovely nude and really transforms a make up look. It easy to apply, creamy in the tube and dries matte but it is not drying on the lips. 

Comment your opinions on these products or link me to your April favourites post - I love reading them! 

-Laura Elizabeth xo

My Current Favourite Highlighters

MUA Undress Your Skin Highlighting Powder - Pink Shimmer

Seventeen Skin Wow 3 Way Highlighter 

the Balm Mary-Lou Manizer Luminizer 

MAC Pearlmatte Face Powder - Pink Buttercream

These are just a few of the highlighters in my collection and it's fair to say that a good highlighter product is my favourite step in my make-up routine. These four are my current favourites and I have an internal battle every morning on which one to use! 

In my opinion all four give a totally different effect on my skin but similarly give a spectacular finish, providing my skin with a lovely glow. They range in prices, but I have to say I am so impressed with Make Up Academy's highlighter product, at just £3 you can't go wrong! It gives a radiant glow to my skin and works just as well the more expensive products from the Balm and Mac. 

The Seventeen highlighter has three amazing uses to it, to prime, to add to your foundation (giving an effect similar to Rimmel's Wake Me Up foundation) and to add to the tops of your cheekbones for that perfect highlight. After using the product in all three ways, I have found that it gives a lovely luminous glow however you choose to use it. 

Mac's Pink Buttercream unfortunately was a limited edition product, and can also be used as a subtle pink blush or a glowing highlight. I find it gives the best results when I swirl all colours of the product together on one brush. 

The Balm's Mary-Lou Manizer is probably my top top favourite highlighter product. I find that this gives so much colour to the face and it is super pigmented so a little goes a long way! I'd class this as a champagne shade however I think it would look lovely on any skin tone. 

What are your thoughts on these products? What are your favourite highlighter products? I'd love to know!

-Laura Elizabeth xo 

FOTD

Face Of The Day

YSL Flash Radiance 

MAC Studio Sculpt Foundation in NW20

MUA Power Brow 

MUA Trio Eyeshadow

Maybelline Colour Tattoo in Pink Gold

MUA Velvet Lip Lacquer in Halycon

To be honest, this has been more of my face of the week! Hope everyone has had a lovely weekend. What make-up products are you loving right now?

-Laura Elizabeth xo

Make Up Academy Luxe - Powerbrow Shape and Highlight

I totally bought this product on a whim, with no previous research and after not reading any review or blog post prior to purchasing it. I didn't want to get my hopes up, 1) because its an eyebrow product and good ones are hard to find, 2) this make up range is fairly cheap and so it might not be as good as more expensive brands (although I know this isn't necessarily always the case) and 3) I have products from MUA which are perfectly good, but like I said, it's an eyebrow product! These products have to be good, and I've tried many that just haven't been all that great. 

However, I was really pleasantly surprised! Before using this product, my go to eyebrow product was, believe it or not, a powder palette from H&M which I used with the small angled brush that came with it, and this was my holy grail product for getting my eyebrows just right. Despite this, I fell in love with this product immediately and have been using it every day since. I find it works best for me when I use it light handedly - using a small amount of the product and building it up. I got mine in mid brown, and I believe there are only two other shades, 'fair' and 'dark brown' however I'm not 100% sure on that fact, there could be more, however these were the ones in stock when I was in Superdrug. 

The product has a small nib which twists upwards at the bottom to make more product available, and the other end has a highlighter which although is quite a pearly almost pink colour, which I wasn't too keen on at first, it compliments the brown colour beautifully. The only downfall I would say it has is the product can be easily smudged, so I would recommend using an eyebrow mascara or setter on top to keep the product in place. 

My Instagram Account

Hello

I'm aiming to reach 1000 followers on Instagram, and still have a few hundred to go before I get there! I use it daily, posting around 4-8 photos a day on average, of anything fashion, beauty, interior, lifestyle, make-up related. If you have Instagram and post similar photos, or are interested in any of these themes please give me a follow and I will follow back! (Might have to comment to remind me!). 

My Account: @lelizaxo http://instagram.com/lelizaxo/ 

The photos I post are a mix of my own photography, either by iPhone or my Canon Powershot, regrams, or photos from Tumblr and Pinterest that I love, that I can find inspiration and creative ideas from.

Here are a few of my own images posted on my Instagram account; 

Comment with your Instagram account names and I will check out your photos!

Laura Elizabeth xo

Sleek Contour Kit Review

Hello lovelies, I have a number of posts lined up this week, the first one is a review of the Sleek Contour Kit priced £6.49. Available here: 

http://www.sleekmakeup.com/face-contour-kit-light
http://www.superdrug.com/Sleek/Sleek-Face-Contour-Kit-Light/p/608327#.VOJIgPmsVaQ
http://www.boots.com/en/Sleek-MakeUp-Face-Contour-Kit_1395740/
Note: The colour of the different shades on the websites are not identical to the actual shades of the kit so I recommend going and having a look in a store or doing further search online if you are unsure of which colour will be best for you!

Mine is in the shade 'light' and as I'm quite pale this is the perfect shade for me. If I want a more bronzed, darker contour the product is easily build-able and super easy to blend; (I love using the contour brush from Real Techniques in the Core Collection set to apply this! Currently on offer at Gordon's Direct for £11.50! http://www.gordonsdirect.com/real-techniques-core-collection.html?gclid=CjwKEAiAx4anBRDz6JLYjMDxoQYSJAA4loRmO2DuAZnJlWtT3oMXLpUsK3X2qytuz2yNr8id-zYF5BoCdnbw_wcB ). The bronzer is matte and pigmented. 

The highlighter is also lovely, one I reach for daily, it's not too glittery or sparkly, but gives a lovely glow to the skin, and is also very pigmented. 

Overall, this is a product that I would definitely repurchase and one I would recommend for someone who is new to contouring, the kit also comes with a leaflet on where to contour and how to get the best out of the product!