Last year I found some things that I love and thought I would share with you, these are the things that I kept going back to and will defiantly use in 2018. Also this is my first post of this year so I hope you had the best Christmas and start of New Year.

Makeup
Starting with makeup the first product is the Collection Lasting Perfection concealer. If you've read some of my makeup post you would know that I use this all the time. At first I thought that it was too hard to blend but once it had run out I had to buy another on. It gives amazing coverage and it's only £4.19. The second makeup product is the sophdoesnails x Makeup Revolution palette, I did a review on this but it's honestly amazing, the colours are so pigmented and blend so well. Another product I mention all the time is the Seventeen Conquer and Contour kit, I use the contour shade all the time and it's so good, would defiantly recommend it. A lip product it the Buxom lip cream in White Russian this is a pretty light pink colour and it feels so nice on your lips. Another lip product is Mac Velvet Teddy, it's matte, isn't drying and a beautiful colour. Lastly is the Real Techniques beauty blender. I use this all the time but I never mention it. I normally wet it and it blends my base products really well.

Skincare
The first skincare things is Soap and Glory, I have used this brand throughout 2017, I love there body washes and hand creams especially. Lush Angels on Bare Skin is also amazing, even though it doesn't smell very nice it helps to clear up any spots. I got this for my birthday and I think its a really good product.

Fashion
I only have two fashion items but the first is my pink puffa coat from Primark. I have worn this almost every time I have gone out and I love it. Second fashion item is my Adidas superstars, yes loads of people have them but I love them.

YouTube
There have been a few youtubers that I have loved watching so I'm just going to list them.
-Gabriella Lindley {main & vlog}
-sophdoesnails {main & vlog}
-touchdalight
-Sophia and Cinzia
-lookingforlewys
-Emmas Rectangle
-Beauty Spectrum
-Fabulous Hannah
-Floral Princess {main & vlog}
-Saffron Barker {main & vlog}

TV
Vampire Diaries has been probably one of my favourite shows ever and I'm so sad its ended. You need to watch it it's amazing. Pretty Little Liars also finished this year but again sooo good. Jane the Virgin is different to any of the shows that I've mentioned but I love it still. Last is Stranger Things, flipping love this show and Millie Bobby Brown is one of my favourite actors now.

Music
Taylor Swift's reputation album is one of my favourites ever, I love all the songs on here album and I'm so excited to see her in June. Ed Sheeran's Divide album is another favourite and I can't wait to see him in June aswell. Last is Little Mix, I went to see them in November and they were incredible. {concert post}

So that is everything that I loved in 2017. What were your favourites from last year?
 

As today is Christmas Eve Eve, I thought I would show you the makeup, hair and outfit I will be wearing on Christmas Day.

Makeup
Starting with the face makeup I'm applying the Bourjois Healthy Mix foundation and adding some Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer anywhere I need it. I then set that in place with the Rimmel Stay Matte Powder and contour with the Seventeen Define & Conquer Contour Kit as always. For blush I'm using the Bourjois blush in Rose PomPom and then highlighting with Benefit Dandelion Twinkle from the Hello SanfrancisGLOW set (review).


Moving on to eyebrows I'm using the Freedom Duo Brow Powder to fill them in and then setting them in place with the Essence Brow Gel. For the eyes I'm using my Zoeva Cocoa Blends Palette that I got for my birthday. I start by blending 'Substitute For Love' in the crease and then applying a bit of 'Beans Are White' in my outer corner. And finally adding 'Pure Ganache' across the middle of the lid. For mascara I'm using my Clinique High Impact Mascara. Finally on the lips I'm applying a Peach Oil Lipgloss that my friend got me for Christmas.

Hair
For hair I'm going to use my Braun Hair straighteners, which I love, to straighten my hair. And that's about it for the hair. I have it in my normal middle parting. Kind of boring really.

Lastly is the outfit, for my top I'm going to be wearing a Pretty Little Thing t-shirt that I'm hoping to get for Christmas, otherwise I'll wear this white top which I have tucked into this Burgundy skirt that I bought from Primark. For accessories on my hands I'm wearing my Pandora Heart Ring and my Topshop Elephant ring which I wear all the time. And for earrings I'm wearing some Primark hoops and I can't change my seconds as I've only just got them pierced.

So that is my makeup, hair and outfit for Christmas. What are you planning on wearing? Merry Christmas!

 

For Christmas Benefit brought out a range of gift sets and one of my friends got me the Hello FrancisGLOW set for my birthday. As you can tell by the 'glow' in the name this is a highlighter set.

The packaging for this is so pretty with the pink and yellow skyline effect at the top and the pattern that is on the inside and around the sides. Inside the set you get four of the Benefit best sellers which includes one powder, one cream and two liquid. It also has a mini brush that comes with most of the powder products. However the powder is stuck into the set which means you can't travel with it without taking the whole set.

The first highlight is the Dandelion Twinkle highlighter. This has recently been added to the permanent-collection along with Shy Beam which is also included in this. Dandelion Twinkle is a light beige coloured highlight and the powder of the set. It is quite a subtle highlight but once you build it up it does give a beautiful glow. As I mentioned before there is Dandelion Shy Beam, this is a very natural highlight. I would say this would be nice if you don't like a shimmery highlight and want to look glowy. The next liquid highlight in this set is High Beam, which is defiantly one of the most popular highlighters from Benefit. This is a really pretty pearly pink colour and even though I prefer more gold coloured ones this is stunning and looks super nice on your cheek bones. Lastly is the Watt's Up! highlighter, this is the cream of the set which I actually really like. It is a similar colour to Dandelion Twinkle which I love and blends out really nicely.

Overall I think this set is so good and I really like all the products included. Have you tried any Benefit highlighters?

 

For my birthday my Mum surprised me early with some tickets to go and see Little Mix as one of my presents. I have loved Little Mix since they started X Factor and went to see their DNA concert a few years ago, which was amazing so I was really excited to see them again.

So on Saturday I went up to London and I took one of my best friends with me. We both had the best time, Little Mix were incredible.

We got to London at about 3 o'clock so that we could look around a bit. We had dinner at Pizza Hut (it was so good) and then we got the tube to the O2. I got a programme from their merch stand and then headed to our seats.

Their support act was Aleem who sang for about half an hour. I had never heard of him before but he was actually really good.


Little Mix came on to Power which was amazing! Later into the concert they all walked along this T-shaped stage that came through the audience and sang Secret Love Song and they also put the audience on the big screen. Before the last song they got four people from the audience to come on the stage to sing Touch with them and then went on to just sing it themselves.

Overall I had the best time seeing Little Mix, they were so good and I loved going to see them. Have you seen anyone recently?
also sorry I haven't blogged in a while I just haven't felt like it and also I changed my blog name, do  you like it better? 

As Halloween is nearly here I thought I would show you a vampy dark makeup look. You could wear this to makeup not just as Halloween as it's just a smoky makeup look. All the products included in this post will also all be drugstore so everything is really affordable.


Face
For foundation I'm using L'Oreal Infallible 24H Foundation. I'm putting this all over my face to give a even skin tone. To cover up anything else I'm using the Maybelline Eraser Eye Concealer, I apply this under my eyes and on any other imperfections I have. To bronze up my face I'm using the SEVENTEEN Define & Conquer Kit and then adding some Sleek Rose gold Blush to my cheeks. For highlight I'm taking the Lottie London Shimmer Squad and I'm using colour The Queen Bee on the high points of my face. And then I'm using the Freedom Duo Brow Powder in Medium Brown to fill in my eyebrows.  
 Eyes
For the eyeshadow I'm going to use my SophDoesNails x Makeup Revelution palette which I have done a review on and I love it. First I'm going to use the shade Rosewood which is a dark purply-toned brown in the crease and then Nightmare in the lower outer corner to deepen it. In the middle of the lid I'm using the colour Smoky Bronze which is a bronze shimmer colour and lastly I'm putting Fairy Lights in the inner corner. To darken up the look even more I'm going to use a black pencil in my waterline. For mascara I'm using the Clinique Mascara. This mascara is amazing, it gives lots of volume and isn't clumpy at all.


Lips
As this is a dark vampy makeup look you could use a dark colour on your lips but you could use something like Rimmel 103 if you prefer a nude colour. 

A few weeks ago SophDoesNails released a eye shadow palette with Makeup Revolution. Sophie is one of my favourite YouTubers and I knew that this palette would be incredible. The packaging is watercolour with bits of copper on which looks really pretty. The actual palette is a nude colour with copper writing on. In this palette you get 24 eye shadow colours, 13 mattes and 11 shimmers, which I think is amazing considering this palette is only £10. She also brought out a highlighter palette for £8 alongside this which I think looks gorgeous as well.

When you open this palette there is a big mirror which is really good because I tend to use the mirrors in palettes a lot. And a clear sheet with all the names on, I really like the names in this palette because they do describe the colour and they are all things she likes. These eye shadows are really pigmented and blend really nicely. The colours go with one another and this palette covers a lot of eye shadow looks. I think this palette would be amazing if you were starting out with makeup because of the range of colours and I would defiantly recommend it.
*swatches of bottom 2 rows

I think this palette overall is incredible especially for its price, the colours are beautiful and there are colours for everyone. Have you tried this palette?