Beauty Thursday

Beauty Thursday

For this week's Beauty Thursday I chose to show you guys my haul. It is a collective haul some items I've had for a few week's but I wanted to build it up to show you! I got some item's from Amazon and some from e.l.f.

First item I bought was this Sleek face form contour and blush palette. It come's with a bronzer shade, a highlighter and a blush. Have to say since I bought this I have fallen in love, I also think the packaging is nice too.  Here are some swatches:

Next, I got two NYX Cosmetics Diamond Sparkle lipsticks. I got them in the shade "flamingo" (the lighter shade) and "sparkling copper" (the darker pink.) They were really nice texture and had great pigment. I have worn "flamingo" but only swatched "sparkling copper" so far. 

I also purchased a Real Techniques Miracle Complexion sponge. I haven't gotten a chance to use this yet.. but I can't wait to try it and I've heard great things.

The last item from Amazon was this Collection nude eye palette. This palette was super cheap and great colours for a smokey eye so you can never have too many. They were great matte colours although some of them didn't show up well in the picture of the swatches.

Next up were items from e.l.f, I have had these items longer so I've had time to have more fun with these...

First item from e.l.f I bought were these make up remover wipes. I heard Kathleen Lights talking about these and it's rare that I can use make up wipes because normally they irritate my skin and dry it out. However, after hearing Kathleen talk about these and how they're fine with her skin (she has dry skin too) I decided to give them a try. I am LOVING these, they're so gentle on my skin and still remove make up.

Another item I got from e.l.f was this pointed foundation brush. I have been using this to set my under eye concealer and I will say it's been doing a good job. It is super soft and I will get around to trying it for foundation after I become less in love with my stipple brush and after trying my Real Techniques sponge.

I also got a Mineral eyeshadow primer. I haven't tried this out yet because I want to finish my Absolute eyeshadow primer before I open this one, I will let you know how it goes as soon as I try it.

The last item I got and probably my favourite was this Baked eyeshadow in "Toasted." This was another Kathleen Lights inspired buy, well her and a billion other YouTubers. I swatched this and have used it a couple of times. The baked shadows can be used wet or dry and I have tried it both ways and it's that pigmented that it does work wet and dry, I'm not sure if it's all shades or just this one but "Toasted" is definitely amazing. These swatches are of the shadow dry and wet:

So these other next few items are also from e.l.f but they only came yesterday so I haven't had time to play with them much yet but here you go!

This first item I got in this package was an eye make up remover pen. I bought this after watching Jessica Murphy (who you should check out here: ) She recommended it to fix your eye liner so I figured it's a handy thing to have.

Next up I got these three nail polishes. They are part of the "Glam Bam" nail polish set. The colours include "Golden Goddess", "Blush" and "Cranberry."

I also got three of their lip stains, (yes I know I'm obsessed with lip products.) I haven't gotten to try them yet, just swatch. Lauren Curtis recommended the pink shade called "birthday suit" which after swatching I know I'll love! The other two I adore after swatching, the other two shades were "red carpet" which was the red shade and "mysterious" which was the nude shade. Ignore my ugly knee.

I bought another one of their baked products after Kathleen Lights spoke about it and I loved the baked eye shadow. I got their baked bronzer in "Los Cabos." I love the way it has swatched and cant wait to try it.

The second last item I got was this long lasting lustrous eye shadow in the shade "toast." This was another Jessica Murphy recommendation and I love the texture and the pigment. 

The final item I got was this mineral eye shadow in the shade "wild."  The swatch came up super pigmented and I love the colour!

So that's it for this week's Beauty Thursday, I hope you enjoyed today's blog! As of now I am on a serious no buy so there won't be another haul for a LONG time.

Xoxo

Sophie

What I Wore Wednesday

What I Wore Wednesday

This week's What I Wore Wednesday is another casual outfit. I wore a white string top from Next and over it a jumper with "Believe in Love" written on it which I got in BANK a while ago. I paired it with my dark wash skinny jeans New Look and UGG's. 

- You can purchase the string top from Next here:

- You can purchase my jeans from New Look here:

- You can purchase my UGG's here:

That's it for this week's What I Wore Wednesday, I hope you enjoyed today's blog!

Xoxo

Sophie

Manicure Monday

Manicure Monday

This week's Manicure Monday I chose to do a french manicure with a bit of bling.

Method:

1. To begin I filed all my nails to make sure there were no hangnails.

2. I then applied the base coat of the manicure to my nails.

3. Next I applied the white polish on the tips of my nails in the shape of white crescents.

4. I applied three silver gem stickers in a diagonal line on both ring fingers. 

5. To finish the nails I applied the clear top coat.

- You can purchase the nail gems here:

- You can purchase Attitude's "Peaches and Cream" here:

That's it for this week's Manicure Monday, I hope you enjoyed today's blog!

Xoxo

Sophie

Celebrity Style Sunday

Celebrity Style Sunday

This week's Celebrity Style Sunday is dedicated to the insanely beautiful Jenna Dewan Tatum. Not only is she incredibly beautiful and talented she's also married to Channing Tatum!

So to start just a couple of week's ago Jenna stunned at the Academy Awards. She wowed in Stuart Weitzman nudist sandals in silver satin, an incredible Zuhair Murad Spring 2015 gown and accessorized with a Lee Savage infinite space box clutch.

In January 2015, Jenna was snapped leaving a baby class looking chic and casual. She wore a Nydj draped open front knit cardigan, a pair of Rag and Bone zipper capri jeans in shredded and Tkees "Charlie" flat sandals. You can purchase a pair of similar jeans in River Island here:

As per usual Jenna wowed the crowd when she attended the 2014 Golden Globes. She wore this beautiful Roberto Cavalli black and white strapless mermaid gown.

Mrs Tatum looked casual out and about in Los Angeles. She wore a Cartier Love bracelet, a Chloe Marcie mini saddle bag and a pair of Iro Saika sandals. New Look do a similar bag with more of a pattern available here:

Back in November 2014, Jenna attended the Annual Hollywood Film Awards. She looked sexy and elegant in this Reem Acra dress and Brian Atwood heels.

 

Jenna looked like one cool mama while out in Los Angeles in January this year. She was seen wearing a pair of Vans Authentic checkerboard shoes, a Talbots Hearts zip shoulder sweater and a Givenchy Pandora Bill messenger bag. You can purchase the same Vans as Jenna here:

Jenna supported her hubby at the Jupiter Ascending premiere just two week's ago. She looked effortlessly glam in this Cushnie et Ochs jersey mesh panel maxi dress. She accessorized with a Rauwolf Gemstone emerald cut clutch in gold front. Forever 21 do a similar dress in black available here:

While attending International Comic Con back in 2014, Jenna oozed sexy. She wore an Alice and Olivia structured bustier skinny leg jumpsuit. Lipsy do a similar jumpsuit which you can purchase here:

This girl can seriously do no wrong on the red carpet! Jenna once again showed her support for her handsome hubby while attending the 22 Jump Street premiere in June 2014. Jenna may have been date to the leading man but all eye's were on her in this stunning Monique Lhuillier dress and Christian Louboutin shoes. Vavavoom has a darker similar version of the dress here:

December 2014, Jenna was out Christmas shopping looking comfy and chic as usual. She wore Paige Jummy mid rise skinny boyfriend jeans, a Janessa Leone Lola hat in sand mix and a Givenchy Pandora Bully messenger bag whilst finishing off the look with Rag and Bone Harrow booties. H&M do similar booties which you can get here:

Jenna wowed whilst looking adorable at The Vow premiere. She wore this cute Tadashi Shoji frothy hot pink dress with a pair of red pumps. Fearne Cotton has her own twist of this type of dress available on Very, you can purchase it here:

Jenna looked UNREAL while attending the 2014 Academy Awards. She dropped jaws in this gorgeous white a line Reem Acra gown which features a beaded bodice, flowing into a feathery skirt.

That's it for this week's Beauty Thursday, I hope you enjoyed today's blog!

Xoxo

Sophie

Manicure Monday

Manicure Monday

Hey Guys! As you can tell it's Manicure Monday time again, I thought I would switch it up again seeing as you enjoyed seeing a set of gel nails I had before. So here's a little more nail inspiration for you, I kept the gel nails super long as you can see and I LOVE having long nails! I love it more when they're my own, so I went for long and lilac nails because I got these during the summer but they'll be perfect for Spring too.

So that's it for this week's Manicure Monday, I hope you enjoyed today's blog!

Xoxo

Sophie

Celebrity Style Sunday

Celebrity Style Sunday

This week's Celebrity Style Sunday is dedicated to my best dressed celebrities from the 2015 Oscars red carpet.

To kick off my best dressed celebrities from the 2015 Academy Awards I chose the ageless and stunning Jennifer Aniston. She looked amazing in this champagne coloured beeaded Versace gown, Jen really can never go wrong!

Next up is another funny lady, the always stylish and beautiful Emma Stone. Emma wore this incredible Elie Saab gown with a thigh high slit. You can check out Emma Stone's Celebrity Style Sunday here:

Bet you guys thought we might get away with a best dressed list that didn't have a white gown on it! Well too bad because Reese Witherspoon looked like a bombshell last weekend. The Best Actress nominee dropped jaws in this figure hugging gown from Tom Ford.

Another leading lady who stunned on the red carpet was Dakota Johnson. (We won't mention the whole interview situation) I thought she never looked better than the Oscars, she wowed in Yves Saint Laurent in red, which turned out to be the colour of the night.

Once more we have another leading lady in red, Rosamund Pike. She turned heads in this form fitting gown by Givenchy.

Felicity Jones has had a lot of discussion over this dress. Personally I really liked it, I think it looks amazing in the photo's! The controversial gown was designed in dove grey by Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen.

Another breathtaking red carpet moment for Chrissy Teigen. She dropped jaws in this light blue embellished Zuhair Murad.

And the award for the best couple ever goes to....do I really need to say?! Jenna looked unbelievable in this delicately embellished gown from Zuhair Murad Spring 2015 line.

Last but definitely not least, one of my favourite looks of the night has to be the legend that is Jennifer Lopez. J- Lo managed to look sexy and still like a princess in this nude deep-v plunging gown by Elie Saab. You can check out J-Lo's Celebrity Style Sunday here:

That's it for this week's Celebrity Style Sunday, I hope you enjoyed today's blog!

Xoxo

Sophie