Beauty Thursday

Glossybox

This week's Beauty Thursday is dedicated to the January 2016 Glossybox! This month's box was packed with full size goodies so let's begin!

Teez Cosmetics Oasis Gem Lipstick

The first item in this month's box was this lipstick in the shade "Coral Onyx." When you swatch it, the lipstick does appear a pinky-coral colour however it looks more pink on the lips. I will say the lipstick is quite pigmented and it feels nice and moisturizing on the lips, super comfortable. this is a full sized product and is worth £11.93.

Unani Dermo Defence Mask

This mask was another full sized product and is worth £11.36.  This is a nice face mask for bringing a bit of hydration back into the skin. It has a clean smell and is a clear gel like consistency. I'm so happy this works well with my sensitive skin and my face feels so soft after use.

Tony & Guy Shine Gloss Serum

Another full sized product we received this month was this gloss serum worth £7.49. You rub two pumps into the palms of your hands and the run through the length and ends of your hair. It does the job, removes the frizz, tames fly away's.

Madara Cellular Repair Serum

This facial serum was a luxury sample sized item, a full size is worth £38. I have used this a couple of times on my face and it feels quite nice, I have noticed my skin looks refreshed and glowy. Glossybox have a discount code worth 20% with the code "GLOSSY," it expires the 30th of January so if you're interested use it quickly.

Glossybox eyeshadow "Glossy Mauve"

 The last item in this month's box was this fabulous eye shadow. This was probably my favourite product in the box this month and it was obviously a full size. I love the colour of this shadow the mauve colour is so pretty and it's really pigmented. The size of this product is fabulous, so much shadow! This shadow was worth £7.10.

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

Xoxo

Sophie

What I Wore Wednesday

What I Wore Wednesday

This week's What I Wore Wednesday is from a girls night out I had a little while ago before Christmas and New Year's posts had to go up. I wore my black Amelie skinny jeans from River Island, my trusty black wedges from Korky's and my wine coloured lace halter neck from Topshop.

- You can purchase the Amelie skinny jeans from River Island here:

- You can purchase the lace halter neck from Topshop here: 

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

Xoxo

Sophie

Celebrity Style Sunday

Celebrity Style Sunday

This week's Celebrity Style Sunday is dedicated to last week's Golden Globe awards best dressed list. I don't know about you guys but the red carpet is my favourite part of any awards show, I just love to see what everyone is wearing and dream about the gorgeous gowns.

First up on this week's Best Dressed list has to be Emmy Rossum. She looked incredible in this strapless red Armani gown. I am definitely one of those people who loves timeless gowns that just never go out of fashion, don't get me wrong I love the daring ones too but they just go wrong so often that you can not beat a timeless beauty.

Another beauty on the red carpet last Sunday was Alicia Vikander in this pleated white gown from Louis Vuitton.

Giuliana Rancic looked gorgeous while interviewing on the red carpet at the Golden Globes. She wore this orange number by Alex Perry which had cut outs on the midriff and super long sleeves.

Yet another stunning lady in white has to be Laverne Cox. This gown is so simple and elegant, it's just absolutely stunning. She glowed in this white Elizabeth Kennedy gown.

Eva Green chose for a sparkling number for the Globes. She rocked this fabulous Alexander McQueen dress.

Eva Longoria looked amazing in this white creation by George Shobeika which featured a knee high slit in the front of the dress, a gold belt and some flower design on the front of the dress.

My hat goes off to Gina Rodriguez in this incredible deep blue Zac Posen off the shoulder ball gown. Plus how clever was she POCKETS!

Rosie Huntington Whiteley glowed in gold for the Globes this year. Her gold couture gown was designed by the fabulous Atelier Versace.

Maria Menounos looked radiant in this simple body hugging gown. This simple yet elegant gown was by Roland Mouret.

Jennifer Lawrence pulled it out of the bag yet again in this gorgeous red dress. This fabulous dress was of course designed by Dior

I have to give a shoutout to fellow irish girl Saoirse Ronan, she looked absolutely beautiful for her first Golden Globes and this gorgeous Grecian dress from YSL.

Last of my favourite looks from the Golden Globes 2016 has to be the couple goals that is, Channing and Jenna Dewan- Tatum. Jenna stunned in this navy embellished gown by Zuhair Murad. Putting Channings fringe aside, I absolutely love Jenna's dress and come on they are hands down one of the world's most beautiful couples, plus did anyone see their Lip Sync Battle?! Hilarious 

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

Xoxo

Sophie

Beauty Thursday

Beauty Thursday

One of the gifts I received for Christmas was the eye shadow palette from the Gwen Stefani collaboration with Urban Decay. I love this palette so much that I thought I would do a little review and show some swatches for you guys.

I'm not going to lie when I first saw this palette, I knew it was beautiful but the bolder colours put me off buying it because I just didn't think I would ever use them. However, more and more I kept seeing it on YouTube and blogs that I just couldn't get it out of my head.

The eye shadows like all Urban Decay shadows are super pigmented and so soft and buttery. I'm so glad that there are the neutral shades in here because it does make the palette easier to use day to day but I now really like that it does have the bolder shadows just to add that bit extra for a night out. Honestly the swatches don't even do this palette justice it's so pretty!

Overall I am absolutely in love with this palette and rate it 5/5. Whilst is in stores I would definitely recommend buying it because you can still have your safe neutral eye but then bring in that bit of shazam when needed.

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

Xoxo

Sophie

What I Wore Wednesday

What I Wore Wednesday

For this week's What I Wore Wednesday, I chose to write about my outfit from New Years eve. I wore a black peplum dress which had gold detailing on the neckline from Quiz clothing, I paired the dress with black and gold heels from Barretts which I have owned for years.

- You can purchase my black and gold neck trim peplum dress from Quiz on sale here:

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

Xoxo

Sophie

Beauty Thursday

Beauty Thursday

This week's Beauty Thursday is dedicated to my December favourites. Last month, I played a lot with new make up and as a result, I have quite a few favourites so I'm just gonna get straight into it.

The first favourite is one of my two lip favourites from last month. This one if my Stila Stay All Day liquid lipstick in "dolce." I am absolutely in love with this liquid lipstick, it's super pigmented and lasts so well for hours.

My skin favourite for this month is a Tea Tree Cream from Nelsons. The last few month's I was having skin issues (I've since discovered it was as a result of a health problem) but when my skin was having crazy breakouts, I discovered this was great at taking the inflammation and redness out of them. I also loved that it was natural ingredients that I was putting on my face not just chemicals.


One of my favourites this month is the Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer in the fair shade. This is such a great under eye concealer, it's super creamy and I find it doesn't crease.

My favourite tan this month was St Tropez face and body instant tan in light/medium. The tube for this tan is deceivingly small. I honestly thought I would get one use maybe two max, but I've used this tan about 4 or 5 times now and it develops nice and quick and dries instantly. There's no biscuit or curry smell and it' s great because it will wash off in the shower the next morning but doesn't run in the rain. 


An item I rediscovered last month was Rimmerl Stay Matte Pressed powder in the shade 006. It had been a while since I reached for this product but one of the days I couldn't find my Inglot powder so I used this powder instead and ever since I've found myself not being able to put it down. I still use my Inglot powder on my under eye but I place this on the other parts of my face to set the rest of it.

My favourite scent from last month has to be Jimmy Choo Eau De Parfum. It's such a pretty and sexy feminine scent and lasts so well. I have gotten several compliments each time I've worn this scent. 


I got this gorgeous So Susan Skin Highlighting stick in the December Glossybox and I'm obsessed. I use it most times I do my make up now and it's so pigmented and pretty I just can't get enough.





One item which was an absolute life saver last month was Lanolips Lemonaid Lip Aid. I adore the smell of this and it really has helped my lips this Winter. The cold weather really had my lips chapped and sore last month and within a day of using this my lips would feel and look better, once I started using this properly I didn't have to worry about chapped lips.


My favourite palette last month has to be my Blank Canvas 26 shadow blush palette. This palette was such an amazing palette, it's so pigmented and has such great colours, it was just what I needed for Autumn and Winter. I did a full blog post in detail about this palette which you can view here:

I've also discovered a new fabulous dry shampoo last month, the Co Lab  New York dry shamoo. It does a great job for my in between washes and the scent is super fruity and pretty.

My second lip product from last month is the Rimmel The Only 1 lipstick in the shade "200 It's a Keeper." It's a great lipstick as like most of Rimmel's products, it was super pigmented and nice and creamy. I thought it was such a pretty colour and it made that much of an impression I plan to collect them all.

Another skin item I loved in December was the Cocoa Brown Tough Stuff exfoliater. Due to having to be tanned a lot over the Christmas and New Years period I had to exfoliate a lot too and I adored using the Tough Stuff, it did such a great job at prepping my skin and then removing the tan afterwards. It also helped that it was pretty and pink and smelled quite nice too. I've almost used up a bottle and already went out and bought another one.

My new brow discovery in December was the Rimmel Brow This Way gel , I got this in the shade "mid brown." It's quite a nice brow gel and is really pigmented. The brush you do need to be careful with because it is quite large so I find it helpful to keep some q-tips with make up remover handy.

The last item I have to talk about is another hair item and it is the Colour Wow root cover up. I got this in the shade for blonde hair, due to being ill in November and then exams I was in desperate need of getting my tbar done but wasn't able to go to the hair dresser so I purchased this product as a fix until I was able to go. It comes with a little brush and you brush over your roots, now I'm not going to lie it takes a lot of patience and time to cover up but I found once I had applied it the once I didn't need to apply it then until after the next time I washed my hair. 

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

Xoxo

Sophie

What I Wore Wednesday

What I Wore Wednesday

This week's What I Wore Wednesday is dedicated to the outfit I wore out St Stephen's night. I wore this gorgeous nude-pink dress with a plunging neckline from Miss Selfridges and my black lace up peep toe heels from New Look.

- The pleated wrap pencil dress from Miss Selfridge's is available in white here:

- My Lace Up Peep Toe Heels from New Look are still sold out in black but the grey are available here:

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

Xoxo

Sophie