Anastatia Contour Kit | Review

        

                      

A few friends of mine went on a school trip to New York but (very sadly) I couldn't afford it so I asked a friend to pick me up the Anastatia contour pallet in light to medium if I gave her the money because I don't think you can buy it in the UK. I've wanted this pallet for so long because I basically have a moon head and really need a good product to hollow out cheek bones. The pallet is $40 and comes with 6 shades, these are Sand, Vanilla, Banana, Java, Fawn and Havanna.

       

 

I am not Make Up trained, I'd like to be but at the moment I'm 17 and doing A-Levels, so my knowledge is not the greatest but as far as I know the top row are supposed to be used as highlights and the bottom row to define features like cheek bones and jaw bones, and since I'm new to this I thought this would be a good product to start with. 

So far, I really like how easily blendable it is and it seems like this kit is going to last me a while, I'm not quite sure how to use sand yet but I used banana under my eyes to cancel out the dark circles and vanilla on the top of my cheekbones to give it a natural highlight. I really love it and I'm so so happy with it. 

 

                                     

If anyone has any tips to help me out, please let me know, 

Rachel xoxo

NARS Lipstick - Raquel: Review

Reccently I've kinda been a bit insecure about wearing lipsticks because I'm always conscious of the yellow contrast with the red as I normally buy red colours but then I thought why not buy one good quality one that I'll actually use so I decided to buy this NARS lipstick in the shade Raquel, it was such a pretty colour and my name is very close to Raquel I bought it. 

This lipstick is so nice it doesn't feel sticky on your lips, it lasts for a good few hours before having to reapply and it's so subtle it does what make ups supposed to do an enhances natural beauty. I'd recommend to anyone. 5/5.

Rachel xoxo

Summer Faves

-nandos salt

-got2b dry mist for frizz

-Polish for tans

-benefit push up liner

-public desire shoes

-Hawaiian tropic

-dr spot soap and glory

-pixie cleanser

-Chanel coco mademoiselle 

-ectotools 

-Revelon butter balms

-Xmen 

-maleficent 

-guardians of the Galaxy

-lemons

Prom night 💫

Friday June 27th at 18:00 was my end of high school prom and it was probably the best night of my life! 

My friends and I all met for pictures and a family gathering before hand and it was so sweet I really don't know what else to say about it but here are a few pictures. 

 (Here's the hair and makeup)**

 (The dress) 

 (Mains)

 (The car)

There are so many more people I wish I got pictures with but didn't so I can't really put those pictures on bc I'm not in them but it was such an amazing night thanks to everyone who helped arrange it

Rachel xoxo

** makeup: 

Benefit pin up lashes

Benefit benetint

Benefit high beam

Benefit hello flawless oxygen wow foundation in ivory

Maybelline Baby skin pore eraser 

Rimmel natural bronzer

Rimmel clear complexion powder in transparent

Maybelline falsies mascara 

Smash box liquid liner pen

Revelon lip butter in candy apple

**hair

Extentions in caramel blonde from lush hair extentions

Recent Purchases

Reccently I've made quite a few purchases that I'm really quite excited about ~

        

I wrote a review on the Barry M Gelly Hi-Shine nail paint in 'green berry' the other day and I loved it so much I bought another in the colour 'watermelon' which is like the deep green that I think is stunning. I'll be sure to try it out and post about it ASAP but with school and GCSES, probably won't be for a while.

                                     

      

I also bought the Barry M touch of magic lipstick, it's green in the tube but turns pink and the natural alkali level of your lips will determine how pale or rich the shade of pink will be to most flatter your look, so I can't wait to try that, also because it was 3 for 2 on Barry M at super drug I got the Gelly Hi-Shine lips in a very bright red (not sure on the name, oops). 

                                     

Further more I got the Sleek i-Divine au naturel pallet which is good for just simple every day use. 

                                      

Another thing I was very excited about was the Jelly Belly airfreshioner, people who know me will know how much I love jelly belly products and on my I just can't help but spray it 24/7. 

                                     

The last thing is the Aussie 3 minute miracle conditioner which I haven't had in like 3 years so when it was on offer I had to buy it and it smells so good I don't want to wash it off!

                                    

Rachel xoxo

Barry M: Gelly Hi-Shine Nail Paint

The other day my sister came home with a few things she bought in town, one of these was this: 

                                    

Quite reccently there has been a lot of hype about these nail varnishes and since she bought such a beautiful colour I thought I'd try it out. This is in the colour 'green berry' and it's light greeny turquoise colour so quite a springy fun colour and my gosh not even exaggerating I've had this nail varnish on for 8 days now and it's still not chipped.

As it's such a good colour for the season I thought a few Daisy's would go quite well with it.

                        

** I did this using a cocktail stick and Barry M's white nail varnish (but you can use any nail varnish you want) - very easy to do and really cute.

Rachel xoxo

Topshop Lipstick: Wicked - Review

Recently I bought a new lipstick from Topshop in the colour wicked which is like a darkish red with a subtle tint of purple. 

                             

I'd wanted a lipstick in this shade for quite sometime and the fact it was called wicked attracted me even more (being one of my favourite musicals), I personally love this lipstick, it has an even, velvety finish and I found it quite moisturising. 5/5.

Rachel xoxo