Top 3 blushers for Summer

I've decided to have a bit of a happy Summer-themed week this week, I've written up loads of post all about my fav products for summer etc, although not every post is summer themed :)  I hope you enjoy this week, don't forget to visit back every day as there'll be a new post every single day (trying to blog more often for you) :)

Today's post is on my top 3 blushers for summer.  I'm a bit of a blusher addict, I think that blushers are one product you can wear without any other makeup and it'll make a real difference to how you look, adding a bit of colour to your cheeks.  The same can be said about mascara (couple of mascara reviews this week too, one is perfect for summer!).

Now, if I'd been sensible and limited it to 10 blushers instead, you'd have had a bit more variety, but what you have here, are 3 stunning blushers, each would look amazing with you sat out on the beach, or sitting in front of a coffee shop sipping an iced latte *mmmmmm*.  As always, my pictures aren't edited other than cropped & with text added :)

Michael Kors bronzer in Flush*

Yep, technically this is branded as a bronzer but I think we can both agree that this is a blusher, it's not brown, it's pink.  Ok, now we have that cleared up lets move on.  This is probably one of my all time favourite blushers at the moment.  Yes it's expensive, however you do get a LOT of product for your money, probably more than you could use in 2 ye (£34*)ars if this was the only blusher you used.  It's a beautiful dusky pink with a soft shimmer to it (no glitter).  It'll highlight your cheeks ever so slightly giving you a natural and beautiful glow :)

Physicians Formula Happy Booster in Natural

When you see these pictures, they're going to look quite similar, so I've put a collage together at the bottom so you can see the subtle differences between each shade :)  This is a bit of an iconic blusher, my blogger friend Laura brought it back from America for me (whoop).  It works beautifully as a soft highlighter, or it's buildable as a blusher (how I'm wearing it) - or you could layer it up on top of your favourite blusher to give it a different dimension :)  Ever thought of doing that with different blushers?

 Sephora blusher in Healthy Rose

Back in January when I was in France I made sure I went to a Sephora, I needed wanted the MUF HD foundation (which is what I'm wearing in these pics).  While I was there, I picked up a couple of their own products, this being one of them.  It's up there in my favourite blushers ever, it's a stunningly beautiful shade that has a hint of coral.  It's not ridiculously pigmented so you're not likely to pick up too much product when you're swirling your brush in it - that's something a love, a firm blusher!

Here's all the blushers side by side, it's a subtle difference but hopefully you can see their different qualities and subtle differences in shades.

These are certainly the 3 I'm wearing the most at the moment and the 3 I see myself wearing more and more as we move into the summer.  It makes for a gorgeous look just to wear it by itself with no other makeup, or teamed up with some mascara and eyeliner, or on a full face of makeup :)

I know to my UK readers this might be a slightly frustrating post, with 2 of the products being ones we struggle to get in the UK, but compared to a year ago, I have a lot more American readers these days too, so I don't want to just feature UK products (like I used to) - besides, there are ways to get hold of these like eBay, Amazon, blogger swaps and holidays :)

What's your 3 favourite blushers for Summer?

 

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May 2014 favourites

Once again it's that time of the month, no not THAT time of the month, but time for monthly favourites!  I used to do these on my YouTube channel, but I just don't have the time at the moment, even though I miss it.  So in lieu of that, I brought it to you here :)  Lets get started!

Macadamia Flawless

So, I have a full review of this planned, I just need to have good lighting (not chucking it down with rain) after I've used it so I can take a nice photo of how lovely my hair looks when I use it.  It's like an all-in-one product (other than shampoo), so it's conditioner, a treatment, a cleanser... all sorts!  It's expensive too, but I picked it up on Beauty Bay when they were selling off Macadamia products really cheaply (BOOM).  Anyway, I'm not going into great details here, saving it for the review, but ultimately I freakin' love it!

Chanel Perfection Lumiere Velvet

I blogged about it last month, it's a very beautiful foundation that's great for oily skin.  Only drawback is that you need to make sure you've moisturised very well first as it does highlight dry patches.

Wet n Wild - Petal Pusher palette

Specifically the 2nd shade down on the right, it's seriously stunning!  Like a cranberry with a slightly gold shimmer.  I love wearing it with the GOSH forever eye shadow pencil underneath in beige, so so pretty!

Smashbox 24hr eye shadow primer*

Finally now available in the UK for £18, whoop!  I've been using this for like... 6 weeks now I'd say, and I haven't used another primer in that time, I love it, it's the best one I've ever used, and I've tried most!  Review here!

GOSH Forever eye shadow pencil in 02 Beige

I seriously can't stop raving about these!  They're uh-mazing!  They make my shadow last so much longer (thanks to them being waterproof), they add a dimension of prettiness under your shadow too, and are just all round awesome!  Blog review here.

Dolly Wink liquid eyeliner in black*

You all know how I have raved again and again and again about my Chanel Ecriture liner right? Good, well... there's a new cat in town and I can't get enough of it!  This liquid eyeliner IS better than the Chanel one, it's just as black, dries as well, lasts as long and has a finer tip for a better cat-eye.  AND the kicker is, buying this you save over half what you'd have paid for the Chanel one!  Bargain!  I reviewed it here.

So there you have it, not a massive bunch of favs this much, but the ones I did pick are MUCH loved and I've pretty much used every day (apart from the Macadamia Flawless coz that'd get expensive!).

What's been your favourites this month?

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My top 10 favourite films

Now, this is going to be tough, I'm a bit of a film-buff, so picking only 10, from all genres is going to be a challenge!  I think what I'll do, is put a list together (not exhaustive) of honourable-mentions at the bottom too :D

So, in NO particular order here goes!

My Neighbour Totoro

About 6 years ago I watched my first Studio Ghibli film, Spirited Away.  It was a sunny Sunday morning and we were sat on the sofa eating cereal (my fav time to watch these).  We were both captivated and lost in a magical anime world, and since then have gone on to watch most of their films and build up quite a collection.  My Neighbour Totoro is one of my favourites from the Ghibli collection - I even have a Totoro teddy bear that sits on my desk behind my MacBook :)

Oceans Eleven

As much as I'm a fan of all 3 Oceans films, the third one in my opinion is definitely the best, it's the one I've watched time after time and is just so clever.  I love that all the actors took big pay cuts to make this film since there was a really tight budget, and it all came together beautifully.  I pretty much watch this about once a month, although about a year ago I was probably watching it about 3-4 times a week (not kidding)

Fight Club

I'm a big fan of Brad Pitt, I think a lot of women are!  But this film, apart from having epic outro music (The Pixies - Where is my mind) is so incredibly clever.  The first time I watched it, I didn't see the twist coming, then when you re-watch it, you see so many little clues along the way giving you hints and tips.  I love gritty films like this, I'm almost always up for watching it :)

Juno

Such a great, off-the-wall quirky little film, starring the amazing Ellen Page as a teenager who gets pregnant.  It's worth discovering this film for the soundtrack alone, which I listen to on a near weekly basis, although I appreciate it's not for everyone!  Quirky indie-style films are my favourite, they seem to have more depth than the ultra-big blockbusters and just have a different feel about them all together which I love.

Office Space

Another great quirky film which has become an underground cult film, with places like Think Geek selling Office Space survival kits complete with TPS reports, a red swinline stapler (which swinline had to put back into production as demand was so high after this film) and a badge saying 'Somebody's got a case of the Monday's' (yes, I have this kit).  If you've ever worked in an office, then you NEED to see this.  I'm pretty gutted Sky got rid of the Sky Indie film channel, that's where I'd see so many of these great films.

Amelie

I'll never forget the first time I watched this.  I'd moved out from my student house and into a flat all by myself for the first time.  I had a cute little lounge with a little red loveseat, Chris (hubby now, boyfriend then) was working late at the pub and was popping over after.  I poured myself a glass of red wine, and put the film on (I had a VCR back then (only 11 years ago!) and recorded it from the TV). I was completely caught up in it - it was the first French film with subtitles I'd watched and I loved it. Again it was quite quirky, the director (Jean-Pierre Jeunet) approaches films like a true artist, the films was pretty much red and green in colour (not good for colourblind people!).  It's a great story approached beautifully and very comically by this amazing director :)

Groundhog Day

I put this in my list, not because I think of it as one of my favourite films, but because every single time I see it on TV I always, without fail, put it on.  That must mean something?  I don't know what it is, but I love it, such a simple idea - the guy lives the same day over and over again until he perfects it, but I love it.

Inglorious Basterds

Another fantastic film.  For me, this is one of Tarantino's best films.  Christopher Waltz who plays 'The Jew Hunter' won an Oscar for this film, and if you've seen it, you'll know why - just the opening scene alone was enough to win that for him - and the actor in the opening scene with him is equally amazing. It's another fantastically clever film going back to WW2 (typically not a type of film I'd like to watch) again featuring Brad Pitt (yummy!).  It's a typical Tarantino film, plenty of violence but oh so clever. It's argued that it's set in a Tarantino fictitious world and ties in with a lot of his other films - I'll let you read up on that as there's whole sites dedicated to it :)

Anchorman

Unless you really don't like Will Farrell then the chances are you love Anchorman too.  It's full of great one-liners: Milk was a bad choice, I'm in a glass cage of emotion, Where'd you get those pants at the toilet store? - Yep, awesome film full of utter silliness.  Another film I watch on a regular basis, it always makes me laugh and puts a smile on my face :D

Fast & Furious Tokyo Drift

A bit of a curve-ball film here.  If you know me in real life, you'll know I love fast cars (yet only have a provisional license), I know quite a bit about cars and I'm obsessed with Japan - throw this all together and you have Tokyo Drift.  I don't know what it is that I love about this film more than the other Fast & Furious films, but I know I love the cars and the drifting, I love that they're in Tokyo and I love the story, I think this is a bit of an unloved film with the masses yet it's one of my favourites.

So, as much as that top ten will change whenever you ask me, they're pretty much always up there - below are my honourable mentions, other films I adore and if this was a bigger list, they'll all be on it too - so if you're ever bored and want a new film to watch, have a pick from this list and hopefully you'll find a new film you love :)

Honourable Mentions:

Up in the air

Django Unchained

Spirited Away

The Cat Returns

Kiki's Delivery Service

Howl's Moving Castle

Extract

Our Idiot Brother

Step Brothers

The Hangover

It's a Wonderful Life

Life is beautiful

Arrietty

Oh brother where art thou

The Big Lebowski

Wreck it Ralph

Monsters Inc

Monsters University

Unbreakable

Micmacs

Kill Bill 1 and 2

Jackie Brown

Pulp Fiction

Goodfellas

Ghostbusters 1&2

Lord of the Rings trilogy

Tron

... and so many more ...

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