February favourites.

This month has been such a bad month for me it's unreal. I won't go in to too much detail but yeh - I'm glad it's over. 

Less of the doom and gloom, here's my February favourites from 2015. 

Let's kick it off with this travel mirror from Lakeland. 

I've wanted a light up mirror for SO long, whilst trawling through my local Lakeland (link) I found this gem. It was £15.99 and is the perfect size for day to day use. It uses 3 AAA batteries, but the LED lights on this mirror can be dimmed. I find this so handy, I use this mirror literally every single day whether it's to put my makeup on, pluck my eyebrows, anything. I'm happy I purchased this mirror, I was going to go for one that was nearly 3 times as much! 

My next favourite from this month is of no surprise, it's the Death By Chocolate palette by Makeup Revolution (or I Heart Makeup, whichever you prefer!) 

I pined for this for literally months. I originally wanted the Naked version but it's been out of stock for ages! I finally gave in and purchased this one and oh good lord it is literally my favourite palette I've purchased in long time. This does not disappoint in terms of pigment, longevity and colour range. I won't go too much in to this as I've not long done a post on my MUR collection. Since then, I've purchased the Naked palette which is now on it's way to me but I'll surely still be using this one as much as I do now! I love the packaging, the shades, the brand, uhhh I just LOVE Makeup Revolution. End of. As always, this was £7.99 from Superdrug but is also the same price direct from their website. 

This might seem a bit of an odd one, but it's Homepride Mild Curry Sauce. 

I don't really know why I've included this in my favourites as I've been enjoying this for years...but this sauce really reminds me of living at my Mum and Dad's. It reminds me of all the home cooked meals my Mum made when I still lived there and I just love it. There's nothing better than that feeling for me. Something that I really needed this month, it's just a bit of a comfort food. 

My favourite body scent this month is an Impulse spray called "Secret Smile".

I only have the small tin of this as I received it in a Christmas gift set and took a whim on it but oh my god, this smells amazing! Really fruity, long lasting and very refreshing. I don't generally like body sprays because I don't find that they last too long on my clothes/skin but the Impulse brand is one that I've been going back to years on end. I really like this one so it's more than likely one that I'll go back to too. There's not really much to say...it's a body spray, it's really fruity but I really really like this one. Try it out if you want something a little bit different! 

My last favourite of this month is actually a re-discovery. 

The Real Techniques face sponge has been in my makeup kit for about half a year now and I've been having a bit of a love-hate relationship with it. Some months I prefer a brush to put my foundation on with but this has really helped my skin lately. For some reason I'd broken out really badly this month which led to me getting impetigo around the corners of my mouth but this sponge really helped me put my foundation on really thinly but still being able to cover my sore areas. If you're not familiar with this product, think Beauty Blender but a tiny bit better. I'm pretty sure I paid about £6.00 for this sponge from Superdrug. 

And there we have it, February has come and gone, I'm welcoming the spring in with open arms. It cannot come fast enough for me, bring on the dewy mornings and crisp nights! 

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Makeup Revolution collection.

First of all, let me apologise for the absence from this blog lately. I've had so much going on, I've left my job, I've been quite poorly, I've been doing Insanity and to be honest, my heart just hasn't been in blogging lately. However, I'm back! I'm back with a positive attitude.

So without further ado, let's actually get on with this post! Today I'm going to be showing you my Makeup Revolution collection. It's a small collection but I felt it was worthy of posting, and  I felt as MUR is firmly earning it's name in beauty, it's time to add my two pence. 

On the top row we have the Focus & Fix eyebrow palette, Conceal and Cover palette and the much sought after (well...not this one!) I Heart Makeup Death By Chocolate palette. 

On the bottom row we have the Flawless 32 eyeshadow palette, Iconic 1 eyeshadow pallette, as well as Iconic 2 and Iconic 3

I didn't actually take a single photo of the eyebrow palette as it's literally a standard trio of eyeshadow shades with a wax. I normally use the colour above the wax as I find this suits my skin tone the most, it lasts all day and yeh, it's a basic eyebrow palette!

Let's have a look at the Conceal and Cover palette. I purchased this for £6 and I bought this thinking that yes, I'll use every shade and I'll love it and be converted to this. Sadly, this wasn't the case. I've only used 2, maximum 3 shades out of this palette because the staying power just isn't that great and the further down the palette, the more orange the tones get. Now I actually swatched these in the shop to see what the payoff was like and what the colours were like and I thought they were a good match. Maybe I just have a dud? I don't know. I'm more than likely going to pass this on to someone who has darker skin than me, but if you're someone with multi toned skin then this would be perfect for you. 

 The I Heart Makeup Death by Chocolate palette is the newest in my collection and I LOVE it. I've worn shades from this palette every single day since I bought it. I'm pretty sure this was £7.99? I wanted the white palette for so long and I've not been able to find it anywhere and it has been out of stock on the website for as long as I've been checking so I finally bit the bullet and bought the Death by Chocolate palette. Firstly, I love the packaging and I know this is one of the things that has caused a divide in the beauty world, some love it, some hate it. Personally, I love it. It makes the palette chunky, something that I really like. And a bonus with this palette is that is has a full size mirror in the lid which is actually very handy. When I opened this, I don't know if it's psychological but I actually thought it smelt quite...cocoa power...y? Please tell me I'm not going insane and other people have smelt it too? Either way, this palette has a gorgeous mixture of mattes and shimmers which are super wearable, the colour payoff as expected is absolutely amazing and the longevity again, as expected, is extremely good. I'm still on the lookout for the white palette but seriously don't over look this one, you'll be surprised. 

The Flawless palette is one of the largest palettes I have and for the money (£8) I thought the quality of these eyeshadows wasn't going to be so great. My god, wasn't I wrong! I love this palette, it's got such a large mixture of colours and again, it's between mattes and shimmers. I've created so many looks with this palette, it's a firm favourite right now. Colour payoff is to be expected, quite pigmented and long lasting. However, I find these shadows work best with an ever so slightly damp brush to really get that shimmer to show. The packaging is the standard MUR black, slimline palette with the full size mirror, which I really love. I'm surprised that such a budget brand has this type of packaging to be honest but I'm pretty sure it's not just me that likes it. The shades in this palette are such a warm tone, apart from the few at the top which I use as either a base colour or a transition shade. I especially love the second to last row, the colours make my eyes look so green when I use them. I'm pretty sure there's another palette called Eyes like Angels (or something along those lines) but I wasn't too keen on those colours but again, I'm not going to overlook it as I may change my mind in the future. 

 Ahhh, the Iconic palettes. These were the palettes which have lead to my obsession with MUR, as I found out they were a very very good dupe for the UD Naked palettes (which I refuse to part with my money for!). I'd never heard of the company before so after doing a little bit more investigating, I've grown to love them. Even though the packaging on these are a little different to the newer palettes, I still don't feel let down. I purchased these at £4 each which in my eyes, is SO cheap! These palettes are absolutely amazing payoff, again with most of the MUR palettes these are a mixture of shimmers and mattes but in the most gorgeous warm tones. These have taken a bit of a back seat in my collection as it's expanded but after looking at them this morning, I definitely need to start using them again. 

If you're one of these people like me who become addicted to Youtube, watching people buying all these new MUR palettes and raving about them, as soon as you get one you will understand why. I'm not sure just how long Makeup Revolution has been around for but their products are a firm favourite of mine and thousands of others. I don't know how they release so many new palettes so frequently (I've even heard that it's possibly MUA repackaged...I don't believe that!) but this company have certainly taken the beauty industry by storm and for good reason too. I'm slowly going over to the I Heart Makeup range too with their lip lavas (omggg!) but I thought I'd give you an insight in to my collection that I have at the moment. 

Have you tried anything from Makeup Revolution or from the I Heart Makeup range? If so, what are your opinions? 

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