Sweet as a Peach ♡

HI NUGGIIESS ♡

So, I bought the new limited edition Too Faced Sweet Peach eyeshadow palette. It is a beautiful palette with a lot of nudes and pinky tones. But is it worth all the hype?

It sold out in America pretty fast and because it's limited edition and I don't think Too Faced restocked it, much to everyone's disappointment. However, after waiting 2 extra months for it to be released in the UK, it didn't sell out straight away. In fact, I was so stressed that it would sell out really fast that I was up for half of the night waiting for it to come online so I could buy it.

After being stressed out over this palette for days, it finally came! I was so excited and as I opened the box, everything smelt so peachy, it's a nice smell but I will probably get tired of it because it's VERY sweet.

So onto the actual palette itself. It has 18 colours as you can see in the photo that I took below.

I swatched all of the colours and found that the paler ones are a bit chalky. These colours do have quite a lot of fallout which I think is about the only downside.

The casing it metal based and it's risen in a pattern of peaches with an ombre in pink tones on the top.

Overall, I think this palette is worth buying if you're a Too Faced fan. This is my first Too Faced product but I think I'll definitely be buying more from their range. 

I do have a little first impressions video on this palette on my YouTube channel if you want to watch that.

Until next time my nuggiesss ♡

NYX Matte Lip Creams ♡

HI NUGGIES!

It's SPRING TIME NOW which is very exciting and all the flowers are out!

And since its all colourful this season, I've invested in some colourful lips!

So, I bought 3 of the shades of the NYX Soft Matte Lip Creams which are £5.50 in Boots. You can buy them here (if you're from the UK).

They have 26 colours all together, ranging from pinks to dark purples to coral oranges. I really love these creams as they are much, much easier to apply than an average lipstick as they don't have a bullet, the actual cream is on a wand. A little colour goes a hella long way and they aren't too drying on the lips like some matte shades.

However, they do take a while to dry which can be annoying if you're in a rush. They have a really sweet vanilla smell which is almost a bit sickly but the actual colour is highly pigmented and stays on all night which I can voucher for. You may need to top up a little when you're eating but if you don't eat these colours stay on a treat!

I am aiming to buy all the shades but as they're a little more expensive than you're average lipstick I'm taking it easy. You can also add some lip liner for a more dramatic look.

Here are some colour swatches, I have Milan, Antwerp and Athens.

And here's what they look like on my lips.

Until the next post my favourite nuggies ♡

Green Tea Products- Yes Please! ♡

Hi lil nuggies!

So it was my birthday last month and I've been waiting to tell you about a product that I got.

The Body Shop just brought out some new collections and one of them is Green Tea.

I'm not a massive tea fan myself (I know, being British and not liking tea is a sacrilege) however, these products are amazing.

So, my friend Daisy bought me a little set of the Green Tea collection including a body butter, shower gel and a body scrub.

I didn't use these products straight away as I already have a Soap and Glory daily moisturiser and I believe in finishing one product before opening the next. So this review is way overdue! However, the size of the little set meant they were portable so I took them with me when I went swimming.

I love going swimming, however I hate it when you still smell of chlorine when you get out of the shower. The little bottle of shower gel eliminated any horrible chlorine smells and made my skin smell so fresh.

Next I used the moisturiser because at this time of year especially, my skin is so dry. After swimming I tend to get quite itchy skin so the body butter was fab. It's very creamy which means a little goes a long way and my skin not only felt soft to the touch but smelt amazing. I always thought the smell of green tea is a bit weird but these products have changed my view on green tea.

I have yet to use the body scrub as I don't exfoliate a lot, my skin is very thin and flakes off a lot and if I over exfoliate it can result in eczema.

Overall, I'd highly recommend this little collection. I don't tend to buy from The Body Shop a lot now as I find it expensive and some of their products either smell too sweet or just don't work, however, I will definitely be purchasing the Green Tea collection again!

Until next time my lil nuggs <3

GET READY WITH ME FOR MY 19TH BIRTHDAY PARTY ♡

HI LIL NUGGIES! ♡

So, it's my birthday today! HURRAY!

Since it's my big day, I'm going out and so I've put together an outfit and a hair and makeup look to match.

I'm so so so excited to show you guys what I've done and how I did it.

Firstly, here's the makeup look:

I've gone for a black and silver classic smokey eye.

I achieved this look by firstly using the Makeover Essentials compact palette:

I used the light bronze shade to start with and I just applied it all over my lid to get an even base tone. 

Next, I used the darker brown tone as my transition colour, I used this on the outer corner of my eye and blended inwards. 

After that I went to the Sleek i-Divine palette and used the darkest charcoal colour to make my smokey eye much darker.

BLEND BLEND BLEND! It's really obviously if you haven't blended properly and especially with darker colours, it can look messy. 

To blend, I love to use the Real Techniques eye brushes as they are super duper soft and make blending so easy!

Next I'm applying a tiny amount of the dark bronze colour from the Wet n Wild palette to add a little bit of warmth to this look as there are a lot of silver and black tones. 

After it's blended, I'm applying No.7's palette and I'm using the lightest shade to highlight the corners of my eyes and just underneath my brow. 

For my face, I've used the Benefit Hervana blush on top of the Stila foundation. 

On my lips I have the NYX Lip Cream in Antwerp.

My finished face looks like this: I also added some fake lashes by ELF to make this a really bold look.

You can also check out this video to see how I did this look in a step by step explanation:

Until next time my fave nuggies ♡

MY BEAUTY WINTER MUST HAVES ♡

Hey lil nuggies! ♡

Hope you had an amazing Christmas, I know I did!

Now it's winter I have to look after my skin and hair against the weather, I've got some products that are definitely worth buying.

I've also got some new beauty tools to make sure you look glam for those New Year's parties.

I've been searching for a good foundation that stays perfect and covers blemishes. Lo and behold I've found one. Stila's liquid foundation is perfect for everyday use with even coverage. I've been struggling to find the right cover but I bought this one in 'Bare 1' to try and over balance the pink and red tones that I have and it works a treat. I only have two problems with this foundation:
1)  I'm not so keen on is that it has a very 'dewy' look which, as a naturally oily skinned person, is not particularly appealing. However, I use some matte powder over the top and this stops any excess shine to give me the perfect base look.
2) It can be counted as a 'thick' or 'heavy' foundation on your skin as it is quite sticky. It covers my acne scars on my cheeks really well. It is super long wearing which I love as I had foundations that wear off within a couple of hours but taking it off at the end of the night is a struggle.

Bare Minerals' Smoothing Face brush is a really useful brush to have in your beauty box. I use it to apply the base layer of my foundation and it just gives a smooth photo finish look.

The Bumble and Bumble hair primer is amazing. It smells fabulous and it protects my hair from the winter sun and the harsh heat of a hairdryer and/or my straighteners. 

 Bare Minerals' brow pencil is a must- have for anyone who cares about their brows. It sculpts and defines but also has a little brush so you can shape your brows the way you like.

Partner the brow pencil with Urban Decay's gel and you have the ultimate brows. This gel darkens my pale brows and makes they easier to style.

The Ecotools custom buffer brush is perfect for even blending. I use it to apply my contour kit and blusher but I also use it to blend my matte powder. 

This Nivea day cream is a perfect moisturiser for my skin type as it's not too heavy which can make my skin really oily and its not too light. It has an SPF of 15 to protect my delicate skin from the harsh UV rays. It makes my skin smooth and soft and sits beautifully under makeup.

Colour Freedom have a range of bright dyes and I picked the purple for this month. As I'm sure all of you know, I love to dye my hair different colours and usually I use BLEACH LONDON's range but I've decided to branch out. This dye is amazing because you don't have to use a lot of dye to colour your whole head and it doesn't fade really fast (unlike a lot of brands). It also takes to your hair really well. When dying it, I tried to get mine as white as possible but there were some yellow tones and the dye covered all of them perfectly.

This is the colour that the purple produced which is a really pretty pinky/purple colour.

I've only used this pasteliser once and it didn't really work on my hair because my previous colour was too dark but I've heard good reviews about this product and I cannot wait to try it out.

SMASHBOX's Photo Finish Primer is a MUST HAVE in my makeup bag this winter. Its so smooth and just helps apply foundation easily then keeps it in place throughout the day.

Lastly, Soap and Glory is one of my favourite brands ever and this scrub does not disappoint. I've had little bumps on the back of my biceps as a teenager and they've always annoyed me so I decided to exfoliate them once a week and they disappeared! This scrub also smells gorgeous like every other Soap and Glory product.

If you have any questions then just tweet me ( https://www.twitter.com/bxdlands_x ) or message me on Facebook ( https://www.facebook.com/notsoperfectgirly )


Until next time :)  Befffyyy xxx♡

TRAVELLING IN AUSTRALIA ♡

GUYSSSS! ♡

This is going to be a LOOONG blog post and I can't write every single thing down so this is a summed up post about my trip so far but...

YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW EXCITED I HAVE BEEN TO TELL YOU GUYS ABOUT MY TRIP!

So I left England nearly 2 weeks ago to travel on my own to Sydney. The flight was about 15 hours to Manila (The Philippines- where I did a swap over) then another 8 and a half to Sydney.

When I arrived, it was hot! And I didn't really know anyone. I'd decided to do a 'Welcome Week' organised by a company called Ultimate Oz as I wanted to get to know the city before I started my internship.

The first day we did a walking city tour, we went to Darling Harbour and the Opera House.

Here's a photo of Harbour Bridge:

It was a beautiful and day we discovered the Botanical Gardens and so on.

The next day was a Harbour Cruise on a boat. We had a BBQ on the boat and it was gorgeous and VERY hot.

DAY 3, we went to 'basecamp' which is a little camp in the middle of a forest in Port Stephen. It was much colder there and the bus journey took about 3+ hours from Sydney but we had a bonfire on the beach in the evening, which was cold as hell!

That night, I was sharing with 4 boys and one girl in a little cabin. We'd been told to keep the door shut and the curtain closed to avoid attracting bugs and possums... WELL IT DIDN'T WORK!

At about 11:50pm a possum climbed through the anti-possum slats in the door and came inside! It crawled into our bin and has a lil sniff around. All of my room mates and I were clapping at the possum, trying to scare it away, we were also making seriously weird noises.... We didn't realise that it was clever enough to get in but not out.

This woke up the rest of the people who were sleeping in the cabin and this Italian guys runs out of his room and straight into ours. He opens the door, letting the possum out and tells us to shut up basically. By now our whole room is awake!

Anyway, so the next day we went sand-dune surfing and it was scary but fun! We went on a bush walk and got completely soaked by monsoon type weather.

Lastly, we went on a dolphin cruise and saw 3 dolphins, which is really awesome.

So after this SUPER exciting week, I've started an internship in a small film company. Everyone is lovely and Australia is awesome, I've just been so so busy recently so I've no time to post!

Yes, I've been on a few beach trips so those photos will be appearing a lot!

You can keep up to date with my travels on Instagram and Facebook!

Here's a lil video I made about my first week here:

Hope to keep you guys updated :))

Over n out <3

Beffyyyyy x ♡

ENGLISH LOVE AFFAIR MEET UP ♡

HEY NUGGIES!

I AM STILL ALIVE I PROMISE!

So I wanted to tell you guys a bit about the 5SOS Fan meet up I went to last Saturday (11.7.15).

It was at Marble Arch in London and there were 40 or so of us who went. I went with Carrie and Tomi and I met so many lovely people!

We had a lil band perform, they don't have a name yet but they were so cool.

I met Courtney who is my mermaid bestie (she has purple hair).

I made a short vlog of the day if you guys wanna check it out :)