September Favourites

September was the first month of Autumn, and so out come the berry lips, the dark nails and the OOTD's filled with hats and scarves.

Body shop Tea Tree cleanser £5

+creamy cleanser that leave skin squeaky clean

+not too stripping

+tea tree acts as anti-bacterial and works 

AMAZING for clearing up blemishes

MAC amplified creme finish in CRAVING £15.50

+super creamy and smooth

+not drying (good for the cold)

+gorgeous warm plum colour

Rimmel Match Perfection Foundation £6.99

+old favourite

+light to medium coverage

+stays on with dewey finish

Benefit Boi-ing concealer £17.50

+heavy coverage but looks natural

+stays on all day 

+creamy, great pigment

Bourjois Healthy Balance Powder £8.99

+keeps you matte all day

+looks natural

+blends concealer and foundation nicely

together

+neat, sturdy compact with mirror

Zoeva Rose Gold Brushes

+gorgeous packaging

+great selection

(did post on thursday, here)

and into October we go...

Lots of Love,

Sophie

xxx

Had Me Sold at "Rose Gold"

Woah, okay. 

Can we all just take a minute to admire these brushes in all their rose-golden glory.

When I saw these on the zoeva website, I grew rather wide-eyed at the rose gold handles and the elegant leather pouch, and I followed them all the way to the checkout whereupon I splurged £50 in a mindless instant...

These are the ROSE GOLDEN luxury set with 8 beautifully soft brushes. The Zoeva brushes are great quality and I didn't just buy this set for gorgeous colours, this is an all round great collection that covers all the bases of everyday makeup. There is not one brush that i wouldn't use.

Some of my favourites are the powder brush for, well, powder; the face shape brush for contouring and the concealer buffing brush for blending concealer. I like these because I've never had such a dense and rounded contour brush and never such a precise buffing brush, solely used for concealer.

These brushes are a dream to use and i really want to try some more from Zoeva.

Let me know what your favourites are...

Lots of Love,

Sophie

xxx

Goat Milk Brush Shampoo

NATURAL BRUSH SHAMPOO £16.00

Don't worry, we aren't brushing goats or any of that type of thing- just merely a new discovery for me. Now, in terms of Brush Cleaning, i had never been much of a fan, until I heard a few beauty bloggers talk about this.

This is £16 if you purchase from Liberty online, is this expensive for a brush shampoo? I wouldn't really know, but at least this is more expensive than I expected. Anyway, I accepted the small splurge to try and test this out. 

This says it is a pure goat milk solid shampoo. The basic idea is that you wet the brush, swirl it round in here and work it into the brush, then, you just rinse it off. Simple, easy and quick. I find that this really cleans the makeup of my brushes and even my forever foundation stained, used-to-be white brushes have shown their true colours again- and boy, is it satisfying...

The goat milk is meant to soften the brushes and keep the bristles conditioned and strong and I use this for spot cleaning she I need a clean brush, or a whole day of brush cleaning. Either way this is great to use.

I recommend cleaning your brushes often: obviously it depends on the type of brush- foundation brushes probably need to be cleaned at least once a week and then maybe powder or eye brushes once every two weeks.

I think I might want to try a liquid cleanser. Any suggestions?

Lots of Love,

sophie

xxx