Beauty Crown - Week 3

The Beauty Crown Awards are a yearly favorites collaborative effort including beauty bloggers around the globe. The Beauty Crown Awards were created by Lily from Beauty with Lily Liz from My Pretty Obsessions, Jackie from Five Two Certified, and Shalunya from Shalunya & Boyet. We felt that a collaborative effort from a large number of beauty bloggers would be much more interesting to our readers and would garner more attention. The Beauty Crown Awards are a 5 week event with each week covering types of products.

Week 1 - Personal Care Products - Dec 2 - Dec 8, 2013

Week 2 - Facial Products - Dec 9 - Dec 15, 2013

Week 3 - Lip & Nail Products - Dec 16 - Dec 22, 2013

Week 4 - Eye & Misc Products - Dec 23 - Dec 29, 2013

Week 5 - Facial Care Products & Tools - Dec 30 - Jan 4, 2014

Week 3 of the Beauty Crown Awards covers Lip & Nail Products. Below are my Week 3 selections:

LIPS

Lipliner; I am not a lipliner user, I just can't do it for toffee they always end up looking really ridiculous so I give it a miss.

Lipstick;

Nars Lip Crayon - Cruella.

Technically its a Lip Crayon, but that's ok isn't it? I am obsessed with this at the minute! From a non red lipstick wearer it may come to you as a bit of a shock but I am in love with it. A matte deep red shade that doesn't budge through food and lots of wine. The only down fall like most mattes is its a bugger for clinging to those dry bits so prep your lips for this gorgeous crayon with lots of lip balm! Vivianna at Viviannadoesmakeup shares my obsession for this too ;)

Lip Gloss;

Rimmel - Apocalips

I have loved these babies since they were released. I have them in three shades at the moment but will be picking up some more in the future. There super glossy and pigmented and stay put. What more do you want from a lip gloss? There not sticky at all and I love a good pigmented lip gloss these tick all the boxes for me. Some people hate them, I don't know why but each to there own right. I have shades Celestial - A gorgeous deep pink with blue undertones. Luna - Beautiful peachy orange, my favorite out my three and Nude Eclipse - The perfect nude to make your lips look natural and glossy, great for every day work.

Tinted Lip Balm;

Figs & Rouge - Cherry Blossom Lip Balm

I adore figs and rouge lip products they are very nourishing and do such cute packaging. Not only do they work there pretty. I loved my little tin of lip balm but I like the idea of the tubes, more hygienic too and are you a hater of those people that dip there finger in your tin and make a dent?! I hate that so much! No dent making with this lovelies ha. It gives a gorgeous flush of colour on your lips with the cherry tint to the balm. A girly pinky/red shade, your lips but better. I have loved lugging this around in my handbag/baby changing bag to use on a daily basis. Also its 100% natural always good to know.

Lip Treatment;

LUSH - Santa's Lip Scrub

I swear by Lush's lip scrubs, not only do they help un chap your lips they smell AND taste amazing. Who doesn't love a beauty product you can eat? Hmm. Anyway this is a Cola flavoured lip scrub like the Christmas Cola Truck theme. Tastes and smells so yummy and has adorable little hearts inside. Your spreading love across your lips to save them from soreness and chappedness. I use this every night if I don't forget and for extra exfoliation I like to scrub it on with an old (clean) toothbrush and leaves my lips feeling smooth and soft. Great for kissing that someone special under the mistletoe ;). I have featured this also on my Winter Lip Care Saviours >Here<

NAILS

Polish;

Max Factor - Glossfinity and minis

I am loving this drugstore nail polish at the minute, I seriously have nail polishes from all sorts of brands and love them all so this is so hard for me to pick but at the minute for longevity and shade range I am loving Max Factor. They really do last up to 7 days without scruffing. I don't really hear much about Max Factor polishes on the blogoshpere but worth testing out trust me. My boyfriends mum loves these for longer lasting too as she thinks doing nails are a bit of a bother, unlike me changing them every few days. But I would defo recommend you trying one out. Gorgeous shades available, I got lots of compliments on the purple shaded one above called Diva Violet. The other shade if your wondering is Cobalt Blue which I got in the Max Factor Christmas Gift set offer from boots another gorgeous blue shade.

Basecoat;

Sally Hansen - Powerful Acrylic Gel

For all of you religious readers of my blog you will all know I am a lazy base coat user! I just never can be arsed. But with being an ex nail acrylic user my nails are like paper at times and they need hardening up. This works wonders. Just one coat and your nails go hard like rock. You can use this alone for a subtle shine to a natural nail or under your choice of colour. Another reason I have tried using base coats is my nails were starting to stain from using bright or very dark colours and no one wants nasty yellow nails, yack. 

Topcoat;

Sally Hansen - Insta Dri Anti Chip Top Coat

Another Sally Hansen gem, I love this purely for the fast drying effect. I don't think it is a great anti chip charmer but it makes your nails dry within 2 minutes and I am very impatient so love this stuff! I also love an Avon fast drying spray but I am waiting for a new one of them and this is always used. I would like to try the OPI top coat but this is my favorite at the moment. 

Nail Treatment;

OPI - Cuticle Oil Stick Pen

This is great for moisturising your cuticles and smoothing out your rough finger tips. It is scented with lemons too, I love the smell of lemons. You just apply one drop to each cuticle three to four times a week and it nourishes them beautifully. Great size for your handbag and like I said smells gorgeous!

Liking any of my favorites? Can't wait to read yours.

Beauty Crown - Week 2

The Beauty Crown Awards are a yearly favorites collaborative effort including beauty bloggers around the globe. The Beauty Crown Awards were created by Lily from Beauty with Lily Liz from My Pretty Obsessions, Jackie from Five Two Certified, and Shalunya from Shalunya & Boyet. We felt that a collaborative effort from a large number of beauty bloggers would be much more interesting to our readers and would garner more attention. The Beauty Crown Awards are a 5 week event with each week covering types of products.

Week 1 - Personal Care Products - Dec 2 - Dec 8, 2013

Week 2 - Facial Products - Dec 9 - Dec 15, 2013

Week 3 - Lip & Nail Products - Dec 16 - Dec 22, 2013

Week 4 - Eye & Misc Products - Dec 23 - Dec 29, 2013

Week 5 - Facial Care Products & Tools - Dec 30 - Jan 4, 2014

Week 2 of the Beauty Crown Awards covers Face Products. Below are my Week 2 selections:

FACE

Primer

Mac - Prep+Prime, I have tried numerous amounts of primers and I received this with a recent Mac order and fell in love! I need the full size one now. It just makes my skin foundation ready and makes the foundation apply so smoothly and keeps it in place all day. Fantastic results, I love it!

BB Cream

Garnier - Miracle Perfector Daily All in One BB Cream, The best BB cream I have come across as of yet, its on its last legs at the minute. I don't tend to wear BB cream much in the winter as I like a lot of coverage but for days where you want just a subtle flush of colour to your skin and not heavy, this is perfect. It gives you a natural glow and buildable coverage. I find using a make up brush to apply this makes it a more medium coverage than applying with your fingers. I also think some BB creams have an orange tinge to them, this doesn't.

Foundation

Mac - Studio Sculpt in NW20, This is my favorite foundation ever! My drugstore favorite is Rimmel - 24 hour but this tops that just by a little bit. It leaves my skin looking flawless (most times) , dewy, fresh looking and medium to full coverage. You can work it to the way you like it. It covers most of your blemishes but I still like to conceal afterwards. I have combination skin and it works wonders for me as I get some dry areas and oily and it doesn't latch on to any dry areas and stays on my face all day till its cleanse time. Really would recommend this to anyone.

Powder

How did you guess? Rimmel - Stay Matte Powder, This is talked about every where in blogosphere world. It really is a great powder for under £5! I don't tend to use a lot of powder but I do get a shiny forehead now and again so this subtle's that down a little and great for a little brush under my eyes once I have applied my concealer and doesn't leave my eyes looking creased at all. A great powder that is hyped everywhere. 

Concealer

Although I do love my Collection concealer this just gives that little extra coverage. Mally - Cancellation Concealer System. Hence the name it cancels out dark circles, break outs and small flaws. It is rich and creamy but never cakes up or creases under the eyes. I prefer this to my collection one as I think it hides the blemishes a lot more. It also comes with the setting powder to create a look that lasts. 

Blush, Powder and Cream

My go to powder blush at the moment is Elf - Baked Blush, This is a fab product if your in a rush or not to fussed about applying highlighter that day as it has highlighter infused into the product. It gives a gorgeous glow and shine to your complexion, a rosy cheek that glistens. Such a cheap product that works so well. 

My favorite cream blush has to be my Revlon - Photo Ready Cream Blush in Coral Reef, this creamy coral blush gives a gorgeous flush of colour to your cheeks. It stays all day and buildable to the coverage you desire. I apply mine with my Real Techniques Buffing Brush just by dabbing it on to my cheek bones but if your on the go and have this in your make up bag you can use your fingers so a handy product to have with you if you haven't come equipt with brushes! 

Bronzer

This product is actually in the blusher section? Mac - Pressed Blusher in Sincere, This is far too dark for me to use as a blusher but perfect for bronzing! A matte shade that is amazing for contouring also. It just gives me a lovely glow to my skin once applied to my under cheek bones, forehead and down my nose. I love this as you can tell I've hit pan I will defiantly be re purchasing this at some point in the near future. 

Highlighter

Mac - Mineralize Skin Finish in Soft and Gentle, most perfect highlighter for me. A shimmery gorgeous shade for on top of your cheek bones, brow bone, nose and cupids bow. Gives a lovely natural shine/glow to your skin and I get a lot of compliments when I wear this. It really is gorgeous if you get chance when your near your nearest Mac counter have a little swatch you will be in ore and want it in your collection.

Palette

My favorite face palette that I use most is my blusher palette by Sleek - Lace, containing three gorgeous colours. Don't be afraid there not that scary on the cheeks. Very buildable from sheer to full coverage depending on how brave you are. I love the middle one it has a little shimmer in that can be used as a blush and highlighter. 

Did you like my picks? Looking forward to reading your choices.

Beauty Crown 2013 - Week 1

The Beauty Crown Awards are a yearly favorites collaborative effort including beauty bloggers around the globe. The Beauty Crown Awards were created by Lily from Beauty with Lily Liz from My Pretty Obsessions, Jackie from Five Two Certified, and Shalunya from Shalunya & Boyet. We felt that a collaborative effort from a large number of beauty bloggers would be much more interesting to our readers and would garner more attention. The Beauty Crown Awards are a 5 week event with each week covering types of products.

Week 1 - Personal Care Products - Dec 2 - Dec 8, 2013

Week 2 - Facial Products - Dec 9 - Dec 15, 2013

Week 3 - Lip & Nail Products - Dec 16 - Dec 22, 2013

Week 4 - Eye & Misc Products - Dec 23 - Dec 29, 2013

Week 5 - Facial Care Products & Tools - Dec 30 - Jan 4, 2014

Week 1 of the Beauty Crown Awards covers Personal Care Items. Below are my Week 1 Selections:

HAIR

Shampoo - I don't really have a favorite Shampoo, I've never stuck to one brand. I do love Tresseme and always gone back to them but I've never stuck to one brand for a long enough time to favorite them.

Conditioner - Again not a favourite normal conditioner but I love a leave in conditioner that I was very lucky to recieve at a blogging event, Anti -Frizz by Yuko Leave in Conditioner, it smells amazing of apples and leaves my hair feeling so soft and really helps with my frizzy mane.

Hairspray - I don't really use hairspray but when I do I love my Elnette Satin Supreme Hold Hairspray if just hold my hair in place wonderfully and easy enough to brush through. It doesn't make your hair look rock hard like some do its very natural looking and I don't mind the smell.

Styling Product -  I don't know if you can you would class this as a styling product its a heat protector? I like Tresseme - Keratin Smooth Heat Protection Shine Spray, at the minute there selling this in Superdrug for £2.50 it is great stuff. The keratin controls your frizz and helps with damaging your hair with heated irons etc. It smells pleasant and gives you that nice shine to your hair.

Hair Mask - I love the Loreal Elvive Conditioning Mask, it smells lovely and literally when I only use this once my hair feels so fresh and new again. It's super cheap and well worth it I think, doesn't leave your hair feeling dry at all, very nourishing. I have dyed my hair so many times and this leaves my hair feeling like I've just been to the salon super smooth and great feeling.

SCENTS

Body Mist- I adore my Soap and Glory - Mist you madly body spray. It smells super fruity and floral, very girly and hint of musk in. Just a quick spray over lasts a couple of hours and I always get compliments of guests when they visit as I just have a quick all over spray in the morning after putting my deodorant on.

Perfume- This was easy, my all time most favorite perfume ever has to be Thierry Mugler's - Alien. I just love this stuff so much. I used to use it like it was going out of fashion but now I only save it for nights out, which is very rare these days. But it is a very rich perfume, woody but with hints of floral. It is a mysterious scent that gets you hooked from your first spray, well it did me anyway. I've been hooked ever since and have a bottle a year without fail. I hate it when I run out and instantly want to buy another. I was wondering if anyone knew of a scent on the same sort of line as I do love my perfumes and like trying new ones. Let me know in the comments below please lovelies.

SKIN CARE (Non-Facial)

Body Wash- The Body Shop - Pink Grapefruit Shower Gel, I love this stuff, I know how many times have I said this through the whole post? Please don't count haha, It did take me a couple of days to get used to the scent as it's not one of my favorite scents but it makes my skin feel so soft and lathers up lovely you only need a couple of quirts on your shower puff and your body is covered in grapefruit bubbles of goodness.

Bar Soap- I'm not a massive soap user any more really but if I do I like a LUSH soap. This one in particular is Rock Star, a sweet smelling vanilla that creams up lovely into your hands or over your body. My boyfriend loves this soap, he's more of a soap kinda guy then me. So he gets the use out of it luckily.

Body Scrub- I'm always changing body scrubs but I have loved this one alot, The Body Shop - Spa Wisdom Morocco Black olive and Argan oil scrub. It's not too rough on my delicate skin and smells incredible. The argan and olive nourish my skin while the teeny tiny beeds are getting all my dead skin cells off. I even love the little pot it comes in, the scent and product alone does make me feel like I'm having a little Spa treatment.

Moisturizer- Again with moisturizers I am always changing these up but with about 5 Soap and Glory gift sets a year at Christmas it means alot of Body Moisturizers to use up and I do really like them, they smell so gorgeous. Fruity, floral, flirty and very girly its a pleasure to rub into my skin my boyfriend always compliments me on it once I get into bed and it soaks into the skin quite quicky too considering how thick it is, the one I'm using and loving at the minute is the Righteous Butter full of shea butter and aloe vera to leave your skin feeling uber soft and dreamy under your nose.

Hair Removal- Not a massive hair removal product fan really, just use normal shower gel and a razor to be quite honest. I'm too much of a wuss to use anything waxy down there... I've had my eyebrows waxed and that's about it and will ever be. 

Really enjoying taking part in these posts and the lovely women behind it all, a great way to meet new bloggers and get involved.