Grey Sunset | Outfit

The one fashion item I buy more than anything else and have more than I should have is jackets and coats. Living in Ireland means that it is usually cold all of the time so it's hard not to leave the house without something to wear over your outfit to keep you warm, which means I have a lot to go with various outfits. Although most of the ones I own have no hoods which is a bad idea, yet I am always drawn to fur and brightly coloured jackets that don't always go with everything. I got this one over the Christmas period and didn't wear it too much then but just started wearing it and it's so comfortable and cozy I'm sad I didn't wear it as much when it was colder, as it's like wearing a fluffy dressing gown outside. 

Jacket | Can't remember where I bought it but the brand is Saint Genie

Jumper | Primark

Jeans | River Island

Shoes | Converse X Miley Cyrus

Anyone else own way too much jackets than they should have?

Mario Badescu Facial Spray | Review

I had a friend rave to me about all of Mario Badescu's skincare products, and how they help clear and regulate skin. They're one of those brands that I haven't seen around before and my friend usually orders them online, yet Urban Outfitters started to sell some of their products so I thought I would try something. They've actually released a wider range of their products since I bought this so I might have to go back and have another look soon. I usually use a facial/cleansing spray before and after I use makeup and I needed a new one so I got the Mario Badescu facial spray with aloe, herbs and rose water. 

I really love a good facial spray and it really does help hydrate skin and help to cleanse it. This one is very light and smells very fresh. It smells to me very like rosemary, which I like but I prefer it on food so it's not the most pleasing smell to put this on my face personally. Yet, I do like the texture and feel of it on my skin, it helps combat dry skin and I feel like it's the perfect addition to a skincare routine, I think its the perfect way to finish after a skincare routine or pamper session. I also love to use it when I'm feeling tired and need to feel awake and refreshed and hydrating your skin actually helps to rejuvenate and help me feel more energised.

I would love to try more of their products as I feel like this has been really good for my skin and helped to combat imperfections also.
Has anyone tried this or any other similar product before?

Norvina Palette | Anastasia Beverly Hills Review

I have posted a lot about the Anastasia Beverly Hills palettes, and you'll find many reviews of the previous palettes in my archives, the only one I actually don't have is Soft Glam, and I picked Norvina over that for my new palette choice. I chose it as I love the colour palette in it, I love that it's a mixture of nude, everyday wear shades, but also really vibrant colours that you can play with and throw into a look for a little bit of fun on top of that. The pink, purple and blue tones compliment the brown shades and are so good at helping me add colours into my looks, as I am not very adventurous, or very good at doing make up also. Although they're vibrant colours, they're also neutral enough that they're not too crazy for simple people like me, and I wear every shade just the same amount. Although I already have reviews of similar palettes I thought I would do this one too as it is my favourite palette ever, until the next one comes. 

The packaging is a gorgeous lilac purple with a velvet case and it embodies the colours within it well. What I love about all of Anastasia's palettes is that they are great travel palettes as they always have a great mixture of shades that can be used for various things, plus they have a really nice mirror, which is something you always need while travelling and doing make up. 

The top row are all glitter shades and the bottom row are matte shades, and I love the mixture. My favourite shade is Celestial, it's a vibrant purple shade and the shimmer on it is so nice, it comes out lighter on the skin but they're all very buildable which I like. I also love Soul, which compliments Celestial very well, it's a blue toned purple, but because of the blue in it its much brighter than it looks but fits into the palette shades very well for the purple tones, I love the mixtures that all the colours have. In different lights they can look different and I love the unique quality of them. Other shades that I like are Passion, a burgundy red with brown undertones, and Eccentric, which is a dulled down electric yellow and I love that it's almost a mustard shade too. Overall the quality of the shadows themselves is so high, the matte ones have a good pay off of colour and don't need much on the brush but the colours are so pigmented it's amazing. The glitter shades are similar and the glitter payoff is very high and depending on the shade, change in the light. They last for a long time and don't tend to crease and move under eye movements, and if you have them on for long, they're easily blend-able into another look as they all go so well together.

The above swatches are from the second row, in order, Base, Soul, Incense, Love, Volatile, Eccentric, and Passion. 

The swatches above are from the first row, in order, Dreamer, Summer, Wild Child, Rose Gold, Celestial, Dazzling, and Drama.

Has anyone tried this palette before? What do you think or would you like to try? 

The Ultimate Bath | Bath Routine

Although I don't have baths very often I am a sucker for bath products and treating myself a little extra when I do have a bath. So as I usually post a lot about different products that I've reviewed so I thought it would be a nice idea to put them all together and talk about how I use them collectively rather than separately. 

A lot of products I use are Lush, surprise surprise, and some of the products are seasonal and I don't think that they are still available now, but they do come out again when the seasons change. To Start off my bath I usually use a bubble bath to produce bubbles, on that day I used a mixture of two products, I first used the Zoella Bubble Soak, which has a surprising amount of bubbles that don't need much product to keep bubbling. I added the Lush Candy Cane bubble bar on top to add to the bubbles but I used this mainly as I love the scent, as it has the classic Lush snow fairy scent. Then after the bath is done filling up I like to add a bath bomb of choice, usually a Lush one. The one on that particular day was Reach for the Stars, which leaves the bath looking like the night sky and the stars leave a glitter trail and they are more moisturising and buttery than the bath bomb itself and it helps to nurture and repair the skin. 

After relaxing for a while I move onto more skincare products, I like to use body conditioners to moisturise and look after the skin, and I like to do this in the bath or shower as I often forget to when I'm out. I used Buck's Fizz which is amazing as it smells so citrus-y and is a bright orange colour and it feels so soothing and soft on the skin. After that I'll put on a face mask of sorts, my go to is the Boot's cucumber clay mask, I use a lot of products from this range every day and I love how soft and kind it feels on the skin, it smells very subtle like cucumber. With this mask you apply it on dry skin and leave for up to three minutes and it drys in like a face mask, which helps to clean the skin and pores, and then you wash it off. I also use this before the shower, as it doesn't take as long as other face masks.

It's nice to add and change things in my bath routine but this is a general idea of how I would prepare for one, plus or minus a few things. 

What do you like to add into your bath routine or what do you like to use to pamper yourself?