Benefit Advent Calendar | Day Five

Well this was was the lovely little present sat behind door five this morning and I'm super happy about it! I love this mascara and this it does wonders with my silly excuses for eyelashes. I have only ever had mini sizes of this however they last ages anyway so I don't need to buy the full size product yet. All I can say is the reviews and the name tell it all, if you haven't tried it...try it! Now go flutter your real eyelashes at your next christmas do'.

Beth x

Benefit Advent Calendar | Day Four

Behind today's door is this Sugarbomb lipgloss, and if I'm honest it was one of the only products I wasn't quite looking forward to out of the whole calendar. I associate these types of lipglosses with the ones I used to get out of girly magazines as a kid; those were always gloopy and sticky, smelled really sweet and left a weird plastic-y taste in your mouth after a while. However I was pleasantly surprised by this product! It's a gorgeous nude shade that only shows a hint of shimmer and just livens up your lips if your not wearing anything else. I imagine it would also look great over a 'your lips but better' nude lipstick. The consistency isn't even the slightest bit sticky, it's smooth and non drying. It smells lovely, sweet, but not sickly so and exceeds all my pessimistic expectations! I reckon it's the perfect little product to keep in your handbag for a laid back easy style.

Beth x

Benefit Advent Calendar | Day Three

So behind door three is the much coveted Benefit High Beam. This mini little liquid highlighter is one that many bloggers have raved about and I myself have been dying to get my hands on. I have only recently been into using highlighters and for the most part have stuck to powder products, however I did cave one day and buy the drugstore dupe of this by Technic called High Lights. Winter is the perfect month to add a subtle highlight to your skin, to give you a fresh look that oozes a healthy glow.

I really look forward to trying this out! With this and Day One's eye brightener I'll be glowing all over like a christmas tree! 

Beth x

Benefit Advent Calendar | Day Two

Day two and door two. So today's little gift is a mini glass pot of Benefit's Total Moisture face cream. I have actually had a sample of this before and I really liked it, so I'm excited to have an actual pot of it to add to my collection. This moisturiser has a lovely rich, thick formula that feels so hydrating and smooths onto the skin so beautifully. It sinks in really quickly leaving your skin feel really soft; I think this is a brilliant product for people who have dry skin like I do.

Beth x

Benefit Advent Calendar | Day One

So I decided to treat myself to a beauty advent calendar this year as I've lusted over them every year since I began blogging. This Benefit one seemed to be so affordable compared to many others and had a good variety of products inside. I love the design and think it's so fun for the festive season; it did come with a automatic tune that played when you opened it, but I had to remove it as it played randomly even when it wasn't being touched, which creeped me out a little, so sorry Benefit, nice touch but no thanks.

I thought it would be a nice idea to share what I got in each door for the 12 days it accounts for. 

The first mini in door one is Benefit's Ooh la lift, this is an eye brightening serum that is said to add a "perky-eyed pick-me-up". I look forward to trying this out and adding it to my early morning makeup routine, when I feel like I need to look a bit more awake!

Beth x

The Perfect Christmas Candle If You Don't Like Cinnamon

So it seems to me that I'm the only person in the world who doesn't like cinnamon! And at christmas time this seems to be inescapable, it's in food, drinks and smells. Don't get me wrong, I'm just like anyone else, I love to burn a good candle any day but more so around christmas and in the winter months; however, I find that all 'christmas candles' seem to smell like cinnamon! No matter what the name of the candle is, I bet you 9 times out of 10 there will be cinnamon in it, especially if the candle is red. 

Now you can rely on Yankee to break this trend and deliver me a delicious fruity candle that is still christmassy yet that doesn't smell one sniff like cinnamon! 

'Cranberry Zest' is a fresh, citrusy scent yet it is still full and rich like you want a christmas candle to be. I am blown away by how long the scent lingers as well, this being my first full sized yankee candle. By what I have seen so far this candle burns really well and will last a long time. I will definitely be buying a few more in December. This one has be burnt everyday since buying it, that's how good it is.

This is the medium sized jar, I bought from Tesco for £9. 

Beth x

 

Autumn Beauty Wishlist

While browsing new releases and christmas gift sets I stumbled across some items that I are most definitely now on my wishlist.

1 | Clarins Festive Eye Make-up Palette £35
2 | Charlotte Tilbury Dolce Vita Luxury Palette  £38
3 | Bobbi Brown Deluxe Eye & Cheek Palette £59 
4 | Hourglass Ambient Lighting Edit $80 (not yet in UK)
5 | Clinique Whole Lotta Chubby christmas gift set £25
6 | Clinique Days of the Week Lipstick christmas gift set £35

I think these are great deals and really great ideas for gifts. Which is your favourite?

Beth x