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Make Up Spending Ban

Friday, 5 February 2016
It is now February and I am happy to say that I have done really well at not breaking my make up spending ban!!

I guess my new years revolution was to spend less money on make up, and so far I'm doing  really well. I do believe that I spent more on my hamster last month than myself, and it feels really good to be saving my money. 

Below are some pictures of the things that I did buy.

I bought a cactus because why not?!

I will confess that I did get a few bits from NYX, but I used my boots points and my mum bought me some of it as well... so I guess it doesn't count right?! And PayPal payments don't come out until later this month sooooo yeah....

I cut my hair short in January and have actually started attempting to style it, with the help of these products.



I got these Vans for only £23 which was a total bargain. 

I also bought a sweatshirt with Billie Joe Armstrong on it. 

At the beginning of the month I got this lovely vase from Next and the Ted Baker make up bag in the background. 

So yeah, a pretty uneventful month! 


Black and Burgundy

Wednesday, 3 February 2016





I have been wearing a lot of black and burgundy recently, and although I suck at being photographed, I love making these kind of posts. And thanks to my brother for being my photographer!

Shoes are Dr Martens
Black jeans are from New Look
Jacket is from Forever 21
Jumper from Primark
Necklace - New Look (I think)



January Favourites

Monday, 1 February 2016
Another month has gone by, which means another favourites post!

Make Up
NYX Powder Blush in Peach -
 I am quite certain that I used this blush nearly every day in January. It is such a perfect natural pinky peach shade, and if you're pale like me, it looks great.  I also love that whilst it's mostly matte, it does have a very slight shimmer to it. 


Benefit High Beam and Hoola - 
I rediscovered my love for Hoola in January and I have been using it to contour, and for me it's pretty much the perfect shade. 
Another favourite in January has been High Beam. I've mentioned before that this is one of my favourite highlighters, and it never fails to impress! 


So if you follow me on Instagram (charwbeauty), you will have seen that I have been loving dark lips recently. I also had to include the No 7 nail polish as well in Temptress because it's literally the perfect winter colour and it looks so good on! 
The two NYX lip creams are in the shades Transylvania and Copenhagen


These two Make Up Geek palettes have literally been my go to eyeshadows ever since I got them. I've got a full blogpost on them if you're interested in what shades I own and swatches of them.
I have also been obsessed with these two Morphe brushes and I use them every day when I do my make up. They are so soft and blend out the eyeshadow so well, I honestly own nothing like them! On the left is the B70 brush and on the right is the M139 brush.  


Hand Cream
It finally started to turn cold properly in January, so of course my hands started to dry up. My two favourite hand creams that have managed to save my hands and keep them lovely and soft, are the Fat Face Hand Lotion and the Soap and Glory Hand Food.


Music
So January has been the official month where I rekindled my love for Green Day (and their side band Foxboro Hot Tubs). Oh and I found my Ipod Classic that is still going strong! So yeah, I've been a Green Day fan for nearly 12 years, but now that I'm older and have been through a load of crap in the past year, I can really relate to their songs. Obviously I was able to before, but now I feel so much more connected to them. 

Blogs

My two favourite blogs this month (and that are always my favourites) could not be more different. I always find myself reading these two blogs whenever there's a new post, regardless of what it's about! 

Catherine's blog is so beautiful and she takes the prettiest photos. I absolutely adore how girly and pink her page is! 



Luanna's blog is just incredible. I love her originality and how she is so different to everyone else. Her creativity is such an inspiration! 



Green Eyes and Dark Lips

Friday, 29 January 2016





So this is the third look I've done with dark lips... so you might be able to tell that I've been loving the vampy look at the moment. 

On my lips is the NYX Matte Lip Creme in Transylvania (my favourite), I used the Morphe 35U Palette on my eyes and my highlight is Benefit High Beam. 






NYX Single Eyeshadows

Wednesday, 27 January 2016
I have 6 of the NYX Single Eyeshadows, and for some reason they are all very similar... 

I'm not entirely sure why I bought so many similar shades, but hey ho!

Whilst they're not as buttery and creamy as other drugstore eyeshadows, the pigmentation is great and the colours are very vibrant. which I love. 

They're available on the Boots website in the UK, which is great because I got a couple of these with the points I have on my Boots card!


Left to Right - Dayclub, LOL, Show Girl, Heat, Bad Seed, Wild Orchid 


Left to Right - Dayclub, LOL, Show Girl, Heat, Bad Seed, Wild Orchid