My new fave everyday go to lipstick

Hey my lovely's

As I've mentioned in older posts i love red lipstick, but for some unknown reason i always felt very self conscience wearing it. I've never been one of those wow look at me kind of people,  so i feel having something so bright on my lips may draw attention to me....which i hate!!!

That's where my new fave lip colour comes in .....

This is a MUA lipstick in shade 3. I absolutely love this shade, i can only describe it like a raspberry red colour. I feel this colour is great for me as i love the red tones but this is a more pinkish red, so i find it very easy to wear.

I'm also loving the formulation for these lipstick, they glide on beautifully, very pigmented and staying power is very good , i still had colour on my lips after 4 hours that included eating and drinking.

These MUA lipsticks are a steal at £1 each. They are a deffo for any beauty lover on a budget. MUA lipsticks come in 16 fab shades and theirs a colour to suit everyone see here ......I'm loving my shade 3 for that perfect winter/xmas look.

To ensure my lips are nourished and in great condition ready to apply my MUA lipstick, I'm loving using my NIVEA soft rose lip balm. Before i start my makeup i apply this to my lips, so its sinking in nicely as i apply the rest of my makeup.  Finally then my  lips are then ready for me to add my lipstick at the end to achieve that pervect lipstick look.

The NIVEA soft rose lip balm was also £1 making my new fave lip routine "Cheap As Chips" at £2.....That i love !!

What are your fave MUA lip colours?

They are available at Superdrug or online Shop MUA

Also don't forget to enter my fab  Xmas giveaway, where one lucky blogger could win their very own MUA goodies plus extras click here Xmas giveaway

                                          Clair xx

Just for fun....elf makeup

In yesterdays post my last question in the tag post was what would be my elf name which came up as Buckingham sandy (fave Xmas nail polish +first pets name )......it got me thinking , what i think id look like as an elf...strange??( slightly ha ha )

So i decided to get creative with my makeup and  give my spin on what i would look like as an elf.......and if i cant reveal my inner elf this time of year when can i??



So their you have it , what i imagine myself to look like as an elf .

Products i used~

Stila oil free tinted moisturiser spf30

GOSH quattro eye shadow palette ~angel dust

HD brows palette i used carbon for both brows and eyeliner

MUA single shadow shade 1 pearl

W7  The cheek of it blush  in pink champagne

eyeko eyeliner

NOUVEAU LASHES  in black

Rimmel London Glam eyes liquid liner also used this on lashes

COLLECTION 2000 lasting perfection 16 hour wear concealer in shade 1 fair

Benefit high beam

colourmatix lip liner pencil in soft pink used for whole lip

clear lip gloss

Brushes ~real techniques and e.l.f (eyes.lips.face)

I really enjoyed creating this look, , cause its obviously so different to any other make up look  Ive ever done or wore.

hope you liked?, what do you imagine you would look like as an elf...love to see your make up looks.

                                         Clair xx

would love you to check out my Christmas giveaway to win some fab MUA goodies and more click here

Blogmas festive nails.....yayyyy for the perfect red!!

For the last year I've been enjoying having acrylic nails , but knowing my nails deserved a well needed break to breath i had them soaked off. This is when i discovered my love for nail polishes again.... and I really am a lover of nails inc polishes...i think the formulation is lovely,the brush glides on to the nail bed lovely and the colour is true to the bottle with great staying power.

Tonight i decided to let my nails join in on the festive season and painted them a gorgeous red from  nails inc  called Villiers Street ....This colour is a perfect Christmas red, its goes on to the nail in one coat and looks metallic with fine glitter, its beautiful!!!

I'm now on the hunt for the perfect red glitter polish...any recommendations??

What are your favourite reds?

                                          Clair xx

Find me on twitter ~ @pinkpinkprinces

Five Fab Friday Faves

Hi their my lovelys, so blogmas took a back seat as i haven't recovered as quick has i hoped or have i felt as good i suppose as id liked, so have decided will carry on with Xmas blogs but not blogmas as i don't want to put any extra pressure on myself and that then take the sparkle out of blogging which i thoroughly enjoy .

So to start me back as its Friday i thought id do my FIVE fAB FRIDAY FAVES....

1) Firstly i was so grateful to be nominated for a liebster award from the lovely  Fiona from LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI click here....their will be more info on this and a separate blogpost where i will talk all about this and nominate people myself :) thank you Fiona xx

2) This week I've really enjoyed reading, its something that i love doing but don't have the time to do with having my kiddies. So when i got my hands on Chloe Sim's the only way is up....i couldn't wait to start it ...i read this in hours through the night in hospital...what a fab read,deffo recommend to anyone  who loves a bit of Towie ...even passed it to another woman in hospital that read it super quick to  "it's that good!"

3)So i have not been really in the mood for putting my face on each morning, but whats making me feel that bit nicer at the minute is smelling lovely. I've really been enjoying Thomas Sabo GLAM'N SOLE...its so fresh. Thomas Sabo are known for their beautiful charmed bracelets but check this fragrance out its lovely.

4)moisturisers loving all kinds at the minute... but my fave has to be , simple kind to skin intensive hand cream, i really suffer with dry skin especially this time of year.This moisturisers is fab makes my hands feel soft and nourished for a good while without feeling slippy and greasy and only £2.55 for 100ml.

5) Kindness  I've been over whelmed with kindness this week from family, friends and even strangers...its renewed my faith in people......I've had so many people pull together to help me out and lots of get well wishes, from people that don't even know me so thank you thank you thank you , im on the mend and doing well :).

Whats been your faves this week?

Sorry i have not been blogging like i said, but health is certainly more important.

Don't forget you can enter my blog give away to win some fab goodies this is open till Xmas...good luck xx

                                         Clair xx

find me on twitter @pinkpinkprinces

Fab Five Friday Faves

So my lovely's, its Friday again which can only mean one thing my five faves of this week.

1) Well the last few weeks have been difficult for me with my dad battling heart problems and my daughter being admitted to hospital. My body's taken a battering  with stress and lack of sleep, my super saver from all these  has had to be  my Collection 2000 lasting perfection 16 hour wear concealer in fair, this is a fab product to conceal my horrid shadow's  under my eyes and also the horrid stress break outs that I've had, this has to be my fave product this week.

2) I love mascara's and am always chopping and changing every few weeks, so when i dug my Nouveau lashes mascara  in black out my makeup bag i rediscovered how much i love this mascara. One coat and they are good to go (don't you just love that feeling when  you rediscover a product again?)

3) Ive mentioned in my blogs my excitement for Xmas is huge, so I'm loving everything festive ....so i wanted to include my favourite buy of the week this really cute very glittery metal and plastic Crystal effect Christmas tree, i lurveeee it so much....

How adorable is this glitter tree, who said Xmas cant be girly!! and even better a bargain at £1...yes £1.

4) my make shift make up brush holder, when me and my hubby went away for our anniversary we were given champagne and glasses at our hotel we were told we could keep the glasses...so i decided this week to use them to keep my make up brushes in ....Their perfect for what i need as hold perfectly the brushes i use (and every time i look at them i have fab memories to awww)

5) So everyone loves a good winter nail polish...this week I'm loving nails inc in colour regents palace. This is  a beautiful deep purple colour and is a fab shade for this season these nail polishes also have great staying power to.

What are your favourite's this this week? 

 So tomorrows December which can only mean one thing.... blogging everyday till Xmas day :)
25 DAYS TO GO!!

hope your all having a fab week xx

                                      Clair xxx

can also find me on twitter @pinkpinkprinces

Lets go vintage!!!

So one thing for sure about  myself is i love anything vintage!! Everything from decor,clothes to makeup  but i especially love the makeup. woman of that era always looked flawless and amazingly turned out their pale faces ,perfect shaped dark eyebrows and signature timeless red lip...so a few months back i decided to give the look ago on myself...so here's to going vintage and what i used to create the look

So their you see my attempt at my vintage look, i loved achieving this look and to do so i used the following.....

* MAC prep&prime
*Max factor lasting performance 105 soft beige
* Barry m lipstick in bright red
*hd brows palette using dark brown and carbon
*MAC blush in peaches
*No7 perfect lip pencil in shade 15 fire
*MAC paint pot in bare study
*elf waterproof eyeliner pen in black
*RIMMEL soft cream blush 001 baby kiss

Hope you enjoyed ,if anyone would like a tutorial i would love to recreate this look and if i get the confidence may put it into a youtube video(arghhhh ha ha)

Thanks for all that's followed my blogs so far , spread the word and follow me on twitter @pinkpinkprinces

speak soon guys

xXx

A sneak into my make-up bag

                                                          Hi Guys!!

So who doesn't love a good night out....I thought id do a whats in my going out makeup bag. I have a mixture of products from the higher end to cheapys.....

1)So firstly i'll start with my absolute fave item....my Urban Decay NAKED Palette this has been the love of my life for over a year , this can be used for every occasion as the colours are so versatile....i love SIN &VIRGIN but love a bit of CREEP OR GUNMETAL for that great smoky eye look...The staying power for these eyeshadow are amazing and last all day...which my opinion is well worth the £32 i payed for it and i can deffo see why this product is so hyped about.
2) my MAC blush in peaches gives me such a lovely glow and looks brill when i have a tan.This has great staying power but this goes without saying for most MAC products anyway in my opinion.
3) I LOVE LOVE LOVE my Elf waterproof eyeliner pen ....this product is just like a felt tip pen which make the eyeliner so easy to use and creates a great eye look...and this last forever  on the eye!!! .....and even wore it for my wedding without having to have any touch ups all day and the best thing about this product is its £1.50 and comes in 8 shades mines black and i love it this product is highly recommend  .
4)collection 2000 16 hour wear concealer....this is fab , i have this in fair and love it especially as i suffer with bad under eye circles and this covers up most...This is well spoken about with all beauty vloggers and bloggers, which is how i come to know about it and like the NAKED palette can see why its spoke about as much  as it is. I have a MAC one and prefer the collection 2000 one and at a snippet of the cost its a beaauty bargain.
5)Benefit BAD gal lash.....i really like this product the one I'm using is a 4.0g one which came free with a magazine ..I'd also heard mixed reviews on this so when i saw they was coming free with a magazine i thought I'd give it a whirl.I'm really enjoying using  it but undecided whether i wold pay full price for this!! as yes it makes my lashes look lush but the formula is not as wet as I'd like it.... but while its their to use before i start on others it was well worth the £2 magazine price i payed.
MY FOUNDATION

The foundation i use is AVON ideal flawless invisible coverage SPF 15 in creamy natural.....this quite frankly is the best foundation I've used ever.This as it says makes my skin look flawless!! and i can feel my self panicking cause I'm coming to the end of my second bottle ....  i suffer with very dry skin, but this foundation feels like it hydrates my skin and glides on beautifully with a foundation brush. I suppose as for price goes its a tad dearer then alot of foundations available in the likes of boots,superdrug but at £12 for a 30ml bottle i think its fab and ill deffo be repurchaseing it.

For my lips I'm enjoying my BARGAIN lip product REVLON lip gloss in coral reef......

this lip gloss is amazingly pigmented and at a steal at £1 yes £1 from poundland!! i am over the moon with it.....the colour of this goes on as a lipstick would but with a gloss. The staying power is longer than most normal lipgloss's and i only seem to have to apply this a few times throughout the night.

For a great bargain i would check your local poundland for some little treasured finds, and at a pound even if they don't float your boat your not breaking the bank!

This is my finished look, i went for a natural look that night and used all the products  that i have stated above.....hope you've enjoyed a sneak in my makeup bag.

Next blog post will be bout fab Xmas footwear and my bargain bag find,thanks for taking the time to follow me:)
                                           Thanks guys!!!