Makeup Trends SS13......

Images from Vogue.com

What will be your favourite spring/summer trend for next year?

Much Love,

Elle

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Topshop Cosmetics Haul......

I am a big lover of the Topshop makeup line.

This mainly due to the fact that I love how they are packaged, the price & the overall look of them- who doesn't love cute polka dots & roughly drawn stripes?! 

So I was in Topshop the over day browsing over a few things from the Louise Grey collection (didn't like anything from it by the way!) & discided to pick up a few bits & bobs that I have been meaning to purchase for a while now.

  Nail Polishes- £5 (Country Bumpkin) & £7

Ok first off are the Nail Polishes, which were the items I originally had been meaning to purchase for a while! Firstly because the colour choices are amazing & vast, but also because you cannot find most of these colours from any other cosmetics brand- they are unique. So I got 'Country Bumpkin' (which I have been wanting for ages!), 'Eyes of Steel' & 'Treasure', as you can all probably tell by the shades I picked out they are very autumnal. This was very deliberate as I don't really own many autumn shades & tend to wear nail polish a lot more during the more cool times of the year!

First impressions of the products: the consistency is brilliant- thick & great coverage to the nails even after one coat you could easily feel like there is no need for a second, the colours are very very pretty, I like how easy the brush is to use as it has quiet a lot of bristles & is very bendy which makes it easy to get an even coat & into all of the tricky nooks & crannies & compared to some of the more expensive nail polish brands (Essie & Nails inc to name a few) it lasts for much much longer, even without a topcoat. So overall I am very, very happy with all of the polishes ( I have been wearing Country Bumpkin for 3 days & it hasn't chipped so far & I have been at work opening boxes with my bear hands!) & would defiantly recommend to try these polishes out, as the value for money & colour choices alone are brilliant!

                                                                                                      Lipstick- £7

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Righty, I brought this Lipstick in the colour 'Coy' mainly because when I swatch the colour on my hand it looked like a brilliant neutral shade of rose pink, which was the exact colour that I was looking for! It felt creamy & the colour was not too bold, as for me I feel more comfortable wearing neutral shades during the daytime. 

What they say about this product is:

"Matte finish lipstick in a chubby pencil format, great for applying on the go. Apply for fabulous colour and moisturised, matte finish, wear alone or with gloss for a shiny finish."

Now I didn't want there to be a but, however here it comes.... BUT....

When I actually applied it to my lips it sinks into every crack & makes my lips look disgusting! Now I do admit the first time I tried it I thought it could be down to the fact that I didn't moisturise my lips before hand, so on my next attempt I did moisturise with good old trusty Vaseline, left it to sink in & tried application again but the same thing happened! So I grabbed my Mac lip gloss in 'Fullfilled'- which is a pretty good colour match to Coy & put it on over the top thinking it would even out the cracks & colour, but it looked the same- a chalky but glossy mess!

I'm not sure if I'm applying it wrong or maybe it's just my lips(??!) but it just looks really really bad! & I totally disagree with the product description by Topshop- it is chalky on the lips (so far off matte!), defiantly not moisturising & you certainly cannot wear it alone!  

If any of you have any tips or advice on how I can apply it to not look like this then please leave me a comment below because I really want to like it, or on the other hand if you have had the same experience then leave your thoughts below too!

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So there's my two cents on these products from Topshop, obviously the Nail Polishes were the clear favourites of this mini haul as the quality & longevity of them is brilliant.

Any comments/thoughts please feel free to leave them below,

Until next time..

Much Love,

Elle

xoxoxo

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Fashion Musing: The Best of New York Fashion Week SS13.....

All Images via Vogue.com

Elizebeth & James, Marchesa, Calla, Oscar de la Renta, Dennis Basso, Jenny Packham, Badgley Mischka, Marc Jacobs, Alice & Olivia, Zac Posen, Victoria Beckham, Holmes & Yang, Calvin Klein.

Who was your favourite at New York Fashion Week?

Much Love,

Elle 

xoxox

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