MAC Wishlist

1. 217 Blending Brush £18.00

The brush is ideally used for shading or blending a colour that is either powder of cream

2. Patina Pan Refill £10.00

A beautiful taupe-brown with a stunning golden pearl finish to it

3. Mulch Pan Refill £10.00

Is a red/brown colour with a bronze pearl finish 

4. Charcoal Brown Pan Refill £10.00

I'm not a big fan of mattes but this one takes the cake. It is a lovely dark muted wood brown. It is a great colour to fill in the brows with if you a dark haired

5. 239 Eye Shader Brush £20.00

The 239 is a dense and very soft and is used to shade or blend eye shadow. It can be used to build intense colour on the eyelid. The brush has a tapered, round edge with smooth and firm fibres.

6. Pink Lemonade Tinted Lipglass £14.00

Pink lemonade is a flamingo pink so it is very pink especially for me as I'm only starting out with lip colour so I thought a tinted version of pink lemonade would better suit me

7. Pro Longwear Paint Pot in Painterly £15.00

Painterly is a cult classic which I need in my collection. It is a multi-purpose product you can use it as a base, primer or shadow a 3-in-1 product, who doesn't love that?!

8. Vanilla Pigment £17.00

I'm not to keen on loose pigments but vanilla is a must have! It is a stunning soft ivory which looks beautiful as a inner corner highlight

9. Coral Bliss Lipstick £15.00

What a shocker Beth wants a coral colours make-up product. But come on Coral Bliss is a great shade for your first MAC lipstick, am I right?

10. 266 Small Angle Brush £16.50

This brush is perfect for creating sharp, precise lines which is why it is the ideal brush for filling in your brows.

11. Peaches £18.00

I already own a MAC blush in Fleur Power and it was the best decision I made. I've had it since October and I've barely made a dent in it. So of course I want another MAC blush and obviously is is a peach/coral colour, oops.

What products do you want from MAC?

toodle-pip me lovelies 

Beth xx

Rockstars - Glittery Gel Nails

I don't know about you but I'm not a fan of painting my toe nails but they always have to be done. That was until December 2013 as mumma's friend knows how to do gel nails, not just any gel nails - rockstars. 

Rockstars are glittery gel nails which you can wear on either your toes or finger nails and normally last up to 6 weeks maybe even longer.

Today I had mine redone for the second time; the first time I had them done I had a burgundy colour put on, the second time was gold and today I decided to go completely out of my comfort zone and have pink (I know right, shocker!)

In the salon you would normally pay roughly £35 to have rockstars done but as I had a family friend do them mum and I get discounts so we only pay about £15 for them, yay!

Anyway this is what they look like in pink

Mum also has them done, she recently had hers done in blue

So what do you think?

are rockstars something you would get done?

toodle-pip me lovelies

Beth xx

March Beauty Favourites

It is now the end of March and I finally get to do my first 'Favourites' post which I have to admit I'm kinda excited about. Any-who let's get straight to it.

First up is Beauty and Hair Care(ish) and couple a few of these were rediscoveries, many of them are my everyday holy grails and some are brand spanking new. So I recently decided spring is the time I'm going to start to wear more lip colours and going through my very small make-up collection I came back across my first lipstick Maybelline ColourSensational Sweet Pink 132 (which is still available in stores, I checked). It's that cliche your lips but better colour. I hate to say it but it really is and it has a satin finish so your lips get have a slightly glisten after applying it, will be getting a lot of use this spring. Whilst in my minuscule lip collection I pulled out my Bourjois ColourBoost in Fuchsia Libre. It was one of the first lip crayons in the drugstores after Clinque's Chubby Sticks and most bloggers/YouTuber's are all fans of the Colour Boost's (if I'm being honest that is the reason why I went out to get them in the first place). Anyway it's a lovely brightish berry pink and if your looking to start wearing brighter colours on your lips (like me) then this is perfect! Now if you've been reading my blog for a little bit then you'll know my parents so generously gave me a Mac Palette for christmas with 6 shadows with it and this month I finally gave in and added to the palette with a cult classic Sable. It's a golden-plum colour with a bronze pearl finish to it and is a frost finish. Mac shadows are so pigmented and very buttery so they go onto the lids so easy with barely any fallout.

I've had my tangle teezer for quite a while but only now doing my first favourites I thought it deserves it's rightful place in my favourites as I use it everyday, between us I'm considering getting the tangle teezer aqua splash as they are just brilliant. I don't know if it's just me but I feel my hair is softer after using my teezer.

Now I know I have a very unhealthy obsession with nail polish and Essie nail Lacquer in particular. So choosing my favourite polish of the month was a toughy but before going on my Essie binge last week the two colours I was always reaching for happened to be After School Boy blazer which is a very dark almost black navy and Tart Deco which is a lighter coral (again with the corals! I can't help myself). I know the two colours are at completely different ends of the colour spectrum and from two different season collections but what can I say I'm a sucker for blues and corals. Along with my Essie lacquers I've been loving OPI matte topcoat and wearing it with every manicure. You can change up a manicure so much with the matte topcoat, it's brilliant and I highly recommend.

Going clothes shopping is something I enjoy but not as much a beauty product shopping is why I haven't got many fashion favourites this month but a trend I have been loving is the swing tops due to my love for this trend I have purchased 3 of this style of top in black, Jade and peach. Also I'm in love with my baggy light denim 'acid wash' jeans especially paired with my white hi-top converse and a swing top. I've been wearing that look quite a lot this month. I have one accessory favourite this month and that is my new person and I give you one guess at what colour it is, of course it is peach.

What are your favourites for this month?

toodleip me lovelies 

Beth xx

March Non-beauty Favourites

I've split my beauty and non-beauty favourites up otherwise is was going to be one mega blogpost and nobody wants that. Now onto my non-beauty favourites because I have quite a few of them so I'll just get right to it. 

My music favourites for this month are so different from my normal taste in music but these songs have been continuously playing on my iTunes this whole month.

The Pretty Reckless - Heaven Knows

Iggy Azalea - Fancy

Little Mix - Word Up! 

Vance Joy - Riptide

American Authors - Oh, What a Life Album

Enrique Iglesias - I'm A Freak

I highly recommend you check out all the the songs and you will probably be hooked as well.

At the beginning of the year my daddio challenged me to do the 50 book challenge with him so I'm reading like 4 books a month to reach my goal by the end o the year (fingers crossed). So far it isn't going so well I'm only on book 7 when i should be on atleast book 12 mind you dad is only on book 2 although he is reading the Game Of Thrones books which explains why. Anyway I have a couple of book favourites this month and they are the complete Divergent Triology written by Veronica Roth and is based on a girl Tris in a dystopian Chicago where society is split into 5 different factions (Abnegation, Dauntless, Amit, Candor and Erudite) to achiec true peach and follows Tris through her experience of choosing a faction, I highly recommend all 3 books (Divergent, Insurgent and Alligent) they were that good I read all 3 within the one week of half term. The next book that is earned it's place in my favourites is Legend by Marie Lu again a dystopian societ because they are the only books I'm reading at the moment as they are brilliant! Check out goodreads.co.uk to have a look at the plot then get downloading from Amazon!

Now the reason I read Divergent happened to be because the Movie was being released this month and obviously I had to go and see it as the books where amazing. So that's what I did, it was obviously the film wasn't going to be completely true to the book as it is an adaption of the book but wow the film just blew my mind even-so Shailene Woodly who plays Tris and Theo James who plays Four had such a beautiful onscreen chemistry. However there were somethings that were a bit rushed and I was sat thinking how, what, why did that just happened - maybe that was due to the fact that it was only recently I'd finished reading the books.

I watch quite a few TV shows and a lot of American TV but these series' have just taken the cake. The plot has grown and there are some 'on the edge of my seat' moments in every show I mention and I advise you got check all these out.

The Fosters 

Switched at Birth

Once Upon A Time In Wonderland

Pretty Little Liars

Dallas

What are your non-beauty favourites this month 

toodle-pip me lovelies 

Beth xx

A Spring Date...?

The spring time is the time for cute dresses, shoes and pink/berry lips and what a better way to combine all three than on a date?
The velvet dress is something completely new and instead of going for the 'little black dress' option you can choose this gorgeous red velvet dress which allows you to still be classy and cute at the same time. Pair the dress with some flat cut-out sandle/dolly shoes if you're not comfortable with heels. Tied all together with the clutch which matched your shoes and has a gold detachable strap if you don't want to use it as a clutch which will hold your fabulous MAC pink/berry toned lipstick. Don't forget to give yourself a classic black manicure to finish off the whole look. 

Velvet Dress - Topshop £19.99

Beige Shoes - Topshop £32.00

Clutch Bag - New Look £12.99

Lipstick - MAC Coral Bliss £15.00

Nail Polish - Essie Licorice £7.99

I hope this is gives you some inspiration for your next date 

toodle-pip me lovelies 

Beth xx

Walking With Frenchies

Back in 2012 Echo and Diesel had their second litter (which I did a post about not so long ago). Anyway last Saturday one of the pups from that litter (Dixie aka Miss Ellie) came up with here new owner for a little walk with her mummy and daddy. It was such a lovely day the sun was out but still a bit windy however that's to be expected with British weather (boo!). The 5 of us (me, mum, dad, shell and Helen) went for a stroll around Barton Hills which is a 2.6 km dog walk with sights to look at, horses to watch and streams to jump over.

Anyway here are some of the pictures from that walk Diesel is the black one, Echo is in the red harness and Dixie has a little pink harness on.

do you ever take your dogs out on walks like this?

if so give me some recommendations please :)

toodle-pip me lovelies 

Beth xx

I Heart Spring Tag

I love this tag it's so fun and interesting to see everyone else's different responses to all the questions. My lovely Paige was kind enough to tag me in this post and I thank her for it as I really enjoyed answering the questions

Favourite Spring Nail Polish?

Oooo it's a toughy! I have so many new spring nail polishes but I think Essies tart deco takes the cake.

What is your must have lip colour this spring?

I don't really wear lip colours but I must say Topshop's Macaroon is on my Spring wish list. It's the perfect peachy/coral colour and look perfect with my skin tone and hair colour.

Show us your favourite spring dress

I'm a dress kind of gal but I have a very spring appropriate floral kimono that I love.

What is your favourite flower?

I'm a tiger lily sort of person well any sort of lilies really. The just look and smell so darn nice

 Favourite spring scarf/accessory?

Well now it is the spring time the beanies go away for another year :( mind you I didn't get much use out of mine this year! Although it is now the season for the shades so they are my favourite spring accessory 

What spring trends are you most excited about this year?

Mom styled anything! finally some trousers/shorts that you can wear without worrying that your legs look big because the jeans/trousers are tight or that your bum is hanging out of your shorts.

What's your favourite spring candle?

Patchouli and Bergamot, it's fresh but still that little bit of sweetness seeps through

 What's your favourite body spray/ perfume for spring?

Jennifer Lopez Love and Glamour, the scent is so fresh it is perfect for the spring time

 What is spring like where you live?

Living in England you can't really predict the weather especially in the spring time. You don;t know whether you'll get the sun and or the pouring rain. The majority of the time in my little town it's average not too warm and get a bit of rain occasionally. 

What is your favourite thing about spring?

 I don't want to be cliche here and say the blooming flowers or the start of the nice weather so I won't. My favourite thing about spring is Easter for one because there are always so many creme eggs out and about, yum and Spring wardrobe shopping!

 Are you a spring cleaner?

A spring cleaner, hells no. Isn't that what mums are for? Only kidding I'm only a spring cleaner when it comes to swapping out my winter wardrobe for my spring/summer. That's enough seasonal cleaning for me.

 Any plans for spring break or an upcoming vacation?

 No and no. I'm an A-Level student at sixth form so exams are coming up I will be eating chocolate and revising through my Easter Holidays and in response to an upcoming vacation I am moving to Australia in September if that counts?

I want to tag Katie, Hanna and Olivia

what things this spring are you most excited for?

toodle-pip me lovelies

Beth xx