2012 Favourites! | Eyes, Lips & Nails

Firstly, I'd like to say happy new year! I hope you all had a good Hogmanay! I've got more favourites from 2012! This time I'm going to show you my favourite eye, lip and nail products:





First up are these Rimmel Scandal Eyes Kohl Liners in Taupe and Nude. I love love love these liners, they're one of the best products Rimmel brought out in 2012. Rimmel are the first high street brand to bring out a nude liner and the taupe is great for adding definition to the lash line.

 

MAC Mineralize Eyeshadow in Young Punk has been my party eyeshadow of the year, so glittery and amazing. I've loved the Maybelline Color Tattoo's but particularly On And On Bronze which has been amazing for popping on every day. Finally for eyes I couldn't leave out the MUA palette in Undressed. An amazing dupe for the Urban Decay Naked palette, I've been using it loads. 

 

The Revlon Kissable Balm Stains have been one of my favourite lip products. Darling and Honey are easy to wear and nice and moisturising. MAC's Girl About Town lipstick has probably been my most worn lipstick this year, a beautiful bright fuschia. MAC lipstick formulas are the best about, if you're buying lipstick in 2013 go for MAC!

 

 

My favourite nail varnishes from 2012 have to be Jo'Mina by Illamasqua, and Carnival by Technic!

 

Well, thats my favourites from 2012 over and done with! I'm really looking forward to seeing what 2013 brings for the world of beauty because 2012 was so exciting!

 

 Fiona xox

2012 Favourites! | Face & Tools

I decided to do my favourites in two parts this year, one Face & Tools and a second, Eyes, Lips and Nails. So, heres the first part!

from l-r, clockwise: Real Techniques brushes, Sigma F82, E25, Rimmel Wake Me Up! Foundation, The Body Shop Tea Tree Pore Minimiser, Illamasqua Disobey, Vivo Baked Bronzer in Healthy Glow, MAC The Perfect Cheek.

 

These Real Techniques brushes have taken over my brush collection this year. My collection is slowly growing and I can see myself buying more RT brushes in 2013! The blush brush is so soft, the stippling brush gives a great finish and the setting brush is so good for soft contours, highlighting and applying powder under the eye. My Sigma F82 has become another of my favourite brushes for applying foundation! The mini Sigma E25 brush is my absolute favourite for blending out the crease.



MAC The Perfect Cheek blush from their Marilyn Monroe collection really was my perfect cheek in 2012, so simple but goes with any eye/lip look. Vivo's Baked Bronzer in Healthy Glow was my favourite highlighter of the year. I've made a good dent in it, and its a dupe for MAC's Soft & Gentle! The Illamasqua powder blush in Disobey has been my favourite product for contouring. Completely cool toned and not orange at all, its great for defining my barely there cheekbones and disguising my double chin!

Rimmel's Wake Me Up Foundation in 103 True Ivory has been my most used foundation this year, I've gone through several bottles! It doesn't have the best staying power on oily skin like mine, but it gives the skin a gorgeous glow and with a good setting powder it can last quite a while.

The Body Shop Tea Tree Pore Minimiser is my favourite primer from 2012, a new release, it primes the skin, minimises the look of pores and truthfully I think the tea tree helps keep spots at bay! Its great for those with oily skin and visible pores.

Fiona xox