March Make-up Favourites!

Yes I know it's a little in to April already but I've been busy the past weeks celebrating Easter and my birthday so the March favourites are coming out now!

Gosh Forever Eye Shadow Stick
I bought this fairly recently but was excited by it enough for it to already be in my favourites.  I need to do a full review and hopefully I will get that up soon!  In brief it's easy to use and the colour is gorgeous.

Manhattan Lip Lacquer in Rose & Shine
 I wrote a full review on this here.  I've added this as I've been wearing it a lot.  It adds just the right amount of pink to any eye look I'm wearing.  It's really pigmented and leaves a nice stain once it's worn off.

Lumene Blueberry Liquid Eye Liner 
A liquid eyeliner had been missing from my life for a while.  I've been trying not to use it every day because when I did that in the past with another brand of liquid liner it seemed to irritate my eyelids.  It's hard not to use it every day though because the brush is so easy to use and the liner is a rich liquid black making for a striking eye look.

The Balm Hot Mama Blusher 
I'm sure I will have put this in my favourites before but I have been wearing it almost every day.  I have to go quite sparingly with it as it is quite a bright shade but applied lightly it leaves a lovely warm colour and the gold shimmer in it means I don't need to use any highlighter.

Eyelash curlers from Misslyn  
I haven't curled my eye lashes in years but when I bought a new mascara that didn't give me the curl I wanted I bought these so I could make use out of it.  It did the job and for the price I feel like these are pretty good quality.

Till next time :)

Twirlybirdie

Recent purchases: Manhattan Lip Lacquer and Misslyn Eyelash Curlers

Hello!

I recently did an interview for a magazine and I came away from it feeling a little strange.  It seemed to me that all I could really talk about was my work and job and I wondered if I came across a little boring.  Do I live just for my work?  Well perhaps that's a topic for another blog post later on,  I did say in my last post that I want to do more personal posts after all.  For now though this post is about what I did after that interview, which was browse the beauty aisles of the nearest department store to clear the strange feelings from my brain!
I had been looking at the Manhattan Lip Lacquers for ever because they seemed to be the same as Rimmel's Apocolips which I have been wanting to try.  The Manhattan version is cheaper at just under 6 euros, but as the two brands are owned by the same company I reckon these two products really are one and the same.  I finally stopped dilly dallying and selected the shade no. 50 G Rose & Shine.  This was a nice neutral rose shade with a hint of pink which I was worried might be a bit too drab on me as I normally go for brighter shades.  Often more natural lip colours can drain my face of colour.  I tested it out at the weekend though and with a slick of eye liner it really was the perfect shade of day time pink for me.  It got the seal of approval from my fiancé anyhow.
I must say I love the applicator and the formula.  It might not be the most long lasting but I like that the pigment is rich, it's comfortable to wear and as it wears off it leaves a pink tint on my lips.  The formula reminds me a bit of paint, but not in a horrible way, just in the sense that it is rich and densely pigmented.  I love the doe foot applicator which I find really easy to use.  The only thing I don't like about it is the smell.  I find the smell is just really strange?  Like strawberry laces if they didn't have any sugar in them?  Luckily I can look past this though and really enjoy using this new well priced lip product.

I bought the eyelash curlers because the Manhattan mascara I bought recently hasn't been giving my eyelashes enough of a curl.  I haven't used curlers for ages because I haven't found the need for this extra step, I'm already rushed off my feet in the morning when it comes to applying my make-up and I found I could get a good curl anyway with other mascaras I've been using.  I didn't want this mascara to go to waste though and applying it after using the curling wand has really done the trick.  I got these from the Misslyn brand because they were affordable (8 euros) and still looked half decent.
Well my little shopping spree did clear my head a bit.  I'm not sure if that's a good habit to get in to though, particularly as I'm still trying to keep a tight reign on spending after a rather expensive December/January!
Do you shop to clear your head?

Till next time :)

Twirlybirdie