My first official video of 2017 comes in the form of my Makeup Favourites for the year gone by.
I thought rather than just show you my makeup favourites, I would show you them in action too. I picked my most used products and created a really simple ‘me’ look that I usually end up doing when I don’t know what to do. Some of the products were new in 2016, some were new to me for the year and then some are just favourites that I always gravitate towards because I know they work.
I’ve written blogposts for a hell of alot of these, so I’ll try list as many as I can in case you want to know more about a specific product.
In the video here, you’ll see me using everything, but the finished look, looks a bit like this. I think it definitely sums up my go to makeup favourites for 2016. And, I do love a good before and after picture!
I say it in video form too, but just to write it down too. Thank you so much for everything over the year. Beautynook (and myself) grew up alot over 2016. I am excited to see what 2017 has in store. Thanks for sticking around.
I did a post similar to this last here year for my first Christmas in Beautynook world. It’s a festive red lip for under a fiver. I still love and use both of products I used, these are just alternatives for your 2016 Festive Red Lipstick look 🙂
I think a decent lip liner is as important as the lipstick you choose when rocking a red lip. You can by all means go for a more soft approach and that’s beautiful too. But, when you’re going full out bright and Christmas-sy red, I think a crisp lip line is important. And you don’t want any bleeding, I mean lipstick bleeding but of course we don’t want any bleeding at all 🙂
For this year’s festive red lipstick lip liner, I went with the Rimmel Exaggerate in ‘Red Diva’.
I am a big fan of the Rimmel Exaggerate lip liners. They are super soft and easy to apply. And they now have an angled twist up nib which I find really handy for outlining and correcting my lip line. ‘Red Diva’ is the perfect classic red colour and actually works really nicely on it’s own as well.
This costs €5.49 and you can get it from the Boots website here.
The lipstick I chose is a new release for 2016. It’s one of the new Lip VIP’s from Sleek Makeup. It is called ‘Walk Of Fame’.
These are a semi matte formula lipstick. They are really creamy, pigmented and very comfortable to wear.
I just think both of these products together are a really lovely and affordable festive red lipstick combination. The Sleek Lip Vip’s are available from Boots too for €7.49 here.
Matte lips are everywhere at the minute so I thought I would go old school with more of a creamy textured combo. Layering the products means they are still long lasting but they won’t dry out your lips as much.
It is such a cliché I know, but I just love a red lip during Christmas time 🙂
I know it’s a tad early, but Christmas is only a few weeks away now. I am a big fan of Santy season, I’ll take any excuse to talk about it here on Beautynook 🙂 I haven’t done a Get Ready With Me style video in a while so, I thought I would start the season off with a Festive Makeup GRWM 🙂
I reckon I can call it festive makeup because I added some Christmas music over it and used a bit of sparkle.
I did speed the video up, but I edited very little of it out, so this is my makeup pretty much from start to finish, just 4 times as fast. I was going out that night so I did apply a fair bit of slap, but sure we’re all makeup lovers here, right? 🙂
Some of the main products I used were:
Dermalogica Hydra Blur Primer.
L’Oreal Infallible 24 HR Matte (full review here). Mixed with the L’Oreal True Match Foundation.
Anything I missed and you are curious about, just ask 🙂 As always, you can watch the video above by just clicking on it. Or head over to my YouTube channel here to watch my festive makeup get ready with me video there.
As always thanks for taking the time to click. I personally love watching these types of videos as well as making them myself.
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Halloween is over and it is time to embrace the colder weather. Oh, and it means we are allowed talk about Christmas properly too now, right?
My October Favourites are strictly beauty related this month. For whatever reason there has been nothing else really floating my boat over the past few weeks.
I talk about my hair care favourites, skin care and of course some makeup too.
As always the actual Youtube video can be found on my channel here. But, you can watch it above too by just clicking on my mush there, Whatever you prefer 🙂
You can find the L’Oréal Fibrology hair products in Boots in store or online here.
The Liz Earle Cleanse & Polish Hot Cloth Cleanser is also in Boots in store or online here. Liz Earle are great with special offers and gift sets so keep an eye out if you want to try it.
You can watch my first impressions video on the Urban Decay Afterglow Highlighter in Sin here if you want to see it up close and in action
I also have the Max Factor Creme Puff Blush in Nude Mauve up close in a post here if you want to see swatches.
The Kryolan Transluscent Powder is available on the Sunaura website here. You just have to scroll down to see it listed.
And that’s it for my October Favourites for 2016.
I was digging my somewhat simple makeup that day so I thought I would include a couple of pics 🙂
The shadows are from the Too Faced Christmas Macaron Palette that is in Debenhams at the moment. And, my lippie is the Rimmel The Only One Matte Lipstick in ‘Trendsetter’. I have swatches of the lippie here. I’m obsessed!
So I’m not the best at showing clothes on camera, I have officially learned this fact from doing this video. I’m not particularly comfortable with my size and shape though, so I think that makes me a little nervous about it too. Hopefully I’ll get better as I go along in both instances 🙂 This video is showing all the bits and bobs that I picked up in Zara, Boots, Penneys and Debenhams last week. Buying this much stuff is definitely not a regular occurrence, I just had a bit of a moment 🙂
I bought some of the Zara things online, as well as a couple of the other products and I collected them in store. I love having the option to do this. It means you don’t have to pay shipping and I was heading into town anyways so it was a win win for me.
I’ll attempt to list everything I got and link it down below, except for the Penneys stuff…if only they had a shopping website!
The Zara mid heel Chanel wannabe shoes that literally killed my feet (I’m not even joking, they are in bits!). These are on the website here.
Zara Beaded Cross Body Bag. You can find it on the website here.
I did a post on the Kat Von D London Calling Fearless Favourites Set here.
I have a full review of the Nyx Micro Brow Pencil here.
Then, the L’Oreal Infallible Fixing Mist is an old fave of mine. I have a review of it here.
The L’Oreal True Match Foundation is €11.99 in Boots at the moment. You can get it on the website here.
And then finally, the L’Oreal True Match Highlighter. They don’t have it on the Boots website right now unfortunately. I got it in store and it was €11.99. The L’Oreal products were on 3 for 2.
And there you have it 🙂
As always, you can watch the video here on Beautynook by click directly on it above. Or, you can check it out on my Youtube channel directly here.
I have here some of the new Essence Autumn/Winter releases for 2016/17.
It’s safe to say Essence have been kicking ass of late and are constantly upping their game with their releases. So, I thought I would bring you through some of the products that are going to be hitting stands soon in the Essence Autumn/Winter Collection.
I’ll start with some of the eye products.
We have ‘The Metals’ single eyeshadows.
These come in six colours. I have the shade ‘Frozen Toffee’ to show you here.
These will cost €3.10.
Eye contouring is playing a big part in the Essence Autumn/Winter Collection. We have the Contouring Eyeshadow Set.These are available in 4 colour combos. I have the shade 01 ‘Mauve Meets Marshmallows’ here.
They cost €3.10
There’s a Contouring Eye Pencil too. Essence say it can be used as a liner, eyeshadow or highlighter, and it’s available in two shades. One for darker skin tones, and there’s one for lighter which I have here. It’s called 01 ‘Caramel Meets Frosting’.
They cost €3.10.
There is six shades of the new Extreme Lasting Eye Pencil.
I have the colour 05 ‘Rockin’ Taupe’.
These are said to be waterproof and ultra longlasting. They cost €2.50.
The Rock ‘n’ Roll Duo Stylist Eyeliner Pen has a ball-shaped felt tip for creating dots and lines on the eyes.
It costs €3.10.
There is three new mascaras in the Essence Autumn/Winter Collection. I have two of them here to show you.
The Rock ‘n’ Roll XXXL Volume mascara that has long and short fibers within the formula.
And, the False Lashes Mascara Dramatic Volume Unlimited.
All three mascaras are priced at €3.50.
Up next we have lip products. There’s a bundle to choose from including lip balms and plumping lip glosses.
We also have Matt Matt Matt lipsticks.
These come in a total of seven colours. The shades I have here are 07 ‘Purple Power’. And, 02 ‘Perfect Match’.
These retail for €2.90, not bad at all!
Essence have also jumped on the matte lipgloss bandwagon with these Matt Matt Matt Longlasting Lipgloss.
There will be five colours in these. I have here 03 ‘Girl Of Today’. And, 01 ‘LA Vie Est Belle’.
They again cost €2.90.
There’s BB beauty balm Lipglosses that contain vitamin E and shea butter with a subtle hint of colour. There will be five shades in this range. I have 05 ‘Heartbreaker’.
The retail price for these is €2.50.
The final lip product I have is the Essence 2 in 1 lipstick & liner. These are also part of the Matt Matt Matt range and come in three colours. I have the shade 02 ‘Make Some Noise’ here.
You are supposed to be able to define your lip line with these aswell as apply full on colour. They cost €3.10.
The Essence Autumn/Winter Collection has all new face products included too.
There’s the Camouflage 2 in 1 makeup & concealer. This claims to offer long lasting high coverage and provide a matte, flawless finish.
This is the shade 10 ‘Ivory’, there is a total of three to choose from.
The price is €4.80.
Here we have the Get Picture Ready Long Lasting Compact Makeup.
You get a mirror and a sponge inside the compact and the cream to powder texture is meant to be great for on the go. It comes in four shades. This one is in 10 ‘Mat Ivory’. And, it will set you back €4.95.
We have a Get Picture Ready brightening concealer too. Essence say it has light reflecting pigments to help diminish under eye circles. You apply to product with the ball shaped sponge applicator. It comes in two shades. This one is 10 ‘Ivory’, and it costs €3.80.
We also have a Light Up Your Face Luminizer Palette with three highlight shades.
It costs €4.95.
There is three Satin Touch Blushes for Autumn/Winter. This is in the shade 10 ‘Satin Coral’.
These will cost €3.10.
Last but not least we have an abundance of new nail products.
I am a big of The Gel nail polishes so I’m delighted to see Essence adding to the shade range.
I believe these cost €1.99.
The nail care products range from €2.10-2.50 and even includes hand cream and nail stencils!
Phew, so there you have it. Some of the products to expect to see from the Essence Autumn/Winter releases. 🙂 Anything tickle your fancy?
You can see them all listed on the Essence website here.
PS. Shout out to Rosie for all the help with taking the pictures in the garden 🙂
