For Christmas, I received some amazing beauty/skincare products, and I feel incredibly lucky and grateful, so much stuff, especially Soap & Glory! My family and boyfriend know me too well, but it is something i'll definitely use, and was infact running a little low on, so Christmas was the best stock up! Also none of my gifts ever go without anything to do with Marilyn Monroe, cats, or polka dots, yay!
One of my favourite Christmas gifts was this amazing Laura Mercier warm chestnut candle, and honestly, this smells AMAZING. The candle is rather big, so I'm hoping this is going to last me a long time (I hope so, it's gorgeous!), it smells perfect for a cosy evening, and it's perfect for a relaxing bath.
As I mentioned I'd received a lovely stock up of Soap & Glory products, it seemed to rekindle my love of the "Righteous Butter", something which I'd used before, but now I own another pot of it, realise how much I actually love it. It smells like typical Soap & Glory, pretty and floral-like, and is the nicest, most luxurious moisturiser I've used in ages. I definitely love this as much as any of my other moisturisers, and will definitely be purchasing another pot of this after mine runs out.
I bought one of these for my boyfriend's sister as we are both huge fans of Soap & Glory, so I had to have one for myself, as I love eyeliners. This set is amazing, it comes with 5 different coloured eyeliners in black, brown, purple, blue and green, which sounds a little scary (especially the last two!), but they are all very dark colours, and subtly have a hint of green/blue etc. The eyeliners are very creamy and soft, easy to smudge, and look great alongside the three eyeshadows, that are brown, black and purple! This is the perfect set if you love smokey eyes.
I managed to get this amazing set, for half price in the sale! I got all this for £20, which is amazing, as the mascara alone is £10.50, so to get a highlighter, a bronzer, six eyeshadows, lip colours, a lipstick, a mascara, and three brushes is pretty awesome. I didn't really need anymore Soap & Glory after Christmas itself, but when something so amazing is just there, looking at you, half price, it made me give in, and I can't wait to use it.
This powder set contains a highlighting powder, blusher, bronzer and a brush, which is all together in a cute palette. Firstly, the highlighter is the nicest one I've found, it's not overly shimmery (I'm not a fan of a glittery face, and have never personally understood why anybody would be), but it's strong enough to define your cheekbones and make you look radiant. The blusher is a selection of pretty pinks all in one, and looks really well on my pale skin, and I'm yet to try the bronzer as I'm so afraid of anything bronze/orange, but the palest side looks like it may make for a lovely cheekbone definer, so fingers crossed!
Lastly, this little trio of lipsticks/balms is one of my new favourites. These are a cross between a balm and stick, almost like the Revlon lip butters, but perhaps slightly less pigmented, leaving just a sheer, but noticeable colour on your lips. Nudist is a pinky nude colour, which surprisingly works as an "off duty" lip (I hate nudes on myself generally), and is a nice pair with a smokey eye, Fuchsia-ristic is a fairly bright hot pink, but due to its less pigmented texture, it looks really wearable, and Plum Jam is a gorgeous dark red, that is the perfect alternative for those who like red lipstick, but often find it a bit too much of a bold statement. They also smell like MAC lipsticks, sweet and vanilla like, yum!
Without realising how much this has turned into a Soap & Glory blogpost, it totally has, but I'm a huge fan of Soap & Glory, and receiving lots of their makeup in gifts sets was so nice, so I was excited to try them out!
Happy 2014!
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