My Top Five Highlighters

I love using a highlighter, especially for a night out or when I want to look a little more put together. By using a highlighter you really can make an impact by showing off & 'highlighting' your bone structure in a super flattering way. Highlighters are a very simple, quick way to give your face that ethereal, youthful glow. Especially in the winter, but also in the summer (with a light hand) for a beautiful dewy finish, Anyone can add a bit more life and radiance into their make up routine with a little highlighter, they come in cream, liquid & powder form, I usually opt for the latter as I prefer the results a powder gives me. 

1.Accessorize Baked Bronzer - Golden Sands. - A luminous peachy champagne shade with hints of bronze veining transfers onto the skin as a gorgeous pale champagne-gold, very soft and luminescent. What's best about the product is that there's no noticeable glitter just perfect shimmer which highlights the skin beautifully. 

2.theBalm - Marylou Manizer. - a seemingly innocent honey-hued luminizer that catches everybody’s eye. This highlighter, shadow and shimmer diffuses light so your skin looks softer and younger while adding a subtle glow. A stunning champagne sheen providing a beautifully natural glow.

3.Becca Shimmering Skin Perfector pressed - Opal. - A sequel to the cult favorite liquid Shimmering Skin Perfector, this creamy powder luminizer is like crushed gemstones in a compact. A gorgeous champagne shimmer, feels like butter, long lasting and natural looking.

4.No7 Vital Enlightening Highlighter - A flash of radiance with a super-soft, almost velvety powder gives a luminous, natural wash of colour. The peach undertones add warmth while the pink shimmer gives a youthful glow.

5.Kevyn Aucoin Celestial Powder. - A gorgeous, elegant shimmer powder for an angelic glow. Pearl powder provides ultra-light shimmer without looking glittery, and the soft, golden-apricot hue adds a whisper of colour. 

Highlighting and contouring your face makes a massive difference to a face you can change the whole shape, It can create perfect looking bone structure and hide or decrease other features - I wrote an easy Contour/Highlighter post HERE .

What's your favourite Highlighter?

My Top Five Eyeshadow Palettes

Eye shadows palettes.. There are so many palettes out there, I've had some awful chalky ones with loads of fallout in the past trying to save and getting a 'bargain'.... but you don't always have to break the bank to find a good one, here are a few palettes (Brands) I am loving at the moment!

1. Urban Decay Naked Palettes - THIS is how Urban Decay does neutral! Far from boring, Urban Decay's Naked Palette features a shade range that runs from the palest champagne to the grittiest gunmetal. Not just "shades of beige", each shadow has a distinctly Urban look, yet works for Everyone, Unless you have lived under a rock with your eyes closed and fingers in your ears you will have seen and heard millions of reviews about these three beauty's. Do I need all? ... Erh No! Definitely not but as I have a slight problem where make up is concerned, I had to snap each one up as they were released...For reviewing purposes of course!! Ha..These palettes offer Amazing colours, amazing quality, Three perfectly compact palettes available from £36.00 each.

2. MUA Undressed and Undress me to Palettes - Two fabulous additions to the MUA Palette family, these are the ultimate must have. They have a great combination of nude shimmers and mattes and the colour selection is great for creating this season’s clean, natural look with highly pigmented colours. Fantastic quality dupes for the UD Naked Palettes but costing only £4.00! Each.. I'm hoping they bring out a third one too! The quality isn't as good as the UD but they do a great job, blend easily with good pigmentation, perfect to add to your collection if you are on a budget or if you just want a palette for travel that you don't mind if it breaks as for the price you can pick up another without crying as you hand over your money!

3.Stila In the Light Palette - The In The Light palette is a beautiful collection of Stila's award-winning eye shadows in wearable, neutral shades for every skintone that can be worn wet or dry. includes an exclusive Smudge Stick Waterproof Eye Liner. The palette is stunning every shade is beautiful including my favourite Kitten, a perfect champagne shade that completes any eye look, creamy shadows, highly pigmented, compact. Available from £25.00.

4.theBalm Nude 'tude Palette - This amazing palette consists of 12 beautiful shadows that make wearing nudes sexy! These satiny smooth colours can be applied naturally, i.e. “let me slip into something more comfortable” or beautifully layered. The wide range gives you light highlighters as well as brazen bold shades that work to add definition and emphasis to your lids. Nude`tude allows you to dramatically dress up your eyes—if nothing else! Another gorgeous palette I umm'd and Ahh'd about for far too long but after saving £20 of my Birchbox rewards points I finally took the plunge and got it for only  £6.50 which I think is awesome! Such great pigmented, creamy shadows with really cute packaging.Available for £26.50.

5. Sleek Makeup Palettes - (The one above is 'Oh so Special') Sleek MakeUP’s legendary i-Divines are 12 shades of high-quality, super-pigmented eye shadow, suited to every skin tone. perfect for subtle daytime pops of colour or glistening evening eyes. The palettes always contain a mix of shimmer and matte shades that make the palettes even more wearable. I have nearly everyone except the bright ones as I would never be able to wear them without looking like Coco the Clown! They have so many different palettes I'm sure you'll be able to find your perfect match. Fantastic quality shadows, last a long time, blend perfectly, The compact palette also has a Huge! Mirror which is great for Travel available from only £7.99.

What's your Favourite Palette? 

My top five Bronzers.

I love Bronzer to contour my face and to add some much needed colour! Here are my top five most reached for...

1.The Body Shop Honey Bronzer in 01- £13.00 - This is a perfect everyday matte bronzer, it gives me a natural  bronzed glow and contour, easy to bulid if you like a little more colour in the warmer months.

2.Clarins Duo Bronzer in 01 - £22.00 - This is a beautiful compact with a matte bronzer on one side and a slightly shimmery one on the other, I use the Matte for contouring and the shimmery one as a blush, the shimmer isn't very noticeable you can only really see it in certain lights. 

3.Too Faced Beach Bunny Bronzer - £25.00 - This bronzer is Perfect for holidays as it adds a gorgeous bronzed blush and highlight effect to your cheeks turning you into a bronzed goddess! It certainly isn't a contour blush as it's way to shimmery but looks stunning on.

4.Nars Multiple Bronzer in Tuomota - This shade is unfortunately no longer available (maye try eBay?) which is a massive shame as it's perfect for pale skinned girls. It's very similar to my Chanel bronze universal but in a tube.. I love this for contouring my face for nights out or special occasions, it gives me epic cheek bones and really creates dramatic features, I apply on top of my
cream foundation before powder.. It's just perfection!

5.Guerlain Terracotta 4 seasons in 01 Blondes - £43.00 - This compact is stunning! The product is lovely and light giving me a lovely natural tan, perfect for contouring and colour one segment has a little shimmer but the other three are matte is slighlt different shades great for all seasons as the name suggests! 

What's your perfect Bronzer?

Elemis Top to Toe Collection 2014

Elemis have done it again with this new Top to Toe collection that includes a handful of their award winning products all packed into a pretty lavender vanity bag. If you haven't tried Elemis this is a good opportunity to sample some of their best sellers at a reduced cost. This collection is £55.00 but worth £115.18.This gorgeous bag they come in, is perfect to re use for travelling.

Inside you'll find - A full size 300ml skin nourishing shower cream. Hydrating and scented with macadamia and Jojoba oil. This smells lovely very fresh and adds moisturise to my skin.

A full size 50ml Papaya Enzyme Peel. a cream exfoliator - has no bits! Great for a sensitive skin that requires a really gentle exfoliator. The fruit acids exfoliate the skin gently with no harsh grains.
Frangipani Monoi Body oil 35ml. Imagine the scent of an exotic holiday on a tropical island....well this is that scent. The body oil solidifies at cool temperatures, but if you place it in a sink of warm water to melt and then massage into skin once you have showered. You can also use on dry hair ends and cuticles. Great for taking away on holiday to keep you looking perfectly hydrated!
Pro-Radiance Cream Cleanser 30ml is a great product. Massage in and wash off. The size makes it the perfect cleanser to keep in your wash bag for weekends away.
Pro-Collagen Marine Cream 30ml is an award winning product, that is popping up in the beauty news, it Best for a mature skin that is in need of extra hydration. But is suitable for all ages.

I go to Sicily in May and this whole collection has bought a place in my suitcase, I love all the products and am really impressed with the sizes of them.

Available from Time to Spa.co.uk for £55.00

Will you be asking for this for Valentine?