Cardigan - Dorothy Perkins

T-shirt - Primark

Faux Leather Leggings - TK Maxx

Necklace - Accessorize

I'm hating the horrible cold weather that has made a comeback after the lovely sunshine last week, especially as it's my Birthday on Monday and I was hoping for a lovely sunny day.  This has left me in a sombre mood, hence the dark outfit, just when I thought it was time to be getting out the pastels and florals.  I also got this lipstick a few weeks ago, as I have wanted a dark plum coloured lipstick for a while but haven't been brave enough.  I decided to take the plunge when I swatched this Revlon lipstick in Boots, even though the name New Black made me a little wary I loved the colour.  It's dark but not so dark that I feel like I'm a borderline goth.  As for the lipstick itself it goes on very nicely but is not very long lasting, so regular touch ups are needed.  Do you think this darker shade suits me?

Thought I'd leave you with a few pictures of Riley from when we were enjoying the sunshine.  He's getting so big now!

I've actually been a bit slow at doing this post because I bought these last Monday but wanted to use the make up so I could review them also, otherwise this would be a bit of a boring post.  The face wipes I got because I'd ran out, but these are the best thing I have ever discovered.  I have dry and sensitive skin, that is prone to the odd breakout on my chin, so refused to buy any cheap facial cleansers thinking that the more expensive ones had to be better quality and therefore more delicate on my skin.  How wrong I was.  I've lost count of how many different ones I've tried from Clearasil to Clinique and all have left me with dry blotchy skin.  Then when I was away for the weekend a while ago I forgot to pack my wipes, which I just usually used for removing make up, I picked these up for 57p in Wilkinsons.  Thank god for that weekend!  I was so impressed with these wipes, especially for the bargain price.  They work wonders on my skin, they don't dry it up too much or irratate it.  If you would like me to do a post on all the skincare I use let me know, as I now don't use any expensive products and they work wonders on my skin.  I know everyones skin is different but I'm happy to share my routine with you.

I'd been wanting to try BB Cream for a while, and after reading many reviews online and testing them instore, I decided to give the 17 from Boots one a try.  I've been using it for a week now and I love it.  As I mentioned before I have pretty dry skin and even with moisturiser foundations tend to dry it out.  This however leaves my skin feeling very moisturised and barely feels like I'm wearing any foundation.  It says on the box that it has Oil Control but I wouldn't really recommend it for oily skin, as even with my ridiculously dry skin it leaves it looking a bit shiny and oily, but I am able to tone this down with a dusting of loose powder.  As for coverage, if you have very spot prone skin this is probably not the best product for you.  It is pretty good at evening out skin tone and blemishes but as it is so lightweight it's not so good at hiding angry spots.  This is fine for me as I am lucky that I only get the odd one on my chin when I am stressed, which can be easily covered with a bit of concealer. 

I also picked up this gel eyeliner as Maybelline was on 3 for 2 at Superdrug and I'd been wanting to try gel eyeliner for a while as I'm not really a fan of liquid eyeliner.  I find it smudges easily and you have to have a pretty steady hand to apply it, whereas with the gel eyeliner you need a steady hand but don't have to be as precise as you can build it up and it doesn't smudge as easily.  I'm not sure what I was expecting the concistency of gel liner to be like but I was surprised how much it was like a kohl pencil when it was applied.  I'd definitely recommend it, and the brush is fairly good quality which makes it easier to apply.

What beauty product are you loving at the moment?

I found this beauty palette in the sale section of the beauty products in TK Maxx a few weeks ago.  I was initially drawn to it by the pretty packaging, but when I saw the eye shadow colours and price tag, which was a mere £7, I thought why not?! 

When it comes to colour on my eyes I'm not very brave and tend to opt for neutral colours.  So when I saw these pastel colours I thought they would be great for adding a bit of colour, but as they aren't too bright it won't be so much of a drastic change for me.  I especially love the pale pink and lilac tones.  The only problem I have with these eye shadows is that they're not very pigmented, which I thought was fine because then I could build them up to the colour I wanted, but it turns out that quite a lot of shadow and effort is needed to build up any kind of colour.

These are the four blushers in the palette.  My favourites are the top one and the pink one second from the bottom.  The top one is a sheer pink blusher with a bit of sparkle (which hasn't photographed very well), so I tend to put it over the pink blush to add a bit of sparkle and highlight the top of my cheekbones.  Again though, these blushers are not very pigmented and need a bit of building up.

The palette also contains these face powders and lip glosses, which I have only swatched but not used.  The lip glosses are pretty translucent like lip balms just not as moisturising.

All in all I am pretty disappointed with this beauty palette, as I already own a few Technic products I was expecting more from it.  Colour wise this palette is perfect, it has some gorgeous colours which are very let down by the lack of pigmentation.

What is your favourite beauty palette for the colour shy amongst us?