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I love blog posts or videos on this sorta thing as I love a good bargain! However, I'm genuinely terrible at making decisions. So ranking each product in order has been hard. I'm pretty happy with it now- quick read on before I change my mind again ha! Let's count down from 10 to 1. 

10) Bourjois BB Bronzing Cream- £9.99
This was the first product to be featured in my Hidden Gem Series- the products that you don't reach for everyday, can often be overshadowed, but when you properly think about them, you realise how good they actually are. That is the perfect way to describe this. I love it because it's multi-use; I use it to cream contour, to darken light foundations and as a BB cream when i'm on my summer holibobs! 

9) Sleek Highlighting Palette- Solstice- £9.99
This also just manages to make it in the under £10 category. With 3 powders and 1 cream, this is a beautiful highlighting palette that'll make you glow. And I mean glow!

8) Revolution Flawless Matte 2 Palette- £8
The newest addition to my collection in this list and I know I've spoken about this a fair few times on the blog already, but at £8 for 32 good quality shadows, it just had to be included. The eyeshadows are pigmented, blend easily and the palette has a huge mirror. You can find my full review >>here<<

7) Wet n Wild Eyeshadow Duo
Before the Huda Beauty palette came into my life, this bronze eyeshadow was my lil love. I wrote a post (The Bronze Eyeshadow Showdown) back in 2015 about my fave bronze eyeshadows, where I featured this. I classed it as my ultimate fave due to being pigmented, easy to blend and not creasing. It's not as high up in my list as it would be, since I don't wear it so much anymore. But for my first uni years, I would regularly just wear this for a night out- a sweep of colour and lashings of mascara- and be good to go. This is making me want to wear it again! (It does seem to be that old that I can't find a link to it anywhere, soz!) 

6) Sleek Face Contour Kit - £6.99
I've had this palette in my collection for several years now, hence the battered packaging- I should probably get a new one! But this is a really good contour / bronzer which is not too brown, red or orange. The highlighter is beautiful too and is so pigmented you only need to dip your brush in.  

5) Rimmel London Kate Nude Lipsticks- £5.50
I love several of the Kate Moss lipsticks. 107 used to be my absolute fave of all time, i've stopped wearing it so much now (i still love the shade) and have instead been reaching for 42 from the nude collection. It is perfect for a night out since it's so easy to wear and goes with just about any makeup look.


1) Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer- £4.19
This just had to be number one. The only concealer I know will cover everything and the only concealer I must have in my makeup collection at all times. Is there anything more that needs to be said?

I recently took a trip to Boots to pick up a few essentials. It's only a small haul, but it's got a lil bit of everything... makeup, skincare, body. Hope you enjoy seeing what I picked up!

Sukin Oil Balancing Mattifying Facial Moisturiser

I'm one of those annoying people who uses a product until its nearly done, then moves on to something new, rarely properly finishing a product. This is no different with moisturises, i've been switching back and forth, trying to find something to clear up my spots. So, I've recently been on a mission to use up my collection of moisturises to the last drop before I could purchase something new. A sort of de-cluttering. I did that, then was in search of something new. I did a lil research and had a few products in mind, but when I was browsing the skincare section I came across Sukin. I'd not heard much about Sukin but the packaging, the properties in it and the pretty good price, led me to biting the bullet and trying this. I've used it for a few days now, and it could just be coincidence, but my spots and scars are beginning to fade. We could be on to a winner! I'll do a full review in a few weeks once i've properly put it to the test. 

Soap and Glory Clean on Me

In the same sense to the moisturises, I was running pretty low on Clean on Me, my fave shower gel of all time! I decided I was going to declutter, and use up all my other shower gels before repurchasing this. If you've not tried Clean on Me, you must! It leaves my skin feeling so soft, like i've but body cream on. It's my must use before fake tanning as I know i'm not going to have patchy tan or dry patches. 

Maybelline Lash Sensational Lash Multiplying Mascara

Another repurchase of an old fave. I was going to try a new drugstore mascara but didn't want to buy something that was a total flop, so stuck with what I know and love. 

Maybelline Instant Anti Age Erase Concealer- 00 Ivory

When this concealer was all the rage a few years ago I bought it in what was then the lightest shade in the UK- it was not light at all. I never really got the hype, but that was probably due to it being too dark for me. I'm excited to properly put it to work now.

Wilkinson Sword Intuiton Fab Razor

An exciting purchase I know... I needed a new razor and saw this, which I think is new. It's meant to be much better for your skin when shaving back and forth so I thought why not give it a go. It was half price too, you can't go wrong!

Where do I start? I haven't written a blog post in such a long time. *Edit- I wrote this a few months ago then forgot to post, doh!* I've been so busy with life and working that this little space went to the back of my brain and just wasn't a priority. I want to get back into the swing of things though and that starts now! So i'm going to ease myself back into it with an updated everyday makeup routine. This is the makeup I've generally been wearing everyday for work, so it needs to be quick and easy! I don't have the time (or effort) to be spending ages on my makeup at 7 in the morning!

A bronzey eye is my go to. My go to for a night out and my go to for the day. I just think it works and makes my blue eyes 'pop' however it really is a universal colour and will look good on everyone. So here is a rundown of my three favourite bronze eyeshadows.

The one everyone knows:

The Maybelline Colour Tattoo in On and On Bronze/ Bad to the Bronze is the cult classic that everyone knows. Its a long lasting gel-cream formula that i like to wear either as base for some of the eyeshadows coming up or on its own as its got that multi tone effect however you have to blend it fast, because once it's set it's set. But that's a good thing right?

The dark horse:

Next up is No.7 Stay Perfect Eyeshadow in 65 Truffle. This is a really pigmented, soft shadow which blends really well. It's got a mauve hint to it which makes it really pretty and I think the name fits it perfectly. I mainly use this in the outer corner of my eye to deepen a bronzed eye however the times i've used it all over the lid, i've really liked it. I also like the packaging; small, cute, simple yet sleek. 

My ultimate favourite:

I absolutely love this eyeshadow. It's not just the pick of my bronze eyeshadows but is close to being my all time favourite shadow and what's best, with it being Wet n Wild its the cheapest of the already cheap bunch. It's pigmented, easy to blend and doesn't crease as well as being the perfect shade for my eyes. When i'm in a rush for a night out or when i just want something that i know works, i put this all over my lid and smudge black eyeliner close to my top lashes and on the water line and lower lash line. If i've got more time i use the Maybelline Colour Tattoo first and put the No.7 shadow in the outer corner and a matte brown in the crease to add more dimension and help it last that little bit longer. It did come with a gold shadow too but that smashed and although i've never tried it, it seems very similar and a good dupe to the well loved Nars Isolde Duo. I've had mine for years and i really hope they still sell it as i'm running low. Time to stalk the internet!

Left to right: Maybelline, No.7, Wet n Wild

Are you too a lover of the bronzed eye? Let me know your favourite shadows because in my opinion you can never have too much!

There's been a fair bit of hype and love for the Maybelline Color Tattoo's and I'm just another person jumping on the band waggon. I've actually only got 1 shade (on and on bronze) which i bought a few months back, but it really is a great product and something you don't have to splash out on, kerching!
The color tattoos are a cream formula so go on smoothly and do act just like a tattoo, staying on all day keeping the same intensity and without creasing. When I'm in a rush i can just sweep this across my lids and be good to go with mascara, whilst still looking like Ive made an effort. Yet, they also can be used as a base/primer to make other eye shadows pop and last longer. 
35 On and On bronze is a shimmery, metallic bronze that looks so beautiful when it catches the light as gold undertones shine through. The intensity can be built up to make a more dramatic look, and also (if you're quick) it can be blended out to create a smokey eye. 













The usual retail price in the UK is £4.99 yet there's often offers or sales on in Boots and Superdrug, so you can pick it up even cheaper. For a fiver they are such a bargain and perfect for everyday and evening, what is not to love?