Collective Haul

Ahh, the first haul of 2016, exciting times. I've been browsing through the sales and not much really caught my eye. However, I did manage to grab a few bargains which I'm really happy about, but I've also picked up a few things which weren't on sale but 'needed'...

The Rose Edit

Last year I brought you an edit filled with some of my favourite rose scented products, since then I have discovered even more lovely products so I thought I'd round them all up in another edit.

Current Skincare Favourites

I've discovered a few new awesome skin care products in the last few months and I thought I would share my thoughts with you all, because sharing is caring.

Lush Stuff

Oh look at that beautiful monochrome packaging. I've made a couple of trips to Lush in the past few weeks so I thought I'd show you what I picked up.

Products I've Used Up #8

I have had these empties forever so I'm finally glad this post is going up! As usual, I'm going to do a run down of all the products I have recently used up and let you know if I'd repurchase or not.

Current Skincare Routine

Hi everyone! So today I thought I'd share with you all my current skincare routine, I've added a few new things to my routine in the past few months and I'm finally happy and sticking with it.

July Favourites

My gosh it's the end of July, my birthday is in 9 days - ahh - and results are in 15 days - brb fleeing the country - but for now, it's time to share the products I've been using and loving throughout the month of July.

Products I've Used Up #3

It actually hasn't been that long since my last products I've used up post, but loads of things just started to finish at around the same time, so here are my thoughts on all the products that I've used up in the past few weeks.

April Favourites

Review: Lush Cupcake Face Mask

Haul - Boots, HM and Lush

Tag - 7 Deadly Sins Of Beauty

Hey everyone, so I haven't posted in a while so I thought I'd do a tag and the 7 Deadly Sins one is one of my favourites so I thought I'd go ahead and do it. Enjoy!

Greed

What is your most inexpensive beauty item? What is your most expensive?

The most inexpensive product(s) I probably own is ELF's Eyelid Primer's which are £1.50 each, they aren't the best but they do their job for a few hours. The most expensive product I probably own is the Mica Beauty Age Defying Gel which is £79.99, expensive, especially for a brand that's not so well known but this eye gel is seriously worth it.

Wrath

What beauty products do you have a love/hate relationship with? What product has been the hardest to get?

Mascara! I love mascara, and I can't live without it but it is so damn hard for me to find a really good mascara that works for my tiny, thin lashes! I have tried higher end mascaras, drug store mascaras and everything in between, but I have yet to find a holy grail mascara, sigh.

Gluttony

What are your most delicious beauty products?

My Lush Bubblegum Lip Scrub, this stuff smells so sugary sweet, mmm. And basically anything from The Body Shop...

Sloth

What beauty product do you neglect, due to laziness?

Toner, I was so lazy I couldn't even be bothered to snap a photo of the few I have in the bathroom, ha! I am just too lazy to use it and I feel it doesn't do anything for me anyway so what's the point? ...

Pride

What beauty product gives you the most self confidence?

Concealer most definitely. I have dark circles and I always have a few blemishes that I always want to cover up, my skin isn't so bad that I need to have a full base, but concealer is one thing I need. If my dark circles are covered and the pesky blemishes then I instantly feel more confident to run out the door, even if I don't wear anything else (make up wise... heh). 

Lust

What attributes do you find most attractive in the opposite sex?

For this answer, see Tom Hiddleston, hah. But in all seriousness, the attributes I find most attractive are good hair, a gorgeous smile, a decent jaw line (awh yeah) and he must be tall ( at least a good few inches taller than me). But I find a wonderful personality is more important than anything, he must be charming, funny, smart and passionate ...  so as I said before, see Tom Hiddleston.

Envy

What items would you most like to receive as a gift? 

I would like to receive items I would not personally get myself such as a perfume but I am very picky with perfumes so the person has to know I want it. I'd also love if someone got me a Chanel bag...or a Celine one... Ha, but seriously I just love anything that comes from the heart, if I know someone has put effort into whatever they give me and they give it to me with whole-heartedness then I appreciate it so much. 

Thank you for reading, I hope you have a good week!

-Kiran xo

Short Trip, Long Journey Essentials

I'm finally going to see my Booba (Emma ;) ) up in Scotland! I'll be going on the coach with my friend Chloe, yes, the coach, from London, our poor butts are going to be subjected to almost 11 hours of numbness. But it's worth it! For this quick post I'm just going to be showing you what I'll be taking with me for my weekend trip. We're leaving London at 1am and arriving in Scotland at around 12pm on Friday then on our way back we'll be leaving Scotland at around 11pm and arriving in London before 7am on Monday, fun times.

Neutrogena Pink Grapefruit Cream Wash - Simple Cleansing Wipes - Lush Bubblegum Lip Scrub - Nuxe Reve De Miel - Origins Drink-Up Intensive Mask - L'Occitane Shea Butter - Nivea Creme - Alien Thierry Mugler - Garnier Eye Roll On - Korres Wild Rose Lip Butter - Bath and Body Works Midnight Pomegranate Body Butter

MUA Undressed Palette - Sephora Eyelash Curler - Dr Jart+ Water Fuse BB Cream - ELF Coral Mineral Blush - Collection Concealer - Maybelline Great Lash Mascara - Revlon Just Bitten Stains Crush and Honey - Maybelline Gel Eye Liner - ELF Eyelid Primer - Benefit Highbrow - Rimmel Eyebrow Pencil - Rimmel Scandal Eyes Black Eye Pencil - MAC Sunny Seoul

For the long coach rides I need some reading material and music so I'm bringing along a couple copies of Empire, The Tempest (I have to read it for audition preparation, sigh), my iPad, iPod as I don't want to kill my phone's battery and iPhone. 

I apologise for the evidently rushed post and photos, I have a long, busy day today, but I wanted to blog before I left.

Hope you all have a lovely weekend! I'll have some sort of photo diary up next week after I come back to London, be prepared to be jealous of photos of beautiful waterfalls and lochs ;)

-Kiran xo

Night Time Routine

I firstly wipe away most of my make up with a Simple Cleansing Wipe, I then brush my teeth and then I go ahead and cleanse my face with the Neutrogena Wave which I recently just got and I really love it, it instantly made my skin feel cleaner and softer after just one use. I then use the Lush Bubblegum Lip Scrub and after drying my face I either use a thick cream such as this Nivea one which I am currently using or if my skin is feeling a bit dehydrated I put on Origins Drink-Up Intensive Mask which I got for Christmas, this small tube will last me quite a while though as I only use it once or twice a week and you only need a small amount.

I then apply a small amount of Mica Beauty's Age Defying Eye Gel; I use this as I was told it would help reduce dark bags and circles and after using it for quite a while, I can say it does help but using it everyday does dry out my eye area so I only use it when I feel it necessary. I then apply a bit of L'Occitane's Shea Butter on my cuticles, Nuxe's Reve De Miel Lip Balm on my lips, a bit of Soap and Glory's Heel Genius on le feet, go wash my hands and then apply a generous amount of Garnier's Nourishing Hand Cream.

I then finally light a candle and grab a book if I'm not tired out from doing all of that. Phew. Then it's beddy bye.

Hope everyone is doing well! Just a few more days and I'm off to Scotland, yay!

-Kiran xo

Smooth Lips

It has been super cold here in London (and all over the UK) and we've been getting snow! Yay for snow but nay to dry, chapped lips. But, for the first time, during the cold, Winter months my lips have actually not been dry or chapped and I have these products to thank.

The Nuxe Reve de Miel is just so wonderful. I use this at night time after my lips have been victim to the radiators being on full blast as soon as I get in. I use this after I give my lips a good scrub with Lush's Bubblegum Lip Scrub which is just so lovely. Using a scrub will help get rid of any dry skin on your lips leaving smooth lips thus giving the perfect canvas for lipstick, lipgloss etc. (If you don't have a lip scrub or don't want to buy one, just mix some sugar with some vaseline).

The Korres Lip Butters are something I use while I am just wandering around the house, I don't tend to use these outside as I don't like the idea of sticking my finger into the pot and rubbing the product on my lips while I am outside in the dirty city, haha, I'm just kidding, London isn't that dirty - but I am a little bit of a germaphobe... so no. But these are so smooth and buttery, they feel lovely on the lips.

Now, the lip balm I do use outside is the Burt's Bees Tinted Lip Balm. These are so moisturising and just so convenient for carrying around in my bag (I actually carry one in my bag and one in my coat pocket). These leave a nice bit of colour on your lips but more importantly they moisturise and protect your lips from the cold, harsh wind.

So these are the lip products I have been using to keep my lips smooth and moisturised. I go on a lot about lip products but it's just because I love them so much! And I do think it's important to keep your lips looking good as it's one of the first things people notice about you.

All my January exams are finally over now so I am free for a few months, yay!

I hope everyone is having a lovely day.

-Kiran xo

Lush Magic Wand

Today I decided to finally take a bath, the last time I did was last year... you see, I'm more of a shower kind of girl :P - but yes, I decided to take an afternoon bath using one of the Lush products I got in my stocking at Christmas, so I used Magic Wand.

Magic Wand comes on a stick so you hold the bar under running water for a few moments and then watch your water magically turn pink and bubbly. The smell is very sweet so musk-scent lovers may not be a fan of this, I personally love it. The bar doesn't leave your skin feeling dry after you've come out the bath but it doesn't leave it feeling super moisturised like other bath bombs/bars do.

Magic Wand is reusable so you just set it aside and leave it to dry and you get about 3/4 uses out of it which is pretty decent.

Hope everyone is having a lovely Monday! My last January exam is tomorrow, thank goodness!

-Kiran xo

What I Got For Christmas 2012

Well, it's safe to say I had a lovely and hectic Christmas. Screaming when I opened my unexpected present from my mum at 3am (sorry neighbours and granddad), Christmas dinner at 11.30pm, eating a butt load of chocolate (mmm Ferrero Rocher...), nearly getting stabbed in the hand by my best friend while we were cutting vegetables were all just a small chunk out of my day. 

Here are a few photos of the presents I received this year, I am so so happy with everything and I just want to say a huge thank you to everyone. I am so grateful for the amazing people I have around me. I hope everyone had a lovely Christmas - and I hope you all get some amazing deals today!

Stocking Fillers

MS Sweet Pea candle, Lush bath bars and lip scrub, Versace Red Jeans (yes!) and Golden Eye and The Living Day Lights from the James Bond for OPI Collection.

Gifts from Serena and Marta ♥

Train and Foster The People CDs, Michael Kors Very Hollywood, Burt's Bees Tinted Lip Balm Duo, Ralph Lauren 4, Toy Story DVD trilogy, Sisley Gift set.

Gifts from Halima ♥

Marvel umbrella, The Sims 3 Katy Perry Sweet Treats, Panda ring and case, Avengers vs X-Men Round 1 Comic, LOKI LEGO KEYCHAIN.

ehehehe...

Gifts from my Auntie ♥

Yankee Christmas Cookie (mmm), MoYou nail art kit (let the stamping begin!) (and an Amazon voucher, I love how you know me :') )

Gifts from my Booba (Emma :3 )

Florence and The Machine Lungs CD, Infinity Earrings, Panda USB keychain (surprise USB!), Complete Poems - Walt Whitman.

Oh, we mustn't forget the lovely story that was lovingly written for me...

From my lovely Mum ♥

iPad 4 - Yup, I was totally shocked *cue screaming*... 

Of course it's already loaded up with photos of my favourite person ever, ehe.

Alrighty, I hope you enjoyed this quick post - enjoy the rest of the holidays!

-Kiran xo