Transition Into Autumn // Nails

Yay nail polish yay! I love Autumnal shades so following on from this post I'm here to show the nail polishes I'm going to be wearing throughout the next couple of months.

August Favourites

Ahh, goodbye August, you've been great yet again. It's time to wrap up my favourites from the month but I don't have have a lot of beauty favourites again as I haven't really purchased anything new this month (note the lack of hauls, sad times). But I do have a few good things to talk about, so let's get started.

Bright Pink Lips

Oh I do love a good bright pink lip, so today I'm going to show you the few that I have in my collection. (Plug in, I did an orange lips edit last Summer, and seeing as orange is a big colour for this Spring/Summer then why don;t you go check that out ;) ). Okay, onto the pinks.

November Favourites

Oh my goooood! Happy first of December! Ahh, I can't believe how incredibly fast this year has gone, seriously. I've almost finished my first term of uni which is just crazy but nearing to the end of term means one thing - well, two - a bombard of assignments and parties ... whichever one is more important is up to you. But before we leave November, let us discuss my favourite stuff from the month.

November Newbies

It's nearing to the end of November so I thought I'd round up the bits and bats I've bought throughout the month.

Not Another Haul...

I made a trip into Boots and took advantage of their 3 for 2 offer right now, I also visited the Topshop site and decided to try one of their lipsticks out and added another Urban Decay lipstick to my collection. Four new lip products isn't excessive...right?

Pink Glitter Polishes

I love pink. I love glitter. I love nail polish. So pink, glitter nail polishes are right up my street, here are three in my humble collection of polishes.

May Favourites

It's time for May favourites! I actually think this month has gone by pretty slowly, which is great as exams start on Monday! Ahhh! Anyway, these are the products I've been loving and using a lot this past month.

Spring Nail Polish Picks

Topshop Air Kisses - Essie Ballet Slippers - Collection Mint Mojo - Ciate Strawberry Milkshake - Topshop Bees Knees - Essie A Crewed Interest - Barry M Berry Ice Cream

The sun was finally shining today, and I changed my bed covers to my favourite floral ones so I thought I would pick out my Spring nail polish picks. Look at all the Springy cuteness :3 

Unsurprisingly all the colours are soft, pastels but I think they're so pretty and I know I'm going to wear all of these a lot this Spring, if only to brighten up my mood if the sun itself is not shining...

Hope you're having a good day.

-Kiran xo

My Go-To Products and Tools

Holographic Nails - Topshop Winter Frost

I have found another gem of a nail polish, this time it's Topshop's Winter Frost, a silver holographic. It is absolutely gorgeous. It's one of those nail polishes where you just can't stop staring at your nails and before you know it your work shift has ended, oh yes. Cue a thousand photos of my nails:

Oxford Street Haul

Yesterday my mum and I had a day out, and of course we bought a few things...

Life of Pi Premiere - Make Up & Accessories

Firstly, I primed my eyes with elf's eyelid primer, it's not the best, but not the worst. Then I applied shade four in the MUA Undressed palette all over the lid, then used shade eight to create a subtle smokey effect, I also took shade eight along the bottom lash line, I lined my water line with the Rimmel Scandal Eyes pencil, created a thin top liner and flick with L'Oreal's Super Liner, brushed through my eyebrows and filled them in a bit more darker than usual with Rimmel's eye brow pencil. I then applied a bit of white shadow from an elf palette into the inner corners, applied two generous coats of Maybelline's Great Lash mascara after curling my lashes and then concealed my under eyes with YSL's Touche Eclat.

To prime my face I used Benefit's Porefessional, then I applied Mica Bella's mineral powder foundation, I then contoured with Dior's bronzer, I highlighted and contoured my nose with Sleek's Face Form kit in Medium and then applied Benefit's Dallas to the apples of my cheeks.

For lips I used a beautiful, pink Chanel lipstick.

The perfume I used is one of my all time favourites, and something I only like to wear for special occasions or night outs (so...not often ;P ) Thierry Mugler's Alien. It's a musky, deep, heavy scent. I adore his perfumes.

For nails I put on Essie Ballet Slippers, one of my favourite nail polishes. Such a delicate colour.

I love these earrings from Forever 21,  I thought they went really nice with the dress.

I took my beautiful studded clutch from Topshop and I filled it to the brim. Yup. (I can't find the exact one I have, mine has silver studs and cost £40 but the one I linked is basically identical except it has gold studs.)

And here are my 'killer' heels from Office. I didn't fall, guys! That is an accomplishment. I am proud.

I hope you enjoyed this post! To read more about the premiere and to see my outfit click here. I hope you all had a lovely Monday/Tuesday (it's 2.30am, I'm just still so excited and happy so I can't sleep!)

-Kiran xo

Short Trip Essentials

Oh dear, it's been a week since my last post - but it's not my fault! It was Diwali (an Indian holiday) on Tuesday so my mum and I went up to Yorkshire to celebrate and spend time with my grandparents. Unfortunately there was no Internet there and I was unable to blog or do anything really. But I thought I'd just show you what beauty bits I took with me. I tend to over pack - for everything, even my everyday handbag is super heavy - but everything in there is super necessary, I swear!

A few candles my mum and I lit at midnight in our flat (we spread them out around the flat and it looked super pretty)

Okay so here are the products, and yes I over packed (as usual) - I only went away for a few days and I left the house once.

Bath and Body Works Pink Chiffon Body Cream- Soap and Glory Hand Food - Blixtex Intensive Moisturiser - Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stains in Honey and Sweetheart - Maybelline Baby Lips in Pink Punch - Sephora Eyelash Curler - YSL Touche Eclat - elf Makeup Remover Pen - Rimmel Scandal Eyes in Black - Rimmel Eyebrow Pencil in Brown Black - Maybelline Great Lash Mascara - Carmex Cherry Tube - Body Shop Blush - Smashbox Blush in Radiance - Korres Lip Butter in Jasmine - MAC Lipstick in Sunny Seoul - Benetint Lip Balm

First up we have lip products - I love lip products, they are my favourite. As I said, I only went out once so I didn't make much use of all the products here but I got a good use out of the Korres Lip Butter which I had got the morning I had left for Yorkshire so of course I was excited to use it. It is so buttery and it lasts for ages on my lips, leaving them so smooth and soft, I definitely recommend this product to anyone as it's just a wonderful lip balm, you can't go wrong. I used the Blistex every night, of course. I wore the Sunny Seoul when I went to Town and unfortunately neglected the other products.

I like this mascara, it lengthens my barely-there-eye lashes and really darkens them, I don't know if I will repurchase this as I am one to try out ALL the mascaras, but is good and it's super cheap. The elf Makeup Remover Pen is a wonderful product, I actually love it so much - it gets rid of all the mascara that ends up on my eyelids instead of my lashes, whoops, it's just so easy to use and it's great for when I'm in a rush. YSL's Touche Eclat is one of my favourite products ever, yup, it's one that's worth the hype - it really does brighten my under eyes and face, a bit pricey but hey, it's YSL!

I'm a blush girl so I had to bring at least two of my blushes, the first one is a lovely peachy blush from Body Shop (I couldn't find a link to it so I'm not sure if they're discontinued?) and of course I had to take my Smashbox blush in Radiance, it's just such a pretty pink. The brush I use is from Topshop, I've had it for a while - it's not great, but I was in desperate need of a blush brush, saw this and just bought it. I haven't bought a  new one since I got this because it's still in tact and doing the job, but there are much better brushes out there.

To moisturise after a shower I just threw in one of my Bath and Body Works creams, they're easier to carry than tubs so they're convenient to travel with. I like the B&BW's creams, they're really moisturising but they are heavily scented which can sometimes be overwhelming. Of course, I couldn't leave the house without Soap and Glory's Hand Food - my favourite hand cream ever!

For perfumes, I took my ultimate favourite perfume which is Red Jeans by Versace - it is my signature scent. I also took one of my Thierry Mugler perfumes, the lucky one was Angel which is a beautiful, musky scent as all Thierry Mugler perfumes are, but this one is more wearable for the day time.

Well, that was a bit of a long post - I didn't even mention my hair care stuff and skin care products! Well, anyway, I do think it is time for me to stop rambling on, thank you for reading! I hope you all had a lovely week and have a lovely weekend!

-Kiran xo