June Favourites

Hi, I'm Meg, and I'm a pink lip product addict. I'm not sure if any of my monthly favourites post haven't included a lipstick in the pink family. See for yourself - March, April, May. A theme that I'm not planning on straying from anytime soon, this month's best pinks came courtesy of Revlon ColourBust lip butter in 'Sorbet' (£7.99) and L'Oréal L'Extraordinaire liquid lipstick in 'Rose Symphony' (£8.99). I'll probably do separate reviews on these as I love 'em, but both are equally beautiful - the Revlon is the prettiest hot pink with a tiny dose of pink shimmer that applies either sheerly or boldly like a dream, and the L'Oréal has one of the best formulas I've tried in such a long time - pigmented, glossy and slightly balmy. Both smell absolutely heavenly also, which gets another big tick in my book.

Unlike pink lip products, eyeshadow is a product that I can take or leave. It doesn't feature in my daily makeup, but I went through a big MAC phase in my mid-teens and decided that I needed all of their eyeshadows. As a result, I have too many unloved shadows in my collection and feel that, four years on, I'm getting my money's worth. 'Tempting' (£12.50) was a shade I lusted after thanks to Laura aka Buy Now Blog Later (lollipop26, back in the day) and I can see why she loves it so much. A "sinfully rich coco" with silver flecks, I've been using this smudged along my lower lashline to add a little summin' summin' to an otherwise neutral look and making that £12.50 spent aged sixteen count.

For Christmas 2013, I received an Origins gift set that included a 50ml sample of their Make A Difference Plus+ rejuvenating treatment lotion and fell head over heels. I know that Kate from Ghost Parties and I have similar skin types and as she's a fan of this, I was excited to whip out my cotton pads and hopefully make a difference to my face. Tee hee. After six months of use I still haven't finished the teeny bottle, which will make the inevitable parting of cash for a 150ml bottle less painful. From prepping it ready for serum, soothing breakouts and refreshing after a sleepless night, this makes my skin so much happier and that isn't an easy task to achieve. I commend you, Origins.

Bourjois Healthy Mix Serum gel foundation (£10.99) was a grower, not a shower. With countless mentions across beauty blogs and a glowing recommendation from my queen Essie Button, I dropped it into my basket in Boots with a keenness to apply and marvel at my less-than-perfect skin looking all perfected and glowy. Much to my disappointment, that didn't happen and after a couple of hours wear, it had oxidised on my skin; think a mid-January pale complexion that's erring on the shade of 'satsuma' and some unsightly shine. However, fast forward six months to a face that has seen some sunshine and we have a match! It still needs a dusting of powder to keep shine at bay, but other than that - I'm happy.

Personally, I think Real Techniques is the ultimate affordable range of makeup brushes and as I only have good things to say about their products - doesn't everyone? - I chose to include their Duo-Fibre face brush (£23.99 - part of collection) this month. I saw Nic use it on the lovely Niomi aka Lady Smart in this video and thought I'd dig mine out and give it a whirl. And what a triumphant whirl it was! For me this brush applies bronzer like nothing else as because I'm fair, I have to use an extremely light hand and even then, things can get a little too bronzy fairly quickly - but no more. It's a gamechanger, I tell you.

Are you a fan of any of these products? What have been you been loving in June?

Also, if anyone has a good blogging camera please let me know in the comments below as I'm currently taking photos on my phone, and would love some recommendations!

Meg

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