It's Favourite time again! And I'm a little late to the party, but a few technical issues have got in the way. All is sorted now though, and I'll be moving to a Wordpress Blog soon. So keep your eyes peeled! 

So here's what I've been loving this month. 

Get It Here. 
Estee Lauder Foundation
Rimmel Lash Accelerator Mascara
Seventeen Make Your Mark Liner
Colgate Max White One Mouthwash
Real Techniques Face Brush (I couldn't find a link for the Depop ones anymore sorry!)
Theres no Creme Eggs till next year folks! (Cries)  


This month has been a whirlwind again, and my blogging has suffered unfortunately. But I have a few ideas all lined up, so keep your eyes peeled for those! 

Love Hayley xx

I've recently taken a little break from blogging, due to my work life becoming more and more busy, plus being so unmotivated. But im back, and whats better to start with than a favourites post?

At £29.50 for 30mls it's definitely the most I've forked out for a product so far. 

However, i have to say, it's worth it. I am totally in love with this foundation. The coverage is quite full, but feels lightweight. It has great lasting power, lasting all day, but doesn't smudge or come off on your clothes. (Handy if you've got a day of trying on outfits! Haha) 

This foundation also feels hydrating on your skin, instead of leaving it feeling dey or cracked. Plus once I take it off at night, my skin still feels hydrated and smooth. 

I went to the Estée Lauder counter and had a foundation shade match, so it could be as close to my natural skin tone as possible. 

She marched me up to Pure Beige, which is not the palest shade, and combats the redness I sometimes suffer from.

So overall I am totally loving this foundation. Although the price does sting, in my opinion it's worth it for the quality of the product. 

I also got the Estée Lauder Take it Off makeup remover, which I'll do a post on soon, so keep an eye out for that! 

I went with the shade Neutralize in a creme form, which is yellow toned to counteract red tones and even out your skin tone. It can be quite a panic when you see the product and it looks so yellow, however these are quite sheer once applied. You do still look a little ghost-like until you apply your foundation on top though!

Another plus point to the CC range is they are all a super hydrating primer, and your moisture levels improve 30% after 4 weeks use! So they help to tackle any annoying dry patches and won't cling or become flaky through the day. They are all SPF 30 too. 

I would totally recommend the Neutralize for anyone who is looking for even skin tone and to cover redness, I personally haven't tried the other products in the range, but i'm sure they're all on a par with this product, so pretty damn great!
At £23.00 for the creme and £20.00 for both the compact and powder, these are consistent with other MAC prices, while a little on the more expensive side you do get a really great product and a little definitely goes along way.
Personally this has gone straight into my everyday makeup bag, so in my eyes its a winner.

Other shades in the range are:
Adjust, Recharge and Illuminate.

Shop this product!!
Creme / Compact / Powder 

If you spend £15 or more then you received a free gift (seeing as I'd gone in for a foundation it wasn't going to be too much more) So ill start with what I actually bought! 

Seeing as I do suffer from more than my share of redness, I was looking for a foundation that would cover this but not be too heavy. A quick chat and the lovely MaxF lady suggested I try a serum foundation, I know it says ageless, but wrinkles are not a problem of mine yet! Anyway this blends really well and lasts all day without looking like I've used a trowel to apply it. At around £13 it's the most I've spent on foundation so far, but it is the best, most high end I've ventured. 

To claim my gift it took a lot of umming and aahhing about what else I would buy(I'd probably end up with most of the stand) I settled on a cute little nail varnish in the end, although choosing a colour was a toughie!! But I settled on Fantasy Fire which is a deep purple with pink flecks in and it is soooo gorgeous! 

On to the exciting stuff! 

So the little box contained four little treats: 

• A small sample of Masterpiece Max mascara, which is a great handbag size and a great quality mascara, it doesn't clump and gives you bigger fuller lashes. Ticks the boxes 

• An eyeshadow single in Creme Champagne, which is a nice nude colour but doesn't really show up well on my skin tone. :( 

• A full size Colour Elixir giant pen stick in Foxy Amber, this is a glossy nicely pigmented lip pen, in an orange-red shade, looks lovely worn and has good staying power, but not amazing. A great find and will probably buy another.

• And a full size nail polish in Deep Coral, which is currently my favourite summer colour and covers my nails and toes. 

 

Swatches of the eyeshadow, just visible on the left, and the colour elixir pen stick, looks yummy :3 

Overall a great freebie set and I'm totally impressed and won over on Maxfactors nail polish range. 

Xx