Bright Lip FOTD

Hey guys, so the other day I did a Shop My Stash blog post and in it I mentioned a lipstick by No.7 called Gay Geranium that I was a bit worried about wearing because it might be a bit too bright and make me look slightly like a clown. I decided to do a FOTD to show you guys the lipstick on and to find out what you think about it.

With this lip look I decided to really neutral eyes so that the lips would be the main focus, and my makeup wouldn't to crazy or bright. The eye look I did was done using a Rimmel Eye Shadow quad in Smokey Brun. I have done a tutorial for that already on my blog so if you want to know how to do the eyes click here.

In case you were wondering, the foundation I used in this look is the Bourjois Healthy Mix Radiance Reveal foundation in the colour Light Vanilla. I have already written a review of this foundation which you can read here.

For the lips I used the No.7 lipstick Gay Geranium and a Kiko lip pencil in no.705. I think using a lip liner helped, but if you have Gay Geranium and couldn't find a lip pencil to match, you can always just apply the lipstick using a lip brush to get it more precise.

So that was my FOTD. Let me know what you thought about the lipstick in the comments below. Do you love it or think it's way to bright?

My Best and Worst Dressed of the Oscars 2014

Hey guys, today I'm gonna be doing my best and worst dressed from the Oscars the other night. There was so many amazing dresses that I wasn't able to include them all in my best dressed but I did include some absolutely stunning ones. 

Best Dressed :

Lupita Nyong'o 

Definitely not for the first time this award season, Lupita looked absolutely amazing. She looked like a princess in this gorgeous duck egg blue dress with a stunning plunge neckline. She always knows how to let a dress speak for itself by wearing simple makeup and minimal accessories with it like a simple headband and gorgeous earrings. 

Kate Hudson

This is definitely one of my favourites from the night. Kate Hudson brought it in this stunning white Versace dress. Another plunging neckline but my favourite thing about this dress is the shoulder cape attachment, it really just brings this dress from a gorgeous dress to absolutely spectacular. Love it! 

Naomi Watts

I don't know why I like white dresses so much but Naomi Watts was another favourite of mine from the night. This dress looked better in the video footage I saw than in photographs but you can still see that it is completely breathtaking. I love the shape with the little capped sleeves, the gorgeous detail of it, plus the statement necklace that really ties the whole thing together. She looks flawless. 

Emma Watson

I love this dress on Emma Watson. The contrast between the top and skirt part of the dress is perfect and the colours are perfect on her too. I really, really love the hair and makeup, and also how she accessorized it with a couple of statement rings.  

Jennifer Lawrence

This is my favourite red carpet look from Jennifer Lawrence this award season. The dress is simple yet gorgeous. The colour is amazing. I much prefer her hair like this than the way she wore it to the some of the other award shows this year. Love the accessories too!

Giuliana Rancic

I love Giuliana's flowy princess style Paolo Sebastian gown. The detail on the top half is so gorgeous and sparkly. She looked amazing!! 

Cate Blanchett 

It seems Cate Blanchett can do no wrong this award season as she pulls off another look for the best dressed lists. The dress is stunning, very simple yet detailed at the same time.

Kristen Belle

Light coloured dresses seemed to be a bit of a trend at this years Oscars, didn't they? I love the shape of this dress. I think Kristen Belle wore it perfectly. The hair, the bag and the necklace really bring it all together to make her look really stunning. 

Now, on to the worst dressed.

Worst Dressed: 

Lady Gaga

I don't like this look on Lady Gaga. The dress on its own is actually pretty nice but paired with the scarf thing, the hair and the makeup, something just doesn't work for me. If their was nothing around her neck then I think this could have been quite nice.

  Elsa Pataky  (Chris Hemsworth's Wife )

I just thought that Elsa Pataky's dress looked slightly ridiculous on a pregnant woman. I've said before in another best and worst dressed blog post that I think a really simple dress looks the most gorgeous on someone who is pregnant, but she wore a really sparkly, sheer dress which almost gave the effect that it was see-through. I just didn't like it very much at all.

Pharrell Williams

Last but not least, making my worst dressed list for the second time this award season, is Pharrell Williams. He wore shorts to the Oscars. I liked what he was trying to do and I like that he takes risks but this just reminded me of a little boy in the 1930's. If you took away the bow-tie, it would have basically been something that was worn by children back then.  

So that was my best and worst dressed of the Oscars 2014. I hope you like this post. If you did make sure to give it a like on Bloglovin or a +1 on Google Plus. For more, here are the links for some of my other best and worst dressed blog posts from the rest of the awards season: The Golden Globes, The SAG Awards and The Grammys.

*I don't own any of the pictures used in the above blog post .

Giveaway Winner!!

Hey guys! So my second ever giveaway just ended. The prize of the giveaway is a Benefit They're Real mascara and I bet you are all dying to know who the winner is. So without further ado, the winner is....

Sílvia F.

Congratulations Sílvia! I have already emailed Sílvia to get her postal information and will be sending her the prize in the next few days. For those of you who were unsuccessful, please make sure to enter more of my future giveaways. Thank you all for continuing to follow my blog. I really appreciate it. Also, make sure to look out for my Oscars best and worst dressed which will be posted either later today or tomorrow.

Shop My Stash

Hey guys, lately I've been trying not to spend as much money because I'm still trying to find a part-time job after returning from France and am rapidly going through my savings, so I thought this was a great time to do a shop my stash post. If you don't know already, shop my stash is when you go through all of your makeup and beauty products and pick out things that you have either forgot about or just haven't used in a long time, so basically its kind of like doing a haul of stuff you already have which is great if you are trying to save money! So here is what I picked:

The first thing I picked was this Powder Trip palette by Soap and Glory that I got for Christmas which I love but completely forgot that I had it because of the way I had stored it in my makeup collection. I already mentioned this in a blog post before which you can read here. I can't wait to start using this again, I can't believe that I forgot that I had it.

The next thing I picked is another Soap and Glory product, their Peaches and Clean cleansing milk. I love this cleansing milk and wrote a review about it which you can read here. When I went to France, I didn't have room in my suitcase to pack it and then I forgot about it when I cam home four months later. I really love using this to remove my makeup and it always leaves my skin feeling so soft so I'm glad that I remembered that I had it.

The next thing I chose is this Essie nail polish in the colour Mind Your Mittens. I love this colour and bought it in France right before I came home. I'd say I only wore it once or twice in France, and once I came home and unpacked I kind of forgot about it because have been mostly only wearing the same wine-y colour on my nails recently.

The next thing I chose is Benefit's The Porefessional. Lately I've been skipping the primer in my makeup routine because I'm always in a hurry whenever I'm doing my makeup. I do love how this primer gives my skin a flawless finish though so I'm gonna start using it again.

The next two items I chose is a No 7 lipstick in the colour Gay Geranium and a Kiko lip liner to match. Together these two products create a bright orange-y toned lip. I really like the idea of a bright lip but sometimes I feel like I mightn't be able to pull it off or that I might look like a bit of a clown so I've been avoiding using them. I really want to wear it sometime soon to at least try it out and see what everyone thinks of it. I might do a FOTD with it on my blog soon so you can let me know what you think.

The last thing I chose is another Soap and Glory product. Clean On Me is my favourite shower gel but like a couple of other items in this post, I forgot about it when I came back from France. My mom had organised all my room and my bathroom for me before I came home so when Clean On Me wasn't in my shower, I just used whatever was there, but now that I've found it again, it's going straight back in my shower.

So that was my Shop my Stash blog post, I hope you liked it. If you did, give it a like on Bloglovin or a +1 on Google Plus. If you have done a Shop my Stash blog post before or have been inspired to by this one, leave a link to your blog post in the comments below because I would love to see them.

Inexpensive Ruby Makeup Brushes Set Review

Hey guys, today I wanted to review a inexpensive Ruby Brushes set. This set is only 20 euros and for that you get 6 brushes and with a brush belt. One thing I really love about these brushes is the professional black handles with the pretty purple Ruby logo. I also love that they come in a brush belt but I have found that if you turn the brush belt upside down with the brushes in it, that some of them will fall out because the pouches that are supposed to be made the fit them are a bit too big, which is annoying but you don't have to use the brush belt.

The first brush that comes in this set is the powder brush. I really like this brush. It is really soft and the perfect size for a powder brush, not too big or not too small. Although one or two bristles fall out every so often, I think I might actually prefer this than more high end powder brushes than I've used before. It is so soft on your skin and applies powder really easily. This might be my favourite brush in the set.

The next brush in the set is the foundation brush. Although I usually like to use either a buffing brush or a duo fibre brush to do my foundation, this brush is fine for a foundation brush. It's not the softest pointed foundation brush to use but it definitely does the job. So it would be good for someone who is just starting out with makeup brushes. 

The next brush is a crease brush. This brush is good for blending out eye shadow but I found that the bristles fell out quite a bit while using this brush. I think that this would also be a good starter brush though to build up your collection if you couldn't afford the more expensive brushes.

The next brush is a sort of flat, slightly fluffy shader brush which is great for applying a base eye shadow across the lid. I think that this sort of brush doesn't have to be very expensive, that the all do it well so I would use this brush everyday.

The next brush is a very small angle brush. I find this brush is great for doing gel, liquid or even shadow liner above the top lash. I also like to use this brush to do very precise shaped eyebrows even though it takes a little longer than it would have using a normal sized brow brush. This is another brush in the set that is one of my favourites.

The last brush in this set is a small round sort of a brush that I like to use to blend out eyeliner and also to apply eye shadow under the eye. I like this brush. It doesn't have a lot of fall and does its job perfectly.

Overall, I think this set is well worth the money and is quite good quality for the price. I would definitely recommend it for someone who is just starting their brush collection because of how inexpensive it is and because it contains a lot of the essential brushes that you need in your makeup brush collection. I think you can get these brushes in some Boots stores and they are available in some pharmacies so keep a lookout for them. I think they are only available in Ireland and Great Britain but let me know if you have seen them anywhere else and I will add it to this post.

I hope you liked this post. If you did, give it a like on Bloglovin or a +1 on Google plus to let me know if I should do more reviews like this in the future. Have you ever bought Ruby brushes? What did you think of them? Leave a comment down below.