The Weekend Chore Made Easy

Please tell me that I am not the only one who hates washing makeup brushes? It is something that I vow to do every week to try and keep them as clean as possible but boy do I hate it! The result afterwards is of course worth it, but when you have so many to do it is very time consuming and tiring. The past month or so I have been using a fancy tool to clean mine and this has made the world on the difference when it comes to cleaning. My hands don't get full of wrinkles, nor do I get tired, a bit of music blasting and brush cleaning is fun!

Healthy Skin in a Bottle

More recently than ever I have become obsessed with foundation, not wearing it but more trying out new ones and seeing what fits with my skin type. At the moment Clinque are winning it for me in high end, then for drugstore it has to be this beauty from Max Factor. Kiran recently tweeted about wanting to try the Covergirl Healthy Elixir, that I swear every USA beauty influncer loves. I also join her in that line of 'waiting for Covergirl to launch in the UK' but for now this will do. I did a bit of digging and found out that Max Factor is actually Covergirl's sister brand, so everything they have in the states, the UK has something similar. The healthy elixir foundation is very similar, if not the same to the healthy skin harmony foundation. I can't quite compare them both, even though I would love to but I can give you a first impressions and testing of Max Factor's foundation. It has also been a hot minute, since I've done a full review.

                                         

Making the Most of Summer

Even though I love everything that comes with Autumn, nothing can beat the clothes in summer. Floral prints, dresses and skirts - it is all my favourite and even now as we come into September I am still living and breathing in my summer wardrobe and hope to drag it out as long as possible. Last bank holiday weekend, I went to Germany for a short city break. Packing for this was really difficult as I don't know what quite to expect, but one fail safe option that came with me was a maxi dress.

Maxi dresses have become popular to wear not only in the evenings but also everyday too. From a night out in the city to the beach as a cover up, they are so easy to wear and style. The main benefit of this trend is that a max dress, without a doubt looks very feminine and classy. Take this maxi dress from Very for example, it couldn't be anymore perfect. 

The dress has a chevron pattern going all the way down and this is a creative pattern that can spice up any summer look. The widening of the stripes might seem daunting at first as it is quite eye catching but it means you don't have to put much effort into styling it up. I've kept it very simple as the dress is the main attraction. Majority of my wardrobe is monochrome and no matter how hard I try to adjust, I always come back to it and this is the main reason why I love this dress. The chevron is monochrome, but then you have a pop of orange going through that just makes the dress stand out even more. It isn't a neon orange either, so very flattering on everyone. 

The tan wedges are actually from George at Asda a few years back, they lace up and work perfectly with this maxi and so many more outfits in my wardrobe. They are also very, very comfortable to wear even after walking around for the whole day. I wish that I had a denim jacket to pair with it as that would look perfect, but a leather jacket looks just as good and is the perfect way to style the dress up for the evening. Adding a jacket and some boots would also work really well in the winter, making sure the dress isn't hung up and worn well! 

I haven't stopped wearing this dress since having it in my wardrobe and so many compliments on it too! 

 
*in collaboration with Very

No More Boring Hair

My hair is something that I have never been very adventurous with, I let it do its own thing most of the time. It is also naturally straight and very stubborn, meaning that trying to do anything to it is practically impossible. After a recent trip to the hairdressers, where she got a bit crazy with the scissors and put lots of layers in, it was time to do something with my hair. She put the layers in such a way that if I don't set it then it looks awful. I have had to find ways to styling my hair quickly and nicely.