14 Things that have caught my eye this month: Winter Wants!

17 Pumpkin carving and Lion King pumpkins!

So today I went to my cousins with my sisters and Mum to do some pumpkin carving. Here's my effort:

It's Scar from The Lion King!

My sister did Mufasa

And here's the rest of my families pumpkins which are Nightmare before Christmas themed!

We are pretty proud! Have you been pumpkin carving? Hope all of you have a happy Halloween!

6 MAC & Gareth Pugh

So ever since I heard about this lovely collaboration between MAC cosmetics and Gareth Pugh I've been excited. I was so pleased when I saw previews available yesterday on temptalia HERE

So Gareth Pugh is an amazing designer, I love his creativity with fans of his clothing such as Beyonce and Lady Gaga.

I knew his collaboration with MAC was going to be a great one!

Pictures of the collection are from Temptalia

Amazing isn't it? I don't know what I'm getting from this collection yet, I really like the lipsticks and the eyeshadows.

This collection is set to hit the UK in December 

Will you be getting any of this collection?  



11 A little trip to lush!

So I had a trip to lush as these lovely ladies Paperbacks and Postcards Hivenn and Yolandaas suggested I buy the Lemony Flutter cuticle butter.

So here is what I bought:

Heres the Lemony Flutter Cuticle butter, it smells AMAZING it smells like Lemon Meringue pie. It is really softening and I have noticed an improvement in my hands, this is now going to be a staple in my skin care routine. The only downside is it is a little bit greasy so I put it on generously before bed with a pair of gloves on to stop it from going everywhere. Also a little of this product goes a long way, I can see this pot lasting me ages.

I asked the assistant about which face wash would be perfect for me, I have sensitive skin and often a lot of face washes are too harsh for my skin. She recommened Ultrabland. She said that as it contains bees wax it removes your make up thoroughly without being too harsh on the skin. My skin felt really good after using this it left my face moisturised, it is also perfect for removing eye make up, you can rub it through your eyelashes to remove mascara without it hurting at all. I love this product and it is now my new facewash :)

I couldn't resist a new soap, everytime I go to lush I need to get a new soap, so I got Snowglobe which smells gorgeous! it's really citrusy.

So what lush products do you think I should try out? what are your favs? I hope motherbear has some lush in my stocking this year!

13 Muppets OPI Rainbow connection & a mini appearance of the minis!

So I've been so excited about the Muppets & OPI holiday collection and the one polish I have been excited about is this....

RAINBOW CONNECTION!

It is multiple sized pink, silver, green, yellow, blue and orange in a clear polish. I love it! The pictures I've taken really don't give this polish justice. I love how the pieces of glitter are different sizes and as my sister said it makes it looks like confetti :) It has been compared to Deborah Lippmanns Happy Birthday but I prefer the colour range of the glitter in this.

These swatches are with one coat of Rainbow Connection over Barry M's bright pink. I think if you wanted to create a opaque glitter nail with this polish it will take approximatly 6 coats. I also don't have an overcoat in these swatches as I need to remove it before work tomorrow and didn't want it to be to fiddly to remove.

Now my littlest sister is a nail polish addict, she loves painted her nails and loves pretty colours so I got her this mini set as a little stocking filler, she's going to love this. The set includes Wocka Wocka a shimmery red, Excuse Moi a dark pink with various coloured small glitter, Designer de Better a silvery pinky colour and Warm & Fozzie a bronzey colour with a bit of a pinky shimmer to it.

I'm now so tempted to get myself the mini set to, I love the colour Warm & Fozzie!

Did you buy any of this collection? What are your favourites? I'm tempted by Fresh Frog of Bel Air but not sure about it's practicality.

2 WHO THE HELL TOLD CHANEL THEY CAN DISCONTINUE PRO LUMIERE?!?!

So I went to my Chanel counter today to get my pro lumiere and the woman tells me it's discontinued and she only had the 3 palest colours left. WHAT! Apparently it's to make way for a new foundation called matte lumiere which is only available in January. Chanel I'm not a happy little girly right now. This matte lumiere best be amazing! Me and my no longer glowing skin are going to go cry in a corner. On the upside I got my OPI muppets rainbow connection today review tomorrow!

10 BEAUTY BLOGGERS I NEED YOUR HELP!

So this is a little blogpost because I seriously need some advise on handcare products.
My hands have gotten horrible recently, apart from the large scar I have from work when I put my hand in a panini machine (stupid I know!)
 I have jagged tears from my cuticles. I don't know how they happen but I was wondering if anyone knows any handcare products which will help look after my cuticles and the surrounding areas of skin and get my hands looking pretty again!

Would love all your beauty expertise!!