New Makeup Launches That Have Me Shook!

Hey beaut's!

At this time of the year so many brands are bringing out autumn launches or revealing their new collections for Christmas and just like most years what I've seen so far I love A LOT - sorry bank balance!!!  

So lets start with Urban Decay... Not only have they recently launched their Stay Naked Foundation and Concealer which I'm desperate to try, but they've only gone a teased us with their brand new Honey Collection launching on September 22nd! The Honey Collection contains many favourites like a setting spray, primer potion, eyeliner plus more but what I'm super excited for is the Naked Honey Palette. If you've read my blog for a while you'll know I'm a huge fan of Urban Decays Naked family, in fact their original Naked palette was the very first piece of high end makeup I ever owned so now I feel the need to collect every one, and those gold hues though....STUNNING!

Another brand that always lures me in with their new launches in Too Faced and this autumn/Christmas we can get excited for the Gingerbread Spice collection! I was lucky enough to buy the Gingerbread Palette last year before they all sold out but this time around theres an entire collection to feast our eyes on. As well as a new Gingerbread Spice Palette we have a mini palette, bronzer, lippie and liquid lips all set to launch around the 22nd September just like Urban Decays Honey collection! I have my eye on this entire collection already, I literally love the look of everything!

Essie also have some stunning new shades of nail polish for autumn, it has a few burnt oranges that just remind me of pumpkins so I'll definitely be after one of those new shades! I'm also super interested in Huda Beauty's new eyeliner, I wear a winged liner everyday without fail so I'm always on the hunt for a good'un!

I'm sure there will be lots more amazing releases coming this Christmas from other brands, I'm also excited to see all the advent calenders this year, I know quite a few have been released already but I just know theres still so many more to go, beauty calenders just seem to be getting more popular year after year don't they!

What beauty launches are you excited for beaut's? I'd love to know! 

May Beauty Wishlist!

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It's been a while since I done a beauty wishlist and seeing as theres so much on my wishlist right now I thought it was about time I jumped back onto the wishlist train! Firstly how STUNNING is the new Charlotte Tilbury Glowgasm Palette in Lightgasm, yes this palette might be £60.00 which is definitely a lot of dosh but it's limited edition and screaming at me to buy it. Sticking with palettes, Youtuber Rachel Leary has just collaborated with Revolution and created two palettes one of which is right up my street - Goddess On The Go - those warm tones though, I need it in my makeup loving life! I really want to get a couple of bit's from the new MAC Aladdin collection as again these are limited edition, the lipstick in the shade Rajah looks gorgeous and there's also an eyeshadow palette in the collection which I'm lusting after too. Can we all just a take a minute to look at how pretty those makeup brushes are by Wet & Wild, it's their Eye Perfection Brush set, I'm such a sucker for eyeshadow brushes so these are firmly on my wishlist right now! 

Whats on your beauty wishlist at the moment beaut's?

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Slay This Spring/Summer With Cosmetify!

Hey beaut's!

As the weather gets a that bit warmer, the flowers start blooming and we naturally start feeling those Spring/Summer vibes it's time to switch things up in your makeup bag and get Spring/Summer ready! Say goodbye to your heavy matte foundations, dark eye shadows and vampy lips and rekindle your love with something lighter, brighter and fresher. So today I thought I would share with you a couple of products I got from Cosmetify* that are going to be perfect for the up and coming seasons!

If you haven't heard of Cosmetify before they're a beauty discovery website that has thousands upon thousands of makeup and beauty products all on one platform making it so quick and easy to shop, theres your higher end brands like NARs, Charlotte Tilbury and Chanel, and your high street brands like Barry M, Collection and ELF so theres brands to suit everyone, and theres everything from makeup, hair, tanning, fragrance, nails and even men's grooming to choose from, it's essentially a hub of all things beauty! 

One thing I always like to switch up when the weather gets warmer is my base makeup products so I had to grab a new primer to try, I opted for the Barry M Unicorn Primer Drops Beauty Elixir (£7.99) and I'm so glad I did because I love it! This is an oil-free elixir which is packed with super fruits such as acai berry, goji berry, watermelon and tamarind, which all work together to brighten, detoxify, hydrate and smooth the skin making it the perfect primer and skin care treatment. As you apply the primer the pink glowy formula from the little pipette dropper adds the most natural luminosity to the skin without being glittery thank goodness, it goes super tacky as you rub it in which my foundation seems to love because it blends and lasts like a dream over the top of it, it's amazing stuff that I'm going to need to re-purchase over and over from now on!    

Sticking with base makeup I had wanted to try the Laura Mercier Translucent Loose Setting Powder (£20.00) for soooo long and when I saw Cosmetify had a deluxe mini size available it seemed the perfect time to give it a whirl, plus you always need a good setting powder in the warmer months dont you! After giving this powder a go I can finally see why it's so well loved in the beauty world, it literally goes on so lightly and smoothly without adding a powdery texture to the skin - it's amazing, it also has a soft-focus blur effect built in so it subtly blurs imperfections, it doesn't settle into fine lines or pores either and never looks cakey, which is an absolute first for me when trying a loose powder! It's INCREDIBLE and no wonder it's won awards!

I love that MAC now have a 'Little' range as it allows you to try something out before maybe committing to the larger size, I decided to grab the MAC Little Pigment (£10.00) in the shade Rose which is the most beautiful deep metallic rose colour with gold flecks suspended within it, it just screams Spring/Summer to me and I also think it would work amazingly well during the festival season!

Finally Summer just wouldn't be Summer without messy beachy waves and I happen to love that wavy look, and Redken's Wax Blast Spray (£10.73) is literally incredible for creating that perfectly undone texture to the hair whilst also keeping the style in place for a good couple of days! The way I like to use the wax blast spray to achieve that beachy look is by curling my hair (you don't have to be neat) I then spray the wax blast through the curls and on my hands and use my hands as a comb to work it through the curls and make them quite messy and choppy, the effect is lush! The next day I repeat with the spray to add more texture to the curls and as more days go by the better it looks in my opinion!

What are your Spring/Summer beauty product must haves beaut's? I'd love to know!

Check out all of these products along with thousands more on the Cosmetify.



This post is in collaboration with Cosmetify, all opinions are my own.

New In From Essence Cosmetics!

Hey beaut's!

If you've been reading my blog for a while now you'll know that I'm a bit of a Essence Cosmetics addict, I absolutely love their products because not only are they all so affordable but the quality is actually very good too - I literally cant get enough of their lip products and nail polishes, their so so good! Anyway...recently Essence launched some fab new bit's for Spring/Summer and I've been testing a few out over the last month or so and I'm actually pretty shook!!

Let's start with the Shine Last & Go nail polishes, now as I said before I love the Essence nail polishes but this range has a new quick dry gel formula which is literally to die for, the gel finish gives you that hard wearing, glossy 'salon-esk' finish and the fact their quick drying is heaven for me because I hate waiting for my nail polish to dry! Theres also a whopping 50 shades to choose from which is literally insane, and at £1.60 a bottle you really cant go wrong!

Essence now have a Lip Ritual Collection to keep our pouts looking and feeling fresh, three products within this collection are the Ritual Balms, theres a Nourishing Balm with Rice Oil which nourishes and pampers the lips intensively, a Moisturising Balm with Cherry Blossom Extract which revitalises and provides a huge dose of moisture and theres a Repairing Balm with Ginkgo Leaf Extract which regenerates the lips and makes them feel supple. My favourite is the Moisturising Balm because it makes my lips look and feel so juicy, it smells lush and it's pink which is always a winner for me, and at £2.00 they really are a bargain!

I'm a sucker for eyeshadow palettes so I was so excited when I saw Essence had some new ones I could play with. The City of Palettes collection features four stunning eyeshadow palettes which are just £7.00 each, I have the G'Day Sydney Palette which contains nine warm toned shades with a pop of blue and green thrown in for good measure and the Hello New York Palette which again contains nine shades but this one has more cool-toned shades to play with! Both eyeshadow palettes have a mixture of matte and shimmer shades, the pigmentation is good for budget eyeshadow palettes, but I will say some shade do need a bit of building up but overall I really like them! 

Theres also a new face palette called 'Hey Cheeks' (£6.00) which contains 6 shades - theres 1 highlighter, 3 blushes and 2 bronzer's. Now this palette I absolutely love, all 3 of the blushes are gorgeous and blend out beautifully, the matte bronzer is lush and really warms up my pasty face and I actually like to use the glittery bronzer as an eyeshadow - I do love a muilt-use product! The only shade that's a little lack-luster for me is the highlighter, it's quite subtle which is great if you don't like something super bright but I like my highlighter to really glow, that being said I LOVE this palette and it's not left my makeup bag since I got it!

Now you know how much I love a winged liner look so it didn't take me long to put the Essence Dip Eyeliner (£2.50) through it's paces, this one has a super firm tip making it so easy to create precise line and wings with the sharpest flick at the end, arhhh it's amazing! It's super inky black, dries down matte and because it has a waterproof formula it lasts all day long!

The final product I've been putting to the test is the Insta Perfect Liquid Highlighter in the shade Gold Addiction. I love a liquid highlighter because their so versatile, you can use it as a glowy primer before foundation, you can mix it in with your foundation for a dewy finish, you can mix it with body butters or you can just use it as a regular highlighter to make your cheekbones pop! 

All Essence products are available from Wilko stores or online HERE

*This post contains gifted items, all opinions are my own!

New Launches By Technic Cosmetics + Swatches!

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I've talked a hell of a lot about Technic Cosmetics over last few months on haysparkle.com and that's because I've really fallen in love with the brand, some of their products are now my makeup bag essentials so when they launch new pretties I cant wait to get my hands on them, lucky for me they have recently launched some gorgeous looking bits which I've been giving a whirl!

The first two newbies are Technic's VIP Colour Wave Eye & Cheek Palettes in Bronzed Bae* and Fairy Tale* (£6.99)! These are soooooo pretty, each palette contains five little wave segments of soft, baked colour which double up as eyeshadows where you can use each little segment separately, or you can swirl a brush through all the colours and use them as pretty epic highlighters. I've been using Bronzed Bae loads because it's so easy to use on an everyday basis and the highlight that the first 2 shades within Bronzed Bae creates is absolutely stunning! Fairy Tale is much more of a fun, daring palette, I absolutely love it because it just reminds me of unicorns and all things pretty and used together as a highlighter it's just 'wow', I've never rainbow highlighted before but it looks so cool on the cheek bones. You can also use both of these palettes wet or dry and really up the pigment and hi-shine if you wish but they do work really well dry in my opinion!

I think it's absolutely genius that Technic have launched their very own Shade Adjusting Collection, it so hard to find the perfect shade of foundation these days so any lightening or darkening drops that you can easily buy are a winner. As well as the light and the dark drops Technic also have Shade Adjusting Highlighter Drops* (£2.99) which I've been obsessed with! I'm all about glowy skin and a few drops of this gorgeous stuff mixed in with my foundation creates the perfect dewy, radiant skin, in the Spring/Summer months these drops are going to be an essential for me. 

Finally we have the Technic Shadow Sticks*, I LOVE eyeshadow sticks because their so quick and easy to use, you can simply scribble the colour on your eyelids and either use your finger or a brush to blend the colour out and your ready to go! I have the shades Frosting - an icy white perfect for highlighting the brow bone and inner corners, After Midnight - a deep blue/black with tiny silver sparkles running through it, Rose Gold - my favourite shade out of the four and the one I've been reaching for the most, as the name would suggest and its a pretty rose gold/copper shade and finally I have Chocolate Fondant - a super wearable metallic bronze! All four of these shades are super pigmented, blend out beautiful and can be worn alone if your in a bit of a pinch or they work great as base/primer shades for powder shadows, Frosting really helps bright eyeshadows pop too!

Are you a fan of Technic? Which products are your favourite? I'd love to know!

Superdrug Beauty Haul

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They other day I went into Superdrug to check out their 3 for 2 offer across all makeup, and surprise, surprise everything I needed to repurchase or wanted to give a whirl was out of stock, so I placed a cheeky order on their website instead so I thought I'd share with you all what I picked up!

Lets kick things off with makeup products... Firstly I needed to repurchase three things started with the amazing Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer in Fair (£4.19), this concealer is literally the bomb and sells out instantly and for good reason, the coverage is amazing, it isn't heavy or cakey and to be honest I have higher end concealers that aren't as good as this little beauty. I also needed to pick up another Miss Sporty Studio Lash The Miaoww Liquid Eyeliner (£2.99), this is actually my third one of these now and I cant be without it, it's hands down the best high street liquid liner I've ever tried, it's just so easy to use and precise and the formula is so inky black and long lasting, I love it! My last repurchase was the Rimmel Scandal'Eyes Waterproof Kohl Liner (£3.99), if your looking for a super creamy, black, long lasting eyeliner for your waterline then this beauty is a must, I've been without it for a couple of months but I'm so happy to have one back in my makeup bag now he he.
Moving on to the makeup products that are new to me, starting with the Rimmel Kate Moss Sculpting Palette in Coral Glow (£6.99), this is something I've wanted to try for so long so I'm glad I finally took the plunge a bought it. It's such a handy little palette that contains a clever trio of powder shades, theres a highlighter, bronzing powder and blush all of which claim to seamlessly blend with your natural skin tone to create a contoured look, and so far I'm loving it! Then I opted for two lip liners by Barry M in the shades Blush and Toast. These lip liners are incredible and if you haven't tried any from Barry M before then I'd highly suggest you give them a whirl, they are only £2.99 each which is so affordable and the formula is so velvety soft to apply whilst still being firm enough to create precise lines and the texture is stunning!

Lastly I picked up a couple of bit's up for my hair... I needed some shampoo and conditioner so when I saw Herbal Essences had a limited edition design called Life's Beachy which was half price I had to pick them up to try. I've used these a few times now since I bought them and have really enjoyed using them, they also make my hair smell incredible, just like a tropical cocktail. Because I bought the shampoo and the conditioner I also got a free Herbal Essences Dry Shampoo which I forgot to photograph but have been enjoying all the same! And lastly I picked up a little bottle of L'Oreal Elvive Extraordinary Oil to try, this is a 5-in-1 Miracle Hair Perfecter and wow it's good, it leaves my hair so smooth, silky, nourished and without any fly aways, woohoo!

Did you buy anything in Superdrugs 3 for 2 beaut's? I'd love to know what you picked up!