Tanya Burr Collection Review

If you're from the blogging/ youtube world you will no doubt of heard of Tanya Burr. She is one of my favourite vloggers to watch on youtube and I am obsessed with her blog and since then she has come out with a range of new products. 

From false eyelashes and lipgloss to eyeshadow palettes and highlighters, you'll probably find it in Tanya's growing range.

I was so excited when she announced the range was coming out as I knew it was going to be something exciting and everyone wanted a piece of the collection. I was quite late to the bandwagon with these as I think I ordered them about a year after they were released. I'm quite picky when it comes to buying new make up products, it usually takes me quite a while before I take the plunge an order it.

I had picked up a pair of Tanya's lashes from her original collection when they were first released, to be honest I didn't like them that much. I found that they looked so plasticy and false on my eyes, I put that down to not being used to wearing false eyelashes now though. Whereas now I'll be able to wear pretty much anything and try and make them work whether I like them or not, I must give them another try though as they always seem to look gorgeous on Tanya.

I have never been one to like lipgloss but as it was from Tanya's range I somehow thought this would magically make me fall inlove with wearing lipgloss. wrong. I just need to accept that lipgloss is not my thing and never will be my thing. I hate the feeling of it, heaven forbid wearing it on a windy day as my hair will be glued to my face. I do love the look of it though which is annoying.

The one palette I did have my eye on for SUCH a long time was her in her Soft Luxe collection which consisted off two eyeshadow palettes, matte nail polish and liquid lipsticks. 

This was her "Birthday Suit" palette, which was filled with brown neutrals and sparkly chocolate shades. These are my favourite kind of eyeshadows to wear so I knew if I was going to have anything it was going to be this.

I ordered mine from Feel Unique and at the time I think they had some sort of offer on so I picked up the other palette also called "Enchanted Dream" which is still really neutral but just a tad more on the cooler-toned side. 

These palettes are so pigmented and easy to blend it puts some higher end palettes to shame for the price. I love how Tanya has designed her palettes, she's made them look so young and fun.  With the heart shaped mirror and the star detailing on each of the shadows brings something different.

Along with Tanya's staple ranges she also brought out christmas collections. I picked up two palettes from her most recent collection in 2016. 

This palette is called the "Beautifully Defined Palette" it comes with 3 eyeshadows, a bronzer, a highlighter and a face illuminator (not pictured.) 

I love the eyshadows that come within this palette, i've only just noticed its basically a dupe for the Nars duo in Isolde. I have used the highlighter a few times and I think i've used the bronzer only once. I'm quite picky with bronzers and for me this one doesn't stand out enough I don't find it gives me the bronzed look I tend to go for. 

This is the second palette called "Pretty Unstoppable" I managed to pick up in the christmas collection in 2016. The shadows are still beautiful and pigmented and the Tanya Burr shadow formula is amazing. I quite like the blush that comes with this collection and the shimmer is the same as the previous.

One thing I love the most about Tanya Burr Cosmetics is the names she choses for each of the shades/products. It just shows how much time and effort Tanya takes to create these products and it makes it so personal aswell. 

This palette also comes with one of my FAVOURITE Tanya Burr products, a mini matte lipstick in the shade "Martha Moo". I have the full size of this but I think the baby version is so cute. 

Have you tried any of the Tanya Burr Cosmetics range?

Lauren x

March Wishlist

One of my favourite posts to read are wishlists! I love seeing what people have been spying and I always manage to find something i've never seen before.

As I love them so much, I thought i'd create one of my own!

A trip to Brighton

So recently we took a trip to Brighton which was booked a long long time ago back in September last year for my boyfriends birthday. 

I took my big Canon camera with me to take some good pictures but It was too bulky and hot to carry around with me so here are some snaps that I took on my phone.

It was so sunny in Brighton we had such good weather for what should have been a really gloomy dull few days in February. 

Anyway I hope you enjoy some of these pictures I took which basically summed up our whole trip which involved food and spending lots of time on the beach.

Typically it sounds like we travelled all the way down to Brighton to spend our valentines there, we didn't it just happened to fall on those couple of days. We don't typically celebrate valentines day like most couples, ours ended in ordering Domino's to our hotel room and watching telly (the best way to spend it.) 

January Favourites

Hey loves,

How is it nearly February already?! Soon it'll be christmas again and my tree will be going back up. (is that too much of an exaggeration?) So for todays post i'm going to be talking you through the products i've been loving through the month of January.

Liz Earle Cleanse & Polish - £14.00

I bought this from the hype that I was seeing on lots of blog posts and youtube videos as everyone was rating it so highly. When I first used it it a couple of times I absolutely hated it, I couldn't see why my skin wasn't improving and my skin didn't feel clean enough as everyone else made out it was so magical? I stopped using it for about 2 months finding other cleansers which did the job but still didn't make my skin feel as clean as I know it could be. Recently this month I ran out of my much loved Nivea cleanser and didn't have another one spare, so I rummaged through my draws and found my cleanse & polish at the back holding its head in shame and decided to give it another go not expecting it to be much better than the last time I used it. I decided to use it with a different cloth than what came with my cleanser and instead of using cotton pads just incase it would perform better with something different. So I found another cloth which was a lot thicker and almost felt like a towel/ flannel material. So I tried it again, used 2 pumps and put it all over my face and then ran the cloth under hot water and then used it to clean my make up off. Oh my god my skin has never felt so good and my make up completely vanished from my skin. I've also seen a dramatic improvement on my skin as well, it looks so much more healthy and my break outs have decreased more and more. I used to think it was this which was giving me break outs but turns out I was just having a bad skin day. Will deffo be repurchasing. 

Estée Lauder Double Wear Stay In Place Powder - £33.00

I feel like this post is coming across as I started hating all of these products and now suddenly love them again! It isn't I promise. Now with this product I bought the matching Double Wear foundation which is a cult for most beauty lovers with its full coverage and amazing staying power. I've fallen in love with this again but before I used to think it made my skin super dry but it just turns out my moisturiser was really naff. I've got the shade Ivory Nude which has a slight yellow undertone which matches my foundation but also doesn't make me look like a complete ghost by giving me a tint of colour. It stays on all day and and makes my skin look completely flawless on top of my foundation.

Anastasia Brow Powder Duo - £17.00

If you don't own any type of Anastasia brow product, oh my god are you living under a rock? I originally purchased this just under a year ago and its still going strong. It is so easy to use and and the product stays in place ALL day. I stopped using this for a while and switched to the Anastasia Dip Brow Pomade which I love equally as much. I recently took this back out of my drawer and wondered why I ever stopped using it, it makes your brows look so full but so natural at the same time. I'll be so heartbroken the day this runs out but I know i'll definitely be repurchasing another, nothing compares.

Too Faced Born This Way Naturally Radiant Concealer - £20.00

I'm really picky with concealers I find it really hard to find something which competes which my Maybelline Age Rewind Concealer. I bought this as an impulse buy, I had been looking into it for a while and then bought it one day as a comfort buy when I was having a really crappy day and i'm really glad about it. I find it covers everything in just the right amount and doesn't budge. I've got the shade "Light" and I find it is the perfect shade for under my eyes to brighten my dark circles but great for covering blemishes too, I think this is my second tube of this? YAY.

L'Oreal True Match Foundation - £9.99

The amount of foundations I have tried is getting ridiculous now, I just couldn't find one which I loved so much and ticked all the boxes. That was until I found L'Oreal true match again, I tried this YEARS ago after hearing Lauren Curtis rave about it for years. I absolutely HATED it, it looked horrible, my skin looked so so dry and it clung to all the dry patches. I tried it again early last year and fell in love with it! I've repurchased it in different shades for when i've got more of a tan and for when i'm a lot paler. I'm not sure if they've changed their formula or I just learnt to moisturise my skin properly but oh my its my absolute FAVE. I took this foundation away with me when I went to Menorca and Mexico last year, super hot countries which means super sweaty melted skin. It has such good coverage and is SUCH a good price, it stays on my face all day and I just cannot get over how amazing it is. I've tried some of the most expensive foundations and it doesn't even come close to how amazing this is. Its got such good coverage but feels incredibly light on the skin, they have a great shade range too.

Benefit Hoola Bronzer - £23.50

I've loved this bronzer for years, I think this might be my 3rd or 4th pot. Which doesn't sound a lot but the product lasts such a long time. This bronzer shade is the perfect colour for contouring and bronzing my face, it looks so good for my paler skin and doesn't make me look like i've rolled in mud and like I don't know how to blend.

Laura Mercier Transulcent Powder - £29.00

This is definitely one of those products that was super hyped on Youtube and on loads of blog posts. I was really nervous buying this as it clearly isn't the cheapest product on the market but it is 100% worth it. It sets my under eyes perfectly and if you blend your eyeshadow too high one day brush some of this over it and it fixes EVERYTHING. So worth the money and I don't know where i'd be without it!

What are your January faves?

Lauren x