July Favourites.

I've not really had many favourites this month which makes a change from me struggling to choose from loads of products I've loved! I don't think I've bought much new makeup or Skincare this month, I've just been enjoying stuff that I've already got. Anyway, here's a selection of my fave products of this summer month. Please link me to your July Favourites posts! Thanks for stopping by x

MAC Lipstick in Pure Heroine and Avon Ultra Glimmerstick Lip Liner in Deep Plum- I used this duo to create my Lorde inspired makeup look and I'm looking forward to rocking these all throughout the winter!

Nails Inc. in Showfield Street- this QVC exclusive shade had my name written all over it and I love it loads! 

Chanel Le Vernis in 615 Sweet Lilac- hands down my fave nail varnish at the minute. I also think this is my favourite Chanel nail varnish in my collection! It's just so me and it's so wearable I love it!

MAC Kelly Osbourne Lipstick in Dodgy Girl- this will be in my favourites always. Favourite lipstick of all time, no competition. 

Avon True Colour Eyeshadow Quads in Nearly Naked and Barely There- I've been wearing these two quads every day off I've had since I bought them! I love shade two in the bottom palette especially but the top palette is my fave by far! It's just so wearable and different with the pink shades. 

Lorde Lips ft MAC and Avon.

Left to right- Avon Lip Liner in Deep Plum, MAC Lipsticks in Pure Heroine (Amplified), Heroine (Matte) and Rebel (Satin).

Avon Glimmersticks Lip Liner in Deep Plum (£6 from Avon); Lorde for MAC Lipstick in Pure Herione (Amplified, £15.50 from MAC).

There's something so empowering about wearing a deep plum lip to me. Despite it being mid-summer, MAC launched their latest collaboration with Lorde. Although they were criticised for the 'collection' only containing one lisptick and an eyeliner (can you even call that a collection?!) no one was complaining about the lipstick, oh no. The name Pure Heroine is not only the name of Lorde's debut album but it's also a play on names based on one of MAC's latest return shades Heroine. I recently created a Lorde inspired makeup look (go check out the post!) using Pure Heroine so I thought now would be a good time to review it. 

Pure Heroine is an Amplified finish lippy, which to me means high gloss and pure colour and this does not fail to impress. It's a super dark and sultry purple plum with not a hint of red in sight. It lasts ridiculously long on the lips, requiring few touch ups. I wore this over Avon Glimmersticks Lip Liner in Deep Plum which provided a great base for the lisptick making it last longer and truer to colour. Although Deep Plum is more reddy than Pure Heroine, it still does the job for me. It's super creamy and precise with it's twist crayon type action. 

Ask you can see from the comparisons, Pure Herione is literally an Amplified version of the amazing matte Heroine. I can't believe how red these lippies make Rebel look even though it wears like a lovely vampy shade. I would say of the three, Pure Heroine is my favourite. Well done MAC. Let me know what you think! Thanks for stopping by x

June Favourites.

WOWZERS, it's that time again for my monthly favourites! This year is going by so fast it's horrible! I've loved so many things this month, it's been a time for new launches and new beauty discoveries for me.

MAC Kelly Osbourne Collection- it's kind of cheating but all the products from the collection have made it into my favourites. I know I've not posted reviews of them all yet but I have written them, I just don't wanna bore people who aren't interested in the collection lol. Dodgy Girl lippy is hands down my favourite item and has instantly become my all time favourite lipstick.

Chanel Le Vernis in May and Rouge Coco lipstick in Dedicace- I love this duo they're perfect everyday failsafe colours that go with everything. Both are really long wearing and are true to colour.

Rimmel Wake Me Up Foundation- never did I think that I would like this foundation! This was a gamble that paid off, I've worn this nearly every day this month and what I love most is that it's super pale and perfect for my skin tone.

Avon True Colour Eyeshadow Quad in Nearly Naked- this has to be my bargain buy of the month! I've literally used this every day wearing the pink shade to neutralise my lids and the highlighter shade on my brow bone. I love how easy it is to use and how it's different from your normal neutrals shadows.

O.P.I Nail Envy Duo- I know this was in my last favourites but I'm finally reaping the benefits of using them and boy am I impressed! My nails have never been so long or strong.

I hope you're OK, please link me to your favourites posts, thanks for stopping by x 

MAC Kelly Osbourne Eyeshadow Palette in Bloody Brilliant.

MAC Kelly Osbourne Eyeshadow Palette in Bloody Brilliant (£32, MAC).

This was my first ever eyeshadow palette from MAC- in fact the only eyeshadow I've ever bought from MAC was Embark which I use on my eyebrows. This shade range is very 'me' with it's purple tone theme and is a nice change from the usual natural/nudes palettes. The palette contains....

Spoonfull of Sugar (sparkling platinum, Veluxe pearl)

Tickety Boo (soft muted plum brown, satin)

Fizzy Rose (pale lilac, satin)

Shadow Lady (blackened plum, matte)

[descriptions taken from maccosmetics.co.uk] 

I've been super impressed with this palette and my swatches don't really do the depth of these shadows any justice. Spoonful of Sugar is the only let down in the palette as it's more of a shimmer than an actual shadow per se. It does give a lovely highlighty effect which looks lovely on the inner corner of your eye. Tickety Boo is a lovely base shadow and crease shade that it super wearable in both daytime and dramatic night time looks. Fizzy Rose is my favourite shade in the palette as it's unusual in my opinion. It's a lovely semi iridescent lilac shade with a pinky shimmer running through it. Shadow Lady is a beautiful matte plum with a taupe tone to it. I love this palette for creating both day and night time looks- save from the highlight shade the shadows are super pigmented and have great colour payoff with minimal fallout. I love this palette, I think it's super expensive for four shadows but as a one off I think it's worth it. I hope you're ok, thanks for stopping by x

Kelly Osbourne Lipstick in Dodgy Girl.

MAC Kelly Osbourne Lipstick in Dodgy Girl (matte finish, £16.50 from MAC).

This was the item that first got me excited about the MAC Kelly Osbourne collaboration. My love of lilac lipsticks has been ongoing for over a year now and I have been constantly searching for the ultimate lilac lipstick...until now. Encased in beautiful lilac MAC packaging with Kelly's signature on it, Dodgy Girl is my first ever matte finish MAC lipstick. Dodgy Girl is a very pink toned lilac- this is important because most lilac lippies are blue toned and can be a bit dead-looking; however, the pink undertones of this lilac makes it vivid and strong. I'm also super impressed with the formula- often matte finish lippies can be chalky and drying but this is super creamy and smooth on the lips. The staying power of this lippy is unreal- I've even had people commenting on how well it's lasted when I've been out. It does stain the lips bright pink but this is easily removed with makeup wipes or Micellar water. I am officially in love with this lipstick- so much so that I bought it twice for fear of running out! I know this shade won't be to everyone's taste but I personally love it loads and have already worn it so many times! I hope you're OK, thanks for stopping by x

Kelly Osbourne for MAC Haul.

Lipstick in Dodgy Girl (matte, £16.50); Mineralize Skinfinish Duo in Jolly Good (£24); Blusher in Cheeky Bugger (£23); Eyeshadow Quad in Bloody Brilliant (£33) all from Kelly Osbourne for MAC.

I finally have it in my hands! I attended the Osbournes for MAC pre-launch party a week last Thursdsy under the pretence that I would be able to try and buy the products before anyone else. Obviously that didn't factor in P&P difficulties! After what feels like a lifetime of backwards and forwarding with MAC I finally found out that my Kelly Osbourne items were at my local post office because MAC had posted them to the wrong house number. ANNOYING! 

Anyway, I can breathe a sigh of relief now that I finally have my beloved items. In case you've been living under a rock for the past few months, you'll know that MAC have collaborated with the power mother and daughter duo that is Sharon and Kelly Osbourne- the wife and child of the Prince of Darkness himself Ozzy Osbourne. The collection is divided between the two ladies and although Sharon's collection was lovely, I'm a Kelly girl through and through. She has always been my second fave style icon (after my beloved Kat Von D). I love her fashion sense, lilac hair, tattoos and curvy girl status. When I went to the pre-launch event, I instagramed a pic of me wearing the lilac lippy from her collection and she liked it *fan girl*!!! Anyway....onto the products! 

Packaging. This has to be the most stunning makeup packaging ever- lilac being my fave colour n all. It deffo stands out against a sea of tyipcally black makeup packaging. Each item comes with the red signature of Miss Kelly O herself. I bought five items from the collection but one was a duplicate of the lilac lippy because I love it so much! I love that all the products have proper English names like Cheeky Bugger- I think it's really funny! I'm gonna review each product seperately so here's a mini breakdown. 

Lipstick in Dodgy Girl (matte) is my favourite lipstick ever ever ever. It's a super bright, true lilac/Lavendar shade that doesn't look corpsey or chalky.

Mineralize Skinfinish Duo in Jolly Good is my first ever Mineralize Skinfinish! I've had the Natural versions as setting powders but I wanted this one because it looked like the perfect bronzer/contour for pale skin. 

Blusher in Cheeky Bugger is another pale skin product in my opinion. It's a super pretty pinky peach shade. 

Eyshadow Quad in Bloody Brilliant contains: Spoonfull of Sugar (sparkling platinum, Veluxe pearl); Tickety Boo (soft muted plum brown, satin); Fizzy Rose (pale lilac, satin) and Shadow Lady (blackened plum, matte)- descriptions taken from maccosmetics.co.uk. This is my first MAC eyeshadow palette/quad purchase! 

Keep your peepers peeled for individual reviews. Have you bought any of the Osbourne products? Thanks for stopping by! 

Kelly and Sharon Osbourne for MAC Pre-Launch Event.

On Thursday I attended a pre-launch event at MAC in Selfridges for the much anticipated (by me at least) Kelly and Sharon Osbourne MAC makeup collection. I went with my besie Dany and we had a great time checking out the new products. Two of the MAC artists created looks using the Kelly and Sharon products- I actually preferred the Sharon look that was created as it was super wearable and glamorous. I thought the Kelly look was a bit heavy on the eyes and I didn't feel like it suited the model to be honest! We then got to play around with the products before ordering our faves- I'm currently waiting for them to arrive through the post! Eeeeee exciting! 

The Sharon collection is encased in classy red packaging and includes brand new Mineralize Skinfinish, blusher, eyeshadow quad and more. This half of the collection focuses around super wearable neutral shades in the bronze and brown shades. But naturally my interest was in my second favourite style icon's half of the collection. Encased in a beautiful lilac packaging, the Kelly collection includes a brow duo, an eyeshadow palette, four lipsticks and more. To be honest, I wanted it all but I restrained myself to five products. I love the names of all the products, they're so English it's hilarious to imagine what people from around the world think about them! I ordered the Kelly eyeshadow palette in Bloody Brilliant, the Mineralize Skinfinish in Jolly Good, x2 Lipsticks in Dodgey Girl (lilac matte) and blusher in Cheeky Bugger. Dodgey Girl is the most stunning matte lilac lippy so I couldn't resist buying it (twice!) I instagramed (follow me @ medusa_roisin) this photo of me wearing the Kelly lippy and Kelly O herself liked it which was super exciting! I kind of wish I bought the eyebrow duo from the Kelly collection so I might buy that once they launch in store. I'll be blogging about the products when they arrive so watch this space! Thanks for stopping by x

MAC Patentpolish Lip Pencil.

[it looks way more lilacy in real life]

MAC Patentpolish Lip Pencil in PatentPink (£14.50, MAC).

Oh how I have been waiting to get my hands on this! I didn't want to order it online as I wanted to check it was lilacy in real life, I don't like online colour swatches! Not one to miss out on a trend, MAC have finally got round to developing a lipstick crayon product akin to the Clinique Chubby stick- but is so much more! 

The Patentpolish Lip Pencil is a super glossy opaque lip colour which is of the highest MAC standard. I personally think the packaging feels a little bit cheap- it's quite plasticy which on the plus side makes it lightweight but it just doesn't feel great. I like the coloured end of the pencil to match the colour of the product. PatentPink is a beautiful lilacy baby pink which isn't at all chalky; the colour payoff is awesome and the product is super opaque. This is just like a lipstick in it's texture, finish and opacity. One thing I love about this is that it has that MAC lipstick smell which I love and find so comforting! It lasts really well on the lips, just like one of their lippies. I'm super impressed with this product and I love the colour on me. Do you think you'll try one of these? Thanks for stopping by x

April Favourites.

There's been some clear favourites for me this April, I've been reaching for a few things over and over again. So here they are guys and girls...

Urban Decay NAKED3 Palette- I'm not gonna harp on about this one, because there's millions of reviews of this but my gosh it's stunning. It's all pink and rose gold tones that are super flattering and are great for Spring/Summer.

MAC Blotting Powder- this has instantly replaced MSFN in my everyday routine. It keeps my skin matte and shine free all day long and it doesn't effect the colour of my foundations.

Tart Amazonian Clay Blush in Flush- this has been on my cheeks everyday since I bought it. You can wear it super subtly or build it up to a Barbie pink. I'm so in love with this, thank you Tarte and QVCUK!

Nails Inc Nail Varnish in Kensington Square- I have worn this so many times this month it's not even funny! I've worn it alone, with a glitter ombré effect, with Nails Inc Floral polishes over it- I just love it! It's the perfect baby pink and it's so opaque and glossy it's stunning.

Vaseline Spray and Go- this is a wonder product, I don't know how I'd live without it now! I've never been good at applying body butters or moisturising my skin so this is the perfect solution! It's super quick and easy to use and it dries almost instantly so you can get dressed right away.

Real Techniques Blush and Powder Brushes- I bought these and they became instantly makeup bag staples, they're so lovely! The powder brush is amazing for all over the face and it's sooooooo soft. The blush brush goes perfectly with the Tarte blusher and is great for blending out contouring.

Wowsers, so many favourites this month! Please leave me links to your April Favourites! Thanks for stopping by x

Payday Wishlist.

Oh Payday, you cannot come soon enough! I say this is a Payday Wishlist, but really it's more "what I would buy if I could spend money on myself" list! My better half is still out of work so I'm holding down the fort financially but it's still nice to dream! So what am I lusting after at the moment...

Helen Moore Vixen Scarf- at £68, it's not a cheap treat, but I think it's the kind of piece I'd have in my wardrobe for a long time. It comes in loads of colours but I particularly love the powder blue and the baby pink- both are perfect for SS14.

MAC Lipstick in Pink Plaid- I tried this on last time I went shopping with Dany we but they'd sold out- I was gutted! It looks like a stunning matte pink that I could wear everyday and it's not too pale. 

Chanel Perfection Lumiere Matte- I've read about this in the blogosphere and I want.want.want. It's supposed to be a matte light base which sounds right up my street!

Too Faced Melted Lipstick in Melted Violet- this simply looks divine, especially in this lilac shade!at £19, it's pretty expensive for a lippie but I think it might be worth it because it's such an unusual product.

So there's my Wishlist! Let me know what you're lusting after this month- thanks for stopping by x

MAC Heroine.

MAC Lipstick in Heroine (£15, MAC).

It took me a while but I finally got hold of Herione a few weeks back. I'm currently obsessed with purple and lilac lipsticks with a growing collection of weird and unusual shades, I had to add Heroine into the mix. Heroine is a stunning true purple with raspberry undertones. This is my first ever MAC Matte finish lipstick and I have to say I am impressed! It's just as creamy and moisturising as their other formulas but I would say that this Matte finish has the best staying power of all the MAC lippies. As you can see, Heroine is a pretty daring shade to wear and it certainly won't be for everyone! I would say it's just as vampy as it is glam and I just love it! I've been wearing it with a simple eye look (eyeliner and mascara only) to make it stand out. It's definitely one for the brave among us but I'd deffo recommend it! Do you dare to wear Heroine? Thanks for stopping by x