Stila Lip Gloss Set

Today I have some lovely lip glosses to brighten up your Monday! How pretty are these?! I was super excited to unwrap these on Christmas day, I've heard a lot of good things about Stila products and I couldn't wait to swatch them.

 

The set I received came with 8 gorgeous glosses. There's a mix of glittery light shades and darker, more pigmented colours. They all require winding up to get the gloss onto the little brushes, but it doesn't take too long, and don't wind them too much or you'll get gloss everywhere!
 

 

The first shade I decided to play around with was Believe. This is a lovely dark berry colour, which is pictured above on the brush, and below once applied. The colour isn't too overpowering, but it's still pigmented enough to catch the eye. It's also got a slight shimmer to it.

I didn't want to bombard you with photos, so I've swatched all of the glosses below. Probably my least favourite shade is Dreamy. It's a little bit too brown for my liking, but it might look better on my lips. My favourite shade is really difficult to pick! I love the pinker shades of Fantasy and Grapefruit, but Starfruit and Believe are stunning too. Apricot and Kitten are also really lovely. I can't decide! Another thing I've noticed about these whilst swatching them is that they smell fantastic!

Which shade is your favourite? Have you tried any Stila lip glosses before?

Christmas Haul

Hello everyone! It's nice to be back blogging again. I've decided to do a quick post about the gorgeous beauty products that I was gifted for Crimbo, as I love having a nose at what other bloggers got! I did take the opportunity to make a list for Luke and his family, so I got some lovely things from Benefit and Stila which I am itching to try out!

 First up though, the bath/shower products! I got this lovely hand cream and shower gel set from Luke's grandparents, which also came with a pretty mug. I've already tried the hand cream and it smells fantastic, and left my hands feeling super soft. 

I also got this lovely Dove set from one of Luke's aunties. I love Dove's shower gels, they leave my skin feeling so soft. I think these sets are great as well because they come with a shower puff, always handy!

This set of nail polishes came from Luke's brother and sister-in-law. I think Helen did a great job picking these out! I love the colours in this set, I don't have many metallic polishes and I can't wait to start swatching them!

I think Luke's mum might have gone a little bit crazy this year, but I'm definitely not complaining! I've wanted to try out Stila's make up for a while, and this set of lip glosses went straight on my Christmas wishlist. So many lovely colours! The shimmery shades are particularly calling to me to be tried out.

Finally, the Benefit goodies! I've been lusting after Benefit's cosmetics for ages, and I just loved the idea of the gift sets they had available for Christmas. Luke got me the How to Look the Best at Everything set, and his mum got me the Rockateur blush and the Rich is Back set. Very excited about these! (And very spoilt! Thank you so much Susan, if you're reading!)

I'm going to do some more in depth posts on these when I've had time to try them out, so you'll have to wait to see what's inside the pretty boxes! I also got a couple of samples to try out with these items.

I'm not really sure if I'll be able to get a feel for these as they are only samples, but I'm still quite interested to try them out. 

So that's my Christmas beauty haul! I hope you've enjoyed seeing what I've received, and having a sneak preview of the things I'll be reviewing in the future! What were your favourite beauty gifts this year?

Face of the Day #10

I've been experimenting a bit more with various eyeliners that I've rediscovered recently, and one of my absolute favourites is this one from Stila. I think I received this ages ago in a Glossybox, and its just been sitting around on my dressing table for ages. The shade is Moray, and its a lovely green with tiny golden sparkles.

Here I've teamed it with the blue shade from the MUA matte pallette, and one of my Revlon Lip Butters (Raspberry Pie) for a lovely autumnal look.

(I look really cranky here because the light was weird and I couldn't get my camera to focus :\)

I'm definitely going to be adding some more of Stila's smudge sticks to my Christmas wishlist! Thanks for reading :) xxx