Christmas party face and outfit of the night!!

Hello and a big festive, christmassy morning to you all!

Last night was my works Christmas party, and I wanted to share with you the look I went for! I have also been lucky not to have a hangover this morning! Yay!

So firstly what did I wear?

This dress came from Debenhams Red Herring. I really like how simple it is, but also looks quite dressy. I didn't like the original belt that came with it so I bought some cream ribbon and fashioned my own belt. At only £35 I was very pleased with this dress!

And what look did I go for with my make-up? I tried to keep it quite simple and 'English rose' with some bronzer applied over my neck and shoulders, and I concentrated on highlighting eyes and lips. I also had my hair done yesterday as well, so was pleased with my final look for the party!

With Flash

Without flash

Finally the tools I used to achieve this look:

• Bare Vitamins skin rev-er upper for a base under foundation
• Estee Lauder Double wear light
• Bare Minerals prime time for eyes
• Bare Minerals Flaunt eye shadow
• Bare Minerals Volumising mascara
• Bare Minerals eyeliner
• Vivo Gold Dust bronzer
• Bare Minerals Lip Gloss from the Cocktail Party set

I would love to know what you think about my Christmas party look!

If you're off to  Christmas party tonight have fun and stay beautiful!

Stace x

17th December 2011



A mascara moment

I have been umming and ahhing all day about what to blog about tonight as I have so many blogs I want to do, and lots of Xmas blogs planned. So I thought tonight I would talk about mascara. I have a major love/hate relationship with mascara. I love what it does to my eyelashes. I hate picking a mascara, mainly because they so often disappoint me. I used to love Lancome Hypnose, but then a few wands ended up lasting only a few weeks before that dreaded smell of an off mascara, and at £20+ a wand, I just couldn't keep up.

Then back in the Summer, I bought and eye kit from Bare Escentuals, and in there was one of their mascaras. And lo and behold, when this one ran out, I bought two more. A repeat purchase of a mascara!! This must be love!!

I bought a pack of two mascaras from feel unique for £12.75!! Ok so they are only 5ml, but the last one really did last me a long time.

I love the cute little box this duo came in and I thought it would make a perfect Christmas present for someone as the price tag is just right as well.

In the box were the Bare Minerals Mini flawless definition mascara in black and Mini flawless definition volumizing mascara in black.

Starting with the flawless defintion, I find this mascara perfect for work, it sperates the lashes well and highlights and elongates the eyelashes without making them to OTT for a day time look.The wand is quite small and easy to control. This was the mascara I had used before so knew what to expect, and I think it will now be a staple in my make-up bag.

The volumizing mascara was a great surprise! I wore it out on Saturday night, and it really opened up my eyes, lengthened my lashes and looked very much like my old friend hypnose!

As the picture shows the wand is much fuller with longer bristles for application. I will be wearing this mascara on nights outfrom now on!!

I love this little mascara set, even if you have a mascara you love, these are perfect for throwing in your bag as they are small, and at about £6.50 each, a true bargain.

They really highlighted my lashes and framed my eye well. I am a fan of mineral mascaras anyway as they are the only mascaras I have found which don't sting my eyes and that has to be because of the minerals in them.

They definitely gave my lashes fullness and flutter, and I may even repeat purchase these in the New Year! Happiness is finding a mascara you love!

Have a beautiful week!

Stace x

My first ever Face of the Day!

My first ever Face of the Day!

Ok so I have finally braved it and done my first FOTD!!

I love reading all your FOTD's so thought it was time I did one. We have been trying out lots of products over the last few weeks and we thought it was about time to show you them put into practice!

So firstly here are the tools for the job!!

• Liz Earle Superskin moisturiser as base before foundation application.
• Bare Minerals Foundation and bisque concealer.
• Vivo Cosmetics baked blusher.
• Lumiere cosmetics amethyst eye pigment.
• Bare Minerals volumizing mascara.
• Make Up Academy lipstick.
• All the brushes are from my own collection of Bare Minerals and Body Shop.

And here is my finished face:

A close up for you of the eyes:

And a closer look at the lips:

I have really enjoyed using all these products, and most are now part of my everyday routine!

I am hoping to do some more of these now I have done the first one, and will hopefully bringing you some Christmas party FOTD's!! I am getting excited about Christmas already and will be getting the decs down from the lost this week!

Stay Beautiful!

Stace x

p.s. Mags has just returned from holiday, all tanned and relaxed, and will be back blogging soon!

28th November 2011

Christmas gift ideas!

There are some amazing gift ideas in the shops, and I should know as I have spent a lot of time browsing trying to find that perfect gift! Some of my fave beauty sets I have stumbled upon in the department stores have been:

L'occitanne, Elemis, Lancome, Bare Minerals, No7, Soap and Glory... the list could go on!

But the problem with all these sets is they are just one brand. So imagine how excited I was yesterday, when I was Christmas shopping in Bath and found these little beauties for sale in Debenhams:

This collection contains: Benefit Dr Feelgood Complexion Balm 1.8g, Burt's Bees Radiance Day Creme 7g, Dead Sea Spa Magik Boosting Mask 5ml, Dead Sea Spa Magik Moisturiser 5ml, Elemis Pro Collagen Marine Cream 15ml, L'OCCITANE Shea Butter Hand Cream 10ml and Natio Ageless Illuminating Primer 20ml.

This collection is currently available on Debenhams online and some stores. When I was in store yesterday it was only £13.50! What a bargain! It is worth buying this for the Elemis Pro Collagen Marine Cream alone which is worth around £22!

I personally thought this was a great gift idea for my beauty mad friends, and have now added it to my own Christmas wish list as well! But I think at this price it won't hang around for long!!

I also found this set in store, which unsurprisingly is out of stock online, but there were some in the Bath store. Luscious lashes contains:

Eylure Individual Lashes Set, Eylure Naturalites Lashes Set, bareMinerals Flawless Definition Travel Size Mascara, Benefit BAD gal Brown Mascara and Urban Decay Skyscrapper Multi Benefit Travel size Mascara.

Good luck trying to find this one!

Hopefully that has given you some ideas for Christmas presents. The other thing I love to do is make up my own packs similar to the above out of my own products which I don't use. I often buy packs of beauty products as it's cheaper, and there will always be the odd product I don't use. And then you can package them as you wish!

What Christmas present ideas have you got this year? Please let us know!

Stay Beautiful!

Stace x