Hey there!

Today I have a little review of the Huda Beauty Mauve Obsessions palette. I was originally going to get the Electric Obsessions palette, but because I had already bought the Nyx Ultimate Brights, I thought it would be a bit silly to have 2 palettes of bright colours. The Mauve Obsessions palette seemed my next best bet as the colours are right down my street!

The palettes retail for £25, and you can buy them from Cult Beauty here, or from the Huda Beauty website here.

The palette itself is smaller than my hand! The packaging is a slick black, and features the shadows and the brand name on the front. Inside, there is a mirror, which is impressive as some big palettes don't even have that!

There are 9 shadows all together, 6 matte and 3 shimmer. The entire weight of the palette is 67g, although the pan sizes are the same as the larger Huda Beauty eyeshadow palettes.

Although this palette is smaller than my hand, it sure does pack some serious pigmentation. Above is all the shades swatched row by row, l-r. Even the palest shade swatches like a dream, and I often find shades like that don't show up very well usually. The mattes are very buttery, and are easy to build up on the eye. The shimmers are best applied with a finger, and I find that a base, such as the Nyx Glitter Glue, helps them go a lot further.

Overall, I think while the price tag of this palette may seem a little steep for the actual size of it, it is actually well worth the money. The fact that you don't lose the pan size compared to the regular palette is a bonus, and seeing as the regular ones are around the £56 mark, I think a palette like this for £25 is a good way to step into Huda Beauty (which is what I did) as a tester to see if you would like to purchase more from the brand. The shadows work really well on the eye, and I find myself reaching for the palette more than I expected! I would definitely recommend picking this, or one of the other Obsessions palettes, if you are in the market for one.

Thank you so much from reading, and I will see you next time!

Layla x

Hello there! Well, it's been a while, hasn't it? I've been so busy with uni work and other things in my life that I just haven't had time to post! I do have a backlog of photos for post though, so hopefully I'll be back to my usual schedule.

Today I am showing you how I got this blue and purple eye look, so let's jump right in!

First of all I used Peach Smoothie by Makeup Geek as my first transition colour.

I then put Buon Fresco from the ABH Modern Renaissance Palette over top of this.

Then I put Lolita from the Nyx Hot Singles on top.

I tried to then put a bit of Fantasy by Colourpop right through my crease line, but I had forgotten how difficult it is to blend, so I wouldn't recommend doing this.

In order to try and soften that purple line, I used Passionate Purple from the Elf Loose Pigments.

I then put Coconut from Colourpop all over my lid.

To make the transition softer, I kept adding bits of the elf pigment and the Colourpop shadow, blending and packing until I was happy with the outcome. Then Input Solstice from Urban Decay on top of the Coconut shade to make a duochrome look.

I lightly smudged some of Nyx Karma Sutra on my lower lash line, but I wasn't too sure on it.

To highlight my inner corner and brow bone I used Hemisphere from the Sleek Solstice Highlighting Palette.

For my lips, I first rook Power by Nyx.

Then I put Solstice from Urban Decay on top!

And there we have it! I hope you enjoyed this look, and I will be posting more soon!

Layla x

Hello!

So seeing as tomorrow is Valentine's Day, I thought I would do a makeup look for it!

This isn't my best post ever (and I've done some shocking ones) I haven't had any time to properly do a post, so I did this last night after I finished work. Because of this, I have only done the eyes (I'd had these eyebrows on all day btw that's why they look worse than normal). But I really wanted to do this post because I've had the idea for a while, so at least I tried ey?

ALSO my camera apparently hated me and did some awful focusing, but I've just accepted that this post is a bit of a car crash tbh.

Firstly, I used Makeup Geek Peach Smoothie in my crease.

Then I took Buon Fresco from the ABH Modern Renaissance Palette (spoiler: the rest of the eyeshadows are from this palette, it was practically MADE for Valentine's Day)

Then I used Love Letter a bit lower down in my crease.

I wanted to further deepen and intensify that look, so I ised Venetian Red as well.

Then on the outer corner and inner corner, as well as a connection in the crease between the two, I took Red Ochre, to make the start of a halo eye.

Then I put some NYX Face and Body Glitter in Rose right in the centre with some glue.

Then I put some of that Red Ochre shade all along my lower lash line.

To highlight my brow bone and inner corner, I used Vermeer.

And there you have it! I think this eye makeup isn't too difficult, especially because there's no eyeliner involved, so it eliminates the stress of that. But I think the colours are very appropriate for the occasion, and show some effort without being overly dramatic. I think this would look amazing with false lashes, but I need to get some new ones!

I hope you have a lovely Valentine's Day

Layla x

Hey!

Today I am going to show you some reeeaaallllyyyy easy Christmas nail designs. Like I mean, so easy. They're just for if you're feeling a bit of extra nail art for the festive season, but you're like me and very bad at nails haha. I've done 5 designs for 5 fingers on each hand lol. I haven't put which nail varnishes I used because they're all pretty common colours, but most of them are probably Kiko or Barry M.

First up is Santa's Belly (yo Lush what's up?)

So I painted my whole nail red, and then drew a black line across the middle of my nail to make the belt.

Then I took this light gold shade, but any gold or yellow will work, to make the buckle of the belt.

Then I put a tiny bit of black in the center of this to finish off the buckle/belt situation.

The second nail I painted white.

Then I took some gold sequins (or you could use glitter, I just like the chunkiness of the sequins) I put some clear varnish all over my nail, and then pressed the sequins on top with my finger, and made sure they were nice and flat.

On the next nail, I painted it a dark blue.

Then I took a silver glitter varnish and first put it onto a wedge makeup sponge, like one of those you can get in a pack from Superdrug, and then dabbed the sponge onto my nail. This means you get waaaay more glitter payoff! I kept the glitter to just at the bottom by the cuticle, so you can still see the blue at the top. If you're wondering, I put PVA glue around my nail and waited for it to dry so when the varnish/glitter went outside of my nail, I could just peel it off.

The fourth nail I did, i took a very vey pale blue, like it looks almost white tbh, which would also work. I then just painted some red stripes to look kind of like a candy cane effect.

Last but not least, on my pinky finger, I used a pinky/rose gold metallic nail varnish. Then I just took a metallic silver and put some dots on there. I think this is the most simple one, but it still looks christmassy cause of the metallic colours.

I hope you enjoyed these, they are really easy, trust me because I am the worst at this stuff. I actually ended up doing all my nails in the blue with silver glitter because I fell in love with it haha.

See you tomorrow!

Layla x

Hey there!

Today I (finally) have my Christmas Lush Haul! I was originally looking at doing a total Lush collection, but I have so much stuff, it's nearly impossible! I will keep working on it though and hopefully it'll be ready in the new year :D

But for now, Christmas!! It's officially one week until the 25th and I am so excited! And I plan to take as many Christmas bath's as possible haha!

I took these photos on 3 different days, so they will look a bit different, and the ones with a flash were taken before I had my flash gun, so I used the in built flash that's why they might look a bit harshly lit. I have a range of bath bombs, bubble bars, shower, soap, lotions and potions, so let's get into it!

Bath

First is Shoot For The Stars. This is honey scented, but has no actual honey in it, so it's Vegan! And the stars are actually bath melts so they're really good for the skin. The smell of this is just so warming and comforting to me, and really does make me think of a Christmas starry night!

next up is Mistletoe. This is broken, hence why it is in the clingfilm. I wrap all my bath stuff in clingfilm because it saves more space than the bag, or if I've ordered online they aren't wrapped at all! I don't know how I feel about the smell of this one, it's rather odd, although it's so strong that I left it in my car overnight and I could still smell it a week later!

This little apple is called So White, and it's a very crisp, fresh apple scent. I used this with the Santa's Belly Shower Jelly, which I didn't manage to take a photo of before I used it (I used it like the same day I got it and somehow mamaged to use the whole thing in one bath, boo).

Look at this cute lil guy! I actually got two of these Peeping Santa's cause I forgot I had one and bought another!

Next is Never Mind The Ballistics. This is half bath bomb, half bath melt, so it's really good for the skin. It's a very strong citrus smell, and not at all Christmassy to me, but it still smells so good and refreshing!

This Snow Angel is actually a bath melt. The bottom half if covered in gold glitter, it's super messy! The smell of this is great, but I'm not keen on the colour in the bath, it kind off looked like wee to be honest.

This box of joy is Golden Wonder. If you go into a Lush shop and see this, be sure to give it a shake! I LOVE the dusting on this, it's such a gorgeous colour.

Of course, I got a Candy Mountain. This is one of my all time faves from Lush, and I wish it was available all year round! (Even though there's Creamy Candy, but I like the design of this too haha). It shares its scent with Snow Fairy so it's that gorgeous sweet bubblegum smell.

Next is the redesigned Northern Lights. I've never had this in previous years (surprisingly) so I made sure to get some this year! I haven't used it yet, but I'm looking forward to seeing all the colours in my bath.

Look at this!! I didn't even smell this when I bought it, I just got it because it's a dinosaur in a santa hat: a Santasaurus. I really want to try it, but I also don't because I don't wanna ruin it :(

I got a Magic Wand, of course, due to its Snow Fairy scent. I also got a Magic of Christmas Wand, but I used it already hehe.

The final bath thing I got was the Father Christmas Bath Bomb. This too has the snow fair scent, and I used it with Magic Wand, Snow Fairy and Rock Star Soap. It turns the water green which is pretty cool!

Shower

Firstly is this Elf on the Shelf Fun. This can be used in the bath, shower and hair, I wasn't quite sure which section to put this in really haha!

I got the Twilight Shower Gel, which is a gorgeous lavender smell. I really like using this to make bubbles in the bath (you can use the gels as bubble bath) because it's so relaxing! If you want to super chill out and relax, try a bit of this with the Blackberry Bath Bomb and Ceridwen's Cauldron Bath Melt.

I, of course, got a Rose Jam shower gel. I really love this, I have adored the Bubbleroon since it came out, and I needed it in shower gel form! And the smell of roses stays on you aaalll day.

Does this need explaining? I got a 500g of Snow Fairy because I love it so much. I was gonna get a 1kg bottle, but I dunno... Maybe. I think 500 might just be enough you know!

To go with the shower gel, I have the Snow Fairy Body conditioner. Using this with  the shower gel will ensure you smell like a bubblegum princess all day long!

I also got the Bubbly Shower Gel, but I keep it at my boyfriends, and I got Ponche, but gave it to my Nan.

Soaps

As soon as I smelt this Shooting Stars Soap, I knew I wanted it!! It's such a nice fruity smell, I'm in love. And it's my favourite colour haha.

Next is Santa's Post box. This is a satsuma/orange smell, but it's not overpowering. I'll probably use it with Never Mind The Ballistics and see how the scents mix!

The last soap I have is Igloo. I wasn't sure about this at first, it's slowly growing on me. We shall see.

Face and Body

I looove this Sleepy Body Lotion. It's that same Twilight smell, so it's full of lavender. I like using this before I sleep because it's so relaxing.

This is actually quite a strange thing, it's the Papa Noel Face Wash Jelly. It's in the shape of a Santa Beard. I haven't used it yet, I'm not sure I like the smell to be honest, and I think the texture of it might feel really weird on my face haha.

Last but not least, I have the Fairy Dust Dusting Powder. Of course, this has the Snow Fairy scent again. It's a pink powder and is full of glitter! I love it so much, it brings out my inner fairy :P

I also got the Sugar Plum Fairy Lip Scrub but I can't find it to take a photo!!

I hope you enjoyed this post, and maybe a few last minute present ideas in the lead up to Christmas!

Layla x