Haul :)

On Saturday was my best friend's 21st birthday party so last week I went a little shopping trip :) Bobby (my boyfriend), the kids & I went up to Glasgow for the day & enjoyed a little day out with shopping & lunching. Well I can finally post what I bought seen as she now has her present :D.

Top Left: Chanel Rouge Allure Luminous Intense Lip Colour in 104 passion. £22.50

Bottom Left: Black studded double strap handbag from River Island £40. It has gold tone studs a zip pocket and longer adjustable strap.

Top Right: M.A.C pro long wear spf 10 foundation in NW20 £24

Bottom Right: M.A.C powder blush in Style £17.50.

The Chanel lipstick & bag were for my friend and the rest of the makeup was a naughty treat for me :P.

So far I am absolutely looooving the blusher. I had been on the look out for a new peachy toned blush for quite a while as my complexion can be quite rosy & this one is great. It's a frost finish so I don't even feel the need to highlight :). As for the foundation, this is the 1st time I've ever bought foundation from M.A.C & one of the girls colour matched me. I normally just go in to a shop and take the lightest colour as I am so pale! But it turns out I'm not as pale as I thought hehe. Anyway the girl was lovely & great at her job, she made me want to buy everything she used on me but I wouldn't have been able to justify that one to Bobby ;):P

Anyway check out my friend's blog here. She might even do a review of the lippy :)

xx heatheralana21 xx

How I wash & clean my make up brushes.

Washing your make up brushes can seem like such a chore (lets face it, it's boring) but we all know that putting on our make up with a nice clean brush makes it sit & blend so much better. Also what is the point in us cleansing and toning etc if we then rub a dirty brush over it?

Well I read somewhere recently that you are supposed to wash your makeup brushes weekly especially if you use a liquid foundation ... woops. It's pretty rare that I get to/remember to wash my brushes that often but when I do here's how I like to do it. 
 
Take a small amount of shampoo in the palm of your hand (I prefer to use baby shampoo as I like to think it's gentler on the bristles) This one's just from Tesco.
 

Take one of your brushes and swirl it around in the shampoo on your palm and you should see the product coming off.

Gently rinse the brush in warm water & repeat. Make sure you angle your brushes downwards because if you get water running down the handle it can get into the glue and cause the brush to come apart :/

Re-shape your brushes with your hands so they set properly & lay them flat on some kitchen roll or toilet paper & leave them to dry :).

Oh the brush set I have is the Coastal Scents 22 piece set which you can get for about £35 online. It's great & has plenty of brushes to choose from to suit your needs. If you're looking for a good brush set but don't want to fork out too much money I'd definitely recommend it :).

HeatherAlana21 :) xx