Easter Favourites!

I'm doing something a little different with today's blog post; with everything being Easter themed at the mo I've asked two of my bessies to share with you some of their favourite S&G products and overall Easter favs! Please keep reading below 👇

Mel - 'The Makeup Guru' 

Whats your favourite S&G product? 

I'd say that my favourite Soap&Glory product of all time is the Solar Powder bronzer because it's such a gorgeous powder and looks great on fairer skin tones like myself, easter is just around the corner which means spring and summer are on their way too and so you can't go without a bit of bronzer to make your make up look summery and golden.

Soap & Glory Solar Powder - £11.00

What would you say your 'March Favourite' beauty product is? 

My current obsession has to be the new Anastasia Beverly Hills Glow Kit in collaboration with the popular youtube blogger Nicole Guerriero. I couldn't resist picking this up when it came out, it's an absolutely stunning kit of 6 gorgeous highlighters for that perfect glow. Personally, I love to go all out with highlighter and glow to my hearts content and this product has been perfect.

 GLOW KIT - NICOLE GUERRIERO - £39.00
 *image from swatch & review.com* 

What is your favourite Easter treat?  

Easter is a great time of year, it means well earned time off from Uni and it means chocolate, a girls best friend! My favourite easter treat would have to be the Cadbury's cream eggs, I'm sure they're a bit like marmite, you either love em or hate em. I can't get enough, the minute they hit the shelves I'm there.

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Sian - 'The Beauty Lover'

Whats your favourite S&G product? 

My favourite soap & Glory product has got to be the Smoothie Star Body Buttercream. I use it daily after exfoliating and it is the perfect cream to prepare my skin before tanning! Its super soft and smells good enough to eat (Vanilla is my all time favourite smell). 

Soap & Glory Smoothie Star Buttercream - £10.00

What would you say your 'March Favourite' beauty product is? 

I'd have to say my current favourite product has to be the Too Faced Chocolate Bar Palette, it is easter after all and with easter comes chocolate, and lots of it. Who needs actual chocolate when you can open this palette and experience that incredible chocolatey smell without the calories. The colours are beautifully neutral meaning anyone could make this palette work for them. It's an all round incredible product.

Too Faced Chocolate Bar Pallette - £39.00 
*image from Emmas Beauty Cave*

What is your favourite Easter treat?  

The first thing that springs to mind when I think of Easter is the milk chocolate Lindt bunny. Lindt is my absolute favourite chocolate and I just look forward to having a cute gold wrapped bunny version every year! It is the best little Easter treat and the perfect gift. I also love the cute red ribbon and bell, me and my sister used to wear these in our hair when we were younger (haha!)

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Thanks for reading, hope everyone has a fab Easter 🐰  xo 

*supported by Soap & Glory but all views are my own*

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REVIEW - Sexy Mother Pucker Lipsticks

I've always wanted to try Soap & Glory's Sexy Mother Pucker Lipsticks and since trying them out I thought it would be great to review them and give you my thoughts! 

Firstly, for those that know me I rarely wear a lip colour that isn't a shade of nude haha. But I did try out the Pink and Red so that you can get a feel of the colour on the lip. I wish I wore a brighter coloured lip but personally just feel more comfortable wearing a nude lip and most of my make-up 'looks' suit a nude lip wayyyy more. Anyway, please carry on reading for the lipsticks reviews.

CERISE PLEASE 

This lipstick is the perfect Barbie pink shade! If you're after a really girly lip colour then this one is for you. Its a Satin lipstick so the texture is really creamy and gives you a silky coating that is to die for! All the lipsticks in this review have hydra-boosting MOISTURE-WRAP™ technology. So they literally glide onto your lips and keep them feeling moisturised throughout the day. What more could you want from a lipstick?

POPPY POWER 

I love the name of this lipstick colour 'Poppy Power' it suits the lipstick so well as the colour really is that perfect poppy shade of red! The packaging of these products are amazing, I love the detailing on the actual lipstick - they each have 'S&G' engraved into them which is super cute! Did I mention that these all smell of vanilla?

Super Nude 

Onto my favourite lipstick out of the three! Super Nude is a perfect nude shade for an everyday makeup look. I also love how you can build this lipstick up, it can be really subtle and natural looking and just used to add a bit of colour to your lip. But, also, you can build this colour up to the shade in this picture (a little more pressure is all it takes!) Im wearing MAC Spice lip liner with this lipstick and the combination of the two really is dreamy. Definitely adding this lipstick to my collection of Go-To's. 

TOP TIP 

Glide on some Sexy Mother Pucker Extreme Plump XL on top of any of these lipsticks and you'll have the best pout in town - honestly I'm addicted to this lipgloss its amazing and really does work on plumping up your lips! 

Hope you've enjoyed reading this review! Comment any thoughts below. 

Sian xo

*Disclamer: This blog is supported by Soap & Glory but all views are my own* 

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Soap & Glory Eye Make-up Look! & Review

When I received some Easter make-up treats from Soap & Glory I thought I'd show you all what are my favourites and how I use them in a day to day look! The products I'll be including are the Kick Into Neutral eyeshadow palette, Supercat eyeliner and the Thick Fast mascara. 

I've been using Soap & Glory's Supercat eyeliner for years (no lie). I've always preferred using the 'felt tip' eyeliner rather than gel eyeliners as personally I find them easier to apply. And I really do rave about this eyeliner, its honestly the best I've tried for the price it really is amazing (£6 BARGIN) The tip is really sharp so its easy to to be precise. Not everyday do I wear eyeliner but when I do I normally have a winged look! If you're not confident using eyeliner or find it difficult to achieve that perfect wing then is is the perfect eyeliner to start with - I love it! 

I don't wear eyeshadow every day but when I feel like spending a little more time on my make-up it completes the look. This palette is really pretty and can be used for both everyday and 'going out' make-up looks! My favourite colours are Cuddly Bear and Fairy Light - how cute are these names btw?!! I used Fairy Light all over my lid and added Cuddly Bear into the crease to give my eyes some depth. Its a really simple look and for some extra shimmery sparkle I added Pink-a-Little onto the middle of lid. 

Finally the Thick Fast mascara! I always wear mascara and I'm quite picky on the ones I use - they can't be clumpy or look too thick as with an everyday look I prefer something that looks a little more natural. This mascara does the trick I really liked the application and loved how it didn't clump any of my lashes together. 

Scroll down to see the finished look using all these products and keep and eye on my blog for a review on the lipstick I am wearing in the picture! 💖

Thanks for reading, please comment/like/share 

Sian xo

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Happy International Women's Day! #BeBoldForChange

Since 1911 International Women's Day has been celebrated across the world. The 8th of March has become a date to celebrate how far women have come in society, in politics and in economics. Around the world women on this day are striking and protesting to continue to raise awareness of continued inequality. 

This year we are technically celebrating the 106th International Women's Day and this years theme is something I admire:  #BeBoldForChange 

What I love about this years theme is that it can be interpreted in so many different angles and ways. Wether it is applied to politics, society - it carries such a positive message to women all around the world. This post is going to focus on how to stay positive and how to just do you without having a care in the world! 

Like it or not, within todays society Social Media is becoming a large part of its users lives. Although a lover and user of Social Media myself, I do understand the underlying problems and concerns of Apps like, Instagram.

I love using Instagram don't get me wrong, its probably my most used app - overtaking Twitter and Facebook! Looking and liking images on Instagram is so easy to do and its a great way to promote and see things with such ease! However, Instagram is making it extremely easy for women everyday to see the 'Perfect Woman' and this 'Perfect Woman' is in all honesty unrealistic. Too many women are comparing themselves to airbrushed images of supermodels, The Kardashians, the list is endless. The thing to remember is that people only share on Instagram what they want you to see; many aspects of their life that are maybe a little more NORMAL are not posted for the world to see. Images of these women rolling out of bed, feeling ill (and not particularly looking or felling their best), cooking dinner, going for a run (FOR REAL) - these are just a few aspects that aren't realistically portrayed to women across the world. 

The problem with this is that more and more women of today are becoming self conscious and having a much lower self esteem. A recent NHS survey found that 26% of women aged 16-24 reported symptoms of mental health symptoms such as anxiety and depression, making them the group with the highest risk for mental health problems. People have to start realising that what they see/read can have an impact on their lives whether they like to believe so or not! 

I didn't put these images to shame these women or to carry any negative image at all! Infact I just wanted to show the amount of effort that people do put into to an image that is posted to the whole world - there is nothing wrong with Kendall Jenner having imperfections or a few pimples its NORMAL! But its important remember is everybody has imperfections or the odd spot here or there, just Instagram enables people to show what they want and hide what they don't. 

Although I feel pretty confident within my own skin there are days when I scroll through Instagram and stumble across pages and pages of beautiful, tanned skinned, toned women and look at myself and just think YUCK! Which is just totally stupid! Everybody is different and thats the beauty of it isn't it?! Everybody has a different way of showing their personalities and who they are; whether you do that through what you wear, your appearance, a hair colour or through something else! It doesn't matter the thing to remember here is to just embrace who you are and stop COMPARING! 


"Beauty is about being comfortable in your own skin. It's about knowing and accepting who you are." - Ellen DeGeneres

Now I don't want to sound like some preaching feminist in this post at all, but I just want to give out a positive message that sometimes its ok not to feel your best or to feel a little down in the dumps but the important thing to remember is that you are you and no-one can take that away from you 😃. If you haven't seen it already click on this link to a blog written by a fellow Glambassador - all about self love and embracing who you are - I loved reading this and it was such a REAL post that took a lot of courage and shares such a positive message. 

Thanks for reading 💖 #BeBoldForChange

Sian xo

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