January Beauty Favourites 2017

here's a nice picture of my mum's birthday flowers that have been brightening up our kitchen on these dreary february days!!

Hello everyone! I'm only a few days late with this one which I'm very happy about hahaha! Finally getting on top of this?!

So my first favourite I'm going to talk about are Colourpop eyeshadows. Because I'm addicted I now have six of these (me and my friends do group orders to get round the huge shipping and customs charges lol). I'm doing a post about these soon, so I'll tell you more about my shades in that, but I have Tassel, Sequin, Weenie (the one in this picture), Wattles, KathleenLights and Central Perk. They are super creamy and super super pigmented, especially the glittery ones which just pack such a metallic punch of colour on the eyelid and they're just so special for a more interesting look. The only one I'm not so impressed with is Central Perk, as it just seems a lot dryer and not at all as pigmented, so I don't know if anyone else has had that problem with that particular shade?

My second beauty favourite is the Morphe 35K palette. I have had one Morphe palette, the 35O for about six months now and love it so so much, so I asked for this for Christmas and my lovely parents got it for me along with a bunch of brushes which I'll talk about a bit later. It does not disappoint, and is just as amazing quality as the 35O. The shimmer shades are slightly more pigmented but that's always to be expected, but the mattes aren't chalky and there isn't much kickup at all which is always a winner for me, as it just makes your makeup so messy! This palette, if you're into blues and browns, is the only eyeshadow palette you'll ever need. There's so so many different looks you can do with it and so much variety. Plus, it's 35 eyeshadows for £22.95 on Beauty Bay. Morphe palettes are such a steal, I swear to God!

Here we have the Jeffree Star liquid lipsticks...again, I'm obsessed. My best friend Rach introduced me to these and I wore her Unicorn Blood to a party back in September, and instantly fell in love with it, hardly daring to believe I'd found a red lipstick that actually suits me! (a more detailed post with swatches is coming up!) So then Rach bought Unicorn Blood for me as a lil present when I was having a difficult couple of weeks, and I was hooked haha. I then asked for some for Christmas (yes, my whole Christmas list was makeup...) and my parents gave me Celebrity Skin, and my grandparents gave me Androgyny and Rose Matter. So, so, so grateful for it :)) I've always said that most of my makeup I do buy myself, my parents don't make a habit of  funding my makeup addiction (and I did a paper round for three years to fund it myself!) but when Christmas and my birthday roll around I do like to ask for some more high end bits and bobs. 

My favourite out of the four I've got has definitely got to be Celebrity Skin. Like I've found my perfect red in Unicorn Blood, I've found my perfect nude in this one. The formula, scent and staying power of all of them are just insane and they are definitely the most comfortable liquid lipsticks I've ever worn! They are slightly drying after a while but that's to be expected with any matte liquid lipstick. In the UK you can find them on Beauty Bay!

So my final beauty favourites are these brushes from Morphe. The bottom five are the ones I got for Christmas and then the top one, the MB16, I got myself a couple of weeks ago. I use all of them every day pretty much and adore them, perhaps with the exception of the E14, just because I don't often pack one colour all over - but I do like to use it for a browbone highlight. The E13 I use to pop a powder all over my lid to set my primer, the E24 for highlighting my inner corner, the E17 for concentrating colours into the outer corner and my crease, the B83 for putting one colour in the inner third of my lid and the MB16 for running colours under my lower lashline. Honestly, with just these six brushes you can do a whole eye look which is so great. They're also really really affordable, and such great quality brushes for the price. I've washed all of them twice and they haven't shed yet which is also a winner. You can find them on Beauty Bay in the UK!

Well that's it for my beauty favourites, I'll have another post in a couple of days for my other random favourites!

Also, just wanted to say that I'm going on my school ski trip this half term, so I set off on Friday! I am going to be scheduling posts over the week then so you won't miss out! I'll also do a lengthy post about it when I get back. I'm super excited because, as I'm in Year 13, it's my last chance to go on a school ski trip, which I've never done before even though I've been skiing since I was about five! I'm also excited to have a little break from life in general as everything's been very hectic lately, but that's only to be expected four months before A Levels, am I right?!

What products have you been loving through January? Let me know in the comments below!

See you all soon,

Emilia xx