Feeling Festive!

I am feeling super festive at the moment! I know it's a little early but if you don't start early you don't get to enjoy it for as long! Finally, all the shopping centres are decorated, the Christmas adverts are spilling out and all the festive coffees are being drank at a rapid pace (by me).

I have been Christmas shopping like crazy and watching endless Christmas films but these are the other ways I am getting in the festive feeling!

Firstly as previously mentioned, festive coffee. I honestly have an addiction and my bank account is not happy about it. I have been going to Starbucks at least once a day for my EggNog Latte fix (if you  haven't tried one you are missing out) I am also partial to a Gingerbread Latte or a Toffee Nut Latte if I fancy a change. I'm not the biggest fan of Costa this year but I do love the Christmas cups! Aren't they adorable!!! McDonalds Spiced Cookie Latte is also a winner!

Zoella's Christmas range from last year was my absolute favourite and I am still in love this year! This horribly cold weather is making my skin so dry and horrible so Zoella's Gingerbread scented Hungry Hand Cream has been my saviour this past month! Not only does it smell incredible but it works too. I can't wait to get this years Zoella Hand Cream. 

Another Zoella fave is the Bake My Day fragrance, it smells like sweet gingerbread and is the most festive thing on earth! My fiancé isn't a fan though so maybe it isn't for everyone but I adore it!

On the cosmetics front I am really enjoying using a few Tanya Burr things that I got in her beauty advent calendar last year, this lipgloss in Berry Pavlova is so lovely and red just screams Christmas! I sometimes can't face a sticky lipgloss though so on those days I go for a red matte lip also from Tanya's last year calendar (can't for the life of me remember the name of it though) 

That same calendar contained some incredible glitter nail polishes, this one was my favourite last year in the shade Sleigh Bells. I'm still loving it this year! It looks great on top of other polishes but I also like it for a more simple look just on its own in a thin layer. Perfect for a little everyday festive sparkle!

For the past few years now, this Collection Glam Crystals eyeliner in gold has been my everyday fave at Christmas time. It glides on so pigmented in one swipe which makes it super easy to use everyday when I want a little sparkle in a hurry. I only own this one shade currently but I'm thinking I will purchase a few more this year!

Lastly, Urban Decay Naked Heat. You have all seen this I'm sure, it is beautiful. The shades are very warm and autumnal but somehow I'm actually enjoying it more now that it is becoming more wintery.  The shade En Fuego is being smothered on my eye lids on the daily!

These are the little ways that I am getting in the festive feels, what have you been doing/using? 

MakeUp Revolution X Soph Eyeshadow Palette

Recently I posted a "glowing" review of the MakeUp Revolution X SophDoesNails highlighter palette and I couldn't resist nabbing the eyeshadow palette as well! 

The palette includes 24 shadows, a mixture of metallics and mattes in a wide variety of wearable yet unique shades.

I LOVE the packaging, as I said in the highlighter post, I am really not a fan of the typical MakeUp Revolution packaging so this matte look upgrade pleases me greatly. This palette is in a matte look pinky beige which really does give this palette a classier and in general more appealing modern look. I'm a fan. It looks comfortable alongside my high end palettes in my collection. 

The shade range at first looks a little mismatched, loads of different colours and variety which at first I thought might make this palette hard to work with but how wrong was I! 

This palette has everything, somehow there are so many options and everything works so well together. If you are new to makeup, this could potentially be the only palette you need and if you are a makeup junkie like me, well, its probably still the only palette you need. I've been using it literally everyday! There are even shades you could use for highlighters or brows!

These four shades are my favourite, they do have names, really adorable names actually but I've somehow lost the plastic insert that said them all, standard Amy. 

This gold is my most used so far, it is a typical gold but it goes on so smoothly and it is super pigmented so it has easily become my go to. 

This orange/red is glorious! I love it as an all over the lid shade, all smoked out and autumnal.

I'm pretty sure the next shade is called either Gasoline or Petrol. And it is obvious why, this shade is a gorgeous duo toned grey/blue/green/brown. So many colours all in one! So unique and amazing!

I am almost certain my pinky finger shade is called Pug (adorable) it is quite literally the colour of a pug. This is a perfect crease shades which can be used for almost any look you might want to create with this palette. It'll be the first I hit pan on for sure!

Although, I liked Soph's highlighter palette, I LOVE this eyeshadow palette! I honestly think that EVERYONE needs it in there collection! Support Soph and yourself, go get this!

Soph has made a whole host of youtube videos using this palette so go take a look here!

Or purchase here!

Storage: Ugly but Effective

It has been forever and a day since I have done a makeup collection post... 

Last time I did one I had so much less makeup and I photographed EVERY SINGLE ITEM! Unfortunately that is just not possible now with the obscene amount of makeup that I currently own. 

Up until recently I was keeping everyday makeup to hand and everything else was stored away, meaning that I didn't ever use much of it simply because I couldn't see it. I needed a cheap, easy and quick fix so I ordered these hideous but highly effective pink draws from Amazon.com on Prime.  Mostly due to impatience, I'm not gonna lie.

My vanity is looking a little worse for wear but it does the job, currently on the top is my light up mirror which opens up to reveal jewellery storage which I bloody love so much. It also has a handy little draw underneath which is currently empty but I intend for that to be the new product draw. This draw will prove super handy as I can be sure to use new things rather than have them disappear into the makeup abyss. 

I then have three glasses full of makeup brushes (all filthy) and a smaller mirror which is pretty much the only one I use because you can get really up close with it.

On the attached shelf I have three clear boxes that have bits and bobs in such as electronics cables, makeup packaging (for blogging purposes) and random skin care that I don't use much. The white draws are empty to allow for inevitable makeup collection growth!

On top of the hideous pink draws in two copper baskets, I keep my most used and most loved palettes. 

A few Urban Decay favourites, Naked Smoky and Naked Heat! 

A few Too Faced favourites, Sweet Peach and Chocolate Bar. These bad boys are my absolute loves of my life, probably my most favourite things in my whole makeup collection.

Urban Decay Vice 3 and Vice 4, I love these guys because they are jam packed with so many unique eyeshadows and they are amazing quality. Although I don't reach for these daily, I like having them close for when I'm feel a little adventurous!

On to the contents of the hideous pink draws, the top draw is separated by smaller clear containers. Top left contains a variety of pencils and liners, so this includes eyeliners, lipliners, glitter liners and coloured liners. 

Next to that is skin stuff such as my fave foundation Revlon Color Stay and my go to concealer Collection Lasting Perfection.

Bottom left holds all my mascaras, I only really use the Urban Decay Perversion but I have a whole load of options!

Bottom right contains my brow stuff, I use the Models Own brow palette most days but occasionally I might use the MakeUp Revolution brow pomade. 

The second draw is my favourite draw, HIGHLIGHTERS! I have quite a lot of highlighters as you can see but my faves are probably the Tanya Burr Skin Illuminator, Soph X palette and all the Technic Get Gorgeous highlights. 

Third draw is the most neglected draw as I am just too lazy for lip products, all I do is eat so usually I don't bother. Somehow though, I have still accumulated quite the collection. Mostly reds and various shades of pink. I particularly like lip stains so I've got a lot of those, my favourites are mostly in my handbag though.

Blush! I don't have much blush, I have the Real Cheeky Party palette by Benefit which is great as it contains a selection of Box'O'Blushes which I use a lot. I really love a good cream blush, H&M do some great ones.

Single shadows and teeny tiny palettes. It's all about palettes these days so I don't have that many singles but as you can see, I really like the MUA singles, especially the metallic ones because they literally cost £1 and are the most pigmented things on earth. I keep my fave eyeshadow in here also, the Urban Decay Moondust single in Solstice.

The six draw is skin stuff such as cream contour, colour correctors, bronzer, contour and a few blushes and highlighters if they are apart of a face palette. I use my Collection Highlight & Sculpt loads. I also really love my Urban Decay Jean Michel Basquiat palette, it has two blushes, one highlight and a bronzer inside so I use this loads for travel as it hold my whole face.  I was also wearing this palette when Liam proposed so it's quite special! 

The last draw (that isn't empty) contains other palettes that I just don't use that much. I did really like the W7 palettes but I haven't found myself reaching for them at all recently so they are just stored away with their other unloved mates should I ever fancy using one of them!

So that's my makeup collection and ugly but effective storage! It's so nice to have everything all together and easy to get at, I have found myself experimenting a whole lot more and actually using things that I had been neglecting previously. I have a little room for growth but I can always buy another set of pink draws when my collection gets bigger!

How do you store your makeup?