Bloomin' Christmas.

Morning face-fans. Christmas is fast approaching (how annoying) and I know that I am will be giving the gift of beauty to the chosen few but seeing as make-up is a fairly personal I would urge you all to veer on the side of caution when purchasing beauty-type gifts for others. For example; nobody’s mother really wants to receive a product that claims to ‘noticeably reduce the signs of ageing’ that’s just not festive folks. Similarly, receiving a cleanser designed to combat adult acne is will never be well received no matter how much it cost. I will be, needless to say thinking long and hard before I make my Christmas beauty purchases.

This week as I am attempting to save some pennies and to be honest I haven’t really done anything to deserve a treat I went bought a different shade of the Revlon Suede lipstick this time in Nude attitude.

I am finding that as the Winter draws in I really can’t get away with red lipstick so much without looking like a corpse and I have always loved that 60’s Brigitte Bardot big-hair-dark-eyes nude lips look. I love all of the aspects of this lipstick, it is actually matte, it stays on and its pretty economical at around £7.00. Job done.

A brand that holds a special place in my heart is Bloom. Now sadly banished to spend eternity in Purgatory or as its commonly know, Superdrug, Australian company Bloom is in fact a super brand that boasts super-cute and premium packaging with a long-lasting high quality product inside.



I have a really special raspberry coloured gloss that is the perfect compliment to rosy pink cheeks and a one of their eyeshadows that comes in a little metal case complete with a mirror – very useful and the eyeshadow itself stays put all night / or well into the next day, whatever.... I have also spotted their nail polishes in Stupourdrug and they have some really great shades, I literally am going to become bankrupt at this rate...

I’ll leave you with a warning; don’t go away for the weekend to the deepest darkest depths of Derbyshire and leave your foundation at home. You have no idea how much concealer and blusher I had to use just to look even vaguely alive, the greyness of the sky combined with the green of the surrounding countryside made for a totally pasty pallor, from now on the Chanel travels everywhere with me.

I still need to revive my skincare regime, am doing some research into what it right for me – that is yellowish grey colouring, the occasional mega-spot and both dry and greasy patches, not much to deal with then. I know that this will probably not come cheaply and we all know that great skin is priceless but needs to be worked at, I have had a month or so of really crap skin enough is enough – this is war.

Until the next time,

TB xxx