Perfect Beauty Boxes For Christmas! Essie ~ L'Oreal ~ Maybelline ~ Gift Guide.

 

Christmas is approaching fast and for some reason I always leave presents until the last minute but I have found the perfect solution, gifts for ladies that is!

 

Essie, L'Oreal & Maybelline are offering these fab gift boxes with full sized products in them - they are already packaged beautifully so all you will need is a card, & maybe a nice ribbon!

 

I'll take you through what's inside...

 

 

This L'Oreal goodie box is specifically for eyes, named 'The Eye Artistry Kit' - this amazing box includes all the items you'll need to create to perfect smokey eye, winged liner & brow!

 

Box contains:

Eyeliner Get the Look info card
Brow Get the Look info card
Black Super liner Blackbuster for a thick line
Black Superliner Gelmatic for a medium line
Black Superliner Perfect Slim for a thin line
Double ended Superliner Brow Artist Pencil with wax fixer
Smokey Eye shadow quad

 

RRP: £24.99, worth £33. Click HERE to buy

 

 Up next is the Maybelline 'Pure Enhancement' gift box which is packaged with all the beauty makeup essentials + a pretty nail polish!

Perfect lips, eyes, cheeks, brows & nails are all covered with this box.

 

Box contains:

Get the Look How-to Guide
Mega Plush Mascara
Baby Lips Hydrate Lip Balm
Brow Drama Sculpting mascara
Colorshow Nail Polish in Nebline
Dream Touch Blush in Berry

 

RRP:£19.99, worth £25. Click HERE to buy

 

 

Last but not least is the stunning Essie 'Festive Fingertips' gift box - which includes four wonderful winter shades. I love that these are full sized polishes & not minis! You also get Essie Sleek Stick calligraphy nail wraps. I know I would love to receive this as a gift on Christmas Day!

 

Box contains:

Essie Nail Polish Fishnet Stockings 15ml

Essie Nail Polish Sole Mate 15ml

Essie Nail Polish Eternal Optimist 15ml

Essie Nail Polish Beyond Cozy 15ml

Essie Love me Love me Nail Stickers

Step-by-Step guide to achieve the perfect essie manicure

RRP: £24.99, worth £42 - Click HERE to buy

These fabulous boxes are all available exclusively to Boots.com for a limited time.
Visit www.Boots.com to order, or click on the links above to be directed to each box online.

Don't you think these are the perfect gifts? I'm so pleased I came across them & really hope they will be available (or something similar) next Christmas!

 

 



NYX Haul - Beauty Joint

I received some fabulous NYX goodies from BeautyJoint some time ago & have been testing the products out to see what they are like ever since, and I am very impressed!

I have always liked NYX products, their jumbo pencils have always been a favourite for me.
BeautyJoint offer 100's of NYX products at really, REALLY low prices.

NYX Jumbo Lip Pencil - Nude Pink

My favourite item is this stunning Jumbo lip pencil, it applies pretty much the same as a glossy lipstick - the texture is very creamy and it glides on beautifully. I am in love with the colour, it's perfect.

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NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil - Electric Blue

I love how creamy NYX's Jumbo pencils are, they are a dream to apply! This stunning blue eye liner is gorgeous, the colour is so bright and vibrant. This would look amazing as a thin line over the top of black liquid liner.

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NYX Candy Glitter Liner - Disco Queen

This is so beautiful! The glitter is so pigmented and sparkles really well. I would also wear this as a thin line above my black liquid liner, to give it an extra bit of glamour!

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NYX Single Eyeshadow

Cool Blue, Cherry and Deep Purple

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NYX Blushes
Cream Blush - Rouge, Blush - Mocha

NYX Lipgloss Pallet - The Nudes
5 stunning lip glosses in nude matte shades

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NYX Eyeshadow Trio 

Golden/Rust/Walnut Bronze pallet and White/Grey/Black (for smokey eyes!) pallet.

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NYX Pencils

Lip liner - Rose, Lip liner - Sand Pink, Eye pencil - Silver

NYX Auto pencils
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Auto Eye pencil - Black, Auto Lip Pencil - Rose Brown, Eye/Eyebrow pencil - Charcoal

NYX Girls Nail Polish
Carnival and Dorothy
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I love that NYX is such good quality at such a low price! BeautyJoint also offer lots of other brands like China Glaze and e.l.f.
www.BeautyJoint.com

What do you think of NYX products?

Nude Smokey Eyes ~ Sleek Au Naturel Collection Make-up

Smokey eyes, nude lips + Mermaid hair...

  

 To create this look I used the Sleek Au Naturel palette on my eyes. Starting with shade 'Taupe' as a base, then i built up 'Cappuccino' on my lids + blended 'Bark' + 'Mineral Earth' into my crease.

Eyelashes: Foxy Lashes

 The results were lovely, the eye-shadows themselves were really easy + silky to apply. 

I always wear browns on my eyes, so this palette is perfect for me!

On my lips I used Sleek Pout Polish in Bare Minimum, a stunning soft nude.

On my cheeks i used Sleek Blush in Suede.

Finished look:

I absolutely love Sleeks Nude collection, it is definitely my favorite collection they have released to date!
The collection will be available to buy from 31st August from sleekmakeup.com.

P.s My Mermaid hair is thanks to my new Enrapture Jumbo Waver (Tutorial coming soon!).

Sleek Makeup ~ New Scandalous Blush, Scandal Pout Polish, Molten Metal Eyeshadow

 Molten Metal creme eyeshadow consists of two beautiful shades 'Gold Leaf' and 'Pewter'. These are so gorgeous and highly pigmented. 

Above: Gold Leaf, Pewter: Natural lighting

They look amazing on, they can be built up for extra 'pop' or worn slightly more sheer for a subtle look.

RRP: £6.99

 Above: Pout Polish ~ Scandal

I love these lip glosses, they are super pigmented and really nourishing. Scandal is a sultry bright red. They are SPF15 which is always a great thing!
RRP: £4.29

 Above: One coat, natural lighting.

 Above: Built up, natural lighting

 Above: Dark lighting with flash

 Above: Scandalous Blush

I'm not going to lie, when i first opened this i got a shock! It's a super bright orange toned red. 

I put the smallest amount on my brush and it actually looked really pretty, a lovely coral blush. 

RRP: £4.29

 Above: Soft, light application. Natural lighting

Above: Built up, heavy application. Natural light.

As you can see from the last swatch, the colour is very bright and quite scary. I don't think many people would wear it like that but this blush does look fab lightly applied.
I can see this blush lasting forever as a little goes a long way! This would definitely look fab on darker skin tones.

Buy from: www.SleekMakeup.com