Beauty bites - current favourites

I'm constantly debating with myself whether I want to write more about my favourite beauty items and discoveries. I've recently started getting a little bit more into wearing lip colours after years of avoiding trying out lipstick and balms, not sure why but I always found lip colours to be slightly more high-maintenance than other make-up products (but maybe it's just my usual laziness that made me avoid trying out!)

My recent favourites are Revlon's Just Bitten Kissable balm stains. I find the colours to be more on the natural side which makes it easier for me to wear without too much fuss. This weekend on my trip to the chemists I picked up two new colours- Honey is the one to wear during the day and Romantic a red shade that would be my 'going-out' lip colour. After testing them both I'm happy to say they're great hassle free colours and whilst I had to re-apply them, I found they last for a good few hours without drying up and looking like a mess and I and really enjoyed just having a little bit of colour on my lips.

I also decided to test Sleek makeup's Corrector and Conceal as I very noticeable black circles under my eyes. I chose to go with Sleek's concealer and correcter set after a recommendation from a friend, I never really used a three-steps concealer and correcter so wanted to try out an affordable product to see if I can make it work right and after getting some tips from my friend on how to apply the concealer and use the corrector I was quite satisfied with the result. One of my main worries before trying ii was that I'll end up with white stains under my eyes but with my friend's tips I managed to get it to look natural and it didn't require a lot of fussing and the best thing was that I didn't need to make any corrections during the day, the concealer stayed in place pretty much all day which made me really happy as I was dreading the thought of having to correct and reapply it over and over through the day.

One dress

Following last night's post on trying to keep up with my new year's resolution to lay out whatever I want to wear the night before, I felt an urge to wear this colourful dress from Zara that I got recently, however the weather is way too cold in my opinion for just the dress and being a real wuss who is usually afraid to step out of the house in the winter without piling on at least three layers of thermals and jumpers made debate my decision to wear this dress today without an additional layer to keep me warm. I initially decided to go with the khaki shirt I bought the same time I bought the dress because I felt they worked really well together , but then my fear of the cold has taken over again and I immediately remembered the hideous khaki coloured jumper I dug out from the bottom of the wardrobe a few weeks ago and swore I won't ever wear , however it seemed to me that the dress and the jumper  were somehow made for each other even though it might not be the most polished and elegant look it still felt comfy and warm enough to wear to work.  Amazingly just as I was leaving for work the sun came out for a quick visit , not a bad start to the say after all!