WHAT'S iN MY MAKE-UP BAG: SUMMER EDiTiON

I love doing what's in my make-up bag posts  and I also equally love having a nosey at what other people's make-up bag stash. I think you'll get a small glimpse of the person's personal choices by seeing what they've got in their make-up bags. For this summer, I have been enjoying using this pretty, pink make-up bag from Primark with my initial on it which makes it appear personalised. It comes in all letters so you can definitely get one for your name. It looks so dainty and it only comes less than £10 which is really fantastic. It has two compartments which made the bag even better. On the first compartment, I put things that gets scratched easily and on the other one is a mixture of everything.

LiGHT SUMMER BASES

For me, summer skin is all about flawless and radiant yet natural looking skin. Light bases are often the ones that I usually reach out for. Aside that it makes me feel that my skin can still breath, it also gives a more radiant look. Summer skin for me is all about tinted moisturisers, bb, and cc creams.

HAiRCARE ROUTiNE FOR A STRONGER, LONGER HAiR

Haircare, like skincare, is a bit tricky for me. I think it is my penance for all those crazy styling and colouring on my teenage years that my hair is quiet rebellious. After three long years of looking after my hair, it goes back to its healthy state. However, like I said earlier, it is quiet sensitive to change. At the beginning of June, I went to Prague where the temperature is mostly over 29Celcius and the on and off heatwave in the UK is making my hair cray-cray again. I tried my old trusted hair products but nothing seem to work on my fast becoming frizzy hair. It doesn't help as well that I'm growing my hair longer so I really need my hair strong and healthy. After introducing some products, I finally manage my hair to stay calm and healthy again. If you are having to fight frizzy hair or you just want a healthy long, hair then you might pick some tips in here.

SEASONAL SKiNCARE: SUMMER EDiT

As the weather changes, I also switch my skincare routine. For winter time, my skin is dry and sensitive whilst on warmer months, it's just plainly a combination skin and still sensitive. For this summer, I actually changes my skincare routine twice. My usual summer skincare routine is not working for this year. I ended up with a very angry and unhappy skin. I was horrified as I never had breakouts as much as I had at the end of May. I tried several products and I finally found the skincare routine that works with my skin in this temperamental weather which is scorching on one day and then raining the next.

SWEAT PROOF MAKE-UP

In the UK, we don't usually need sweatproof make-up as we mostly live under grey skies. However, the UK is experiencing on and off heatwave. It is so hot that I don't even know if I'm happy or I'm going to moan about it. As much as I like to go without make-up on, there are certain occasions that I need to. With trial and error, I finally found a make-up routine that sticks in my face despite the warm weather.

SUMMER SHOE WARDROBE

Nowadays, instead of buying tons of clothes, I am now having a more minimal approach to my wardrobe. Each season, I only buy basic pieces and few (probably three the maximum) clothing that are on trend. I find that this works best for and it feels like I always have something to wear because I just mix and match things. The more clothes I have, the more I feel that I don't have anything to wear. Can you see the irony in there? I also use this approach for my shoe wardrobe. Each season, I try to stick to a pair of smart flats, a pair of sneakers, one pair of sandals for warmer months (ankle boots for colder months), and one pair of kick-ass pumps. Although I may have add a pair or two but nothing much.

THREE SUMMER ESSENTiALS

As summer is finally here and the UK is currently suffering from a heatwave, I made a list of summer essentials that is perfect for warm days and festival season. What I considered as essentials are products that I really need. Like if I am stuck somewhere and I could only bring three items, these are the things that I would bring.  Or when I go to a festival, these are the items that I would bring myself although I am not a big fan of festivals myself. My essential list includes skincare, base, and a fragrance.

NEW iN FROM THE BODY SHOP

New products always excite me especially if it is one of my favourite brand. Well for summer, The Body Shop has loads of new ranges that I am on sensory overload. Most, if not all, of the brand's new ranges are well-thought and is really summer appropriate. It will take forever if I will discuss the product one by one and I might bore you to death. I will be sharing with you instead my favourite or what has got my curiosity out of the three new ranges.

ESSiE MANi BLUES

During spring and summer, aside from pastel shades, I also love blue shades for my nail polish. Blue reminds me so much of the sea and its nautical vibes is spot-on for summer. Blue used to be my favourite colour when I was growing up. It still is one of my favourite colour actually. Whilst rummaging my nail polishes during my spring cleaning, I rediscovered my favourite blue nail polishes from my favourite nail polish brand Essie. I had made several posts about my Essie nail polishes. I had a pink edit and nude edit for the brand and now it's time for my blue edit.

KiKO MODERN TRiBES FOR SUMMER 2015

As I mentioned in my previous blog posts, summer launches are starting to sprout and this is another exciting time for beauty fanatics. After spring cleaning and clearing our make-up stashes, we now have another reason to shop. Surely we need new things or our stash is not enough or we need to add more to our beauty loot. The recent summer launch that got me excited is the Kiko Modern Tribes Collection. This collection is inspired by the grandeur of modern, noble warriors or just basically strong and empowered women from different backgrounds.

THE AQUATiC TREASURES

As we are having glorious sunshine every now and then, I am really looking forward for summer. Well for beauty addicts, it also means that there will be summer collection sprouting which is very exciting. The newest one that that really excites me is the Clarins Aquatic Treasures. The collection takes inspiration from glittering turquoise-blue ocean and the treasures it may holds in the depth. Clarins got me with the ocean inspiration. I used to spend almost all of my summer holidays on the beach and endured burnt skin and really, who doesn't love the blue ocean?

BOURJOiS AQUA LAQUE

I am a big fan of the Bourjois Rouge Edition Velvet so when the news started to spread about Bourjois Rouge Edition Aqua Laque, I can't wait for myself to try them. I spotted all shades in my local Boots last week and had to stop myself from buying all shades. Of course the 3 for 2 offers doesn't help. Somehow, I got out of Boots with only 3 shades. I have to pat myself at the back for my self-control. Haha

SNAPSHOTS OF SUMMER

Summer has been really lovely this year. The weather has been pretty amazing and mostly everyone I know are in good spirits. I will be sharing with you snapshots that bring back good memories from this summer. This will be short and sweet but will be a photo-heavy post. I am sorry in advance. I think I can express myself more in photos than in words.

CURRENTLY LOViNG: SPRiNG FOOTWEAR

Hot weather is starting to creep up and everyone is just so excited for spring and summer. As I was browsing the stores and online shops, gorgeous foot wears are everywhere. I’ve got two foot wears that I think are perfect for sunny days and to show our gorgeously painted toe nails. I just think that I have no self control over these pretty things though I don't consider the following foot wears as pretty but these are more on a chic side.