Khaki Night

When you think about khaki, you most probably think of casual outfits, maybe some outdated cargo trousers, or military style jumpsuits for example? But I am a huge believer in buying pieces you can dress up and down - an interchangeable wardrobe is full in force this year (well, for me anyway).

This top is probably my most favourite purchase of 2015 hands down - I love the new khaki trend and even more I love how you can wear it so many different ways. This top comes in so many different colours (navy is next on my list), and it's so easy to wear and style. This khaki coloured v neck (here) is so low cut you have to either brave the no bra or find an extremely small bra (which is the route I took) but I think it's quite a unique shape and like I said, its so easy to style. 

I wore this the very first time for a night out and I just fell in love with it so I thought I'd share it with you, and it might give you a little inspiration on how to wear this trend without going full out!

Thank you for reading!

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HOLY GRAIL PRODUCTS: TOO FACED CHOCOLATE BAR PALETTE

It's only been recently that I got into eye shadow on a daily basis, but I'm still quite afraid to be really bold and adventurous with my looks, so I like to just stick to neutral colours. I always thought that the original Urban Decay Naked palette would be the best purchase for me, as I love neutral eye looks and everyone always goes on about it, but I just couldn't get on with the shimmery shades, I just couldn't make them work together and the fallout was insane. 

The Too Faced Chocolate Bar Palette retails for £39 on the Debenhams website and is made with 100% natural cocoa powder, giving it it's iconic chocolate scent. The shades are amazingly pigmented and even though they are all neutral shades, the palette is very versatile. It's an amazing day to night palette. Besides the Original Naked Basics, this is the best palette I have ever used. There's two very large highlight shades, one matte and the other shimmery and there are a lot more mattes than the Naked palette which is what sold me.

 My favourite shades are Hazelnut, Marzipan, Salted Caramel, Creme Brulee and Milk Chocolate (pictured above). I also really love Candied Violet, I just forgot to swatch that one. 

One thing that I do hate about this is that the shadow names aren't written on the actual palette, its on a separate piece of plastic which you would throw away unless you want the faff of having there every time you want to use it. 

I would recommended this palette to anyone, it has become my holy grail and it's my go to on a daily basis. In my opinion, anyone who is a lover of makeup, neutral or not should own this palette, it's a great addition to anyone's makeup kit. 

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REVIEW: The Body Shop Vitamin E Face Mist

I've been eyeing up setting sprays for as long as they've been used in YouTube makeup tutorials but I've always cringed at the price tag, so I set out to find an alternative that wouldn't hurt my bank account. I've always loved the body shop products, I always use at least one in my shower routine, so I thought I'd comb through all of their skincare ranges to see if I would be able to find something.

The Body Shop Vitamin E Face Mist retails for £8.50 for 100ml and it claims to be a quick skin pick me up and excellent for setting makeup. The Vitamin E range is really good in my opinion, I know my mum loved their moisture cream and I use their eye cream nearly every night so I thought this wouldn't be a bad option.

 First impressions on this product was that it was quite good at refreshing my skin when it fells quite tight and dry, and the rose scent is really lovely. As for setting makeup, I haven't actually used this over my makeup but I have used it under and I think it does make a difference to how my makeup looks overall. It brightens up my skin when its looking a little dull, and it helps my foundation and powder from looking less cakey and a little more skin like. 

From reading other reviews, people have stated it's great for enhancing pigments, just like Mac Fix+, and I think it does do a good job of that even though I haven't wet my brushes with this, I've just noticed a difference even when I'm not using an eye primer. 

If you want to try out a face mist/setting spray but don't want to shell out on high end, definitely try this out. It isn't yet a staple in my routine but I do like it on days I have quite dry and dull skin. Also try out the Vitamin E range too, I think it works quite well and it's of my favourite ranges from The Body Shop. 

Let me know how this works for you! 

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