My festival survival kit

Hey my lovely readers, sorry I've been out of the blogisphere for a while I went off to latitude then had a heap of work to catch up on when I returned so here we go! My make up bag/ sack ha of products which enabled me to survive the festival season and look like I'd got not been in a tent for 4 days!

So first up!! Skincare folks!! Obviously face wipes to start things off!

Then I opted for a Benefit mini skincare set for £10 with a miniature bottle of all the essentials....

• Foamingly clean- a lovely foaming face wash which you can use with face wipes as running water wasn't readily available and left me feeling wide awake and refreshed every morning!
• Refined Finish- a clay bead exfoliator which is really gentle and great for scrubbing that festval mud away!
• Moisture Prep- A toning lotion for all over the face with aloe vera which really helps soothe the old sun burn and helps keep you the moisture locked in
• Triple Performing Moisturiser- A light moisturiser, perfect as a day cream as it's oil-free so helps keep your make up in place and has an spf15pa++ so gives a nice level of protection
• Total Moisture- A really thick rich yet non greasy moisturiser perfect for a hydra boost or just a lovely hydrating night cream
• It's Potent- A fabulous eye cream, helps prep under the eye for all the concealer I had to use from partying hard and helps combat the dark circles too

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Boo Boo Zap- Not included in the kit but a bare essential as after living on burgers, beer and ice cream I needed something to dry the horrible lurking guity party spots and after loving it years ago I was delighted when Benefit re-released this. £13.50

MAKE UP!!!!!

Then on the make up side of things palettes come in handy at times like this and the limited edition Laura Mercier Lingerie Palette was perfect!!! Gorgeous high pigment blushers perfect for summer and my two favourite shades of eye shadow for a nice nude eye, Buff Pearl for all over the eye and Tawny Apricot for along the socket line to make the eyes stand out! Love it!! Really brightens up tired eyes and I love a nice nudey tone when I'm feeling a little indecisive. What a lush gift to receive!!

BASE

I also got together as many minis as possible of my favourite bits! Last month Glamour teamed up with Benefit and gave away either a mini Porefessional, That Gal or Bad Gal mascara so I bought 2 to get the 2 primers. I love the Porefessional, perfect for when your skin looks all uneven and blotchy as I find it to be quite correctional as well as pore minimising and I mix it with That Gal so it's mattifying and also brightening, it works wonders as a mix!

FOUNDATION

The kind ladies at Estee Lauder gave me a nice little pot of one of my all time favourite foundations Double Wear and I also have a sample size of Benefit's long awaited liquid foundation Hello Flawless Oxygen Wow in Honey, I love the coverage and long lasting advantages of Double Wear but after using the HFOW for a couple of weeks I saw real benefits as a day to day foundation, it has an SPF25pa+++ which I believe is on par with a Dior foundation as the highest level of SPF in a liquid foundation on the market which appeals to me as I'm super fair and sensitive. It's also anti-aging, purifying, oil-free and mineral based so it's doing some good for the skin too. I find it also gives a really healthy dewey radiance....so again I mix them together. It just adds a bit of brightness to the Double Wear and the Double Wear increases coverage for the HFOW. Perfect :)

EXTRAS



• Magic Ink- Benefits liquid liner, in my opinion- altthough it isn't my favourite type of wand for a liquid liner which really is my can't live without item to make my eyes stand out- it has the best staying power out of a lot I have tried and also looks glossy which is a nice touch. £14, Benefit
• Eyedew Dazzling Drops- Fab eyedrops by dry and tired party eyes and make your whites super white!! Just what every girl needs after 2 hours sleep! About £4, Boots
• Chubby Stick- Clinique's iconic moisturising lip balm crayon, recently the collection has grown with a new multitude for colours, I opted for 'chunky cherry' the perfect balance between pink and red and enough pigment to look like a lipstick but the perfect benefits of a lip balm. The only problem with these is I want them all!! £16, Clinique

And obviously..TRES IMPORTANT! Dry shampoo, hair spray, 1,000,000 kirby grips and cool hair accessories because your hair will feel disgusting!!!!

Happy festival season ladies and gents! After that being my 3rd this year I feel I've fine tuned what to take to look the best you can in a field!

Holly XOXO

Hey folks sorry I've not updated in a while, I haven't abandoned it already I've been at Latitude Festival among the pink sheep and lily pads. So I will shortly be doing a fashion and beauty festival survival blog...watch this space

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My Dressing Table

This is where I make myself look more human. Just thought I'd share.

NAIL VARNISHES!!!

-Summer Nails

I've been left with an icky tummy bug so what time better to review all my favourite nail polishes?

First to just mention I'm rocking a solid glitter ring finger in all shots of "Rainbow Connection" a limited edition muppets polish by OPI.

First up..... Tea Bird by Filthy Gorgeous London

Gorgeous pastel baby blue, perfect solid colour, great quality from chipping, dries relatively quickly. Not the easiest blush I've ever used as it's quite small and brittle so difficult to get a really smooth manicure but a lovely shade disimilar to any of the cheaper brands after exploring the shelves. £9

Next! The limited edition Nicki Minaj colour Pink Friday by OPI! The softest, babiest, powder pink polish I've ever seen! Unlike so many light pink polishes this has an amazing coverage and you can't see through it at all even after one coat but I did two as always for good measure. So easy to make look smooth and professional with the famous OPI prolite brush. £11 and lovely!! Maybe better with a bit of a tan! 

So now for a Barry M polish, pocket friendly and excellent colour range and this particular one in called 'peach melba' great shade for this season, loving these super cute soft shades! Great coverage just not the easiest brush!

Next...Fly once again limited edition Nicki Minaj OPI colour super punchy teal and lovely for summer and autumn! 

Now keeping with the theme of blues, OPI's classic shade "No Time For The Blues" I've certainly got time for this colour because if you're gonna wear a blue it might as well be this luscious cobalt.

Now nearing the end....my two favourites of this week!! Rimmel's Misty Jade, definitely requires two coats as it was barely there with one but it really came to life after two! I think it was like £2.99 or something so easily affordable and bang on trend.!

And now finally...ta da da da!! Candy Street by Nails Inc! I only used this for the first time today after receiving it in a beauty goody bag! After buying a couple of Nails Inc colours before and finding them go gloopy quite quickly I swore off them but this is just my perfect coral for the summer. Enough pink, enough red and enough orange to make sure it just goes with everything!! Just looking at it makes me fancy cocktails and holidays!!

Dip Dye Crazy

So the big craze of the moment appears to be the ombre effect, dip dye clothes, dip dye hair, dip dye make up, on the street, on celebrities, in our wardrobes and now in my first post!! So I thought I'd share with you some of my favourite images of the quirky trend!

The gorgeous jumper is from Topshop RRP of £45, the nails and lips are both from Google images and I will be posting a photo step-by-step how to on dip dye nails and lips and how to achieve some great professional looks very easily and as for the hair well I did go dip dye brown to blonde (excuse the weird face in the photo) 

but my hair went very straw-like where I'd bleached it so reverted back to all over brown, so I'm awaiting delivery of my colour rub, which is like eye shadow for hair and see if I can achieve something non-permanent and similar to the above picture (the beautiful pink dip dyed model) very easily at home, has anyone else used these colour rubs? There's a few tutorials on you tube of how to maximise the use to make them work best for you, apparently spraying dry shampoo on the areas if you are brunette is a winner so if anyone has tried this whilst I'm waiting let me know!

- Holly