Autumn Beauty

It's finally Autumn! It's such a beautiful season with so many wonderful connotations; you hear Autumn, and you think golden leaves, coffee and hot chocolate, dark nights and dark lips, halloween and bonfire night and sweaters and scarves and boots. I have such an adoration for this season and I really wanted to make a blog post pointing out my favourite beauty items of Autumn for me to hopefully give you some inspiration for this coming season! 

Makeup!

(Rimmel London Stay Matte Primer £5.99, Rimmel London Stay Matte Powder £3.99, Wilko's Kissx Mattifying Primer £3)

After glowing up my face to the max during summer, there's nothing better than going matte in the Autumn time. These are my three favourite products that help achieve this look, using a matte foundation would be great too, although I hate to admit I'm yet to buy one! 

Those out there with dry skin need to take care as the weather gets colder as you'll be more prone to dryness! Please moisturise and use products that keep your face hydrated and healthy.

(Makeup Revolution Ultra Eyeshadows Flawless Matte Palette £8)

As I have already mentioned Autumn is the season of MATTE. I love this palette! Yes, they aren't the best quality products out there but for their price you get a beautiful set of 32 eyeshadows that are perfect for this season, the colour scheme here is exactly what I look for in the Autumn. 

(Essence All About Nude Eyeshadow Palette £3.49, Elf Mineral Eyeshadow in Golden £1.50*, Makeup Geek Pigment in Insomnia £5.83**, Geek Chic Cosmetics Eyeshadow in Very Specific Skill Set £3.88**, Revlon Matte Eyeshadow in Plum £2.99, Maybelline Color Tattoo 24Hr in Metallic Pomegranate£4.99)

Essence All About Nude Palette

This palette packs a punch and offers so many beautiful shimmery shades. The colours range from light and cutesy to dark and deep and pretty much covers all your needs for a shimmery eye look! 

(From left to right: Metallic Pomegranate, Insomnia, Very Specific Skill Set, Plum, Golden)

I love the whole burgundy and plum look that Autumn brings on and here is just a small selection of eyeshadows and pigments that are sure to help you on your way to looking like the literal embodiment of Autumn! 

(Maybelline Super Stay Lipstick in Absolute Plum, Soft Taupe, Grape Juice, Pink Spice, Always Crimson £8.99)

Where do I start with these?! The Maybelline Super Stay Lipsticks have quickly become my favourite drugstore lip product. They are super long lasting liquid lipsticks with a range of finishes and an even more impressive range of colours! There are so many shades perfect for Autumn that you are sure to find one that you love! 

(From left to right: Soft Taupe, Grape Juice, Pink Spice, Absolute Plum, Always Crimson) 

These none-transferring lipsticks brilliant and perfect for those days where you want to go out and forget about your makeup. The product comes with a balm to keep your lips moisturised throughout the day as they are quite drying. 

Sweaters!

There is nothing better than waking up on a dim, foggy morning and snuggling into your favourite sweater. For me, they are the epitome of Autumn and what I look most forward to when the weather starts turning. I have a good selection of sweaters and shirts so I can mix and match, as well as mixing up my jeans or tights (greens, browns and burgundies are perfect colours!) 
If you love good quality, thick, baggy sweaters I would suggest checking out the 'men's' section of the clothes store. I got everything in this picture (bar the pink shirt, red checkered shirt and scarf) from the 'men's' section and they're my favourites, look how cosy they look! (I do buy my clothes at a much larger size than I actually am though) 

Shoes!

(From left to right and downwards: Red Boots from New Look, Black Heels from New Look, Black Platform Heels from New Look, Brown Heels from George, Brown Boots from Dorothy Perkins, Black Boots from George) 

The second most important part of an Autumn outfit? SHOES! 

I love having a variety of styles and colours to match my sweaters but I veer towards black and brown boots because I'm a simple girl with ankles too weak for heels. 

Well I hope that got you pumped for Autumn and also gave you some ideas of what's out there for your Autumn look! 

Next week I will be going through my favourite lip moisturisers because my lips hate the change in weather so before Autumn my mouth is like the desert ground. 

 * = I couldn't find a price for this product and I'm not sure whether it is still available but it probably cost me no more than £2.

**= This is converted from dollars and so the GBP price depends on the conversion rate. 

Rimmel London Wake Me Up Range Review

I was so intrigued by Rimmel London's Wake Me Up range (mainly because I'm constantly wanting to take a nap and I'm definitely not a morning person) so after trying the line out, I thought I'd tell you guys about them! 


They're whole gig is that they're supposed to make you feel more awake and fresh, which theoretically is perfect for those early mornings (especially now that the summer holidays are over). I would say, however, that I didn't really notice anything different about these products than I would with other similar products in other brands or lines. I didn't feel refreshed and prepared for my day anymore than I usually would so I can't really vouch for the whole 'wake me up' deal if I'm completely honest, the mascara does stick out in this aspect (more on this later!).

Foundation






















This foundation, at first glance, is a great product and something I would use on a regular basis. The consistency is quite thick for a liquid but easily blends out to a medium coverage, the finish is satiny and does make you look more awake and fresh. 


Here, I'm just wearing the foundation (no primer), it looks natural and covers up my blemishes pretty well. It can apply quite thickly if you aren't careful so I would recommend building this foundation up slowly.


This does give you a natural finish while still covering your 'imperfections' but can sink into your wrinkles and dry patches because it's quite thick (this isn't o noticeable, and definitely isn't as bad as other drugstore foundations. 

This foundation actually contains tiny bits of gold glitter/shimmer. (Click on the image for a better look).

It can become really noticeable, you just end up with gold glitter all over your face and I don't understand why they did this because to me, not many people want a foundation that covers them in gold specs? 

If you're about that life, then I've found the perfect foundation for you... but if, like me, you would rather stay away from that look, I wouldn't advise buying this foundation. 

It's such a shame about the sparkles because excluding that factor, it is a very impressive foundation for its reasonable price of £8.99. I would give it 2/10 overall simply because of the glitter but it could've gotten 8/10 without the glitter if you aren't fussed about that! 


Concealer

This concealer is very similar to the foundation, it isn't as thick, which I like seeing as I prefer more watery concealers to go under my eyes. I will say straight off the bat that this also has little gold flecks in it but I find these less obvious that they are in the foundation and I still use this product.

I wouldn't say it's amazing in any aspect but it is very good, it covers up my dark circles a little but not completely, it blends nicely and only creases a little but I have such trouble with creasing under eye concealer that I haven't found a product that doesn't crease. 

I do find that after wearing my makeup for a few hours, many concealers will start showing and separating from my foundation, almost leaving a white-ish patch under my eyes. This concealer doesn't do this as far as I've seen so far so that is a relief, it behaves well with my setting powders unlike some concealers and brightens the area too. I would give this concealer 7/10, it could cover up my dark circles better but compared to my other drugstore concealers (Maybelline Age Rewind and Maybelline Fit Me Concealer) it performs very well and is really cheap too: £5.49. 

Mascara

Firstly, arghHHH, I LOVE THIS MASCARA, IT HAS QUICKLY BECOME A FAVOURITE, IF NOT MY ABSOLUTE FAVOURITE!!!!! 
Okay, so now that that's said, let's move onto the facts! 

I would just like to say that I do prefer more natural lashes, so if you're after really thick and long eyelashes this mascara probably isn't the best for you but if you like just exaggerating what you already have this mascara is great! You can see it doesn't do all that much but I love the natural and long lasting look this mascara gives my lashes. 
It keeps my lashes separate and thin but adds length and darkens them (I bought the extra black mascara). 




The wand is pretty big, as you can see here, but it is seriously the easiest applying mascara I have, especially for the lower lashes. The smell of the mascara is unreal! This is the only real product, that in my opinion, deserves the 'Wake Me Up' title. 


It smells like cucumbers and is so refreshing, I'm so used to mascaras smelling of chemicals so this was such a pleasant surprise and definitely sweetens the deal for me!


The curvy shape of the wand helps get into those inner lashes and works with the shape of your eye to coat every lash and lift them for a more awake appearance. I still love my Maybelline Lash Sensational mascara but I always use the Wake Me Up mascara for lower lashes and for days where I want to feel more awake and natural! This mascara costs £7.99, which I think is a great price for such a loveable product. It gets an 8.5/10 from me, just because it could give my lashes some more oomph but I so often go more natural that I end up using this mascara all the time anyway!


Here is a picture of my finished makeup when I applied all of these products, I added setting powder, bronzer, blush, highlighter and all that bizz but you can see that I look very natural and fresh faced, which I think is the main aim of this line. 

Thanks for reading, if you have any thoughts feel free to comment below, I will be back next week with my Autumn Makeup Must Haves!
Also, do you prefer the text this big or smaller like my other posts, I can't decide!?