A Painting

So this is a painting I was requested to do by my dad for his friend!

His name is Bernie! And he is a beautiful dog, very much a lap dog even if he is too big!

I just thought this would be something a little bit different to upload on here but it would give you a little more of an insight into my life and personality! This is also my hundredth post! Exciting!!

My Skincare Routine

My skincare routine!! Ooooo exciting! Or not really, it's pretty late and I think I am past that stage of being over tired haha! 

So I don't have a massive skincare routine like a lot of people. And it's pretty simple! 

Step 1: At night I remove all my make-up using Benefit's Remove it make-up remover, £16.50. This if fairly pricey in comparison to make-up wipes you can get for around £3. But I have found wipes very drying, and this has really kept my skin hydrated. Also it removes my make-up a lot better, as I use cotton pads and you can see less and less make-up on each pad you use. 

Step 2: I then move to my bathroom, rinsing my face with pretty warm water, ripping off a chunk of my Movis face soap from Lush, and rubbing this all over my face to cleanse and exfoliate, it isn't at all a harsh exfoliation as I have quite sensitive skin but I feel like my face is really clean afterwards!

Step 4:  I use Benefit's Triple Performing Face Emulsion with SPF15, £21.50. This is a great moisturiser for me and pretty much always keeps away the dry patches I have always suffered with! And it smells fresh too! 

Step 5: Around 3 to 4 times a week I use the Let the Good Times Roll Face and body Cleanser from Lush, this has a slightly grainy texture, smells of caramel and makes my skin so soft! I love it so much I have made my boyfriend try it!

Step 6: I then try to use a face mask once a week, I always go for a Lush one as they are so natural and pure, this months selection is Oatifix! 

As you can see I stick to Lush or Benefit products, I just feel like Lush is really natural and has always worked for my skin all over my body, and although Benefit is perfumed which can sometimes be a downfall with any product when you have sensitive skin Benefit's products are just really hydrating!

As much as I hate every sip I take I am also trying to drink a lot more water which will do wanders to your skin!

Have you tried any of these? Anything else you can recommend to me?

Charlotte Rose xx

Cropped Shirt and High Waist Jeans OOTD

I am completely in love with this shirt, it's cropped, a sheer shirt, pretty colours, and a collar. What more could you want?! I wear this shirt so much and tend to pair it with my zip sided jeggings which are a high waist, and i feel so comfortable, stylish and confident in it! Due to the shirt being sheer I do wear a cream bandeau underneath :)

~ Birdcage Cropped Printed Shirt £36 ~ Zip Sided Jegging £15 ~ Colour Block Wide Base Bag £25 ~ 

~Necklace, Accessorize ~ Boots, New Look ~

Happy Reading lovelies

Charlotte Rose xx

A Beautiful Coverup

I really think Kimono's are beautiful, they are so floaty, delicate and sheer that they just ... make every outfit beautiful, but can have a more festival twist, depends on how you wear it I guess.

I totally love the beach look when it comes to Kimono's probably my favourite way to wear them with a bikini an shorts but I love just throwing it on over a crop top and jeans to make the look more pretty, and like you have made way more effort than you actually have!

All Kimonos were purchased from Quiz :) 

Any question leave in the comments!

Thanks for reading :) 

Charlotte Rose xx

MAC Prep+Prime Skin Base Visage

I really recently won this product when MAC stated they were doing a give-away with a batch of these it was basically first come first serve, so no kind of competition really, this is MAC's Prep+Prime Skin Base Visage* £21.

Personally I have never used a Primer before applying my foundation as I have always felt that it blends in and lasts particularly well. But both my mum and sister use Benefits Porefessional and really rave about it, so I felt like I should give a Primer a go when this give-away came up.

I love this product, it makes my skin into a silky smooth base ready for my make-up and it really does make my foundation blend better, I also feel like I don't need to use as much powder as I used to, because my foundation has blended better. And I have now purchased the full size as it's really worked well for me and I dance too and my make-up has lasted a lot longer after my lessons also, to the point I don't even need to touch up!
 

Happy reading my lovelies!!

Charlotte Rose xx

Benefit They're Real Push Up Liner Review

This is absolutely wonderful! A delight to apply! I just ... I have no words.

Well I do...

Of course I do...

I always have an opinion haha!

I have used a few eyeliners over the years, and I thought I had found the perfect eyeliner to create the perfect cat eye when I picked up the Barry M Wink Marker Pen at the very reasonable price of £4.99..Until!! Benefit brought out their They're Real Push Up Liner, £18.50. I haven't used a gel liner before as I have been aware it's a lot more difficult to apply than Liquid liner or pencil. I have always preferred to use liquid liner to create a cat flick eye and pencil in my waterline, pencil works better on your lash line if you want it to be smudgy. But this brand new gel liner is brilliant, it's jet black which is hard to achieve with a liquid liner, and I would say it is easier to get a clean line purely because once liquid liners start drying out it is difficult to get a clean line. I can easily apply this liner over eyeshadow and it still glides on easily, whereas I have found eyeshadows can dry out a liquid liner. This liner is so smooth and just glides on easily, you don't have to go over the same place more than once, well sometimes I go over the point at my flick again just to ensure it is a sharp point!

It has a twist end which brings the eyeliner out of the end ... That sounds like it makes no sense but I had a mind block and can't think of another way of putting it ... You get my drift!

As you can see from my photos I applied the product to the back of my hand and then tried removing it with my normal make-up remover, Benefit's Remove it make-up remover £16.50, and I didn't get it off particularly well, and that was really scrubbing! And as I knew this was going to be the case from watching videos prior to the release, I purchased the all new They're Real Remover, and it's more of a cream based product which I applied to a cotton pad and rubbed gently over my hand and the product removed easily, I still end up with slightly balck areas around my eyes but I can just take that off with my usual remover.

When using the liner remember to only twist up the tiniest amount at a time! Also if you are going out to purchase it, remove the orange stopper and you have to twist the bottom a lot before you get the product out then rub off that first little bit that comes out as it can be a little dry!

I hope you love this little beauty as much as me!

Well done Benefit for creating something truly magical!!

Charlotte Rose xx

Let the good times roll

I am a big lover of lush, and not like most people, I don't love the bubble bars and bath bombs, but the face masks and skincare. Let the good times roll has to currently be my favourite face product, granted I probably don't treat my skin as well as I should with skin care routines etc, but this is just Amaaazing!

Lush says 'This face and body cleanser is a gentle treat for the skin, leaving you 

soft to the touch with a buttery popcorn fragrance'

I feel that this gives more of a caramel scent off than popcorn, but then you first buy a pot there is popcorn pieces in the top which I think is a cute little touch. Due to this product being more of a cleanser rather than a scrub it is very finely gritty like sugar almost, which makes the use of it very gentle and not at all harm your skin.

I think this cleanser REALLY works, I went in looking for a cleanser/ scrub because I have fairly dry skin and although I have a foundation that has moisturiser in it sometimes that isn't enough. I wanted a cleanser at this point as I suffer from really dry patches when around some flowers, lillies specifically, and just generally I do suffer from eczema. So I am not a particularly spotty person and I think this could be because I don't have oily skin, but this does help when I do have a couple coming through. This isn't something I use everyday, only two or three times a week and this works for my skin, and leaves your skin feeling sooo soft, I love it, I would recommend it to everyone! 

Happy reading lovelies!

Charlotte Rose

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