Mini Beauty Haul

Front, L-R: Moreish Reawaken Eye Cream, Bobbi Brown Long-Wear Even Finish Foundation SPF 15 in Porcelain, Nars Radiant Creamy Concealer in Light2 Vanilla. Back: Bobbi Brown Skin Weightless Powder Foundation in Porcelain.

I recently celebrated my 27th Birthday and was lucky to receive some generous gift cards from family members. So I treated myself to some new beauty products, a mini haul. I have been wanting to try a foundation that has more of a medium to full coverage for a while now, so I picked up Bobbi Brown Long-Wear Even Finish Foundation SPF 15 in Porcelain and Bobbi Brown Skin Weightless Powder Foundation in Porcelain to set it with. And admittedly, I've been wanting to try Bobbi Brown products for a while now (I am even going to review each product in a separate post). I have been running low on my favourite concealer for the last few months and have been trying to get very last drop out because it's a little pricey. I caved and decided it was time to finally purchase a new one - Nars Radiant Creamy Concealer in Light2 Vanilla. Lastly, I needed a new eye cream and had been getting by on a generous sample of Ren Keep Young Firming Lifting Eye Cream for the past few weeks - which is a very nice eye cream, but I have been searching for a more affordable option. I find eye creams can be a little pricey for the amount you get - does anyone else feel the same? So I purchased this Moreish Reawaken Eye Cream.

Bobbi Brown Skin Weightless Powder Foundation in Porcelain

Nars Radiant Creamy Concealer in Light2 Vanilla

March Favourites 2016

I can't believe March has been and gone already for 2016. It's crazy how fast this year is going. For March I didn't have too many beauty related favourites - though rest assured I still had plenty of other favourites for the month. 

Beauty

Lush Porridge Soap

I'm not typically a soap person, and tend to favour shower gels. But over the past month or so, I have been using the Porridge Soap from Lush and having been loving it. The soap is creamy, rich, lathers nicely and the pinhead oatmeal helps to exfoliate. The only downside is the pinhead oatmeal will get all over your shower floor...but trust me it is still worth it.

Charles Worthington Style Setter Dry Shampoo

A while back when Priceline had one of their 40% of haircare products, I purchased this Charles Worthington Style Setter Dry Shampoo and only recently pulled it out of the cupboard to try. This dry shampoo is a great all-rounder. I not only reach for it when I need to refresh my hair, but also to add volume and texture when I'm are styling my hair. I find it is light weight, absorbs oil well and virtually unnoticeable once it has been worked through my hair. The scent is pleasant and subtle, and is not at all overwhelming - which is another plus in my books. It comes it two sizes, 150 ml and 50 ml travel size.

Movies / TV / Book

The Intern

I finally got around to watching The Intern. I literally laughed my head off throughout the entire movie - it is definitely worth watching. Plus can you really go wrong with a movie that has both Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway?! The movie is about a 70 year old widower Ben Whittaker (played by Robert De Niro) who takes the opportunity to be a senior intern at an online fashion website run by Jules Ostin (who is played by Anne Hathaway). 

Bridge of Spies

I had been wanting to see this movie for a while now (after first seeing the trailer in October 2015). I was not disappointed. The movie is a historical drama set in the Cold War era and is inspired by true events. Tom Hanks plays James Donovan, an American insurance lawyer, who is asked to defend a Soviet spy in court and ends up facilitating an exchange between the Soviet spy and a captured American spy plane pilot... 

ER

I may have re-watched seasons 1 through to 6 of ER in March. Oops. I know there are more seasons, but we only have seasons 1 - 6 at home so far. I had kind of forgotten how much I like the series and quickly became hooked again. The show is a fictional medical drama which is set in Chicago and focuses on the lives of the doctors and nurses of the emergency room at the County General Hospital. 

The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling

So admittedly, this was sitting on our bookshelf for a while, waiting for me to read. I had heard mixed reviews of the book previously and wasn't sure if I would enjoy it. But I was pleasantly surprised. I was sad when I finished the book, because I loved it so much. The book is about the small town of Pagford and focuses on the town after the sudden death of parish councillor Barry Fairbrother...