MAY FAVOURITES

Hello all,

May has been a pretty hectic month for me! With exams and stress but so far, I'm feeling pretty confident in them so far (touch wood) but I can never speak to soon! This month I have quite a variety of things I've been obsessed with, so lets get started.

leavers hoodie

As I'm in year 11, the school got these hoodies made for us with everyones names on so we can like look at it and remember all the people who are going off to different colleges and stuff but OMG it's so comfy and cosy and fluffy and even tho the weather is getting warmer, I still live in this! 

Boots tea tree and witch hazel pore strips

I have been recently obsessing over skin care, as my skin is suffering lately. So these pore strips are soooo good! I use them once a week across my nose and clear your pores, and they claim to reduce the look of pores as well, so super bonus!

The balm voyage 2 pallet

I got this pallet from TKMAXX (surprise surprise) and it was a right bargain! (should be £39 but got it for £17) and it's so amazing! Its the perfect size for travelling and contains eyeshadows, bronzer, blush, highlight and two cream lip/cheek colours. They are so pigmented and even tho it's for travel, I have been using it none-stop this month!

Ted baker lipstick
I received this lipstick for christmas and I have been re-loving it again. It's the perfect nude colour and doesn't wash out my vampire skin. Also it's perfect for summer and spring and all seasonss tbh!

Shawn Mendes - Handwritten

I am a huge fan of Shawn Mendes, he's so talented and absolutely amazing. I'm a bit late on the bandwagon, as I only just got the whole album (I had singles but not the whole thing) but I'm legit so obsessed it's all I've been listening to for the whole month. I tried to pick a favourite, but I couldn't because they're all so amazing! (but I do really like 'act like you love me' and 'aftertaste') 

Seriously if you have ears you need to check this out!

Flat kabuki and Real techniques expert face brush
This month, I have been obsessed with using these two brushes for foundation (kabuki) and concealer (expert face) as they work so well together and give a really nice coverage.

Rick Yancey - The 5th Wave

Omg guys this book. I cannot deal. I am such a book-nerd, i love reading and this book had me constantly turning the pages, I couldn't put it down! It's basically about aliens invading the earth but they're so sneaky and theres a lil romance (obviously) and mega drama, but it was overall amazing! (deffo better than the film, but they always are) 

Good things - five minute facial mask

In order to improve my skin, i purchased this from boots and fell in love. I have been using it once a week, just to chill on a Friday night or whenever. It's so perfect as it's vegan, so all the stuff in it is good and you know it's safe for your skin, also it leaves the skin soooo smooth and feeling amazing!

Thankyou for reading I hope you enjoyed! 

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Thanks again!

Fern :)

SUPER AFFORDABLE BRUSHES - OVONNI BRUSHES REVIEW

Hello all,

So recently I decided it was about time to get some new brushes, because lets be honest you can never have too many. But the high-end brushes I so dearly desire such as sigma and Zoeva are oh-so pricey and my poor purse can't keep up, so I hunted and hunted until I found these beauties, Ovonni. 

Ovonni is a super affordable brand you can get on amazon and ebay and the set I bough was £27.99 for a set of 29 brushes, ranging from eyes to face, and a faux leather case to keep them in. Which to me, is a deal I cant help but get my brush-loving hands on. Also some of the brushes are made in the same factories as sigma brushes! (apparently) 

Now, I do make sure to research next to every product I buy, online or not, and these brushes had many many good reviews on amazon and from youtube, so I was very excited to get them myself. They arrived around 4-5 days after ordering, which is good. 

So, to start off with this is what the case looks like. It's just a bit smaller than an A4 piece of paper and holds all 29 brushes in little compartments. It also has a little gold keychain thing on the zip, so it's really easy to open and has a secure hold to it - perfect for travelling, however I do think it's very bulky and takes up a whole load of room. 

The case itself feels very luxurious and if i needed a brush case, I would pay around £10 for just the case. Furthermore the case has 4 sides inside it (as you can see form the picture) which again holds all the brushes securely. 

Next - the face brushes. Within the set there are around 15 brushes I would personally use for the face. 

The picture above shows the brushes I would consider for powder products, like setting powder or blush etc. The two larger ones are the same, one just has a shorter handle, which is a bit weird but honestly I do get the use out of them both. 

This next one is a simple angled brush, for contour or blush. However it took me a while to use this as it had a weird bit of gunk-like stuff in it, and was sticking some of the bristles together, but after a few mad washes and a few snips with the scissors, it was all okay! To be honest it was very annoying but some things are just too good to be true! 

Anyway the brush itself is now very good! 

Two of my fave brushes are two of my faves! I use the rounded one for contour and the tapered one for highlight and they work miracles! I would compare these to the sigma ones, as the tapered one is very similar to the tapered one they do. 

As well as several other, the set includes 3 duo fibre brushes, a super big one, a tapered one and a smaller stippling brush. These are amazing quality (probably the best in the set) as they are sooo soft and work amazingly well with any products.

Also in the set, there is a flat foundation brush and some slightly smaller more detailed face brushes. 

The set also comes with these two concealer brushes, which are again synthetic and work amazingly. I love the orange haired one for concealer however I prefer the other one for eyeshadow, as it's a tiny bit fluffier and smaller. 

Next, onto the eye brushes! (heheheh my faves)

As for blending brushes, these are the best four! They all blend out product really well and distribute the perfect amount of product, also they are all different sizes for all blending needs (like in the crease, outer edge, directly on the crease and overall blending. 

Also the third brush in is an IDENTICAL shape to the sigma E35, and no joke it is exactly the same.

Here is a close up of two of the brushes, just to show how different they are and how you can use them for different things. The Black one is similar to the sigma E40 and the white one has longer hairs, perfect for use of blending out other colours. 

As for eye brushes, there are also some other all-over fluffy lid brushes as well as detailed liner and angled brushed. Also the set come with 2 lip brushes, all of which are super soft and fine haired, making them perfect for detailed work.

Overall, these are my favourite brushes in the set!

Here is a quick over-view of what I think to the brushes!

Pros:
*Super affordable
*case is amazing
*super easy to use with product eg blend the products out really well and distribute the products really well
*amazing range of brushes for all parts of yo face
*Slightly longer handle, so you have lots of control

Cons:
*Brushes shed, especially some of the eyebrushes
*loose shape when washed (i recommend brush guards, super cheap on amazon, or cling film to easily get around that.)
*Quite a lot of powder brushes, maybe a Kabuki brush would be better in replace for one of the many powder brushes
*I feel like you may need another brush for foundation (eg sponge or kabuki) in addition to the set


Overall, I do love this brush set and I deffo get the use out of all the brushes, and to say the price the quality is amazing!

I hope this post helped you in some way, shape or form and I deffo recommend these brushes if you need some newbies in your collection if you're on a budget!

Get them here: OVONNI BRUSHES

Thanks for reading!

Fern :) 

APRIL FAVES

Hello all,

So as summer is vastly approaching the year is eating away at the moths and I can't keep up! April was such a stressful month for me, with revising (well trying to) and all that stress that comes with exams. But finally the weather is getting it's act together and the sun has come out! Anyway since this month has been a busy one i don't have too many new products, however I do have a couple and some oldies I have been re-loving!

Colgate - Max white mouthwash 

Recently I have been really conscious about my teeth, and want to start making them super clean and refreshed, and this mouthwash was on offer in tesco, so I thought why not give it a try, and i actually love it! It's alcohol free so it doesn't burn and I feel like it's kinda whitening them a little bit! As well as leaving your mouth feeling super fresh! 

Joma Jewellery  - Karma necklace

When on holiday, we found this cute little shop, (as you do everywhere when roaming the streets in cornwall) and it has this jewellery brand in and I fell IN LOVE! They had so many cute necklaces and bracelets with meanings and they were around £13 each, so I had to have one. 

I am a strong believer in Karma, so this necklace us the perfect one for me! I have been wearing this none stop!

MAC Matchmaster foundation
I've become re-obsessed with this foundation again recently. It's got the perfect amount of coverage for me, as I don't like really thick cakey foundation and I like to layer concealer, it has a really nice finish and lasts for so long on the skin, also it's actually the right shade for me! I have been reaching for this so much over the last few weeks!

Ovonni brushes
OMG guys these brushes. I bought them as they were cheap and I'd heard good stuff about them, but they're even better than I thought. They're so soft and work amazingly! I will be doing a full review on these brushes in my next post, so keep an eye out!

Sleek contour duo 
This little pallet is so pigmented and so handy for getting that sharp contour. Also it's so cute and the size is really good for putting in you bag, but it's also big enough for everyday use, if that makes sense? The highlight is so pretty, it's a pinky peach colour and the contour shade is the perfect ash tone, and I have been obsessed with using this for an easy everyday contour!  

Disney - Magic kingdoms game

So, I'm a child at heart and I will always love disney (I have an obsession it's awful) and THIS GAME! I'm obsessed and it's so unhealthy! It's like you run the disney park and you have to save the characters, it's so cheesy but it' so good! And it's free on the app store, so it's a win-win for everyone! 

Thankyou for reading! i hope you enjoyed this post, what are your fave things from April?

Thanks again

Fern :)