Skin and Hair Care Favourites

Hi Guys,
Since my "what's in my make up bag" post was so popular I thought I would do another beauty related post. This time round I thought I would do some skin and hair care favourites.

The first set of products are hair care and one shower gel. The shower gel is a cream wash from Sephora, Paris and although there's nothing on the packaging to say it's nourishing or anything like that, I love how it leaves my skin feeling and also the strawberry scent. The next product is a Loreal heat protector and I just find this really helps to keep the style in my hair and protect it from the heat. The next two products are Aussie heat damaged hair repair (one is a serum, one is a spray) and I like to run this through the ends of my hair when it's wet to add some moisture to my damaged ends and repair my hair. The next product is a Loreal Serum, which again I run through the ends of my hair to just help repair my very damaged hair and it also helps to leave my hair extra smooth and silky. I also really love using the Loreal conditioner that comes with the preference hair dye box sets as it leaves my hair in the best condition possible. The last product for my hair care favourites is one I honestly couldn't live without and it's the Batiste dry shampoo, whenever my hair is looking a bit dull and lifeless, I spray some to the roots of my hair and run my fingers through my hair and it's instantly revived and alive again.

These products are my Go-To skin care products that I couldn't live without on a day to day basis. The first two products are face washes, the first one being the Origins checks and balances scrub which just cleans my skin beautifully and leaves it SO soft and nourished. The next scrub is a Neutrogena spot control one which again I like to use to just help keep away any unwanted blemishes. The Origins spot gel is my next favourite and I just love to use this on a blemish twice a day and it helps to reduce the appearance of a spot. The moisturiser is also Origins and I love that a little goes a long way to help keep my skin feeling refreshed, soft, radiant and glowing and I use this all the time. The Origins Toner is also my most favourite Toner I have ever used, along with all the other products I use I feel that this just really helps to keep my skin, well, toned, clean looking and soft!

I hope you enjoyed this post and maybe have gotten some ideas for hair or skin care or just like me, are a bit nosey and love knowing what other people use! Don't forget to leave me a comment if you liked it and tell me what you want to see next or follow me on Instagram and Twitter @ellie_christmas to give me your thoughts.

                                                                             Ellie xxx

What's in my make up bag?

Hey guys,
I thought for this weeks post I'd do something a bit different and beauty related and show you what is in my make up bag and what products I have been loving recently.

Yep, I put alllllllllllll that on my face every day!

To start off with, I like to prime my face with the Benefit porefessional, I just love the look it gives my skin and the finish you get with it. I then take my Dior Skin Sculpt concealer in the shade 001 and blend that in with the Real Techniques Buffing brush. I then like to cover my under eyes with the Rimmel Wake Me Up concealer in the lightest shade (its rubbed off otherwise I'd tell you the colour!) and I tend to blend that in with the Real Techniques deluxe crease brush. For foundation I use the Dior Skin Sculpt foundation in the shade 010  and the Soap & Glory Show Good Face Foundation and Primer in the shade The Fairest Of Them All and blend that all over my face with the Real Techniques Buffing Brush. I then like to go over with my concealer in the areas that I need it and then powder everything in to place with my Rimmel powder in the shade 006 Warm Beige with the Real Techniques Powder Brush. I have recently been IN LOVE with the Dior Skin Nude Tan bronzer in the lightest shade (001) and using that to contour my face with the Real Techniques Retractable Kabuki Brush and then finish off my whole lengthy face process with my travel size Benefit Coralista blusher again with a Real Techniques brush, this time it's the blush brush.

Moving onto eyes I have really been loving giving myself a bold brow and a subtle smokey eye look. For my brows I use the colour Bark from my sleek pallet with the Real Techniques Brow Brush and then set it with the Maybelline Brow Drama Sculpting Brow Mascara in Dark Brown. For my eyes I am loving my naked pallet, I take Sin all over my lid with the Real Techniques Base Shadow Brush and then like to take my MAC 217 brush and mix a little bit of Naked and Buck together to run through my crease. I love brightening up the inner corner of my eye with Virgin and the Real Techniques Accent Brush. My go to and favourite liquid eye liner for a cat eye is the Loreal Super Liner then finish off with my No 7 eye lash curlers and add the Soap & Glory Thick & Fast Collagen-Coat Mascara. I have also been trying out the Dior Addict It-Lash mascara and oh my lord it's AMAZING! I'd recommend it to everyone, it gives you fuller, thicker, longer eyelashes and I am for sure buying the full size when it comes out.

When it comes to lips, I prime them with Carmex then add the Bourjois Rouge Edition Velvet lip matte finish in 04 Peach Club just for a pop of colour to my lips and it's a perfect Spring/Summer colour and it's super long lasting which is good in my books!

I hope you've enjoyed this post, it's something a bit different and I enjoyed writing it and I hope you've liked finding out what I put on my face on a regular day to day basis, if that's even a thing?!... Anyway - if you've liked this post feel free to leave me a comment or tweet me or follow me on Instagram - @ellie_christmas or just let me know what you want to see next!

                                                                     Ellie xx

OOTD - 01/06/2014

Hey guys, sorry I haven't posted much recently but I've had a super busy week with it being month end but I've relaxed this weekend and I thought I'd show you just one of my plain simple outifts I threw together and I also wanted to show off my super cute new Marc Jacobs phone case! I love going for a simple look recently and just wearing comfy things (what is happening to me?!) I'm also really loving wearing oversized t-shirts as I look the loose baggy look and it's also so comfy! I know it's not the most summery of outfits but I liked it and I was comfy in it! I really love my new converse as well I think they just look so classic with any outfit and I'm LOVING wearing them at the moment! Sunglasses - River Island, Shirt - Topshop, Jeans New Look (from ASOS though).

I'm also feeling like I have a bit of a writers block recently and I have no idea what to do for my next post and even if anyone enjoys reading these kind of posts?! Let me know in the comments what you'd like to see and I'll try my best to do it! Also I'd love it if you could follow me on twitter and instagram (@ellie_christmas) with any comments about my post and I'm also doing the #100happydays tag on instagram!

                                                                        Ellie xx

Nike x Liberty London

I'm so excited to be writing this post (how sad am I?!) I have been in love with the Nike x Liberty collection ever since it was released and I thought I'd treat myself as "well done on surviving your first year of university" present. My trainers are the Internationalist and they are without a doubt the best looking pair of trainers I own and they are the comfiest shoes I own! They're so easy to style as well, as I'm someone who normally tends to wear block/plain colours and keep my outfits looking minimalistic, I find these trainers just really add something to my outfit and they look so pretty sat in my wardrobe, win win situation right?! The first day that I styled them I wore them with black jeans, a black boyfriend t-shirt from ASOS, a vintage denim shirt and a little handbag from H&M! I've also paired them with some slouchy bottoms from ASOS and a checked shirt and I love the look of the outfit, I feel as if I've found myself a new style all from a pair of trainers, how revolutionary?! Anyway, I'll link the trainers (even though they're out of stock) from the Liberty website where you can browse the whole collection! http://www.liberty.co.uk/fcp/product/Liberty//Blue-Liberty-Print-Internationalist-Trainers-/104104

Ellie xx

OOTN - 16/05/2014

Hey guys!
I thought I'd share with you one of my favourite outfits that I've put together recently. Last night was girls night with a few of my gal pals and I just love this outfit, I think it's really nice for summer time. I'm not normally one for colour, anyone who knows me will know I spend my life in black clothing so I pushed myself to add colour to my wardrobe this summer. The shirt is from ASOS and it's a recent purchase and I am IN LOVE, the print is so pretty and the colours complement any outfit you put together, the jeans are an old pair that I found buried away in the back of my wardrobe from New Look and then some plain white converse to keep with the light colour scheme I seemed to have going on last night! 

Asos Haul - Monki

Hey guys!
I've finally finished my first year of University for summer and I'm dedicating this summer to blogging a lot more! I've recently just got myself a new job too so I thought that would be the perfect excuse to buy myself lots of new office wear and experiment with outfit choices I never really have done before!

I was trolling Asos just as any other fashion lover does on a regular basis and I found myself shopping on the Monki section of the website, I've never really given Monki a chance but I found myself wanting absolutely everything but I stopped myself from buying everything and brought myself just a few things.

 This jumper was the first thing that caught my eye, I love the print and it's not too heavy fabric wise. I thought this would be a perfect addition to my wardrobe for when it's a cold summer evening and I just want something to throw on.

 This jumper is a little bit out of my comfort zone as I'm normally anti animal print when it comes to clothes but I just love this. It's a subtle zebra print and the fabric is really thin so it'll still be okay to wear in the summer and won't feel too hot.

This purchase was my most favourite, I don't think you can ever go wrong with a chiffon shirt and this is just perfect for summer, the print is absolutely gorgeous and the fabric is so thin and light and just perfect for summer! I think this would also work really well dressed up with a pencil skirt or dressed down with a pair of skinny jeans!

So that's it for my Asos/Monki haul, it might not be interesting to some people but I thought I'd share it with you all and kick start my summer of blogging with something small to ease myself back into writing mode! Let me know if you want to see more posts like this or what posts you'd like to see in general and don't forget to follow me on twitter and instagram for other updates and photos and all that shiz - @ellie_christmas
                                                                  Ellie xx

Quick Update!

Hey Guys! 
Sorry I haven't posted anything in AGES  but I've been super busy with university work and haven't had the time to post anything! I recently left my intern position at College Fashionista (which all of my posts were about) so now I'm a little bit stuck on what to post! I'm going to force myself to do at least one post a week when I've finished university for the summer so I'd love to know what everyone would love to see! 

xo