My Top Five Make-up Brushes.

Here's a quick post on my top five make-up brushes, I'm a bit of a brush fiend really, and I'm starting to get a big collection. This does however make me quite picky about what I do use. 

I prefer synthetic fibre brushes simply because they are SO much easier to clean, Make-up tends to cling to natural fibre brushes and it really winds me up. 

First off is an eco tools blush brush, I got this so long ago and that's part of the reason it's in my top five. It's a good quality brush, easy to clean, and soooooo soft! It's made from natural recycled materials so guilt free beauty (always a plus). I've only ever used this with powder blushes; but I know there is a larger version for powder. It would be a great investment for anyone who's new to makeup. 

Available from most drug stores and large supermarkets in the UK - £7.99

Next up is a brush from Urban Decay I only have a couple of their brushes and I've been impressed so far. It's called the Good Karma brush, which it does live up to it's name, great for packing on shadow and it's made from recycled PET plastic so animal cruelty free. 

Available from most department stores and Boots - £14.50

I was so impressed with Samantha Chapman's Real Techniques brushes when they finally arrived in Boot's stores that two have made it into my top five! This is the buffing brush from the Core Face Collection, I use this to powder my foundation but it can be used for all sorts, including use with mineral foundation. It is very similar to the mineral powder brush from Sephora and it was a toss up of which would make it in. But this is a lot softer and much more easy to clean as it is synthetic fibres. 

Available from Boots in the UK - £21.99 for a collection of four brushes.

Secondly from the Real Techniques line is this Stippling brush, which does what it says on the tin really. It's great for stippling and blending foundations into the skin, mine is slightly stained because I used it with my double wear and didn't clean it straight away (big mistake)! But never the less it works perfectly with Rimmel's Wake me up foundation. I prefer a stippling brush for this as it helps my foundation blend and look more natural and less 'cakey'. 

This is also available from Boots in the Uk - £11.99

Finally an oldie but a definite goodie. This is a MAC 190 brush which I've had for ages, this was the first high end brush I ever bought when I was about 13, so it's lasted a good 6 years and is still going strong. Sometimes I think you can't beat a good quality foundation brush to apply your foundation, and this works really well when applying my double wear. If your looking to splurge on a brush this would definitely be my reccomendation as I have no negatives.

This brush I think is made from natural fibres (animal hair) so some may not buy this for personal reasons.

This i available from MAC counters and their website - £26

Hope you enjoyed Hannah -ox 

What I'm loving right now!

So I decided I really wanted to get back into the blogging and Youtube world, for my first Youtube video back I decided I'd do something simple, a products I'm loving right now video. 

Here's the video...

In it I feature my Kindle fire, 3 Estee Lauder products, Rimmel Wake me up Foundation, and finally Naughty Alice Perfume by Vivienne Westwood.

Here's a closer view of the blush as the lighting in the video is a little off...

Hope you all enjoy.

- Hannah ox

A new addition to the Cawthray family!

So 3 weeks ago my Dad and his wife decided to get a new addition to their home...

Did you just die from cuteness overload? This is our little baby Guinness, who is 10 weeks old today!

He's a Patterdale Terrier, and seriously the cutest thing ever, when I posted this picture on my Facebook some people even questioned whether he was real!

However being so cute it's hard to implement some discipline...

Here he is being caught chomping on my slipper and he looks at me with that face as if to say

"I'm a puppy it's my job"

Just thought I'd share him with the blogging world and let you all "oooo" and "ahhhh" over him.

- Hannah ox 

Oh ok then one more picture...

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

So this weekend we've been really preparing for Christmas in my house, so I decided for my first blog post I'd share some pictures of the decorations around my family home. 

I absolutely LOVE Christmas and decorating, I get so excited! 

This is the Christmas tree in our lounge, it's the first time this year we've bought a real tree for the living room as my mum usually complains that it will make too much mess.

We went with a gold theme and it looks so pretty! The picture doesn't do it justice! 

This is the tree in my room, it's only little but looks so cute! I treated myself to some Disney baubles this year, I got the Disney Princess collection, and then Gus and Jaq in a glass slipper! My mum also got me some cute cupcake decorations from Paperchase and the local garden center.

Finally a picture of my favourite stocking! I've always loved Winnie the Pooh, so this Tigger stocking just makes me smile every time I see it!

Hope your all having a wonderful time preparing for Christmas 

 - Hannah ox