My 2015 Favourites!

2015 has been a great year for beauty discoveries, from makeup to perfume to hair products. 

Starting off with some base products and my holy grail primer the Nivea Express Hydration Primer. This product is amazing particularly for dry skin, it plumps your skin and gives that perfect smooth appearance for a sleek makeup application. Similarly, the Botanics Radiance Balm is an under foundation product used to brighten dull looking skin and it's cheap & cheerful, bonus. The NYX blush in Taupe & The Balm Mary Lou Manizer highlighter have been my go-to contour, highlight combination for the majority of the year. The cool tone blush gives your contour a natural shadowed look and the champagne shade of Mary Lou perfectly suit pale skin. 

An oldie but a goodie, the Urban Decay Original Primer Potion is a skin tone product which helps hold your eyeshadow in place and ensure vibrant pigmentation. When using this product I like to set it with a pale eyeshadow before applying eyeshadow. This year Penneys/Primark came out with the PS Love beauty range which included phenomenonal individual lashes for just €1.50, with a range of sizes in the pack, good quality and even better price no surprise they were extremely popular. 

In the past I have been no stranger to a dramatic red lip but this year I found myself opting for a nude option more often. My favourite nude lip combo by far has been the Inglot Soft Percision lip pencil in No.63 and the Inglot AMC Jumbo lip pencil in No.14. The AMC Jumbo pencil can be a little bit drying but once you exfoliate your lips and apply a moisturising lipbalm that won't be a problem. 

Sigma & Blank Canvas Cosmetics are two of my favourite makeup brush brands. The Sigma F80 Flat Top Kabuki is densely packed which helps seemlessly buff product into the skin. The Blank Canvas F14 & F15 are the perfect partners to apply contour and highlight. The shape of the F14 fits into the hallow of the cheek nicely and the fluffy bristles easily blend out the product. The tapered F15 is the perfect shape to dust highlighter over the high points of the face. All of these brushes wash really well and I have had zero shedding from them. 

This year I downsized my perfume collection, these are two of my absolute favourites. Rihanna Nude is a vanilla & fruity scent perfect for daytime. Ralph Lauren Pony No.2 is a heavier fruit based scent more suitable to nighttime. 

The Aussie Miracle Hair Insurance is a leave in conditioner which smooths split ends and leaves a gorgeous summery smell in your hair. I use this at least once a week to make sure my extensions as well as my own hair stays healthy and smooth. I love my Tangle Teezer, it's pretty much the only brush I use. It is a God sent for extensions, this brush gets rid of any knots without damaging your hair. 

I hope you enjoyed my favourites, let me know if you found any new products in 2015 that you now can't live without. 

Love, A x