February favourites

Collection 2000 Concealer, this gives good coverages and is perfect for under eye circles. Loads of people rave about it and I totally see why, it applies so well and lasts ages.

Herbal essences dazzling shine hair mask, this makes your hair so shiny and soft. Even after just one use you can really notice the difference. You want to apply it once a week so it lasts quite a while.

Beauty uk palette, there is a good range of brown shades, perfect for doing a brown smokey eye. The top line is pearlised and the bottom line is Matt meaning there are shadows to suit different styles. 

W7 mascara, the brush is great and makes your lashes look beautiful and fluttery. It is really affordable, I got mine from boyes for less than £2!

Favourite nail polishes

This Sally Hansen nail polish is a gorgeous colour and it has a glittery/glimmery finish to it. It lasts ages so you get good value for money.

I absolutely love this rimmel nail polish as it is really smooth and applies really well, it is well pigmented so you only really need one coat and the colour is gorgeous.

This seventeen polish is nice because it is smooth and easy to apply. You only really need one coat and the colour is good.

3D gem nail art

This is really simple but adds a nice 3d effect.
Step 1: paint your nails in a bright base colour. I used seventeen supreme shine in shade wave.

Step 2: use a medium dotting tool to cover the nail in white spots.

Step 3: cover the white spots with a gem. You may want a cuticle stick to help you pick up each gem. If the white has already dried simply use a bit of clear polish to help them stick.

Step 4: wait for it all to dry then coat in a really thick layer of top coat.

Glitter French manicure

This looks sophisticated like the Classic French manicure but with a touch more fun.

Step 1(optional) paint your nails in a pale pink polish and wait for them to dry

Step 2: paint your nails in a silver glitter polish and wait for them to dry

Step 3: using a thin paintbrush and a steady hand paint a thin white line at the top of each nail.

Step 4: wait for them to dry then finish with a top coat.

Budget skincare products

The beauty palour chocolate face mask, it is really smooth and applies really well, it's got a nice strong chocolatey smell and is a great face mask for sleepovers. It will last ages as because it applies so well you don't need that much each time.

Simple spotless skin anti blemish moisturiser, this is nice and light, I wouldn't say it's helped my spots go away but I don't think it's caused any either like lots of moisturisers do. I bought it for £3 from tesco so it's quite affordable as it looks like it will last a long time.

Superdrug deep action facial cleansing pads, these are really affordable but really help to improve skin quality, one side is rough, the other side is less rough but still textured, I find it particularly good for forehead spots. The main downside is it does have quite a strong smell.

Simple spotless skin rapid action spot zapper, this is great for getting rid of spots you already have, it claims in 4 hrs but I think it takes more like a day or two.