August Favourites

Hello and welcome back to my monthly favourites! I missed out on doing this post last month due to illness and moving house, so as well as August favourites I'm also throwing in a few of my favourites from July too!

First up is the cult classic, Nuxe Reve de Miel. It's a super thick lip balm, packed with good stuff and it smells like oranges. I held off buying this for a while as it retails for around £9 in the UK depending on where you get it from...I thought that it was silly to spend that much on a lip balm, but honestly it's totally worth it. The glass jar also gives it an added luxe feel and it thoroughly hydrates the lips leaving them plump and chap free.

Next up is the Good to Glow liquid illuminator from Rimmel. I've really been in to highlighting over the past few months so I thought I'd give a liquid formula a go. You can either apply this under makeup, on top of it, or mix it in to your foundation for a really glowy finish. I like to take a small amount and tap it over my cheek bones once I've finished my based. It's subtle and leaves a really healthy glow on the skin.

Another complexion favourite this month is the MAC blush in Pink Cult. It's a cool toned matte pink blush that just goes with everything and it lasts for ages on the skin. As always with MAC check products it has a great texture to it and blends seamlessly.

Moving on to eyes...I'm a big lover of liquid liner, but I tend to stick to black- it's a bit of a staple in my makeup bag. However I thought I branch out into the world of colour and picked up the Collection Extreme 24 Hour Felt Tip Liner in Purple. I've used the Collection liner before in black so I knew the quality and staying power was good. The purple isn't immediately noticeable as it's a dark purple, but it just adds a little something to your everyday look. 

Another favourite for the eyes in an old favourite of mine..the Clinique High Impact Mascara. I havent had it in ages so it's really nice to use it again. It gives the perfect amount of lift and fullness to the lash, is really black and stays on all day.

L'Oreal have recently launched a new range of lip glosses to replace the old Glam Shine range (which I really loved), so I picked out a nude to check out the formula. I went for the cream formula in shade 103 Protest Queen. It's basically the perfect creamy nude gloss...great worn on it's own or layered over other products. It's not too sticky and actually lasts pretty well on the lips.

I have two nails favourites and they're both from Essie. Fiji is a summer staple as it's just so classic and instantly makes me feel tanned. A newer addition is Salt Water Happy, which has been released as part of the limited edition summer collection. It's the perfect pale cornflour blue and I absolutely love it. I've been looking for a cornflour blue for ages and Essie have got it just right.

My final favourite is a new fragrance...You'll have all seen that the Body Shop have been killing it recently with their new launches; the Spa of the World Collection and the new fragrance line. Well, everyones been going mad about the Fig fragrance so I popped into a store to give it a sniff. But it was actually the Indian Night Jasmine scent that got me. It's kind of difficult to describe, but it's a woody oriental fragrance with some serious depth to it. Honestly it just smells amazing & I've had many compliments when I've been wearing it, so i'd highly suggest that you go and check it out!!

And there we have my favourite from July/ August! What products have you been loving over the summer months?