Our Top 3 Charlotte Tilbury Products

2015 was the year that we officially became obsessed with Charlotte Tilbury products and such is our obsession that we wanted to share with you our Top 3  products from the brand (in no particular order!). We could have made a much longer list but if you are new to Charlotte Tilbury these are our top recommendations that we would suggest you add to your collection without hesitation!

Freedom Pro Artist Pad Eyeshadow Palette

We were so excited when we were shopping recently and came across a Superdrug that stocks Freedom Makeup! Our local Superdrug stores unfortunately still don't stock the brand even after having recent make overs and as fans of its sister brand, Makeup Revolution, we have been very curious to try their products! The brand has such a a wide selection of products from skin care to lipsticks and we had to grab some products to try! 

Advertised as a Pro Makeup Brand, Freedom state that they are a 'NEW Professional Makeup Brand to CHALLENGE and INSPIRE you and the MAKEUP WORLD' We were definitely interested in testing out those claims!

The Year of the Highlighter - 2016

Of all the make up products in your drawer what is the one you get most excited about? Some people love mascara, some foundation, for me it has to be highlighter. I am always swatching products and searching for the most creamy, pigmented but not too shimmery glow that I long for. 

From the top L-R Hourglass Ambient Lighting Edit, Jaclyn Hill X Becca, Charlotte Tilbury Film Star Bronze & Glow Norman Parkinson Creme, Nars Steven Klein, Charlotte Tilbury Film Star Bronze & Blow, Becca Shimmering Skin Perfector, Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder, MAC Mineralize Skinfinish x 2, Becca Champagne Pop 

In the makeup world highlight is often pushed aside for it's cousin the contour which has taken the world by storm! (Thanks Kardashians!) But as a girl with a rather round face I have tried and tried and I have come to the conclusion that it doesn't matter how many ashy grey powders I try, I am not going to grow cheek bones any time soon! So...in comes the highlight! For me nothing beats a highlighted face. There is something so youthful and effortless about simple make up with an intense highlight. Think the boho beach babe - just rolled out of bed look!

Urban Decay Gwen Stefani

Being a sucker for anything new and exciting I just had to buy the Urban Decay Gwen Stefani palette when browsing the Urban Decay stand at House of Fraser! I had no intention of purchasing it but after seeing it in the flesh I realised it was such an everyday wearable palette I really wanted to give it a go! It turned out to be money well spent as I have pretty much used this palette everyday for the last month!

Lottie London Soap Star



We are huge fans of the Beauty Blender Blendercleanser Solid that we usually pick up in Sephora when in the USA (our favourite soap for cleaning our brushes and Beauty Blenders). However we do feel that there has been a gap in the market for a more affordable solid brush cleanser therefore we were very excited to see that Lottie London (a brand that are new to us) were releasing their very own version that would be available in Superdrug. With a cute name like 'Soap Star' we couldn't wait to get our hands on this in the hope that we could forgo the $20 price tag of the original and start to use this much more reasonably priced version for just £6.99. We are delighted to say that it is every bit as good as the more expensive version and pretty much identical!

Wedding Flowers - DIY

When we started to plan my wedding at the start of 2015 I decided that I did not want fresh flowers. Having never been a huge fan of flowers I felt that it was a big expense for something that I did not really care about and we put the flowers on the back burner while we concentrated on other things.

As the summer came to an end and the December 29th wedding date drew closer we continued to discuss options for bouquets including silk flowers, paper flowers and a brooch bouquet. We had an idea to make a hand tied bouquet from silk flowers and include some hand made paper flowers from the pages of a favourite book. We started to search Pinterest and YouTube for some inspiration and tutorials that could help us bring our vision to life.