PRETTY YOUNG THING

With the rubbish weather were having right now in the UK I thought I would share some of my favourite bronzing products so you can keep that summer glow through into Autumn.

I don't know about you but i'm loving contouring and highlighted cheekbones right now and I'm not quite ready for autumn, So here's a few of my favourite products to keep your skin glowing.

 When choosing a contour / bronzer theres a few different options you can pick from, I tend to go for a light / medium shade and stick to matte as I think it's easier to work with, you can always add shimmer using a highlighter. The Clarins Aquatic Treasures Summer Bronzing Compact* is a great addition to any collection, inside it has four shades to pick from. The compact is a really decent size making it easy to swizzle your brush and get a decent amount of product on the brush. I use the ecotools contour brush or a powder brush depending on intensity i'm going for. The Clarins bronzer is the perfect shade for my skintone, it lasts all day and is easy to build up. Nars Laguna is such a popular bronzer, I always see it in blog posts and raved about by bloggers. I have this Nars Virtual Domination palette which is such a great product as inside is the Miss Liberty highlighting powder and 3 blushers. Laguna is a matte bronzer, it's a slightly darker shade but once its blended its perfect and so versatile. Laguna is such a lovely pigmented bronzer, it's such a great quality product. I recently picked up this Seventeen Define and Conquer kit, you can read my full review here. It's a really handy kit with a contour and highlight inside. The contour is such a versatile shade and a great quality contour and the highlight is a matte powder. I find this sets my concealer really well so I use this in areas that I have used concealer to highlight. For £5.99 this is an absolute bargain and I really reccommend it, I will be buying another one when I've used this one.  Finally I thought i'd include my hourglass ambient lighting palette, this is a great palette for highlighting and setting your foundation. It gives the skin that shimmer and glow, the ambient palette has three different shades and is easy to use. The product is a versatile product, you can use it to highlight or add it to other products. It's a fine powder so it's quite natural but you can build up the product easily. I'm going to Ibiza in two weeks so i'm not ready to let summer go just yet, maybe when I get back i'll get into Autumn mode!

Everyone seems to be talking about contouring and highlighting right now, I have had my eye on a few contour kits but they seemed expensive. I spotted this one in one of  LLYMLRS recent boots hauls. It's only £5.99 so I picked it up and thought i'd give it ago.

This kit comes in a light and dark option. You get a light highlight shade and then the contour shade. There's a card inside that explains where to put the different shades and how to use the kit. It's really easy to use.

First I apply my base, foundation and concealer. I use concealer to highlight my undereye and cheekbones and then I use the highlighting powder from the kit to set the concealer. Then I apply the contour to the hollows of the cheeks, under my chin and on the hairline.

I feel like the kit is really easy to use and the quality is great for the price. The powders have good pigmentation and are really easy to build up. The packaging is lovely, it reminds me of Nars packaging. There's a mirror in the lid which is handy.

I do want to try some other contour palettes, I have my eye on the make up revolution one and also the Anastasia Beverly Hills one however I would buy this one again as I love it and I use it everyday!

I went to Boots the other day to pick up some bits and pieces like deodorant and shaving foam. Boring stuff really but I couldn't help but take a peek down the beauty aisles.

I needed a new eyeliner so picked up this Seventeen one. I usually buy the Rimmel exaggerate eyes one which is £5.49 so I decided to try the Seventeen one instead.

Considering its the 'blackest black' shade its not that black. I think it lasts really well and doesn't irritate my eyes which is something I have to be careful with because I have a lot of allergies and it makes my eyes stream.

I don't think i'd buy this eye liner again but it will do and I will continue to use it until it runs out.
It's good if your not too bothered about the shade of your eyeliner however I like mine to be really black.

I picked up this concealer in boot's the other day! The products were on offer so it worked out well for me to pick an extra item up and i'd seen a few bloggers raving about this and wanted to see what it was like.

For £5.49 I think you get a decent amount of product. The formula is abit tacky and sticky but once it's on your skin that goes away.

I've been applying this to my under-eye and my chin (problem area) and feel that it covers really well. It works really well on my under-eye and lasts really well too! It doesn't last as great on my chin and I've noticed it coming off throughout the day however it states it's an under-eye concealer so I suppose it doesn't state it's an all over concealer.

I really like this concealer and will be repurchasing this. I've actually been using this everyday over my mac concealer.