Friday Face | Day to Dusk Makeup Featuring Purple

I adore a good purple shadow, in fact for years I considered purple my neutral if you can believe it. As I've gotten older (cringe) I've been a bit more reserved with how I wear it, and I know it is a touch colour for some to pull off, so I thought I'd do a walk through of how I take purple from soft daytime to sultrier evening with the same palette.

Weekend Round Up | Highlights from August 9th - 21st

Life's busy and it can be hard to keep on top of all your favourite beauty blogs, which is why every two weeks I like to round up the highlights in a handy dandy little catch up post for you! Here's what you might have missed out on:

Aerin Gardenia Rattan | The Scent That Might Remind You of Your Grandmother (in the best possible way!)

I recently got the chance to try some bits from the Aerin range and one of the products that stood out the most was the Gardenia Rattan Eau de Parfum Spray*.  The bottle is utterly gorgeous with its gold accents and jade top cap, but that wasn't the first thing I noticed about it. Instead I took an initial sniff and immediately had memories of my grandmother as a kid wearing a scent that had similar notes. So much so I called my mother to mention it. Naturally the first time she smelled it she said, "oh yeah, that's her alright!"