How To Get Rid Of Chapped, Wintery, Dry Lips ♡

Hello Everyone ♡

So the days have certainly became shorter and the weather has most definitely become colder and of course to make matters worse our lips become dry and chapped?! Welcome to WINTER!

To be honest I am normally very lucky when it comes to chapped lips, I don't tend to get dry lips that often but when I do it takes chapped lips to a whole other level! When I sense my lips are starting to feel dry I use my own little remedy to banish the dryness away and I can honestly say it works super quickly - in fact if I do my little remedy at night the next morning I'll wake up and my lips are back to their soft selves just the way I like it!

So I hear you cry what is this home remedy?!

It honestly is the simplest home remedy you can think of and all of the things you'll need I can guarantee you'll already have them - which of course is great for your bank balance. 

ITEMS YOU'LL NEED - 

• Toothbrush
• Any type of Oil (Baby oil, almond oil etc.)
• Your daily facial moisturiser

METHOD -

To begin dampen your lips using warm water and then using a dry toothbrush gently brush over your lips in a circular motion paying attention to the extra dry areas.

Once you've brushed all over your lips gently pat them dry using a towel. Then take your oil and measure a pea sized drop in your palm and with your finger massage the oil into your lips.

Your lips should be quite oily but make sure you've not put too much oil so its dripping from your lips! Wait 10 minutes and then take your normal daily facial moisturiser and using a tiny amount of moisturiser just massage onto your lips over the oil.

Wait for your lips to dry and then they should be silky smooth!

For best results you should try to do this at night just before you go to sleep so the oil and moisturiser can really seep into your lips overnight! 

Hope this helps with those dry lips and make sure you stay nice and wrapped up whilst its cold!

Coat - Zara Buy here

Leggings - Topshop Buy here

Boots - Miss Selfridge Last Season

Let me know if my little remedy works for you or what you guys do instead to get rid of your chapped lips!

Sarena ♡

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OOTD ♡

Hi Everyone ♡

This is just a really quick post of my outfit of the day! The pictures not that great but you get an idea of my little outfit! I was just popping into town for some lunch and a little browse around the shops so I wanted to be comfy but not overly casual so I think this outfit worked.

I am also wearing the red MUA Lipstick I just did my make up tutorial about so check it out just below!

Jumper - Primark

Blazer - Zara Buy here

Jeans - Newlook Buy here

Boots - Zara (last season)

Necklace - H&M

Sarena ♡

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Red Lip Make Up Tutorial ♡ Get The Face ♡

Hi guys  ♡

So today I thought I would do a make up tutorial on a look I've been wearing A LOT recently.

It's a look which you can wear as both a day/night look, I personally wear this for the day but it can be a bit too much if you're not used to a red lip!

Apologies for the quality of the photos but I've taken the pictures using my iPhone :( but hopefully you can still get the gist!

PRODUCTS USED - 

FACE:

MAC Prep and Prime Natural Radiance Primer

MAC Pro Longwear SPF Foundation - NC30

MAC Studio Finish Concealer - NW25

MAC Mineralize Blush - Warm Soul

Sleek Face Contour Kit - Light 884

BROWS:

Blink Eyebrow Pencil - Cardamom Pod

EYES:

MUA Eyeshadow Palette - Undress Me Too

MAC Eye Shadow - Nylon

MAC Mineralize Skinfinish - Dark

Lancome Virtuose Mascara - 01 Noir Sensuel

L'Oreal Super Liner Black Lacquer - Black Vinyl

Shu Uemura Eyelash Curlers

LIPS:

MUA Lipstick - Shade 13

SKIN:

After washing my face I start off by applying my MAC Prep and Prime Primer. I massage it all over my face and I wait for it to dry before applying my foundation. Using my MAC 190 Foundation Brush I then apply my foundation in circular motions to make my foundation look airbrushed I then dab all over my face using my Beauty Blender just to even out the foundation and to get rid of any lines. Make sure you ALWAYS blend down to your neck to avoid any foundation lines!! I tend to use my Beauty Blender to blend down to my neck.

 I then apply my concealer using the same 190 Foundation Brush I press the concealer under my eyes  in a triangular shape going along my nose - just to lighten the area under my eyes. Then use the Beauty Blender just to set the concealer.

EYES:

I always do my eyebrows as soon as I am finished with my foundation! 

So using the brush end of the eyebrow pencil first brush any excess foundation out of your eyebrows. Then with the pencil side of the eyebrow pencil using light, short, strokes brush the pencil through your eyebrows in the same direction as the hair growth. For areas that are sparse use slightly thicker strokes. 

For a natural golden/brown smokey eye I used Devotion from the MUA Palette and swept it all over my eyelid with the H&M eyeshadow brush. Make sure you don't go over your eye crease yet!

Then using Dreamy from the MUA palette lightly blend into your crease whilst blending out towards the outer corner of your eyes using the same H&M eyeshadow brush. 

Using Nylon lightly dust in the tear duct whilst blending up towards inner corner of the eye using Lancome Eyeshadow Brush. Using a blending brush take the MAC Mineralize Skinfinish and blend all over the crease and gently working towards the eyebrow. Whatever product you have left on your brush from Nylon gently sweep under your eyebrow to give a light shimmer and highlight.

To line your eyes use the L'oreal Super Liner and starting from the inner corner work your way to the outer corner but gradually making the line thicker as you work your way out and finish off with a slight winged look. Only line the top eyelids - No products are used on the bottom eyelids. 

Finally curl your eyelashes using the Shu Uemura curlers and hold down for 10 seconds whilst clamping lightly. Then apply three coats of the Lancome Mascara on your top set of eyelashes.

CHEEKS:

Using the MAC Warm Soul Blush sweep over the apples of your cheeks lightly blending up towards your cheekbones. 

Then take the Sleek Contour Kit and using the darker shade contour the hollows of your cheeks using MAC Contour Brush. With the left over product lightly sweep over the apples of your cheeks just to blend it all together. Then using the highlight from the Sleek Contour Kit lightly dust over your cheekbones and down the bridge of your nose using MAC 130 Brush.

LIPS:

Using the MUA Lipstick apply it all over your lips. Then use the MAC 316 Lip Brush just to line your lips using the same lipstick but making sure you do not go over your natural lip line.

There you have it, the complete look for my Red Lip Day Time Look!

I hope you like it and let me know if you guys try it out!

Sarena ♡

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Body Shop Body Butter ♡

I love love love body butters!

Every morning after my shower I literally plaster body butter all over! I actually can't get dressed unless I have fully moisturised from top to toe - weird I know!?

Due to my love of body butters I have a few favourites and they tend to change on a monthly basis. This months favourite and I suppose my favourite go to body butter has to be the Body Shop's Cocoa Butter Body Butter. Mmmmm I love it!

This body butter is my favourite because I just love the rich chocolatey smell which lasts all day! It has such a sweet smell but not sickly sweet, it manages to have the sweet smell right on balance.

The other reason I love this body butter other than the addictive smell is the fact that it keeps my skin moisturised all day and even through out the night which is perfect if you have dry skin!

The last reason has to be the fact that this thing lasts FOREVER! You only need a small amount to cover your whole body and it dries pretty quickly too!

I really recommend all of the Body Shop's Body Butters and the Cocoa Butter one in particular!

Let me know if you like this body butter or which Body Shop Body Butter is your favourite in the comments below!

Body Shop Cocoa Butter Body Butter - £13.00 buy here

Sarena ♡

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Eyeshadow Palette ♡ - Urban decay Naked 2 verses MUA Undress Me Too

I thought I would do my first ever post on two products that I swear by and that I use EVERY day.

They are of course eyeshadow palettes! I tend to always wear a brown smokey eye for my every day make up look and these two palettes are perfect with both having a gorgeous selection of neutrals and brown colours.

As you can see from the above pictures the MUA one has had A LOT of use!

The above picture is the MUA undress me too palette. The colours from left to right: Naked, Devotion, Shy, Fiery, Lavish, Dreamy, Tranquil, Exposed, Reveal, Wink, Obsessed, Corrupt.

Above is the Naked 2 palette. Colours from left to right: Foxy, Half Baked, Bootycall, Chopper, Tease, Snakebite, Suspect, Pistol, Verve, YDK, Busted, Blackout.

I honestly love both of these palettes! However if I had to choose one over the other I would have to pick the MUA undress me too palette. The main reason being is that I actually prefer the colours in the MUA palette compared to the Naked 2 one. I feel that the colours are more pigmented and therefore apply more easily. 

Another big reason has to be the price difference. 

MUA Undress me too palette - £4.00   buy here

Urban Decay Naked 2 palette - £36.00 buy here

Yes you have read that correctly, £4.00 I know! Even if you're not strapped for cash I suggest going to buy the MUA palette (I've made several of my friends purchase it just because its so affordable) because it really is such an amazing little palette and even if you only use one of the colours (which I highly doubt) its still so worth it!

I will say though that the only downfall with the MUA palette is the black shadow in 'corrupt' you really have to build up the colour if you are wanting a dark black look. Whereas the black shadow 'Blackout' in the Naked 2 palette is as black as it comes - really amazing matte black eyeshadow, perfect for a smokey eye look!

I hope this post has been helpful if you were debating whether to buy a new eyeshadow palette!

Let me know which palette you guys prefer in the comments below.

Sarena ♡

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