February 2010 favourites

I've been so poorly sick this week. I've had a bout of tonsilitis which I'm taking antibiotics for (boo) and have got a really heavy head cold. I spent all of yesterday and am planning on spending the rest of today in bed. I'm just exhausted, and my skin is bloody awful - red and flaky and sore. I can't wait til I get better and am dosing myself up as I type. I could barely open my eyes this morning - ouchy ouchy.

Hope you've all had a better week!

Well anyway... It's that time of month again. No no, not that time, but favourites time!

Lush Massage Bar - Heavanilli

I never really understood the hype surrounding massage bars. I thought they were too greasy and impossible to use as a lotion - but I realised I was using too much. Fast forward a year, I've learnt how to use them properly and I am absolutely in love with them. This one is the one I've been favouring this month, and it smells like a musky vanilla rather than a sickly vanilla. I love using this just before I climb into my jimjams for bed, because I wake up with gorgeously soft skin and the scent soothes me to sleep. Perfecto! Oh, the pink bit doesn't make you pink by the way - it just melts into a lovely buttery lotion.

NYX Round Lipstick - Strawberry Milk

I adore this lipstick, so much so that it's got it's own dedicated post here. It is such a pretty lipstick. It's very girly and bright but understated enough for everyday wear. Pretty pretty pretty.

MAC 168 Brush

Please excuse the dirty bristles. I loooove this brush so much. I know it's a bit hit and miss for most people but it is the perfect size for putting blush on the apples of my cheeks, or if I want to contour with some bronzer. I can't wait to purchase the full sized one :)

Garnier Tinted Eye Roll-On - Fair

I did a full review of this here. I love this contraption. It cools and soothes my tired first-thing-in-the-morning eyes, and is actually a pretty decent stand-alone concealer too. I got sent this to review, but I will definitely be repurchasing it when it runs out.

Benefit Powderazzi Cheek Palette

Or more specifically the Hoola and Coralista shades. Hoola is a fantastic bronzer. It's a lovely matte, not-too-orange, not-too-brown bronzer and it gives me a healthy glowy colour rather than a 'muddy' look. It's great for contouring too as it's fairly sheer but buildable.

Coralista is absolutely stunning. It's only for the second part of the month that I've been wearing it but I have fallen in love with it. It's very similar to my beloved Dainty blush by MAC, but it has such a gorgeous gold sheen to it. It's perfect for wearinge everyday and I think this is a peachy-coral shade that will suit most people. Like Hoola, it's fairly sheer but buildable. MAC By Candlelight MSF looks gorgeous over the top of it too.

MAC Dazzleglass - Sugarrimmed

I'm quite late on the Dazzleglass bandwagon - this is my first one and I only bought it last month. It's already a firm favourite in my collection though. I don't know whether it's the Dazzleglass formula or this particular shade, but it's making me love glossy lips again. It makes my lips look nice and plump without being too pornstar-ish. It's quite sticky, but I don't mind that as in my experience, stickiness = staying power. Sugarrimmed is really similar to Snowscene lipglass from MAC's Chill collection, but better because it is in a wearable milky-pink base, rather than a frosty-white base. I tend to wear it alone but I can imagine it looking gorgeous over Strawberry Milk. Hmm, I think I'll try that tomorrow - if I'm up to wearing make up again!

What have you been loving this month?

xoxo

Official and Protective

My dad is a stickler for official looking things I'm not sure why though he really doesn't like to follow the rules. Anyway I had to go book shopping for a few books I couldn't find online. I needed the syllabus to know which books I still needed to buy. Anyway it was raining when we left. Before we left he demanded I put my syllabus in a folder. I hate when he does that. I was just going to fold it up and put it in my pocket.

You know how I am about carrying extra stuff. I mean I hate taking anything to school. If I could I'd come to class with nothing more than a few sheets of paper, 1 or 2 pens, a book, and maybe a bottle of water. I don't like purses because in a lot of places they are not allowed. I'm not like my mom. I don't need a purse; just give me some pants with large pockets. It was like when I was in school 5th-12th, and they would not let us bring any type of bag to school during the last week. They feared we would bring contraband vandalizing tools. Like eggs, shave cream, paint and stuff like that.

When we get to the school it's raining pretty hard, so he tries to justify his logic in this by saying that since it's raining hard my papers would get ruined. I said they wouldn't get wet if I would have folded up the papers, and put them in my pocket. I mean if it was raining, and I was wearing my jacket with the papers in my pocket there would not have been a problem.

This reminds me of the time when I was first going to college back at CSUF, and he made me carry around all my finical aid papers in this "official looking" pamphlet. That thing didn't have pockets like a folder and the papers would usually fall out. He would get so mad about that. After a while I was so sick of the papers falling out the pamphlet that I suggested we use a folder. (hey it had pockets). He refused. He said the folder shouldn't be used because it had cartoon characters on it, and that the pamphlet looked much more official.

When we get to the bookstore they tell me I can't bring my folder in. You know for security measures. My dad makes a scene in the store as usual... :/ So I had to check that in. Why doesn't he ever listen to me? *shrugs*

Ruthie Rabbit--Freebie Easter Pattern

This is actually a repost of a freebie pattern that I offered a couple of years ago, but I thought for any new readers I'd repost her. Ruthie Rabbit was my first and so far only published project that appeared in the Jan/Feb 2004 Country Marketplace magazine. She makes a rather large, but simple and elegant Easter ornie. I hope you'll have fun making her up.

Feel free to make her up to sell if you'd like, just please give me (hazelruthe) designer credit please.

Click HERE for the free .pdf pattern. Enjoy!