March Favourites || 2014

I cannot believe march has passed and with that it has brought on April and its cool weather and rain and wind here in Cape Town. I know April is only the fourth month of the year, but somehow, these next few months to July tend to go so so fast, and I feel like this year has literally just vanished before my eyes! There have been quite a few things that I discovered in March that I am absolutely loving and I thought I'd share them with you, cause I haven't done a favourites post in ages, and also, these are seriously great products (specifically the make-up I'm going to show you) and so I seriously recommend you give them a try! 

BEAUTY PRODUCTS: 

RIMMEL MATCH PERFECTION FOUNDATION
No exaggeration, this is literally the best foundation I have ever used! I've tried out so many different brands to try and find the perfect foundation, and finally, I have found it! This Rimmel base has the perfect, medium, coverage and I have found a shade exactly my skin colour, which is very convenient. It just gives you such a clear, fresh faced look and needs very little concealer with it, because the coverage is good. I also like that it's in a squirty bottle, so you don't have to turn it upside down to get it all out, etc. 

RIMMEL STAY MATTE POWDER
In one of Tanya Burr's videos a couple of months ago, she mentioned that she had paired the Rimmel Match Perfection foundation with this Rimmel Stay Matte powder, and her skin just looked os beautiful and absolutly flawless. So, I thought I'd at least give them a try...and this matte powder is maybe one of the best make-up products I've ever used (that sounds like an exaggeration, but no joke). It 1) works extremerly well with the foundation 2) has amazing, full coverage 3) isn't shiny and so doesn''t make your skin look oily and 4) it just leaves my skin super soft and fresh and blemish-free before I put on blush and bronzer, etc. I highly highly recommend this. 

Mine's almost used up :'(

REVLON COLOURBURST LIP BUTTERS
These are practically the only thing I've been using on my lips lately because they are just so amazing! I bought these two, which are my favourites, right at the beginning of March, when Zoella vlogged about them, and since them, I have just been loving them! The great thing is that they are not just lipstick, but lip butters, so they act as lip ice/balm and make your lips super soft and help if they're chapped. But then, they also act as a really great, nicely pigmented lipstick, so it's literally the best of both worlds.

The first one I've been loving is Candy Apple (035) which is just a classic bright red, but so far, its the best like proper red lipstick I've had!
And my personal favourite, is Juicy Papaya (027). It's like this coral, orangey pink colour, that I have just been really loving this March!

NYX SUPER SKINNY MARKER IN CARBON BLACK
This is just a liquid liner, but because I'm pretty crap at getting a straight line when I put on liquid liner, I thought I'd give this one a try because the tip is really really thin and I thought it might be useful, which it has been. It is so skinny, and so super super easy to put on. My only compliant is that it smudges very easily, and I chose it specifically because it said smudge proof and waterproof, but anyway, its really great as long as I don't rub my eyes, haha. 

ESTEE LAUDER PURE COLOUR EYE SHADOW:
10- ivory slipper 63 tempting mocha 47 nude fresco and 04 wild sable

I love this little hand bag size eye shadow palette, because the colours are perfect for a neutral, every day look. I love ' WIld Sable' because it is a matte, while the others are slightly shinier, so that one is perfect for highlighting your crease. The Nude Fresco is also super pretty and in general, they all just blend very nicely, so are easy to put on and look great. 

THE BODY SHOP- MORINGA BATH AND SHOWER GEL
This is nothing particularly special, it is just a Body Shop shower gel, but this scent is AMAZING! It is probably my favourite one at The Body Shop and so I bought a massive bottle that will last me for ages. I have been loving it, it just smells so so delicious!

LUSH EASTER RANGE

I love Lush so so much, so you can imagine my excitement when I saw a whole new range of stuff in the spirit of Easter! I bought quite a few bath bombs that are in the shapes of eggs! I even bought this one massive one that had another bath fizz bomb shaped like a bunny inside it! 

So that's it for beauty and make-up, but there have also been some other bits and bobs that I was really loving last month: 

BOOK: LOOKING FOR ALASKA

I've not yet finished this book, but so far I'm really enjoying it. It's by John Green, the same author as The Fault in Our Stars, which was such an incredible book! So I got this one, cause I'd also heard great things! I'm not very far in, so can't tell you much about the story line, but just the way it's written and from what I have read so far, I'm thoroughly enjoying it. 

SCENTED CANDLES

Recently, I have had a slight (BIG) candle addiction, so I light them all the time just to give the room a pretty smell, or to feel a bit more relaxed, or whatever... but I have been loving scented candles, of all shapes and sizes. In particular, I've been loving a range of Candles from a shop here called Poetry. The scents are just really clear and beautiful and they come in these pretty glass jars. These are my favourite two at the moment, the scents are Jasmin and Frangipane- both smell incredible!

CREME EGGS!

Oh my gosh, these are probably one of the best things Cadbury has ever done! *fun fact, did you know that Cadbury Chocolate is South African* but sadly, these are not made here, and they only come out around Easter overseas anyway. SO the only way to get them is to go to a shop that imports overseas chocolates, etc like Spar. And sadly they are pretty pricey because they aren;t from here, but I guarantee you they are worth it. They are little chocolate eggs and the inside is filled with the gooey white and yellow stuff (like a real egg) that is sweet and just tastes SO amazing! So I've been eating a LOT of these recently!

THE MINDY PROJECT

So my friend recommended this show to me, and now I am completely hooked The episodes are 20 mins, so a perfect length for a little study break, etc. Its about this woman, Mindy who is a Ob/Gyn doctor and it's kind of just about her life and the people she works with, and so on. It's just very funny and light hearted and yeah, give it a try, its super super good!

THE LUMINEERS

Definitely not a newly discovered band, I' sure I'm pretty late on the band-wagon here, but I only ever new Ho Hey by them, and atually they are such an amazing band, and have some great great music! My favourites by them are 'The Big Parade', 'Submarines', 'The Dead Sea' and 'Ho Hey'. 

Have a listen, this one's my fav!

So those are my March (and kind of early April too) favourites!