Storage tip:- candle jar brush holder

I always love a good storage tip and thought I'd share this tip on my blog since I tweeted it along time ago and Im aware that not all of my twitter followers follow my blog and vice versa.

This post is about how I store my sigma brushes 

I was given the above candle by my sister, and at first I did not want to use it because I knew it would eventually finish but then I realised that Id probably be able to still use it as decoration or storage 

Over the last few years it has stored various makeup items 

makeup pencils such as eyeliners and lipliners  but since last year it has been holding my sigma brushes 

Its really easy to do 

You simply wait for the candle to burn down 

if you burn your candles with care your candles should burn equally down 

(let me know if you want tips on candle burning)

and the bottom should be virtually bare except for a metal wick holding base 

and any light bits of wax are easily scraped off. 

and you can store cosmetics, stationary or even jewellery. 

I have various different jars to hold all sorts of shizzles :)

Do you have any good storage tips ?? 

Raspcherry 

XOXO

LOTD:- Mac Modesty

Mac Modesty Cremesheen lipstick

Mac modesty is a cremesheen lipstick its a browny mauveish pink
and it makes a gorgeous neutral lip colour for all skin tones it makes a great nudeish lip colour for darker skin tones above nw45/ nc45
and the perfect milky creamy neutral shade for anyone similar to my skin tone so nc25, nc30, nc35.
as always I suggest 'you' can wear 'anything' you want too !

this has become one of my anyway lipsticks and I will do an updated everyday makeup look featuring modesty lipstick

do you have modesty lipstick?
what are your staple lipstick shades?

Raspcherry 

XOXO

HOTD:- loose swirly curls

My top favourite hair tool has to be my GHD flat iron hair stylers 

I have quite a few as back ups I love them that much that I almost started collecting them -yes, sadly its true! 

But I realied my mistake and thankfully I have stopped. 

(I have already reviewed my GHDs if you are interested)

I do like the various different looks that I can create with my GHDs but I wanted to try out a Yogi conical styling wand (let me know if you want me to review this. 

IOf all the looks I have tried with the yogi wand 

this look is my favourite 

very spirally but still loose curls -ohh how I wish I could wake up to hair like this!

(BTW this pic was also taken in the winter and it was just starting to snow so you can see a few iddy biddy snow flakes against my dark hair )

What do you think ? 

Raspcherry 

XOXO

My Winter Hair Style :- Ombre Hair

I decided to try out the Ombre hair trend this winter 

OMBRE - gradient hair colour going from dark roots to light ends 

but as always I added my own raspcherry twist to it because I cant just blindly follow a trend 

I have to really like it and reasonably believe that I can pull it off and even then I like to do it my way 

I coloured the roots black and the ends light brown and I have medium red brown streaks in the mid lengths.

I also cut layers and feathered the front around my face

I have changed my hair colour/cut again 

(FYI- I have naturally brown hair)

What do you think ? 

Raspcherry <3

XOXO

My Winter Obsession - Lush bath bombs and ballistics

I love love love love Bubble baths 

When given a choice i usually pick bubble baths over alot of things 

My life is so hectic 

bubble baths really allow me to have some calm and rest in a day 

it truely is my one indulgence 

Lush bath products have become part of my winter routine since they are more enjoyable in cold winter evenings 

I tend to go for my all time favourites 

Bath bombs:- Butter balls, Honey Bee, Vanilla Fountain.

Bubble bars :- The comforter, Creamy candy.

Soaps :- Rockstar, Honey I washed the kids. 

Ive also used other hair, body and skincare products that I will leave for another post since this is a bath post :)

This winter Ive gone out of my comfort zone and tried some new lush products.

I cant remember the names of all of these but the ones I know are :- The ginger bread cottage, Dorothy, Green bubbleroon (made to look like a macaroon but apparently made to soothe headaches!) also the chunk of soap is the scentenary soap from the 100th lush store opening anniversary celebration worldwide.

Have you tried any of these ?

What are your lush must haves ?

Raspcherry 

XOXO

Swatches :- Some revlon red lipsticks

I thought id stick up some swatches of the most popular revlon red lipsticks as theres always alot of questions in regarding how similar and different the shades are. 

Shades swatched 

- Revlon Fire and Ice 720

- Revlon Red 730

- Revlon Cherries in the Snow 440

Revlon red and fire and ice are quite similar but i think revlon is a more true red and more lustrous 

fire and ice is slightly cooler tones and slightly more matte

Cherries in the snow is an almost red super hot fuschia pink

All three lipsticks are creme formulas from the revlon super lustrous collection 

I think theres always alot of talk about red lipsticks 

it can cause alot of confusion 

my personal thoughts is to try the shade you are attracted to 

swatch it on your hand, do you still like it ? 

ifso -go for it. 

If not - try again !

Since im nt a particularlu red lipstick girl I think high street or drug store lipsticks are best for me considering a pay per wear basis!

I have some more red lipstick swatches from other high street brands to follow shortly 

Do you have any of these ? 

Raspcherry 

XOXO

NOTD:- Revlon Red 680

Revlon Red is an iconic classic red from about the 1950's but it was discontinued 

and I think it was relaunched in 2011

It is a true red shade -literally the shade of healthy fresh red blood 

 it is available in a lip nail combo which is fab for those amongst us who love a matching lip nail combo
I like this idea but its not a must have for me, its more of a just a nice to have.
The matching lipstick is Revlon super lustrous lipstick in ' Revlon Red  730 ' it is a creme formula

I do like Revlon nail polishes, they are high quality, dont contain alot of the nasty chemicals found in nail polishes and quite affordable at around £6.50 from boots and superdrugs

I have recently found that you can buy some nice revlon nail polish shades online at cheapsmells for about £3 which includes delivery in UK.
so check out that website for discounted products including Mac cosmetics, I recently purchased an eye cream and had a good snoop on the website.

Revlon Red nail Enamel on the nails 

I have on two coats of revlon red, and a finishing coat of my Seche Vite top coat

The Revlon nail enamels are quite opaque 

and this shade is a creme formula and opaque in one coat 

I did want to see how long it lasts with two coats 

but I did find my nail color to get damaged after an hour of application this time 

There was a rumour going around that you may have heard where christian louboutin was considering a red under sole for his shoes and grabbed his secretarys nail polish which was Revlon red and painted the under-side of the shoe with the lacquer which is where he supposedly got the inspiration for the red undersoles of his shoe. 

Im unsure as to whether there is any truth in this as I find that the undersole of my louboutins are a slightly more orange shade compared to the true redness of the revlon red. 

(ps I know I have tinsy feet)

The revlon red is a perfect match for my red patent leather iphone 4 clutch case though!

Maybe there might be a new story to go around? 

Do you have any of these products? 

Id love to know your thoughts ? 

PS I will be updating you on my absence soon.

Raspcherry 

XOXO