My Favourite Makeup of 2016 - Part 2

Helloooo :)

This is will be the last post for 2016. This will be the second part to my previous post about my favourite makeups and beauty products if 2016.

First, I'd like to talk about another e.l.f. Cosmetics product. It's the Total Face Brush. It works so well! It has to be one of my favourite brushes. It acts almost as good as blending sponge, which I love. This brush is super soft and works well for touch-ups or even just blending or applying.

Another of this year's favourites is my Matte 9-in-1 Medium BB Cream from Rimmel London. It's so smooth and leaves my skin feeling soft and non-greasy. It looks really good on it's own or adds a great support to other face products like blushes, highlighters, contouring, etc.

Something that tops this list is my Elizabeth Arden lipstick, Iced Grape 36. It can work for a bold look or even a more subtle look. It's the perfect in-between lipstick. It also smells really good! I like to add any light lip liner before applying this lipstick so it lasts longer, because I absolutely adore wearing it and the way it looks. It came in a Christmas Kit and I love all the products in it.

 

That's pretty much my favourites of 2016. I hope you enjoyed this little blog post series. If you want to know more, just comment down below!

Happy Holidays, friends! Have a great New Year. I'll see you in 2017.

xox

Leni-Anne Blacker

aka

NightNerd18

My Favourite Makeup of 2016 - Part 1

Hello!

This blog post is going to be about my favourite makeups from 2016. I will put the links of the products and the brands at the end of the blog post.

Let's start off with my absolute favourite brand, Essence. I love all their products and have been buying them for a few years now.

The product that got me so attached to this brand is their Lash Brow Gel Mascara. It's a clear mascara and really helps elongate your lashes and leaves them looking natural. This mascara can also be used to tame your brows, which I love. If you're looking for something simple, cheap and easy to use, this is the product for you! I like to apply it almost every day to my eyelashes and will use it to sort out my eyebrows if they're acting up.

Another product that I recently bought (about two weeks ago) is another mascara called I Love Extreme Volume Mascara. It's a nice and classic bold looking mascara that adds definition to your lashes. I love using it for casual looks but it can go with a fancier look as well. Overall, I really enjoy using it and it doesn't clump up either!

The next thing I want to talk about from Essence is the nail polish! I have so many nail polishes from them. They come in every colour and they last long. It's pretty cheap too. Essence has a lot of pastel looking nail polishes and they look great for any occasion.

 

Let's talk about e.l.f. Cosmetics!

They'e a great brand that supports the empowering of people who want high quality makeup for a lower price. They have a wide variety of products and tools to get that perfect look.

My favourite things from them are the Contour Palette and the Illuminating Palette. They work really well together for a perfect glowing and soft look. Sculpting and defining your features have never been easier with these two products that are available for a great price!

I usually start by adding some dark contours along my jawline, hairline and the hollows of my cheeks. I use the dark shades for that, before adding some lighter shades. I mix these palettes so that I can get the perfect final look that I want. That includes having defining cheeks and jaws while adding a soft and shinny glow to the rest of my face. 

On the left, we have the Illuminating Palette and on the right there is the Contour Palette.

Alright, so this blog post is getting long enough so I will continue this subject in another post (part two) so stay tuned for that!

I hope you enjoyed Part One :) I'm probably going to be making a makeup tutorial on YouTube using these products.


Have a great day,


Leni-Anne Blacker
aka
NightNerd18

P.S. Here are all the links for these products if you want to know more or want to check them out!

Lash Brow Gel Mascara: https://essencemakeup.com/products/lash-brow-gel-mascara

I Love Extreme Volume Mascara: https://essencemakeup.com/products/i-love-extreme-volume-mascara

Essence Nail Polish: https://essencemakeup.com/collections/nails/nail-polish

Elf Contour Palette: http://www.elfcosmetics.com/p/contour-palette?dept=face-sets-palettes

Elf Illuminating Palette: http://www.elfcosmetics.com/p/illuminating-palette?dept=face-sets-palettes

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two - Book Review

 Hello everyone! Hope you're doing well :)

Today I'm going to give you my review of the eighth Harry Potter story written by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany and Jack Thorne that takes place nineteen years after the Battle of Hogwarts.

I won't be giving away any spoilers, so don't worry!

Here's the summary as written in the book and on the Harry Potter Play website:

"It was always difficult being Harry Potter and it isn’t much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband and father of three school-age children.

While Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son Albus must struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. As past and present fuse ominously, both father and son learn the uncomfortable truth: sometimes, darkness comes from unexpected places."

The first thing I want to mention is that I'm super happy to have some characters return in this story. There's definitely character development and I've changed my view on a few characters.

There's a plot twist at the end that kinda freaked me out. It involves Polyjuice potion and it's just really weird to see that character become someone else.

There's some new characters (obviously) such as Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley's children. Their children James, Albus Severus and Lily Potter are close friends with Ron Weasley and Hermoine Granger's children Rose Granger-Weasley and Hugo Granger-Weasley.

A character I really enjoyed reading about was Draco Malfoy. You start to see another side of him. I also enjoyed reading about his son, Scorpius Malfoy, who becomes good friends with Albus Severus Potter. It's an unlikely friendship, but I loved it and thought it really made things interesting.

I wasn't too big a fan of the way the book was written. I don't mind screenplay, but the previous Harry Potter stories were novels. This didn't do those novels justice in terms of writing format and techniques.

Overall, I'd give this book a solid 8 on 10.

I hope you enjoyed my little review. Let me know what you thought of the book! Did you like it? What didn't you like?

Leni-Anne Blacker
aka
NightNerd18