Long overdue is an empties post! I recently finished quite a lot of products (pat myself on the back) due to my online project pan (the one I've been sharing) and my personal project pan (the one I've set myself personally without sharing online). 

It so happens a lot of these products are some of my favourites and I definitely would like to share my flash review on each and every one of them!

Mini make-up is like a toy for a grown up beauty obsessed like me! I definitely enjoy me mini lipsticks, powders, mascaras, and the list goes on! I find it is the best way to try more things without the commitment of going full size straight away, saving us money but also space! And if you own more make-up than you can use in a lifetime these are great, as you will most likely use them before they expire!

This week's instalment of Flash Reviews honours the newly launched Nars Velvet Matte Foundation Stick, a new addition that comes to complete their base collection!

Continuing my series of selecting a few products I love from each different brand I present you my Hourglass winners! 

I will be presenting them in order of my personal application, so hopefully it will be easier to navigate in case you just want to read about a particular product mentioned. 

Time flies when you're having fun, or so they say. It's been 2 weeks already into my Make-up course and I feel like it went by in a minute. 

The Foundation weeks are the ones where you learn all about the basics in make-up like foundation, concealer, eyeshadow techniques, lipstick and so on. There's nothing creative involved to be honest and most of the times we spent having a Demo in the morning and practicing the looks in the afternoon on each other. 

The components vary from day, evening, vintage and bridal make-up and at the end of the 2 weeks we have the exams on a day and an evening look which will give us the next stage of the course, if we pass. Those exams happened last Friday and I passed! -happy dance-

It's been an experience, to touch people's faces without being unsure of what pressure to use, what space to keep between us and all the talk we need to have in order to provide a good consultation to the client. But at the end of the day it all came to be a normal thing, which is the main. 

Since I went through I now have ahead a Fashion and Photography Make-up course which is totally my thing, I'm so excited I can't even believe it is today! From now on I'll have a different make-up artist coming in each day to teach us different techniques and concepts! They will also expand our knowledge on products and the uses we can give to them. It's an overall exciting journey and I just hope to take everything I can from it. 

I feel like I learnt things so far but since I do my own make-up for years and years and with blogs, youtube and all the internet sharing I already knew a lot of the theory involved, so the main thing I took from this two weeks was definitely the practice and the help of everyone in understanding the proper way to do things out there. 

Bring it on! 

I want to make this so one day I can remember the journey, how I got where I'm going to be and the reasons why it took so long.

It's been years and years since I decided to become a makeup artist, I never had the approve stamp from my parents...

Which brought me to where I am now. Started with Art in Secondary School, 3 years of creative content, video exploration, observation drawing that I totally hated for some reason and the eternal expectation of applying some of my knowledge into what I really wanted to do. It was never a problem to have an idea for my future, never struggled to think of what I want next, what I want at the end of things.

Gift guides were never a thing in Mary Bloomy but this year I decided to give it a shot and well, I think you can take some good ideas for your beauty addicts on the list! Today I'm talking about what I think will do great gifts to the makeup addicts out there and will soon talk about Skincare and more!

Gosh has been present in my collection for the past 5 years being my first purchases made in Portugal and now in the Uk, at Superdrugs if you're wondering! 

I've always had a friend that spent her days telling me how good the Velvet Touch Liners where but I couldn't be bothered to listen till recently where I got my hands on 3 and afterwards 1 more... here comes the obsession!

H&M has been one of my favourite places to buy clothes from, affordable and cute things that actually suit my not so usual taste so when I heard about them doing a proper makeup line I was wowed!

First off I was not expecting that much of a choice of product and colour and since I was tempted to buy everything from the store I forced myself to grab just a few items, all for eyes! How shocking right! I know I don't need more eyeshadows nor eyeliners but they were so pigmented and I couldn't resist! I'm hunting for their blushes and matte lipsticks now!!

The packaging is white, gold and black which makes it look fancy for a clothing makeup brand, if you know what I mean! Having an enormous range of different shades the eyeshadows were what blown me away the most! You can find different finishes, even full on glitter, different shades from neutrals to bold blues and greens and all very pigmented! I swatched almost every single shade and the buttery consistency is equal to all of them - impressed!

On the eyeliner department I decided to go for 2 pencil liners one in a copper shade and the other in a plum shade, both perfect for Fall! The liquid liner I got is a black with silver glitter that unfortunately doesn't show off as much as I'd like it to when dried on the eye lids! But that can be a good addition to a not so adventurous makeup lover to wear on night outs!

Overall the line is very good for the price as for what I've tried so far and definitely one to keep an eye out for future tries!

Thanks for reading,

The fact makeup is a huge part of my life is not new so when I get the opportunity to try new brands and new products makes my day!

Born Pretty Store is a website that sells all kind of beauty products from nail art to makeup at affordable prices. They sent me a few products of my choice to review where I'm going to share my opinion on.