the style awards have arrived! · Aesthetic Obsessed

ow when I saw Latest in Beauty were doing another Sunday Times Style Awards box…obviously I couldn’t resist. I picked the box up last year and featured it as The One-Off Beauty Box You Need and from the box last year I’ve discovered some of my favourite products that I still use to this day. Now I am a bit biased when it comes to Latest in Beauty, as they’re hands down my favourite beauty box…but as they can be pricey I’m tend to stick to their special edition boxes.

My favourite thing though is that you always know exactly what you’re going to receive and it makes me a bit more willing to part with my hard earned money than on products I might not even be interested in or of any use to me. Now a lot of the products for the Sunday Times Style Awards are actually full-size, meaning you actually get your monies worth – or they’re at least decent travel size samples.

For this particular box you are able to pick six products for £30 (not including p&p unless you’re already subscribed to the box). The list of products you can choose from is spectacular and is comprised of all products all short-listed to for the Style Awards. I must say I did struggle deciding which six products to choose!

Now I’ve tried a handful of the products out from this box…but I’m slowly making my way through them. However the products I chose were;

– Lumene Invisible Illumination Watercolour Blush (Full Size)

– Isle of Paradise Medium Self Tanning Water (Full Size)

– This Works Deep Sleep Pillow Spray (Full Size)

– Rituals Foaming Shower Gel (Travel Sized)

– Nars Climax Mascara (Sample Size)

– OPI Nail Lacquer (Full Size)

I am slightly gutted that I wasn’t quick enough to pick up the Charlotte Tilbury lipstick…maybe next year I’ll get it

lumene invisible illumination watercolour blush

As the weather gets warmer, I’m always less and less inclined to put powder products on my face and much prefer liquid and gel products. I just personally find they last a lot longer on my skin than powders do. Therefore when I saw the Lumene Invisible Illumination Watercolour Blush, I just couldn’t resist grabbing it especially as I remember several Youtubers and influencers raving about this brand at Christmas time. The colour is absolutely gorgeous and works both when I have my natural skin colour, as well as when I’m all tanned up. I think this is going to be falling into my everyday makeup routine.

isle of paradise medium self tanning water

Now I remember back last year when these tanning waters were raved about on just about every influencers instastories, and as someone that’s had some embarrassing fake tan disasters I was kind of scared to purchase them. I’ve always been a foam kind of girl, but when I saw this on the list of products to choose from I just kind of threw caution to the wind and added it. I’m still yet too try it but hopefully I’ll pluck up the courage before the hot weather is here to stay.

this works deep sleep pillow spray

I’m so busy at the moment with work and trying to get my blog up and going again that I’m struggling to sleep through the night and while sleeping tablets to help, I don’t want to become reliant on them. I’ve seen quite a few people mention this pillow spray though as something that helps them instantly fall asleep – I’m yet to try it…but I might just give it a go tonight…keep an eye on my twitter and I’ll let you know how I found it.

rituals foaming shower gel in holi moley

I’ve recently convert to foaming shower gel over traditional shower gels…simple because I can also use them to shave my legs instead of purchasing multiple different products. This foam smells amazing and I’m definitely going to go ahead and purchase the full size product when this one runs out. I always come out of the shower feeling refreshed and ready for the day.

nars climax mascara

Now I’ve been using the same L’orel Miss Babyroll mascara for the past 2 years now and while I’ve purchased other mascaras none of them have compared to this one…until now. I’m absolutely blow away by the Nars Climax Mascara! It adds both volume and length and leaves it looking like I have false lashes on. I’ve already decided I’m going to see if I’ll be able to pick the full size one up in duty free next month. If not I’ll be more than happy to drop the dollar on it.

opi nail lacquer in berry fairy fun

It’s very rarely that you’ll see me without any nail polish on…but I love changing it up so often that I’ve only every had my nails done twice by a professional. While it is coming into spring and I normally wear more nude and pastel colours, I couldn’t help but be drawn to this metallic purple. I haven’t tried it out on my nails yet…but next time I need to paint my nails I might give it a go.

Photography

All photos within this post were taken by me on my Olympus Pen E-PL7 with 45mm lens in natural lighting. They were then edited on Lightroom CC.

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lumene invisible illumination watercolour blush