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High End Wishlist

Hey guys!

It's getting closer to my birthday and I have been spotting some gorgeous high end products that have been on my wishlist for a very long time. There are of course two MAC lipsticks, the famous palette, two Urban Decay products, a fragrance, the holy grail of mascara, and the most recommended foundation around.

So the Naked Palette One from Urban Decay is the do-all palette from the ever-popular brand Urban Decay. I used this palette at my friends house and I loved it (dark horse is my favourite). I really want a palette to take on holiday this year instead of my MAC quad because I have a lot of colours I have ended putting back in the little pan packets because there is no more room for them. This palette has dramatic smokey shades, and glittering daytime shades so there should be everything I need in one.

Shanghai Spice from MAC is also a product I have lusted over for a while after browsing the MAC website, and once again finding myself looking at the lipsticks. I came across Shanghai Spice which is a pink toned nude colour. It looks like my idea of the perfect nude, and when I popped into a MAC store to check it out, it looked just as it did in the picture.

Creme Cup from MAC is a colour that I am sure I have mentioned before on my blog as being my favourite MAC lipstick ever. I really love this colour and this is the first item on my wishlist. I can't resist this colour because it's like Creme D'Nude, with a touch of pastel pink.

NARS Sheer Glow Foundation is a foundation that is constantly talked about on youtube and other beauty blogs. I think it's £31 or £30.50 depending on where you shop. If it was me I would either go to Debenhams or Space NK to buy this. I am also looking to replace my Bobbi Brown foundation after I hit the bottom of the bottle and had to throw it away.

Jo Malone Blackberry And Bay Perfume is the perfume that I looked for as soon as I entered the Jo Malone store. I have heard rave reviews of this product and after smelling the perfume I agree with them all. It smells like spring in a bottle, and even though it is a little pricey, I still am aiming to buy this before holiday.

Benefit They're Real Mascara is the new favourite mascara of just about everyone. I have to admit it is a very good mascara since I have owned it before then ran out. It is pretty cheap if you buy the smaller version, but if you buy the full version it's around £20.

Urban Decay Setting Spray is a product I have never tried before but I am very interested in because I have never tried something like a setting spray. I have heard of people using hairyspray but I'm not too sure I would like to try that.

Urban Decay Eye Primer Potion is a product that I am starting to want more and more because my eyeshadow seems to leave my eyelids as soon as I leave the house. I do tend to top up my paintpot but I never re-apply colours from my MAC quad.

This seems like a really long post but there are quite a few products on the list, as usual! I also have posted pretty late as this has taken me a while to write. Have a lovely evening everyone and I hope you enjoy this post. One more thing, don't forget to follow me on twitter @allsparklesblog for updates when I post and more.

Love Claudia

Spring Blush

Hey guys

I am going to be writing a spring blush post today after getting some much needed inspiration from miss Tanya Burr's latest video, but I did not totally agree with her look. The only thing I would change is using a different blush. Tanya used the Coralista blush from Benefit which I do love, but I would say for a spring make up look I would have used the Dandelion blush and maybe a lighter bronzer too because Tanya used the Nars Laguna bronzer. Anyway sorry for rambling but after watching Tanya's video I wanted to offer a selection of spring blushes.

Benefit Dandelion Blush is one of the most well known spring blushes on the market. It's pale pink colour gives a natural glow and a little bit of shimmer brightening any spring make up look.

Sleek Pixie Pink Blush looks like a super bright hot pink colour in the pan but trust me when you apply it, it becomes a faint shade of baby pink a lot like the MeMeMe blush I reviewed a while back.

MAC Mocha Blush has peachy undertones which are perfect for people with slightly darker skin tone as it can be used to give dimension to the face and a flush of pink for pretty, spring make up.

Seventeen Rosy Summer Blush is one of my favourite drugstore blushes ever. Seventeen offer a range of smooth, shimmery, pigmented blushes and Rosy Summer is one of the best shades for me. This blush could be used well into summer and maybe even the start of autumn depending on your skin tone.

Estee Lauder Mauve Mystique is slightly darker than the rest of the blushes with kind of more purple undertones. Estee Lauder blushes are a perfect texture and they give the perfect look for a sunny spring day (which doesn't seem very likely in the UK at the moment).

So I have including a wide range of blushes from £4.99 to £25.00 so I hope you see something you fancy and my personal favourite from this bunch is the Benefit Dandelion blush because when I think of a spring blush the first one I think of is this Dandelion blush, however the Seventeen blush is a close second!

Well thanks for reading lovelies and remember to follow me on twitter - @allsparklesblog

Seeing Red

Hello everyone!

Today is a different post to the usual beauty posts because it's my very first fashion post! I say that All That Sparkles is a beauty, fashion and lifestyle blog but I don't think I have ever done a fashion post. So after reading OK! today I saw their fashion edit and a couple of pictures of celebrities wearing red on the red carpet and I thought I would write this post. Now this article says 'Punctuate your winter wardrobe with shades of scarlet' and I know that it's getting into spring and everyone's buying pastels but it isn't officially spring until about midway through March.

Valentino Scalloped Heels - £465
I have honestly never seen scalloped edged shoes before but I love these!

Topshop Red Coat - £75
I saw Tanya Burr wearing a baby pink version of this coat in one of her vlogmas video's and I loved it so if you were looking for a spring version of this coat if you prefer

Alexandre Herchcotvitch Autumn/Winter Collection
Was a ready-to-wear collection that including many different trends and he used a lot of black and a bit of red in some of his items
Rimmel Scandaleyes Rockin Curls Mascara - £4.99
Was a mascara that I saw in OK! but I really don't like the fact that they are calling the wand 'Broken hear shaped'.
Asos Pencil Skirt Wrap - £14
Is absolutely gorgeous and I am really getting into these wrap-styled skirts and this colour is gorgeous.
Catherine Tyldsley BAFTA Awards
Catherine wears red a lot mainly because I think it complements her skin tone beautifully and this dress is a more coral colour but it's still lovely. The famous fashion faux pas of wearing red on the red carpet was long forgotten when Catherine showed off her flawless size 10 figure at the BAFTA's.
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So I hope you guys liked my first fashion post on my blog which has been long overdue and thank you for reading! Just to let you know Tanya Burr's Lips And Nails collection is coming out on www.feelunique.com at 6pm tomorrow!
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Updated High End Skincare Routine

Hello everyone!

I have been getting a lot of requests to do an updated skincare routine after I did one quite a while a go. I won't be using my own pictures in this post because it's so dark outside the picture quality is awful so sorry about that!

No7 Soft and gentle cleanser - £8 is not really high end but it feels it on my skin. It's hypo-allergenic and it has a creamy texture which leaves skin feeling clean but baby soft.

Simple Toner - £2.99 is again not high end but it works for me so I use it every day. I trust it to remove every last speck of make up and close my pores feeling confident I will wake up with dirty, oily skin.

Simple Eye Make Up Remover - £3.25 is my final non-high end product in this collection. I'm big on eye make up remover as I would say I wear a littler more than average eye make up and I get irritated eyes a lot so taking it off with a great remover with a gentle aspect to it is just what I need.

Simon Therapie Diamond Eye Contouring Moisturizer - £55 is one of the most expensive products I have ever used on my skin. I know it is meant to tighten the skin and reduce deep wrinkles which is obviously not what I use it for as I am 14, but I still love this product for keeping my eyes feeling tight and lifted.

StriVectin-EV Dark Circle Cream - £35 is my go-to product for bad dark circles. Because I have blue undertones in my skin I end up with almost purple dark circles. This is working wonders at the minute and I will be repurchasing this product a lot!

Sk:n Blemish Lotion - £22 is a new product I am using because I have always been very careful with what I put on my blemishes but this product is working great with my skin and Sk:n is one of my new favourite skincare brands.

YSL Youth Liberating Serum - £61 is one of the most expensive skincare products I have ever used. It works wonders on my dull skin which I find especially in the winter months becomes very tired so this product is applied every night and when I wake up my skin feels really lifted and bright which gives me a fresh face before doing my make up.

Bobbi Brown Gel Hydrating Moisturiser - £37.50 is a product I have stuck with for a while after loving it's texture before and after applying it to my skin.
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Thanks for reading lovelies!
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High End Collective Haul

Hello guys!

I have been wanting to do a high end haul for a while but I brought all these products at different times so it's only know that I am ready to post this with enough products!

At the top left corner there is a Estee Lauder Cheek Rush Gel Blush. I love the subtlety to this product and it's texture is unlike any product I have used before - £25

I then brought myself a Bobbi Brown Lipgloss in Hot Pink is a really thick colourful lipgloss that I wear over any lipstick for a pop of colour - £18

I treated myself to a Bobbi Brown Shimmer Brick. These colours are so summery and I will be using this a lot in june/july.

Estee Lauder Desirable Lipstick is one of my favourite lipsticks at the moment. It's such a pretty nude colour and I wear this under my Dior Addict lipgloss - £24.

Stila All Over Shimmer Powder Kitten has one of the most pigmented highlighters I have ever owned and I love it! - £15

Today I brought a MAC Embark Palette Re-Fill Pan to give me a more smokey eye option in my quad instead of all the autumnial colours. I put it over Bare Study paintpot and Naked Lunch when I got home and I adore it already! - £10

Thanks for reading guys and I hope you enjoyed this post! Reviews coming soon!

First Lust List Of 2014

Hi guys!

As you may know I love 'lust lists' or 'wishlists' so I decided to write one for you guys!
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The Essie Summer Collection 2014 was recently shown to me by my friend Meg who brought one recently. She wore the purple colour 'Full steam ahead' today and it looked amazing!

Nars Orgasm Lip Gloss is a product that I have wanted for a while now but I don't really want to put it on my christmas/birthday list or even buy it myself because I will have to say the name of the product and because I look a lot younger than I am I think it will be pretty embarrassing.

Jo Malone Blackberry And Bay is one of my favourite Jo Malone scents. This product is actually on my birthday list this year but it is quite expensive so I will use this product lightly!

Nars Laguna Bronzer is something that everyone talks about as the be all and end all bronzer of all time!

Topshop Glow Highlighter as a product that really interests me as I have never owned a really good highlighter before so I hope this one will be a stand out product of 2014.

Zoeva Buffing Kabuki Brush is so intriguing because I have never owned a kabuki sized buffing before.

MAC Hang-Up Lipstick is in a colour that I have craved for a while. I have always wanted to dare myself to buy this colour but maybe sometime in the near future I will be more confident to try this product.

So I hope you guys liked this post! Thank you very much,

Lipstick Round Up

Hello guys!

As I said in my last post I was going to write a lipstick round up post and I have done a lipstick round up before but only either nudes or pinks/reds so this time I am going to do a general round up. This post like yesterdays contains a mix of drugstore and high end products from Natural Collection to Chanel.

Top to bottom - Rimmel 084, Rimmel 010, Natural collection Moonrise shine, MAC creme d'nude, Chanel 69 Mythic, Rimmel Kate Collection 03

Front to back - MAC creme d'nude, Natural Collection Moonrise Shine, Rimmel 084, Rimmel 010, Rimmel Kate Collection 03, Chanel 69

This is just a picture when the lipstick has set a little bit more and in a different lighting

Rimmel 84, Rimmel 10, Natural Collection moonrise shine, MAC creme d'nude, Chanel Mythic 69, Rimmel 3

These are all my favourite lipsticks, the reds/pinks at the back and the nudes at the front

So there it is! All my favourite lipsticks that I use on a daily basis. These have a wide price range so hopefully you all find something you like. These colours aren't seasonal really so you can wear these all year round if you like. I hope you guys enjoyed this post and if you have a favourite lipstick comment below!

Mascara Round Up

Aloha everyone!

I realised that after scouring Yahoo Answers there were a lot of questions about mascara's and what the best high end and best drugstore products were on sale so I thought I would give my take on the best mascara's, high end and drugstore.

This one has been my favourite for a while because of the amazing volume it gives my lashes. It almost gives a false effect which I love for nights out, also there are zero clumps so it works great if you like a natural look aswell.

(Colossal Volume Mascara)

This is a similar mascara but this one is hyped about a lot more than colossal volume. This one is the Rocket mascara and it has such a large wand with tiny teeth but plenty of them for a full effect and minimal clumps. I don't find that this mascara gives as great length as the colossal volume mascara does but I still love it for an everyday mascara.

(The Rocket Mascara)

You might have seen this in some of my videos/posts before because this is my go to mascara every morning for a fresh but popping look on the eyes to complement my eyeshadow and liquid liner.

(Clinique High Lengths Mascara)

This mascara is a new discovery and the very first thing I loved about this product was the spiceberry coloured matte packaging giving the product a high end feel. The other thing I loved was the curved wand. It really helps extend the length of the lashes and it's really is a 'does what it says on the tin' product because it defies the dreaded clumps day in day out.

(Clump Defy Mascara)

I haven't met one person that dislikes this mascara. It really does give a fake effect without leaving specks of black on my face or leaving clumps on my lashes. It gives an elongated effect without appearing false and this is one of my favourite mascara's of all time.

Well thanks for reading everyone and had a lovely wednesday! Tomorrow I will be posting a requested post (Thank you MeganDoll) 'My Lipstick Round up'. Bye!

Drugstore Make Up Routine vs. High End Make Up Routine

Hello lovelies!

As promised here is my drugstore vs high end make up routine, and when I say make up routine I mean from foundation to lipstick. Obviously people have different ideas of what high end and drugstore make up is, so I have pretty much used products that you would typically find in a drugstore for example Boots for those in the UK and then make up you would typically find on counters. I apologise for having two videos, but I couldn't fit in the two whole routine into one video!

Drugstore Routine

Products used - Rimmel Match Perfection Foundation in shade 2, Rimmel Wake Me Up Concealer in shade 1, Rimmel Stay Matte Powder in shade 3, Bourjois Chocolate Bronzer in shade 51, Bourjois Blush in shade 74, Maybelline Bare Nude Eye Shadow, Chilli Peppers Palette in the darkest shade, Maybelline Rocket Mascara, Natural Collection Lipstick in shade Pink Mallow, and Hotlights Lipgloss in shade 1.

Hight End Routine

Products used - Bobbi Brown Liquid Foundation in porcelain, MAC Studio Fix powder, MAC concealer in shade NW15, MAC bronzer, MAC blush in stay pretty, MAC lipstick in AB2/Blankety, Clinique high lengths mascara, MAC bare study eye shadow base and MAC eye shadow in Sketch.

Comment 1 or 2 to let me know which you prefer? Thanks for reading/watching everyone and have a good new year tomorrow and be ready for lots of snaps of my new hair cut (read my latest google+ post for details) and what I wore!