To quote everyone else, I can't believe that 2021 is almost over. Even though this year hasn't been the best for most people it has still somehow gone by very quickly compared to last year. Bring on 2022! For my last post of the year I wanted to write a review of the first and only beauty advent calendar that I bought which was the MAC 2021 Box of Tricks Advent Calendar which contains £340 worth of products however it only cost me £135 to buy, which I think was a pretty good deal if you ask me. I know the calendar has sold out now however I wanted to talk about some of my favourite products from the calendar that I want to recommend to you lovely lot.
Going from left to right we have the Brow Set in Clear, Strobe Cream in Pinklite, Powder Kiss Lipstick in Mull It Over, Extra Dimension 3D Black Lash Mascara, lipstick in Taupe, Lipglass in Spite, Eyeshadow in Brun, Prep + Prime Natural Radiance in Radient Yellow, Mineralize Blush in Warm Soul, Powder Kiss Soft Matte Eyeshadow in It's Vintage, Eyeshadow in Omega and the Cleanse off oil.
Out of this group of products my favourites are the Powder Kiss lipstick in Mull It Over which is a great everyday warm nude shade that'll suit lots of people, Taupe lipstick as it's a gorgeous reddish brown shade that really goes with the whole 90s beauty trends that are going on right now and the eyeshadow in Brun has that same feel to it. My last favourite out of these lot would be the eyeshadow in Omega as it's a beige colour that can both be a great base for eyeshadow however you can also use it all over as a simple one eyeshadow look which is something I do a lot of!
Now for the right hand side, going from left to right we have the mini lipstick in Velvet Teddy, Lipglass in Clear, Prep + Prime Essential Oils, Pro Longwear Paint Pot in Bougie, Prep+ Prime lip, Powder Kiss Soft Matte Eyeshadow in Devoted to Chili, mini lipstick in Ruby Woo, Pigment Colour in Tan, lipstick in Mehr, mini lipstick in Chili, Veluxe Pearl Eyeshadow in Expensive Pink and finally the mini Fix+.
My favourites from this side of the calendar are the mini lipstick in Velvet Teddy because it's so iconic, it suits everyone so therefore you can never have enough of it! The Lipglass in Clear is so simple yet so effective and one product I don't have is a clear lip gloss, so this is something I actually need in my life! The Devoted to Chili eyeshadow looks very exciting as it's a colour that sits right in the middle of red and orange, so I can't wait to create a look using this product next year and my last pick has to be the Pigment Colour Powder in Tan because I've never created a look with a pigment before (unless you count the Barry M Dazzle Dusts which we all tried when we were 12!). This pigment will look beautiful over a bronze smokey eye or maybe over a sunset eye look in the summer.
I hope you discovered some fun and interesting products that you may want to try next year.
Wishing you all the best for 2022
Chantal x
The older you get the sooner you realise that trends literally do come back around again. Now that I'm in my mid 20s I actually remember the current trends of the noughties that are making a revival right now. These include the wide leg jeans, cropped tops, small handbags and trainers. This was bound to happen as in recent years we've had the 70s, 80s and 90s in fashion and even though the 90s trend is still here, now the 00s are here too.
I have fond memories of the 2000s because I was a child and when you're a child everything seems amazing, the only things you care about are playing with your friends, children's tv and following every move that your favourite boyband makes. I was too young to enjoy the trends of the early 00s, so now it's the perfect time for me to embrace what I missed. The only trend that I still can't quite let go of is the skinny jeans.
It was 2008 and we had to endure almost the whole decade wearing the dreadful bootcut jeans. Not quite skinny, but too slim to be flares, these jeans were low waisted so sat literally just on your hip bone and the legs always touched the floor meaning that if you were stuck in a downpour then you're jeans would be ruined. I think that because of this downfall skinny jeans were like to meteorite that came crashing down to earth, but this meteorite saved us instead of killing us. Suddenly we had a par of jeans that you could wear with anything- boots, heels, sandals, trainers and you can wear them with any kind of tops including vest tops, tunics, long sleeve tops. It was great! Also skinny jeans make every body shape feel and look amazing because it contours to the shape of your legs and bum perfectly. Another important point is how comfortable they are. I used to buy the Topshop Joni and Jamie jeans (RIP) and they came in so many different leg lengths, widths and you could also buy a petite and tall fit too. They were by far the comfiest out of any brands I've tried. Black skinny jeans were also the key item for any rock and roll look. seen on celebrities such as Kate Moss who would wear them with both black boots and ballet flats.
However that was over 10 years ago now and 2017 was the year that we started seeing straight jeans appear. Maybe this was the start of the change that was about to happen. Straight jeans are still slim but they don't sit close to the legs like skinny jeans do. Again I bought my straight jeans from Topshop. They were called the Orson jeans and they were high waisted jeans that had a 90s look to them, but sadly they were only around for a couple of years.
Even though I'm quite excited for the wide jeans revolution, I still can't help but feel sorry for my beloved skinny's. I haven't put them all at the back of the wardrobe yet as my black skinny jeans are great to wear for work and for nights out with a fancy top. I'm sure skinny jeans will come back in fashion in another 5 to 10 years when the now children of this decade will be teenagers (now that makes me feel old!!).
I hope you enjoyed this post and let me know your thoughts on wide leg jeans.
See you soon
Chantal x