I took a little (massive) break from blogging but I've finally got my arse in gear and I'm going to be back for good *sings take that to myself*  I'm not a professional and qualified makeup artist and I'm ready to build this thing up and start blogging again, I really do hope you've all been keeping well and thanks for still following! I've had a little blog revamp, tweeked a few things here and there, including a new logo and new name change, let me know what you guys think!

Formally: The Fairest Of Them

New Name: Little Makeup Ramblings

Alice xxx

So lets get started by stating the obvious, this stuff is so super gentle on your skin it's divine, so if a bit like me and tend to be a little sensitive to some harsh products sometimes, keep on reading! This cleaner is in the form of a really creamy, almost butter like formula that literally melts your makeup away when you warm it up with your hands and massage it into your skin. This has left my skin feeling really fresh and clean. A slight downside for some, might be the fact that this cleaner does feel slightly greasy on the skin as it is SO buttery and soft, but I haven't found it to leave a greasy film on my face when I wash it off; which I do so just by running over my face with some face pads or a face cloth. I've found this to be great at removing all sorts of makeup, even Double Wear and They're Real mascara washed away; two products which I find notoriously hard to remove! The smell of this is super gentle too, it doesn't really smell of much; which personally for me is nice, I'm not a massive fan of having anything too offensive smelling on my face. 

This cleanser retails at £12, which is a mid range price point in my opinion, not too pricey but not too cheap so that may be something to bare in mind. I've found this cleaner to last me a good few months though at a time as a little does go a long way. Overall this cleaner has really helped in the effort to calm down my skin and help keep as many breakouts at bay as possible! 

Pros: Great at removing makeup

Very calming and nourishing, buttery consistency

Suitable (in my opinion) to use on the eyes for removing eye makeup too

Clean, simple smell

Doesn't dry out the skin

Cons: Slightly on the pricey side if you're used to paying £5/6 for your cleanser

Does feel slightly greasy on the skin, I can't really comment as my skin isn't overly oily but due to this, it might not be the most comfortable for you if you've got really oily skin 

Would need to follow up with a toner for super heavy makeup.

Hope you're well, Alice xxx

This week my favourite products are pretty much all makeup, surprise, surprise... but there are a few little other things thrown in. AND a £3 primer that you'd all be silly to not buy and try out for yourself, I'll be popping a review up of it later in the week! I'll also be popping a review on sometime soon of my new face cream, holy moly it's good!

But this week the products I've been loving are:
Smoothing light reflecting face primer, Wilkos
MAC Velvet Teddy matte lipstick
Arbonne FC5 day lotion
Mac Studio Fix Powder Foundation
Palmers Coco Butter
and finally, Aussie deep repair conditioner

 On my quest for the perfect 90's lip, I have finally found it!

I can't believe I have only just got round to trying Kiko Products, I'm so impressed with the stuff I have tried so far, I can't believe how cheap the brand is. They really are on to something good, especially with their lip products.
Velvet Teddy from MAC
It's a matte lipstick, which for me is great because it's super opaque and long wearing. If a matte finish is too drying for you, or just isn't your thing, MAC Viva Glam 5 is a great pick too, and my favourite!

So the first things first, the perfect 90's lip (in my opinion) is a pretty muted brown/nude lip, think Gwen Stefani and Jennifer Aniston in friends and you're there!

I think a brown nude suits both fair and darker complexions, and humble brag but I love it on me! I'm a mac lipstick fiend but I know they are pretty pricey...so if Mac isn't quite within your budget or if Velvet Teddy is out of stock as usual, here are some other suggestions:

MAC Viva Glam 5
Clinique Bamboo Pink
Kiko 300 lip liner worn alone with a bit of lip balm on top of prevent it from being super drying
Kiko Rosy Beige (which are on sale at the moment!)
Rimmel Colour Show off in 'Have fun'

Alice xxx

Since getting back into the swing of things and starting college, my life has been mad...but they, heres to not punishing myself too much and getting back into blogging again!

Here's a few little snippets of why I've been so awol...(sorry if you're squeamish!) 

I have to say, starting my SFX makeup training is one of the best decisions I've made so far!
Always put the hard work in, you can't cheat the grind! It knows how much you've invested and it won't give you anything you haven't worked for
xxx

Hey lovelies hope you're all well! 

Sorry it's been so long, stuff has been crazy over here, what with family life being slightly topsie tervy at the moment and starting a new course, its been a bit mad! 

But I'm finally super excited to let all of you know the winner to my 1000 follower giveaway! Now to be honest with you I've had a bit of trouble with this, the winners at the start that were randomly selected, after checking through you all, I noticed that most people hadn't actually met the criteria that the giveaway asked, IE: Didn't follow me etc. So alas, I had to keep doing it all over again. So here we are a few weeks late...BUT the winner is...

VICKI A SMITH 

Bloglovin': VICKS276 (yay!)

Thank you to everyone who entered and who takes the time to read my little beauty rambles! I hope you're all well and enter my CHRISTMAS STOCKING GIVEAWAY soon!