Hello August!

It's the first day of August today, so I thought I'd do a post on my July Favourites!

The first thing I have been completely LOVING through the whole of July (and will probably carry on loving the whole of August) is The Office U.S. I've bought quite a few of the boxsets and it's honestly is one of the funniest things I've ever seen. I've never been a huge fan of Steve Carrell, but his character in this, Michael Scott, is just hilarious. There's also the gripping love-story between Pam and Jim which really keeps you glued to the series, and other hilarious characters including Dwight and Andy (from the hangover - just as funny in this!). I would definitely recommend this to anyone, its brilliant.

The second thing I've used through the whole month is Garnier Summer Body Lotion. I usually don't like gradual tanners, but this one is perfect as sometimes instant tanners (like St Moriz) really dry out my skin. This delivers a lovely even colour, a pleasant apricot smell and is practically fool proof. I am very pale, but what I like to do is buy the one for medium dark, so it shows up after one application.

I've also bought a lot of corally/pink make-up products recently. I've been loving Ever Hip Lipstick from Mac, which is a beautiful coral, leaning towards pink. I think you can still get it from the Fashion Flower collection. I've been wearing Smile Dazzleglass (also from Mac), another coral with lots of pink sparkle, over the top of this, and its really a perfect combination.

Also from the Fashion Flower collection, I got Alpha Girl Beauty Powder. I was very skeptical to buy this as I'd read many reviews claiming it was very sheer with rubbish pay-off, but I'm so glad I bought this. Maybe because I'm quite pale (although I've been wearing fake tan a lot), but it really shows up fine on me, a very pretty peachy pink which goes very nicely with the lip combo above. You do have to apply a bit more, but its massive so its not really a problem. It has a beautiful flower imprint as well, but as you can see I've used mine so much its fading!

Another product I've practically worn non-stop is Posietint by Benefit. This is a sample I got from Glamour Magazine, and once it runs out I'm definitely going to be buying a full size! Its such a cute pink, but what I really love about it is it does NOT budge! Clearly I love my cheek products, and I hate when they fade, so lately I've been wearing this underneath everything, so that when my powder blushes fade, I'm still left with a pretty pink glow. Also looks lovely on lips for a subtle baby pink!
As if I needed another pink/peach cheek product, I also bought Rose Quartz MSF from the semi-precious Mac collection. It's just gorgeous, very glow-y, great highlight and blush!
Finally, I am so glad Herbal Essences has released their 'Tousle Me Softly' range over in the U.K now! I've been using their intensive mask every week, and its really great. Leaves my hair SO soft, managable and light, and smells amazing! What more could you want?!
Katy xxx
p.s...

Oh, and I've also been in love with these cupcakes from waitrose. Frankly I think some cupcakes can be overrated, I hate it when they've just got a big slab of coloured butter on the top of them. But these are DELISH! Seriously, if you like cupcakes, RUN to waitrose right now, you will not regret it.