Soap & Glory || Body Buttercream, Rosy-Radiance Blush and Super Colour Lipstick

    My obsession towards Soap & Glory clearly hasn't died out as I've been buying more of their products and I'm still head over heels for the brand. It also doesn't help that Boots keep putting on 3 for 2 offers in stores either as they send me into overdrive. I've had all three products for just over two months now, so I'd like to say I've got a fair judgement on all of them.

Soap & Glory™ Super-Colour Fabulipstick™ Collagen Boosting Lipstick

   

    The first product on the list is this beautifully cherry coloured lipstick called 'Man Trap'. As you can see from the link below the photo, the name for this lipstick is quite the mouthful, but exceptionally good. It has a very heavy colour pigment on my lips, which is a benefit as you don't need to repeatedly go over your lips for an opaque and matt effect. The staying power is quite impressive as well, I've noticed it doesn't rub off as easily when drinking and eating, I'd approximate 4 hours wear without reapplying. The lipstick itself might be considered quite pricey for a drugstore brand at £9, but I'd argue that so far its highly worth the extra few quid.

Soap & Glory™ Love at First Blush™ Multi-Shade Blushing Powder

    

    Now this second product is used by myself every single day and its Soap & Glory's brilliant blusher. What appeals to me so much about this blusher it the variety of rosy tones, which contrast with the two white sections that create a wonderful luminous glow. This powder is also very build-able for either a subtle daytime look, to a more dramatic night time look so its essentially a 2 in 1 product. Over the course of experimenting with this product, I've found you can get away with using this for contouring, if you angle your brush into the darker tones. The only downfall I've found is that the blusher has a lot of fall away product, so you do have to top it up quite regularly, especially if you're on a night out but thats a minor detail that can be easily sorted out.  

Soap & Glory Sugar Crush Body Buttercream

   
    Finally, the last product in todays post is the well talked about 'Sugar Crush Body Buttercream'. This product has been raved about by numerous bloggers, so I ended up caving and buying it even though I've never been a body moisture fan. If you can go into Boots and just smell this, I urge you to because it smells absolutely divine (I swear I'm not smelling it as I'm typing, honest!). The lime and kiwi juice water give it a sharp scent which stays on your skin afterwards for a good couple of hours. This product just honestly feels so lovely when rubbed into your skin, the consistency is rather thick and luxurious which is a plus! I suffer with dry skin on my legs but after applying this my skin is restored.

One Month Into University & Tips

    Following on from my previous post on A-Level results nerves, a month (or just over) has passed and I'm no longer living at home with my family, surrounded by everything that has been familiar to me over the last 18 years. Those of you who're readers of mine won't know that on results day I was actually put through clearing, this is when you don't get the required grades for the course. This resulted in me choosing another university (thankfully they were my backup uni) and got onto my desired course as well, two weeks later and one of my grades had risen but I was still going to my clearing option.

    I'm now located at the University of Huddersfield doing Broadcast Journalism, which is just under two hours away from home. I will admit, I am extremely happy that fate played out so that I ended up in Huddersfield because so far I've made a lovely group of friends and had some really fun experiences. A month into university, and I'm in classes Monday to Thursday as well as being part of a 2 hour radio show on Fridays called 'The Friday Warm-Up Show'. Whether you go to a town, city, small or large university I honestly think university life is what you make of it as I've had a cracking time so far! Obviously I'm sure a third year student could give more valuable advice than me, but these are the things I've picked up on over the last few weeks. If anyone reading has recently started university or returned to the next year, why not leave your experiences or tips below in the comments section to help those who're gonna be freshers next year. 

• Make friends with your flat mates, course students and with others across your accommodation.

• Keep on top of your readings, no matter what course you study there's gonna be extensive reading behind it.

• Don't do your main shop at a chain supermarket unless its Lidl or Aldi if you wanna be money savvy. 

• Speak to your family, although you want to revel on your newly found freedom, don't shut out your life from back home, you'll need them again.

• If you go drinking the night before an early class, be home and in bed by 3am (latest!) so you can at least catch 5 hours to sober up (or you risk falling asleep in class or even missing it altogether).