March Favourites

Hello everyone and welcome back to The Curious Case of K.J. Crockett!

As we're coming to the end of March, I thought I would do a March Favourites post. I love reading/watching these sort of posts, so I thought I would do one for you!

First of all, I recently purchased a new lipstick and that is the Rimmel Kate Moss Nude Lipstick in the shade 45. A few weeks back, I was just browsing in my local Superdrug, and I realised that they have the New Nude Range in the Rimmel Kate Lipsticks. The first one that stood out to me was definitely the 45 shade, and it is absolutely beautiful. 

The next product is one I have heard multiple brilliant reviews on, and I just HAD to try it for myself, and that is the Charlotte Tilbury Magic Foundation. All of the reviews I had read on this product said this was such a great foundation, so of course, I had to purchase it myself to try, and I agree. It's such a brilliant foundation!! 

Another product which I have been absolutely loving this month is the L'oreal Glam Bronze Contouring Duo. The bronzing and highlighting shades in this are absolutely stunning, and I have been loving using this every morning. 

One item that has been my go-to at the moment, is the MAC Prep + Prime + Fix +. This setting spray makes my make up stay on all day, and is, in my eyes, an essential in anyone's make up collection.

A new eyeshadow palette that I recently purchased was the Seventeen Easy on the Eye Palette in the shade Birthday Suite. I have been loving this palette, it has such beautiful shades for a Rose Gold/Spring eye look. It's quiet similar to the Urban Decay Naked 3 Palette. For anyone looking for a high street alternative for the Naked 3 palette, the Easy on The Eye Palette is perfect for you.

I recently treated myself to a collection of new make up brushes, and those were the Zoeva Rose Golden Luxury Brush Set and also the Morphe 15 Piece Wooden Handle Brush Set. I love collecting make up brushes, and as my motto says, "A Girl can NEVER have too many Make Up Brushes". Both of these sets are absolutely gorgeous, and apply all my make up beautifully. 

My lips have been going through a stage where they have been really chapped. So I invested in some LUSH Lip Scrub in the flavour Bubblegum to help them out. My lips have been so much better since I have been using this treatment, and I highly recommend it to you. 

A non-beauty favourite of mine this month has been a TV mini series which I have been addicted to. That is Thirteen on BBC 3. It's about a girl who has escaped from captivity after she was kidnapped thirteen years earlier. I highly recommend this series to everyone! You can online access it on the BBC Three website or iPlayer, and it truly an edge-of-your-seat drama.

Well there you go Ladies and Gents, my favourites for the month of March. We're now coming into the Month of April, A.K.A my birthday month!

Until next time,
Katy x

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Everyday Make Up Routine

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Today I'm going to be doing a very highly requested video, and that is my Everyday Make Up Routine. My routine does change every so often, as I get new products, but this is my routine as it is today!

**Disclaimer**

The products I use are a mixture of high end and high street brands, and I am in no way meaning to brag about the products I own. 

My first step is BB Cream, and the one I use is the Maybelline Dream Fresh BB Cream. Moisturising your skin is such an important step in my routine, and I feel this BB Cream does my skin justice. 

Next, is primer. For that, I use the Benefit The POREfessional Pro Balm Primer. This is such a brilliant primer. It is on the pricier end of the spectrum, but I feel it is 100% worth it.

Then I go onto foundation, and at the moment, I'm mixing two together and those are NARS Sheer Glow Foundation and No. 7 Stay Perfect Foundation. My skin is in a bit an in between stage at the moment with it's shade. In the winter I'm as white as a wall, and I get a slight bit of tan as the sun comes out more, and as we're in between season's now, my skin is in between shades. 

Next step is concealer. On my blemishes, I use the Urban Decay Naked Skin Concealer, and under my eyes I use my very much loved Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer. Both of these concealers are utterly amazing, but I feel where one works best, the other is not so good, so the combination of the two is perfect. 

For powder, I use my MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural Powder. MAC is my all round favourite brand, and there powders do not disappoint. 

Next I move onto my eyes, and firstly I apply some Eyeshadow Primer, and for that I use the amazing Urban Decay Eye Shadow Primer Potion. When I apply this before my eye shadow, it makes it last all day, and you can't ask for anything better from an eye shadow primer.

Whilst my primer sets, I fill in my eye brows, and to do so, I use the Rimmel Professional Eye Brow Pencil. My preferred way of filling in my brows is pencil, and I feel this is the best eyebrow pencil out there.

Now I go back to my eyeshadow, and at the moment, my go-to palette is definitely the Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette. I feel as the Naked 2 palette has a perfect variety of shades, and has a mixture of Matte and Shimmer shades. I apply the shade "Tease" as a base shade, and then a I add a little shimmer with the shades "Snake Bite" and "Suspect". For my crease, I use the shade "Busted" and blend. To add a little shimmer to my outer corner, I add a little bit of the shade "YDK", and a little along my lash line.

Next I do my lashes, and I have been absolutely loving the Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara. You have probably heard other online beauty gurus rave about this mascara, and I don't blame them. This mascara makes my lashes look stunning and is a must have in my daily routine.

Then I move onto contouring, probably my favourite step in my routine. For it, I use the ever so lovely Elizabeth Arden Bronzing Duo. The darker shade is a bit too dark for me, but the lighter shade is my perfect match, and makes my cheeks look gorgeous.

For blush, I'm absolutely loving the NARS Powder Blush in the shade Orgasm right now. I know it has a very crude name, but the blusher is beautiful, and I love it!

Now I highlight my cheeks with the wonderful MAC Mineralize Skinfinish in the shade Soft & Gentle. This is probably the best highlighter out there right now. I highly recommend it to everyone!

Lastly, I add some stick to my lips, and I am absolutely loving the MAC Lipstick in the shade Faux. I am a sucker for nude lipsticks and I feel this one is beautiful.

I hope you guys enjoyed this post!

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Until next time,
Katy x

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Skincare Routine

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In today's post, I'm going to be talking about how I look after my skin. Like most teenagers, I am prone to getting spots and blackheads. I'm not saying that my routine 100% clears up your skin, trust me, it doesn't, but it does help keep my skin healthy, and helps my spots when I have break outs. All of the products I use is from my local high street, and are decent prices.

To remove my eye make up, I use the Nivea Double Effect Eye Make Up. I have tried multiple eye make up removers, and this has been my stand out favourite. It removes all eyeshadow, mascara and eyeliner so simply,and you really don't need much on your cotton pad. Just shake it, pour it and you're ready to go.

To clean off my foundation, I have 2 steps.
Firstly, I wipe my face with The Body Shop Vitamin E Gentle Facial Cleansing Wipes. These wipes make my skin feel so refreshed, it's unreal. Out of all the brands of facial wipes I've gone through, I feel these ones are the best.

After wards, I use the Simple Micellar Water. I find that Micellar Water is such a simple step to beautiful skin. I have very sensitive skin, and find it hard to find products that I don't react to. This is why Simple is such an amazing brand, and their Micellar Water is an essential.

Next in my routine, I use T-Zone Anti-Bacterial Cleanser. There are so many different brands out there that help your spots and skin. Some are better than others, and I found that T-Zone comes above all the rest. It contains tea tree oil, which we all know that is great for your skin. I have pretty much all of the products in the T-Zone range, and they are all absolutely amazing.

After that, I use the brilliant The Body Shop Vitamin E Aqua Boost Sorbet. This moisturiser is fabulous. It smells divine as well. For anyone looking for a perfect moisturiser, I highly recommend this one.

Finally, I use the Soap and Glory Make Yourself Youthful Rejuvenating Facial Serum.  I absolutely love Soap and Glory, there whole entire range is great. This Facial Serum is utterly amazing.

So there we go, my skincare routine, I hope you guys have enjoyed it!

Until Next Time,
Katy x

My Guide to Make Up Brushes

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In this weeks post, I'm going to be talking about the must have tool for anyone's make up bag, Brushes. 
For most products, you are going to need a brush to help assist you apply your make up. Therefore, I decided to give you some advice on the sort of brushes I use to apply mine.

Foundation

My preferred technique to applying my foundation is to buff it into my skin. My two favourite types of buffing brushes have to be either Real Techniques Expert Face Brush or Sigma Round Kabuki Brush. These brushes are perfect at buffing in your foundation and gives you a beautiful air brushed look.

For those of you who prefer a more heavier coverage of your foundation, I highly recommend the MAC 190 Foundation Brush. Buffing brushes give you a medium amount of coverage, but it can be built up, whereas a flat foundation brush gives you a more heavier coverage, and I feel that this brush does it perfectly.

Concealer

You can use all sorts of different types of brushes for your concealer, but my preferred kind is a smaller brush, as they fit under the eye perfectly. The brush I use is the Real Techniques Deluxe Crease Brush. This brush was originally made for eyeshadow, but I feel it is prefect for applying you under eye concealer as it's the perfect size.

Bronzer

My favourite bronzer brush has to be the MAC 168 Large Contour Brush. This is the perfect brush to give you that gorgeous, contoured look. MAC brushes are fabulous, and there is such a huge variety of them, and this brush is must have.

Eyeshadow

For eyeshadow, there are all kinds of different brushes. I feel a girl can never have to many eyeshadow brushes, but I'm just going to name a couple for essential.

For blending, my favourite is the B. Eyeshadow Blending Brush.  This brush is the perfect size for blending you eyeshadow in, and it is utterly brilliant.

For the crease, my go to brush is the MAC 228 Mini Shader Brush. It fits perfectly into my crease, and gives a perfectly precise line for shading. I absolutely love it.

Blusher

As I mentioned in my previous post, I feel blusher completes an everyday make up look. I couldn't apply my blush without my Real Techniques Blush Brush. It is such an amazing brush, it applies absolutely any blush perfectly.

I hope you enjoyed this post and learnt from it. I know how tough it is when you're new to make up and building up your collection, and finding the right products and tools for you. My main aim in this blog is to help those of you who are new to make up and are looking for somewhere to go to for advice. I just want to pass on my knowledge onto you guys!

Until next time,
Katy x