Blogs Of A Shopaholic

Somewhere between December 2017 and now I have managed to develop a fairly out-of-control addiction to Charlotte Tilbury! Up until the end of last year I didn’t own any Charlotte Tilbury products at all, but spent many an hour scrolling through her website looking at all the beautiful things and spent far too much time watching her You Tube videos.   It was actually Kerry Life and Loves who made my ears prick up when she blogged about her Beauty Glow Palette (you can see that post here ).   I popped that straight onto my Christmas list but Santa must have misplaced that as it wasn’t under my tree (boo....maybe this year)!  I did however receive the iconic “Pillow Talk” Matte Revolution lipstick from my best friend and that was it....hooked, right there and then!  The excitement of opening up a Charlotte Tilbury item for me is a bit like Charlie in Charlie and The Chocolate Factory when he opens up his bar of chocolate to see if there’s a golden ticket...

If you've read my previous blogs or followed my Instagram, you'll know I'm a real sucker for a lip product.  They can be lipsticks, glosses, pencils, old favourites or new launches... I find it impossible not to buy new lip products every month. I became slightly obsessed with matte lips around this time last year. I tend to stray towards glosses and balms in the summer though so am getting back on the matte lips train now and there have been some great products I've picked up over the last few months (you can read my October favourites blog here in which I talk about the Maybelline Color Drama Intense Velvet Lip Pencils). I saw a blog post for the new Collection Velvet Kiss Lip Creams last week and just had to rush out and grab some.  There are six shades in the collection but I was most interested in the red (Rosie) and the plum (Mulberry).  They weren't easy to find as my local Superdrug didn't stock any of those colours and when I went furt...