When it comes to lip products, lip glosses are my least favourite as I just find them to be so sticky and i'm not the biggest fan of a glossy finish so I was somewhat skeptical that I wasn't really going to like this latest release from Lancome, but i've definitely had a change of opinion as the formula is like no other that I have tried.

These new Lancome Juicy Shakers* (£18) are probably the cutest lip glosses to ever exist, with their cute cocktail shaker packaging that adds an element of fun to them and I find the design to be so unique. The idea of the shaker also comes into play as the formula is one of a kind in the sense that it combines nourishing lip oils with the lipgloss pigment to create a nourishing yet beautiful colour. As the oil and the pigment naturally separate, the shaker design is great as it allows you to fully mix the product whilst also allowing the applicator to soak up the product, and the more you shake the more powerful the colour.

I was so excited to receive two shades as I truly didn't expect to ever receive any and i'm absolutely in love with them. The two shades that I got are Apricute and Freedom of Peach which are to me the ultimate shades for summer as they're so Spring like and fresh. Apricute, as the name suggests is a beautiful orange shade that gives your lips a light wash of colour, which appears a little more red on my lips as my lips are quiet dark. Freedom of Peach is a beautifully peach pink that i've been getting a lot of wear out of as it's more my shade and suits my skin tone beautifully, especially if I want a natural lip.

The Lancome Juicy Shakers come in 13 different shades all of which contain different lip oils including sweet omega oil and cranberry oil, which leave your lips feeling so soft and nourished. I'll definitely be picking up a few more shades from this amazing new lip launch as they are so nice for Spring especially if you want a more natural lip that is also build able depending on what level of colour you are going for!

Have you tried any of the new Juicy Shakers?

When it comes to Spring I definitely embrace the more pinky tones in everything, blush, lipstick, eyeshadow, everything. I also tend to keep things a little more minimal and natural, as my skin isn't as  dry during the spring/summer months so I don't have to compensate with eyeliner and eyeshadow etc.

Starting with the base products i've been loving as of late and that I know i'll be taking forward into spring and probably summer too. My all time favourite primer is the Loreal Lumi Magique Primer (£9.99) as it just makes your foundation look that little bit better with a slight dewy tint that just looks lovely. For foundation i'm literally obsessed with the Rimmel Lasting Finish Foundation (£7.99) as it has such good coverage but it also lasts so well throughout the day without drying into the skin.

Onto blushers, and for me blushers makes or breaks a makeup look for me and although I wear blusher all year round there a few that i'll especially be loving this spring. A blusher palette that I absolutely adore is the Tarte Pin Up Girl Amazonian Blush Palette, that i've had for an age but I often forget that I have it in my stash. The shades within this palette are absolutely stunning and just perfectly pretty for spring, and they last so well throughout the day as to all Tarte blushers! Another blusher that I've always loved, but ones i'll be definitely be purchasing more of are the Max Factor Creme Puff Blush (£8.99). I absolutely adore these blushers that have a beautiful creme/powder formula with a lovely iridescent finish that just pops and highlights the skin beautifully. 

Speaking of highlighter, my favourite highlighters that are just beautiful are the Topshop Highlighter (£10) as they just do something that no highlighter has even done before, and they are pretty affordable. As for eyeshadow, during the winter months I stick to the neutral and golden/bronzey tones as they're more fitting for the time of year but as we move into spring I often move towards lighter shades, often with a pop of pink. The Urban Decay Naked 3 Palette (£38.50) for me is the perfect eyeshadow palette for Spring as it has a lovely selection of pink based tones that still have a beautiful hint of gold/shimmer running through them.

Last but not least are the lipsticks that i'm definitely going to be getting the most wear out of over the next few months are definitely ones that i've neglected over the winter months. Both choices come from MAC as my collection has gotten pretty big now and I own a few really pretty spring shades, including the Mac Viva Glam Miley Cyrus Lipstick, which unfortunately isn't stocked on the MAC website anymore, but this shade is your beautiful pop of hot pink shade that is absolutely to die for! A more everyday spring pink lipstick pick is the MAC 'Lustering' Lipstick (£15.50), which was one of my most worn lipstick last summer so i'll definitely be getting a lot more wear out of this!

What are you favourite products for Spring?

With the summer sun slowly starting to creep in, i'm already excited to get dressing for summer and when it comes to summer i'm forever faking a tan as I don't tan naturally, boo hoo! So I always opt for products that give my skin a sun kissed glow without looking orange or just too dark for my natural complexion, so I thought i'd talk you through my favourites for self tanning and hopefully it'll introduce you to some new products!

Now i'm no tanning expert but I just do what works for me and when it comes to self tanning, I used to opt for a gradual tan that you apply like a moisturiser and overnight it develops to give your skin a slight hint of colour. Now although i'm still a huge lover of gradual tanning products as they are great for maintaining a daily tan, i've since been introduced to different tanning products of which work for different situations or occasions and have become a staple within my tanning routine.

Starting off with my gradual tan of choice and over the years i've used many gradual tanning products, all of which work in the same way but the Xen Tan Transform Luxe* (£24.99) is hands down my favourite. Now I know this is quite pricey as apposed to other gradual tans out there, but this I find to be not only the easiest to apply but it also smells incredible and doesn't leave you with that horrid dog biscuit smell and I don't get any streaks with this. I usually apply this with a tanning mit as I find it gives a more even application and the colour pay off is really natural but still sun kissed enough for my personal preference.

Moving onto my favourite mouse based instant tan, and again i've used a fair few mouse instant tanning products and an all time favourite is the St Moriz Instant Self Tanning Mouse (£4) as it is so cheap but recently i've been really enjoying the St Tropez Self Tan Bronzing Mouse (£20.50). Again this is slightly more expensive, but I do find that if you invest into products that they do perform a lot better and this lasts a longer on the skin! I also apply this with a tanning mit to give a lovely and streak free tan that develops almost instantly, and this gives a lovely golden glow to the skin like no other tan that i've used. I find it's best to apply this and sleep overnight before washing off the excess, but if you're also wanting an instant tan before a night out it's fine to apply a few hours before heading out.

The final tanning product that i've actually stolen from my Mum is the Rimmel Sun Shimmer Instant Tan (£6.99), which is an almost gel/liquid tan that you apply directly onto the skin and buff into using a tan mit to give an instant bronzed glow that doesn't need any time to develop. I usually use this if i'm in a rush and i've forgotten to tan, or when I want to top a pre existing tan that needs a little touching up. I find that the colour pay off of this product is absolutely unreal and it also contains a small amount of shimmer that makes your skin just glow and I love it, it such a life saver of a product and i'd totally recommend it!

What are your favourite tanning products?

Whilst having a browse around my local Lush Worcester store, one of the girls that works there ever so kindly talked me through some of the new products and also demonstrated a couple for me, which was so lovely of her and I really learnt a lot as it was quite overwhelming with what product to choose! So a big thank you to the lovely team at my local Lush store!

I initially wasn't going to pick anything up, but whilst browsing the bath bomb section the lovely sales assistant pointed out the Fluffy Egg Bath Bomb (£2.95), which is the cutest egg shaped bath bomb with a little flower on each side of the egg. Now the best thing about this bath bomb is the scent, and I wouldn't of actually known this unless the sales assistant hadn't told me, but this has the same scent as snow fairy! So if like me, you're having snow fairy withdrawals then i'd go and pick up a few of these to fill your cravings!

Also whilst browsing the new products section, I noticed amongst all of the new bubble bars that my local store had a few of the new bath oils, that i'd seen in the Oxford St store last year but I wasn't really sure how they worked. After having one demonstrated to me and feeling how silky smooth they leave your skin, I ended up picking up You've Been Mangoed (£2), which as you can guess smells just like mangos and this is the reason I chose this one, because it smells amazing! I cannot wait to give this a go as my skin has been quite dry as of late, so i'm intrigued to see how these bath oils work, but i've heard some great things!

So those are the products I picked up from Lush for Easter! I'm definitely going to pick up some more products if I manage to get through my mountain of Lush products from Christmas!

Have you picked up anything from Lush recently?

As i've been really focusing on curbing my spending habits as of late and actually save towards my future, i've been enjoying using up products and falling back in love with products that i'd completely forgotten about, so although this months favourites is quite minimal these are the products I have been using non stop this month.

Having said all that i've just said, this one product is actually a purchase I made back in late January for the fact that I had actually ran out of all of my light shade foundations and I did use a voucher to purchase this, so it cost a very small £3. This product in question is the Rimmel Lasting Finish Foundation (£7.99), which i'd heard some amazing things about and as i'm a big fan of Rimmel foundations I thought i'd most probably love this and I do! Similarly to the majority of Rimmels other liquid foundations, this is a beautiful foundation that gives the skin a really lovely amount of coverage that isn't at all cakey or drying, and gives your skin a lovely dewy yet even finish. I also notice the lasting power of this to be amazing, even after the gym this is still put which is impressive for a foundation!

My most worn lipstick over the past few weeks has been MAC 'Craving' Lipstick (£15.50), which is the most recent addition to my MAC lipstick collection and is definitely my favourite for an everyday shade with a little pop of colour. As i'm more of a pink lipstick kinda' gal, this is the perfect red come pink plum shade as is completely different to any lipstick shade that I own and i've found that it really compliments my skin tone beautifully!

A recent makeup rediscovery is a mascara that I completely forgot that I owned and i'm so glad that I have rediscovered as of late. The mascara in talk is the Urban Decay Perversion Mascara (£17.50), which is the first product from Urban Decay other than their palettes that i've ever used and i'd completely forgotten how impressed I was when I first tried out this mascara. It lengthens and gives my lashes an unbelievable amount of curl, which holds so well through the day and it makes my lashes look unreal!

The last favourite of mine this month has been The Body Shop Vitamin E Sink-in Mask (£14) , which I've been using as an overnight moisturiser as my skin has been really dry as of late. I find this to be really gentle on the skin, but also soothing and hydrating at the same time, which is great especially as it really sinks into the skin and gets to work.

What have been your favourite products from the last month?

Mascara is definitely that one beauty product that i'd take to a desert island if I could only choose one, and although most mascaras do the exact same thing there are definitely a few out there that just do it for me. I usually look for a mascara that gives my eyelashes a good coverage (as I have natural blonde eyelashes), a nice amount of volume and also a good amount of length of which most mascaras do, but it's hard to find ones that actually last throughout the day.

Firstly  is a mascara that I feel gets overlooked and not really spoken about within the blogging community is The Body Shop Big & Curvy Mascara (£10) and although i've only tried a handful of The Body Shop's makeup line this is one that has always impressed me. The wand is tapered in the shape of a usual wand but it quite thin compared to other mascaras and is made of proper bristles rather than a plastic wand, which I always find gives a lot more length naturally but this wand also coats the lashes like no other mascara i've ever owned. I usually use this mascara when i'm really vamping up my eye look with a smokey eye as it makes my lashes look so much full and longer.

Another bristle mascara that I'm a big fan of is the Soap & Glory Thick & Fast Mascara (£8.50), which is another that I don't hear an awful lot about but it does exactly as the name would suggest! This mascara has a very thick and large wand, which can be quite daunting when you first use it but once you get past that, this mascara gives you amazing thick lashes that look lifted and voluminous.

Moving onto the plastic wand mascaras, which I use a lot more of on a day to day basis for some reason. A recent addition into my mascara collection is the Max Factor False Lash Effect Mascara (£10.99) of which I've spoken about previously in my January Favourites, and although i've previously owned the waterproof version of this mascara, I much prefer the non waterproof version. Again this mascara has quite a large wand but I find it really grips and gets into the lashes to give them a really good coating that is super black and also super lifting. As I don't tend to wear false lashes all that much anymore, I always turn to this one if i'm wanting my lashes to look as if I am wearing false lashes as it gives such a great curl that lasts so well throughout the day.

My last favourite mascara is of course Benefit They're Real Mascara (£19.50), which is one that I didn't try for such a long time until I received a mini sample in a goodie bag because I didn't want to spend nearly £20 on a mascara to find that I didn't like it. Luckily though, it turned out that I did in fact love this mascara as it does incredible things to your lashes. The wand of this mascara, as you probably know is a very strange shape and I find that I never really use the ball on the end but the wand just grips and coats your lashes like no other! If you haven't yet given into the hype of this mascara, then I urge to give it a try as you will not be disappointed.

What are your favourite mascaras?