Beth's Little Beauty Blog

 Hey guys, hope you all had a great Christmas! Now Christmas is over, it's time to think about New Years; the ultimate party night! I've created this intense black smoky eye with glitter and combined that with a dark berry lip for a super glamorous party night look.

As this post is my last one before Christmas tomorrow, I decided to reminisce on our family traditions at Christmastime in the past and how they have changed over the years. Go get yourself a warm drink and maybe a snack and let's take a trip down memory lane about my Christmas past.

During this festive season there are three shades of lip colours I tend to opt for to suit different occasions in the run up to Christmas.

For this Christmas makeup tutorial, I used the Too Faced Chocolate Bar Palette to create a gold toned smoky eye which is perfect for a Christmas event and you can add glitter or lashes, for example, to add a bit more of glamour!

When Christmas is over, there is only one thing on the mind of bargain hunters; Boxing Day Sales. In the time between Boxing Day and New Year, stores dramatically reduce the prices of their products to clear stock and to make way for new products in the New Year. I have found six shopping tips to eliminate the chaos during these seasonal sales.

5 Days to Go! For a Christmas Day Makeup look I love going for the classic winged liner and a red lip but I wanted to make it a bit more festive so I incorporated some silver into the eye makeup which you could alternate to gold if you wanted to depending if you have a warmer skin tone.

This is the Christmas post I have been waiting for! My first post this series was a Haul of everything I had bought for Christmas and since decorating my room with them I have been so excited to show you how I've decorated my room all festive for Christmas!

Who doesn't love a good Christmas jumper? In previous years, I haven't been a fan of wearing Christmas clothing but last year I bought my first Christmas jumper and since then I've been in love with them!

They say as you get older you shouldn't use shimmer and glitter and things like that but as it's the party season, I am going completely against that 'rule' to present you with a makeup tutorial for mature skin types that has glitter incorporated into the eyes.

What better way to spend chilly Winter evenings than baking some festive cupcakes? For this years Christmas themed cupcakes, I went with a very wintry theme using light blue and white with these really cute snowmen icing decorations and these are super easy to make and decorate!

'Tis the Christmas Party Season and for this party inspired makeup look, I am using the Naked Smoky Palette from Urban Decay to create a dramatic halo smoky eye combined with lots of silver and glitter for that really Christmassy effect! I am also doing a full tutorial of how I am doing my face makeup as well and also what brushes I use too.

Its Christmas! Well, its very nearly Christmas and for my first festive post of 2015, I am doing a haul of everything I've bought from the season, from decorations to Christmas jumpers to sweets and chocolates. I'm going to be honest, I have gone a little bit crazy this year.

I don't know about you guys, but in our house pets are a huge part of our family and we couldn't possibly leave them out at Christmas! This is what we got our (spoilt) cat and dog for Christmas!

Over the last few months I have accumulated some new makeup products and I haven't done a haul in a while. I felt the monthly haul was starting to get a bit too braggy but I still want to do the occasional one so I thought I would show you some of the new makeup I have purchased since about August/September time. I also went to London during November and I bought a few pieces as well.

It's been a while since I have reviewed something from MUA, in all honesty I haven't really been interested in anything they've launched recently until I saw these Metallic Liquid Lips Lip Glosses, £4 each. I have five out of the six shades because I absolutely love them!

Today's Gift Idea is the Makeup Revolution 144 Eye Shadow Palette 2016 Collection, £10 in Superdrug. I was really excited when I saw this, MUR released one last year for Christmas which I was excited to get and this year, this one has different shades which is great.

 New from Lush for Christmas is this mint-humbug themed bubble bar called 'Bar Humbug', £3.65. 

 It isn't often that I spend so much money on one mascara, my go to mascara is the Lash Sensational from Maybelline but Debenhams had 10% off Beauty and Fragrance recently so I decided to try this Too Faced 'Better Than Sex' Mascara which originally costs £19.

In recent years, Secret Santa has become a popular Christmas tradition where friends, work colleagues etc secretly buy someone a Christmas gift after drawing out a name. I am excited to be taking part in Secret Santa at my work and for all of you who are doing Secret Santa, I have a few different ideas. Some of these would also make really great stocking fillers, too.

I am so excited to show you something that has given me a kick up the backside to get more organised with my blog and to keep track of all my posts and that is this gorgeous planner created especially for bloggers and YouTubers to plan, brainstorm and track blog posts and videos.

Hello... It's Me... Actually, its Adele and she is back with an incredible new single called 'Hello' from her new album '25' and I am in love with this song, its so emotional and powerful and as soon as I watched the music video I knew I instantly had to do an inspired tutorial.

This weeks Gift Guide is a fun novelty gift perfect for all ages and it is the Elgento Candy Catcher, £19.99 (was £39.99) available in Robert Dyas.

In my last blog post, I reviewed the gorgeous Nude Dude Palette from The Balm and today I have created this makeup look using most shades from the palette.

Here's the part where I say 'I made an exception and bought another nude eye shadow palette.' Well, honestly, this is so worth it; one of the best £30 I have spent on a palette! The Superdrug in the town where I work had a revamp in the makeup aisle and introduced several new brands including The Balm and I picked up their 'Nude Dude' palette as a bit of an impulse buy and I am so glad I did.

For this weeks Gift Guide, I am focussing on this beautiful Yankee Candle 5 Votive Candle Set and Votive Candle Holder (sold separately). I purchased this in Debenhams as a Christmas gift for someone and I loved it so much I thought it would make a really great gift idea.

I was specially requested to create a Harley Quinn inspired makeup look so after playing around with different looks, themes and styles, I created this look which I absolutely love and I am so pleased with how it turned out.  

Don't cry over spilled milk - bathe in it! This comforting little milk bottle bubble bar is filled with uplifting orange oil and skimmed milk to treat your skin to a dose of happiness. A cocoa butter bottle top adds a little bit of extra softness. Simply crumble under running water, for a super bubbly treat of a bath.

How can it be nearly Christmas already? It seems that this year has just flown by and before you know it, we'll be knee-deep in Christmas presents, cards, wrapping paper... the lot. Finding someone that perfect Christmas gift can be tricky, but not to worry, I have several gift ideas every Friday for the next few weeks. The first gift idea I have is this Pantone 24 Colour Eye Shadow Palette, £16, available in Boots.

Uh oh, here we have yet another nude eye shadow palette that had 'accidentally' made it's way into my makeup collection! This limited edition eye shadow palette, £6.49, contains eight super gorgeous shades ranging from a pale nude to a rich deep plum with rose-gold shades mixed in too.

Bonfire Night is one of my favourite nights of the year, it's a cosy Autumnal night gazing at fireworks and bonfires and I have created this warm smoky eye for the occasion.

For this makeup look, I went with a very dark smoky black and blue eye and combined it with a silver metallic effect to make it slightly more angelic and this can be used as a generic Halloween makeup look as you can use whatever colour you want to instead of the blue.

This Halloween tutorial is the look that I am going to be wearing on Halloween. I created quite a bold purple and black eye makeup look with a spider web and this matches the costume and accessories I have for the occasion.

 Halloween makeup doesn't always have to be over-the-top, intense or bold looks, sometimes it can be really effective with just a simple design such as this bat wing I am going to show you how to do in this tutorial. I was inspired by some photos when I was googling some ideas and I really liked how this looked so I thought I would recreate it!

I am so excited for today's Halloween tutorial! Not only is it my first Halloween look this year, but I am excited because I am doing a wicked witch themed makeup look on my mum who is absolutely looking forward to being turned green!

What is Halloween without carving pumpkins? You can carve pretty much anything into a pumpkin and when you put the candle inside and put it in the dark it can look so cool. I absolutely loved pumpkin carving as a child so I decided to revisit my Halloween childhood and carve some jack-o-lanterns (even though they were a fail!)

This makeup look isn't an average smoky eye, I've incorporated some sunset shades to add some warmth to the smoky grey shade. I really love this look, I think its a different look to what I'd normally go for during Autumn.

Besides from Summer, Autumn is my favourite season. I love snuggling up in my onesie or in a blanket in front of the TV with a nice drink and relaxing and de-stressing. I have been wanting to do an Autumn Night-In post for ages and now I have the chance to do one!

Want a dupe for the Real Techniques Bold Metals Collection? Then look no further! Our friends over at Makeup Revolution have recently launched a collection of makeup brushes. I purchased two at first to try them out and I was so impressed with the quality of them, I went back within a few days to purchase the rest of the collection.

One of my favourite things about Autumn and the run up to Christmas is making hot chocolates and snuggling up in my onesie and relaxing in the evenings with candles burning. Cadbury hot chocolate is my favourite to make at home but my all time favourite flavour is the White Hot Chocolate from Costa and I can't wait for it to be available again. This is my favourite hot chocolate recipe and I actually learnt this method in my job and I've also had a lot of practise so I know that this is the perfect hot chocolate. You can use whatever hot chocolate brand you want, Cadbury is my favourite so I'm using that one.

This makeup tutorial combines gold and berry shades for a glamorous, autumnal look which I am absolutely loving for this time of year. The lips are quite dark so the eye makeup is a very subtle gold look. I am using The Nudes palette by Maybelline for this look.

It's no secret that I am a cupcake-addict and for this recipe I decided to make some cupcakes perfect for Autumn and the sugar used in these cupcakes gives them some slight toffee flavour and I put some chocolate chips with either honeycomb or butterscotch pieces as these are my favourite Autumn flavours.

I'm always so excited to see the newest Sleek palette and I'm starting to get a little collection of them because I think they always look gorgeous and are so unique with the theme and the latest one is called 'Force of Nature' and this is a limited edition palette which retails at £7.99. 

Have a ball in the bath with this warming and cheerful bubble bar packed full of sparkle and citrus for cold, winter nights! The energising blend of juniperberry, lime and grapefruit oils packs a punch. Perfect for a long, lingering soak, just make sure you get out of your bath by midnight...

New from Collection, the Divine Waterproof Lash Mascara, £4.99, claims to be a 'volumising, curling waterproof formula enriched with a moisturising complex that leaves lashes beautifully soft and looking divine.' I had high hopes for this mascara as I personally love long thick lashes and my general first impression with this product is that it could achieve that for me... then I used it for the first time and that is when it went downhill from there.

Strictly season is upon us and one of the things I love most about the entire show is the makeup. All the makeup is absolutely stunning, packed full of glitter, sparkle, rhinestones, lashes... everything glamorous. I created this sparkly dramatic makeup look inspired by Strictly, this is definitely something I would wear on a night out especially around Christmas or New Years.

Today I have a photo post for you of when we took the dogs to the pond on the common. We fed the ducks and my dog had a very good time jumping in and out of the water and swimming and chasing after the bread we threw in!

When it comes to makeup and beauty products, I have a few holy grails worth sharing with you and these are the products that no matter what I would always repurchase, use everyday and even sometimes use on other people and recommend to them if I am doing their makeup for them.

So this months haul is a bit of a biggie because I got my first big payslip and I went a bit too crazy. I've been craving going on a huge shopping trip like I used to do and I wanted to go crazy one last time. Now I've become an adult I'm realising that money needs to go to more important things rather than into the till of Superdrug or Primark or wherever so next month might be less crazy but I did buy essential clothing pieces for Autumn but as you know makeup is my weakness and that's where it slightly tumbled.

YouTuber's, other bloggers and even people I speak to about makeup all talk about one brush brand in particular and that is Zoeva brushes. I've stuck to similar brushes for years and now I'm starting to do makeup on people and branching into makeup courses and all that, I wanted to get some more professional looking brushes that didn't cost the earth and Zoeva were the first ones I thought of.

It's been a while since I've done a 'What's in my Bag' post so this is an updated one.

Today's tutorial is a mermaid inspired purple eye look. This is a really simple look to create and I absolutely love how it turned out. I am using the Makeup Revolution Mermaids Forever Palette and selecting some purple shades as the main colour theme for the look and I am also using a solo MUA shadow to add some more depth later on.

In hindsight, we all look back at the things we did when we were younger; the good, the bad and the ugly and it gave me inspiration to write this post and share the things that I would tell my younger, 13-year-old-self. And yes, I am 13 in that photo on the left, the one with that super fab red jacket.

After their successful Speedy Blushes, Collection have now launched their own 'Speedy Highlighter' in the shade Pearl Sheen and this retails at £3.99. This is the only shade available and Collection say that this is a 'silky smooth pearlescent shimmer that creates a radiant glow in an instant.'