I’ve absolutely loved looking through #marriedmay so far {if this is new to you ~ where have you been"! Find out more here!} ~ and yesterday (day 5) was your chance to share your beauty must haves, so I thought in honour of this I’d share my own April beauty must haves, some old and some brand spanking new.

The Brand
So this was the epic month that NYX counters rolled out up and down the UK in Boots, and what a glorious time to be alive it was! NYX has been a social media success which has been knocking around for a long time, but has managed to totally rebrand itself from what it once was to become an esteemed Instagram/beauty blogger/makeup artist line of choice. It’s taken a while to reach us here, but it’s finally here, in all of it’s bargain-buy, super pigmented glory. I am hooked on the Liquid Suede Lipsticks (a liquid lipstick a la Lime Crime, ABH etc but a snip of the cost at £6.50!) ~ I’ve so far bought Soft Spoken (first image below) Tea & Cookies (soft petal pink), Amethyst (incredibly vibrant violet, second image below) and Kitten Heels (classic red) . I’m also loving the Black Mousse Eyeliner, which is mega black but super light in texture and glides on like a dream, and the eyebrow gel in Brunette – it does give a heavier brow look than I usually achieve with powder but for full face days it’s fab.

Highlighter
Illamasqua Beyond Powders are gorgeous, rich metallic highlighti...