Guest Post: A Back To School FOTD by Shona from FreshBeautyXOX

Hello to all of Angelica's followers! I'm Shona from freshbeautyxox, my blog is a mix of beauty, fashion and lifestyle posts but today I'm here on One Little Vice talking to you about Back2School Makeup! To most people the thought of going Back to School is not exciting but it happens so it's a good idea to look towards it with a positive attitude! I know a lot of my followers are still in school so I thought it might be helpful to share the makeup products I'll be reaching for in September to create a fresh faced look!

I wouldn't say I'm a morning person but at the same time I don't hate waking up early. One thing I do know though is that I don't want to be spending that much time doing my makeup, I'd rather spend longer on my hair I think! For me products like mascara and concealer are vital to make me look more awake and ready for the day. However if I want to wear a little more makeup I still want to keep it natural and fresh, also age appropriate so these are the products I can see myself reaching for!

My trusty Collection Concealer is going to be well used whilst I'm back to school, I find it covers everything including redness, blemishes and dark under eye circles. It lasts all day on me as well so I don't have to worry about touching up at school. If you already follow my blog you'll know that my favourite long lasting mascara is the MUA Every Lash so this is definitely what I'll be using 90% of the time! I don't want to be worrying about my mascara flaking and smudging and I can't imagine you do either so always pick something long lasting or even waterproof for school.

On the days where I want to wear more makeup I'll be reaching for my Urban Decay Primer Potion and Naked2 Palette for a simple eyeshadow look. I can see myself reaching for the shades Foxy and Tease a lot. I personally don't plan on wearing eyeliner to school apart from the Rimmel Scandal Eyes Eye liner in Nude to brighten my eyes a bit more, it makes me look more awake!

If you want to wear blush I'd recommend going for a tint like Benefit's Posietint which will give your cheeks a natural flush of pink and it will stay all day, you can use it on your lips as well! If you want to set your concealer/foundation in place use a powder like Rimmel's Stay Matte which will keep shine at bay and make your base products stay on longer.

Finally if you want to make your lips stand out a little for school I'd recommend the new Maybelline Baby Lips, especially if you are in Year 10-11. I think these are perfect for teenagers who are starting out with makeup and I'll be reaching for them a lot! If you are going into Sixth Form like me though you may want something a little bolder, I'll be grabbing my MAC Lipstick in Creme Cup which I actually won here on Angelica's blog! It is a really nice pink-y nude and it would suit a lot of people.

So, they are the products I'll be reaching for! Let me know below what year you are going into if you are still at school and if you plan to wear makeup! I'd love to know! Thanks for reading!

What make-up do you reach for when you want a natural, fresh faced look?

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Guest Post: My Favourite Smelling Shower Products

Who doesn't love a product that smells so good you want to lather yourself in it? It might sound silly, or obvious even, but I love lovely scents. Everyone will have a few scents that smell toe-curlingly gorgeous to their noses and for me there are three products in my shower arsenal which I didn't choose because of scent but I certainly repurchased them with their scent in mind! Today's post is an ode to good smelling stuff and it's over on Chantele's blog, Daisy Dayz. I'd love for you to give it a read, I think you'll enjoy it- especially if you love good smelling stuff! [Link here]


What's your favourite smelling product?


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Guest Post: My Top Five Tinted Lip Balms

Tinted lip balms are some of my favourite products to use day to day and I always have at least one (often more like three or four) kicking around in my handbag. Sheer washes of colour and soft lips- who can say no? Not me anyway. So, since I've amassed quite a collection, I thought I'd write a post on my top picks and single out five of my favourites. The lovely Rachel over at Twenty Something Beauty is featuring this post on her blog and I'd love for you to go and give it a read, especially if you're looking for swatches and reviews of some products that I haven't featured on my blog yet.



Hope you like it! And let me know what your favourite tinted balm is, I'm always looking for more to try.



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Guest Post: The Beauty Audit

Today over on Georgina's blog, Make-Up Pixi3, is a guest post that I've written which runs along the same vein as the 'How Much Is My Face Worth' Tag. The Beauty Audit was a feature in InStyle magazine a couple of months ago and ever since I read it I knew I wanted to write my own version. The idea is to bring together all the products that you use on a day to day basis and to see how many you use and how much they're worth! It was a really fun post to write and hopefully you'll find it interesting, you can read it by following this link.


Hope you're having a good Monday and look out for another post from me later ;)

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Guest Post: Underrated Products In My Spotlight

Up today is another guest post I've written, this time over on Grace's blog All That Slap. Today's spotlight is firmly focused on four wonderful products which I think go highly underrated. There's always hype going on about something or other and in my world these four products are getting all my love right now so I thought I'd write a post on them. If you go and read the post I've written (link here) prepare yourself- you might just find yourself wanting to try them all!



Angelica

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Guest Post: Get Hot, Stay Matte

Hello! I know I've been a little bit absent from my blog lately but I've just finalised my move back to London now that I've graduated (eeek!) and things are getting back on track pronto. In the mean time, I've written a couple more guest posts for some really wonderful bloggers and I'll continue to link these on my blog so there won't be any content lacking while I'm getting myself situated (it really is a shock to the system to be moving back in with my family after three years away). 

So, anyway, today's beauty offering is all about the products that I would recommend incorporating into your beauty routine if you start to suffer with my oily skin during hotter weather. Each of the products I've talked about does a fantastic job of keeping the skin matte but each has its own added benefits. This blog post is featured on Emma's gorgeous blog, Glossy Boutique, and I would love for you to give the post a read [link here]. 

Angelica

(Also, there's only a couple of days left to enter my Milestone Giveaway so be sure to enter soon if you haven't already for the chance to win a selection of my favourite make-up choices!)

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Guest Post: The Hair Care Trio

Hello everyone! I haven't written that much about hair care products recently so I thought it was high time to talk about the products that I enjoy treating my hair to. I've narrowed it down to the trio of products that my once overly complicated routine has been reduced to. I think they all deserve a bit of a rave, each and every one of these deserve a try! I wrote about these products in a guest post that's just gone live on Clare's blog, A Bit Of This Or That, and I'd love for you to give it a read!

I hope you enjoy it and let me know if you'd like to see more hair products talked about on One Little Vice!

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Guest Post: My Top Face Mask Picks

Up today is another guest post, this time over on Shang's wonderful blog, The Feminine Crusade, all about my top face mask picks. Cleansing, moisturising and exfoliating, all the boxes are ticked in this selection and each of them come with my recommendation! I hope you give the post a read [link here], I love face masks and I had a lot to say about these ones. If you do give it a read then I hope you enjoy it!

Do you have a favourite face mask?

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GUEST POST: My Top Five Sheer Lipsticks

Today's post is another Guest Post this time over on Kat's blog, Tales of a Pale Face. I met Kat in December at the #bbloggersxmas meet-up and got on really well with her. Her blog is a lovely mix of make-up and skincare reviews and her posts are often quite funny too. I'd also definitely recommend checking her blog out if you have very fair skin because (as you might be able to tell from her blog's name) she has very pale skin so lots of her make-up choices will be highly relevant!

If you want to see what lipsticks made my top five then follow the link here. They're good-uns!

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GUEST POST: Current Skincare Favourites

Hello everyone, I hope you're all having a lovely Saturday!

In the spirit of getting more involved in the blogging community I've been organising guest posts on some of the blogs that I love to read and today the lovely Hannah who writes Love Life and Make-Up has just put up a Guest Post that I wrote for her on my current Top Five Skincare Favourites! All of them are products that are absolutely essential to my skincare routine so if you'd like to find out what five products I picked and why I picked them then please click here!

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