Life & Travel By Bea: May Favourites

Hi everyone!!

Today, I'm back with another monthly favourites post. The month of May was very focused on the digital side of life as you will see. Although there were a few beauty favourites as well.

My first beauty favourite is the Maybelline Color Drama in Berry Much. Even though I bought it halfway through the month, it has been a staple on the few days that I do wear makeup. The product has a very creamy consistency and feels very moisturising. It comes in a pencil form and it is very easy to keep up with during the day. I bought mine at Boots where it is currently priced at £4.99.

The next beauty favourite is something I have had for years, which is amazing considering it is a sample size. The product I'm talking about is the Make Up For Ever Star Powder in 926 Iridescent Beige. It is a beautiful pigment and the picture does not do it enough justice! It is a sort of rose gold colour with gold fine glitter and it appears gold once it is on. It is my ultimate favourite eye makeup and bonus is it lasts a REALLY long time! I could not find the price but if you live in continental Europe you can find it at Sephora or any Make Up For Ever counter. Unfortunately for those that live in the UK, I could not find it, not even in the new Make Up For Ever counter at Debenhams. :(

The last beauty favourite has been the Oriflame Eyebrow Kit. It is a very good product especially for travelling as it includes two mini brushes and wax besides the two different shadows. I really like using the lighter colour on my brows but recently I have also been using it as eye shadows since the colours make a very good neutral eye makeup. The brushes are very good and the products have a very good staying power. The Eyebrow Kit can be found at the Oriflame website and it retails for £8.00.

Now, the reason why the month of May has been so digital is because I "rediscovered" some apps that I already owned and could not part from them. The first one I wanted to talk about is Planner Plus. This has been a life saver!! It is basically a planner in your phone and it lets you create any sort of event or routine and it also notifies you. It also allows you to colour code what you write in as well as choose when to be notified, if you wish to be notified. There is a free version called Planner Plus Lite which, I believe, has adverts and not many features. I invested in the paid version as I believe it is very worth it. It retails for £3.49 on the Google Play Store.

The next app has been the H&M app. This is self-explanatory as this is my favourite shop and the app is free. Although I recommend not having it in your phone if you want your bank account to stay nice and healthy.

The next app is the Sims Free Play app. This is a game where you create your own town and population. It is very similar to the original Sims but it is suitable for tablets and iPads. It does contain in-app purchases but it is easy to avoid them.

The next app is Subway Surfers. This game is based on train stations all over the world where your character is running from the inspector whilst avoiding being run over by trains. It is a free app and they update it monthly with bug fixes and new theme cities and limited characters. Right now it happens in Venice, Italy.

The final app has been Zumba Dance. I got this app a few years ago but I got a lot more into it lately. The app teaches you Zumba lessons whilst helping you to burn calories and learn new moves. It registers your moves and gives you points. The more points you get, the better! It has many fun and energetic songs. It costs a on-off £3.99 and you can buy new song packs in their store.

On to music. My favourite song of the month has been Frank Sinatra's Fly Me To The Moon (£0.99). It is such a magical song and it gives an instant good vibe to brighten up anyone's day! I have also fallen back in love with Michael Bublé's To Be Loved album (£8.99). I just can't get enough of his songs!

Finally, my favourite shows have been Family Guy and American Dad mainly because I find it hilarious. But, since I do have Netflix (be careful with Netflix as it is very persuasive), I have binge-watched the whole 4 seasons of Once Upon a Time! It is incredible!!! It gives such a spin to your run-of-the-mill fairy tale characters that you think they can't possibly confuse you any more. I recommend it to everyone!! Go watch it now!