Hello the end of January. This year so far hasn't been the greatest, failed diets and mood swings. Here's hoping the rest of the year will be better! Here is the things I have been loving this month.

I think it's no surprise now that I have a slight obsession with MAC lipsticks, everything about them is just perfect. For the past year I have been obsessing over their Matte collection, out of the 15 MAC lipsticks I own 7 of them are from their matte formulation.. and if I had my way, I would own them all.

It's not very often I focus on a highstreet brand I love, so this weekend I decided to focus on one of my favourite ones - Seventeen.

I have titled this post project pan, but in complete honesty its not something I am 100% on. I really enjoy the concept of using what you have, but the idea of using something daily that you don't really like to then end up sick of it - just to finish it - doesn't really appeal to me. If I don't like or use something, it's going into the bin, its the products I love and use that are at risk of hitting pan.. so here are the things I can see myself finishing this year.

Deciding what to spend my Christmas vouchers this year was definitely a huge decision. It's not very often I have a big amount of money to spend on make up all at once, so I wanted to make it worth it.

This month I haven't really used anything.... how odd.

Make up is something I love, something I really enjoy buying, something I look forward too. But I haven't always been this way. This time two years ago I hadn't had makeup on in months, and I owned the same little makeup bag I had used since I was 14... using the same products, too orange foundation, clumpy mascara and yes - I used the makeup sponges which came with my eye shadow palettes, cringe! No wonder I hated makeup - what I was using was awful.

If you would like to hear about how my obsession with the Next sale began you can read all about it here (on my last next sale post!)

So here is what I managed to pick up this time. Luckily I managed to get a really good online slot this year (which are like gold dust btw, I consider myself honoured ha) So these arrived over the past week. Hope you enjoy.

Yet another Yankee Candle to use. say hello to Season of Peace. A Christmas gift from my lovely friend Sarah. This really is the perfect winter scent which isn't Christmassy. Something that is actually quite hard to come by.