It's almost the end of December (and the end of 2015 for that matter), so it's time for the monthly round up of products I used up during the past month. As always there's a lot of skincare, and only a few makeup items - I think in the New Year I need to make a conscious effort to use up more of my makeup, before buying new things - who's with me on that?! But for now let's crack into some reviews...

Firstly I hope everyone had an amazing Christmas with their family and friends! Mine was really great, nice and quiet just with my parents and sister with a lot of over indulging of course! As December is just about over it's time to share the products I loved during the past month - there's not a huge amount but definitely some stand outs.

Believe it or not, it's Christmas today! How mighty quick this month slash the whole year has gone! It's just a quick post from me today to wish you all a very Merry Christmas!

M.A.C aren't one to stop with the new releases over the Christmas period, instead they have been coming out thick and fast this past month, with more coming out in January (but more on them next month!) December sees the release of the Dark Desires and Fluidity Collection, which I have a few items from them both to share with you today.

I'm going to take a guess and say that not many of you would have heard of the brand LAQA&Co. I was totally unaware of it until I received one of the Lip Lube Pencils in a Violet Box (sadly no longer operating) way back in July last year. I hadn't delved more into the brand because there were no NZ stockists, but I was contacted by Cosmic who have just started to stock the brand and they sent me a bunch of their products to try out.

If there's one palette that people are talking about this Christmas, it's the gorgeous limited edition release from Hourglass - the Ambient Lighting Edit. The hype truly was real with this one, with Hourglass hinting at it and posting sneak peeks of the palette way back in the middle of the year.  It's caused a lot of beauty lovers to go a little mad over it, in both senses of the word - some are really disappointed with the size compared to the cost value, while others are all 'heart-eyed emoji' over it. I'm totally in the latter.

I realise it hasn't even been a whole month since the last Lust Have It arrived (see it here), but I've already had the November Women's Beauty Box* arrive and wanted to share the contents ASAP because it's a pretty good one this month! If you're a new reader, or curious about LHI, it is a monthly beauty subscription service that ships to Australia and NZ, where you are sent at least 5 sample products (although a lot are full sized) for AUD $19.95 plus $2.95 for shipping. This month's bag came with 5 products, plus two bonus items, three of which are full sized.

No one does Christmas sets quite like Too Faced do. Last year's La Belle Carousel was all kinds of gorgeous and it still sits pride of place on my dresser. The 2015 Christmas sets are just as amazing, and the new Le Grand Château takes cute packaging to a whole other level.

Urban Decay palettes are likely some of the most covetable in the beauty world. When I really first started getting into makeup a few years back, all I heard about was these Naked palettes and I instantly knew I needed one - the day I finally got one was very, very exciting! Now I own the Naked2, Naked3, as well as the smaller Naked Basics and Naked Basics2 - without fail I will use one of these palettes everyday as they are my all time faves. So when I heard they were bringing out a new Naked addition in the form of the Naked Smoky Palette, it went straight on to my wishlist.

You would all know by now that I am a nail polish fiend, my collection is out of control! However, the majority of polishes I have are from the bigger brands such as O.P.I. and Essie, and I've never dabbled in the 'indie' nail polish world. There are a lot of people out there creating some amazing polishes with unique colours, glitters and finishes, and NZ based brand, Nail Juice is one of them.

It's been far too long since I did a good ol' classic beauty haul, the main reason being that I just haven't been buying that much makeup lately (shocking I know, but my bank account is rejoicing). So here are a few new things on my radar that I either bought over the past month or so, or are products I was kindly sent by PR that I want to share with you lot. Let's crack into some makeup goodness... 

With Summer very much here, I thought it would be the perfect time to share with you all this easy to use Trim & Shape Body + Bikini Kit* from Remington that will have you beach and Summer ready in no time at all.

Happy December my lovely CM readers! Today I'm going to be taking you through my rubbish for the month of November -  how glamorous right?! As it always goes, I ended up finishing a fair few products this month; a couple makeup items, but as per, a whole load of skincare things.