New Beauty Buys!

Here are a tiny haul of beauty products I've recently picked up.

Rimmel Lasting Finish 25hr Foundation

I have yet to try a rimmel foundation so I'm very excited to see how this one performs. I've just test out the foundation and it looks like pretty much an exact match from my skin, I'm in the shade 010 Light Porcelain. Keep an eye out for a review of this soon!

W7 Sheer Loose Powder
Well, I needed some new powder, I saw this and it was only £1.99 so I thought why not give this a go, I won't be losing much if i don't like it. First impressions so far so good :)

W7 Big Lash Mascara and Eyeliner
The main reason I picked this up was because I'm forever losing my eyeliner and needed another and also because I'm a mascara junkie! These came sealed in a pack together, again 1.99 that's roughly a pound each!

I have seen this W7 brand popping up rather a lot just lately, to say how cheap the prices are the products seem to be of good quality.

Em x

Boots Simply Sensitive Skin Care

Here is a little review type post about a range of products I've been really getting into just lately, Boots Simply Sensitive. 

As the name suggest this is a skin care range that is aimed at people with sensitive skin. After using these products I've found that my skin has lost that "tight" feeling and it's a lot less red in colour. There are no fragrances or colours and contains soothing aloe Vera. Also, this has helped bring moisture back to my skin. 

I nearly forgot to mention, everything in the range is super afforadable too!

The products I have from the range are: 

Gently Refreshing Toner 200ml | £2.69

Eye Makeup Remover 125ml | £2.79

Facewipes (25 wipes) | £2.79

Cleansing Wash Gel 150ml | £2.49

Have you tried anything from this range yet? 

Em x 

Review: collection lasting perfection foundation

Here is a foundation I have been loving lately! After hearing so many good reviews about the concealer on this I thought, te foundation must be as good! And it is, very very good!

This claims to last upto 16 hours, but who wears their foundation for 16 hours? So as you probably guessed I won't be able to tell you if it lives upto it's 16 hour wear claims. However, I put this on at 7:30am and by 6:00pm it's still on my face, no matches, no streaks. 

The coverage is medium to full, if you apply lightly or with a beauty blender you will get more of a medium coverage and if you later it up slightly it becomes a lot fuller. This hides any blemish or dark circles perfectly and is easy to blend into the skin. 

This doesn't actually say what kind of finish this gives the skin, I find that it gives a dewy, glowy looking effect to the skin. Something I love! I've been really getting into dewy foundation just lately.

Two more pluses, it's oil free, so it's great for anyone with oily skin as this won't add to the oiliness and it's SPF 20 (not that we get any sun her in the UK to need this but hey!) 

I have mine in the shade 2 Ivory, which has more of a yellowish undertone. 

Here is a picture of me wearing the foundation. 

Liebster Award

I was nominated by the oh so lovely Meggy Campy from Makeup By Meggy (love her blog!)

This is an award aimed at blogs with under 200 followers to help those blogs gain more followers, yay! :D

The rules are:
-Acknowledge the blog who nominated you.

-Answer the 11 questions given to you by the blogger

-Give 11 facts about yourself

-Nominate 11 blogs you think deserve the award (a blog that has under 200 followers)

-prepare 11 questions for those blogs to answer

11 questions from Meggy

what is your favourite place to shop at?
hmm this changes abit, but for the moment its topshop

what do you like to do with your spare time?
Blog! of course! shop, hang out with friends, sleep, read and go to the gym.

Where do you see yourself in 10 years time?
hmm I'll be 27 by then (thats a scary thought)! Hopefully, with my dream job and starting to settle down in life by then.

Most loved makeup or beauty product?
This has to go to my L'oreal Telescopic Mascara in Extra Black, it gives you very long fluttery false lash look lashes! Perfect!

Favourite quote?
This isnt one of those super duper intelligent quotes because im not that kind of person so...

"On Wednesdays we wear pink" - Mean Girls

If you where stuck in a tub of food and had to eat your way out what would you want the tub to be filled with?
PIZZA!

Favourite TV show?
Eastenders

Most valuable lesson you've learned?
Once one door closes, another door opens up thats even better than the once you've just come from :)

Favourite vacation you've been on?
My trip to Paris

What's your biggest pet peeve?
does sneezing count? I really dislike it when I sneeze!

All time favourite song?
oooh thats a hard question! Boys Like Girls are my favourite band so ill pick one of my favourite songs from them which is Crazy World.

11 Facts about Me

- I'm 17

- I'm a business student

- I love westies and French bulldogs, one day I will get one, or both...probably both.

- I'm a big fan of Disney movies

- Love the films Mean Girls and Hairspary (also a musical)

- im a little bit obsessed with lipstick

- I enjoy working out at the gym

- peanut butter on chocolate digestives is the best combination ever! If you haven't, try it!

- I have dark green eyes

- I love sleep

- and pizza!

11 Questions

What are you most thankful for in your life?

Who do you look upto the most?

Favourite childhood memory?

Favourite film?

Benefit or Mac?

If you was only allowed to bring one makeup item with you on holiday, what would it be and why?

What's your most favourite season in the year?

Which do you prefer summer or winter?

Favourite yearly holiday (like, Christmas, Halloween etc)?

If you had to eat the same meal for the rest of your life what would it be?

Whats your favourite makeup or clothing brand?

My nominations are! 

http://chloeofc.blogspot.co.uk

http://maireadfwarner.blogspot.co.uk

http://apologeticangel.tumblr.com

http://beccasbeautyspot.blogspot.co.uk

http://pulldownthemoonarchie.blogspot.co.uk

http://nevaeh-leigh.blogspot.co.uk

http://annalovesx.blogspot.co.uk

http://justphilippa.blogspot.co.uk

http://itakefotographs.blogspot.co.uk

http://itakefotographs.blogspot.co.uk

http://allthingsbeautyandbeautiful.blogspot.co.uk

Em x 

2True: Products/Reviews

2true is a brand I think you can only get at superdrug, please let me know if its available anywhere else!

for the price thr quality of thr packaging and the actual products themselves are lovely. individually the items arr cheap abd somrtimes ive seen superdrug do a 3 for £5 deal, which is the what I got my products on.

so onto the products!

all over natural bronzing powder
this a a matte finish powder that creates lovely contoured cheek bones. The colour payoff is subtle not too dark and bot orange :)

3 in 1 concealer
I use this concealer under my eyes as it has brightening properties to it. I find that this doesn't crese either and is very easy to blend in, a lot goes a long way with this stuff.

VERY Affordable Hair Care Products

Here are a few of my top picks for VERY Affordable hair hair! 

Pantene Pro-V Split End Serum | £2-£3

I'm currently growing my hair out at the moment so to help with any split ends, I apply 1 and a half pumps of this on to the ends on my hair and leave it in over night. In the morning the ends of my hair appear smoother and feel stronger. 

Naturoil Argon Oil Heat Defence Spray | £1

To help with heat damage from drying and styling I spray this on my hair. This leaves my hair silky smooth, shiny and frizz free and the best bit, it only cost a pound! I would highly recommend popping into your nearest pound shop to have a look at the hair bits you will often be very surprised at how much they stock! 

Brazilian Keratin Smoothing Therapy Hair Treatment Oil | £1 

For just one pound, I seriously cannot stress enough how much I love this amazing little wonder! This makes my hair stronger, frizz free, shiny and looking healthy and full of life! I use this on towel dried hair and blow dry through. I use this 2 times a week. 

What it your most affordable hair care find? 

Em x 

MUA: £1 Lipstick Collection

Here is a little blog post dedicated to my collection of MUA (Make up Academy) original and matte £1 lipsticks.

First up, is one of my most favourite shades amongst the bunch, shade 2. I love the plum/purple colour this gives, a perfect lippie for the fall! 

Next I have shade 3. This colour is a very bright dark pink/raspberry colour. 

 

Nectar, is a orange/coral colour I love wearing this shade in the spring/summer seasons 

 

The original formula are all very creamy lipsticks, they definitely feel like I made a lot more than just one pound! For the quality I think I need to get them all!! 

The first matte lipstick is wild berry, a lot like shade 2 but matte. It's a plum shade perfect for autumn. The lipstick bullet actually looks a lot darker than how the colour swatches. So to look at it without swatching first, don't be put off by it. 

 

Here is totally nude, a name that speaks for it's self, yes you guessed it, it's a nude shade, shocker!! 

 

Last but not least, is scarlet siren, my go to red lip colour! 

 

So that it for my collect of MUA £1 lipsticks! 

P.s if you love the smell of vinilla then you will love how these lipsticks smell...and taste. 

What's your favourite MUA lipstick? 

Em x  

My skin saviour

Recently, my skin had broken out and regardless of what blemish fighting products I tried, to clear them up they still would not budge!

As I was strolling through boots and superdrug I noticed the brand called "Clean&Clear". I was looking for a product that would get rid of my troublesome skin but also heal and nourish the rest of my skin.

So I came across this "Dual Action Moisturiser" with claims that it moisturises and "helps prevent spots abd blemishes" so with that in mind, I decided to give it a go!

I am soo soo soo happy I did! Because this has literally saved my skin, my blemishes and marks have faded and my skin is moisturised! So thankyou Clean&Clear for making a product that does its job and is affordable!

Whats your "skin saviour" product? Let me know in the comments below :)

Em x

Weekend Makeup

Heres a makeup look I enjoy wearing at the weekend here are the products I used.

Foundation:
MUA Undress Your Skin Illuminating Foundation

Bronzer/Contour:
Makeup Revolution Ultra Bronze

Blush:
NYC New York Colour Cheek Glow in 652 West Side Wine

Concealer:
Makeup Revolution Focus and Fix Liquid Concealer in Fairest

Highlighter:
Makeup Revolution Vivid Baked Highlighter in Golden Lights

Eyebrows:
MUA Pro-Brow Ultimate Eyebrow Kit

Mascara:
Benefit They're Real
L'oreal Telescopic in Extra Black

Eyeliner:
Seventeen Smoulder Gel Eyeliner

Lips:
MUA Lip Switch in Coral Pink

What is your favourite weekend makeup look?

Em x

MUA: NEW! Lip Switch Review

So recently MUA have brought out an array of new products/shades. From there 1 lipst collection adding new colours to brand new products like the ones im going to review today, Lip Switch!
The Lip Switch is a matte shine duo product, meaning on one end of the tube it has a matte lipstick and on the other it has a lip gloss that matches.

Meaning you can create different looks with one product, genius! After swatching and testing these out on my lips I can tell you that, in my opinion, the matte lipstick is matt but its one that doesn't feel dry on the lips and packs lots of pigmentation in just one swipe.

The gloss i find is non sticky meankng it feels comfortable on my lips and to say its a gloss its actually very pigmented, much more than I thought it would be.
so for £3 you get a matte lipstick and a gloss with lots of pigmentation, bargin!

The colours I picked up are, Coral Pink and Pink Candy. Soon I hope to buy some more shades, I love this product and would definitely recommend trying it out!

Em x

Favorite Body Lotions

Here is a little post about some of my favourite body creams :) 

First up, Along came betty Cream of all creams! Now the brand "along came betty" id like Tescos version of Soap & Glory. This glides on to the skin with ease and doesn't feel greasy as its formula is light. 

Ferne body lotion, I LOVE them smell of this! As soon as you pop the lid open youre senses are hit with a lovely vinilla musk sent, mmm yummy! 

Last but not least is the Vintage Rose body lotion, I really enjoy using rose sented products. As I find tgem to br very light and refreshing but you can still smell the scent? If that makes sense? Anyway, I like this one a lot 

too :) 

Em x 

Make up revolution haul!!

Here are a few goodies I picked up from the wonderful brand Makeup Revolution! 

Vivid Baked Highlighter

Picked up my sage in Golden Lights, as this shade I thought looked more of a natural highlighting colour. This gives a lovely pearlescent finish to the skin. 

Ultra Bronze 

This gives a lovely contoured look to my face without it looking dirty or orange. Just a nice subtle contour. 

Lipstick:

I really wanted to give my lipstick collection a bit of an update and go for colours I wouldn't normally choose. So at £1 a pop I couldn't really go wrong and for a pound if I didn't like it, it doesn't matter :) I picked up two shades from the vamp collection Rebel with Cause and 100% vamp. 

Nail Polish: 

I picked up shades Heaven's above, a dark purple/plumb colour perfect for the fall and Emerald eyes a metallic dark green shade. 

Salvation Intense Lip Lacquer 

This is a very pigmented, high shine gloss. I got mine in Didn't I tell you? The fomrula is smooth and slick, not sticky at all and lasts for ages! 

 

The One Foundation

I have been wanting to try out a very light coverage foundation for those "good skin days" where I don't want to put a full coverage foundation on. So this little beauty is perfect! I picked mine up in shade for and for a guess it suites my skin very well.

Focus and Fix Liquid Concealer

I needed a new under eye Conceler for those pesky dark circles, I have this in the shade 01 Fairest. This covers up well, doesn't crease and highlights my under eyes. 

 

That's all for my Makeup Revolution haul, so far I am really impressed with the quality and the price of these products. I think I will be ordering a lot more from Makeup Revolution in the future :) 

Em x 

September Favourites!!

Here are the products I've been loving through tthe month of September.

Seventeen blemish BB balm

I am in love with the BB cream. It simply makes my skin look perfect! It illuminates, conceles, hydrates and minimise pores! Perfection in a tube! 

Benefit they're real! Mascara 

I've been wanting to try this mascara for a long time, so I finally brought the sample version to try it and see how I worked with it. I have to say, I was slightly sceptical at first and then all of a sudden after a few times using it the magic appeared. This makes my lashes look, longer, thinker and curved. Definitely will be investing in the regular version.

CollectIon blush in bashful 

I like this blush because it isn't overly pigmented, which may sound strange. But...when you are slightly heavy handed a very pigmented blush can make me look like a clown. This blush gives a healthly natural flush of colour. 

MUA Luxe London velvet lip lacquer in Halcyon 

The texture of this lip product is very velvety and dries to a very very Matt finish. Therefore, latest for ages and is very pigmented. The colour of Halcyon is a muted red. 

L'oreal Lumi Magique primer

This makes my skin look glowy and full of life. Love this stuff, prolongs foundation or BB cream and helps to minimise pores. 

Collection work the colour lip butter in Vintage Rose

This being a lip butter is so smooth and creamy on my lips, it leaves my lips feeling baby soft whilst adding a pop of colour! 

Does anyone know of a good dewy foundation? If so, I'd really appreciate suggestions :) 

Em x