Revlon ColorBurst Balm- Flirtatious

Well i decided to try a different background for this post today, hm not too sure about it but it will do for now!

As you may (or may not) know the Revlon Matte balms have been raved about on the internet, however I bought a normal colorburst ones accidentally due to the confusion of Boots website.

It is a bright glossy balm and costing £7.99 from Boots, fair price for what it is.
It applies nice and smoothly, very similar to a tinted Lip Balm, though this has way more pigment. Even after an hour you can rub your lips together without removing all the skin off your lips (you know the feeling). It is very moisturising and non sticky - Finally something non sticky!

I wear this quite a lot as it is still very bold for my complexion but i love it and looking to buy some more, including the matte balms as they seem utterly intriguing.

Lily Flame Blush Candle

I know i am not the only one who loves a good candle, i am one of the many candle lovers in the world. Come into my house and there is always at least 1 candle burning at any one time. Recently i was browsing good old John Lewis and came across this. It is £8.50 full size, which relative to other candles is a fair price.

In all honesty, i tried sniffing some of the other candle and wasn't a huge fan really apart from this one. Blush smells warm and fragrant, it doesn't smell fresh almost musky. When it is alight it the smell is not as strong as it smells when you first open the tin. I really like it, it creates a nice smell around my room and adds warmth as well (not in the literal sense).

Over all i really like the product and the packaging is just adorable!

Sleek Matte Me Lip-Cream - Petal

This product *composes myself* is a holy grail product. I am very very excited over this product! This is the Sleek Matte Me Lip-Cream in Petal (£4.99), as Valentines day is coming up and all i thought this would be a great lip product to wear. As it is a light pale pink, very romantic!

I was putting this on my lips, as you do, and completely feel head over heels in love with this product.

Also the packaging is very nice as well .... very sleek (Oh god i am turning into my mother).

 Ok, so you need to apply a minimal amount of this product otherwise it builds up too much and doesn't have the amazing-ness. It is applied with a soft doe foot applicator, which is pretty bog standard.

 It stays on for absolutely ages, if it does dry out my lips i just pop some lip balm over it and it works a trick. I am most certainly going to get a lot of use out of this.

Have you ever tried this?

Maybelline Colour Tattoo -Pink Gold 65

This is very exciting for me, not only because it is the first of December  (chocolate!) but also because this is my first Maybelline Colour Tattoo.

I got the shade Pink Gold-65 and it was £4.99.

The packaging feels amazing and very hardy, however i wouldn't want to drop it as it is made of glass.

This is a champagne colour with a bit of shimmer, so very spectacular.

 The good thing about these it that you don't need to use a brush to apply it, you just spread it over your lid with your finger.

 It lived up to what everyone said and stayed on all day! I even went swimming and it was still on. I cannot explain how long lasting it it - its that good. I cannot believe i haven't tried this before, but now I have i will have to hoard some more of them.

November Favourites!

Another month that has whizzed by, still cannot believe it. I know i say it every month and will probably say it for all the months to follow.

However, finally it is here the real Christmas Advent countdown, my advent calender is already awaiting my opening *I have the Cadburys Santa one if you wanted to know*. Also tomorrow i am putting up my Christmas tree, so much excitement already.

Anyway lets end this month on a high with November favourites!

1. Bio Oil 60 ml. This has been great for banishing those stretch marks from ever appearing on my body again.

2. Revlon Lip Butter- Crème Brulee £7.99. A beautiful nude for any look!

3. Proactiv oil free mosituriser £15.95. A lovely moisturiser that really keeps my face look bright even in the coldest of days.

4. Vaseline Rosy Lips Lip Balm. This has been in my life forever, although as winter tis' the season of chapped lips this has been my saviour, while adding colour in my life also.

5. Bobbi Brown Pot Rouge for lips and Cheeks in Pale Pink. A delicious shade of pink for winter as i would say it is more of a darker pink.

6. Garnier Body Moisturiser Mango. This has been a staple winter product as the moisturises my legs so much that people actually notice and starting feeling my leg (weird i know). Without this i would feel very sorry for the skin on my legs.

So those are my November favourites, what are yours?

Proactiv Oil Free Moisturiser

Less than 1 month until Christmas. Are you excited or are you excited? As you can tell i am ecstatic about Christmas... I am finally getting down to buying presents, which is pretty good for me considering i am usually a last minute shopper. This year i am going skiing over Christmas, so there is absolutely no time to cram shopping in, i have to be very organised.

On the topic of Christmas and presents etc... i thought this product would fit nicely. This is a moisturiser by Pro-Activ and is £15.95. For me this is quite a pricey and luxurious moisturiser to give someone.

I have used this for the past 2 months and it is safe to say it works well! I have oily skin which can be a disadvantage when it comes to moisturiser however this is oil free. It really moisturises my face which clears up and spots that may be lingering.

Pairing this with another skin care product, or as i like to, put it into a make-up bag with other products!

This would be a lovely little Christmas present for someone, without breaking the bank.

Revlon Lip Butter- Crème Brulee

So I have bought yet another Lip product *slaps on wrist* but I think I am just too obsessed. A healthy obsession of course..

This is the Revlon Lip Butter in Crème Brulee, a beautiful nude shade. They are £7.99 from Boots.

I am not a huge fan of the packaging, however it is sturdy and won't break.

 This is a shimmery transparent nude, which leaves a little sparkle on your lips. You need swish it over your lips a couple of times to get a lot of pigmentation, although i think it does look better more transparent than opaque.

 It feels buttery and smooth on the lips like it claims. I have definitely fallen in love with the lip butters.

The swatch above has been applied more than the swatch below.

 Overall i love this product! Would recommend it to anyone!

Rimmel Special eyes eyeliner - Black Magic

I think i will be forever in-love with my Soap&Glory SuperCat liquid eye-liner, but i cannot really use it on my water line or create that smudgy look which all of us long to perfect. So i opted for this Rimmel Special eyes eye-liner for £2.99 in Boots. So this wont make a big hole in your wallet.

The packaging is not fantastic but seems pretty durable, does it's job.

 I used this on my lid for testing purposes, i have so say it applied well and felt great to begin with. However by the end of the night it had smudged where my top lid meets the upper part of my eye (when i open my eyes), i hadn't even noticed until the end of the night!

I also used it on my water line, and that stayed on brilliantly! It was still there in place by the end of the night, and i have quite watery eyes therefore most eye-liners smudge off.

 From the swatch below you can see it is a deep black with a lot of pigmentation!

Overall i really like this product for my waterline only definitely not my lid.

Have you tried this product?

MUA Lipstick shade 13

November is here everyone! Now is the time i really start celebrating Christmas- Christmas songs, buying presents, decorations and all that. So i though i would start this month with a colour relevant to Christmas- Red.

This is an MUA lipstick, it is Shade 13 and it is £1.

The packaging is quite sleek, however the lipstick is sometimes hard to get out!

This is such a bold colour, actually the boldest i own. The pigment is amazing in this, especially for £1.

However it does smudge quite considerable, so i wouldn't eat too much while wearing this. As once it has smudged it is an absolute bugger (pardon the french) to get off!.

This is a swatch of the lipstick!

Overall this is an OK product, i probably would not repurchase this colour.

MUA Blush Lolly

Time absolutely flies by, I remember writing a post in the beginning of September.. Gosh!  For me the end of October is where autumn ends and winter really begins, where we all have the craze to wear black and a variety of dark colours. This month has been fabulous for me as I have been on a well needed 1 week holiday to the carrribean (pictures soon) and just been very busy!
For winter I wanted a slightly darker blush shade.. not too bold just something light and pretty for winter. As I am a blogger I had to try out this MUA blush!

It was £1 so I really had nothing to lose if it was awful.
The first time I used it I completely smothered my brush in it, thinking it would not be that pigmented, which resulted in a bright pink streak across my cheeks- not too attractive if you ask me.
It is pigmented and now I just lightly brush my brush over it, making it last even longer.
For the effect I want, which is looking like I don't have any blush on but I do, it is great.
It is a powder so if you do touch your face too much but that is expected.
I would definitely recommend this blush or any in their range - at least to try.

Revlon ColourStay Foundation

This little product was from a recent Boots browse, you honestly must think i shop no where else... however i have ordered a couple things from Superdrug this week. Anyway i originally ordered the No7 Matte foundation but this came in the post, so i thought i would try it anyway.

I was pleasantly surprised, as with most (basically all) of the products i have reviewed on this blog has been mentioned by some other bloggers, where-as this has been mentioned by everyone. Even my friends, which is some sort of revelation as they never want to talk about make-up.

This is the Revlon Colour- Stay foundation in shade Buff 150, it is usually £12.49 from Boots. There are two versions of this, i have got the oilier skin type version. 

To start with the packaging is OK, however i hate how there is no pump! I end up pouring out too much on to my hand (as i am awful with measurements) and wasting it!

The foundation itself is lovely, it is very smooth and looks flawless on the face. I have found the best way to apply it is with a brush (Real Techniques expert face brush).

Throughout the day it seems to wear very well, however if you do have one or two spots i recommend wearing a concealer as-well because they will start to show nearing the end of the day.

I do wear concealer under my eye as it will not cover those, however my under eye circles are very dark so i would not hold it against this foundation.

The oil control is better than most foundations, though i did need to apply powder to my face.

Overall this is a lovely foundation, it didn't break me out and makes me look lovely in pictures! What more can i ask for? 

This is a definite recommendation from me!

Vivo Gel Liner- Black Swan

I know i have posted oodles of Vivo posts... but this will be my last for a while, i promise.

This is the Vivo Gel liner in Black Swan and it is £3.49, you can buy it from Vivo-link- or you can now buy it from Tesco!

 This is the second gel eye-liner i have tried it my lifetime, as generally i have been a bit scared of them. Where as this one is very easy to use, it come with a soft yet firm brush at the top of the applicator, and a little pot with the product in. I apply it using a small angled brush as i just find it easier to apply.

When you put your brush in, it feels very dry - not gel like at all. I had a bit of trouble with the brush that came with it, as i felt like it took the eye-liner in clumps, you might want to keep that in mind when buying it.

I applied it on my hand to see what it looks like, as sadly i am rubbish at taking eye photos. It looks quite dry, you can build up the pigment to get the bold look it you want.

With this product i would not touch your eyes as it wears off easily!

Overall this is an OK product, nothing i would reccomend highly.

Rimmel Apocalips Lip Lacquer Phenomenon 100

The Rimmel Apocalips Lips Lacquer has been reviewed by bloggers and talked about so much so i thought i would get it, also as i have mentioned i have had a bit of a lip gloss/stick/stain/lacquer urge.
It is £6.49 at Boots -link-.

The  packaging of this product is beautiful, it has to be one of my favourite all time packaging! I like how you can see the colour at the bottom, just overall pretty.

It has a doe foot applicator, like most lip glosses, which is bendy and glides on the lips nicely.

One thing i hate about the product is the taste and the smell when you first apply it, it is awful! After a while it goes but not very nice to begin with!

 On the plus side it is very pigmented and is not sticky! You would need to re-apply during the day for that glossy look.

Overall a great product apart from the taste/smell!
What do you think of the Rimmel Apocalips Lips?

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Rimmel Hide the Blemish Concealer

Before i get into the whole review thing, i just want to say i am on holiday right now in Portugal and this week i am doing a sailing course so there will not be as many posts this week only! After this week i will return to normal posts!

Ok so ,As you may (or may not) have noticed i have reviewed another concealer quite recently (collection lasting perfection concealer), but i have also been testing this Rimmel Hide the blemish Concealer.

This concealer is priced at £4.49 from Boots, the cheapest you can get it is £1.99!

This concealer is very creamy, and when i say creamy believe me it is creamy!
I tested this under my eyes and i did not feel like it set properly. Even after a couple of hours it still did not feel completely dry! It creased under my eyes as well (this was without primer for a fair test), which is not a very good look
Also it did wear throughout the day so it not full day coverage, i would recommend reapplying this at least 2 times a day.

It applies like a lipstick, which means you have to build the coverage up quite alot.

Overall this is an 'ok' concealer, i personally would not recommend this!

Benefit Triple Performance Moisturiser

Honestly i had never heard about this moisturiser before i went to browse in Boots. I was talking to lovely
Benefit lady about my skin problems and she recommended this moisturiser to me.
This moisturiser is aimed at oily/combination skin as it is oil free (find it here for £20.50), if you have dry skin there is a different moisturiser for you (find it here for £27.50).

This is a MIRACLE moisturiser for my skin!

This really cleared up my spots and hydrated my skin. It is quite a light moisturiser and has a pump applicator, which is great for measuring out how much you need.

I use this in the morning before i put my makeup on and at night before i go to sleep.

I used to think as i have oily skin i shouldn't put moisturiser on, how wrong i was! What ever skin type you have it is essential you moisturise your face!

Soap&Glory SuperCat Eyeliner Review!

Doesn't everyone want to find that perfect eyeliner? One that is easy to apply while making you look fabulous? Well i think i found it?!
So this post is about the Soap&Glory Super cat eye-liner!

This product is £6, some of you may argue it is a bit expensive but it is worth it!

First of all, it is like a marker pen so great for you first timers to liquid eye Liners!
Also it applies nice and easily and lasts all day, i did the 'full day' test today as i went cycling and all sorts of fun activities and it stayed on with a bit of 'wear and tear round the edges'.
Correct if i am wrong but i feel as if this eyeliner has not been talked about much with the beauty community, which i hope will change because it really is a fabulous product.
I have never really tried Soap&Glory as a make up brand, but do want to try a few more products of that line.
Over all i give this 5* out of 5!

MUA Eye shadow Palette- Heaven & Earth: First Impressions

I am definitely a neutral eye-shadow girl and do not really like bold colours, also do not like to spend a lot of money. So when i saw this eye-shadow palette from MUA that looks very similar to the Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette i was ecstatic!

MUA (Make Up Academy) is only available in Superdrug and the MUA website,this eye-shadow was £4.

The pigment in the eye-shadows are 'ok' not fabulous but you can build if necessary, the darker colours are more pigmented and between the lighter colours there is not much difference. You have to remember thous there are 12 colours for £4 so it wouldn't be amazing.
Some of the darker shades have a nice glittery which is lovely and totally affordable for a budget.

 

Overall i give this a 4* out of 5, as it good and affordable!