Empties #1

A couple days ago (March 3rd) was my birthday and i got some new make up products. So i thought i would clear out some space, and i have been keeping empties lying about so it was due time to do an empties post!

1. Revlon Colour Stay foundation- I have since repurchased this foundation and love it!

2. Clean&Clear Blackhead Clearing Scrub- It didn't work wonders for me so i will not be repurchasing it!

3. Collection Pump up the volume mascara- It was ok, although there are much better mascaras out there.

L'oreal Hairspray- It was good, though not amazing.

Rimmel Lasting Finish 25 hour - This broke me out a bit, now way to dark for me! I mean look at the colour difference between the 2 foundations.

Well this concludes my first empties post, i hope you enjoyed it!

Rimmel Proffesional Eyebrow Pencil

My first post of 2014, I wish everyone a happy New Year and hope your heads aren't feeling too bad from last night. I had a lovely night in with my friends, nothing too extravagant but it was a lot of fun. For the New Year celebration/party i really wanted to look my best so i thought the only thing that was missing in my make up stash was an Eyebrow pencil. Of-course i rushed out to get one on the way buying alot of make up which may have damged my bank...oops.

So i came across this one from Rimmel, as some of you may know Rimmel is a very trusted brand by me so i couldn't have been more pleased when they had one in my shade (001 Dark Brown). However i was estatic when i glanced at the price and it was £2.99.

 

Before we begin into the logistics of eyebrows and such, i just wanted to say my eyebrows have been such a problem for me. As my hair is classed as 'dirty blonde' but my eyebrows are a different story, they are verging on black? So don't be fooled these are my eyebrows.

 

It is a pencil and on the lid it has a little eyebrow brush which has come in useful for wrestling my eyebrows into the desired shape.

 This pencil is easy gliding, without depositing too much colour. Fabulous for me as i didn't want my eyebrows to take over my face.

Even after copious amount of rubbing it held its place without a trace of smudging. It will wear away towards the end of the day though it will not vanish or melt away.

The eyebrow pencil is a good un' especially for those like me, never taken too much interest in the catipillars on my face.



Sally Hansen Nails: NOFT

In the midst of Winter I see so many dark nail polishes around, and felt a bit left out. So i scavenged through my nail polishes (most of them are pink) and found this beautiful colour from Sally Hansen. 

This colour is Chocolate Haute 630, which is such a luscious name for a nail polish.

I can't remember how much i paid for this exactly but i think around £6.99.

This is a brown with quite a powerful red undertone in there. I wore this with a black leather skirt and white collared blouse and it looked lovely with it.

 It glides onto your nail and the brush is mice and wide, which is great for those of us who are not amazing at painting nails (me).

To me, this is the perfect colour for winter and i will definitely be wearing a lot of this this season.

MUA Bronzer Shade 2

I have yet another MUA product for you lovelies today, it is the MUA Bronzer Shade 2 - so not the lightest bronzer and it is £1.

The packaging itself is not that bad...however it does look a bit cheap and tacky. It does not break easily which is great if i am keeping it in my bag, so i have not worries of it bronzing the things in my bag.

 It is quite a dark bronzer for my skin tone but a light swish over the cheeks works well for me. It makes me look less like a sheet of paper and gives me a nice glow. Although i wouldn't recommend this for contouring as it is quite a muddy colour and won't make you look right.

As you can see from the swatch below there is a lot of pigmentation in this. Perfect if your just getting into Make Up or on a tight budget.

 Overall if push came to shove, i would choose my Benefit Hoola Bronzer but this is a very good bronzer in comparison.

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.

MUA Lipstick Shade 8

Believe it or not i have never owned a MUA lipstick before, so i thought i needed to pick up a couple (more lipsticks coming soon). The first one that caught my eye was this lipstick in Shade 6. You can buy this lipstick at Superdrug for £1.

 First of all the packaging is OK, some times when you twist the top the lipstick won't come out but usually it will. It looks very good for such a cheap product, very sleek.

 The colour is very strong and pigmented, amazingly pigmented for a £1 lipstick. It applies very nicely not drying at all however i smudges quite easily, so wouldn't recommend eating straight after applying this.

The above picture is a swatch, as you can see it is quite a deep shimmery pink which i think is lovely and would suit a wide range of skin tones.

This is what it looks like on my lips.

Have you tried a MUA lipstick before? What did you think?

Natural Collection Duo Eye-shadow Mink&Sable

This had to be one of the first eye shadows that I have ever bought, which is crazy! As it is from the Boots brand Natural Collection which is a cheaper brand. It is £1.99 from Boots.

It is a very natural duo shadow, a darker colour for the crease as well.

 The Mink (lighter) colour is good, covers my slightly red lids well but doesn't last for a full day. If their is any fall down i can not tell as it is so light. Also it doesn't crease, which is amazing for such a cheap shadow!

 These are very heavy swatched, as you can see the dark one does not show up very dark at all.

Mink & Sable
Light Swatch

Is there a cheap eyeshadow which you find great?

Seventeen Phwoar Paint

Sorry my regular Wednesday post was not up this week, i was overwhelmed with work i had to get done. However i promise to post at least 2 posts a week.

In the 'beauty blogger world' this has been reviewed by a couple of bloggers, but not too many as it is still fairly new. It retails at £5.49 from Boots.

My under-eye's are very dark and have been on the hunt for a good concealer to cover them up without a problem. This concealer feels very thick and smooth to the touch. However when i apply it to my eyes without moisturising it clings to the dry patches and looks absolutely awful.

After applying moisturiser it did seem to work a great deal better, nonetheless it creased under my eye after a full day wear. It does last a full day with some creasing here and there.

 The shade range of this product is 'ok', there are only 3 shades at the moment- fair, medium  and dark. Medium seemed way too dark for me so i purchased fair-- which is a little to light for me. I would definitely like a better shade range on this product.

I will continue to use this product as it is overall very good, i am still unsure whether i would repurchase it or not yet.

Rimmel Moisture Renew Lipstick- Nude Delight

I have had this lipstick for ages and i have had a love hate relationship with it.

Some days i just don't think it suits me and then other i love it, for the moment I love it!

This retails £6.49 and i believe it is worth it.

The packaging is simple sleek and good, not beautiful but not awful.

 It is a lovely moisturising lipstick that glides on to your lips smoothly and gives your lips a nice shine. It last 4-5 hours with no messing, so it is a pretty long wear time, you could make it even longer if you add a lip liner with it!

 It looks quite pinky on my lips- where as it is have more of an orange tone to it (like the swatch above)

Overall i would highly reccomend this Lipstick and another other shade in this line!

Vivo Laquer Shine Heavenly

 Another perfect Autumn/Winter lip colour!

This Lip Gloss is from Vivo and in the shade 'Heavenly' and i adore it. It retails for £1.99.

It is not super sticky, but just as a normal lip gloss does, it will stick to your hair.
The consistency feels thick and really smooth on the lips. The colour lasts for around 2-3 hours without messing with it, so it is definitely product which needs to be re-applied.

 It has a nice applicator, which makes it very easy for you get to your lip corners.
Also the packaging is very sleek, but it does make it look cheap.

In a nutshell it is a wonderful product for £1.99!

Tip: If you pair this with Revlon Lip Butter in Macaroon it is amazing!

Vivo under eye concealer

Winter/Autumn has finally started as it is raining today,  the perfect weather to match this post.

I bought this Under Eye Concealer from Vivo website (they now sell at Tesco) for half price, it usually retails at £3.49.

Firstly the roller ball is so hard to use, it barely even comes out even after an long period of time.

Secondly it does not in anyway brighten up my under eye area, as the moment you touch it , it will rub off (even with setting powder).

 I just have no more words for this product, it was awful.

This is the product after about 30 seconds of rolling it on my hand.

Sorry for a rather depressing post, Vivo as a brand is not bad actually most of their product are very good, i have good reviews coming up soon!

Rimmel Stay Matte Pressed Powder

I don't own too many Pressed Powders even though i am quite oily, i know it doesn't make sense! Anyway i came across this and had never tried it!

It retails at £3.99 from most retailers, so definitely a low budget powder.

The packaging could be better, but seems pretty sturdy.

The shade i got was 004 Sandstorm and i have fairly light skin.

 This powder is lovely, finely milled (annoying word- but necessary) and works! Once applied on the skin the powder is not visible at all! It is transparent so doesn't give coverage but it absorbs all the oil. Another  plus about not having coverage, is that it won't look cakey on the skin.

 It claims up to 5 hours of oil control, and i agree! So this one is perfect for those of you who go to school or work for 5 hours. You will need to touch up if you are very oily though!

Overall i really like this product, and would recommend to anyone.


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Back to School Make Up Basics

Depending where you live you may be at School already or going to start soon. I am going back in September so i thought i would do a 'Back to Basics' Make-up for school. Some of you may be you teens just starting out or you just love reading posts like this- which ever i hope this helps.

Also there are alot of video/posts out there which don't offer the right price range, young teens generally cannot spend tons (eg £36.00 on a foundation is NOT happening), so i have put some very cheap products here for you!

For foundation i have 2 which are absolutely amazing the Rimmel Wake Me Up  foundation, this retails for around £8 at Boots. I love this as it is medium coverage (great for spots) and give a light shine which makes you look fresh and awake. I also have the Benefit Flawless Oxygen Wow foundation which retails around £20, i have put this in here as i think this is not too expensive if it works.

If you have oily skin, a powder is a necessity. So i have this MUA pressed powder for £1, great value and stops you looking shiny. If you don't need powder, don't buy it but it is a nice touch as well.

I have 2 concealers here, Rimmel Hide The Blemish concealer and Collection Lasting Perfection concealer. One is a doe foot applicator and the other is a stick, so which ever you think works best for you you can decide. The give the same coverage and both retail around £4-£5.

For blush i really like Natural Collection Peach Melba (£1.99 at boots), it gives a lovely bit of colour without being too over the top for school.

For bronzer i like this duo from Miss Sporty Ohh So Tan! It has a highlighter and a bronzer which have both good pay offs. It is  £2.99 at boots.

If you do want to wear eye shadow i recommend this MUA Heaven & Earth Palette, it has such lovely colours for a subtle eye.

I have 2 Collection mascaras Collection pump up the volume (£3.99) and Collection Super Size (£2.19), these are both great mascara's and do their job. I recommend collection if you are just starting out with Make Up.

For lips i have Maybelline Baby Lips, Clinique Chubby stick in Mega Melon and a Flormor Lipstick in shade 202. These are all slightly different colours for different skin types but natural.

That is it for my 'Back to Basics' School version! Comment below about anything you love!