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Benefit Creaseless Creme Eye Shadow

Unknown Monday, 10 August 2015 Leave a Comment

Don't usually use a lot of Benefit products but seen this and knew I had to get it! This Benefit creaseless Creme eye shadow applies beautifully and gives a full and radiant shimmer to your eyes. The Creme texture also helps it last a lot longer on the eyes.

The packaging is also gorgeous! When I first opened it I got a bit of a fright as the glass top is where the eye Creme is stored.

The shade I picked up was My Two Cents. A gorgeous copper like shade with a lively shimmer effect.

This was the first time I had used a Creme eye shadow and I will definitely be purchasing more of these Benefit creaseless Creme eyeshadows.

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Too Faced Semi Sweet Chocolate Eyeshadow Palette review

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You know when you find that product and you just think...wow. What haven't I tried this before? Well this is it for me. The Semi Sweet Chocolate Bar Eyeshadow Palette from Too Faced.

As soon as I laid my eyes on it I just knew. I have been experimenting quite a lot recently with different eye look and this is perfect.

The palette consists of 16 amazing colours to help create the most amazing look. My personal favourites are Blueberry Swirl, Cocoa Chilli and Caramel.

The palette consists of the following colours

(Left to right-row1)

Liquorice

Vanilla Creme

Nougat

Truffled

Hot Fudge

(Left to right- row 2)

Cocoa Chilli

Pink Sugar

Puddin

Blueberry Swirl

Peanut Butter

Frosting

(Left to right -row 3)

Rum Raisin

Mousse

Caramel

Bon Bon

Butter Pecan

(Swatches not the best, some colours not included as too light and could not be seen) colours work better when applied on top of eyeshadow primer.

I paid £38 in debenhams for this palette. It's retailed as £34 on the Too Faced website.

The BEST thing about this palette is that IT SMELLS LIKE CHOCOLATE!!! Can everyone just take a minute to think about how awesome that it......I could just sit and smell it all day! It smells heavenly!

Obviously this palette is the second in the range of the chocolate bar palettes, however I feel that the semi sweet has warmer tones which I love! They both smell as amazing as each other though! The palette contains a mixture of both matte and shimmer shades

LOVE LIVE LOVE this palette!

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Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara review

Unknown Thursday, 6 August 2015 Leave a Comment

I always find that it's quite difficult to find the perfect mascara no matter how long, short or thick your lashes are. I am quite lucky in that I have quite long lashes and so when I choose a mascara it is more about thickness and just emphasising the length slightly.

I had heard about the Better than sex mascara. Have anyone you seen the advert for it?? The couple therapy! It's great!

To me it seemed like a great mascara to give you that false lash effect which is what I was looking for. I can't apply false lashes to save myself so I need the mascara to create the look for me!

The formula contains collagen which helps to give a full lash effect.

When applying it can seem a little clumpy as first but if you stretch your lashes and use the wand in a zig zag motion the mascara applies perfectly.

I only need one coat for my lashes to create the effect I love. Long full lashes.

However you can use 2 or 3 depending on how you like it.

The brush is one I am not so keen on and when I first opened up the bottle I was a little wary but it works well to create a fullness. Just be careful when taking it in and out of the bottle and it can clump the mascara at the top. It's such a pretty bottle that I wouldn't want to ruin!

My bottom lashes are something I struggle with, although quite long I find it hard to get a noticeable coverage on the lower lash and it can end up smudging a lot of the time. Well.. I have found a solution. The lower lashes look as great as the top ones with this mascara.

Great mascara Too Faced Cosmetics!

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Too Faced Born This Way Foundation review

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I have read so many raving reviews on the new foundation from Too Faced called Born This Way so I knew that I had to try it out.

I recently decided to only wear foundation on occasions as I found that concealer worked well for me as a base. With that being said I wanted a new foundation to give me a good coverage.

The Born This Way foundation is just Wow! The finish on it is so radiant and natural. What I love the most though is that it feels so incredibly light in the skin. I don't know about all of you but I can't stand a heavy caked on dewy foundation.

Born This Way is said to have undetectable medium to full coverage that hides imperfections perfectly. The foundation is also oil free. For someone like me who used to be, and still can be from time to time, prone to oily skin this is perfect. My favourite part about the product is that it contains coconut water to hydrate by replenishing the moisture in your skin - this helps to create a radiance on the skin. It is also infused with Alphine Rose to give the face a hint of brightness.

The foundation currently comes in 18 different colours to choose from and have 6 more coming out soon so there is definitely a shade for pretty much all skin tones. I personally went for the colour Nude and it matches my skin perfectly. This colour is light with neutral to pink undertones. My skin has quite a bit of redness to it around the nose, chin and forehead. This foundation covers the redness completely.

This foundation is also meant to be long lasting and provide great coverage throughout pretty much a whole day. Whilst wearing it I felt that it stayed on quite well, I had to blot and powder maybe 2 or 3 times during the day where I had a little shine on the forehead and nose but it lasted really well. I'm really impressed.

I usually use a brush to blend my foundation and have yet to try a beauty blender with it but the way it blends is great, it leaves the skin looking flawless, as if it's natural that you don't have a single blemish on your face.

I absolutely adore this foundation. I would recommend it to anyone who wants to try it.

I bought it from Debenhams as that is the only place that sells it in the UK for £29. It sells online for £27.

What I am about to show you is the difference between my natural face (as in no makeup face) and a fully covered face with the Born This Way foundation.

Excuse the light in the first picture but even without it, my skin is rather red and oily. The picture in the middle has only foundation straight after application and the final picture is a full face of make up. As you can see the finish is flawless and even where my cheeks crease at the bottom when I smile, the foundation does not break or split.

I will definitely be purchasing this foundation for a long time.

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Glasgow Haul Part 2

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As mentioned in my previous post, I also went into a couple of shops to get some items other than make up.

New Look

I haven't really been to New Look recently but since I found a gift card in my purse I thought I might as well see what I could pick up.

Here is what I bought...

I love these new Non Sleeve Blazers (not really sure what they are officially called) they are really comfortable and great for casual use or you can jazz them up a little and wear to go out for dinner. £23 each. There are also a wide range of colours available just now. I liked the creamy beige one and the khaki one as they could be styled with many different outfits.

In the bottom picture my purchase from New Look were the tan flats. Very comfortable.

Primark

I always think that sometime you go into Primark and you can't find a thing and sometimes you find loads. Well this time I going LOTS! When I go to Primark I tend to try and stock up on tshirts etc and that exactly what I done.

£2.50 each- bargain!

£6

£4 each so obviously I bought 3!

Make up ridges for £1 each- great for eye shadow extra on bright colours- as in doesn't matter if they ruin quickly!

Trusty raincoat for £9!

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My Glasgow Haul

Unknown Wednesday, 5 August 2015 2 comments

As I mentioned I was in Glasgow this week doing a little bit of shopping before (and after) going to see Kate Voegele and Tyler Hilton in concert. Well... When I say a little shopping I mean go crazy and spend almost my entire wage! For those of you who know me well, you know I can't resist when i see something I like and I will find a way to get it!

This time round I managed to get my hands on a couple products that I have been eyeing up for a couple weeks now and was soooo excited when i found them. I am going to tell you a little bit about what I bought but I will post up proper reviews once I have tested out the product for real.

Too Faced

Now I have been desperate on getting some of these products recently to try out since I heard of the brand. Unfortunately I can only get them in Debemhams here in the UK or I have repurchase online. So obviously being me I dragged my friend in the pouring rain all the way from Buchanan Galleries to the Debenhams on Argyle street In The pouring rain.

The girl at the counter was quite unsure about my shade when I asked for a colour match of the foundation but eventually I came away with the Nude Born This Way foundation (review will come later)

Next on my list was the Better than Sex mascara. I have watched so many You Tube videos and read so many comments of people raving about this mascara so naturally I have to give it a try. The brush looks like it will give the perfect false lash look so I am looking forward to testing it (review will come later)

Semi Sweet Chocolate Palette- when I first started looking into Too Faced cosmetics, I had my heart set on the original Chocolate palette, however when in the shop, I compared them side by side and the Semi Sweet palette had much darker and warmer tones and I just loved the blueberry swirl colour. One thing I will say is that I could just sniff the palette ALL DAY LONG!! It smells incredible! (Review will come soon)

Urban Decay

Went into House of Fraser firstly to stock up on my well needed MAC fix and decided to browse the Urban Decay section. I had been wanting after the eye shadow primer for a while so this was my chance. The original was out of stock though but after speaking with the make up artist she suggested the anti ageing one - I may have been a little offended at first considering I am only 22 but she soon explained that the finish was a lot better than the champagne one. Whilst browsing I came across the Electric Palette- I was drawn to it instantly. Those beautiful bright colours are to die for. I am so looking forward to experimenting (review to come soon)

MAC

MAC is one of my all time favourite brands and for a while everything I wore on my face was MAC. I have quite the lipstick collection as you might have seen from my very first blog post. Although I was missing one very important colour- Velvet Teddy. So excited that I can now say I have that in my collection ( review to come soon)

Also in a previous post I mentioned about my MAC Volcanic Ash Exfoliator - this is one of my favourites and I truly believe it works wonders! So obviously I had to get another one. I even convinced my friend to get it too! Result! If you want to read a review on it please check out my previous post called The Ultimate Exfoliator.

Another handy product is the Pro Longwear Waterproof Brow Set in Quiet Brunette. This is great if you don't want to go heavy in the brow and are just looking for a little definition. Worth the buy!

At the till, we spotted some handy little miniature products. They had pigments for £10! I got the old gold one. So bright ! Can't wait to try it out (review will come soon)

Benefit

I haven't used benefit in a while but I spotted a lovely shade of the creaseless creme eye shadow in Two Cents and had to get my hands on it. It's has s lovely coppery look to it. (Review will come soon)

Make Up Revolution

I managed to get my hands on the mermaid vs unicorns palette and can't wait to try it out. £4!! Bargain! (review will come soon)

Well that's all my make up finds - other than that I had a massive Primark haul and found some lovely bits in New Look.

Let me know if you would like to know what I bought from there??

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FOTD For A Concert

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I was out last night to see Tyler Hilton and Kate Voegele in concert in Glasgow. Had such an amazing time and the concert was fantastic! They sang the well known When the Stars Go Blue from One Tree Hill and Kate sang her well known Manhattan in the Sky and Hallelejah. Tyler amazed us all Loaded Gun and some Jazz.

I was so gutted though that Kate never sang the popular 99 times.

I'm sure all you One Tree Hill fans can understand how awesome it was to go to this concert.