Benefit | Pretty in the U.S.A palette

Hi Guys!

I have this little beauty to share with you today. I have always loved Benefit blushes and bronzers, so when I noticed this one on their SALE page I had to have it! It is beautiful! These are all the full size products which are priced at £26 each meaning they'd cost £78 if you bought them all but this palette is currently in the sale for £25.79, which is a massive saving and you get a Goof Proof Pencil as well So even if you just need a new Hoola - You'd actually be better off just getting this palette! - Plus I have £5 off if you order through this link - Here :) 

 It contains my number 1 favourite bronzer/contour Hoola. Hoola is a matte bronzer a little goes a long way with this which is why they last forever! I use this daily and it is the only bronzer I have purchased for about 10 years! I find that a lot of other bronzers have shimmer in them - which is no good when contouring, or they are too orange. This bronzer is perfect. It now comes in 4 different shades but in this palette it is just the original Hoola shade. 

Second is the Rockateur rose gold blush. This blush is beautiful, it would suit all skin tones. It doesn't have the strongest of colours so you don't end up looking like a clown and you can build this up but it never looks too much! It gives a lovely natural looking rosy flush on your cheeks. It has a lovely rose gold shimmer through it which gives that natural looking glow meaning you don't necessarily need a highlighter as well. Rockateur has a slightly different formula than other benefit blushers "Rockateur has a specialized formula that works by combining the best features of baked, powder, cream and fluid textures".

Last but definitely not least is Dandelion Twinkle! This is a "superfine highlighting powder" This is a gorgeous natural looking highlighter. Now personally - and I know many will disagree but I think that the highlighting has gone a bit too far in the beauty world, I like this because it looks natural which I personally like I think that with a lot of highlighters now they leave you looking like you have fallen head first into a pot of glitter either that or you look like you have done a ten mile run! Dandelion Twinkle gives the perfect amount of glow to your face without looking like you're from outer space! 

The palette also came with Benefits Goof proof Brow pencil I have used this before and do love it, I am coming to the end of my Anastasia Beverly Hills Pomade, so I am going to start using this again and see if I revert to the Pomade or stick with the Goof Proof Brow pencil!

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Avon Free Gift | Sept - October

Hi My Lovelies,

I wanted to let you know about a great offer Avon are doing at the moment. All you have to do is order £10 worth of Avon True products and you will receive a free starter kit worth £21, which includes a lipstick, a nail polish, an eyeshadow and a bottle of 3-in-1 Cleansing water. The thing I love about this offer is that the colours are all really wearable and will suit any skin tone. 

Nailwear Pro+ | Naked Truth | RRP £6
This is a lovely muted pink nude colour. I find the Avon nail polishes last really well! No matter how many Nappies I change or dishes I wash this seems to stay really well without chipping! 

True Colour Lipstick | Toasted Rose | RRP £7.50
This pink-y nude is the perfect your lips but better colour. I love the texture of these, they are really moisturising.

True Colour Single Eyeshadow | Satin Taupe | 
I'm in love with this colour it is a rosegold kind of copper colour, will look great with all eye colours. These have a really creamy formula, which makes them really easy to apply.

ANEW Anti-Aging 3-in-1 Cleansing Water | RRP £6.50 (For full size)
Cleansing waters are great, especially if like me you have sensitive skin. This one in particular is really moisturising and gets make up off really simply!


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Barry M | Flawless Chisel Cheeks Contour Kit

Hey guys, I was in town the other day picking up a few essentials, whilst in boots I was going to pick up my usual Bourjois bronzing powder, when I saw the Barry M Flawless Chisel Cheeks Contour Kit...I remembered watching LLYMLRS (www.llymlrs.com) talk about it and say it was quite a good contour palette, 
so I picked it up. I am always looking for a good highstreet contour colour as they tend to be either too shimmery or too orangey...and as much as I would LOVE the Hourglass Illume Creme-to-powder Bronze Duo I really can't justify £40.00...so at £6.49 this seemed like a safer option!

The packaging is relatively good for such a low price, reinforced cardboard with a magnetic closing. Slim line which makes it perfect for travelling. The only downside of the packaging is instead of a mirror they have instructions on the inside lid, this would have been much better if it had a mirror and maybe the instructions on a piece of card (similar to how Benefit package theirs). 

The powders are a decent size for the type of product. They consist of a highlighter, bronzer and a contour powder. They are all matte, although the highlighter has a very slight sheen, which is nice in a highlighter. They are quite a powdery texture but they blend very well, the one thing I would say is the two darker colours are very pigmented, which I love but if you have a very fair skin tone this could be too dark.  

Glamour Magazine Does It Again!

So as you may have read last month I was so happy to see that Glamour magazine were giving away an Eyeko Skinny Liner with their £2 July issue. Once again they have made me buy their August Issue. This month issue has a Clinique Chubby Stick worth £13.50 and the issue is once again just £2.

I am loving these "chubby stick" style lip colours at the moment and have quite a few from different drugstore brands so was quite excited to try the original. I choose the colour Super Strawberry, not only because I have read that this is the best selling colour in the U.S but also because I wanted to get something different, the other colour I had to choose from was more of a baby pink, which the majority of the lip colours I own are! Super Strawberry is a muted red shade. I really like this colour its definitely an everyday colour, its one of those "your lips but better", sort of colours. It is a tinted balm so not highly pigmented but I felt like it gave a nice sheen and definitely made my lips feel moisturised, it doesn't cling to dry patches and doesn't bleed.

Overall I really like this product but don't feel like its worth the retail price £17.00 as I feel this is near enough identical to my Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain which is just £7.99. Saying that at £2.00 you cant really complain!

What a bargain | Glamour Magazine

Hello!

I recently saw that Glamour magazine were giving away a Eyeko Skinny Liner in navy, so obviously I had to get it. They are also giving away the black one but I already have it and I have been on the hunt for a nice navy liner. I feel like its tricky to find the right blue when looking for a liquid liner, some blues remind me of that cheap make-up you'd buy as a child! 

This blue is perfect, you can wear it everyday without it looking ghastly. It also makes my blue eyes stand out which I was quite surprised at as I would normally steer clear of blue and head for more bronze-y colours. 

It comes in Glamour Magazine which is just £2 and also comes with a sample of Prada Candy Fragrance, L'oreal Skin Perfection and Hawaiian Tropic Satin Protection! This is the July edition so it will be in stores at the moment and if you struggle with applying eye-liner, I would highly recommend you give the Eyeko Skinny Liner a try as it is definitely the easiest liner I have ever tried to apply! 

Eyeko skinny liner RRP - £12.00

Natural Collection Liquid Eyeliner

Hi Guys! Today I thought I would review this eyeliner. I picked this up a couple of months ago after my sister said she uses it and she really likes it. It is the Natural Collection Liquid Eye Lines, as with the rest of the Natural Collection products this was a complete bargain at £1.99 for 8ml! My sister and I used to use the Dior Style Liner but at £22.50 for 2.5ml I think that it is a bit of a rip-off! I find that the brush on the Natural collection eyeliner is very similar to the one on the Dior liner.

The reviews that I have read on this eyeliner aren't great, I haven't read one good review, which is why after trying this out for myself I was pleasantly surprised!

I found that the eyeliner was really easy to apply and I liked the way you could do a thick or thin line with it. It was jet black which I like, I have previously tried liquid liners that have been more grey in colour. It stayed on all day without smudging. 

There are only two things that I don't particularly like about this: 1. It doesn't dry immediately so after applying it I have to leave my eyes closed for a few seconds and 2. It is quite tricky to get off at night but then again I would rather that than one that wears off in the day! I don't really like the packaging it isn't very pretty but I think you can look past that when your only paying £1.99 for it.

So overall I am really glad I picked this up and at such a cheap price I would definitely recommend it!

Have you tried this liner? What do you think of it?

MUA Undress me too

If you follow me on instagram you'll know that I am completly obsessed with MUA's Undress me too palette at the moment. I really like wearing gold/bronze colours on my eyes everyday.

The colours in this palette are very good quality considering the palette retails at £4.00! These shadows are really highly pigmented and are very blendable. If I am going for a natural look I will use ‘Naked’ across my lid and ‘Lavish’ in my crease and, if I want a bit more colour, I will use ‘Devotion’ and ‘Dreamy’. ‘Shy’ is a lovely highlighting colour, so I have been using this on my brow bone everyday. I am looking forward to using the darker colours for a night out.

I find that the colour lasts all day on my lids, but if I want to make it stay even longer I have been using my Maybelline colour tattoo eyeshadow in Eternal Gold as a base for the shadow.

This palette comes with 3 matte colours and the rest are shimmery. I think this is definitely one of my favorite MUA palettes. I do want to get their ‘Dusk till Dawn’ palette! I love MUA as a brand I think it’s brilliant. The products are all so cheap, yet they are actually very good quality.

Have you tried this palette? What is your favorite MUA product?

Glamour Magazine December 2012

Glamour magazine's December issue have nails inc freebies! I was so excited when I noticed this in the shop a few days ago but the only nails inc they had were the pale pink one (Elizabeth Street). 

I went to the shop today and they had the gold glitter one (Glamour Glitter) so I picked it up! I am hoping to get the red (St James) and the blue (Motcomb Street) as soon as I find them! 

I was so happy when I managed to get the gold glitter and to top it off when I opened the magazine there were also samples of Rimmel's BB cream, Maxfactor's face finity foundation, NIVEA's express hydration primer, Angel perfume and Elie saab perfume. The magazine is only £2.00 so for a magazine, a nails inc polish and 5 samples i don't think that's bad at all!

When I first used the Glamour Glitter I have to admit I was a little bit disappointed as it is a sparse glitter I was hoping for a really glittery polish that you could just use on its own but if you do want a little bit of glitter you can just put this on top of another colour and it looks quite pretty and Christmas-y. 

This is a picture of the Glamour Glitter over my ESSIE (Russian Roulette).

Have you picked up the Glamour Magazine? - If you havent, then go and get it, these polishes retail at £11.00 each so it truly is a bargain! 

what colour/colours did you or will you get?

Oopsy Daisy! I Went Shopping Again!

So as you can see from the title I went into town again! Whilst in Boots I noticed that they had an ESSIE stand, it looked so pretty that I had to buy one (it would be rude not to eh?!).
I decided to get a deep red it is called Russian roulette. Now, I have never used Essie - I know how appalling is that, but our boots has only just started selling it recently so I haven't been able to go out and buy it, I don't like buying nail polishes online as the colours never look the same when you see them in real life.

I have heard only good things about the ESSIE polishes and when I used it I saw what all the fuss was about. It is really good quality, it has a maxi brush, I only had to apply one coat and I have been wearing it for a few days now and it hasnt chipped. One downside to ESSIE is the price but for the quality I think it is actually worth it!

These retail at  £8.50 each, but I will let you in on a little secret - If you go to www.fragrancedirect.co.uk they have a few colours on here for £1.99 (BARGAIN) - but everytime I look here there aren't so many colours so you'll have to be quick!