Watermelon anyone!??

Clinique Chubby Stick - Woppin Watermelon

I love this product for the following reasons:

• Great name
• Sleek packaging (the bottom twists so more product is released so no need for a sharpener)
• Lovely texture
• Fantastic shades to choose from 

I got this as a little treat from my Fiance which I thought was very lovely of him!

The Chubby Stick is a cross between a balm and a gloss and is subtle in the finished look which makes it not an OTT lip colour but a pure handbag and make-up bag staple!

I love this colour as although it looks bright from the packaging and the stick itself, it is a very wearable pink colour, aka not bright neon or baby pink but a nice fresh bright pink with a subtle sheen and buildable colour, in that you can put one layer on for a subtle pink or build it up to be brighter which is great for a day to evening look. The texture of it is very soft as well so perfect for moisturising my lips in the winter as they get terribly chapped (which is not a good look at all!).

May have to be some further purchases for different colours :-)

Cleanse, Tone and Moisturise

Liz Earle - Cleanse and Polish, Instant Skin Boost Tonic and Superkin Moisturiser

I can't praise Liz Earle enough for her skin care products especially the Cleanse and Polish which has solved all my skin care problems!

I got introduced to Liz Earle a couple of years ago now and have dabbled on and off with it, however I suffered I bad reaction to a cheap cleanser a while ago and have since made a vow not to step away from Liz Earle again as it completely sorted my skin out after the bad reaction and I have not looked back since!

The Cleanse and Polish is one of the best cleansers you could ever get for your face, it's so gentle and refreshing and is odour free! You basically apply the cream to your face and then use the hot cloth to cleanse it away, it also amazingly removes even the thickest make-up, once cleansed a dash of cold water to the face leaves you feeling completely refreshed!

To follow the cleanser is the Instant Skin Boost tonic, this toner is completely refreshing, it is cooling (even though it's not been in the fridge) and is gentle to the face which is lovely after cleansing. To follow that I use Superskin Moisturiser (for my night face cream), which has a thick consistency but has no odour (which is nice as some face creams can be potent!) and massages lovely into the skin leaving it feeling soft and importantly not sticky! I find when I wake up in the morning my skin still has a lovely soft feel to it which I think speaks highly of the product.

You can buy Liz Earle from John Lewis, QVC and the Liz Earle website and I think the products are reasonably priced considering they are a high end product and compared to say Elemis are cheaper, if you buy directly from the Liz Earle website you tend to get a free gift with your order as well, which is generally a little sample, which is great if you are thinking of trying some of the different products!

It's all about being waterproof!

Collection 2000 - XXL Volume Sensation Waterproof Mascara - Black

I don't really buy waterproof mascara's and I didn't actually realise this was waterproof until I got home and got it out of the bag! Obviously Collection 2000 is at the lower end of the price ladder for make-up, but they do have the odd thing that is great to bulk out your make-up bag, such as the cream eyeshadows I have recently got. I have used their mascara's before and I have found them ok for the price and they tend to be highly concentrated in colour so do give the nice jet black eyelashes that I crave, however I have to say I am disappointed by this product.

The brush is great as it's nice and thick and does coat the lashes well, the black is ok but not as intense as other mascara's that they do which is a shame. I also found as I wore this throughout the day it had flaked off under my eyes and onto the top of my cheekbone which was very disappointing. I think unfotunately with this mascara I got what I paid for which was a cheap mascara which didn't last long at all!



Christmas Presents :-)

Hi everyone,

Hope you had a fantastic Christmas and santa came with lots of presents :-)!!

I had a lovely Christmas and I am looking forward to the New Year (our wedding is 6 months
away :-)!!)

I thought I's show you the fab make-up that I got for some of my Christmas presents:

The Benefit make-up is from my Sister, and will be reviewed for you in upcoming posts! I have wanted to try a different blusher (other than pink) for a while now so Georgia is fantastic for that as it's a very pale peach colour which is great for my skin tone. Although I have quite a lot of Benefit make-up I haven't tried any of their eyeshadows so was quite excited to get one to try :-), and of course I've got the fab Bad Gal kohl pencil to concoct a smokey eye with!

The Collection 2000 cream eyeshadow was a stocking filler from my lovely Fiance and is a pewter colour so I can have fun with the Gold one I bought as well as this one!

Hope you got some lovely things!??

x

A bit of Christmas sparkle!!!

Collection 2000 - Glam Crystals Eyeliner - Hustle
Collection 2000 - Cream Eyeshadow - Gold

So this is my Christmas make-up sorted, classic gold and silver/blue sparkle. I am obviously not going to use these together, the gold I will use as a base to make a gold/brown smokey eye, and the sparkly eye liner I will use just to add a bit of sparkle to a classic eye or may go the whole hog and go for mega Christmas sparkle using a silver eyeshadow and the eyeliner...........the possibilities are endless :-)!!!

I just think they are fab and can't wait to try these out tomorrow on Christmas day (very excited about Christmas this year!!)! I will do some posts on the looks I create as well!

Merry Christmas everyone!!!

xxx

Pretty and sleek!

Sleek Make-up - Storm eyeshadow palette

I had seen Sleek Make-up in Superdrug before but hadn't really took any notice of it, however on a couple of blogs, namingly pixiwoo (fantastic make-up artists who do tutorials on youtube, I am slightly obsessed with them!), they really rate these palettes in their make-up tutorials, so I thought I would give it a go!

Sleek Make-up is very reasonably priced being at the lower end of the make-up market and is available at Superdrug, this palette was £6.75 which is extremely good value for money considering you get 12 eyeshadows in it, and they are both matte and shimmer which is an added bonus for multiple looks! They do lots of different palettes such as a brights palette which is great for embracing the colour block trend in your make-up, and a natural palette which I have bought and will do a review on as well.

I have to say I am really impressed with this product, the eyeshadows are highly pigmented and very buildable for layering up and creating lots of different looks such as a smokey eye, or a shimmery eye for evening night out looks! Considering the price of it I would definitely recommend this as something to easily bulk out your make-up bag and also have a bit of fun with :-)!

Here are a couple of my looks using the palette:

It's Christmas......................

Lush - Christmas Eve Bubble Bar

Now I don't often buy for myself from Lush and don't often go in, I think because the smell is so strong sometimes but they have some gorgeous stuff! The last think  I bought for myself from there was a gorgeous bubblegum lip scrup which was fab on the lips to scrub dead skin away and scrummy to lick off as it was made with real sugar (bonus!!!).

Anyway I was in Harrogate with my Mam doing some Christmas shopping and I popped into Lush, I picked up something for my future Mother in Law as well as this lovely bubble bar for myself. It's called Christmas Eve (I am feeling very much in the Christmas Spirit this year), and it caught my eye as it reminded me of Van Gogh's Starry Night painting which I love, and even better it smells utterly divine!!

It has scents of Jasmine and Ylang Ylang and isn't too overpowering which is good. I have only used a little bit so far (as didn't want to use it all at once), it crumbled quite nicely into the bath and did bubble up quite well, however it didn't all disolve so I was left with a few lumps of blue which blogged the plug hole and the bubbles did die quite quick, however i think this may have been because I only used a small ammount whereas if you used say half or even it all I think it would be mega bubbly and hopefully last longer. It did leave my skin feeling nice and soft so all in all quite pleased with this and would buy it again.

x

So So So Scandalous

Rimmel - Scandaleyes Mascara

I don't often buy Rimmel products, but when I do buy them it tends to be for their mascaras as they are quite cheap and have nice brushes and give maximum lash effect which is what I love!

I am a sucker for packaging of any kind, and especially bright packaging when it comes to mascara (not particularly sure why, I just love looking in my makeup box/bag and seeing bright things looking back at me), so this jumped out right at me when I was in Boots, it literally screamed you know you want to buy me and your not leaving the store without me....................so I didn't!

I love the brush as it's nice and thick and claims to give volume packed lashes, which it does after a couple of coats. You have to layer it up to give nice thick and full lashes, however it can clump a little quite quickly so it's good to have an eyebrow/lash comb to hand just in case it becomes too lumpy. Overall I like the effect it gives and as it's towards the lower end of the price bracket I think it's worth the money for a day to day mascara if you wanting maximum impact!

Love and Toast.................

Love and Toast Lip Glaze - Prep School no 74

I had spied Love and Toast in Space NK last year and thought oooh I love that name and thought it would be interesting to try. I didn't buy at the time and then I was in Durham and went into Wild and Funk who sell some gorgeous things (hand cream, soaps, candles, decorations and home items) and there was Love and Toast but the range was expanded with mini perfumes and moisturiser as well as shampoo and conditioners. I decided to purchase a couple of items for presents (the smells of the products are fantastic using lots of fruit undertones) and also this lip glaze called Prep School.

It's a lovely pink colour and has a lovely sheen to it, almost sparkly but not quite! The product itself has a nice smell to it, not overly strong but pleasant, and the texture is quite thick but actually quite runny which normally when glosses or glazes are thick they tend to be quite sticky! Because it is runny I don't think it does stay on as well as it could so reapplication is needed quite a bit, however it does feel quite conditioning on your lips so it makes them feel quite soft which is good in these winter months as I suffer from chapped lips quite badly!

I am pleased I bought it to try but it is quite expensive (around £10) for what it is, however they do have quite a few colours in the range so it may be nice to try a different one, possibly one in a darker colour.

In the picture I am wearing my Bare Escentuals foundation, Benefit Dandelion as a blusher and a Rimmel Mascara which I will do a review on.

Waxing vs Threading

I started having my eyebrows waxed a few years ago (prior to waxing I just plucked them), and I have to say I was a convert straight away. It's quick, easy, cheap and minimal pain and you end up with a good shape that lasts well. The only issue is leaving them to get bushy enough to get them waxed, you feel all dishevelled and a bit like you are growing a hairy caterpillar on your forehead. I also feel that although no-one probably notices but me that there are a few more extra hairs out of place that everyone is looking at my brows going wow they are messy (brow paranoia), this does however make them feel fab once they are all waxed into shape and looking tip top again!

Recently over the past year and a half have been converted across to threading, you feel a bit on show getting them done in the middle of Debenhams beauty floor but so much easier than waxing as they can pick up the tiniest of hairs using this technique and unlike waxing doesn't leave your folicles feeling a bit bumpy afterwards. Even though threading is slightly more expensive than waxing I would say it's well worth a try and is less painful, although is a wierd feeling when you first get it done!

Which one do you prefer, wax or thread???