Monday 16 May 2016

Gerard Cosmetic BB Illumination Cream Review

I bought this product a while ago and have been using it for long enough now to have a valid review on it.....


This product is beautiful, I wear it in place of a primer under my foundation and it adds the most beautiful glow and luminosity to the makeup look. The product contains such finely milled shimmer that it just makes you look healthy and glowing, not like a disco ball. You could also use it on the tops of your cheekbones as highlighter as it is a very versatile product.
The only fault I have with it is the dodgy pump (mine might be faulty) but its not a smooth pump where you can get a small amount of product out, the pump suddenly goes on this one there is no in-between its either none or a full pump so I do find I have wasted a lot by not using it. 
Thats the only negative thing I have to say about it, apart from that it is a beautiful product to use and I would highly recommend it.


I would love to hear anyone else thoughts on this product!

xxx

Monday 11 April 2016

March Favourites

As we have come to the end of March its time for another favourites post.....



Beauty Products:
W7 Top Coat Nail Varnish
Bioderma
The Body Shop Vitamin E Hydrating Toner
Beauty Blender
Nivea Mens Sensitive Post Shave Balm
The Body Shop Honey Lipbalm
Other:
Sunglasses - Raybans
    -  Newlook
  - Primark

Youtubers:
-Tati
- Shaaanxo
- Zoella



(Im sorry there hasn't been any posts this last week, I had a week off too catch up with college work and life, but I'm back now and all caught up!)

xxx

Monday 28 March 2016

Winged Liner - Benefit They're Real Push-Up Liner Review

Again late on the bandwagon, but I recently bought the 'Benefit They're Real Push-Up Liner' in black to try out.


I wanted to create quite a dramatic wing with it to see what it was like.


Now first of all the packaging - I don't like the way you have to apply it, I feel that its really hard to get a sharp tip on the end of the wing using the applicator and also the way the products released means it crumbles and balls up sometimes when your trying to apply it. 
You need a lot of patience with this product! 

But after all that I still love it, because it is the blackest, most pigmented liner I have ever used, and once it was on it didn't budge, although if you make the layer of liner too thick it may crumble slightly. Its so difficult to apply but once its on it looks gorgeous and for that reason I really like it, the formula is fantastic, the packing and the way you have to apply it not so much. But for the formula I would recommend it. It retails for £18.50, and although that is expense I think it is worth it, you just need patience with it.

I would love to hear any of your recommendations for a better liner for me to try.
I hope you enjoyed this post.

xxx



Wednesday 23 March 2016

New NYC Expert Last Lip Color Review

So I saw these out and thought I would pick up a couple of the shades to try. They retail for £1.00/99p depending on where you go.
There are 7 shades (shown on the website), but I only managed to get my hands on 6! What is fantastic about them is that the packaging colour matches the shade so it makes it easier to help you decide what to pick! 
These are the ones I got......

411 - Snowcone

This colour was very shimmery, but still a very sweet, wearable, pink. It is very creamy and moisturising on the lips. It was still quite pigmented and went on nice and evenly. I would recommend this one.


448 - Smooth Beige

This one was very creamy but the colour just wouldn't go on smoothly and separated on the lips so it didn't look very nice. I wouldn't recommend this one.


443 - Purple Crush

This colour was lovely and again very creamy, but this one wasn't as pigmented and was more like a stain on the lips which would look really nice for someone who wore more natural makeup. I would recommend this one.


405 - Blue Rose

As the name suggests this colour is a very blue-based pink, so if your not into those sorts of colours steer clear. To me this was a lovely colour, and brighter than the others so far. Again it was more like a stain on the lips, but none the less a lovely colour. I would recommend this one.


450 - Pure Coral

This was a lovely coral-red colour and was really bright and pigmented. It was again a really creamy colour and looked and felt really nice on the lips. This colour would be great in the summer. I would definitely recommend it.


432 - Red Rapture

This was a more deeper red colour, it was very pigmented and creamy on the lips and would be great as a more going out colour, or if your daring enough an everyday colour. I would highly recommend this one.




So out of all 6 of the colours I tried only one of them was a disappointment, and for the price thats fantastic! The formula is really creamy and comfortable on the lips and the colour range is really great. They are all so pigmented and gorgeous colours. 
They claim to last 6 hours, but they are so creamy I'm not sure they would if your eating and drinking, the longest I've worn a colour is about 2 hours and it was mostly all gone. 
They have a sweet vanilla smell so thats lovely as well. 
Also the shape of them means its so easy to apply and you really get a precise line around the lips! All in all they are a fantastic product and I would Highly Recommend them.

Shout out to my best friend on here -  http://joannelisa.blogspot.co.uk
I'm challenging her to up her posts to twice a week for the next 3 weeks over the easter holidays!!! <3 

Hope you enjoyed this post.

xxx












Friday 18 March 2016

Ebay Fakes Haul - Inspired by Krissy Grotez

So I always see that on eBay they sell lots of fakes of well known brands, so I thought it would be fun to haul some fakes and see what they are like (I will review them after using them for a while in a separate post). This post was inspired by Krissy Grotez's youtube video 'Ebay Finds #1 Makeup, Brushes & More!'. I thought it was such a fun idea I had to give it a go!


The Fakes vs Real Deal Prices:

Starting off with the fakes.....
  • 'The Balm Eyeshadow Quad' - £1.69
  • 'Pink Beauty Blender' - £2.82
  • 'Anastasia Beverly Hills Contour Kit' - £14.50
  • '7 Pieces Brush Set (Real Techniques Bold Metals Brushes)' - £5.22
  • 'Kat Von D Shade and Light Contour Kit' - £7.48
  • 'Nars Ita Kabuki Brush' - £1.49
The real ones.....
  • The Balm Eyeshadow Trio - £14.49
  • Beauty Blender - £16.00
  • Anastasia Beverly Hills Contour Kit - £39.00
  • Real Techniques Bold Metals Brushes Set of 3 - £30.00
  • Kat Von D Shade and Light Contour Kit - $46.00
  • Nars Ita Kabuki Brush - £43.00
So far they are all proving to actually be really good, especially the brushes and the contour kits, I will update you in more depth when I have used them all for a bit longer. I hope you enjoyed this post!

xxx

Wednesday 16 March 2016

Drugstore Dry Shampoo Review

So I have recently tried out a couple of new dry shampoo's, so I thought I would review and rank them so any of you wanting to know which ones are good and which ones aren't will know. These are all drugstore dry shampoo's.

  1. Batiste Original Dry Shampoo - So the best dry shampoo I have ever used is this one, I can go up to four days without washing my hair by just using this and spraying it into the roots. (I obviously have showers in between to wash the rest of me just not my hair.) This dry shampoo doesn't leave your hair feeling greasy it makes it look freshly washed and smells fresh and doesn't dry out my hair. Its fantastic!
  2. Pantene Dry Shampoo Volume Booster - This is only in second place because I found a different use for it rather than a dry shampoo. As a dry shampoo its awful and it makes your hair even more greasy than it was before. But as a volume booster to help me tease the ends of my hair to put into a messy bun its fantastic, and really helps hold the tease in all day and gives a tonne of volume.
  3. Herbal Essences Dry Shampoo - This one is in last place as its the worst one I've tried. It just didn't do anything to my hair and if anything made it more greasy. It wasn't a good dry shampoo at all and I wouldn't recommend it.
I just wanted to say that I have blonde hair so I have never found any dry shampoo's to leave it looking white, but obviously this is because my hair isn't dark, so just take that into consideration when buying any dry shampoo.

I would love to hear any of your recommendations of what to try next! Remember these are all my own opinions.

xxx

Monday 14 March 2016

So Susan Featherlash Mascara Review

So in one of my Birchboxes (November) I got a mascara 'So Susan Featherlash Mascara' , so I thought I would try it out and do a review on it so you could see what it was like.

Firstly the packaging and price;
The packaging is very simple, sleek and black.

The mascara came as a full size sample in the box which was awesome and retails for £18.
So for the price I had high hopes for the product and the packaging was okay, nothing exciting but it wasn't bad. 

What it claims to do;
"For thicker, fuller lashes, you need to catch them all in one stroke - and with this mascara you can! It coats even the shortest lashes in volumising, long-lasting pigment."

I do not agree with the statement at all! The brush is so big and chunky you can't get small lashes without getting it on your skin or in your eye.

Also "volumising, long-lasting pigment", it gave me no volume and lasted about half an hour without crumbling and smudging under my eyes.

When I used it...
So the first day I wore it to work for about 6 hours and I was very disappointed, even after about half an hour it was crumbling all under my eye and half way through the day it had smudged all under my eyes and I looked like I hadn't taken my make up off the night before. Anyway I took it off and tried it again the next day and the same thing happened, I have combination skin so it's not extremely oily anywhere and I have never had this problem before (unless it was an old mascara crumbling). So honestly I'm not very impressed with the mascara, I would not recommend it and will not be repurchasing it (this is my own personal opinion). 

Again this is my own personal opinion but I hope this helps any of you who were going to buy it, there are many better mascara's out there that are a lot cheaper. Such as the Maybelline Lash Sensational mascara which retails at £7.99. I will be doing a review on that next as I have been using it non stop for the last couple of weeks.


Im sorry that this was a negative review, I just want to do honest reviews on everything I try, so that when you guys read them your prepared for what your about to buy and save you from wasting money!
Anyway on a more positive note I hope you enjoyed the post

xxx