Mini Superdrug haul.

Today I popped into my local Superdrug in the hopes of finding the new MUA Blushes. Normally it takes a while for new products to hit our tiny town, it's a little behind the times to say the least! Nevertheless, they actually had them in stock, score!

Due to the fact the 3 for 2 deal is still on for all make-up, I decided to pick up the 3 blushes which will most suit my pale skin. I ended up getting Cupcake, Lolly and Candyfloss. Most of the blushes are matte, which is perfect as if I'm going for the shimmery look, I'd rather add it myself.

Cupcake is described as good for pale skin (ideal for me) and is a dusty muted natural pink.

Lolly is a light coral orange/peach colour and suits more sun kissed skin tones (lets hope the sun makes an appearance!)

Finally Candyfloss, this is the most vibrant one I bought, it's a light pink rose colour, has a very fine shimmer layer and is designed for pale/medium skin.

Now for the best part, the pictures!

From L-R Cupcake, Lolly and Candyfloss

From Top - Bottom Cupcake, Lolly and Candyfloss

From L-R Cupcake, Lolly and Candyfloss

 As I've yet to wear these, there's no point in fully reviewing them, but from having swatched them, I can already tell they're very soft and easy to blend, they feel nice, and the colour translates beautifully from palette to skin.

I also bought myself a new pair of eyelash curlers, I thought these ones from Revlon, albeit tacky, were also so cute (I love purple!).  As I already have a pair of Revlon lash curlers, I know these are trust worthy and work well from my lashes. I think I'm going to deep clean my other pair and put them in my professional kit!

Have a great weekend!

Maybelline Eyestudio Gel Eyeliner

LOVE!!!

Fantastically pigmented, easy to apply and affordable, need I say more?

Well probably yes, as that doesn't really give a great review, to which this product, in my opinion, really deserves!!!

This is a new release from drugstore staple Maybelline, a brand I seem to have a fairly love/hate relationship with, but of late has done nothing but impress me! Retailing at £7.99 its currently available as an introductory price of £5.99, and is definitely worth a look at. Due to the fact I'm so torn over the brand itself, I was slightly skeptical over their version of a gel eyeliner, but having done and swatch on my hand once purchased (slightly backwards I know!) and the fact it seemed to have real staying power, I was excited to try it on my eyes!

So far I have used it to do winged eyeliner, which the only flaw is that if you make a mistake, its tough to remove without a makeup remover, and to just applied across the tops of my lids. It's true test will be when I'm back in London in a few weeks for a night out, false lashes, heat, and the inevitable sleeping with make up on after a heavy night out!

It comes with a brush, which I expected to be a bit rubbish, I tend to always throw away any applicators makeup comes with, but this brush is nice and sturdy, and because of its design it means you can quickly do either a very slimline, or a wider one, depending on what takes your fancy. I have yet to try the product with my MAC 210 brush, but hopefully it wont let me down!

I'm so impressed with not only this product, but the mascara Maybelline released along side the eyeliner, its called 'One by one', now although I haven't used this yet on myself, my sister bought a tube, and she is a very dedicated L'oreal Million Lashes mascara, we were both amazed as to how defined and volumised her lashes looked after one coat. With my 'Pulse Perfection' mascara increasingly difficult to find in this little town, I may be getting myself a tube soon!!!

L'oreal Studio Secrects Resurfacing Primer

GRRR!!! Hate this product!

Ok maybe hate is too strong of a word, but I really dislike it! Normally I use the Anti-Shine Primer from this range, but when no Boots near me had it in stock and I was in desperate need for primer, I thought, why not take a chance and give it a whirl...

Shouldn't have bothered! It retails for £12.99, whereas my normal one is £9.99, and its certainly NOT worth the extra few pounds!

It applies nicely to the face, very smooth, but its when I start to apply my make up, that the let down kicks in! Normally, I will get out of the shower, tone and moisturise my face and then prime a couple of minutes before I intend to start doing my make up, not with this, I need to leave it alot longer before I can apply anything else to my face.

I start off by doing my concealer, applying it under my eyes and to cover up any discolouration or blemishes, once I start to blend, it sticks to the Primer, and doesn't let go! so instead of blending it in and having a smooth finish to my concealer, it ends up streaky, and just being moved around my face, for the most part if you keep working with it, it will blend, eventually, but sometimes we just don't have the luxury of time! I'm glad I don't wear foundation in the summer, because goodness only knows what blending this would be like! Mayhem would be my guess! By the time I come to apply my tinted moisturiser it has been absorbed to my skin sufficiently enough not to cause any problems, but the amount of time between first application and when its "safe" to apply my concealer is ridiculous, I don't want to spend an extra 10 minutes waiting for a product to be absorbed into my skin, I just want to get the job done, and get on with my day!

I'm trying to finish the little jar up, but a little goes a long way, so in the month I have been using it, I have hardly made a dent in it! I definitely wont be buying this again, and in future if Boots don't have the anti-shine in, I will either find another brand, or wait until I can get my hands on a tube!

A bit of a waste of money in my opinion! if you have tried this product, let me know your thoughts, did you find the same? or could it just be my skin type/me not being patient enough!?

Pastel Love

This summer Barry M have released some gorgeous pastel nail paints, I have to admit, I may have got a little too into them, I have bought 4 out of the 5 pastel shades.

The first one I purchased was number 308 - Berry Ice Cream, I bought this one on the reviews of Lollipop26 and Fleur De Force, I have to admit before this I had never bought a Barry M nail paint before, as I wasn't sure of the quality, I can now say, I'm glad I went ahead and bought them! For £2.95 they are a real bargin! (Up until August 3rd they are 2 for £5 in Superdrug), the colour of this nail paint is gorgeous, I really love wearing it! It lasts a good amount of time as well before it starts chipping.

Since then I have bought and tried 304 - Mint Green and 306 - Blueberry Ice Cream, these colours are ones I'm not sure I will wear as often, on my fingers, as for me they are a little "out there", but on my toes they look good, especially with tanned skin! The application of both of these nail paints are very thick, meaning each nail only needs one coat to get a really good colour pay off! This makes painting my nails very quick and easy!

My sister then wanted to try the 309 - Strawberry Ice Cream, as she had bought me Barry M's Mushroom nail paint, I returned the favour by picking 309 up for her, but before I took it home to her, I had a quick go with it! This nail paint isn't as thick in consistency as the 304 or 306, and requires a couple of coats to get a really bold colour, it does however come across very nicely, and I can safely say my sister has been loving the colour!

Have you tried any of the Barry M Ice Cream colours? Let me know your thoughts!

xxx

Some new products I have tried...

Over the past few weeks I have bought some new cosmetic products, some I love, and some I hate. Rather than writing one MASSIVE long blog about all of the products I've broken them down into a few smaller blog reviews. Enjoy and let me know if you have tried any of the products!

MORE Sleek Palettes!

Yes, that's right, I caved and bought the other 2 palettes from the permanent collection...so here we have Chaos (pictured on the left) and Storm (on the right), I haven't used them yet, but as I haven't been disappointed with the other 2, I doubt these will disappoint!!

Sleek Palettes

So here are the pictures of the 2 Sleek Palettes I picked up the other day in Superdrug. The first one is the Original Palette and the 2nd is a limited edition Safari Palette. Both retail from £4.87 and I recommend picking these up if you are looking for something cheap and cheerful, but with good pigment!

I did a video talking about these palettes and I mentioned how suprised I was at how good the colours are. The more looks i'm doing with them, the happier I am I got them! I did swatches of the Original palette, but it was a bit of a mishap and there was no order to the colours, so I may or may not do it again!!