The Colour Experts

Hi Guys!

Who's heard of this brand then? I certainly hadn't. So I can't tell you how long its been around. I found the counter in B&M (which imediately made me wonder if it would be any good). 

They whole range was super cheap, and they had every makeup product you could think of.  I was drawn to the lipsticks and the liquid eyeliners. The lipsticks as you can see in the picture below looks very similar to the makeup revolution ones. But as far as I know their not in conjunction.

Anyway I ended up buying 2 lipsticks in 'naked dreams' and 'naked stripped'.Both colours are completely gorgeous!

I have worn both colours to work as they are both lovely day time colours, and I wore them without any lipliner underneath. And to my suprise they lasted really well. On application they went on really smoothly and felt creamy. They actually felt really moisturising and didn't dry my lips out at all. These are a completel bargain at just £1.00. I would definitely purchase more of these.

Naked Stripped

Naked Dreams

The eyeliner I got was a waterproof liquid liner. When I went to apply this for the first time I noticed that the nib went to a super fine point and was fairly flexible. And to my suprise it was lovely to apply. It's a really dark black too which also is great becuase I've had cheap eyeliners in the past and they have just seemed watery and in need of 2 layers, but not this one!

This liner was also just £1.00.

Bye for now

xox

Rimmel Wonder'full Mascara Review!

Hi Guys

So who's tried this new mascara? After reading the bottle I was like 'Ooh I need to try this!' The reason for this is because it has argan oil in it. And we all know how nice products with argan oil in are.

I read up about it and it says that lashes will feel conditioned, soft and flexible, with zero clumps and a feather-light volume. I'm not entirely sure what a feather light volume is or means. I'm guessing it's just their way if saying great volume haha.

It has an ultra flex brush with soft britles (which are plastic not synthetic), which hugs the lashes defining them from root to tip.

It also says what result you should experience with this mascara and that is that all lashes revealed full, perfectly smooth, clump free volume. The price for this is £7.99.

The mascara also says it's extreme black buy I never found it to be any darker than other normal black Mascaras. The only other negative for for this mascara is that it has a really strong chemical smell to it. Which I know doesn't necessarily effect the look but still a little off putting.

 I just applied one coat, my lashes did look smooth and not clumpy, (which is what I look for in a mascara) but to my surprise it didn't seem to give me as much lift, length and volume as some of my other mascaras. I normally find plastic wands to be really good on my lashes. I've stopped using synthetic brushes because of this. I also put this on my lower lashes which is always a good test for me as I find a lot transfer but this one wasn't too bad on that so that's a bonus. The only other thing I'm not sure about with this mascara was the conditioned lashes because of the argan oil. I haven't felt like it has actually done anything unfortunately. 

All in all it's not a massively bad mascara, but not sure I would necessarily re-purchase it. I give it 6/10.

Bye for now

xox

Where have I been??

Hey Guys!

Soooo, as you may have seen, I've been completely poop at blogging! I can't even tell you that it's because I've been super busy doing lots of exciting things, because I haven't! 

I've just been working away with my day job, and sometimes when I'm finished for the day, I just want to sit and chill out. 

Blogging is definitely a full time hobbie, but I am determined this time to get my butt in gear a keep up with regular blog posts. I am going to aim to blog at least twice a week, but it could be more!

What else have I to tell you..... Ooh I went on holiday recently. Well I say recently it was 4 weeks ago already! Why does that always happen? Feels like I haven't been away. But it was so lovely when I was there. Hot sun, beach and cocktails. What more do you need! I went to Costa Brava with my other half, mum and dad, and it was just what I needed. 

How lovely does it look! I wish I was there now!

There was an absolutely fab cocktail shack just down the road from the hotel, and all the cocktails were just amazing!

Can't beat a 'Sex on the Beach' hey! Haha

So yes, just wanted to finally check back in and let you all know what's going on!

Bye for now

xox

ELF Makeup Mist & Set

Hi Guys

I've found Setting sprays have been seen every where recently on youtube. So of course I needed to start trying them out. So far I've only tried this one from ELF but I have heard the NYX one is really nice but everytime I go to buy one it's sold out. Which must be telling me it's good right?

Anyway back to the ELF setting spray. This one contains Aloe, Green Tea, Cucumber and vitamins A, C & E and has very little fragrance to it. It costs £3.95 and you get 60mls which is a good size. Having never used a setting spray before I wasn't sure whether it really was making my makeup last longer. But on the days when I haven't used It think I can defintely notice a difference. 

                                                

Something which I've also seen setting sprays used for is eyeshadows. It can make shimmery eyeshadows even more shimmery and brighter which can give a really nice effect on the eye lid so I use this for that too. It's also really nice just to mist over your face in the hot weather to cool you down.

Any other setting sprays you guys can recommend then please leave me a comment below.

Bye for now

Laura xox

Liquid Liners

Hi Guys

I'm going to be reviewing the liquid liners I have or currently are still using. 

Liquid liners to me are my favourite type of liner over pencils and gels. My eyes are fairly hooded so I find a liner that dries is best as pencils and gels tend to always transfer up on to my eye.

The two liners I'm loving and using most days at the moment are both Loreal liners.

First one is the Super Liner Perfect Slim. Which has a fine feltip nib, that is firm but not solid. This one is lovely and really easy for making a really thin line across the lid. And because the nib goes to such a point it's really good for winging out and getting that really crisp flick. It feels really nice to hold too. This one costs £6.99 from Superdrug.

The next one is the Super Liner Black Laquer. This has a similar nib although it is a lot softer and has more movement. Also the point is not such a sharp point as the one above but you can still get a nice flick with it. I have to say this is definitely one of the blackest liners I've ever used. You do need to make sure you give this one a shake and you can hear a little ball clicking as you do this inside. This one costs £6.49 from Superdrug. 

Two other liners I've tried and I think are very similar to each other are the Collection Fast Stroke and the ELF Liquid Liner. Both of these liners have a sharp point for the nib which is great, and both are very hard nibs. There's only one slight difference between these two liners and that is that the ELF one is slightly less opaque. But as long as you give it 2 coats it's fine. The Collection liner costs £2.99 and the ELF one is £3.95.

The longevity of all the liners mentioned are really good. If anything the collection one will crumble but not until right at the end of the day. And to be honest that's when I have rubbed my tired little eyes haha. But by far the Loreal ones are my faves!

Bye for now 

Laura xox

 

Rimmel Lash Accelerator Endless Mascara

Hi Guys

Time for a mascara review. Not done one of these for a while. And obviously you read the title and know which one I'm talking about. But Incase your not sure what it looks like I will add in a picture here :-).

On the front of this mascara it says 'Grow lash complex + fibres'. So seeing this I though ahh fab my lashes will be super duper long and luscious because of this fibre technique. However on application I was a little disappointed. Don't get me wrong it did make my lashes a nice length although (without bragging) i do find my lashes to be quite good with most mascaras. And this one didn't seem to be doing anything extra for me. I've never had a fibres mascara before, but I have looked at them and thought about buying one, because you can normally see the little fibres on the wand. But on closer inspection with this wand, it just looks like any other mascara to me. You can't see any fibres, which made me doubt the whole fibre technology thing. 

As a normal mascara it's fine. Like I say it does add length and volume to my lashes, but I have found it doesn't give me anything extra than other mascaras without fibres do. This one cost me £7.99 from Boots.

I'm definitely not saying I wouldn't re-purchase it because I would, but if there were other new ones out to try I would probably try them first. 

Bye for now 

Laura xox

W7 Dupes

Hi Guys

Currently sitting writing this blog whilst listening to the rain bucketing down thinking "I've got to go out in that shortly!" Ergh! Never mind.

Right, so W7 makeup! The more I have really looked at some the items the more I've realised how many dupes for High end makeup they do. I have bought a couple of them to see what there like, and I have to say especially with eye shadows, if you use a good eyelid primer they last really well. And in actual fact have good pigmentation.

The main palette I'm talking about here is what w7 call 'In The Nude' which is a dupe for the Urban Decay Naked 3. I had been toying with the idea of buying the naked 3, although I wasn't sure the colour range would suit me as it's very pink toned and to be honest I don't really use many pinky colours on my eyes. So I decided this would be brilliant as it was a lot cheaper than the naked 3 and if I didn't like the colours I wasn't wasting £40. So here's what the w7 one looks like.

As you can see it's got the same tin style casing which is similar colour, and then the eyeshadows which again are all very similar. The one big difference is that this one doesn't have a morrow on the lid like other naked palettes do. It cost me £6.99 and for the price I think it's a really good dupe if your not wanting to spend £40 or like me not sure if the colours would suit you.

The next w7 item I picked up recently is the Honolulu bronzing powder which is a dupe for the Benefit Hoola Bronzer. It's packaging is very similar, comes in the box form and with a little brush (which I have to say I'm loving using for contouring). 

Here's what the w7 bronzer looks like.

This cost me just £2.99. I haven't actually tried the Benefit Hoola bronzer, only swatched it, but I have to say this is in my eyes a good bronzer. Especially for contouring because it has no shimmer in it at all. I'm normally one that loves my Sleek contour kit and the colour, powder texture and longevity is exactly the same. I know with some cheaper bronzes I've had before can be very orangey but this one definitely isn't. The little brush you get with it is really soft and the shape is perfect for carving out your cheek bones on going down the side of your nose. 

This bronzer and palette is definitely good for anyone who is maybe starting out in makeup and doesn't want to spend too much money on products whilst practicing or if your like me and just love a bargain product that works!

After trying out these 2 w7 products I will definitely be trying more. I know they do the dupe for the naked 2, and I've seen that they also do dupes for the Benefit Rocketeur and Coralista blushers which I will be trying. (Have a slight obsession with blushers). And why not at these prices!

Bye for now

Laura xox