Hey Guys, Today's review is a continuation from the weekends review on Mac X Aladdin Princess Jasmine's Palette, but this time we are looking at the Bronzer and Highlighter from the collection. They are advertised on the their website as powder blushes but they definitely perform like a bronzer and highlighter. First up we have the Bronzer which is named Your Wish Is My Command. This bronzer is a gorgeous medium to dark brown with warm undertones and a matte finish. The formula is very soft and smooth to the touch. The brush picks up a lot, a lot of product so I would recommend going in with a lighter hand to start with. It applies beautifully and evenly. It lasted a good 8 hours and still looked perfect come the end of the day. I definitely recommend this product. The way it stays looking perfect throughout the whole day. The price point, the packaging is beautiful. The shade is just right for my olive skin, it's buildable and I think it would really suit a lot of different skin tones. Next up we have Always One Jump Ahead the highlighter of the collection. This highlighter is beautiful and my favourite item from the collection (no surprise there). The formula is buttery, smooth, light and creamy. It applies beautifully and is opaque, with a really good coverage. It is blinding right from the get go but can be built up to be really out there. It didn't show any texture or pores up, it was so luminous but blended in beautifully with my other make up. It lasted a good 8 hours on my skin, it had started to face into my skin slightly by the end of the day but nothing that would worry me. This beautiful highlighter is like a champagne gold and looked amazing on my medium/olive skin;. I think it may a little to dark for lighter skin tones but would work well with tan to dark. All in all this gets another 10/10 for me. I highly recommend if your a highlighter fan or a Disney collector! From the shade to the formula it's definitely the star of the show! I was so happy with the way that these products performed after the disaster of the eyeshadow palette. They both have amazing pigmentation, they perform really well & the formula is so buttery! One of my favourite thing's is the packaging, from the outer packaging to the compact, it's just beautiful. If you're looking for a beautiful gold highlighter or a golden matte bronzer these are definitely worth it, if you are a huge Disney fan or a make up collector these are pieces that will look amazing in your collection. Until Next Time,
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Hey Guys, Today's post is the first of 2 on the Mac X Disney Aladdin Collection. The first one I have focused on just The Princess Jasmine Palette. I was so excited for this launch, Aladdin is my favourite Disney film and then to have it with make up - I was in heaven! That was until I swatched it, I have never been disappointed in a product before let alone a Mac product. So let's jump into the review, The packaging is absolutely gorgeous. It's completely in theme with new film (which if you haven't seen it yet, you need to! It's a must see!) It really does have gorgeous packaging, but it feels very cheap, very light and a lot smaller than it looks online. This palette has 9 shades; ♡No Ordinary Lamp - Light Rose ♡Creative Copper - Peachy Gold with Gold Shimmer ♡Agrabah - Cool Rose ♡Riffraff - Mauve ♡Rags To Riches - Pale Gold Frost ♡Life The Genie Life - Gunmental Silver ♡Princess Jasmine - Duochrome Blue Green with Red Undertone. ♡Abu! - Plum with Red Pearl ♡Shadowy Lady - Blackened Plum These shadows are just a disaster. To get swatches it took me so many swipes to build anything up for you too see. As you can see, some barely show up, some even when I have built them up are patchy & this was just to get them to swatch on the hands. So I decided to bite the bullet and still give it ago, but just as I thought when swatching it was just pure disappointment. Riffraff was the only one I was able to apply without it being too much trouble. It blended nicely with a bit of work it built up and looked fairly good. The rest of the shadows where very dry, didn't blend out nicely, had no pigmentation and then when you try to build them up there was a lot of fall out, they became uneven and would knock the first layer off. They where horrible to work with, the shimmers felt almost gritty on the eye, they didn't adhere well even when using different primers. I would give this a 1/10 and that's only because I like the palette's front design on the packaging. I don't recommend this palette and since writing this I have actually returned the palette to get a refund and I very rarely do that! Keep an eye out for my next Mac x Aladdin Collection which features both the Always One Jump Ahead Blush/Highlighter & Your Wish Is My Command Bronzer coming this week. Until Then, Be Sure To Add My Instagram For Behind The Scene’s!Hey Guys, Today's post is me sharing some of the amazing gifts that I received for my birthday, also a few items I purchased with Birthday money, I have a tradition of going shopping either on my birthday or the day after. So lets jump straight in. Pixi Rose Tonic After trying their glow tonic and loving it, I was excited to try their newer Rose tonic. The ingredients look fab and I cant way to try it out. Glamglow Gift Set I am such a huge Glamglow fan, I love their masks & the moisturiser that's included in the set.. I cant wait to try their cleanser out as I haven't had the chance to give it ago yet. Disney Face Mask's I am a huge skincare lover and Disney fan and I love it when the 2 combine to give you unique gifts. I got both a Ursula sheet mask and a Aladdin glitter mask. Both where by Mad beauty in Primark. I cannot wait to try both of these out! Fenty Beauty Sun Stalk'r Instant Warmth Bronzer I was very lucky to have this from my best friend and I've only used it a few times but so far so good! There will definitely be a review up soon! Fenty is now available in Boots which makes it more accessible! Smashbox Photo Finish Foundation Primer This is hands down my favourite primer, make up applies beautifully and lasts all day. I needed a top up so just grabbed a travel size while I finish off a few other primers. Fenty Beauty Pro Filt'r Instant Retouch Setting Powder I am already obsessed with this powder, I have only used it a few times but so far I have no quibbles with it! I'll definitely do a review for you guys soon! Smashbox Crystalized Collection My amazing best friend got me the Opti-Mystic highlighter from the collection and I grabbed the eyeshadow palette when I went shopping, as I saw it in Boots & feel completely in love, I cant wait to try it out & hello look at the packaging - it's absolutely gorgeous!! Full review on both items will be up soon. Garnier Ultimate Blends Hair Food Banana I am a huge fan of hair masks and this one is a 3-in-1 conditioner, mask and leave in conditioner. Can't wait to see if it works.. Colourpop Disney I was lucky enough to have a big colourpop order for my birthday from both my mum and my partner. I was so excited to be able to get my hands on some of the Disney & Disney villain range. Il be doing a huge review after I have tested out all the items. Colourpop I also got lots of their normal ranges as well as a few other collaberations. I've used a few items and so far I'm loving them. I also got lots of bits and bobs as well as some other amazing gifts and money. I got lots of Disney Aladdin bits what with the movie coming out this month and it being my favourite! I also got a gorgeous pair of Pandora earrings from the bestie and they are absolutely gorgeous! Thank-you so much to everyone who gave me a gift, money or simply wished me a happy birthday, it means the world.
Can't wait to give you lots of new reviews! If there is anything you want to see in a review let me known down below! Until Next Time, Hey Guys, So this year I have noticed a few different variations of people doing project pan - where they've been using up some of their existing products. So I thought I'm gonna give this a go, but do it my own way. I decided at the beginning of the year I wanted to try and use some of my products up rather than just keep adding all the time. So I sat down and had a thought and decided that because it's my birthday this weekend (12th May) and I'm going to be turning 28 that I would pick 28 of my products and give myself until my next birthday to try and get down to the pan or to empty the product. I will revisit this in a year and do a recap post , letting you know how I go and what happened! I will of course keep you up to date on my social media when I finish products and so on. Let's jump in and see what products I have chosen for my project pan! 1. Benefit - Gimme Brow - £21.50
2. Colourpop Cosmetics - Super Shock Shadow - Hanky Panky $6 3. Superdrug - Vitamin E All Over Body Cream - £2.99 4. Urban Decay - All Nighter Waterproof Setting Powder - £25 5. Too Faced - Sweetie Pie Bronzer - £25 6. Nars - Radiant Cream Concealer - Vanilla - £24 7. Jouer - High Coverage Crème Foundation - Biscuit - £34 8. Dior - Diorshow Brow styler - 002 - £22 9. RCMA - No colour Powder - £11.95 10. Dior - Miss Dior Hair Mist - £38 11. Benefit - Bad Gal Bang Mascara - £22 12. Skinfood - Strawberry Black Sugar Mask - $10.99 13. Smashbox - Photo Finish Primerizer £30 14. Hourglass - Veil Translucent Powder £16-42 15. Laura Mercier - Fall In Love Illuminator Collection £42 16. Benefit - Gold Rush Blusher - £26 17. Yves Saint Laurent - Glaze & Gloss - £28 18. Laneige Lip Sleeping Mask - £14 19. Body Shop - Black Musk Eau De Toilette - £24 20. Smashbox - Photo Edit Eyeshadow Trio - Holy Crop - £20 21. Superdrug - Vitamin E Leave On Mask - £2.99 22. Nars - Orgasm Blusher - £25 23. Yves Saint Laurent - Manifesto Eau De Parfum £42.50 - 96.50 24. Anastasia Beverly Hills - Lipgloss Undressed - £17 25. Morphe - Prep & Set Mist - £15 26. Dior - Diorskin Forever Undercover 020 - £22.50 27. Glamglow - Instamud - £30 28. Ofra - Rodeo Drive Highlighter - £25 So there you have it, my list of 28 products which I plan on trying to use up before my next birthday! Let me know if you'd like a update in November (the 6 month mark) and be sure to keep an eye out on my Instagram for regular updates! Until Next Time, Hey Guys, Today's post is a is it even worth a £1 type post! As some of you may seen Jess Wright a former Towie star has launched some products in collaboration with Poundland. When I saw this new collection I knew I wanted to test it out and see if it was even worth its £1 price tag, which I mean it must be worth a pound right?! I decided to try the sheet mask out as I'm not one for fake tan. So let's jump in to the review and see if it was worth it! First up is the packaging, I really like the blush pink/nude theme, the instructions are easy to follow and were clearly printed.
This face mask has a slight skincare scent, nothing to over powering which I was glad about, as some of the more reasonable sheet masks can smell quiet overpowering with a chemical scent. The first thing I noticed was that it was absolutely soaking with serum. I got in quiet a mess putting it on and by the end of it had serum dripping down my neck, all over my hands, luckily it dries down into the skin without leaving a sticky residue. I left the mask on for 15 minutes and by the end of it the mask was bone dry. It started to dry down after about 10 minutes. After removing the mask my skin had a very small amount of serum left which I left to soak into the skin. I could tell that I had, had the mask on for a little while after but within the hour it had worked into the skin and I couldn't tell anything was on my face. However I really didn't notice any difference in my face at all, it did feel hydrated immediately after use but it soon disappeared. The next day I didn't see any difference in my skin. It still looked and felt the same. So my final thoughts, I personally wouldnt buy this face mask again, its not that its particularly bad, it's just that it did nothing for me and this day in age when you can grab a bargain sheet mask from many different brands, it just isn't worth it to me. Yes if you're in Poundland or you have a teenager that wants a pamper without using anything to strong on their face, this would be perfect and of course the price point, you cant argue or be disappointed when it's only a pound! It get only 3/10 for me and that's only for the packaging, that the scent isn't too much and that for a little while after it felt hydrating. I hope you've enjoyed this quick review and keep your eyes peeled for a few more skincare posts this month! Until Next Time, |
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