Bourjois Blusher (healthy mix 41)

A review on yet another blusher. I think I am obsessed with blushers. 

So last month I picked this little cutie up, I already had a cream blush from bourjois but I really didn't get on with it. So when i came across the powder blushers in boots I decided to give them ago. I have heard mixed reviews about bourjois blushers but I do like this blusher. I wouldn't place it over urban decay and mac blushers but for the price I really enjoy playing around with it. 

One of the main reasons I picked this blusher up is because it is in the colour 'healthy mix 41'. So since it is healthy mix i thought it will probably blend well since i use the foundation. It is a peachy but near enough natural cheek colour. I tend to apply this to my lower half of my cheek bone then add a slight touch of bronzer, mix it together and perfect autumn cheek colour! 

As you can see you get a brush with the blusher but it is a rounded shape to fit in the little pot. I tried applying the blusher with it but it is very awkward! I use my real techniques blush brush. I love this blush I love the point it goes into because it helps apply blusher very precisely. The only issue with using this blush brush is the pot is actually very small like hand bag/ travel size pot, which makes the brush slightly bigger than the pot (very annoying). I like the colour of this because I can wear this everyday without it looking over the top!

So top things about this product
- its pigmented and blends like a dream
- perfect everyday colour
- brilliant travel size

Totally worth spending the £7.99. It is a very high quality product.
I would recommend bourjois as a very good company I have loved all their products that I have tried and they are such a high quality company for a high street price!

Love
Amy
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Dr Martens, fur lining

Last week I had a little shopping trip and my main aim was Christmas presents but also some winter boots since it is getting very cold in the UK now. When I walked into schuh the first things that caught my eye were fur lined dr Marten boots. I have never owned Dr Marten boots before but these just looked wonderful. I tried them on and they were extra comfy and cosy.

So I have chosen to wear them with the flap slightly down so you can see the fur but you could also wear them curled down all the way round the top, although i feel it would make a crease in the leather. So I have only laced them up to the 6th hole so i can fold the tongues over slightly.  As you can see I am wearing these with jeans but I would probably wear tights with these boots as well. So since these are Dr Martens they are  cartegena leather it makes them feel extra soft and gives them a very smooth finish. I would totally recommend this brand to anyone. The leather feels amazing and I will last a very long time if you look after them. 

Thanks for reading 
Amy
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Birthday Haul

I had my 20th birthday on the 3rd of October! So i spent my birthday money on a few bits I've been waiting to get for a while! I have also saved up a lot of my money. I would like to thank my family, boyfriend and friends for all of these presents!
I have separated my products into skincare and makeup.

This is the selection of skincare products that I got. The Loreal micellar was a repurchase. The rest are products I have never tried. 

These three products were a present off my friend Hannah, the hand food is a very popular product and can't wait to carry this about. I have never tried both the spray mist and face mask but I am very excited to! 

So I did ask my mam for the Clinque moisturizer. I was so excited when i opened the three step pack. I will be doing a review on this. It is amazing! the moisturizer its self is the dramatically different lotion but you can also get a gel type. This is £17.00 for 50ml and you can get it in a tube or a pump style bottle! The Loreal micellar is one of my favourite products at the minute it does my skin wonders you can get this from boots or super drug and most supermarkets have it in (UK only) this ranges from £2.00-4.00, there are always deals on. 

I got three real technique brushes to add to my collection! From left to right, expert face brush, blush brush and powder brush. These are just perfect I love them! They ranged from £9.99 to £15.00 

This is the makeup products I picked up, The MUA blusher is off hannah again. The rest I picked up myself with money I got for my birthday. 

I love MUA blushers I don't have this colour which is great. Now I saw this easy travel friendly eye-shadow pen in a browny colour for the crease and a golden colour for the lid it is great, this was £6.99. I lovely autumn barry M nail polish in a navy blue. 

I was so excited when I saw the new Urban Decay palette which I will be reviewing soon so you can see it all! It has 5 eye shadows two blushers and a highlighter as a two story palette. With a added lip crayon and eyeliner. The bronzer which is face and body which is a lovely product and a repurchase of mac mineralize skin-finish powder which is my go to powder and it literally lasts me a year! 

I would like to thank everyone for my birthday gifts! I cant wait to play about with them and give them a review! 

Thanks 

Amy 

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Oil-licious got2be: review

Hey guys I've got a lovely review on a hair product today which is not something I've done before. Now to tell you the truth I don't do a lot with my hair. I have to wash it daily because I'm obsessed in case it looks greasy I normally use Aussie stuff for my shampoo and conditioner just depending on which one I fancy picking up! So before I dry it I have recently started using heat protection yes I am lazy in that sense. And then add this lovely argon oil. Once its dry it is so soft and silky.

So I got this a few weeks back, overall it is a well presented product and it has multiple purposes. This product is mainly argon oil but it does have other oils in which is why it states on the bottle 'with argon oil' The beauty world has been raving about argon oil for months now and it is starting to come a big hit online and within the shops. It is a great product for your hair so it is totally understandable why argon oil is becoming big. There is other oils which are well known too like Moroccan oil which is also a great product. 

The first thing I think when I hear oil in a hair product, my hair is already greasy without an added oil to make it even more greasy. 

 What does this bottle promise?
Well it states it is a tame and shine styling oil. It also states three uses for this product. You can either apply it before washing your hair which is to provide extra care for your hair so possibly if its feeling dry and unwanted. The second use is to apply on dam hair. This is how I use it so I will go into this after. Lastly you can apply this after drying your hair, this is to provide a hi shine and sleek finish.

Now I de-tangle my hair then brush through it until it is untangled. I then squirt one pump onto my hand and apply it to my hair. This gives it a nice soft feeling. Once drying my hair it leaves my eye untangled and soft. There is also a natural shine to it. Therefore it does tame and shine your hair. Although once drying my hair I don't style my hair in anyway but this does leave me feeling set for the day. On the first day of using this product you can tell the different which is great but if you use it everyday it literally leaves your hair feeling like you have just walked out the hairdressers everyday!

I totally recommend this product to anyone with any type of hair. Mine is feeling so healthy at the minute and its all down to this wonderful product!

This product is £4.07 from boots for a 50ml bottle
http://www.boots.com/en/Schwarzkopf-Got2b-Oil-Licious-Tame-Shine-Styling-Oil-50ml_1330195/


Feel free to ask any questions
Thanks
Amy
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Mascara of the month: Maybelline Falsies

After weeks of researching this mascara I finally bought it, I swore by benefit they're real mascara I believed nothing would come close to that mascara but this one comes 99% close and is half the price. 

So what do they claim? 

Well the name says it is like false lashes , they obviously don't add any more length to your lashes but they give them volume which in effect makes them look longer and thicker. Now I am very blessed to have lovely lashes that are long and thick without mascara so I don't need much but I do like getting the best. With this mascara I do feel like It gives my lashes a great look with just one stroke of mascara! They also claim it is ex matte and extremely black. Now in all fairness I always get a black mascara so I don't really think there is a mascara any blacker than another but it is a dark black I suppose. I have also never had a shiny mascara they have always been a matte colour so it is as matte as it can be. I can't really go into much detail about these two claims but it is black and it is matte! 

The brush is a very curvy shape which fits your lashes perfectly, this also gives less mess (getting it all over my face) which is always a benefit for me! It also gives your lashes a nice shape without a curler. Its hard to get used it it compared to just a straight line but once you do it is very addictive. I have never curled my lashes purely because they don't need it. I never find that it clumps which is always a plus from a high street. mascara. 

They do two different types one waterproof one non waterproof. I choose the waterproof one purely because winter is coming (yes, i was aiming for the game of thrones reference) and i always get caught in the rain. This mascara will last all day which is brill! I find it lasts long than the benefit they're real mascara. 

 

This was £7.99 which is a great price and does the same thing compared to the Benefit they're real which is

£19.50.

Thanks for reading and please leave a comment 

Amy 

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My favourite foundation

Hey guys, since starting this blog I have blogged about two different types of foundations. At the time I really did love them both (Mac mineralize and Wake me up) Since testing out a few others my now go to foundation is definitely the Bourjois healthy mix foundation.

I've had this for a few months now and at first I was only using it for lazy days and work days. The other times I was using my Mac one. I think it is important to remember just because you pay a lot of money for a foundation doesn't mean it is going to be good which is what I found out. I paid £23.00 for the Mac one which is fairly expensive in my eyes. I only paid £7.99 for the bourjois healthy mix foundation. I researched this foundation a lot before I bought it, for example whether to get serum or foundation and what the colour matches were like. This also has a build in pump which is always a good thing. I found the serum was for people with a more combination/ oily skin type whereas the foundation is for a more dry to normal skin type. I get on really well this foundation it never breaks me out in spots and it is such a lovely texture. 

So getting onto the foundation itself, it is a very creamy but not to runny which is great. I apply this with the stippling brush but i am always looking for knew ways to apply foundation. (I have literally just bought the expert face brush on Saturday so i will be trying this out) One of the promises made by this foundation is that it lasts 16 hours, I personally wouldn't agree it lasts this long but I do believe it lasts the majority of the working day. It is supposed to give a healthy glow, I totally love this glow from this foundation it is a shiny glow its a more dewy glow and it just looks so natural. Of course it will also depend on how you apply it but overall I don't think it could give you a really shiny look. It keeps your skin hydrated and it is also supposed to have fruit therapy in which of course is lovely for your skin!

Now this picture is horrendous and it doesn't look like the right match for my skin type but it actually matches very well.  This is in the shade 51. I apply probably around two and half pumps depending on how much make up I am actually wanting to wear. It covers my face and any main imperfections.
The only issues I have with this foundation is that I know it doesn't have a great deals of shades and very pale people will probably not get away with this foundation as I have the lightest one and although I am pale I know a lot of people who would need a paler tone than me. The other issue is the packaging, although it comes in a glass bottle and has a pump which I can't fault. The writing on the packaging is actually a full sticker all the way round the bottle. The sticker peals off very easy and I never even got a chance to take photos of this before it started peeling on the side which was annoying.

On Asos at the minute this is actually only £6.50 with free delivery to the UK so go and grab it now!
The price in the high street is £7.99

Overall I really love this foundation and I will be sticking with it for a while. I would definitely recommend this.
Thanks for reading and feel free to comment

Amy
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Fallen back inlove with Browzings

So I first posted when i picked this up which was back in June/July. I started using it and I didn't really know how to so I was just going along with what I thought looked best. This was one of my first eyebrow products as I used to use eye-shadow to fill in my brows. I soon started to use the Smashbox brow tech to go, this is just a pencil thing in a tube which winds up. Anyway that was amazing but unfortunately I have miss placed it which I am so annoyed with myself at. So I went back to this lovely product. I spent an entire night playing about with it. 

When I started back using this product I realized I had been using the was and the powder round the wrong way. So when I first started using this product I was trying to fill my brows in with the wax which as you can imagine didn't work out to well for me. I was then just giving the powder one stroke over my brows. I am the worst excuse for a girl. So since I have been using this beautiful product again I have been filling my brows in with the powder then going over with the wax to keep my brows in shape. This works much better and as far as I am aware is the way this product works. 

This is my eyebrow filled in now and although I am still working on a perfect look I am happy with it at the moment, know doubt that will change very soon. 

I promised myself I would but another smash tech to go pencil because I really do love it but for now I am going to hope it shows up at some point and save my money as it was fairly expensive. 

Browzing - £23.50 

Smashbox brow tech to go - £19.00

Have you guys tried these products if so let me know how you have found them! 

Thanks for reading

Amy 

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