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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My first Benefit products!

For while I have been researching benefit products because I've never tried anything from them before. So I decided to go for the they're real beyond mascara. There is a lot of talk about this mascara and its all good so I thought why not. I also picked up the brow shaping kit.

I am so excited to try these products because there is so much hype about benefit and I am hoping I really love them. So far ive tried them a couple of times and so far so good! Although I am still getting used to the brow shaping kit! I am kinda knew to the whole eyebrow shaping on your own thing but so far it is all going good and the little instructions inside are very helpful. This brow pack also comes with two brushes (only mini's) and mini tweezers.

I've tried the mascara a few times now and it gives your lashes a good coverage and length. The few times ive wore them it hasn't stayed on as long as I had hoped but that might just be me. I am pleased with this at the minute and i will review this product soon. I hope there is a lot more benefit products to come into my make up bag! 

Amy 

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