Beauty
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Starting Off: Eyeshadow
So this week we enter the world of eyeshadow! There are SO many different ways to apply eyeshadow, and with so many colours and finishes to choose from it would take such a long time to go over everything, so I will be giving a brief description on colours, finishes, formulas and some of my favourites to keep it fairly quick! If you are brand new to applying eyeshadow you need to start off with brushes (not the little foam applicators that come with eyeshadow). A lot of people own a lot of different brushes for applying it, but at the end of the day you only really need 3,…
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Benefit Rockateur Blush Review – Beautiful Rose Gold Blush
I knew from the first ever time I tried this blush I knew I was going to love it, but I decided to be good and instead of get madly excited and blog about it straight away, I decided to give it a proper test to be able to give a proper review. I am a huge fan of Benefit’s face cosmetics, and their blushes are no exception. I have the tiniest bit left in my Coralista blush and so I knew I was going to be buying another, but the question was whether to go for another of my beloved Coralista, or mix it up a bit and get…
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Givenchy Dahlia Noir Perfume Review – Beautiful Perfume
In this post I decided to talk about a beautiful fragrance that is one of my favourite lighter autumn scents – Dahlia Noir by Givenchy. I really love the packaging of this perfume, for both the box and the bottle. The packaging of both the box and the bottle of a fragrance is really important to me. As much as it shouldn’t really be within the decision making process when buying a new fragrance, it is something you will have spent quite a lot of money on, and will be sitting out on show for the next year or two so helps if you like the look of it too!…
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Starting Off: Eyeliner
Eyeliner is without a doubt one of my favourite makeup items. For me it completes a look and just helps to accentuate your eyes, which personally is how I like my makeup to look most of the time. If you have never used any eyeliner before, applying it can be scary. Applying it across your waterline/lower lash line when using a pencil liner is fairly easy to get right from the start, but I remember when I first tried to use liquid liner on my top lash line… it did not go well. I ended up with an uneven line, bits missed, and the rest smudged and all over the…
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Bumble and Bumble Thickening Hairspray
I am always on the lookout for new thickening/volumising hair sprays and other hair products, as my hair is long and quite fine, and so can sit quite flat if just left. I first heard about the Bumble and Bumble Thickening Spray via blogs and youtube, so thought I would look into it more as it sounded like something I may have been interested in, the only thing that put me off was the price really, as it’s around £21.50 for a 250ml bottle… but a few weeks ago in Elle magazine they were giving away a travel size bottle of it for free, so I thought I would give…
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Starting Off: Mascara
This weeks post is on probably the one item people own, even those who rarely use makeup, it is of course, mascara. Mascara is important for a few reasons, and if you ask anyone the single most important item in their makeup bag, I would bet nearly every one would say mascara. Mascara can help make your lashes look fuller, thicker, longer, more defined, more curled and healthier – depending which one you chose and what you want that particular one to do. The best way to apply my mascara I have found is to get the brush horizontal and level with the base of your lashes, then wiggle it…
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Urban Decay Palette – beauty with an edge!
Urban Decay Palette – beauty with an edge! Hi Kammi’s readers it’s Jess from over at www.dungarees-and-donuts.co.uk, here to bring you a guest post I recently came across Kammi’s blog during a beauty bloggers chat and I loved it and when she asked if anyone was interested in doing a guest post I was delighted to do one, it’s a little late because I’ve been so busy the last week but here you are Kammi and readers! I decided I would review the Urban Decay Pallet which I recieved a few months ago as a present I have only used three of the shades- Gravity which is a deep purple…
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No7 BB Lips
In this post I will be reviewing the BB Lips range by No7. The first thing I will say about these, is that they will be nothing like you would expect! At first look they look like a highly pigmented/really opaque lipgloss, with a lipgloss texture/feel to them… they are pretty much the opposite! When swatched on your hand they have a very pigmented look to them, on the lips they are very sheer with only the slightest hint of colour. They look like a lipgloss, and if you rub it on your hand they feel like it too, and yet on the lips they feel like a lip balm.…
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Starting Off: Blush
This weeks topic for the Starting Off Project is blusher. Firstly I will say, I am not a big fan of “rules” with makeup, and especially not blusher. I do agree that some shades will suit some skin tones better than others, but on the whole I feel it is just a personal choice so you should choose which ever shade you like the look of on your skin! You can apply it however you feel it suits your face, but I will give some examples of different ways you can try it out and see what you like. You could apply it just to the apples of your cheeks,…
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Biotherm Hand Cream Review
This post is most of a guest post I put on Jess’s blog a few months ago as a guest post, but I have decided to modify it a little and add in new pics, so that all the readers of my blog can get the benefits and information out of this post also. This review is of the Biotherm hand cream. I will put up a picture of the standard one first, but also a picture below of the Charity Edition one I got as the packaging is really pretty. I love hand creams, I really feel it is important to keep your skin hydrated and moisturised as much…