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Starting Off: Makeup Tools
I can’t believe this is the last post for this 10 week Starting Off project. Hopefully at least someone has gotten some tips and help from these posts, as that was the whole point in this 10 week series. There is a new series starting on the 12th November so keep an eye out, as that one will run right up until the 24th December. So onto this weeks topic – makeup tools. I won’t be doing an in depth post on every type of brush/tool out there, as that would be a ridiculously long post, plus I have talked about most brushes already in a lot of the other…
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Have a look inside my Birchbox! October 2013
I wasn’t planning on doing a Birchbox post every month, but you all seem to really enjoy these posts, and this box was by far one of my favourites since I joined up (at the very very start). When you see some of the products in this box you may not be as “OMG WOW” as I was, but I will explain as I go along… So the box (I do wish they would pretty it up a bit) is the same as last months box. Not massively exciting I know, but I suppose at the end of the day that’s not the important part. Now onto the contents of…
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Starting Off: Lips
This is the second to last week of this Starting Off series, and I will be sad to see it end! But I do hope it has helped some of you, even just little tips and tricks here and there 🙂 This week is all about lips! There are so many different ways you can get colour onto your lips now, not just from lipsticks and lipglosses, but also lip pencils, lip crayons, tinted lip balms, lip stains etc etc… I won’t be talking too much about all these types of lip colour products, just a short run down on the differences but then I will go more onto application.…
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Biotherm Oceane eau de toilette
This is a fragrance post/review, but with a bit of a twist! It’s Oceane by Biotherm, and it is an eau de toilette spray, but this fragrance is also good for you as it also helps to moisturise the skin which is always an added bonus, especially this time of the year when the weather here in the UK gets a lot colder and your skin starts to dry out more. On the box it says “Take a deep breath and rediscover the sensation of walking by the sea…Dive into the aquatic freshness of this marine inspired fragrance with its fresh and floral notes”. Does that not just sound amazing?…
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Smashbox Wonder Vision Lip Gloss Set
So this year for Christmas time Smashbox have brought out their Wonder Vision collection. This collection is inspired by the effect seen in a kaleidoscope, full of fun and colour. This inspiraion is definitely seen more within the eyeshadow palettes, but you still get a beautiful array of colours within this lip gloss set. I had no intention of buying this lipgloss set….. until I saw it. My willpower was literally next to zero when I saw how beautiful these colours were, and what great value the set was! Holiday collections are always fun as you can get some amazing deals, in really fun limited edition packaging. This set was only…
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Soap and Glory Archery Box
This post will be all about the Archery Box by Soap and Glory. It’s a double ended pen/pencil for filling in and shaping your eyebrows, which is does, quite well. On one side of this double ended product we have a pen like item, which is more of a tint for the brows, and on the other there is a pencil to help shape them. At first glance, this sounds like a really great product, and I do like it, but…. maybe not as much as I would have hoped to. I have pale skin and dark hair, so as much as I do want my brows to be quite…
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Rimmel Apocalips
When these first came out I remember swatching them in the store and not being hugely impressed, so I left them and never bought any. Then a couple of weeks later I was reading through various blogs and came across a few reviews saying they really liked them, so I decided to give them a shot! I picked up two colours and in all honesty now, I can see why people like them so much. The two colours I got were Nova (the pinkier shade) and Aurora (the slightly more red shade). When first swatched on your hand they can feel a little thick and sticky and not very nice…
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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!…