Birthday Pressies!

My Birthday was in the Christmas break and I received some lovely pressies from treasured family members and friends. I only wanted to show you the makeup side of things and give you a mini review of each.

My amazing family treated me to a Nars Blusher in Deep Throat (TOP) which has a stunning shimmer of peach running through a coral pink. The pigmentation is beautiful and blends like a dream leaving a pretty flush to the cheeks.

With my christmas present (Naked palette, comment if you would like a review) I received a sample of the Urban Decay Primer Potion and a little goes a long way. It makes your eyeshadows (the Naked palette eyeshadows in my case I'm obsessed) last hours. It is perfect for eyelids which are particularly oily.

My beautiful best friends (love you guys :)) bought me a MAC tinted liglass in the shade Prrr and it is the perfect everyday shade. It has a high gloss shine, moisturises my lips and is very nicely pigmented. This will remain a staple in my makeup bag and will definitely repurchase this!

ANOTHER pressie my beautiful besties bought me was a MAC (can you see the theme here?) Matte eyeshadow in Yoghurt, a great all over the lid colour and (I'm sorry to use the phrase) but my lids but better!
Pigmentation is good and very buildable. Great for a lazy day or colour correcting shade.

The last pressie the girls got me was a free sample that came with purchase, of MAC's expensive strobe cream which originally retails at full size at £23.50. This is gorgeous on top of my cheekbones, I just squeeze out the tiniest bit and pat it along my cheekbones. It blends and highlights them beautifully but subtly.

My relatives bought me a Soap & Glory Sexy Mother Pucker gloss stick in Bashful which is the perfect pinky nude. It is moisturising and my favourite lip combo at the moment is this with MAC's Prrr over the top. I LOVE this gloss stick. It is a pretty colour for every day. And smells like cake!

Thanks for reading!

xoxoxoxo

Review: L'Oreal True Match Foundation

L'Oreal Paris True Match Foundation

This may be a little late to review, but when moving into the winter months your skin tone and condition changes dramatically. Although half of winter is over we still have to endure the coming months of January and February so this post may still be of some use to you.


My summer foundation is considerably darker than my skin colour now so I chose this foundation from L'Oreal seeing as it had 22 shades to choose from which I feel is quite remarkable for a highstreet/drugstore product.  The line was coded with 3 sections N, C and W meaning Neutral, Cool and Warm depending on your skin tone.


My shade was C Rose Ivory which I feel matches me practically perfectly and blends beautifully (I use the Real Techniques Buffing Brush for an air-brushed and flawless finish).

Real Techniques Buffing Brush is made of thick synthetic bristles.

The consistency is quite runny, not too much but is easy to buff into the skin and really working your brush creates a flawless canvas. It is quite creamy and rich but I feel it is very light on my skin




Stats;

• Packaging; Typical plastic lid but nice glass bottle. Ok could be better.
• Coverage; Light-Medium coverage but buildable, which is why I like it.
• Price; £9.99 at Boots (3 for 2 on all L'Oreal Cosmetics online offer only)  here and £9.99 at Superdrug here.
• Range of Shades; 22 in N, C, W. 
• Finish; Can be flawless if built and buffed into skin or natural looking if applied normally.

I am truly impressed with this foundation especially as it is not of a high-end make. I recommend for you to go and get matched with this foundation as I am planning to get matched during the summer season so I can use it then. Definitely go check this out!

Best of Beauty: 2013

So it is now the end of a beauty-tastic year that is 2013! I have tried and tested many products these past months so here it is, without further ado, my Best Beauty Products of 2013!



Being the second foundation I have ever tried but it is obviously thought of as one of the best! Being raved about by so many bloggers made me try it and honestly it truly is the Queen of Drugstore Foundation!
Presenting... Rimmel Wake Me Up Foundation. Medium Coverage but buildable.

Rimmel Wake Me Up Foundation 

Concealer

Yes, I know that this is so youtuber/blogger stereo-typical product, but guys it's true! Collection Lasting Perfection concealer is creamy, thick and has such high coverage. Also a steal for £4.19.

Collection Lasting Perfection Ultimate Wear Concealer

Powder

Rimmel Stay Matte Powder in Translucent is cheap, cheerful and very good. May cake up, I've found it depends on the foundation you use! Not much else to say 'bout this!

Rimmel Stay Matte Translucent Powder

Blusher

This has to be hands down, my Leona Lewis Limited Edition Blusher by Body Shop. More Spring time/Summer sheen to it I have yet to hit pan. Or make a dent. (Sorry for the faded packaging!)

Leona Lewis Limited Edition Body Shop Blush in Oh Deer! (Can now be found for £4, I bought it for £16 :( )

Bronzer

Not really got into bronzer this year. Maybe 2014 is year of the Bronzers? Have been eyeing the Bourjois Delice de Soleil chocolate bronzer... Let me know down below if you think it is good...

Eyeshadow

Maybelline pulled out ALL of the stops with their Colour Tattoo 24hr Cream Shadows being compared to the Beauty Giants of Chanel and Armani. Don't crease, great colour range. Not more you can ask for at a fiver for each!

Maybelline 24hr Colour Tattoo in Pink Gold and in On and On Bronze.

Eyeliner

Not much of a surprise to any of you, as I constantly go on about it! Supercat eyeliner Soap & Glory. Amazing. That's all I should need to say!

Soap&Glory Supercat Liquid Eyeliner in Carbon Black

Mascara

Maybelline the Falsies in Black Drama, a Highstreet Classic. Makes my lashes look like 'falsies'. Very apt don't you think? Great wand as it really works the mascara from the roots. Raved about by Tanya Burr and MissGlamorazzi (if you don't know who they are, have you been living under a rock? Haha) it is a must have to try and is liked rightly so.

Maybelline the Falsies Volum' Express in Black Drama Mascara

Lips

Rimmel Kate Moss in 03 won it for me, being rich and creamy on the lips. Very moisturising, pigmented and velvety. The PERFECT nude. Great price for great quality, definitely recommend and can't wait
to try the other colours.

Rimmel Kate Moss Lipstick in 03

Skincare

I haven't done a review of this as I know most people are probably sick of hearing about it but, it is the best! *Sings* Bioderma! I was in Brugge in Belgium and hunted around a Pharmacy, found it and squealed! I think I was ripped off (20 euros) but it was definitely worth the 500ml bottle! Wipes off waterproof makeup and quenches your skins thirst. You literally need a drop or two on your cotton pad which will remove both your eyes makeup (either side of the pad) and one more for your face. A great lazy option for cleansing... Shhh!

Bioderma 500ml Sensibio H20

Nails

I have adored these two shades and the formulation of No7 polishes are of high end standard, I think. They are easily applied to the nails and have a stunning finish. Last a while. I have the two shades Milan and Violet. Milan being a glittery barbie pink and Violet being the classic purple with a hint of shimmer running through it.

No7 Polishes in Violet and Milan in Stay Perfect Formula

Hair

Hair products haven't really wowed me this year but I have adored my hair brush. From Head Jog, this is perfect for heated styling, detangling and sorting out your hair! Plus I love the colour (a subtle baby pink) and I just feel it is such a good brush. The bristles don't scratch my hair, but my hair is thick. My friends who have thinner hair tried this and it hurt their scalp as it scratched them :(. But I love it and feel it does the job for thick hair/scalped girls!

Sorry for all the hair in the brush! Head Jog Brush

Thank you all so much for reading my blog for the past 6 months! Have a great new year, Blog later!


xoxox