Hey guys,

I recently picked up this technic eyeshadow palette in a budget beauty shop near me. I had heard of this brand before but I had never bought any of their products. I got this for £1.99. They were also selling another pallet that kind of reminded me of the sunset palette from sleek, but I didn't fancy the colours in that one so only picked up this one.  

The palette is basically the same packaging as all the sleek palettes.

I was really surprised with how pigmented this turned out to be. All of these swatches were done with one swipe of the colour. I am in love with the olive green shade but haven't worn it on my eyes yet. I don't think it will go with my blue hair :P. I can't believe the colours are so good for something that was £1.99 it works out at about 17p per eyeshadow! If you see this product I would definitely recommend picking it up.   

Hey guys,

I recently went into debenham's to look at the Urban decay makeup. I was really tempted to get the heavy metal glitter liners and the vice 2 palette (I got the palette from beautybay.com as it was 13% cheaper.) I didn't really want to spend £13 on one glitter liner so looked online to see what other brands do glitter liners. I then picked up 6 of the collection glam crystal liners in superdrug as they still have a 3 for 2 offer. 

I got the colours in Le freak (aqua), Rock chick (Black/silver), Funk (gold), Hustle (silver), Dancing queen (red/pink), and Shake it up (purple).

My favourite was Le freak but when I took these swatches of I noticed that only this colour had stained my skin blue so I am a bit apprehensive about using it on my eyes. They were all super pigmented though yet Funk was a bit of a let down for me. The best is probably rock chic and I can already see myself wearing this on new years eve. I really like the names of the colours but it's annoying to blog about products with names that don't describe colour :P  I have no idea how they came up with Le freak for the aqua colour!

I definitely would recommend these as a cheaper alternative to the urban decay liners based on pigmentation but I will update you guys on how long they last in a latter post.

Hope you enjoyed 

Lauren :P 

Hey guys, 

I decided as I was buying fragrance gifts for christmas to shop around to see where I could get this perfume cheapest. I've wanted this perfume for years was torn between getting this or calvin klein euphoria last christmas. I eventually went for euphoria as I do prefer that scent to this. 

I  found black xs cheapest on amazon (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Paco-Rabanne-Black-Toilette-80ml/dp/B001KOTRAY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1385218777&sr=8-1&keywords=black+xs) and got the 80ml as it was cheaper than buying the 50ml for some reason I got it for £31 with my amazon 5% student discount (nus extra). I treated myself to this as an early christmas/ birthday present (I'm born on christmas) as I like to get a high end perfume at this time of year. 

This perfume is described as 'Paco Rabanne Black XS is classified as Floral Woody Musk fragrance. Black XS for her is a fragrance for a rebel princess with a mysterious, rebellious and sensual feel. The floral fruity fragrance begins with bold and sparkling top note with cranberry and pink pepper berries. The heart of the fragrance is charming, feminine black violet, cocoa flower and rose with a passionate base note of black vanilla, massoia wood and patchouli. Paco Rabanne Black XS fragrance composition is a creation of Emilie (Bevierre) Coppermann, Mark Buxton, Symrise. The bottle is a design by Jerome Falliant Dumas.'

I love strong musky scents and this was right up my street. 

Iv'e wanted this ever since I smelt it over a year ago and am so glad I finally have it in my collection. 

Hope you enjoyed

Lauren :P

Hey guys,

Iv'e bought so many new products to try recently and so thought instead of doing reviews I would do a whats in my makeup bag post as then I can show you all of the products I am currently using.

The majority of these things are going to be lipsticks as they are small enough to fit loads in and I don't bother carrying eyeshadows around with me as they are easy to break and I don't tend to need eyeshadow touch ups during the day.

I took these photos in categories starting from foundation to lip products. These are the products I am currently using for my face. My Maybelline dream fresh bb cream in light, is the only foundation type product I have ever got on with. As I am pale foundations are never light enough for me and I would end up taking them off as I felt orange in them. So for a long time I only wore powder on my face or nothing at all. I have always used the rimmel stay matte powder this is in shade 001 transparent. I have the maybelline fit me powder but don't think it is as good. I also have the fit me foundation in the lightest shade 115 which is ok for my face in the summer but not now in winter. I however am using the fit me concealer in 15 as it has decent coverage and actually matches my skin tone. Also in the picture is my bronzer which I've been using for ages and only just hit pan on, it is the rimmel sun shimmer bronzing compact powder in light matte. I only really use bronzer on my checks as I can never get blusher right I just think I look daft and end up taking it off lol.

Here are all the eye products that are currently in my bag apart from my white MUA eyeliner which was still at the bottom of my makeup bag when I photographed this. Starting on the left is the revlon Grow luscious plumping mascara which is my current favourite. Next is a rimmel black eyeliner then a silver rimmel eyeliner in front. Behind these are my pot of black gel eyeliner buy sleek called dominatrix plus my barry m gel eyeliner in no.3 I think its called Champaign which is a silvery gold colour which I love to wear especially as we get closer to christmas. Then I have a rimmel lose pigment in 012 velvet which is a dusky mauve colour which is pretty old and don't think is available anymore but I like to wear this in my crease. Then I have a eyeshadow brush a smudger and an eyelash curler

Next in my bag is a topshop lip liner in deception and then two of the new velvet lips in velveteen ribbon (red) and plush (purple) I'm not going to do swatches of the velvet lips as I am waiting to do a comparison post between these and the new MUA velvets. 

Next is all my rimmel lip products. I have two of the apocalips, in apocoliptic (pink) and eclipse (red) I then have two of the Colour Rush in 200 keep mauving  and 220 rumour has it. Then finally one of the new moisture renew lipsticks in 380 dark night water l-oops!

Next I have my real techniques detailer brush and two bourjois paris lipsticks in 14 pretty prune and 20 fuchsia graffiti. I like these as I can tell what colour they are in my makeup bag from the bottom of the tube instead of having to open them.

Then finally with lipsticks I have my maybelline in 630 velvet beige, a revlon matte shade in 003 mauve it over and finally my only mac lipstick media. 

Sorry about the focus of this photo but it shows swatches of all the lipsticks.Starting at the left is media which is out of focus, then mauve it over, velvet beige, fuchsia graffiti, pretty prune, dark night water l-oops!, apocaliptic which is a lot more pink/ fuchsia and not red at all irl. Then eclipse, rumour has it, keep mauving on then the topshop lin liner in deception.  

Then the final things in my bag are my compact mirror and lipbalm from garnier 

My makeup bag I think was £2.99 in the savers buy me and is a good shape to fit lots in yet not take up much room in my bag as I have a lot of stuff to carry in to uni daily and so is nice and compact. 

Hope you enjoy I will have reviews of some of these products up soon. Which products do you want reviewed first? 

Lauren 

Hey guys,

I said I would post swatches of the new barry M polishes that I bought and I finally swatched the last polishes. In the matte swatches I've done more of a simple nail design by doing half one colour then matte black on the other half. I thought that would be slightly more interesting than just plain old swatches!

Onto the swatches...

Barry M vanilla with black over the top.

Barry M crush with matte black. (sorry about my cuticles I always forget to clean them :P)

Barry M lady. Was actually nicer irl, it looks really gloopy and horrible in this picture I think as I smudged it a bit. 

Barry M majesty. A lovely textured gold polish perfect for christmas/ the winter. The textured polishes were so hard to remove and it didn't help that I ran out of remover half way through so then had to pick bits of it off. (My hands look sore in this photo but I think thats as I had just removed Barry M berry cosmo which made my cuticles look a bit pink)

To be honest I still am not really a fan of the textured polish. Also I like these better than other ones I've seen I don't like the feel of the polish and it uses too much top coat to get a smooth surface (they just feel like grit stuck to the nail all be it shiny pretty grit, they may grow on me though). Also they are such a pain to remove. I much prefer the matte polishes, I love crush and the black but vanilla didn't really suit my skin tone.

Overall I have mixed feelings on these new polishes and would have preferred a few new gelly polish launches. 

Hope you enjoyed.

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xoxo  

Hey again,

Recently I have really got into wearing lipstick and makeup in general. I have in the past been really terrible at applying makeup and went through awkward stages of eye makeup. I was quite into rock and so went through the whole two much eyeliner during my teens. Also I used to love this dark purple and lilac combo that would have been alright if I hadn't been about twelve and knew how to blend. Up until this year I would only maybe use a bit of powder during the day and use eyeshadow and lipstick when going out at night. I still most of the time forget to use mascara as I find applying it annoying and always manage to get some in my hair/ fringe. But I think I am somewhat better at it now. As they say practice makes perfect.

I have always found it really hard to find a foundation to suit my skin. The first foundation I bought was the Maybelline dream matte mouse which was god awful. I was quit young so probably bought the wrong shade as I tested it on my hand and not my face. Yet if I bothered to use it, I would always take it of as it made me orange, and as a goth kid that was not the desired look :P. I recently have been using the Maybelline  dream fresh bb as it is light and provides the right amount of cover my skin needs. I had also been using the fit me foundation also by Maybelline but I'm not sure if I like it anymore (I have the powder an concealer as well and these are both good).

I'm not a big fan of blush and currently don't own any but if I fancy wearing some I mix lipstick with my bb cream to create a liquid blush. I much prefer bronzer and use it to contour my face, I currently use the Rimmel sun shimmer light matte bronzer.

I am really into lipstick at the moment and splurged a couple weeks ago on a MAC lipstick (media, its a satin finish) which I love. This is a very sultry, sexy colour and is my perfect red lip.

Above are all the lipsticks I own apart from Media as It was in my bag. I have a few from Maybelline, pink pearl and velvet beige. Some from the natural collection (from boots), these are really cheap and are amazing quality, I have pink orchid and cherry red. I have a blue, black and pink from barry M and one from sleek that they don't do anymore claret and an accessorize purple, passionate.  

I haven't mentioned eyeshadow and with the amount I have It will probably have to be in a separate post. Also the shadow I use at the moment is from an ancient set that I found while packing for uni that was bought from argos years ago and so wont be of much use to anyone to see it.  

Hope you enjoyed this post, please comment and follow :P

Lauren 

Hey, two posts on one day I'm on a role. I did this manicure a few weeks ago now and really loved it. It combined two of my new favourite Barry M gelly's Mango and Pasion fruit with Barry M black multi glitter over the top. This is so wearable and pretty I loved wearing this manicure.

Hope you enjoy

Lauren

Hey guys, I haven't posted in a while as I haven't been bothered to edit my photos again, sorry. I've also decided to branch out the blog and post about the DIY projects I've been doing recently. I've seen a lot of comic book shoes people have made lately on instagram and pintrest and also on tickld and so really wanted to make my own. It is a super easy way to jazz up a pair of shoes and you don't have to use comics you could use any magazine. I do like marvel comics however and decided to make some spiderman shoes. I'll post pics first then explain how to create them although there are some great youtube tutorials if you are going to make these.

To create these I bought some plain black patent high heels from Barratts for £8 in a sale. I also bought the amazing spiderman 475 (34) from ebay. I then cut the comic book up and used PVA glue to stick create the shoes. (The youtube video's suggested to use modge podge but I had a thick pva glue which is sort of the same thing.) I love these shoes and they came out so much better than I imagined.

Hope you enjoy please comment and subscribe If you want to see more DIY posts

Lauren :P

Hey guys, 

Back again today with another swatch post. I decided to show you Barry M Ruby glitter over Barry M pomegranate. This created a lovely shiny sweet looking nail. Unfortunately my nails started breaking again. I had kept the ring finger nail glued on when it partially split but the lumps of glue under the nail were driving me crazy. So I decided just to cut it back and file the other nails down slightly as It took so long for me to be happy with my nails and they had stayed perfect for a while I hate to cut them all down to stubs. So my nails don't match again but at least some of them are long enough to do nail art on.  Anyway enough rambling heres the pictures.

Hope you enjoy,

Lauren

Hey guys,

I've been really lazy with editing pictures so I completed these at the weekend but am only posting now, sorry. I really loved these nails as they were a bit different to the usual doticures I do and use two of the polishes I talked about in my haul post. I loved how these colours complimented each other and the look of the gold which is NYC full metal jacket. This has replaced Barry M gold foil effects as my new fav gold. Pictures than a how to.

I started with a base colour of NYC full metal jacket. I love the formula of this as it literally only needed one coat. Amazing! I then created large dots with NYC manhattan the deep plum red colour which I also love. I then doted over the red in gold and as a final touch added smaller dots strategically in between the larger dots. 

Hope you enjoy, 

I have loads more glitter experiments from my haul buy to show you as well but I'll save that for tomorrow.

Lauren 

Hey guys,
Just a quick holiday themed post today, I know the holidays nearly over but I've only just done these. Pictures than a quick how to!

To do these I started with a white base coat and then using a toothpick I painted a blue, Barry M indigo, square at the top left of all my nails. I than used the toothpick to draw red lines down the nail and then added white dots over the blue when dry. Finish with top coat and your done :P

Hope you enjoy,

Lauren 

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Hey guys,
Yesterday I used Barry M red black for the first time since I bought it. I absolutely love this colour as it is the perfect red black that I've been searching for for ages. I hadn't bothered to try this one as it looked almost chocolate brown in the bottle I had no idea I would love it so much. I added the gold this morning so as you can see there is some wear on the tips. I feel the gold really glams up this polish. I always feel guilty nowadays if I only paint my nails a base colour but this colour is amazing and for £2.99 you can't go wrong.

Red Black yesterday

Hope you guys enjoy,

Lauren

I have a feeling this one is going to stain my nails like most reds do :(