Product Reviews - No7 Colour Calming Primer & No7 Beautifully Matte Foundation

For once I have decided to do a photo step by step guide on this kind of review - foundations and primers etc. I may look a bit scary so I apologise.. but lets get into it!

So this is me with no make up one - foundation, concealer, primer etc. I did decide to leave my brows and eyeliner on etc as this review is just about the two products mentioned above in the title.

But as you can see, I am very pale, I have quite a lot of freckles, quite a bit of reddness of my cheeks, a few spots and what not. Beautiful

I then used the No7 Colour Calming Primer in Green, as it conteracts and corrects any redness that is on the skin, and after one layer, there is a huge difference! My skin doesn't look as red, it looks brighter and much more healthier.

 

I then applied my No7 Beautifully Matte foundation in Cool Beige and after one layer, my skin looks flawless! It has completely evened out my skin tone and has given me excellent coverage - there is no redness, no freckles, no spots - my skin looks wonderful and matte which I also love.

Excuse the fact my face is lighter than my neck, the flash washed the colour out quite a bit - it matches in real life :)

I then just finished my make up as I normally would and this is the finished look :)

 Overall, I think these products are amazing! They're really affordable, excellent quality and by far my favourite pair of products to use together as they work wonderfully.

First Impression - L'Oreal Paris Revitalift Magic Blur

 
Today has been the first time I have tried this product, and already by just a first impression I am really impressed. It is said to be an instant skin smoother, it instantly erases the appearance of wrinkles, pores and imperfections. 

On the first application I noticed it had made my face so soft - it has the same sort of consistence as Benefit's The Porefessional - except this one is white. It immediately made my skin look so much brighter and minised my pores on my nose amazingly well and just generally made my skin look so much better. 

It made my make-up look flawless and it has lasted all day, even throughout the heat and with me rubbing my nose and touching my face etc.

Overall, this product is wonderful, it's my now favourite primer :)

Product Review - Rimmel Provocalips

The main reason I bought this product was because my friend recommended it to me... but I must say, I'm not impressed.

The shade I picked was Skinny Dipping and overall, I think the packaging is lovely and simple and the idea is great, but for me, it didn't do what it said on the tin - the Step 1, which is the colour was grand, it was really pigmented and quite shiny and it wasn't sticky or anything, but when I applied Step 2, the Lock & Shine, it literally took away all of the shine and made the product matte and it also made my lips feel quite sticky. 

I do love the colour from this product and maybe I just got a dodgey one? So i may risk trying a different colour or something, but if I do use Skinny Dipping in future, I won't be using Step 2.

MIA and Shopping

I'm going to apologise for being so MIA lately, I've been so busy with tech everyday and working nights that I haven't had time to properly sit down and do a post - granted I don't really have the time at the minute to either, but I don't want to leave you guys hanging.

Plus... I have been doing quite a bit of shopping this past month - like, a lot. Especially in Boots and Superdrug... I'm addicted. So I thought I would share with you the items I have purchsed in the past few weeks, beauty and non beauty. 

 I intend to do a blog post about the make-up items quite soon and I'll obviously be going into a lot more detail as well so keep an eye out :)