Maybelline dream Flawless Nude Foundation

I purchased this foundation a while ago and I have worn it quite a number of times but I've never gotten around too reviewing it so, here it it.

This product retails for £8.99 in Superdrug and Boots and I got the shade 10 Ivory

The packaging is quite small and sleek and I love how it's in a glass bottle. It comes with a "dropper" 

type thing which to be honest, isn't my cup of tea but I can make do. 

The foundation itself is very light weight and has a water consistency to it which makes it very blendable, it doesn't feel heavy or cakey on the skin and it is definitely buildable to a medium to full coverage. It feels very natural and lets your skin breath and adds a nice glow to the skin

(Left to Right) No make-up - One layer of foundation, with two layers on the cheek area for extra coverage

Overall, I do really like this foundation - its inexpensive, it has great coverage and it feels wonderful on the skin, I will definitely be purchasing another one!

Pay Day Splurge

I got a little excited when I got paid and made a trip to Yankee Candle because I love candles, and Superdrug to see what goodies I could get and there were a few 3 for 2 offers, which do bad things to me and my bank balance, but no matter, I love make up and this is what I picked up :)

Makeup Revolution is fast becoming one of my favourite drugstore brands, so when I seen this highlighter palette and lip lacquer I new I had to get them. I've also heard so many good things about the MUA velvet lip lacquers so I decided to try them

Maybelline was doing a 3 for 2 offer acros all of their make-up so I decided to pick up their new Master Sculpt kit, I also picked up their baby skin primer becaue I've heard so many good things about it but never thought to try it and finally I picked up a new colour sensational lipstick

Bourjois also had a 3 for 2 on their makeup and I new without doubt, that I had to try their new Aqua Blush so I picked up two and also a Rouge Edition Aqua Lacquer 

And finally I picked up a new Bourjois chocolate bronzer because my other was just crap and also a new Revolution blush :)

Maybelline Fit Me Foundation & Concealer

Maybelline is a great drugstore brand - it's affordable, it has a huge range of products and has been around for years! For me personally, the Fit Me range is my favourite - I love the foundation and concealer. 

The foundation retails for £9.99 which is the standard drugstore price for a foundation. It has a smooth texture - it feels lovely and moisturising on the skin and makes the skin look healthy and dewy and it also has an SPF of 18. As the texture is smooth, it is very easy to blend and it doesn't appear cakey or anything like that. I picked up the shade 220 Natural Beige as I like to wear this foundation with tan and it matches my tan very well, though there are 18 shades altogether in the collection so choosing a shade to match you would be fairly easy.

The concealer retails for £5.99 which is also a very good price. It has quite a light and smooth texture which makes it very easy to blend and smooth over any fine lines around the eye area - and it also helps to brighten the under eye are as well. It does have good coverage so I also like to use this on blemishes. 

My Everyday Face

These are the products I have been using on my face for about a month now, and I absoloutely love them. This routine for me is so much faster but gives the same awesome finish - my skin looks great and healthy but it's a lot faster which is a big bonus!

The products I use are;

- NARS Sheer Glow in Punjab

- Maybelline Fit Me concealer

- Chisel Cheeks by Barry M

- Max Factor Creme Puff Blush in Lovely Pink

- MUA Matte Perfect powder 

L'Oreal Super Liner brow pencil in Dark Brown

- L'Oreal Telecopic Mascara in Black

- Bourjois Liquid liner in Black

Maybelline Super Stay 24 Colour - Review

From top to bottom - Always Crimson, Red Alert and Soft Taupe

Step 1 - The colour 

Step 2 - The Balm 

I bought one of these a few weeks ago which I had show in one of my haul posts, and I absolutely loved it. The first colour I got was Always Crimson 575 and I wore it none stop thanks to the beautiful Youtuber Amanda Ensing who sported this kind of lip colour a few times in her videos and on her instagram - it's the perfect deep red/brown shade and it also made my teeth so white. Because I loved it so much, I decided to go for a classic red shade so I got Red Alert 560. And the final shade I have is Soft Taupe 615 which I love love love! The reason I wanted something of this shade is because I have seen so many Youtube videos which hosts Limecrime's Velvetine in Cashmere and I thought this shade from Maybelline was the perfect dupe!

I really do adore these products, they retail for £7.99 in Superdrug and Boots, the colour payoff is phenomenal - and it the product is also very build-able, the lasting power of these is also amazing, I wore Always Crimson the other day for around 9 hours and I didn't have to top up once - it's amazing. I also love how it has the two steps - the balm is so moisturising and feels lovely on the lips without making them sticky.

I would highly recommend this product, it's a 10/10 for me! And below is just a picture of how Soft Taupe looks on the lips :)

Product Review: Dream Lumi touch Concealer by Maybelline

I'm on the fence about this product, the reason I picked it up was because I wanted to try a new highlighting concealer for around the eye area and what have you - but I was a little disappointed and a little pleased. 

What I liked...

Firstly I like the packaging, it's short, sweet and simple with a twistable bottom and a brush tip. I like when concealers have brush tips especially for under the eyes, it means there's less hassel and less mess, which is a big yay in my book.

I also like the covering power of the concealer - it gives quite good coverage for under my eyes which is a must for me, I like to have bright healthy looking skin around my eyes which this concealer does.

I love, how it adds a luminescence to my undereyes (clues in the name) - it gives a nice healthy glow without being too obvious or fake looking. 

What I don't like...

I only disliked one thing, and that was the fact it didn't highlight under my eyes - it just, as I said before added a luminescence to the area, I wanted to make the area a shade brighter just to really highlight and define it - but this concealer just didn't carry it out. Which is disappointing because it states it's a highlighting concealer, sad face. 

But I do like this product for the reasons I mentioned before and I may repurchase it when it runs out :)

Small Haul

I recently decided to treat myself to a few new goodies as I haven't really had the money to spend but as my holiday etc. is all paid off, I thought why not :)

The first things I got are from Tescos. As I'm going back to college I decided to get a few bits just to start the new year off with some new goodies. The first is a Diary for 2014/2015. I wanted a new diary for a while but when I seen this I just had to get it. It's not overly big, its about an A5 size maybe just a tad bigger and it's also quite thin which I love - this was on sale for only £2.50. The next thing is a note pad with dividers. I love these kinds of notepads especially in my subject there are a lot of different units so it really comes in handy, this was also only £2.50. I then decided to get a pencil case and when I seen this owl one, I literally ran for it, its so adorable I couldnt put it down - this was £4.00. And lastly I decided to get the very well known book, The Fault in Our Stars by John Green - so many people have talked and raved about this book and the film and as it was only £3.85 - I had to get it.

 I then went to Superdrug and picked up a few items. Firstly I got three Bourjois products as they were on a 3 for 2. I got the Chocolate Bronzer in the shade 52, I got the Healthy Mix concealer in the shade 51 and a Lipstick from the Rouge Edition range in the number 02. I'm so excited to try these prodcuts out and I'm going to do a review on all these also.

I then got the Fit Me foundation in the shade 120 and the Dream Lumi Touch concealer in the shade 01 by Maybelline - I love this foundation, it was a past favourite of mine before I started to use the Bourjois Happy Light foundation - so I thought i would go back to an old fav. 

Lastly I got a blusher from Topshop - this is a powder blush and is in the shade Good Girl which is a really beautiful baby pink colour.

Lastly I had to get new wax as I had ran of my other one - this time I decided to get a cream wax rather than the honey as I personally prefer it - and I got it in Fruit Smootie as it's a really pretty pink colour and it smells delicious. 

:)

Review - Maybelline Eraser Concealer

I fist heard about this product while I was watching foundation routine videos on YouTube, nearly everyone had used this in order to conceal their under eye circles, along with the reviews, the hype about this product was unreal! Therefore, I gave in to temptation and decided to buy it :)

Originally, I used my Garnier anti-dark circles concealer in light, which I am still very much in love with, but I decided to leave that for the time being and use the Maybelline one. I used it for a few days and I have to admit... it lived up to the hype. 

The shade I got was Light and it was £7.99

My first impression of this product was that it was quite a thick consistency which therefore lead to great coverage! It didn't get into any of my fine lines. Personally I don't think you would need to set this with a powder on a day to day basis as it isn't oily or greasy, but if you are going out on the town or something like that, and you will be dancing or moving around a lot, I would set it just in case.

This product is also good for concealing other things not just under eye circles. I do have some redness along my chin due to scarring and it covered it really well and lasted the majority of the day and that was with a setting powder. 

Overall, this is a great product and not just for the under eyes. Its a great consistency and is well priced! I definitely recommend :)

xo