Simple Kind To Eyes Revitalising Eye Roll - On

I've been using this product for ages now, and I love it! As it's from Simple, my favourite skin care brand ever, it's perfect for sensitive skin which I have - and I haven't had any problems with it so far.
I use this product everyday in the mornings to help my tired eyes, as it is a gel formula it's really lightweight and feels really nice on the skin. It  also has a metal ball applicator - which helps to cool my eye area so if they're puffy, or just feeling really tired and yuck,  it will bring the puffyness down and help to really soothe and calm the area. 
I've also noticed it helps to reduce the look of fine lines and dark under eye circles if you use it continuously which is also a huge benefit and for only a few pound from any chemist or drugstore, I would definately recommend this :)

Book Review - Flight (The Cresent Chronicles #1) by Alyssa Rose Ivy

Sometimes you just have to take flight.

A summer in New Orleans is exactly what Allie needs before starting college. Accepting her dad's invitation to work at his hotel offers an escape from her ex-boyfriend and the chance to spend the summer with her best friend. Meeting a guy is the last thing on her mind - until she sees Levi.

Unable to resist the infuriating yet alluring Levi, Allie finds herself at the center of a supernatural society and forced to decide between following the path she has always trusted or saving a city that might just save her. 

Ill be honest in syaing that I don't really know what drew me to this book, it definately wasn't the cover, I really don't like it... it was probably the fact the blurb mentioned a supernatural society, I have a thing for those and I was pleasently surprised to find that it wasn't the typical vampire/nephilium side of the supernatual spectrum - it was something completely different.

I really enjoyed this book - it was like nothing I've ever read before and that's always a good thing, I loved the characters and I loved the story line.
The plot was paced at a decent speed, it didn't go too fast, where you didn't even know what was happening, and it didn't go too slow, where you were praying for the chapter to end. I really enjoyed the story, a summer away to another city to work for your dad, then you meet a handsome, charming, alluring yet very annoying guy to end up getting caught in the middle of a supernatural power struggle - that's a lot to take in - but Alyssa made it exciting. She made it so that the entire story just flowed, you werent sitting there wondering what in the world is happening and that's one of the main things I loved.

I also loved the supernatural side of it, Pterons. I've never heard of them, but they are very important in this story, and are the main part of it - Levi, his friends, his family, are all Pterons and rule the supernatual society in New Orleans, which no one tells Allie - shocking - and in order to keep peace (so to speak) the heir to the thrown must find a mate, or else the society will be moved to the next city with an heir who has already chosen a mate - that bit was a bit confusing. But I'm sure you can guess where I'm going with this.

Overall I did really enjoy it, the budding romance, the supernatual, the danger and excitment - what more could you ask for in  a book?

My Make - Up Storage

Lets start with the left hand side

This is where I keep my everyday make - up like my foundation, concealers, mascara etc.

If you seen my latest haul post then you would have seen this item I got from TkMaxx, it's a storage book that I have decided to use to store my foundations in. 

This is the bulk of my collection. Here I keep all of my palettes, brushes, lipsticks and lipbalms. In the glass jar to the left I keep all of my small lipglosses, lip balms/lip tints.

Both of my brush holders are from B&M

I've arranged my lipsticks to that all of my summer shades are to the far side, the neutrals are in the middle and all of my winter shades are at the side closest. 

I got these drawers from muji. It's a small set of two drawers, small set of five drawers and large two drawer set

I use a candle holder from B&M to hold my eyeliner pencils in and the floral crown is from Primark

First Impression - Purifying Face Mask with Witch Hazel

  I love trying new products for my face just in case I come across something wonderful and skin saving, and one of the things I rarely try are face masks, I don't know why, I just don't use them that often. So when I was in Superdrug and came across this, I decided to give it a go.

I do have normal to dry skin, but in the summer I do tend to get oily around my T zone, like most people and that is were the majority of my imperfections lie, ranging from pustules and papules to blackheads, and as this mask was purifying I knew that essentially, this would work to help really clean my pores and bring any of these imperfections to the surface so they can be removed.

My first impressions on this prodcut is that, I like it. I only applied it to my T zone, where I get oily, and it began to set after about 30 seconds, which it didn't specify on the packaging which was a bit annoying, I'm not a huge fan of setting masks, I don't like the thought of not being able to move my face. On the initial application, it was a light grey colour and when it was applied to my face it had a tingling effect which I'm assuming was because of the witch hazel present, but I didn't like it, at first I didn't know if it was meant to tingle or if I was allergic to it or something as I do have sensitive skin, but after a few minutes the tingling subsided. It says to leave it on for about 7 - 10 minutes but I only left it on for 5. 

The day after I applied it I noticed my skin looked much better, it had a really nice glow and looked a lot clearer especially around my t zone where I applied it. Later that night a few pesky spots appeared that were hiding under my skin and I was able to remove them easily.

Overall I do like this face mask and I do intend to use again as it done what it said on the tin, so to speak, granted it did leave out a few details but that doesn't really matter as they weren't major. For only a few pound from Superdrug you can't really go wrong. 

Small Haul

My intial plan when I went into town was to buy a new lipstick, just one... but my plan failed. With help from my boyfriend, who egged me on to buy things, I may have bought too much. The shops I bought from were Superdrug, Boots, TkMaxx and Poundland, we'll start with Poundland and work our way back. 

The reason I went to Poundland was because I really wanted a glass mug for the likes of hot chocolate and smoothies etc. and I seen this... yes it is a classic beer mug, but for only being £1, I had to get it. I will be using it for smoothies and what not because it is really quite awesome. I love it

Next I went to TkMaxx, I love there wee storage boxes and as I'm a huge book lover, when I seen these storage boxes I just had to get them, plus they were really inexpensive. The smaller one, Paris, was only £3.99 and I'll be using this to keep my passport and house kets etc. in. The larger one, Italy, was £4.99 and I'll be using that to store some of my make-up

And lastly I went to Superdrug and Boots. Initially, like I said before I just wanted to buy a new lipstick, so I went to Superdrug because they usually have really good offers, unfortunately I didn't see any, which sucked, but then I went over to Sleek and seen that their Lipsticks are only £4.99! I was really surprised and had to get one. I then went over to Collection and looked at their lip pencils and seen they have a really nice plum shade, which I've wanted for ages, and for only £2.99  had to get it. 

From Boots I got two Revlon lip products because they had an offer on, two lip or nail products for £10, and as I've been eyeing up their moisture stains, I had to get one and then I seen a really lovely matte red lipticks which would be perfect for autumn/winter.

5 Damson

788 Mulberry (Sheen)

005 Parisian Passion

006 Really Red (Matte)

As you can probably tell, I am preparing my lip products for the autumn/winter season, as it is only around the corner. Let me know if you've tried any of these products and what you think :)

Brand Review - Technic

 

I'll be honest, I've never heard of this brand before and I only came across it because my work decided to bring in some make-up to help boost sales, and this is the brand they brought it. So far, I've been pleasently surprised, when I swatched the shadows on my hand while I was in work I was shocked, the pigmentation is wonderful and so are the colours in general, I will say though that the shadows may be a tad chalky, and I would guess that there would be a lot of fall out during application, but I don't mind that. For £1.80, what more could I expect? There were three palettes available, Nude, Bronze and Smokey; I got the nude and bronze because I don;t really wear grey/black smokey eyes so it would have just been a waste but so far I'm loving the palettes that I did purchase. I will say though that I would have preffered if the Nude palette had one matte colour as the Bronze and Smokey palettes did, but no matter.

For the nail polishes - I was immediately drawn to this colour, it's in the colour Indian Ocean and to me, it really does look like the perfect colour to represent the Indian ocean. I also love the fact there are two ends, it really adds the polish and I just couldn't help but by it, plus it was only £2.00! bargain! There were four of these polishes in total, but the others didn't really catch my eye, but considering how lovely this one was, I may just have to get them anyway!

Coastal Scents Winterberry Palette

 

As it is coming towards the end of summer and entering into Autumn/Winter season, I thought I would just share with you one of my favourite eyeshadow palettes for the Autumn/Winter season, and it is the Coastal Scents Winterberry Palette. 

My mum got me this for Christmas and I love it. It has the perfect berry shades for the season and as all of the shadows are quite frosted/shimmery, it really adds to the effect. The pigmentation is also really good, as you would expect from Coastal Scents, and as I have green eyes, they berry tones really compliment them. I ll definately be using this most throughout the next season :)