What's New In My Beauty Bag.

One of the new items in my beauty bag include the Loreal Smoothing Resurfacing Primer, which I bought from Boots as part of an offer of 2 Loreal products for £15, the primer itself is sold for £14.29. This product is truly great, after applying the primer it really makes your make up stay put all day and improves the appearance of the make up, especially foundations and eyeshadows. I've also found that most primers have a slight unpleasant smell to them, whereas this primer really smells nice. I also love the texture of this primer, it feels like your applying strawberry mousse to your face, which feels both slightly odd but wonderful, and leaves your face feeling smooth and soft. I definitely recommend this primer!  

I also bought the Loreal Colour Riche lipstick in Tender Rose as part of the 2 for £15 from Boots. I have bought Loreal lipsticks in the past and definitely recommend them, especially their pink lipsticks. This lipstick is quite pale but is still visible when on, and provides a slight shine and glimmer. The lipstick also has a combination of omega-3 and Vitamin E, which is great because it feels like the lipstick is actually moisturising your lips at the same time too. This product is perfect to wear everyday, or at night for a subtle colour too. 

Recently I also received the Balance Me Moisture Rich Face Cream free with a magazine, and what a great freebie it is! I can't praise this moisturiser enough, it really does help make your skin so soft. I have been applying this product in the morning and before bed at night. What I also love about this moisturiser is the smell, it smells like rose turkish delight, even my boyfriend has commented on how great it smells. I would definitely recommend this product because it really does soften your skin without feeling too greasy. I will hopefully try out more of the Balance Me products in future. 

Have you used any of these products?

Any recommendations for Balance Me products? 

July Beauty Product Favourites!

It's crazy how fast this year is going, it feels like I finished university months ago now when in reality it was only a month or so ago, but I thought I would do a post about some of my favourite beauty products that I love at the moment, and products which are perfect for the Summer season.

No 7 Stay Perfect Nail Colour in Duck Egg Blue: I received this nail varnish free when I bought two other No 7 products from Boots. I got the nail varnish just before I went away on holiday, and the colour is just so gorgeous, and such a perfect summer colour. It was the only nail varnish I used on holiday, on both my fingernails and my toenails. I’m usually a sucker for red nail varnish for my toes, but I’m really enjoying the pastel blue on my toes at the moment as a change for summer. Pastel nail colours are in at the moment and so this pale blue is perfect and in fashion at the moment. I usually wear a lot of blues too so this nail varnish is perfect and suits most my outfits. What is also great about this nail varnish is how fast it dries, I’m really impatient when it comes to waiting, especially for nails to dry. Yet this product is fast drying and doesn’t smudge easily. I don’t have too much experience with No 7 products, but after trying this nail varnish I will definitely be purchasing more in future.

Revlon Highlighting Palette in Rose Glow: Another excellent product I absolutely love at the moment is the Revlon highlighting Palette. This product is perfect for both daytime and also night time. I use this product instead of a blusher, and apply it to my cheeks. It gives a slight shimmer, but is not too intense and provides a natural highlight for a soft healthy sun-kissed glow. It can be applied to other areas, which you may wish to highlight, such as your brow, but I tend to just apply the product to my cheeks. This product is perfect for pale skin like mine, and I’ve found it really compliments my freckled skin and blue eyes. Another great factor with this product is that if you are a fan of the natural make up look, or don’t like wearing loads of make-up then this product is perfect, in fact someone complimented my natural glow today when in fact I was wearing this product. This product is not badly priced, and can be bought in conjunction with other offers at Boots, also the palette comes in a different darker colour (Bronze Glow). This product is definitely a must for Spring/Summer.

Body Shop Mango Body Scrub: At the moment I love using this body scrub from Body Shop. I used to do the home parties for body shop a few years ago so I have used many body shop products and definitely recommend all their body scrubs and body butters. But at the moment I am using the Mango collection, which is a perfect summer scent. I mango scent is really sweet and tropical, and the body scrub contains real mango seed oil. The scrub efficiently exfoliates the skin leaving it feeling really soft and smooth. The scrub isn’t too intense, nor does it irritate the skin so is perfect for very dry skin. The scrub is perfect for the summer months, as exfoliating helps maintain a healthy tan, but also has a lovely exotic smell. The tub is also huge and lasts for ages, which is also a plus. Another reason I love buying Body Shop products is because I really trust all their products, I don’t find them too harsh or too strong smelling, unlike other companies. Also Body Shop are against animal testing, and as a vegetarian this is a great reason to buy their products, and also Body Shop support community fair trades, both of which are important causes.    

L’Oreal Paris UK Collection Exclusive by Colour Riche in Doutzen’s Nude (Barely Pink): I don’t tend to use lots of lipsticks but at the moment I really love this exlusive lipstick in a nude/pale pink colour from L’Oreal Paris. It is perfect for pale skin, and it is a really subtle colour, which is perfect for those of us which don’t feel too confident with lipstick. It says the colour is perfect for blondes, however I have light brown hair and very fair skin so this colour is perfect for me too. The product also has a slight shimmer to it too, so it is great to use in the daytime as well as at the night time. It also doesn’t make me feel too dolled up so is also good to use when creating a natural make-up look too. As you can see from the photos I use this lipstick a lot, and I will definitely be buying another before the exclusive collection finishes.

If anyone can recommend any of their favourite products at the moment that would be fantastic, or if anyone has used similar products and would care to share them with me, that would be appreciated too.

            

Soap and Glory Beauty Review.

I thought I would try to do my first beauty product review, I am yet to do one but I recently purchased some new Soap and Glory products for the first time and thought I would give them a quick review. I have only heard great things about the Soap and Glory beauty products, and have been dying to give them a try for ages. I usually stick to Rimmel or Maxfactor for my eye products, such as liquid eyeliners and mascaras, but this time I thought I would try the Soap and Glory products.

First off I will start with the liquid eyeliner; Supercat liquid eyeliner.

Usually I stick to using Rimmels liquid eyeliner which is a brush and a pot. Whereas the Soap and Glory eyeliner is more like a pen with a fine nib on the end. My usual day time make up look entails of the usual cat flick with the eyeliner and minimal eyeshadow (usually in natural brown tones, which highlight my blue eyes). I tend to find that unless you're careful, the eyeliner from the brush ends up on your eyelashes and causes them to clog when applying mascara afterwards, however with my new Soap and Glory eyeliner pen this has not been found to be the case. The pen allows the eyeliner to effortlessly glide onto the eyelid without clogging up any of the eyelashes, which is always a plus! I would definitely recommend this product to anyone who loves their upper eye eyeliner, it really is easy to apply and use. Also, I have found that this product stays put all day and has not smudged at all by the end of the day. Another great part of this product is that whilst it remains put all day, it is also super easy to remove, whether you're using make up wipes or make up removers on cotton wool pads. The Soap and Glory eyeliner when compared to the Rimmel eyeliner is much easier to remove at the end of the day, and stays on all day much better than the Rimmel eyeliner with minimal smudging and flaking away. I will definitely be buying this product again in the future!

The mascara was also a new product for me to use; The Thick and Fast Mascara. 

I usually swear by the Maxfactor 2000 Calorie Mascara; which is also a great product! However I thought I would try something new. I have quite long bottom eye lashes, and this product seemed to accentuate these, which is always great as I feel like it makes my eyes look bigger and more open. The brush is a slightly different shape, wish bristles only really on one side of the brush, so it is more fiddly than other mascara brushes. That being said, the brush really does make the eyelashes look a lot longer and more defined, which is definitely what I wanted in the product. I will keep trying this product, as I usually find that mascaras are great to start off but then quickly end up clogging or becoming less applicable, so hopefully this wont be the case with this mascara, as my usual Maxfactor mascara lasts for ages! Again, this also product seemed to last well all day but came off super easily with either make up wipes or make up removers on cotton wool pads. 

I have tried some other Soap and Glory products, such as the Hand Food and Shower Scrub both products also lived up to their reputations, so I hope to keep trying the different products. I am also hoping to purchase and try one of the powders called "One Heck of a Blot" soon, so I may also do a review for that product too in the future. I also love the design of both these product, the gold packaging of the mascara makes the product really stand out, as well as making it easy to find within my giant makeup bag!    

Hopefully this review wasn't too bad, and then I can do more in future!