Drug Store Hero

Hi Guys :)

So when it comes to drug store brands hands down my favourite is Rimmel and this year in particular they have brought out some amazing products (Apocalips & Wake me up foundation I'm talking to you). But I think that I often forget about the other drug store brands, usually when I pop into Boots or Superdrug I'll go straight to the Rimmel stand, and ignore everything else around me. 

So recently I've been going a bit drugstore mad. I've brought items from Loreal, Barry M, Revlon, Maybelline, Collection 2000 basically them all! & I've found I have a new drug store brand hero. Maybelline. 

I can't believe how blind I've been to this brand, I know that Tanya Burr swears by their Falsies Mascara but apart from that I didn't know too much about the brand or products. 

Anyway I've been buying their products for the last couple of months now and thought I'd share with you my top 3 favourite Maybelline products. (Actually I had 4 favourites but I did a whole separate post on my ultimate number 1 Maybelline Product click here to read all about it!)

My top 3 products are: Brow Drama, Colour Tattoos & Expert Wear Mono eye shadows.

1. The Brow Drama is a recently new product for Maybelline, it's priced at £4.99 (BARGAIN) and is a finishing wand for brows. I've recently got into "grooming" my brows so I was keen to get my hands on it quick. At first I did have my doubts thinking how would this be different from using a clear mascara but it is just so much more! The wand shape has a ball on the end and it's really easy to match the shape of your brows, the formula is quite thick and I like this - it allows you to build up the amount of colour you want on your brows. 

I use this with my brow pencil and HD brow kit, all 3 make my brows perfect!

2. The Colour Tattoo eye shadow creams are amazing you guys, I have been using these for a good few months and I just can't get enough of them. The colour range is brilliant, the colour pay off  and pigmentation is great and the staying power really is all day. 

Again these are extremely purse friendly at just £4.99!!! Such an amazing price and this is the type of product that really will last you. 

I currently have 7 colours and I want so many more!

 

The shades I brought were; metallic pomegranate, eternal gold, on and on bronze, 24k gold, light in purple, turquoise forever, immortal charcoal. 

I use these almost every day now and they're great for bases or being used on there own if you're in a rush! 

3. So finally my last product from Maybelline is the Expert Wear Mono eye shadow.   These eye shadows are only £4.09, and you get a lot of product. I chose three colours to show you guys, these are ones that I find myself reaching for more often and I guess they're those sort of colours that you can wear everyday. 

 

From left to right: Iced Fudge, Silken Taupe, Beige Nude/Naked Beige

So there you have it my top 3 Maybelline products & they're all under £5. 

Have you tried any of these before?

Baby Lips

Hi Guys!

So I'm pretty sure that most of you will have heard about the Maybelline Baby Lips by now. As soon as I saw these out in America I wanted them all! When they reached the UK I was so excited I literally grabbed as many as my hands could hold. 

I love lip balms as it is but the reviews of these were saying how amazing the tinted colour pay off was and how moisturising they were. I have to agree these are probably the best lip balms I've used. 

I love how they're tinted so you can treat and care for your lip whilst still having a pop of colour to your make up look. I wear these religiously to work and always have one handy in my handbag. 

There are 6 lip balms in total, three tinted and three plain. My personal favourite is Pink Punch the colour pay off this is unbelievable! Considering this is a lip balm it could definitely fool people into thinking you have a lipstick on. Maybelline have chosen such a great colour choice for their three tinted balms too, a pink, red and nude n my opinion these are the three staples for a girls lips.

The balms claim to have 8 hour hydration for your lips now I'm not 100% sure I agree with this but the colour lasts for a good few hours and my lips do feel on the softer side of life.

Above from left to right is Pink Punch, Cherry Me & Peach Kiss. These are the three tinted balms. The other three; Hydrate, Mint Fresh & Intense Care are all clear. 

I really would recommend for you to go out and buy one of these babys especially as they're only priced at £2.99!! Absolute bargain, not to mention Boots have buy one get one half price at the moment (buy baby lips here)!

These lip balms are great for on the go, for work, school, college and even nights out. They are one of my favourite new lips products so why don't you check them out too!

Haulin'!

Hi Guys! So over the last couple of weeks I've picked up a few bits and bobs and so I thought I'd share them with you :)

I finally got my hands on these two beautiful polishes! Essie's Fiji and Bikini So Teeny. I was so pleased when I went into my local Boots and they actually had these two colours in stock usually there is just an empty place where the name tag lies. I'm head over heels for Fiji and is now in my top ten favourite polishes, it's such a light baby pink it's almost borderline nude, I think it'll be great for Autumn. Bikini So Teeny is a lilac/blue shade which has silver shimmer shining through out, when ever I wear this colour I always seem to get a lot of compliments on it, my camera really doesn't so this polish justice and it doesn't pick up the shimmer. I can see why these polishes had so much hype going around them!

Maybelline have recently brought out a new make up line - the FIT me range. I picked up a liquid foundation and a pressed powder, I got the foundation in number 120 - classic ivory and the powder in 225 - medium buff. So far I've been pretty pleased with these products, the foundation lasts a full working day with out having to touch up majorly, it gives a medium to full coverage and gives quite a dewy look. The powder to be honest isn't really anything special, it does what it says on the tin, it gives a matte look and helps hide the shiny side to your face! I do however LOVE the packaging, I think I'm drawn to packaging that looks neat, the powder compact also comes with a puff and mirror - which is always useful!

Everybody loves a good lip balm. I have all of the current Vaselines and they never seem to fail me, especially as winters on it way and no doubt dry skin will be on the cards vaseline will soon be a necessity. I saw that Vaseline had brought out a new limited edition balm. It's called pink bubbly and I love the packaging it's pink and looks super cute!

Ok so winters coming and this means no sunshine which means no more real tanning. This is where the trusty fake tan re appears. I thought this year I would put my fake bake and St. Tropez aside and try something new. I saw from a lot of reviews that Xen-tan was being raved about and was big in the game for fake tans. I picked up the "perfect blend" which has a dialler on so you can choose how much fake tan and bronzer you want to use, I love the concept of this. You can use 100% fake tan if you want to start doing a gradual look or if your in a hurry and need to be bronzed godess soon as possible you can use 100% bronzer which instantly gives a darker glow. I've really been enjoying this product and it doesn't have that horrible fake tan scent!

I've always seen people rave about the Topshop Coy lip stick but my local branch never...ever ever ever ever has it in stock. I was in London last weekend and managed to finally pick one up. I've been really pleased with the product, the colour is a beautiful bright coral pink. I've found it's quite a dry lip product but nothing a bit of lip balm and lip gloss can't fix! I can definately see why there was hype around this product, and would recommend it to others for sure. 

So what have you been buying recently?

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