Topshop Lipstick & Eye-liner | Review

Hello Everyone!

So I don't usually tend to shop in Topshop, as I find they can be quite expensive. However after receiving a gift card for Christmas I thought that I would try out some of their make-up range.

I didn't really have any decent dark coloured lipsticks, so I decided to go for this deep berry colour 'The Damned'. This cost £8 which is good for such a nice lipstick. I would say it stays on your lips for around 2-3 hours, which isn't too bad but then it begins to ware off, but there's nothing wrong with re-applying throughout the day. It goes on really smooth and leaves your lips moisturised, which I really love as I find that most lipsticks tend to dry out my lips. It looks great worn on its own or with a lip gloss on top for extra shine. I really love this colour, I think it is now one of my favourite lipsticks, and I will definitely be buying another one soon.

I think I payed around £7 for this felt-tip eye-liner. I really loved this eye-liner because the pointed applicator makes it really easy to draw straight lines which makes drawing wings much, much easier. It goes on really bold without having to go over it multiple times which is great becuase it means the liner lasts longer and is totally worth the money. I found that it also stays put for ages, if I apply it before i go to school in the morning it stays on all day until I take my make-up off to go to bed. It also doesn't run or smudge like a few of the other eye-liners I have tried and it dries really quickly when you apply it so you don't leave smudges on your upper eye-lids. The one thing that I have to fault with this product is that it sometimes doesn't sit well depending on what eye-shadow I have on. If i am wearing a lot of eye-shadow I find they I have to go over the lines a few times before the colour is bold enough. 

Overall i think both of these products are great and totally worth the money. I love the quality of the products and the simplicity and elegance of the packaging. 

Have you tried anything from the Topshop beauty range? If so what is your opinion on them? 

Favourite Fall Lip Colours

Hello Everyone!

So I know it has already been autumn for a while now but here in the UK the weather has only just started to get chilly which is good news becuase fall is my favourite time of the year. I know its really cliché but my favourite thing about autumn is that when the leaves start changing colour and the oversized woolly cardigans and jumpers are out and most of all I get to wear my onsie! 

Another thing I love about the autumn is that I can wear my darker berry shaded lipsticks and lip glosses. So today I thought I would share with you some of my favourite fall lip shades. I will also be doing a post on my favourite fall nail varnishes so check back for that.

L'Oreal Paris Glam Shine Balmy Gloss ~ 

So first off is the L'Oreal Paris Glam Shine in the shade  'Dare The Dragon Fruit'  (which I must say is an amazing name for a lip colour). I absolutely love this shade becuase it is very subtle and elegant but is still a really nice dark berry colour. I also really like the slight shimmer in this shade as it just gives it that extra bit of glam.

MUA Power Pout Colour Intense Tint & Balm ~ 

Next is 'Crazy In Love' from MUA's Power Pout collection. This is pretty similar in the last one regarding application and texture, however it is a very different shade as it is a much deeper red/pink tone and isn't shimmery. I like this one for an everyday lip colour in the autumn as it is not to dark but is still bold. 

MUA Intense Kisses High Intensity Gloss ~ 

I don't usually go for lip glosses, especially in autumn winter time when the wind is blowing becuase we all know what happens when the wind blows your hair in you face, which then gets stuck to your lip gloss, leaving you standing there trying to rid your face of your tangled, lip gloss filled hair! However, I have taken to this gloss as it is not sticky and it also glides on very nicely. I love the colour as it is so bold and vibrant. Not bad for drug store product! I Bought this in shade 'Stolen Kisses'  which I also love the name of.

Revlon Renewist ~ 

I bought this out of the pound shop a few months back as I didn't really have many dark lip colours at the time. I bought it in the shade 'Radiant Ruby ~ 180' along with 2 other similar shades. It goes on very easily and the colour is very bold, however the colour doesn't last very long which is slightly disappointing so I have to re- apply it throughout the day. 

What is your favourite lip product/shade to wear in autumn? 

Let me know in the comments...

Sarah x

Review | Liz Earle Hot Cloth Cleanser

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So a few weeks ago I received a free 50ml sample of the Liz Earle Cleanse and Polish hot cloth cleanser along with a muslin cloth and I have to say  it is now one of my favourite cleansing products! I had never tried anything from Liz Earle before this but I am really happy that I discovered it!

I never really get this excited about cleansing products as I feel that they are all the same and never really do what they claim to, however I noticed a major difference in my skin after using this, as my skin looked and felt a lot healthier. It really gets deep into your pores and cleans out any dirt and oils. I did have an little outbreak of spots after using this due to how well it cleansed my skin, but after the spots cleared up my skin looked more radiant. It was that good that I even felt confident enough to have a few no make-up days! 

My favourite thing about this product is how well it removes eye make-up. I have to admit that I would usually just use make-up wipes to remove my make-up as I  thought it was quicker however, it never removed my mascara or eye-liner as well as I would hope so I would end up with panda eyes that were sore from scrubbing them with a wipe, whereas this product is very gentle on the eyes. I was genuinely amazed when I saw how well it removed my eye make-up, and when I discovered that it doesn't sting if it goes near or in my eyes.

This product is a plant based cleanser, so has a very earthy scent, which im not too keen on. Some of the ingredients it contains are:

Beeswax, which has skin protecting properties that help relieve chapped skin,

Eucalyptus, which eases muscular aches and pains,

Glycerin, which helps to hydrate the skin,

Cocoa Butter, which moisturises the skin,

D-panthenol, which moisturises and helps stimulate cell renewal.

My 50ml sample lasted me around 2-3 weeks, but I have now ran out completely. To purchase a 50ml tube with a muslin cloth it costs £9.25 which I think is a very reasonable price for such a high quality product. 

The muslin cloth is perfect for cleansing as it provides a gentle exfoliant which effortlessly wipes away dead skin cells and any unwanted impurities. To keep the cloth clean you should rinse it thoroughly after every use and leave it to dry naturally. After every few uses, wash it in a 30 degree white wash to keep it fresh and clean.

The first step is cleansing. Taking around 1-2 pumps of the cleanser on your hands, massage gently onto dry skin over the face and neck in circular motions to remove all  make-up and unwanted oils. Step two is polishing. run your muslin cloth under hot water and polish off the cream gently to dislodge dead skin cells, leaving your skin clean and radiant. Then a little trick i've been using on a morning to make my skin look more healthy and awake is to splash cold water over your face after step two. I find this trick really helps to wake you up and prepare you for the day.

Overall I was very happy with this and will definitely repurchase it!

Sarah x

Review | *Custom Phone Case From Mr Nutcase & 10% Off!

I'm the type of person who is constantly changing their phones case becuase i can never quite find one that i really like or that fits perfectly. However, the other day i came across Mr Nutcase which was mentioned to me by my sister Laura over at Laura's All Made Up who has also reviewed one of these cases.

I chose for the *custom iphone case to fit my Iphone 4. The case that i chose was the ultra lightweight slimline case which costs just £14.95. However, you can select cases to fit pretty much every device or manufacturer. With the many different designs and layouts to chose from you can really make this case your own. You can choose a ready made design or select a pre-made photo collage layout where you simply just drag your selected photos into the spaces. This was very simple to do and wasn't time consuming. After i was happy with the design of my case i checked out and filled in my details, also i liked the Mr Nutcase Facebook Page at the checkout stage and received a free screen protector to fit my phone. The cases are dispatched the next day and mine was delivered to me in just 2 working days. 

The case fits perfectly around my phone and allows all of the buttons to function properly. The case itself is good quality and sturdy and the printing quality is very good, however the reason why it doesn't look as good as it could is my own fault because the photos I chose were originally very pixely. 

I absolutely love the idea of a personalised phone case and overall i am extremely happy with it! I would definitely recommend Mr Nutcase if you would like to order one for yourself or maybe even as a gift for fathers day. Also the Mr Nutcase team have very kindly supplied me with a 10% discount code to share with you. All you have to do is head over to their website, choose the design of your phone, select the case you would like, select or create a design then fill in your details and enter "Thanku10" at the checkout to get 10% knocked off the price.

Sarah x

Review | £1 Hair Dye - Salon Selective

Hello everyone, 

sorry for not posting in a while, i've just been really busy with exams and everything that i just haven't had time to write anything. However i have got a few posts lined up so keep looking back for those. Now that i have finished all my exams i will hopefully be posting atleast 2 posts a week if not more.

So the other day i was out shopping with my mom and we went into the pound shop, i was browsing through the beauty isle and saw the hair dyes. I had been meaning to buy hair dye for a while now and decided i might as well give it a go, i mean hey it was only a pound right! (well technically it was 2 pound because i bought 2 in case one wasn't enough). I never usually use foaming hair dyes as i don't think they are as effective but there's a first time for everything.

 I bought it in the colour 'Mahogany Brown' shade 4.5, as i tend to stick to the darker browns with a slight shade of red mainly becuase i can't have anything to bold for school. I have considered dying my hair a bolder colour like a purple or blue but thought against it becuase i'm scared of it going extremely wrong and my hair somehow ending up a radioactive green colour. My original hair colour was somewhere in the middle of the second and third shade so it should have turned out a deep-ish red colour.

The dye comes with 3 bottles, 1) Colourant, 2) Developer, and 3) Fixing Balm. First you pour the colourant into the developer, screw the lid on and shake it well, the mixture then turns into a foam and its ready to put on to the hair. after you have applied it to the roots you work it into the rest of the hair so it is evenly covered. Leave the dye in for 30 minutes and rinse out with lukewarm water, apply a fair amount of fixing balm onto your hair and massage it in. The fixing balm is designed to help the colour lock into your hair and to make the colour last longer. 

I bought two of the dyes as i have long hair and usually need two, however it turned out with the mousse that 1 would have been enough. I think that the mousse is much easier to apply than normal hair dye as it is really easy to work through the hair and its less messy. The dye itself didn't smell too strong either which was good as the smell usually becomes almost unbearable when i'm applying the dye. The fixing balm also smelt really nice and fresh which was great and it left my hair looking and feeling great which was a bonus becuase my hair usually looks really bad quality after dying it.

Overall i'm fairly happy with the result, it left my hair nice and smooth and turned out a nice colour. However the colour chart shows that my hair should have gone quite red but the actual result turned out as a deep brown with a slight undertone of red which was slightly disappointing. Despite this i would say that it is a good quality hair dye with an unbeatable price! I would recommend it if you wanted a cheap touch up to your hair colour to cover up your roots. I was especially happy with the result on the ends of my hair as they had started turning a light orangey, brown colour which looked awful in the light but now look the same colour as the rest of my hair and also don't look as dead. To conclude the dye was well worth the £1.

Have you had any £1 bargains recently?

Sarah x

Review | MUA Heaven And Earth Eye-shadow Palette

Hello everyone!

This is the first review i have written on my blog but hopefully, it won't be to bad so here it is...

Heaven and Earth eye shadow palette ~ £4

First off i'd like to say just how much i love this brand, their products are so cheap but such great quality and i would definitely recommend them to anyone on a tight budget or for people who are just getting into make-up. Almost every one of MUA's products are under £4. You can get lipsticks, lip gloss and eye shadow for just £1 as well which is great!

This was the first eye-shadow palette i bought from MUA and i was extremely pleased with it. I really liked that they were all neutral, earthy tones which really suit my skin tone, and that they had a slight shimmer. I also soon found out they they were great for creating a natural smoky eye look. The palette contains 12 beautiful shades, which is great if you're like me and your always changing you combinations. My favourite combination to use is 1,4,10 & 12 as i think they all compliment each other really well and create a great smokey eye. I also love the fact that the first shade can be used as a highlighter. The palette comes with a double ended sponge applicator brush which is okay, but i prefer not to use it.

Overall, I think that £4 is a bargain to say you get 12 absolutely gorgeous shades and a brush! I would definitely recommend this palette to everyone as you can create so many unique looks for daytime or evenings. All of the shades are super pigmented and so easy to apply and blend.

However, the only downside to MUA is that their products are only available at Superdrug or the MUA website which you can click the link here if you would like to go and have a nosey at some of their other products.

What's your favourite MUA product?

Sarah x