Showing posts with label blusher. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blusher. Show all posts

Friday, 20 March 2015

A BARGAIN BEAUTY HAUL


So this is probably the cheapest lot of make up I've ever bought, Make Up Revolution is a purse friendly brand that I haven't tried before - so at their awesomely cheap prices I thought I would pick up a few bits.  With a lot of self control I decided to stay away from there vast array of eye shadow palettes; I was ordering online and I thought I'd leave them until I had seen them in the shops, as I've had bad experiences in the past where the photos online turn out to be completely different shades in real life!

I played it safe with a blush, a highlighter and two lip glosses.  I chose I Love Make Up Blushing Hearts in the shade Candy Queen of Hearts, which is three pink shades that you blend together to get a rosy colour on your cheeks, and a Goddess of Love highlighter.  These were £4.99 each, which is pretty damn reasonable in my opinion!  The lip glosses I chose were an orange shade called Coral and a bright pink in Raspberry - and these were only £1 each, madness!  

My first impressions of the products as a whole are that they have really cute packaging, they come in a selection of really pretty shades and they seem to be good value.  I haven't given them all a proper go yet, so I'll save a review for later; however I'm looking forward to trying them out and hopefully finding some affordable dupes for some of my other favourite brands! 

Have you tried any of these products?  What do you think of them? xx
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Thursday, 19 September 2013

Favourite Brands #1 | Benefit

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Hey!  I thought I would start doing some posts on my favourite brands, ones which I always go back to and buy a lot of.  The first one that came to mind was Benefit, I have been using their products for a loooong time now and there are a number of their products that I count among my favourites.  They are not a budget brand, but I think that their products are of a good quality and of course…the packaging is pretty! 
The products of theirs that I currently have include the Big Beautiful Eyes palette, which is a little kit containing three eye shadows that are designed to create a lovely, natural contoured look that is perfect for daytime.  It also has some concealer in it too, which is handy if you take the palette out and want to top up your make up throughout the day.  There is a dark brown eye shadow in there which has actually completely run out (hence why I didn’t have a photo of it all opened up!), which I have often used to fill in my eyebrows.  It just happened to be the perfect shade for me, so I really need to think of repurchasing this as I really am missing it! 
Lemon Aid is another little gem, it is a product a bit like an eye primer that can be used to even out the skin tone on and around your eyelids if, like me, it is an annoying area that is so pale/translucent that you can see veins!  I have also used it to even out the skin tone under my eyes, the yellow tone in it is perfect for lightening dark circles. 
Then there are the cheek/lip products.  Benefit blushers are my all time favourite, I love everything about them from the bright range of shades to the sheer finish they have, and even their lovely smell!  As you can probably tell from the photo, Sugarbomb is my favourite and most reached-for.  This is the second purchase I have made of it, and I recently bought Rockateur too, which I reviewed a few days ago.  Coralista is another lovely shade, as the name suggests it is coral and leaves a healthy rosey glow on the cheeks that doesn’t look too fake or full on.  Cha Cha Tint and Posie Tint are liquid products that can be used both on the cheeks and lips.  Cha Cha Tint has to be my favourite out of the two, as Posie Tint is a little paler than I like.  I use Cha Cha Tint more on my lips, because I love the shade of coral that it is, and it’s also buildable so I can choose whether I want a light bit of colour or more of a bold pop instead.  The other great thing about this is that it lasts so so long, I can put some of it on my lips in the morning and it still looks exactly the same much later on in the afternoon!   High Beam has also recently been reviewed on here, I love it so much and it is a great high lighter in my opinion. Moon Beam is a similar product but the shade is different; it is a little darker and more yellow toned, and the sheen it has is more mother-of-pearl and iridescent finish if that makes sense?!  Hopefully the photo shows you what I mean hahah! 
Lastly, there is the Benefit Foundation Brush.  I used this all the time, and have nothing bad to say about it, it’s just that I’ve since discovered Real Techniques and this poor thing has kind of been neglected! 
Do you love Benefit as much as I do?  What are your favourite products? xx
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Monday, 16 September 2013

Review | Benefit Rockateur

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So this is what happens when I go to Westfield looking for a new jacket: I see too many, I can’t decide which to get, so I end up at the Benefit counter buying their latest blusher instead.  I do not know why, I do not know how, but that is how it was.  I have had my eye on Rockateur since it came out, and a while ago I hit pan with my beloved Sugarbomb so this was always going to happen sooner or later!  At £23.50, Rockateur is the same price as the other Benefit blushes, although when I got this one home I did notice that it has slightly less in it than the others – very sneaky!  Let’s just hope it lasts as long..
My first impressions of it are good; it is a soft peachy coral colour, with a soft sheen that looks really flattering and radiant on the cheeks.  When you first open it up, there is quite a heavy amount of shimmer on it, but I noticed that after one use, this had mostly gone so it seems to be just a top layer intended to make it look nice!  It does look cute, the box has a lace type pattern on it which I like, and there is a little mirror inside too which can come in handy.  The word ‘rock’ is stamped across the product, which is a nice little touch!  It also comes with a little blusher brush like the other Benefit blushes, which I have to say I used to enjoy using before I got my Real Techniques blush brush. 
The colour is not a strong one; having owned both Sugarbomb and Coralista by Benefit, I would say that Rockateur is the most subtle and gives a softer finish.  I personally really like it, and I think it gives a nice healthy and natural glow to my cheeks without being too OTT. 
Have you tried Rockateur?  What do you think of it? xx
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