Sunday 22 September 2013

Rimmel Stay Matte Foundation

Holy Moly...I'm in love. I've been using the sample sachets from Company and Glamour magazines for as long as I can, but I picked up 2 of the full size bottles in Boots last week and am head over heels for them. The only way I can describe the texture of this foundation is a liquid mousse, it's like Maybelline Dream Matte mousse but more stiff and creamy. I genuinely cannot get enough of this product and is so perfect for my skin tone. Although I have found that I've been breaking out on my chin a lot more since I started using this product, I don't know whether to blame the foundation or my love of pizza... Such a perfect product for such a reasonable price of £5.99.

What do you think?

Hannah x

Seventeen Graffiti Polish

Oh gosh I'm in love. Hi! I've finally got round to reviewing this polish after about a week of it sitting on my 'to review' shelf...bad hannah. Seventeen's 'Off the wall graffiti nail effect' polish in Monochrome is one of my favourite polishes I own. It is a Salt and Pepper top coat polish filled with suspended strands of black and white matte glitter. The most popular Salt and Pepper polish is one by L'Oreal which I believe is £5.99, and this polish was £3.99!!! So cheap for the quality of the product itself! But if I'm honest, it is a pain in the backside to remove and takes absolutely ages to come off. I've used this top coat over Essie Fiji and it is now one of my favourite polish combinations. It looks dainty but with a punky edge. I'm happy with this purchase and hope you guys will give this one a crack.

Hannah x

Sunday 15 September 2013

New Models Own Collections

 If you guys haven't guessed yet, Models Own is my favourite nail brand. I'm in love with the formulation, the variety of colours, and hello, have you seen the bottles?! When I saw LLYMLRS had written some posts (here and here) telling us about the new Models Own collections, I jumped. The new collections are called 'Fireworks' and 'Velvet Goth'. I bought one of each collection to give them a whirl. These each retail at £5 like a standard Models Own polish, and I think they are definitely worth the money and aren't a splurge in my opinon.
The pink glitter polish (Roman Candle) is from the Fireworks collection. I love how the polishes are named after various different types of firework (others in the collection have names such as Sparkler and Rocket). This polish has a clear base with black, pink and silver strands suspended through it. I find that the polish can be very opaque over the nail and is a very dense polish. A cheaper dupe of this polish is Barry M's Pink Sapphire (retailing at £2.99). The greeny polish (Absinthe) is from the Velvet Goth collection. The lid of the bottle is cased in velvet in the corresponding colour of the polish. I personally like this touch but I can see other people not being so fond of the lid. When I first saw the name 'Velvet Goth', I thought the polishes were going to be texturised and fuzzy, but thankfully they're not. The polish is quite hard to explain, it's quite a thick consistency and could get away with one coat. It has small flecks of glitter through it and dries matte on the nail. My favourite of the two is probably Absinthe as I think that it is definitely a autumn/winter colour and a christmas staple.

The Fireworks collection is out September 4th in Boots, and the 25th in Superdrug. The Velvet Goth collection is out now.

Wednesday 11 September 2013

Maybelline Baby Lips

Yo, so before we start, yes I'm aware that my nail has chipped....sad times (Topshop Parma Violets by the way). So BabyLips are finally in the UK and I decided to pop out and buy some while all the buzz was around. There are 6 in the collection but I only grabbed 2 to test (Hydrate, left, and Cherry Me, right). They were around £2.99 each which is very reasonable for a lip balm from a makeup brand rather than Vasaline/Carmex. Hydrate is a clear balm, and I personally think it smells of Harribos...but Cherry Me tints your lips a berry purple colour which looks really nice against my skin tone. The tint stays on your lips for about half an hour- an hour, but it's good while it lasts. The packaging promises 8hrs of moisture, sadly it doesn't live up to these expectations. I would say it lasts around an hour before you have to apply it again, but your lips aren't too dry afterwards. I have a problem with my lips flaking and this product has stopped it completely, so I'm a happy bunny. Will be re-purchasing more of the collection.

Hannah x

DIY Dotty Nails

Base coat- Models Own Hedonist
Dots- Sinful Colours Snow me White

Hannah x

Zara Neon Clutch

Zara Shoulder Bag/Clutch 9.99 in sale.

Hi! I am so so sorry for the lack of posts, I'm back at school so what can I say...hello coursework:( But if you saw my previous post about Val D'Europe (here) then you'd see that I bought something from Zara. Here is that something! I originally was hunting for the neon yellow one that Zoella and LLYMLRS had but I had to compromise with this beauty. I actually love this bag alot more than I thought I would and it looks fab with monochrome clothes. I actually had so much fun asking for this in a french shop where they don't speak english....not, it was horrible. For someone who does GCSE French, I'm surprisingly bad at speaking french to french people (ooer). But can I just mention, how fab does my tan look in this picture?! Hope you guys had a good summer!

Hannah x
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