Bronze Eyes using Mac All That Glitters

Products Used:

Eyes- Maybelline Colour Tattoo in Pink Gold all over the lid, Mac All That Glitters all over the lid, Sleek Wrapped Up buffed into the crease and outer V. Soap and Glory Supercat Liquid Eyeliner, Models Own Black Kohl pencil, Rimmel Scandaleyes Lycra Mascara. Brows filled with Sleek Boxed and Maybelline Brow Drama

Face- Bourjois Healthy Mix in Light Vanilla, Rimmel Stay Matte powder in Peach Glow on my T zone, Beauty UK Box Blush in Halo used as a highlighting blush on my cheek bones and apples. Sleek Face Form palette in Light bronzer used slightly in my hollows.

Lips- MUA Lipstick in Shade 11

Quick Benefit Porefessional Review

Benefit Porefessional Full Size £24.50

If I'm honest, this product isn't a stand out to me. The consistency of this is very balm like and sinks into the skin very quickly. I've found that you don't need much and a little goes a long way! I've been using this on my nose, forehead and under my eyes to prime. Admittedly it does slightly minimise the pores on my nose, but not majorly. It's a lovely product and I will use up the sample, but I'm not sure I'd repurchase it. I've been looking for a great primer, and I still haven't found one! If you know any stand out primers, please let me know in the comments! Also, the length of time my makeup stays on my face isn't increased with the use of this product- I can definitely apply my makeup without it and not miss it!

Bit of a let down for such a raved about product.

Spring Haul

Beauty UK Box Blush in Halo £3.99
Mac All That Glitters Eyeshadow £10
Rimmel Kate Moss Lipstick Shade 30 £5.49
MUA Lipstick Shade 11 £1

Soap & Glory Supercat Eyeliner

Soap & Glory Supercat Eyeliner £6

I am in love with this eyeliner! It is the only liquid eyeliner I've used that remains black all day and doesn't fade. It doesn't smudge and fall down your face if you sweat, however it is easily removed instantly if you make a mistake. The formulation is smooth and glides onto the lid- in contrast to the Barry M Blink eyeliner. When holding the pen, it is slightly weighted which makes me think that there is a hefty amount in the product. I now can't live without this product as I wear liquid eyeliner everyday. It is a definite improvement from my Barry M Wink and Blink eyeliners which I've been using for around a year.

Definitely the best liquid eyeliner I have come across!

Pink Smokey Eye

I got bored whilst studying for English today so I decided to have a play around with my makeup and use some of my older products. I am over the moon with how this turned out and I may wear it for my Leavers Assembly in June! I love how it is a girly twist on a smokey eye by having the shimmery pink base, and it is so simple to do!

Products used:

Eyes- Maybelline Colour Tattoo in Pink Gold all over the lid, Sleek Noir buffed into the outer corner and crease, Sleek Organza over the top of the pink shimmer, Sleek Bow in the inner corners (entire Sleek palette review here). Soap and Glory Supercat eyeliner, Rimmel Scandaleyes Lycra Flex Mascara. Brows filled with Sleek Boxed and Maybelline Brow Drama.

Face- Bourjois Healthy Mix in Light Vanilla, Rimmel Stay Matte powder in Peach glow on my T zone. Sleek face form palette in light (review here)- bronzer on my temples and in the hollows of my cheeks, highlighter on my cheek bones, nose, cupids bow, chin and centre of my forehead, blush on the apples of my cheeks.

Lips- Mac Pure Zen

I hope you enjoyed this look as much as I did!

Bourjois Healthy Mix

Bourjois Healthy Mix in Light Vanilla £9.99

This foundation is the only product that suits my awkward skin tone! It has a velvet texture, is dewy on the face which makes you look full of life and has a gorgeous fruity scent. It doesn't look cakey on my face at all and blends with ease using my Real Techniques Expert Face Brush. It has medium coverage on me but can be built up to a higher coverage if neccessary. I've been using this with the benefit porefessional and they work together seamlessly! This foundation does cover up my blemishes but doesn't conceal them. I think that if you had flawless skin to begin with, this serum would further enhance that and your skin would look glowy and youthful.

The finish of the foundation is slightly dewy which means you get a healthy glow. If you don't like the dewy look, this can easily be removed by adding a matte powder over the top. Personally, I powder my forehead, chin and nose and leave my cheeks naturally glowy so I don't have to use as much highlighter. All in all- I love this product and I am amazed that I hadn't picked it up yet!

Cleaning Makeup Brushes

There are many different ways to clean your brushes and some are more popular than others. I have tried washing them with baby shampoo but it doesn't seem to work for me, so I use ordinary shampoo.

Firstly, I rinse my brushes under luke warm running water, then pour a tiny amount of Tresemme Thermal Shampoo (any Tresemme shampoo works I find) into my palm and swirl the brush around in it a few times then rinse. This works really quickly and removes all of the residue on my brushes. Afterwards, I leave my brushes laying down (never leave your brushes to dry upwards as the water soaks through the besel and the glue becomes saturated) on a towel and leave them overnight.

My brushes in the picture are the Real Techniques Blush and Expert Face Brush and a combination of Bundle Monster Brushes that don't have names.

Boots Haul

Bourjois Healthy Mix in Light Vanilla £9.99
Soap and Glory Supercat Eyeliner £6
Revlon Colour Burst Matte Balm in Elusive £7.99

Ordinarily, the combination of these products (all recommended to me by youtubers) would total £23.98, but thankfully Boots had a 3 for 2 sale on, and I had a £5 off voucher! So I only paid £12.98 for these 'more on the expensive side' drugstore products which I feel I will fall in love with!

Hannah x

Having a Retro Moment

I got over excited about my new sunglasses so I decided to include them in a post! My glasses were only £1.59 with free shipping from China on eBay (exact ones here), they arrived in around 1 and a half weeks which is reasonable delivery from China! I particularly love them because they look like the glasses they wear in Wicked- I'm an utter Wicked fangirl, it's an obsession. The lipstick I'm wearing is Soap & Glory FabuLipstick in Blush Pink which looks more purple toned in person, and I have Models Own Banana Split on my nails.

Hannah x

Smokey Night Out Look

Face- Rimmel Stay Matte in Ivory (review here) , Rimmel Stay Matte powder in Peach Glow, Natural Collection in light, Sleek Face Form palette (review here).

Eyes- Maybelline Colour Tattoo in On and On Bronze, Sleek Oh So Special palette in Gift Boxed (review here), Barry M Blink eyeliner, Rimmel Scandaleyes Retro mascara.

Lips- L'Oreal Colour Riche in Cheryl's Nude.

Hannah x

Sleek Blush by 3 in Pumpkin

Sleek Blush by 3 in Pumpkin £9.99

P Pie, Squash, Lantern £9.99

Well this review has been a long time coming! I bought this product in November along with Sleek Face Form and i-Divine in Oh So Special yet I hadn't fully tried it till recently. This trio contains 3 highly pigmented blushes: one shimmery, one pearl and one matte. I still haven't found a use for Lantern (the orange shade) as I don't think it suits my skin tone well at all! However, I have used P Pie (the red shade) in my Zombie Makeup post (here) and I love it! I have found that these blushes are easy to blend out and you don't need alot of product due to the pigmentation. I think these blushes are definitely for summer and aren't for the faint hearted- I'll stick to my everyday blush of Rose Gold-Sleek (Nars- Orgasm dupe) for the time being.

Hannah x

Mac Lipstick - Crosswires

Mac Crosswires £15

Well here it is- the third addition to my Mac lipstick collection (it is slowly growing...tediously). After spending a whole night humming and harr-ing over which lipstick to get (it's a long process), I had a sort of epiphany and decided that I wanted a brighter lipstick in my collection. Thus, Crosswires (Cremesheen) was bought. In the bullet, the colour looks more corally and sheeny whereas it looks brighter on my lips.

'On lips' swatch

I actually think this is the first image on the blog taken at this angle! As you can see, the colour looks more yellow toned on the lips than it is in the bullet. This isn't neccessarily a bad point, but it isn't to be expected.Sadly, I feel that this colour looks better on more olive skin tones than it does on my pale complexion- maybe I can try this again in the summer! On the other hand, this lipstick has made me braver in looking for brighter lipsticks for the summer season. I'm thinking that blue toned colours suit me more so I want to try Mac's Lady Danger, Girl about Town and Morange- what do you think? Admittedly, it looks like the colour has a frost finish in the image above yet it doesn't in person. I have found that this particular shade lasts alot longer on the lips than my other Cremesheen lipsticks; maybe that's because it is a bolder colour? Also, this is the only Cremesheen that I have that gets stuck on my teeth during the day (not on application) which confuses me slightly.

I'm always interested in seeing what you have to say and how your comments can help me/other readers, so please comment and we can have a chit chat!

Hannah x

Maybelline Brow Drama

Maybelline Brow Drama £4.99

 If you haven't realised from my previous posts, or see the delightful image of myself on the right>>>, I have truly unruly and bushy eyebrows. So in order to tame them I purchased the highly raved about Brow Drama. The wand on this product has a spherical end to it with an ordinary brush behind it which allows you to weave through your brows in a smooth motion whilst still getting enough product onto your brows. As soon as you apply the mascara, you eyebrows look a bit greasy and shiny to start with, but this soon fades as the gel sets. The slight tint to the gel allows me to wear only this product on a day to day basis without filling my brows in- fantastic! The mascara holds place all day and is easily removable with an ordinary makeup remover. However, once or twice I have found a few of my brow hairs pluck out during removal as the product has become stuck to the root of the hair; I wouldn't personally worry about this or let it put you off this product as it isn't noticeable on my eyebrow and doesn't hurt at all! Definitely a new essential!

Hannah x

Brighter Lipsticks

If you haven't seen my previous post showing you my lipstick collection, you can check it out here. In this post, I will be showing you 'on lips' swatches of my more extreme section of my collection. Be warned, I never wear half of these lipsticks (high five for being brave!!).

No7 in Gay Pink

Max Factor in Pink Meringue

Collection in Seashell

Rimmel Kate Moss in 111 Kiss of Life

Soap and Glory in Blush Pink

Zombie Themed Makeup

Soon, I am taking part in a Zombie VS Pirates Sponsored Walk with my Youth Group in order to raise money for a boy called Oliver who has Stone Man Syndrome. I am going as part of the Zombie team and today I practised my makeup for the event. Not very scary, I know, yet I was going for more of a 'gothic corpse wife of a zombie' look...how creative of me!

On my face I am wearing: Collection lasting perfection concealer, Maybelline Dream Matte mousse foundation, Rimmel Stay Matte powder, Sleek Face Form palette (the bronzer and highlighter) and Sleek Blush in P Pie.

On my eyes I am wearing: Maybelline Colour Tattoo in On and On Bronze, Sleek Oh So Special palette (Gift Basket, Celebrate, Boxed, Noir), Barry M liquid eyeliner Wink, Models Own black eyeliner pencil, Rimmel Scandaleyes Retro mascara.

On my lips I am wearing: Rimmel Kate Moss Matte 111 Kiss of Life.

What do you think?

Hannah x

Lipstick Collection

These lipsticks are the more natural and nude lipsticks in my collection. From left to right we have L'oreal Colour Riche in Cheryl's Nude, MUA Shade 11 Bare, Mac Pure Zen (post here), Mac Peach Blossom (post here), Revlon Lip Butter in Strawberry Shortcake and Sweet Tart. My most worn out of this selection would be the L'oreal Colour Riche as it has a flawless finish and is a 'my lips but better' colour and is of a Mac lipstick quality for only £8.99!

This is the more 'I will be brave and wear something a bit bolder on my lips' section of my collection (rarely worn out of the house because I'm a wimp!). From left to right we have Rimmel Kate Moss Matte in 111 Kiss of Life, Soap and Glory Matte in Blush Pink, Collection Seashell, Max Factor Pink Meringue, and No7 Gay Pink. I wear the Soap and Glory lipstick the most because I think it looks like Mac's Snob, and balances my dark hair out really well. The Rimmel is a close second as I love to think I can wear it out but I never do...so I just wear it around the house (glamorous...).

Which one is your favourite?

Hannah x

Bourjois Happy Light Matte Primer

Bourjois Happy Light Matte Primer - £10.99

I've been using this primer for around 3 weeks now and it's the first primer I have ever used. Personally I haven't really realised that this product has made my makeup stay on longer, yet it mattifies my complexion very quickly. I use this product on my nose, chin, forehead and under my eyes as these are the more oilier areas and I want my makeup to stay in place in these areas. I have found that this serum dries very quickly so you have to work efficiently with it. I use around 1 and a half pumps to cover the areas I want to. The consistency of the serum is very smooth and doesn't get stuck in the pump- although, after every week of usage, a clog of product appears in the pump yet this is easily blendable into the original product. I also agree that it minimises pores yet I think that there are better products on the highstreet that are cheaper and worth the money.

I don't love this primer as much as I think I would have. However, I will finish the bottle and it is an addition to my makeup collection which has some benefits to mattifiying my complexion.

Hannah x

Sleek Matte Me VS Rimmel Apocalips

Sleek Matte me in the shade Petal - £4.99
Rimmel Apocalips in the shade Celestial - £5.99

See my individual reviews on the Apolcalips here, and Matte me here. I'll try and make this a short comparison as I have already written reviews on the two lip creams (see links). To be honest, the both products are really quite different! If you're looking for a glossy, thick, staining cream then go with the Apocalips; if you're looking for a matte, dry, smooth cream then go for the Matte me. Personally, I prefer the Matte me as I find matte lipsticks very drying to my flaky lips but this product fits the bill perfectly for me. The Apocalips isn't bad at all, it's just not my preference. If I want glossy lips, I'll use a lipstick- but this product will look stunning over lipstick, it depends what look you're going for.

Hannah x

Maybelline Colour Tattoo in Pink Gold

I already love these cream eyeshadow bases, so I thought I'd go out and buy another one! I own the bronze shimmery shade in 'On and On Bronze' currently and I was looking for a base to replace my daily eyeshadow- Sleek Organza (see review of the palette here). This base matches my Organza eyeshadow and will last me so much longer as there is alot more product here than in an eyeshadow pan. As always, the formulation of this base is extremely creamy, blend-able and long lasting. I find that it doesn't crease on your eyelid and is build-able with optional eyeshadows ontop of it. Definitely a firm favourite of mine!

Hannah x

Highstreet Haul

Maybelline Colour Tattoo in Pink Gold - £5.99
Bourjois Happy Light Matte Primer - £10.99
Models Own HyperGel in Coral Glaze - £5
L'oreal Castings Hair Dye in Iced Chocolate - £6.49
Next Rose Gold Watch - £24