Rihanna Mac collaboration 2013

Rihanna has joined forces with Mac to create this collection.While I love rose gold at the moment I am not sure about it with the pink. I feel this could be any make-up brand aimed at young girls. While the lipstick would be a no go for me the eyeshadow quad looks really wearable. I'm not sure what the compact is yet, be it a bronzer or beauty powder. To me it resembles a previous release by Elizabeth Arden in their  rose gold collection. I am not sure if I am a fan yet I am sure that this will still be a sell out collection.

Are you tempted by anything?

Too Faced Natrual eye pallet review

This was on my wishlist for a long time before I managed to pick it up I love Too Faced cosmetics and Urban decay but I wish they were more easily available. For anybody who wants the Urban decay Naked pallet but winces at the price this I feel is a good alternative in someways it even out does the Naked pallet. What I love about this is that it guides you on how to use each shadow in the pallet so it grate for those who are not so confident with putting different looks together.

The day look contains the perfect matt colours for and easy effortless everyday look

The Classic look has some gorgeous shade with 'Silk teddy' being one of my favorite as its defiantly is closely related to Urban decays sin which I raved about here.

With the fashion look comes some unique colour's 'Nude beach' will be loved by those who love glitter in their shadow and be hatted by those who hate chunky glitter with potential problems with fall out. 'Cocoa Puff' which is a dark brown with fine gold glitter in which I think is my winner from this pallet.

Overall it has a grate mix of matts, shimmer and glitter shads the can be worked in many different combinations for those who are colour fobes which I think is quite a lot of us. While I picked it up in Boots in Brighton maybe a year ago you can find it here on Boots.com. £26 is still quite high however, I am sure you would get so much use from this pallet the only thing I think it is missing is a black for a very dark smokey eye but, I am sure most of us have one of those or 20 in our collection.

Estee lauder Stay-in-place eyeshadow base review....

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As you can see I have made a big dent into this, I used it every time I wear eyeshadow which is most days. My eyeshadow ALWAYS creases and I just can't seem to make it last through the day. I purchased this form double wear range after running out of the Urban Decay primer potion as it is hard to buy in the shops so deiced to try something else.

I like how this works almost as a concealer for you eyelids and cancels out any discoloration.You only get 7ml compared to 11ml you get with Urban Decay  . The packaging feel nice and expensive as I always like things that come in glass packaging maybe that's just me.

I apply this with my finger as I find it easiest although you may prefer a brush. I have had it for about 5 months now and have only noticed now that it is starting to dry out. While it is an okay primer, due to my oily lids it still doesn't keep my eyeshadow from creasing although I'm sure it would work on those of you who do not have this problem.  It retails for £14 which is the same as the Urban decay.

 I am still on the search of a primer that really keep my eyesahdow in place and believe that there may be better ones out there for me. I am tempted to try the Nars one next.

Any suggestions?

Forgive me for I have sinned..

Forgive me for I have sinned, I have neglected my blog for such a long time but without making excuse's I am back and hope to constantly blog once a week if not more!

Moving on to my favorite eye shadow of 2012, appropriately named Sin. First discovered due to my unfading love affair with the Urban Decay Naked pallet. This has caused me to purchase the individual shadow more than once. I feel I am drawn to this shadow so often as it has a multitude of uses, on lazy days it can be sweeped all over the eye, on good days put all over the lid with a darker colour in the outer corner and crease and for nights out can even be used as a highlight and an inner corner colour to a smokey eye. It has the perfect metallic finish that makes achieving the fake fresh and awake look easy. For that reason alone this will be a dear friend for a long time to come.



On the note of the Urban Decay Naked pallet which from the photos you can tell has been loved to death and is all I seem to reach for, to all of you who have the Naked pallet 2, Do I need it? Have you found you revert back to the original or is your love for Naked 2 stronger?

Haul 10! and NOTW

This is just a small haul that I picked up in T J Hues as they have some bargins on make up.

• Sally hansen dimond shine top coat £2
• Stila eye shadow in Tone & Launey £3
• Revlon eyeshadow £2.50

I am in love with this colour been wearing it alllll week its Revlons new summer collection polish in "lilac pastelle" 031

Hyped up products that I'm glad I brought into and a few regrets!!

I'm not going to lie I love a bit of hype on blogger to me I find it exciting to hear about it, then to see it creeping into peoples hauls and finally reviews start popping up on my reading list. I then enjoy a trip into town to take advantage of introductory offers. So yes I'm a sucker for a bit of hype but hey its not doing anybody any harm, well only to my bank balance :)

Here are the products that were hyped on blogger and I'm thankful for as I would have probably over looked them....

I actually like Bourjois healthy mix foundation for when I don't feel like wearing such a heavy foundation and it covers pretty well. I like that it does not have a totally matt finish as I have been into the more dewy look lately. The concealer works really well under the eyes as it is a light liquid unlike more solid concealers which can look cakaey under the eye area. No so good for hiding spots though.


This is my first and only MSF its in "by candlelight" and I only purchased this due to the rave reviews it had on blogger. I can tell you know I am in love with this product i wear it nearly every day since I got it back in January so that is £19 well spent.

I would probably have picked up Maybellines falsies mascara anyway just souly on the packaging but I have really liked it so far there may even be a repurchase in the pip line.


I never looked at Revlon products before I starting reading blogs I always over looked it in Boots and Superdrug but my opinion about the brand has truly changed. I have worn this foundation three times so far and like its natural finish it gives, while concealing fairly well. As of yet I have not had any problems with the much talked about "glitter".

I use this Sleek "storm" pallet on a regular basis and I wouldn't have picked this up in Superdrug had it not been for blogger due to the fact that for the price I would have assumed that the quality of the product was rubbish.

I never wore lipstick before blogger but GOSH darling and Mac's cerem d'nude changed all that for the better.

As well as all the good products I have discovered there a been a few hyped up products I have had a short fling with but the relationship sizzled out fast. Here they are...

mac fix + = Just don't get it

Barry M 101= very dry, makes lips look chapped and also not flattering (on me)

Mac's lipglasses= These glosses sit in the lines on my lips and don't look nice at all

FOTD

I don't normally do these but after looking through my No.7 collection and swatching the eye shadow in "Mink" I thought i would give it another try. I wore this to work yesterday all over the lid with Mac "satin taupe" On the outer Corner and have to say I fell in love with it and will defiantly be wearing this again during the week!

p.s part 3 of the No.7 posts will be up to night :) x

help with your NO.7 voucher ....part 1

So Boots again are doing when you spend £5 get £5 off NO.7 I love this offer and always spend the vouchers I get! I was looking threw my collection and saw i had quite a lot of NO.7 (way more than i though) so thought it might be useful to some of you to give you very quick reviews on the products, so to give you some ideas on what to spend you voucher on.

above: picture of the voucher
bellow: from left to right, under eye concealer, this product is quite light and i like the applicator. The next two product are eye mousse I think these are normally around £8 which is quite expensive considering how small the tube is. They do crease ever so slightly but i don't think i put a primer under them, so this may have been the problem. lastly is an eye liner its is a pretty colour and the staying power is really good! you can also achieve a very thin line with this which i like.

On top we have the eye liner in "Midas" second we have an eye mousse in "vanilla" and at the bottom is an eye mousse in "fudge". fudge is my favorite of the three and i have almost used up the whole tube!!

I didn't think much of these eye shadows, the colour pay off was poor when i last tried them however after swatching them tonight I think i have fallen re-in love so am going to try them out again tomorrow. (Yes i know I'm silly and that the swatches are a different way round to the picture of them in the pan). Going by the pictures in the pan on the left is "Khaki" and on the right is "Mink".

If you want a closer review of anything feel free to leave a comment bellow :)
part 2 should follow tomorrow!