Birthday OOTN

It's my Birthdaaaaaaaaaay and I think I'm having a mid-life crisis already, I'm 27 and devastated!!! Anywhoo, I'm going out for a meal with my best girls and wanted to do a quick OOTN post for y'all :)

Clothes:

* Chiffon shirt from Primark £5.00

* Jeans from H&M £10.00

Accessories: 

* Shoes from Primark £10.00

* Clutch (Can't remember price or shop, sorry)

* Two bracelets from Internacionale £2.00each

* Ring (pack of 3) from Primark £2.00

* Earrings from River Island £1.50

Make up:

Have a good evening everyone!

Thanks for reading :)

S xx

Review - Sheer Cover Base perfector primer

Time for another little review on a product in my December Lux box, the Sheer Cover primer

I was pretty excited when I opened the box and spotted this because I love trying out new face and eye primers, even though I think my heart will always belong to No7 Beautifully Matte primer. Anywhoo back to this product.  The first thing I noticed was the scent, it reminds me a little of Nivea cream. It's not too overpowering, but it is a little on the strong side. A little of this goes a long way, it's easy to blend but I found it didn't absorb into the skin that quickly, and it left me with a dewy finish.

I think this is a primer best suited to those with dry or normal skin types. I have oily skin and my make up didn't stay on that well at all. After around 2 hours I had little to no foundation on my chin and it was starting to disappear from my cheeks too. I'm not too keen on the finish either if I'm honest, my foundation doesn't look as flawless as it does when I use my No7 primer and I didn't seem to have as much coverage with my foundation as I usually do.

The lowdown:

* Price - £21.95

* Product - 36.9ml

* Recommend - Yes, to people with a dry or normal skin type

* Repurchase - No

* Where to buy - online

Have you tried this? What do you think of it?

Thanks for reading :)

S xx

DIY brush holder

A little while ago I put up a DIY kinda post 'The little book of happiness' and so I thought I'd do a make up style DIY post today - make your own brush holder. It's a simple thing to make but I enjoyed doing it and wanted to share what I came up with.

All you need is:

* Either a used can (be careful the rim isn't sharp. My tin opener takes off just the lid, leaving no sharp edges) or you could use an old jam jar

* Some strong glue or a glue gun

* Lastly some buttons, or jewels anything you want to stick on really

And that's it. Simple but funky :) And cheaper than a lot of brush holders out there

Have you make your own make up containers? 

Thanks for reading :)

S xx

Tuesday Tip

Time for another dose of Tuesday Tip. This week : Brushes

If you're sharing a house or flat with another make up addict and you don't want to get your brushes mixed up, paint the end of the handle with a nail varnish of your choice.

Or if you're like me and have different brushes for different things, colour coordinate your brushes. I painted some of my eye brushes for certain colour eyeshadows: Green, purple and brown for neutrals:

Thanks for reading :)

S xx

Review - No7 colour calming primer

I suffer slightly with red cheeks, not really bad but it kind of makes any blush I wear more pink toned. I've been on the hunt for a green colour correcting primer to help tame the pinkness, and noticed that No7 sell one. Since I already use their Beautifully matte primer and love it, I thought I'd give this one a go.

 At first glance this is pretty scary looking, it's bright green! But once applied and blended well it's not so scary. That's maybe the problem. I tried this for a full week and I'm really not liking it or seeing any difference at all. I applied it to my cheeks and to a spot I had on my chin, and although it toned down the redness completely on my spot it did nothing for my cheeks. Once blended it went completely sheer so it was a waste of time applying it. Obviously I didn't want full blown shrek cheeks but I'd have thought some of the green would have stayed in order to counteract the redness? Nope it didn't.

I also found it quite hard to blend, the Beautifully matte primer is the same in that if it isn't blended properly and you apply foundation you end up looking like you have toothpaste splattered on your face - not a good look.

 I don't really like writing negative reviews but I think sometimes they're helpful. This is not something I'd recommend to anyone with redness, I just didn't find it worked at all. Sorry No7!

Has anyone else had problems using this? Any other colour correcting primers I should try?

Thanks for reading :)

S xx

Make up Monday #3

Time for another make up Monday post , where I rifle through my make up kit and pull out products I haven't used in a while.

Here's this weeks little bundle:

Face:

* NYC Pressed powder in 'Translucent'
* e.l.f studio blushes in 'Tickled pink' 'Fushia fusion' and ' Pink passion'

Lips:

* Barry M lip paints in '129' and '153'
* Barry M lip glosses in '4' the other two were limited edition

Eyes:

* Natural Collection eyeshadows in 'Golden Sand' and 'Moss Shimmer'
* Avon Supershock gel liner in 'Blackened metal'

The majority of these products I either haven't used, or have been used once or twice then stuck back in my collection

Thanks for reading :)

S xx

Book haul

As you can tell from the title of this post, I have a bit of a different haul. I have a confession to make. I'm a bit of a book hoarder, and for some reason I can't seem to ever go out and buy ONE book. I always come back with way too many. This time? I bought 6. Whoopsie

* A thousand splendid suns by Khaled Hosseini - £1.00

* Chocolat by Joanne Harris - 50p

* Paddy Clarke ha ha ha by Roddy Doyle - £1.00

* The Latchkey kid by Helen Forrester - 20p

* I heart Vegas by Lindsey Kelk - £2.00

* Tess of the D'urbervilles - £1.50

I'm not sure how many people are interested in book hauls, but I figured I'd do this post anyway.  I'm a complete book worm as much as I am a make up geek. Another little random fact, I love second hand books! Yup, the more scuffed and old looking the better. Weird I know but I really don't like brand new books for some reason.

Any other bookworms out there? I'm always looking for recommendations

Thanks for reading :)

S xx