Review: Vivo eyeshadow trio....

A friend of mine at work told me she had bought some of the vivo cosmetic range from Tesco and totally raved about the eyeshadows. She knows I'm a total make up junkie so told me that I should give them a try, so I did :P The only problem is, my Tesco is just the plain Jayne of Tesco's and only Tesco extra sell the vivo (as far as I know) But luckily enough, whilst I was in London a couple of weeks ago there was a huge Tesco that stocked it *happy Stacey*

I picked up three things so will be reviewing them all, but firstly I'm going to rave about the eyeshadow trio:

I bought it in 'sugar plum' and absolutely adore it!!

The palette consists of three colours : a light baby pink, a medium purple and a dark purple. I'd say this was a warm tone palette, except for the light pink which seems to be a neutral. My skin is cool toned so I can't usually wear warm tone shadows, but this works really well for me. The two purples are really pigmented but the light pink doesn't show up very well but works as a good base colour and adds a little wash of colour over the lid. All shadows are blendable and stay put when used with a primer.

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The palette itself is quite sturdy and ideal for travelling with as it's so compact, and it comes with a small mirror which is always handy.

The good, the bad, and the awful:

THE GOOD:

* Cost - £2.50

* 4g of product

* Avaialable from Tesco Extra

* Small and compact

* 3 shadows, many looks

* Stays put with a primer

* Blendable

THE BAD:

* Light pink not very pigmented

I'll be hunting down a Tesco extra and buying more of these to try, really impressesd with the colours and pigmentation for the price. 4/5

Thanks for reading :)

S xx

Weekly faves and Happy Easter....

HAPPY EASTER!!!

Weekly faves time again! I've been rediscovering some old favourites this week, and loving lip products!

*e.l.f bronze and blush duo (been using the bronzer) £3.50

*Bourjois blusher in '43 cendre de rose brune' £7.49

*e.l.f nail varnish in 'Desert Haze' £1.50

*Covergirl lipstick in '405'

*Sally Hansen colour comfort lip colour in 'Baby pink'

*Sally Hansen colour comfort lip colour in 'Sort orchid'

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*Vivo eyeshadow trio in 'sugar plum' £2.50

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I have some reviews on the vivo cosmetics coming up, so keep your eyes peeled :P

Thanks for reading :)

S xx

Review: MUA eyeshadow primer....

As I've said a few times I'm currently building up my freelance kit, and I'm always trying out different products to see what I like and don't like.

I have a hand full of eyeshadow primers that I'm using and that I love; MAC paint pots, Urban Decay primer potion and Soap and Glory It's about prime. Out of all of them I think I reach for Urban Decay because it has no colour and can be used with matte and shimmer shadows

SO, whilst in superdrug I was having a good old spy at the MUA stand and noticed that they had an eyeshadow primer that looked so similar to Urban Decay and for a fraction of the price. So off I trotted to the till to pay.

On the tube it says 'Long lasting, smoothing, no creases'......and let me tell you, it does exactly what it says!! From the first time I used this, I new I had found a winner. Usually I need to use something a few times before I know if I like it, not this! I fell in love with it as soon as I applied it.

I want to say it's similar to Urban Decay; similar packaging (sponge tip applicator) and it's the same colour. BUT the consistency of MUA is much thicker than Urban Decay, and better in my opinion.

This primer can be used on any skin tone/colour because once it has absorbed into the skin it leaves no colour behind. I reach for this every morning as appose to any of my others now. I apply my make up at around 7:30am on a working day and sometimes don't have the chance to wash it off until around 7pm that night, and my shadow is still in place and just as vibrant as it was that morning!

The good, the good and...the good (no bad points!)
* Cost - £2.50
* 7.5g
* Quite thick consistency
* Eyeshadow lasts around 12 hours
* Prevents creasing
* Smooth to apply
* Does what it says on the tube

Definitely one for my kit, and I definitely recommend picking this up....5/5
Thanks MUA!!

http://www.superdrug.com/primer/mua-pro-eye-primer/invt/312558/

Thanks for reading :)

S xx

Easter nails....

What would easter be without some funky fun pastel coloured nails? I had a lot of fun playing about with some colours.

Here's what I ended up with:

* For the 'egg' nail I used : 17 lasting fix in 'sweet kiss' all over

                                         Barry M nail paint in 'pale purple 308' for the top stripe

                                         Barry M nail paint in 'mint green 304' for the zig zag

                                         MUA lovehearts polish in 'U & I for the top spots

                                         Barry M nail paint in 'blue moon 317' for the middle spots

                                         Barry M nail paint in 'matt white 66' for the bottom spots

*For the 'chick' nail I used: Rimmel lasting finish in 'lemon drop' all over the nail
                                         e.l.f polish in 'mango madness' fro the beak
                                         Rimmel lasting finish in 'black satin' for the eyes (then applied diamantes

* For the 'rabbit' nail I used: Barry M nail paint in 'grey 293' all over
                                           Barry M nail paint in 'matt white 66' for the belly and eyes
                                           Nails inc in 'warick avenue' for the nose
                                           Rimmel lasting finish in 'black satin' for the whiskers and eyes

* For the pink and white spotted nail I used : nails inc in 'warwick avenue' all over
                                                                    barry M nail paint in ' matt white 66'

* For the white, blue and brown spotted nail I used: Barry M nail paint in 'matt white 66'
                                                                               Barry M nail paint in 'blue moon 317'
                                                                               e.l.f polish in 'desert haze'
                                               

http://www.boots.com/en/17-Fast-Finish-Nail-Polish_927316/
http://www.eyeslipsface.co.uk/product~prodID~62.htm
http://www.muastore.co.uk/index.php/love-heart-nail-varnish
http://www.barrym.com/nail-paints
http://www.nailsinc.com/shop
http://www.boots.com/en/Rimmel-I-love-Lasting-Finish-Nail-Polish_983780/

Hope you all have a great easter

Thanks for reading

S xx



Easter gift idea....

Easter is coming! I swear I'm like a big kid :P I just love that it gives me an excuse to do crafty things, paint my nails funky colours and bake cakes. OK, I don't need an excuse for any of those things because I love doing them anyway. BUT I like having a theme for things, makes it all that bit more exciting. So, on the run up to Easter I decided to post some Easter fun. Today's? Easter gift idea. I know a lot of people buy an Easter egg for that special someone, but this year I've decided to give something a little different to my niece and nephew:

An Easter basket. It's not that exciting but I thought it's a little different for them since they'll be getting lots of eggs, and they can use the basket for an Easter hunt afterwards :)

Easter - my most over used word in this post :P

Have a great Easter everyone :)

Thanks for reading

S xx

Nails of the week....

Just a quick little post of 'nails of the week' I was messing about with some nail varnishes the other day and came up with some nail designs for easter. And since it's the week before easter I thought I'd sport one :) Enjoy:

I used:
* e.l.f varnish in 'desert haze' on the for nails £1.50
* Barry M nail paint in 'matt white 66' on the ring finger £2.99
* Barry M nail paint in 'blue moon 317' as the dots £2.99

 http://www.eyeslipsface.co.uk/product~prodID~62.htm                                                                           
http://www.barrym.com/nail-paints

Thanks for reading :)

S xx

Simple Vs Garnier....

I haven't actually found a skin routine that I love and that makes me think 'WOW I love my skin'. I've tried a few new products to see if I fall in love with anything, and the only thing I've found and I know that from now on I'll repurchase again and again, is Simple oil balancing face wash and moisturiser.

£4.29

£4.25

I have a slightly oily T-zone and find that this face wash and moisturiser really do help control the oil. I ran out of both around 2 weeks ago, and whilst in Superdrug I noticed that Garnier were having a 2 for £5 offer on their skin care. So I picked up their pure anti blackhead deep pore wash and pure long lasting shine control moisturiser to see if it worked as well as simple.

And the result? It isn't half as good as Simple, sorry Garnier. This face wash (which is also supposed to control shine) and the moisturiser have actually made my skin go back to the way it was before I started using the Simple! The Garnier actually has a very strong off putting smell about it too, where as the simple has no smell at all, which I prefer.

So the winner? SIMPLE every time. I promise I'll never doubt you again!!

Simple and Garnier are both available from Boots and Superdrug

http://www.superdrug.com/simple/simple-oil-balancing-exfoliating-wash-150ml/invt/802819/


Thanks for reading :)

S xx