Weekly Favourites....

Tis Sunday again, you know the drill. Time for this weeks favourites:

* e.l.f conditioning lip balm in 'Peaceful pink' - I've loved using this this past week. With the weather getting colder now I like to wear a lip balm. But I've been reaching for this more because it's such a pretty colour and it keeps my lips nice and soft

* Vital radiance blusher in 'mocha radiance' - This is one of those shades that gives off a nice glow and is kind of in between a blush and bronzer. Such a pretty colour

* Models own nail varnish in 'Raspberry Crush' - I got this free with More! Magazine and was in two minds about getting it because I have SO many red nail varnishes. However, I'm very happy I picked this up because it's a reddy pink and such a gorgeous colour

That's it for this week.

Thanks for reading :)

S xx

Review - Beauty fixation tinted lip conditioner....

I recently received my 'Latest in beauty' box and the one thing I was excited about were the Japonesque 'beauty fixation tinted lip conditioner' cotton buds

These are basically 24 cotton buds filled with tinted lip conditioner and all you have to do is snap off the end with the red ring around it, and squeeze the product out until it fills the cotton bud at the other end.

I thought these were a great idea for travelling or just to simply throw in your bag for when you want a little extra sheen on your lips.
I love the idea, however I don't love the product itself. I found them to be oily, which was a bit weird for a tinted lip conditioner as any others I've tried have been a balm. They weren't pigmented at all which was a let down as they indicate 'Tinted'. I wasn't expecting full on colour but 'tinted' means a little smidge of colour right?

The actual product pretty much soaked into my lips straight away, literally after about 10 minutes. They didn't feel all that conditioned if I'm honest, I think an ordinary lip balm works better.

I'd say if you can get these as samples (latest in beauty is where I got mine) then give them a go, you might like them. I wouldn't purchase these myself because I don't think I'd use them again

Have you tried these?

Thanks for reading :)

S xx





















Where to buy:

* USA Amazon
*  Beautybar
* UK Amazon
* Latest in beauty
* Cocktail Cosmetics
* Beautyfixation

Have you tried these before?

Thanks for reading :)

S xx

Essie collection....

Over the past couple of months I've picked up a fair few Essie nail varnishes, which I have to say were all bought at a bargain price. I thought I'd do a little post on the ones I have, and hopefully the swatches might help some of you out when deciding on colours :)

Left to right:

* Ballet Slippers

* Muchi Muchi

* Lady Like

* To buy or not to buy

* Navigate her (the green)

Apologies for the messy 'ballet slippers' it's quite a hard polish to apply

Left to right

* Navigate her

* Fifth Avenue

* Tour de Finance

* Orange, it's obvious

* Carry on

Out of the ones I have, I think 'Lady like' and 'Fifth avenue are my faves!

What's your favourite Essie polish?

Thanks for reading :) 

S xx

FREEBIE Alert....

I'm pretty sure all you make up addicts already know about this but in case you don't here's a little post :) More! Magazine are giving away free Models own goodies. You get one thing per magazine: a choice of two nail varnishes and a choice of two lip glosses:

I got a free lip gloss called 'Red Hot' I'm not sure what the other shade is, or which nail varnishes are out there because my newsagent only had this one in, but I shall be on the hunt for them tomorrow :P

Have you picked this up today? Which freebie did you get?

Thanks for reading :)

S xx

Alternative products....

We all know high end products are rather expensive, and I guess you do get what you pay for. However many people stay away from the less expensive brands because they don't think that they'll be any good. One of my favourite brands is, yes you've guessed it, MUA. I waffle on about them all of the time and I'm always telling friends to go out and buy some things.
So, the other day I was going through my MAC palettes and realised that I have some similar eyeshadow's in my MUA collection. I'm not saying they're exactly the same, however I am saying that if you're after a cheaper alternative then check these out:

* First up MAC Mystery on top and MUA shade 19 on bottom

The MUA shade looks slightly warmer on this picture, but it's actually very similar to 'Mystery' Such a great matte brown

* MAC Carbon on top and MUA shade 20 on bottom

In my opinion, MUA blows MAC's 'Carbon' out of the water on this one. I find 'Carbon' to be very hard to work with, it doesn't blend all that well and the pigmentation is pretty pants compared to MUA

* MAC 'Satin Taupe' on top and MUA shade 11 on bottom

Again not an exact dupe, but a great alternative eyeshadow. Both of these blend easy and are extremely pigmented

* Last eyeshadow alternative MAC 'Silver ring' on top and MUA Shade 3 on bottom

I find these to be very similar, but I've noticed the MUA has slightly more shimmer in it and is a little more pigmented

* Now for an eye primer. Urban Decay primer potion and MUA eyeshadow primer

I prefer MUA eyeshadow primer by a mile. Sorry Urban Decay but the MUA primer is a little thicker which I prefer and it's £2.00!!

MUA eyeshadow's are only £1.00 compared to MAC at £12.00, pretty big price difference!

Have you found any alternatives to any high end products?

Thanks for reading :)

S xx

Weekly favourites....

A very short favourites post this week 2 lippys, a film and a book :)

Pour les Levres ;)

* Marks and Spencer's 'Blush Pink' - I love this colour, such a pretty reddy/orange colour

* Avon's 'Purple Haze' - I love Barry M's lip paint in '129' but I find it hard to wear because it's so pigmented. I wanted another lilac toned lipstick and stumbled across this one. It's such a pretty and easy colour to wear


Get your popcorn at the ready:

* Sherlock Holmes - I was a bit unsure about this because it's not something I'd normally watch, and I admit I only wanted to watch it for Robert Downey Jnr :P However I love this film!! I laughed the whole way through, deffo one to watch


The bookworm is back to play:

* 'I heart New York' by Lindsey Kelk - I've had this book sat on my bookshelf for so long and completely forgot about it. That was until my cousin and I decided we fancied a little trip to New York next year and booked ourselves a flight :D So I started to read this, and although I'm only on chapter 6, I'm hooked!!

That's all folks

Thanks for reading :)

S xx

Review - MUA Kiss proof lip stain in 'Kissalicious'

Time for another MUA product review, this time their new Kiss proof lip stains:

As soon as I saw these on the MUA website I knew I had to try them out, so I waited patiently until they got released in Superdrug and ran like a mad woman to pick one up. I bought mine in 'Kissalicious' which is a gorgeous pink shade

This lip stain is pretty much like a felt tip pen with the same plastic tube and the same kind of fibre tip. However with this pen, you colour in your lips :P

These smell so good, they have a fruity scent and the application is great. I found that with mine I had to use the side of the tip rather than the actual tip to get the product onto my lips. This was slightly tacky once applied but not too much and it dried within around 30 seconds. It lasted around 4 hours on my lips then lost its pigmentation slightly and left behind a 'my lips but better' colour. I didn't find this to be all that drying on my lips.

The Lowdown:

* Cost - £3.00

* Shades - 3

* Smells fruity

* Lasts around 4 hours
* Not too drying

* 4.5/5

Buy MUA here

Thanks for reading :) 

S xx