Merry Christmas

I guess this is a bit of a better late than never. I hope youve had a nice Christmas and got completley spoiled. I know I did! i have a lot of products and things to talk about after the new year :) I am going to bex off the radar till after new year when I'm home feom my boyfriends! So guys hope you all have a great new year see you soon.


xoxo - Lizzy

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Illamasqua Underworld Lipstick

Around my birthday at the beginning of this month Myself and my boyfriend took a trip to London to catch the Last ever Alexisonfire show in the UK (Sad times) But while I was there I couldn't help but indulge myself in a little birthday retail therapy. So wandering around the Carnaby Street area I saw Illamasqua and had to go in!

I have a lip stick obsession and Underworld just jumped out at me, I had to have it!

The packaging these come in is beautiful and sleek. I love the slightly squashed square shape of it, fits so nicely in your hand. The box is beautiful as well!

I chose underworld which is a gorgeous purply blue colour. Its a sheer matte finish, not the usual finish I'd go for I don't normally like sheer colours but this one I made an exception for! It is a really drying formula so I would recommend a good amount of lip scrub and lip balm not one to wear if your lips aren't in tip top condition! Illamasqua say its a shimmer and it is a shimmery lipstick but I would say its more a matte finish than a glossy type.

The lipstick itself is so pretty, it leaves a beautiful sheen on your lips. I love using over different lipsticks to change the colour slightly and the effect.

At £16 this is the most pricey lip product I own! But I love it and think as an introduction to Illamasqua products it was a great one! I've got my eyes on a blush or two!

You're best bet to buy Illamasqua is online Here. I know theres a boutique in Carnaby Street but other than that I'm stumped!

Have you used an Illamasqua lipstick? Or any other Illamasqua products? Let me know!

xoxo - Lizzy

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Natural Collections concealer

I had that awful moment when you go to use a piece of make up but discover its unusable. I went to use my liquid concealer only to find that it had dried out and was pretty gross. So I had to go on the hunt for a new one! (My old one has since been discontinued)

While browsing in Boots I came across Natural Collection, I have used one of their blushes before and did like it so I thought I'd give this a try out and at £1.99 was quite a steal.

I chose fair which is the lightest colour they have. The packaging is nice and simple. It is quite lip gloss like. It comes with a doe foot applicator. Which in my opinion is the best way to apply liquid concealer. For £1.99 you get 8 ml and there is an awful lot in the tube. There's no unpleasant smell.

The formula is nice a thick its also really nice and creamy. It blends nicely into the skin and sits well during the day. I like my make up to last all day and this does. There is minimal amount of creasing around the eye area. The coverage is also very good, I've had a small break out recently and this covers everything brilliantly. You can barley see that anything's there.

In all this is a nice concealer and will be a repeat purchase!

You can pick on up at selected Boots stores or online Here

Have you tried this? What cream concealers do you recommend? Let me know

xoxo - Lizzy

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MUA Gel liners.

I'm a huge gel liner fan and an equally big fan of MUA, So when my local superdrug finally got their gel liners in I had to grab 2. They do these in 4 colours but I hardly wear brown liner eventhough i have been meaning to and blue just doesn't work on me. So I grabbed Fairground and Underground which are black and gunmetal coloured.

left to right Underground and fair ground.

I love these, they're highly pigmented and the formula is perfect for creating defined lines around your eyes. The formula is more creamy than other gel liners, but that;s great means its so much easier to work with. They glide onto the skin really easy and create a nice solid line with one sweep.

 The thing I love doing with this is applying either underground or fair ground onto my eyes and setting with either the black or the gun metal shades from the Undressed palette to create a really strong coloured look.

Left to right fairground and underground

You can see from the swatches that they are highly pigmented. Also once these are on they don't budge, after swatching these I was there ages with a make up wipe trying to remove them. I had to use my eye make up remover in the end. This is the same when you wear them, they last all day. No budging, cracking or smudging.

My absolute favorite part of these is the brush. The brush is hidden in the lid and can either be used alone or be placed into the lid to create a longer handled brush. The brush is perfectly weighted and a great size to create definition.

These are only £3 as well so a bargain!

You can buy these at selected Superdrug stores or online Here

Have you used these? What Gel liners do you use? Let me know!

xoxo - Lizzy

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Rimmel Match Perfection foundation

Foundation the starting point of all make up looks. I, myself love a choice each morning. I'm also loving how foundations are now getting better shade ranges and you can find a much closer match to your skin tone. So when I saw the advert for Rimmels new Match Perfection foundation I was a little skeptical I'm not the biggest fan of Rimmel foundations. My sister has the wake me up foundation and it just didn't do anything for me. So when I saw a sample sheet with a few shades in I thought I'd have a look see what I think after all the shades were free and gave me a chance to see the formula. I found a perfect match and decided to grab the full size.

I have the very lightest which is shade 010 Light porcelain. The range has 11 shades so you should find one perfect for you. This foundation blends beautifully into the skin.

I've been wearing this a fair amount over the last few weeks. It's not normally what I go for. Its a liquid foundation and I prefer thicker more creamy bases. As long as I use a matte primer on my trouble areas this doesn't cause me and problems.

I love that there's no tell tell lines the foundations blends seamlessly into the skin. I buff it in with a brush and really work it in.  

Its a pump actioned bottle so you get a measured dose when dispensing it. I find 2 pumps is enough to get a medium coverage across my face and neck. This also lasts all day and doesn't move. It leaves a nice glow to the skin I always feel as though I look more fresh and radiant wearing this. 

Its a really nice light formula, doesn't feel to heavy or clogging on your skin. Over the course of the day this doesn't dry my skin out or end up with annoying patches (Unless my puppy licks my cheeks, shes a bit partial to the taste of make up!) The only thing I dislike is the smell. I'm not keen on the smell of any Rimmel foundation but I overlook this as the actual product is good. 

You can purchase Rimmel at most drug stores or online here for £6.99

Have you used this foundation? What did you think? Let me know!

xoxo - Lizzy

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Mallzee

Bored with online shopping but get annoyed going to the shops? Well later this year Mallzee will be launching which is the end of all this!

Basically Mallzee is a site where you can create your own personal shopping mall. You choose the shops you like and Mallzee finds products you might like from your tastes. You can still be social on this by getting your friends involved. You can chat with them and gather opinions of products with an opinon poll.Much easier than having to Facebook or email links to friends to get their opinions. Its like the perfect mall everything is tailored to you! They make shopping fun.

I love this idea! An online department store just with the stores I like! I get so frustrated shopping, I don't have much patience so queueing is not fun for me. I'm always so busy so finding time to go shopping is a nightmare especially with friends who are equally as busy as me! So I do prefer buying things online.

Little extra while shopping online with Mallzee you can earn money! You get paid when shopping with them and if people shop in your mall you get paid! You can use this money in Mallzee or you can donate it to a charity.

I've signed up already and can't wait for the launch later this year!

You can sign up to Mallzee and find out even more here

What do you think of Mallzee?? Let me know!

xoxo - Lizzy

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17 Miracle Matte Primer

I'm always on a quest to keep my skin pretty shine free. No matter what complexion product in if it has a promise of a matte finish I grab it! So obviously my eyes were drawn to 17's Miracle Matte Primer.

With a promise of 22 hours shine free how could I resist! So I grabbed one. At only £4.99 for 15ml would be rude not to! The product comes in a squeezy bottle quite like an ointment bottle. A really small pointy applicator. Its easy to dispense.

The primer itself is a thick white cream. Once blended in it does go translucent. I do find it really hard to blend in it isn't very fluid. It gores quite dry. Also a little doesn't go along way! I did use to use my fingers but now I blend it with a foundation brush to get a real even finish. Doing this it doesn't dry or need as much work to blend in. Saying that the effect it has out weights that one bad point. I'm not sure if it does last 22 hours I never have my make up on that long, but it does last all day and give a nice even matte finish to my skin. It obviously works best with 17s Miracle matte foundation but I find it does the same job with any foundation I use. You don't have to use this all over the face, you can just apply it only onto your problem areas.

My foundation stays put all day and my skin stays shine free till I take off my make up. Normally around 9 - 12 hours. My skin doesn't feel dry after using it not have I noticed anything that's made me want to stop using it.

You can buy this at selected Boots stores or online Here for £4.99

Have you used this? DO you recommend a matte primer? Let me know!

xoxo - Lizzy

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Face of the day!

Today I thought I'd show you what I created with my new MUA make up brushes

I created this look using:

Face:
- Rimmel Perfect Match foundation
- Natural collection concealer
- Rimmel stay matte powder
- MAC Lightscapade
- MUA Bronzed Perfection
- MUA Shimmer Kisses blush

Eyes:
- Urban Decay primer potion
- Urban decay Naked 2 - Bootycall all over lid - Tease in the crease - Fozy as a highlight colour
- Urban Decay Big fatty mascara
- MUA Gel liner Underground
- MUA pro brows brow kit (Darkest colour)

Lips:
- MAC Rebel
- Lipcote

Thats todays Face of the day =]

What looks are you liking at the moment? Let me know!

xoxo - Lizzy

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MUA Make up brushes

Im a massive fan of MUA and was so excited when I saw they were planning some make up brushes. So as soon as they released them I had to grab a few. I was a little wary make up brushes from £1.50 they had to be too good to be true. So just to try them out to see quality and how well they apply. They are all synthetic and cruelty free, which is right up my street. The thought of animal hair brushes freaks me out a bit so I just don't buy them

I chose F6 which is a an angled blusher and contouring brush, E1 which is a base shadow brush, E2 which is an eyeshadow contour brush and E3 which is a blending a shadow brush.

F6 MUA brush £3

F6 - This an angled brush for blusher or contouring. The bristles on this are so soft and this also picks up a perfect amount of product to gently build up colour on your cheeks. I have used this for both blush and contouring and found for contouring its second to none it sits perfectly in the hollow of my cheeks. This brush would work really well with a two toned contour and highlight product due to the size. I've used this a fair few times since receiving it and haven't seen any shedding. I've spot washed it and its washed perfectly fine as well, but I'll update this when I've washed this properly. £3

Close up of F6 brush

E1 Brush £1.95

E1 - This eyeshadow brush is a standard lay down brush with a 'c' shape. Its a nice size for applying colour to the lids. Its about the size of the brush in Urban Decays original Naked palette. The bristles are firm without being stiff. It picks up colour beautifully. I've used this brush with both mattes and glitters and both were applied beautifully. £1.95

Close up of E1 bristles

E2 brush £1.95

E2 - This is an eyeshadow contour brush which I've never had in my brush collection before now. I was a bit unsure as to use it but discovered its great to apply colour to the crease. It creates beautiful contours on the eyes, it also applies colour to the outer corners beautifully. I did this morning in my rush to get out the door turn it on its side and use it to apply colour all over my lid, I found that with one sweep I could apply colour evenly over my entire lid. The bristles are super soft and move nicely. They are firm but not overly firm that their stiff. They hold their shape when applying shadows. £1.95

Close up of E2 bristles

E3 brush £1.95

E3 - This is a blending brush much like the MAC 217 brush. This blends harsh shadow lines like a dream. It isn't scratchy or rough on the eyes. I have used this clean just to blend and I've also used it with a shadow on and this works amazingly well both ways. The bristles are like the others super soft and this one has firmer bristles than the other eye shadow brushes. £1.95

Close up of E3 bristles

These brushes are perfectly weighted and sit nicely in your hands when you're working with them. The brush design is sleek and they look nice and professional.

These brushes are incredible for the price and they definitley feel much more expensive they are being sold for. MUA could easily charge more for these. The quality is comparable to higher end brushes. I am going to be ordering some more of they brushes as you can never have enough eyeshadow brushes! and also a few of the others.

The only downside is these are online only and aren't going into Superdrug stores. But for the price of them and the quality I'm not going to moan about having to order these online and wait for the postie to pop them through my door!

You can buy these brushes and the rest of the range online Here

Have you tried any MUA brushes? Let me know what you think of them!

xoxo - Lizzy

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MAC Lightscapade

I love high lighting my face and making features pop. I've always had difficulty finding a nice one I don't really get on with liquid ones. I've always been intrigued by this MAC's lightscapade but they discontinued it and trying to find one was a nightmare not to mention prices were sky high! Every one wanted to get their hands on this. So when I discovered it had gone back on sale I was so excited and just had to have it! I was brought this for my birthday. Boyfriend got it right again!

I love this! Its lovely and almost ivory not quite champagne coloured. The one I have as you can see isn't all that blue. Which is great, I was warned by a friend that some of them are quite bluey in colour. 

Its a nice subtle high lighter and looks great oround the cheek bones and brow bones area. It gives my skin a really nice glow. This also catches the light beautifully.

MAC Lightscapade £21.50

I love the packaging this is in. It stands out in my box. As this is my only individual powder high lighter its in with my blushes so against all my others this stands out even though it has a more basic packaging.

This is one of their Mineralize skin finishes. I do own soft and gentle and love that as a high lighter too. To apply Lightscapade I use Real Techniques setting brush, This is because it is big enough to cover the places you want to high light but small enough to have a great amount of control over where you apply the product.   But this is just amazing. I have seen a few bloggers speak about the difference in veining between this and the original, I never had an original or got to a MAC store when it was available so I have no idea about any comparisons.

The only thing I have similar to this is Benefits Watts up, but that is a cream high lighter, but the colours are quite similar. I do like to layer this over Watts up, this does a give an ultra high lighted look. But I'll talk more about that product later.

This is super pretty and looks amazing on. Im fairly pale as is my sister and I've used it on her with great results and we're both cool toned. My other sister is warmer toned than me but I've yet to talk her around to letting me trial it on her so I'm not sure how it looks on darker/warmer skin tones.

What highlighters do you use? Have you used this? Let me know!

You can purchase this at House of Fraser stores or online here

xoxo - Lizzy

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MAC viva glam Nicki 2

I am so excited by the news of a Viva glam Nicki 2! Im a huge MAC lipstick fan and a big Nicki fan! (This is a guilty pleasureefor me I have to say) so seeing this and the lipstick colour is the best thing!


The lipstick is a lavender colour. I love purple toned lipsticks and my Barry M lavender has seen much better days and does need replacing hopefully it will hold out till Feb when this is launched!

Whats not to love? Lavender is the new pink so a cute lavender lippy with all revenue going to AIDS/HIV charities the world over. Nice guilt free new product for you!

Will you be grabbing the viva glam Nicki 2? Let me know!


xoxo - lizzy

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Weekend wants

Here are the pretty things I'm lusting over this week. I know its a little late. But here goes!

1 - MAC Fleshpot - I'm a recent convert to MAC lipsticks and I'm always trying to find a nude lippy that is the perfect shade for me. But finding out this one which is pretty perfect is sold out is rather rubbish. So back to the drawing board there! But theres ALOT of mac shades I'm liking at the moment!

2 - Sleek Snapshots palette - I love Sleek, and this palette has a real cute girly vibe to it and so many pretty colours. I just hope superdrug get it in stock soon! £7.99 at selected Superdrug stores or online Here.

3 - Real Techniques starter kit - I'm in love with Real Techniques. I have a fair few face brushes but I'm so wanting to try their eye brushes and see if they're just as good as the rest. Available at selected Boots stores or online here £21.99

4 - Benefit Dallas - I love Benefit powders. Not too keen alot else with them but these are fab. Dallas is a beautiful colour which I have used before in there Powderazzi kit. I love it as a contour colour or a blush.£23.50 selected Boots, Debenhams and house of fraser.



Those are what I wanna get. What items are you wanting this week? Let me know!

xoxo - Lizzy

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Face of the day

I thought I'd share with you a few looks I do each week. Only if I really like it.

So today I went for a purple look.

To create this I used:

Complexion
- 17 Miracle Matte primer
- Rimmel Match Perfection foundation 010
- MAC studio finish concealer NC20
- Rimmel Stay Matte powder Peach glow
- MAC Lightscapade
- MUA Shimmer Kisses blush

Eyes
- Rimmel Scandaleyes waterproof kohl purple
- Bourjois ombre stretch in violet
- Rimmel Glam eyes liquid liner black
- Urban Decay Big fatty mascara
- MUA pro brow

Lips
- MAC lipstick Snob
- MUA sheer finish gloss

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Real Techniques powder brush

I have a love affair with real techniques brushes. So when I opened my birthday presents and saw the powder brush in there I was incredibly happy!

The powder brush is a nice big fluffy domed shape brush. The bristles are made of taklon and are so soft its unreal. The bristles are dense and pick up the perfect amount of powder. Powder is evenly distributed over your face. I find with this I don't go too heavy with the powder, so I don't get that horrible powdery look that makes it obvious you're wearing make up.

The brush is gold coloured to indicate that its a complexion brush. The handle on this is great. Its perfectly weighted and is moulded for easy gripping. This one is also made to be free standing. So you don't have to find space for it in your brush holder you can pop it on the side and it will stand there itself. Which is great for me as I'm trying to figure out new storage!

This brush is great for all over powdering such as face powder or a bronzer. I've also used it for high lighting but its not to great for that. Its too big for around the nose and mouth area. So a small brush for high lighting is my next purchase!

Real Techniques are also really affordable. This one is £12.99 and is the most expensive individual brush in the range.

You can purchase Real Techniques at larger Boots stores or online Here

Have you used any Real Techniques brushes? Let me know!

xoxo - Lizzy

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Mac snob

I love lipsticks and have a vast collection. I can't resist a pretty one! So when I opened my birthday presents from my boyfriend I was incredibly happy to see Snob by MAC. I have obviously taught him incredibly well as he has my taste in make up pretty much down to a tee!

Snob is a satin finish which is a semi matte finish. I love the formula. Its not drying on my lips and is pretty matte once its on. It lasts for ages. Also the rub off isn't too bad I wore this to a wedding reception and yes you could tell my glass by the lipstick marks but it was a very pale lip mark for such a pigmented lip colour.

Snob is a beautiful opaque pink lipstick. Its not to different to Rimmels Kate Moss range Matte in 101. But Snob has a more lilac tone to it. I'm a huge fan of purple toned lipsticks. So this is perfect.

It goes onto the lips nice and easy and doesn't take too many goes over to be completely opaque. Its long lasting as well. As I said I wore this to a wedding and only reapplied it twice during the whole night. More because I'm quite obsessed with redoing my make up at events than it had worn off. It also smells divine  Such a nice sweet smell but not too sickly sweet. Once on this isn't too in your face and too bright. If your lips arent in tip top condition you may find this shows that up. Nothing a little exfoliant can't sort out!

I'm not normally a user of high end make up. I normally stick to high street brands. But now I think I'm ruined for lipsticks. I love this and have worn it everyday since receiving it.

At £14 it may be a little pricey but its so worth the money!
You can get this from selected House of Fraser stores and online here

Have you used MAC lipsticks? What shades are your favorites? Let me know!

xoxo - Lizzy

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Too faced Galaxy Glam

Sometimes Im a little snobby and quite often in TK Maxx I ignore the beauty area because there's never anything that catches my eyes and the brands aren't ones I'll use. Recently TK Maxx has had an explosion of great beauty brands available. I've seen a lot of Urban Decay, Too Faced, NYX and Nails Inc in my local store. Last time I was in there I grabbed a Too Faced Galaxy Glam eye shadow. I didn't really look at this in the store, it was one of those impulse buys. As the shade was called moon beam and there's a little running joke in our house about the words moon beam so it tickled me a little and I had to have it. At £3.99 I was really going to complain either.

The shadow is a marbled powder. Its nice and shimmery and catches the light beautifully. Its in a nice screw top tub and you get 3 gms of product. It is quite a chunky packaging but I like it its not fiddly or hard to handle. There also doesn't seem to be a way to depot this one.

The colour is a beautiful black based dark green. Looking into the pot I did originally think it was a black shadow but when \I swatched it at home was pleasantly suprised by the green that came through.

You can see from the swatch the actual colours of this. I love it! It looks amazing as a laydown colour and also so beautiful just in the crease. For me this colour is what I wanted from Libertine, the green black in Urban Decays black palette. But that shade left me pretty disapointed.

Top Moon beam bottom Libertine

You can see the difference in the amount of green between the two. If you've ever seen the black palette or own it you'll understand what I mean about this.

I'm loving this shadow and think I've started a little love affair with Too Faced products. So a few palettes are going onto my wish list.

Do you have this? Have any other Too Faced shadows I should try? Let me know

xoxo - Lizzy

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Sleek Primer Palette

I've become a huge fan of Sleek make up. I've been looking for some cream eye shadows to layed upnder powder shadows, So when I saw this in my local Superdrug I thought it was a perfect fit for me!

This is Sleeks Primer Palette. Its a 12 shade palette with cream shadows in. They are meant to be used as a base for layering powder shadows on top. You can use them on their own, I do, Just to create a nice wash of colour on your lids. For those days when you want a little eye make up on and some colour but not too much. They also blend together quite well so you can create looks with the primers themselves.

Like with all Sleek palettes this one comes with a lovely big mirror. I love how big their mirrors are, means when I stay at my boyfriends ,whos bedroom mirror is so awkward to get to, I can either use a mirror from one of my sleek palettes or grab my handy table top mirror. The palettes themselves are nice a sturdy. Their matte black and hard plastic. I'm in a weird way not too concerned about these. I don't mind travelling with this palette or accidentally dropping it. There pretty hard wearing. The palette comes with a brush, this brush isn't one of those little sponge ones Its a double ended bristle brush. I don't use it I blend these with my finger. Not something I normally do I'm quite fussy about that.  But I do find these go on better with your fingers. It also has a plastic overlay which I love, this keeps the mirror clean. Sleek also use this to label their shades.

Top row swatched

Top row left to right.
.Moonshine -           A white primer
Calypso -                Electric blue
Ultra Violet -           Purple. This ones very sheer.
Dare Devil -            Bright pink
Pink Frost -            A pale frosty pink
Silver Lining -         A grey/ silvery colour

Bottom row swatched

Bottom row from left to right:

Noir -                  Black
Peach -                A peachy creamy colour
Money tree -        A pearly green
Truffle -                A golden brown colour
Money Honey -    An ivory gold
Hot Wired -         A peachy mid pink

I love hot wired on its own or under Urban Decays Chopper. I also use Noir under matte/shimmer blacks for a full on black look. Or on its own blended up and out for a smokey look.

Sleek say all these primers match shades in their other Idivine palettes. I only have 1 at the moment (another is sat in my mums room wrapped for christmas, ultimate torture!)so I cant really comment on that aspect to the palette yet.

Its a great little palette that has many uses and so far has been used a lot!

Have you used this? What did you think? Let me know

xoxo - Lizzy

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