Review: MUA going for gold palette

Hello!

So today I am going to be reviewing a eyeshadow palette from MUA called 'going for gold'. I'm pretty sure that by now MUA doesn't need an introduction so I'm not going to bother with one. The 'going for gold' palette is a limited edition palette that MUA released in honour of the 2012 Olympics. 

The colours in this palette consist of golds, silvers and bronzes and are definitely not colours that I would generally go for but as it was on sale for £3 I decided to purchase it! 

As you can see from the above photo, I have used some of the shades more than others. What I like about this palette is the colours are easily blended and you can wear them lightly so that they don't look too full on for a day time look. I think most of the colours are wearable in my opinion apart from shade 5 which is like a bright orange/yellow that definitely doesn't suit my skin tone! 

Surprisingly, I actually really liked this palette and have worn it a lot more than I originally thought I would! The colours are more suited to a night out in my opinion but like I said they can be worn lightly for day time!

The only problem I found with this palette was that it does have a fair amount of fallout but considering it only cost me £3 I can't moan about it!

What do you think about this palette?

Thanks for reading! 

xxx

Garnier BB cream

Hello everyone!

Today's post is one I have been meaning to do for a couple of months now as I was sent a sample of the Garnier BB cream back in July some time! When I was sent the sample I hadn't heard of BB creams before but as I've delayed writing this for months I am now aware of lots of other brands who have brought out their own BB creams and have read reviews of many of these, both good and bad.

Unfortunately, I am not impressed by this BB cream. The colour I was sent was 'light' and is the lightest colour they do. As you can see from the photo above, this shade is still too dark for my skin and when I rubbed it in it looked like I had an extremely bad fake tan eek! However, even the coverage of this product was extremely poor.

However, even though this product isn't right for me I think the idea of a BB cream is great so I definitely want to try another brand!

What BB cream would you recommend?

xxx

NOTD: blue dots

Hello!

This post is just a quick one to know you a nail design that I created yesterday using a dotting tool, Essie's 'smooth sailing' nail polish and Revlon's 'cloud' nail polish. I bought my dotting tools ages ago off of Ebay for around £1.50 but hadn't got round to using them yet. This design is extremely simple to create, you just paint your nails any colour you wish and then using the dotting tool and a different colour nail polish create a line of dots down the nail: SIMPLE!

I'm happy with how they turned out for the first time of using my dotting tools! 

P.S. sorry for the awful picture, it was taken from my instagram as it was the only picture I have taken of my nails!

Thanks for reading!

xxx

Review: Chit Chat juicy lipstick in Peony

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If you are a regular reader of my blog then you may have read my posts on the Revlon just bitten kissable balm stains in charm and cherish that I thought were great! After reading a blog post about a dupe from poundland (I'm useless and can't remember what one!) I thought I would try it as after all it is only £1!

I had to search around the beauty isle in poundland as it was such a mess and found four different shades of these juicy lipsticks but I decided to go for peony which is a pink colour as this is the only shade out of the ones that I saw that I would actually wear.

So what did I think about the product?

I'm actually extremely impressed! I absolutely love the colour and find this very moisturising! I also find that It   doesn't feel as heavy on my lips as the Revlon balm stains do. There is actually a fair amount of product and unlike the Revlon balm stains it doesn't smell minty which many people will probably like! 

The only problem I have with the juicy lipsticks is the packaging as it looks very cheap but what can I expect for £1?

Have you tried the juicy lipsticks?

Thanks for reading!

xxx

Bourjois magic nail polish remover dupe for £1?

I'm sure most of you would have heard of the bourjois magic nail polish remover but like many, I didn't want to pay £4.99 for a nail polish remover! Whilst in poundland the other day I spotted this which looks pretty similar to the bourjois magic nail polish remover but obviously is only £1 so I thought I would give it a try.

The pot states you should put your finger into the sponge, twist your nail against the side of the sponge and then remove. The picture below is after I followed these rules... 

As you can see from the pictures, it actually works very well! For a £1 item, it is so quick and easy to use and actually works very well, a lot better than I thought it would have to be honest. 

Unfortunately I have also found two negatives with this product. If you look at the picture above you are able to see that there is still some nail polish left on the nail. This happens on every nail and is extremely difficult to remove using this pot so this is a bit of a pain. The other issue I have found that it does have an extremely strong smell of nail polish remover (more so than any other nail polish remover I have ever used). 

However, saying that, I am extremely impressed with this and the fact that it is only £1 definitely makes me recommend this product!

Have you tried this bourjois magic nail polish remover dupe?

Thanks for reading

xxx

Essie and Revlon nail polish haul

Hello!

So today's post is just a quick haul which I bought from fragrance direct. Every blogger has probably heard of fragrance direct due to them selling Essie nail polishes for £1.99! Am I right? Originally I decided I wouldn't order any but as a couple of days past I was sucked in by the amazing prices and just HAD to order a couple.

Fragrance direct is a website that sells beauty items for much cheaper than their original retail price so I would definitely recommend looking at their website if like me, you can't resist a good bargain!

Top row: no shrinking violet, peach nectar, touch of mauve, cloud and ruby ribbon

Bottom row: case study and very structured 

 

I had never tried any Revlon nail polishes prior to this order and let me tell you, I am extremely impressed! I painted my nails using two coats of 'ruby ribbon' last Monday and I wore them a whole week before changing the colour without them chipping! AMAZING! 

The Revlon nail polishes were only 99p each and the Essie nail polishes were £1.99.

Have you bought anything of fragrance direct?

Thanks for reading

xxx

Perfume for £1?

Hello everyone!

So whilst in Canterbury yesterday, me and my friends decided to do a bit of shopping after registering for university. We went into poundland as I wanted to have a look at the beauty isle and I managed to smell this perfume. 

 Firstly I'll start off with saying that I have never bought perfume from poundland before as generally they are horrible but after smelling this I decided to give it a go as it was only £1 after all! I always wear perfume and always carry some around with me during the day so I thought I'd also get this as it doesn't matter how quickly it is used up.

I thought the packaging was rather sweet and thought it looked more expensive than it is but I'm not too keen on the look of the actual bottle as I think it's a really unusual shape and it's quite big so it isn't convenient to carry round with you.

On to the actual perfume - I actually really like the smell! I think this is one of the perfumes that can be worn either day or night and I can actually smell it hours after spraying it which is a lot more than I expected from a  £1 perfume. I would definitely recommend this as it's only £1 so even if you don't like it it's not the end of the world.

Have you tried any poundland perfumes?

Thanks for reading!

xxx