Hey Beauties!
Its no secret that im in love with the Real Technique brushes along with a lot of other people, i just think they are really great quality brushes for a good price. I use them in my Makeup Artist kit and tend to reach for them more than other brushes so when i saw that the Duo-Fiber set had came out i had to have them!

The Duo-Fiber set comes with 3 brushes, a Powder brush, a Contour brush and a small eye brush. Duo Fibre brushes contain a mixture of synthetic and real hairs so they are good for use with powders as well as creams. This new set is quite awesome i have to admit but there are brushes like it in the original collections although the idea of the Duo-Fiber brushes is to give a light application


As you can see the Duo Fiber Eye Brush is quite like the Base Shadow Brush or the Laura Mercier Finishing Brush which is more expensive than the whole set of Duo Brushes so thats a good deal, the Duo Fiber Contour brush is like the Contour Brush from the Core Collection the only difference is the contour brush from the core collection is a lot more dense and the Duo Fibre Powder Brush is a lot less dense than the Powder Brush from the Original collection so that means you will get a more airbrushed softer finish rather than a lot of product applied


I really like these brushes because they give you the chance to apply the makeup lightly. The other day at a shoot i used these brushes just to see how well they worked and i was really pleased as they blend powders really well i especially like using the contour brush to apply blush as it gives that natural look rather than it looking like someone was wearing blush, the eyebrush is great for blending creams and powders i think it works best with powders because i found the creams went a bit streaky when i tried to use it with creams but with powders it gives a really nice blend without much effort

Duo-Fiber Powder Brush

Duo-Fiber Contour Brush

Duo-Fiber Eye Brush

The Duo-Fiber Collection is available from Boots in the UK and are £23.99 and in the US you can find them at Ulta, Target and Walmart for $20. These brushes are part of a limited edition collection so you will only be able to get them for a while.


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Hey Male Beauties and all others reading!

A while ago i talked about posting more stuff more men as well as my usual posts so today i have a review for the male readers out there on the Dove Men+Care Hydrate Moisturiser. Moisturising is really important because everyone's skin needs moisture and hydration our bodies are 65% so you can see how important it is to moisturise



I really like this moisturiser because from my point of view it works which is always a good point hah! but its the fact that it isnt tacky that i like it absorbs into the skin really fast and leaves my skin feeling hydrated whereas i feel others just sit on my skin and dont really absorb into the skin. I think also the scent is an important factor because normal guys dont want it to smell "girly" so this has quite a masculine scent to it but not overpowering it disappears after a while



I also love the packaging its really sleek and simple in a small but sturdy bottle, it has a pump on the to which kind of annoys me because it pumps out a bit too much product so you have to be careful how hard you press it

I think overall this is a good moisturiser for guys to use because it smells nice, its easy to use and it works. the Dove Men+Care range comes in different formulas i bought the Hydrate because i have dry skin but you could buy either they Hydrate, Revitalise or Sensitive.
The Dove Men+Care Hydrate Moisturiser is £8.99 and you get 50ml of product. It is available from drugstores such as Boots and Superdrug or online at Boots.com




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Hey Beauties!
I have a great find for you today, you might already know about them but these eyeliners are total dupes for the Urban Decay 24/7 eyeliners but at a fraction of the cost!


I really like these eyeliners because i dont think there is anything as smooth and soft on the drugstore market that holds up well and not to mention these arnt as expensive as the Urban Decay 24/7 Pencils. They are quite pigmented for eyeliners that you can get from the drugstore, i would have to say the black and the nude are my favourite but overall the nude because i havent ever seen a smooth applying nude liner that can go on the waterliner without pulling which is great! The nude liner is perfect for brightening up the eyes as it removes the red tones and makes the eyes look bigger





The Scandaleyes liners are waterproof so they will last quite a while i have them on clients before and on a shoot they have lasted a good 6 hours without fading or smudging onto the undereye where you apply to the waterline also for a drugstore eyeliner that is great wear time as most drugstore liners ive used have either been to hard or to soft and dont last at all.


The packaging is just your standard eyeliner packaging there is nothing new or different about these, the lid stays on well so it wont be falling off and drying out the eyeliner as these are quite creamy.




You can get these from any drugstore such as Boots, Superdrug etc and they cost only £3.99 which is a big saving as the Urban Decay 24/7 liners are £14 each!









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Hey Beauties!
I was recently sent the Tattoo Camouflage Kit from the people at Veil Cover Cream to try out. I haven't had much luck with super pigmented concealers because a lot of the time i find them really thick and cakey but i didn't find that with Veil yes it is pigmented but it isnt cakey



The Veil Cover Cream's are really pigmented that is one of the main reasons for use, its for people who have bad scarring, pigmentation or bad acne but this kit is used for Covering tattoo's I found these were extremely pigmented and covered a tattoo quite easily with a few layers. I covered one of my mums tattoos as a test id never covered a tattoo before so i don't think i did amazing but it does look covered, I think the key is colour correct first then cover it i used the green to cover the orange/red tones then went over it with a colour close to her skin tone

The stacker comes with 5 different colours this is the light to medium and there is a medium to dark, although i think the Light to medium is quite dark you could always mix the white concealer in the little jar provided with the lightest shade to match your skin tone







The wear time is supposed to last all day and is fully waterproof so it wont come off even if water gets on it, i used the cover cream on my mum and it lasted at least 5 hours of her walking about untill she took it off at 9pm when it had been applied at 4pm in the afternoon. When you apply the found it sets the cover cream and makes it even more waterpoof and so it doesn't transfer as it is quite emollient so once its set its not going anywhere until you remove it.



Everyone knows im a sucker for good packaging and i love the way this kit is set out it has its on little zip bag for you to keep everything in, it has its own compartments too. I really like how the cover creams are packaged because they are all in the one stack and it is neat and tidy and really saves space so it would be perfect for you to carry around if you needed to




You can purchase the Tattoo Camouflage Kit from http://www.veilcovercream.com and the kit retials at £34.97 which i feel is a great deal because you get quite a lot of cover cream i use it to cover my mums tattoos and hardly used any.




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I absolutely love awards ceremonies not for the actual awards hah but to see the makeup and the hair that is always amazing! i think its a really great basis for looks during the year.
My favourite looks for ceremonies always come from either Sarah Jessica Parker or Anne Hathaway  although i did prefer the longer hair on her.

This years BAFTA's was full of gorgeous smokey eyes and quite a lot of strong lips in particularly a classic red lip but some chose to opt for a more pink lip.

I absolutely loved the makeup that Lauren Whitmore wore it was really soft lips but quite sculpted in the face and defined eyes but overall quite dewy in places which is always a great thing!
You can get this look by using something like Illamasqua Skin Base for the Foundation, Tom Ford Cream for Eyes in Spice and Illamasqua Gel Liner for the eyes and No.7 lip pencil in Melon for the lips with a bit of Katie Blush from Illamasqua on the Cheeks

To be honest Sarah Jessica Parker kind of disappointed me she just looked really plain jane she had poker straight hair and her makeup wasnt much better either i think it actually accentuated the fact shes getting older the amount of black used on her eyes just made them look tiny and it just made her face look really old.



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Hey Beauties!
Last week i had the pleasure of  being invited along to the bareMinerals Boutique in Glasgow to learn about the new products they have to offer.
bareMinerals is not something i usually use but was pleasantly surprised at what they had in the way of products

I had a look at the new products and hard a little about the new Moxie Collection from bareMinerals coming out soon. I really like the look of the new concealers that have recently came out the SPF 20 Correcting Concealer product is a great product because it has SPF so it protects you from the sun but also has a lightweight coverage so it has coverage but doesnt feel cakey its for those of you with darker undereye circles as if you just wanted brightening under the eyes you could use the Stroke of Light Eye Brightener which conceals but brightens as well and defuses dark shadows under the eyes. What i liked best about these was the fact they will correct your undereyes as well they say that over time the condition of your darkcircles will get better.


I had also gotten a chance to see the new Prime Time Neutralising Primer which was a yellow based product used for neutralising the discoloration on the skin and evening out the the skin tone, for me personally this wasnt one of my favourite products as it did make the skin look quite yellow which to me isnt the best too also it cant be used on anyone with a cool undertone because if you have yellow toned skin and you use this you will just go somewhat resembling Jaundice which isnt a good look but there was another product that i really did like and they reminded me of the CKone Glossy lipsticks. The Loud and Clear Lip Sheer which are limited edition I really liked these because they were a sheer gel based lipstick containing shea butter and jojoba seed oil to keep the lips super moisturised but also have a bit of colour to them






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Hey Beauties!
I thought i would do a post on this because it was something that excited me. We have all heard of cleansing waters mostly from Bioderma but now there are quite a lot of brands that are offering these which are called "Micellar Water" which is bascially a really gentle yet powerful makeup remover.

Escentual invited 100 makeup lovers to do their blind test where we will be testing out 7 different Micellar makeup removers and seeing which one we like best but we also have to talk about them there different categories such as cleansing power, pleasure of use, reactivity, moisture balance, bottom line, and your favourite.

The trial is open for 2 weeks so in that time we have to test these and come out with which one we like best. I really like the idea of this because we get to try some out but we dont know which is which so i guess we arnt tempted by labels as there are quite a few great brands like Dior, La Roche Posay, Bioderma, Caudalie,   Vichy etc

I was going to do another post at the end of the 2 weeks and just tell you what i thought and what my opinions were on each of them and maybe i will find out which one i liked best.




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Hey Beauties!

I got given these products a while ago and im only just getting around to doing a review, you all know you have to give time for products like skin care work before reviewing.

Im not one who will usually go out my way to go and find organic things because what i use just now is fine, im not too worried about this whole paraben business but that aside these are quite good products in my opinion

Ive been using the Facial Polish and the Cleaning Melt for a while now and i have noticed a difference in my skin, I really like the Facial Polish because its really gentle and lately my skin has been quite weird and sensitive but with these products i am having no bother. The Facial Polish is quite a cool product because it feels like sugar thats in it and when i checked on the website thats what was in it, apparently it works like any other normal exfoliation but promotes hydration and moisture as well.



The Cleansing Melt is a product i was quite new too because it looked rather weird in the tub but its a really great cleaning balm i guess you could call it, its great at removing all of your makeup as well as just cleansing the skin all of the nasties. It has a really weird texture as well in the tub it feels quite thick i can only compare it to the texture of Doctor Feel Good from Benefit but once you massage it in you get these really nice soft clear texture. If you have oily skin maybe the cleansing melt might not be for you because its an oil based product containing linoleic and oleic fatty acids.




The part a lot of people might like about these products are they are free from Parabens, Silicons, Pthalates
and Mineral Oils.

Hey Beauties!

Illamasqua have done it again! I am in love with the new Paranormal Collection. This collection features some really gorgeous neon colours in the "Paranormal Palette" a Gel Eyeliner and the amazing "Hydra Veil"


As usual Illamasqua delivers really well on pigmentation. The eyeshadow palette "Paranormal" is one of my favourite items from this collection as it has a weird texture, its not fully a powder but its not a cream either it feels quite like a silicone texture all of the colours are reasonabley pigmented which for Illamasqua is no surprise. In this palette you have Paranormal a vivid cerise, Aura a warm copper, Trance a soft violet and Possession a cool green 




The Pricision Gel Liner is very pigmented as well it has to be one of the most blackest black gel liners ive ever used, there is somehting about this gel liner that i really like but i cant put my finger on it, i think it might just because you can create such a smooth pigmented line with it and the colour stays true rather than fading out.





The eyeshadows from the Paranormal palette are waterproof so they will last a long time although being waterproof they are not creaseproof so you will have to use a primer under them or set with a powder eyeshow on top
The Pricision Gel Liner lasts quite a long time i had it on my hand for about 5/6 hours before i showered and washed it off so it does last quite a long time


I wanted to talk about Hydra Veil in a different part as its hard to fit it into the above catagories. I have to say im obsessed with Hyda Veil i suggest something like this to David Horne last year and im so glad the product now exists its a fabulous hydrating product that contains ingridents to help hydrate skin before makeup its said to be a a half and half product, half priming and half moisturising which i find really useful. I used this the other day when doing a makeup look and was really surprised how well it performed when i applied makeup on top







As always the packaging is the same as all the other Illamasqua products its got the same shape and mirror and the gel liner is held in a screw type lid.



You can purchace the Illamasqua Paranormal Collection from Illamasqua.com or from any counter or stand alone store. Hydra Veil is £27, The Pricision Gel Liner is £18 and the Paranormal Palette is  £34



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Hey Beauties!
I was wondering if you could all nominate me as i am entering the Cosmo Blog Awards this year, you actually have no idea how much this would mean to me. I started this blog to help people, just answer questions and share my love of makeup and i actually can't imagine my life without my blog because its such a big part of me now that sounds totally crazy but its true!
I just want to be able to get out there and help more and more people!

I was just wondering if you could nominate me under established beauty blog
http://www.cosmopolitan.co.uk/blogs/cosmo-blog-awards-2013/enter-the-2013-cosmopolitan-blog-awards-nominate-now?click=main_sr





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Hey Beauties!

I have a great post for you today on this great thing if you haven't already heard about it, its the You Generation which is a collaboration between Syco Entertainment and YouTube.


If you have an interest in styling or wanted to be a stylist then this is your chance to get involved! just check out this video- http://goo.gl/aObxi