Showing posts with label Primer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Primer. Show all posts

2 August 2013

Look Beauty Haul!


What's this, two hauls in the same week?! That can only mean one thing - pay day has finally come around! Although even if I hadn't have been paid I would have been powerless to resist the offer that popped into my inbox last weekend. Everything half price and 3 free Pout Stains if you spent £20, Look Beauty say no more you had me at half price and my debit card is at the ready!


Anything that promises to make me look bright eyed and bushy tailed I will happily put to the test and I'm fed up of living off primer samples because I haven't got around to buying a new one so this is a welcome addition to my daily routine. I've read so many good things about Look Beauty blushers and tried to steer away from my usually peachy colours when choosing this so I went for Pinch which is a dusky pink shade. Fluro is a bright orange based coral which couldn't be more perfect for this time of year, I've already got it on my toes and need to make the most of showing it off before I have to store my sandals away again!


I've been after Tangerine Cream for absolutely ages but my Superdrug doesn't stock Look Beauty and every time I've actually been somewhere that does I haven't bought it for some reason or another but now it's mine! Along with that shade I ordered Hyper Melon which is a super bright orangey red. Now I have these new lipsticks I need lips that are in tip top condition so I also ordered a Lip Smoothie to scrub away any imperfections!


And here are my three little freebies! I've never used any of these felt tip lip pens before but I've got a good selection to choose from now so I'll give them a whirl and see how it goes!

This isn't the first time that Look Beauty have done half price off everything and they usually do it in store as well as online so keep your beady little eyes peeled!

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13 June 2013

Empties #2 | Repurchase?


Yes, it really has taken me this long to accumulate enough empty products for a half decent post (my last empties post was way back at the beginning of March!) There would be more than this if I could get into the hoarder frame of mind more easily but unfortunately they ended up in the bin, must try harder! So this is what I've got through in the last few months...

I got this travel size hairspray in a Glossybox a while back and Tresemme are more often than not the hairspray I pick up anyway. It's got a good hold and doesn't leave you with crispy, sticky hair. The full sized cans also last for ages which makes them well worth what you pay for them
Repurchase? Definitely!

I have never been so sad to see a primer run out, I absolutely love this stuff! It gives you such a glowing complexion, I would have re-bought this the second it stopped pumping if I wasn't trying to kerb my spending ways and also waiting to try out the new Benefit primer. I have no doubt that we'll be reunited before the summer is out though!
Repurchase? Hell yeah, 100% will be buying this again at some point!

My name is Jade Hardy and I am a mascara hussy. I swap from brand to brand, thickening to lengthening and although I really liked this mascara I'm still on the hunt for the one that will make me stay faithful. This lengthened and separated but dried out so quickly and I didn't use it any differently than I do other mascaras that have lasted twice the time this one did.
Repurchase? I probably wouldn't repurchase the Star version of this again but Doll Eyes is definitely next on my list.

This was a nice fluid black eyeliner pen with staying power that I'd never seen in a product like this before but application proved quite difficult with patchiness and rubbing off the black if you drew over an existing line, it definitely wasn't effortless.
Repurchase? £19.00 is far too much for me to spend on an eyeliner pen seeing as I get through them like water. There's drugstore brands that do just as good a job (if not better) for a fraction of that price.

This product is an every day staple for me, it's so easy to dispense and apply. As soon as it's on my face my whole complexion is brightened. Late night, what late night?!
Repurchase? This wasn't my first and I'm already on my next!

The first time I tried this was when I took a travel size version to Ibiza with me last summer but I was disappointed and blamed it on the hot weather making my make up fall off my face at every opportunity but unfortunately when I got to try this again in the depths of winter I still felt the same, am I the only person who doesn't get along with this?! It's a nice enough mascara and I love the brush, the way it's shaped makes applying to bottom lashes a dream but I really wasn't wowed.
Repurchase? I wouldn't go out of my way to use this again, I'm still on the hunt for my holy grail mascara.

I had a few issues with this highlighting the tiniest bit of dry skin on my face and making it look a lot worse instead of covering it. I found the finish to be quite matte and the coverage was buildable. The scent was a little strong at first but nothing that you don't get used too and it could feel a bit suffocating on the skin at times but it was a very even coverage and soon disguised any blemishes or signs of uneven skintone.
Repurchase? I may well do in the future but I'll try a few other brands and types before I revisit.

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28 March 2013

MAC Prep + Prime Skin Base Visage

 
 
 

I'd be lying if said that this primer didn't have me at it's wonderfully sparkly packaging! The biggest thing I was looking for in a new primer was that it evens out skin tone and did its best to combat redness and this promises all of that so I decided to give it a try. I really like that it's a pump mechanism but I won't be saying that when it's running out and I can't get to the hard to reach bits of product! I found that one pump of this is enough, a little goes a long way, I did go a bit overboard when I first used it and it made my face feel greasy. The actual primer is a white pearly colour and leaves your fingers looking quite glittery but it isn't overly noticeable on the face. Once applied it leaves me with such a lovely glow which I've never had before solely with primer on my face, the primers I've used in the past have usually made my skin look quite matte if anything. I didn't really notice a big difference in my skin tone or redness which was really what I was looking for so back to the drawing board with that one (Any suggestions?!) but my foundations glides over this effortlessly and blends a lot better, I was having a few issues with my foundation applying around hairy face areas (eyelashes and eyebrows) it was going all flaky and as I was using a new foundation I had never used before I blamed that but since I've started using this primer that doesn't happen any more. This does everything a primer should do and gives you a nice healthy glow without any effort, what's not to love?!

11 January 2013

It's About Prime!




I got a sample of this in the How To Look The Best At Everything gift set at Christmas and was so excited to try out the holy grail of primers! I had high hopes for this little tube of miracles and once I'd put it on and didn't look like Katy Perry AFTER she'd been photoshopped I was ready to resign it to the depths of my dressing table drawer. I only persevered because my other primer had run out and braving Boots during sale time?! I don't think so, people are animals when it comes to half price Soap and Glory sets and I was not getting caught up in that. All I can say is thank god that I did because I have grown to love the Porefessional! It makes my skin so smooth and look really even and matte. I haven't got the most noticeable pores in the world anyway so I can't really pass comment on that (alright, show off!) It's been applying smoothly over foundation and I do think it's affecting the staying power of my make-up especially around my eyes that tend to get a bit creasy as the day goes on and my nose which hasn't been getting as shiny.

I got this cute gift set from Feel Unique for £18.80 which includes a full size 22ml Porefessional and a little face emulsion (that I haven't tried yet) and taking into account that the full size primer alone is usually £23.50 this is a really good deal, so if you were going to try it out now is the time!