Tuesday 27 May 2014

Glam Glow ¦ Super-Mud Clearing Treatment¦ Review

Recently I received some samples from a local Salon I visit, the treatment and service I receive when I visit is just amazing, the atmosphere the minute you walk in is so friendly and relaxing. Their is no end to the cups of teas or coffee while having your nails done and a good old catch up! We share the same opinions on supporting local businesses or in my case beauty bloggers. It's amazing to find that kind of support, especially locally within your own community.

The first sample I have tried so far is the Glam Glow Super Mud Clearing Treatment. I have been wanting to try some of the glam glow treatments for so long! I can say it was worth the wait! It was only a small sample however I can say even from 1 treatment I noticed such a difference straight away!



The mask drew out a lot of oils that were clogging up my pores especially on my nose, where I have always struggled with blackheads! I have quite dry skin at the moment which when I wasn't pregnant was normal/dry with hormonal breakouts. I didn't feel my skin got too tight or anything after the mask. Which I was a little worried about.

The mask seemed to work by drawing out the excess oils on the skin, from pores that are already open/large rather than stripping away all the essential oils that your skin needs. After I washed the mask off, I noticed a huge difference in my skin, some of the pores by my nose and going across the cheeks had basically closed up, and my skins texture was so smooth and soft!

When applying the mask it goes on dark grey and moist then dries to a hard/stiff light grey color, where you can then see the mask drawing the excess oils from the pores, which in my case like I stated before nose, chin and slightly down my cheeks.

Pure Beauty Salon  who supplied the sample, do treatments using the Glam Glow products. Here's their website if your local to check out what they have to offer. You can also find them on Twitter, Instagram:Purebeauty Loves  Facebook.


Thursday 22 May 2014

Whats In My ¦ MAC Palette ¦

Long awaited for a few of you and I'm quite excited to be sharing with you whats inside my MAC Palette. I am in love with my palette, so I am so happy to be sharing it with you all!


My MAC Palette isn't full just yet, I do however only have 4 more shadows till it is, with a list of about 20 eye shadow I would love. So I want to ask you guys to share with me your suggestions as to what you think I should get next? So let me know in the comments below. Now on with whats in that bad boy! 


Here is an overview of the palette as you can see I only have 2 quite "daring" or daring for me at least, eye shadows. The others are more neutral. So lets get started on whats, what!



The first three shades in the palette, are Shroom, Brule and Vanilla. 

Shroom is a frosted, metallic almost white shadow. Beautiful as a highlighter for the inner corners of the eyes or a base. Although its not as smooth in texture as Brule. 

Brule is my a gorgeous matte silky cream shadow. I love using this as a base all over the lid, to give a neutral undertone color for when applying other shadows on top.

Vanilla, is an amazing shadow for highlighting the brow bone, cheeks and inner corners of the eyes. It is slightly shimmery but not to heavily shimmered, it could almost pass as matte on the first glimpse. Again it isn't as silky in texture as Brule.



Patina and Mulch are my go to neutral smokey eye for the day time combination. I love them. 

Patina is a taupe brown, with a gold/bronze shimmer. It is silky in texture and smooth feeling to touch.

Mulch is a gorgeous hazel, mahogany brown. Again frosted with gold flex's. With a nice deep pigmentation.


                            



Above are some of my favorite colors in the palette, Naked Lunch, Quarry and Sketch.

Naked lunch, is one of the first shadows I got for the palette, may have even been another that my partner Rich has got for me. It's a nice pale pink with white undertones and again it's a frosted shadow. 

Quarry is my next matte shadow but not the last, seems I've realized most my shadows seem to be frosted or shimmery. It's a nice calm, i'd say fairly neutral Lilac/mauve shadow. Again just ask silky in texture as the Brule eye shadow. Which I find makes them easy to blend. Quarry is also beautifully pigmented. 

Sketch is a deep aubergine shadow, with purple flecks of shimmer in it, as shown rather well in the picture above. It is nicely pigmented, not overly dark or over powering when applied, very build-able in color.




Finally the last three. Carbon, Cranberry and Humid. 

Carbon is the last matte shadow I have in my palette, and ideally I use it for lining my top lash line to give the appearance of thicker lashes. Or I use it over liquid liner to help set it and take away any shine. I was surprised that this shadow isn't too heavily pigmented, it can be if with a light hand be applied quite sheet and light. 

Cranberry, Is a gorgeous and one of my more daring shadows. It's a beautiful shimmer/metallic red with pinky undertones. and applies beautifully, and incredibly build-able. So if your thinking oh my god i'd never wear that. Don't knock it till you try it! 

Humid is my favorite shadow for fall/autumn. It's a deep emerald green. again as all the rest of my shadows it is frosted. 



Sorry these swatches aren't the great of Carbon, Cranberry and Humid. 



                                                     Whats in your MAC Palette? 








Tuesday 6 May 2014

Barry M ¦ Natural Glow ¦ Review

As promised for you all here is the review for the Barry M Natural Glow Palette that I recently did a tutorial with over on my Youtube Channel, along with a blog post listing all the products I used for the tutorial.


Firstly can we just appreciate the simplistic yet wonderful packaging of the product? Just simple and classic. Some people may find this boring.. But I happen to like "boring". 


The palette is a beautiful palette compromising of 6 eye shadows, 2 of which are matte and the other 4 are shimmery. Along with 1 neutral blush, with slight shimmer. 


I noticed when I applied the blush to my cheek it almost left a slight highlighting effect to the cheek from the shimmer, which looked gorgeous. It's a very "do it all" color that would suit all makeup looks you can make with this palette. It's a pink/peachy color, and very subtle adding just a nice glow of color. 


All the colors are absolutely gorgeous, their is a pink shimmer with silver flecks, matte cream, matte caramel brown, gun metal grey shimmer, caramel/gold shimmer and a dark brown shimmer again. I truly believe this is a palette that is a dupe for the Urban Decay Naked 2 and even the Naked 3 with the pink and gun metal eye shadows. 

The eyeshadow quality over all, they are quite subtle when applied, however can be built up. Pigmentation is better in the darker shadows - as you would expect with most dark eye shadows. The pink is extremely subtle which gives the eye a nice brightening effect. 

I will certainly be going to buy a couple more of these palettes, I believe they have a summer palette with some nice pastel shades in it perfect for this year. Have any of you tried the Barry M palettes? What are your thoughts, comment below. 



DISCLAIMER: ALL PRODUCTS ARE PURCHASED WITH MY OWN MONEY, MY OPINIONS ARE MY OWN IN NO WAY HAVE I BEEN PAID OR SPONSORED TO DO THIS REVIEW. 





Barry M ¦ Nautral Glow ¦ Tutorial


Welcome back to my blog everyone! hope you have all had an amazing bank holiday weekend. This weeks video is a nice treat for you all... A tutorial!! So excited for this video, as I have fallen in love with this super affordable palette.

I will have a separate blog up for you guys with my thoughts and a review with swatches of the product soon along with a youtube video.

I hope you enjoy the video guys don't forget to give it a big thumbs up and subscribe if you want to see more.

Here is a list of the products mentioned/used in the video with a link to each other them for you guys.

Barry M Natural Glow Palette
Rimmel Wake me up Foundation I have also reviewed this product.
Rimmel Match Perfection Concealer
Chanel Bronze Universel & Review
Chanel Poudre Universelle Compact
Avon Perfect Eyebrow Kit Soft brown
MAC Eye Kohl Pencil Teddy
Maybelline The Falsies Mascara
Urban Decay Primer Potion Original







George ¦ Asda Makeup ¦ Bronzer Duo #1 Blondes

Today's blog I'm quite excited about, it's become a go to product for me the last few months. That product is the George Bronzer duo. George is a brand by the Asda supermarket. Now I know what is initially going through yours head... Cheap and nasty, but I am going to stop you right their!


I really liked this Bronzer, It has a lighter side which is a highlighter and the other is the darker Bronzer. I have not tried the highlighter in the pack as the whole product does have a gold shimmer. I will say its the shimmer that is the only thing I dislike about the product and it is slightly noticeable. And the Highlighter seems a little to peachy for a highlight, when I think of a highlighter I think of something white with nice light reflecting flecks.

I picked up the shade number 1 blonde, as I thought the darker number 2 brunette looked too dark for my skin tone as I am rather fair skinned.


It is a very buildable product, but I always start with very little product and build up as it can look slightly orange if applied heavy handed.

Over all I would repurchase this product and with it only retailing at £4.00 it is extremely affordable!

Have you tried this product if so comment below and tell me your thoughts, and let me know any Bronzer recommendations you have!