Review: Soap & Glory Show Good Face Foundation

Price : around £11 for 30ml

Soap and Glory are a huge skin care favourite from me... and I must admit, I am a sucker for their make-up range. 

This is the Soap and Glory Show Good Face 2-in1 Skin Energizing Foundation and Primer (bit of a mouthful).

It retails at around £11 I believe, which is pretty much the same price range as other drugstore foundations.

It states: "After moisturising, use your fingertips to dab a few dots of SHOW GOOD FACE down the centre of your forehead, nose and chin. Blend centrally, then rub any excess outward onto your cheeks"

- Soap and Glory. 

For me, it is a beautiful foundation which blends well, does not dry too quickly, gives good coverage without looking too cakey, and matches my skin tone very well.

I use the shade 'The fairest of them all - Blanche neige'

I love how it a 2 in 1 product, as I can never be bothered to use primer in a morning! 

As for the packaging, like most Soap and Glory products, the box is beautiful, and the bottle is in the famous pink-and-black design.

Repurchase: Yes, I've brought a few of these foundations since first using it, and love it. 8/10. 

Shopping Ban Update: Week 9!

Just a short and sweet post today updating you on my shopping ban.
It is going okay, although I did dig deep into my pockets and had a total splurge out.. and spent £2 on myself. Ha ha I'm joking :)
I picked up two things from Pound-land, some Candy Kitten false eye lashes and Bic shaving gel. Very interesting yes? Ha ha.

Just a quick snap of the lashes... look pretty decent for £1!

My own Photograph

I have finished lectures at University now, so have a lot of free time and feeling very bored... I need to steer clear from the shops!

Photo found from We Heart It

Just a little quote that applies to my situation, which should be applied in every area of life!

I haven't actually lusted after anything this week in particular! I have eaten my own weight in junk food, so I'm feeling a little rubbish and my skin is looking awful! Self -inflicted!

Its my birthday one week today (on the 22nd May) and I am super excited... but feel a little lost that I will be turning 21 into a real grown up! :-( have you any ideas on how to celebrate in style?

Sorry for such a boring post today guys, hope you are all well.
As always if you have any questions comment below and I'll get back to you :)
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Review: 'Active Cosmetics' Day Look Palette

Active Cosmetics : Glamour Day Look

(All my own photographs.)

This is a nifty little compact pallette I was lucky enough to receive as a Christmas gift. I do believe it was from Superdrug,

I thought I'd do a little round up on here just to show my love for it!

It has 5 neutral colours (shown above) which are perfect for every day or even a night out smoky eye look. 

On the left of the pallette it has a small mirror and instructions on how to apply the eye shadows to get a glamour day look. Genius. Great buy for a beginner in make - up or just someone like me that needs guidance!

I must say I absolutely ADORE these eye shadows, and I use them pretty much every day. I especially love chestnut and cinnamon. They are very pigmented, and have wonderful staying power as they last all day!

The pallette also came with a pink sheer lipgloss, a black pencil eye liner and a 2 coloured mascara. The mascara is very good, and the lip gloss and eye liner are okay, too, probably not the best lip gloss in the world but ideal and small enough to fit in your clutch for a night out! 

Repurchase: Yes! Probably only for the eye shadows though :)

These are no longer available in Superdrug as they were a Christmas special, but you can pick hem up on amazon and ebay!

You can see them on amazon here.

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Fragrance on a Budget: Paris Hilton

Paris Hiltons Orginial Scent!

Retails: around £18-23 (for 100ml)

Fragrance Notes: Frozen Apple, Peach Nectar, Freesia, Mimosa, Jasmine, Tuberose, Sandalwood, Ylang Ylang and Oakmoss

Repurchase: YES!

"Mysterious.

Intriguing.

Beautiful.

Paris Hilton".

 

In an essence, exactly what it says on the tin (or bottle, ahem.). This girly scent is everything you would expect a Paris Hilton perfume to be. The notes of this fragrance are very floral and fruity, and the stay-power is impressive for a cheaper perfume. It is a Eau De Parfum Spray, which means that the scent is much more stronger than a EDT is, which is good! 

The packaging is very sweet and girly, and would look pretty on top of any girls dresser. The bottle itself is sleek and sophisticated, definitely a 10/10.

The onyl downfall to this scent is that it can be difficult to get hold of, and hasn't been stocked in Boots or Superdrug for some time. 

In conclusion, I will always continually repurchase this as I love it so much.

Hope you enjoyed this post, more to come soon!

What is your favourite bargain scent?

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Shopping Ban Update: Week 8!

Hello beautiful readers, I am really, really excited at the thought of finishing University in a weeks time! I just have one exam and one essay (I say just, oh dear!) left to do, and hopefully aslong as I pass it all I should be done for good! Very exciting times ahead :)

My shopping ban this week... well, not the best, I will be honest. I brought a top for £5 from Primark, a blanket for my bedroom for £3, and just an absolutely ridiculous amount of food and drink! I think I am trying to make up for the fact I cant spend on anything else, so I am bulk buying in food and drink I don't need!

I was also very naughty at the start of the week, and took advantage of the fact that my other half was picking me up from work, and brought a huge organiser, magazine rack for my room from WH Smiths. I also picked up a pen holder which I may use for makeup brushes. I may do a blog post soon about these storage items, and perhaps my make up storage if you would like? Let me know :)

I feel so so guilty, I haven't saved barely any money at all and definitely need a pick me up! 

I've also, as you know, been trying to use up old products I already have in my room and it pains me to say I have no make up wipes left! I am the laziest person ever, and I am so annoyed that I have to cleanse and tone to take it off now, too much effort. Very lazy and bad for my skin, I know! 

I'm running low on loads of body things I think I will have to get some bits soon. 

To be honest, I am really struggling at the minute. I am so bored out of my mind bored of not being able to spend any money, not that I have any anyway! Its coming up to my 21st birthday, which is on the 22nd of this month, and I have so much planned, but no idea how I intend on paying for it all. I wish money never existed!

Have any of you got any ideas of any alternative ways of spending my birthday without spending too much money?

Two quotes I thought contrasted nicely about the different attitude towards money.  Which one do you agree with more?

Both pictures provided by We Heart It

I haven't got any weekly lusts this week really, just about everything haha! I haven't been up to much either except for work 5 days this week, uni, seeing my OH and I went out for a friends birthday for drinks on the weekend.

How has your week been?

Comment below :)

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Review: Bloom Foundation

Bloom Liquid Foundation in Base One

Has anyone else discovered the gorgeous cosmetic brand Bloom?

I picked myself a foundation up from their range recently, and thought I would review it for you all.

I picked base one which is seemed the lightest shade available, and it cost £16 from Superdrug. I was little sceptical at first, as it was a little pricey for a brand I'd never used or heard of before. 

First impressions were not good, as I picked up this foundation which the box was filthy, covered in foundation and scuffed. I asked for a new one to a member of staff but they had none left, but thought I'd get it anyway. I then, once home, opened the box and the bottle was really unclean too.  I wasn't overly impressed at this as it wouldn't wash off. Maybe I am just fussy though!

 

I found the actual foundation Very watery, but is a nice foundation but only for a light coverage. It is a lovely match to my skin tone, I must admit. The pump is good but lets out a lot of product. 

(The product on my hand above)

Repurchase: Maybe. 6/10. 

Hope you enjoyed!

Have you tried any other Bloom products?

Comment or tweet me! 

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Disclaimer: All photographs are of my own. 

Review: Kate Moss for Rimmel Lipstick in 08

Review: Rimmel London Kate Moss Lipstick in 08

Price: £5.49 from Boots or Superdrug


The good: The classic, black lipstick bullet looks sleek and sophisticated, and a rival to 'high end' lipsticks. he packaging itself is beautiful; a very simplistic black bullet with Kates signature in red on the top half, and off course the famous Rimmel crown on the top.
The shade 08 is beautiful, a very easy, every day wear colour. The lipstick lasts a good 3 to 4 hours, which is good for a drugstore lip product. It is best teamed up with a clear lipgloss I have found, I really would reccomend this shade, I believe it would suit anyone. The formula used is lovely, and is nice used just lightly, or built up the shade really does compliment itself.


The not so good: I have found it quite difficult to find many faults in this lipstick in particular, it has quite literally lived upto my expectations. I would probably say that the swatch of the colour on th ebottom of the bullet does not give the lip colour justice, but now I'm just being picky.


Repurchase: Yes! Very wearable and a good lasting lipstick. 7/10

All photographs are my own.

Hope you enjoyed this post!

Have any of you tried any of this Kate Moss range of lipsticks? 

Let me know

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