If you don't already know that ELF are giving people who order on their site FREE SHIPPING. I love when Elf makes the shipping free because it means that I can buy products that I have wanted to try out for some time and I can now buy it without paying for the shipping. I know I lot of people will be jumping at the chance to buy Elf goodies without the shipping cost. I have already picked and checked out with products that I wanted to try. Also they have a clearance section in which all the baked products (eyeshadow, blush and bronzer) and other products are reduced to half price. So for the baked blush, rather than paying £3.95 you will pay £1.98 which is a pretty good discount.
To claim the free shipping, you will need to checkout with products that add up to over £10 which come on, its not hard to find something that you want to try. There is no code required, the shipping will automatically be free when you checkout. The free shipping ends 10:30am BST 16/06/2014. Also this is just available for UK but if you do buy from another country you will have to pay for your shipping.
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I never really been interested in collections from MAC because this time last year I was unemployed and didn't have that much money. But now I have a job, I seem to look at each MAC collection to see if I like anything. Usually there is something I like in every collection and the latest one was the Indulge collection. I know you cannot actually buy this collection now but I thought I might as well show you the pictures of the products. So I got two eyeshadows and my first ever nail polish.
The first one I purchased was from the Indulge collection and its Gilty Morsel and this is such a lovely colour. It is a light gold with shimmer particles (Lustre). I have tried it and it is not that pigmented but I love the colour.
The next eyeshadow is pretty much a stable in most people's Mac collection and it is Omega. Omega is a light brown with a matte finish and this is such a nice neutral colour for an everyday look.
The last product is a nail polish in Sinfully Sweet and this is my first ever nail polish. Sinfully Sweet is a champagne with copper glitter particles (frost). This is very similar to Models Own Champagne apart from Sinfully Sweet has copper particles.
I will do reviews on each product when I use them for a while and put them through the test.
Did you get any products from the MAC indulge collection?
Hello everyone. A little while ago, I was on the MUA website when I noticed that they were doing a half price sale on their products and Fashionista products.I did go a bit mad with the spending but I know I will use all the products I bought at some point.
The first item I bought was the famous Undress your skin foundation. This has been talked about on blogs and YouTube videos and most of the comments made about this foundation is that it is a good natural looking foundation. This foundation is from MUA which is a budget makeup brand in the UK. MUA claim that this foundation 'covers imperfections and blemishes whilst maintaining your skins natural glow with light-diffusing particles of shimmer that creates instant radiance'. This foundation sounds very interesting and this might work for me since it does cover blemishes and imperfections. However the shimmer might be a problem since I have oily skin, so I might look like a glitter ball. I am excited to try this out.
The next product I bought was Fashionista skin brightening face highlighter. This is a big tube of shimmery highlighter and if you know me, I absolutely love highlighters. This one is a yellow/gold tone with shimmer.I think this would be perfect for the summer and will look great on any skin tones. They claim it is a 'perfect skin enhancer containing light-diffusing particles that deliver instant luminosity to your complexion.
The third product I bought was the Fashionista fashion secret mattifying primer. I am very interested in primers because as I said before, I have oily skin which means I need to have a primer on my skin before make-up to try and keep my makeup lasting on my face all day. They claim this is a 'velvety matte formula to help control unwanted shine and smooths the skin for a seamless matte finish'. To me, this sounds very similar to the Gosh velvet touch primer, so I see a comparison video/blog on this primer and the Gosh one very soon.
I bought another primer and it is by Fashionista again and it is the flawless primer. They claim it is a 'velvety soft formula that evens out skin tone and targets fine lines and pores to give the skin a bright and flawless complexion. This is another interesting primer because I suffer from large pores so this is right up my street. I hope it can reduce the appearance of my pores.
The fifth product I bought was a ready to wear luminous foundation by Fashionista again. This foundation comes in a glass bottle which makes it feel a lot heavier in weight and is more likely to break when or if dropped. They claim it is a 'luminous foundation that makes your skin appear radiantly healthy and flawless. Another brilliant sounding foundation.
Next up is a concealer and it is the ready to wear brush on concealer by Fashionista. This is basically a concealer with a brush on the end to dispatch the product. I am not a big fan of brush on concealers but I thought I might as well give it a whirl and a chance. They claim it conceals and brightens. I really love trying out concealers.
The next product is the ready to shine stopper loose powder. I have only tried one loose powder in my life and that was the natural collection loose powder. I am happy to try another loose powder and they claim it 'banishes the shine on the go with this handy handbag size loose powder with added minerals. This jar contains the product and a mirror and a little powder puff which is not very useful but looks nice as a decoration. I hope it gets rid of the oil I have half way through the day.
The last foundation that I bought was the MUA matte foundation which is from their basic range, so I am not expecting a huge amount from this but it might just surprise me. They claim it is a 'creamy texture that blends beautifully for that perfect velvet finish and long lasting matte complexion'. Lets just hope it does actually do that when I try it out.
The final product I bought was a palette from Fashionista and I bought three things to put into the palette. I originally ordered another eyeshadow called double take but they gave me a refund a couple of days later and it must of been sold before they could of taken it of the website. Anyway I bought another eyeshadow called 'Meadows'. It is a light green with shimmer and I have actually tried it and I think it is quite patchy due to the shimmer but it can be easily build able for a fresh look on the eyes. The next one is a blush in 'Rose Shine' and it is a pink colour with sparkle. The last one is a bronzer in 'Rome' and I think this is too light for a bronzer but too dark for a highlighter. This bronzer has two colours in the pan, a light bronze colour with lines of dark mixed in. Also the palette has a huge mirror which is perfect for a traveling around with this. Lastly this palette can be used to take various items due to the push out and click in any item you want which is perfect.
Overall that is my MUA and Fashionista haul. I am excited to try out all these products and give you my opinion. Lauren xox
So the colour tattoo cream eyeshadows have been around in the us for a long time and everyone mentioned how great these products are and there is such a hype around them. But when they came to the UK over a month ago, everyone loved them and they literally sold out in boots and superdrug. I found it pretty hard to find eternal gold for a while because it was sold out completely.
I watched videos where people were saying that eternal gold is the most beautiful gold colour they have ever seen and its something that they havent had before. I have got to say that i completely agree with what they have said because the colour is so beautiful and its not a colour that i have in my collection.
In the pot, it looks really bright, shimmery gold colour and when you apply it to the lids, some of the colour base does fade but the amount of shimmer you get is unbelievable. It looks like foil on your lids and its the most beautiful colour for the summer.
I havent properly tried it out and see if it really does stay on your eyes for the whole 24 hours and how quickly it fades but from just swatching it and applying it to my lids, i am pretty amazed and going to buy more of these cream eyeshadows :D
Hiya everyone, so i did this eye make-up tutorial on youtube not so long ago, and i thought i might as well write one as a post as well with pictures. This eye make-up look is really easy to do and all you need is either the sleek Med palette or any purple, pink, blue and green eyeshadows. I used sigma brushes to apply the eyeshadows but you can use any brushes because they all do the same thing. All you need are the eyeshadows, brushes, primer and a mirror to complete this look.
Ok, so the first thing you need to do is too prime your eyelids. This will keep the eyeshadow on your eyelids all day and will make the colours pop. I used the Urban Decay primer potion in orginal. Then i took the sigma short shader brush and applied the purple all over my lids. The purple is called Lotus Flower.
After i applied Lotus flower. I then took a small brush (Unbranded) and took the Mid toned blue from the palette and applied it from the middle to the outer corner of my eyelids. The blue colour is called Humming Bird. Take any blending brush. I used the revlon contour brush and blended out any harsh lines between the purple and the blue colours.
Then take a Hot pink colour and apply this to the outer v and to the crease. Be sure not to go up to far from the outer v. I applied this Hot pink with the sigma E25 but you can use any blending brush you have. The hot pink is called Magenta Madness (Love the names of these eyeshadows).
Take another blending brush but it has to be a clean one. I took the Sigma E35 and applied a green colour into the crease next to the pink. The green is called Kiwi Zest. Take the same blending brush you used to blend the blue and the purple and blend the pink and green together. Then go over the whole eye to make sure their is no harsh lines.
Then take a white/cream colour eyeshadow and apply this under the brow bone. I used my fingers but you can use a brush if you wanted to.
Apply eyeliner and mascara to complete the eye make-up. Then i took the sigma F10 to apply the blush. I used a really hot pink blush from sleek called santorini and applied it to my cheeks. Then to complete the whole look, i used the pout polish by sleek called Monte Carlo which is also another hot pink colour.
It is pretty simple to do and you can use any type of eyeshadows, blush etc to complete your look. I hope i explained it alright, if not then i will leave a link on the video i did for this look on my youtube channel. I hope you found this useful and there will be plenty of more posts coming your way very soon.
Hiya everyone, welcome back to my blog. Sorry that i havent done a lot of blogs lately. It is because i am nearing the end of the first year of my business course and there is still a lot of coursework to hand in before the hoildays.
Ok, so enough of the excuses and onto the Video. Ok so this video is from my Youtube channel which is Laurensmart1993. The video is about the new collection from sleek which is The Mediterranean Collection. In this collection there is an eyeshadow palette, a pout polish and a blush. In this video it has swatches of the palette and the blush.
Please watch the video for all the swatches. Please sub to the channel because i will be doing a giveway. The prizes are the whole collection from Sleek. You have to be subbed to my channel, or else you will not be entered.
Thanks for looking at this post and watching the video.
Hiya everyone, this next post will be a little haul from the natural collection range. Natural collection is a very cheap brand of make-up in boots. I know its cheap and people usually think that they are crap because its cheap. However cheap make-up products can be good as well as the expensive drugstore brands. I like natural collection because it is cheap and they do some nice products. I do own a few natural collection products like loose powder. They do eyeshadows and i never tried them out. i tried two of them and they are quite good. They are not as pigmented as mac eyeshadows but what do u expect for a cheap eyeshadow. I thought they were good.
I got two eyeshadows. One in willow and one is barley. they are single eyeshadows but i cant tell u what weight they are because it doesnt say on the package.
(By the way, sorry about the picture, my camera has broken and used my webcam which aint that good anyway, but this is just to show you what the colour is)
This one is called willow. It is a mushroom colour. i think it is light brown/silver, im not to sure. From the picture it is not white, its sort of light brown/mushroom colour. When i swatch it on my hand, it is quite nice and quite pigmented. I would wear that everyday because it is a neutral colour.
The next one is called Barley. Barley is a gold colour which is really nice. Also this is quite pigmented like the willow. Barley is a lovely gold colour which could be worn everyday.
These two eyeshadows are really nice. There are a a load more eyeshadows there and i would like to get more of them. Thanks for reading this post and there will be more posts coming up.
Laurenx-x
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