Small NYX haul Video

I have never tried or bought anything from NYX which is pretty shocking since I know a lot of people do rave about NYX. I bought four products from Love makeup which is a beauty website and they had a sale on some NYX products.

Please take a look at the video below of the NYX Haul.

MUA and Fashionista Haul

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
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Very.co.uk Haul - Summer 2013

I never really had a positive experience with an online shop because everytime I ordered something, something got lost, didn't turn up or the wrong colour. Every single time I have ordered clothes from very.co.uk or boohoo something went wrong. When I looked on very.co.uk website, I saw some tops that I actually liked and I thought to myself should I risk something going wrong again? Well I took the risk.

I originally ordered four tops which I liked a lot and I payed for it and it came within a day which was pretty amazing. When I opened the package up, I saw the three t - shirts which I ordered and one which was actually a guys shirt. I do not know how that got mixed up since I didn't order it. I wrapped it up again and sent it back to very to either get a refund or get my original t-shirt I ordered.

After weeks of waiting, I contacted customer service to find out what was going on. Basically they some how lost my package and couldn't find it. They did give me a full refund for the missing t-shirt but I actually wanted the t-shirt.

If you would like to see what I got from very.co.uk in a video, then please see the video below.

Thank You

Lauren

Mac Baking Beauties Haul

I have never really been a MAC fan since there products are expensive for what they are.However I do keep an eye out for any collection that catches my eye and this collection did just that.

The first item is a pro longwear paint pot in 'Mooncake'. This is my first ever paint pot and I am quite happy with this one. I love the colour, its so fresh and shimmery which will be best for the spring and summer.. Mooncake is a warm beige, so it is very netural and can be either worn on its own or under eye shadow.

The last few items are the pearlmatte face powders in Pink buttercream and In for a treat. These two are just amazing and so pretty. Pink Buttercream is a light silvery pink base with dark pink flowers and periwinkle leaves. This one is going to be great for light skin tones and the pink roses in the middle can be used as a pink blusher.

The second pearlmatte face powder is In for a treat which is a champagne base with matte coral flower and mint leaves. This can be used on all skin tones and the flowers in the middle can be used as a coral blusher. Both of these face powders are so beautiful to look at, however they do come at a cost of £21.50 which is the second highest product I have bought in my life so far.

Overall, all these products are very me and the colours are just amazing for this upcoming summer

What Tenerife Videos I Will Be Uploading To Youtube

As you all know, I have been to Tenerife last week and I thought I might as well do some videos around the trip. I am thinking about uploading 4 or 5 videos about the Tenerife holiday. This is what I am thinking uploading -

• Whats in my tenerife travel make-up bag
• Whats in my tenerife travel skincare/beauty/random bag
• Tenerife experience and what I did 
• Tenerife haul
• Pictures of the holiday

I hope this might not seem too much about tenerife but this holiday was my first ever proper trip abroad and I want to share my thoughts about the trip and what I did whilst I was there.

Whats in my tenerife travel make-up bag should be on youtube now for you to watch and the others will follow shortly.

Then after the whole tenerife videos, I will get back to normal with the beauty videos, I hope you enjoy :) x-x

M&S Candles - Fresh Rose and Bloom

I have never really been into candles but recently I went into M&S and saw these candles. They are soo pretty because the container that holds the candle is made of glass and has a beautiful flower detailing going all around the glass.

It makes the glass look more interesting rather than just having a plain glass container. The container will only hold the small tealight candles since its the right size for the a tealight candle.

The candle itself smells amazing. I have two different ones in Fresh Rose and Bloom. I can smell these in my room and gives my room a nice scent. Its not overpowering but not a weak smell. Just right really.

Anyway they smell amazing, however they can be a bit tricky to light but I usually tip the candle to the side and it usually lights within 5 seconds. The candles are meant to burn for 4 hours each, so quite a good time for a small candle.

They are really nice and pretty in the dark and really good quality for £3.50.

You can get these in M&S now for £3.50 each.

Barry M Nail Paint 337 Pink Silver Glitter

Barry M has recently launched new nail paints and this is one of them.There were about three or four new nail paints but this one caught my eye.

If you love pink or silver and love glitter, then this is perfect for you. Thats because this nail paint is full of pink and silver glitter particules. The glitter is micro which means you will not get patchy glitter all over your nails but an even application of glitter. The application is quite sheer, so for the full effect then you will need two or three coats and the texture is quite rough feeling. Like the feeling of putting glitter on your nails, its not the smooth texture you would feel for a non glitter nail polish.

For me, the nail paint started to chip off after two days but thats because I do a lot of typing for work. So for other people, it might take longer to chip off. It didnt last long for me and I also used a top coat to protect the nail paint to make it last longer but obviously it didnt work.

You do get 10ml or 0.35 fl oz which is quite good for £2.99. You can get this nail paint from Superdrug and Boots now. I will leave links below for boots and superdrug online.

http://www.boots.com/en/Barry-M-Nail-Paint_947704/
http://www.superdrug.com/nails/barry-m-glitter-nail-paint-pink-silver/invt/451251/

Pink Diamante Heart Necklace - New Look

I was around my friend's house last week and I saw she was wearing this necklace. It caught my eye and could not stop looking at it because it is soo beautiful and something that I havent got in my collection of necklaces. I asked her where she got the necklace from and she said New Look.

I love New Look and I went into my local New Look store and found this necklace. I was over the moon I found it and I have literally fallen in love with it. Its a heart with different coloured diamantes such as pinks, purples, whites, blues, golds and muticoloured. The other side is just hollow but wow what an amazing, pretty and beautiful necklace and it looks very summery and very in season.

I have covered the diamantes with clear nail varnish to try and keep the diamantes on the necklace and stop them from falling off. The clear nail varnish does not affect the colour or anything to the necklace, it just protects the diamantes.

The necklace costs £4.99 and can get it online or instore in New Look.
http://www.newlook.com/shop/womens/jewellery-and-hair-accessories/pink-diamante-heart-necklace_253270799

First Thoughts on the Revlon Lip Butters!!

So there has been a lot of hype around the Revlon lip butters for a while now since they got released in the US about 8 months ago or something like that. Anyway everyone has been raving about this product on youtube and blogs. The lip butters were released in the UK about 2 months ago and i found these hard to find since everyone went out and bought them. Took me a while to find but i did finally tracked some down and i bought three.

I went onto my local boots and they stocked the lip butters. There were a range of lip butters from brights to nudes and i think they had about 8 shades to choose from. But looking on the boots website, they have 14 shades in total. Anyway i bought 3 lip butters since they were on offer 3 for 2 at boots at that time. The lip butters are all pink shades because i prefer pink to any other colour. The 3 that i have are Sweet Tart, Cotton Candy and Strawberry Shortcake.

First off, i love the packaging, i love the design on the front of it because its a nice and its a fishnet design which makes it more interesting rather than just a plain boring packaging. The packaging seems quite secure and not going to fall apart quickly. It's quite hard to get the packaging away from the lip butter, which is a good thing because it keeps the lip butter secure.

Sweet tart is a quite bright pink and properly the most pigmented out of all 3. Cotton candy is the lightest out of all 3 and this one to me looks like it has a gold sheen going throughout the lip butter. Strawberry shortcake is sort of like Sweet tart but a lot lighter in colour.

I havent really tried them out that much so i cannot give a review but i can say from using the lip butter a few times, they seem moisturising but quite hard to apply evenly. I think that they are ok but not over the moon with them but i think i need to give them a proper workout in order to have a proper review.

The Colgate Maxwhite One Toothpaste Challenge!!

Anyone heard of the Colgate maxwhite one? Apparently this toothpaste really makes your teeth a shade whiter in a week. Well this is what i read on the internet reading customers reviews on this toothpaste and i thought i might as well try and see if what they say really does work, or its just another toothpaste which says it makes teeth whiter but it doesnt do anything apart from making your breath smell nice.

I dont know how long this toothpaste has been out on the market but i was going around Tesco and i saw this. I have tried so many whitening toothpastes that claim they whiten teeth but they never do. Colgate maxwhite one, states that this toothpaste can make teeth one shade whiter in one week!. I looked on the internet for reviews and people have said that it even makes teeth one shader whiter in 3 days. This looks pretty interesting and had to try it out.

I will use it for one week, 3 times a day which is the instructed number of uses and will see if this toothpaste makes my teeth whiter in one week. I will do another post on this after the week is up, to review and see if the toothpaste works or not :) x-x

First Thoughts On : Opi Divine Swine and Excuse Moi Nail Lacquers

I have never owned a Opi nail Polish or Lacquer in my life and i thought to myself, i have got to try one of their nail lacquers to see what was all the hype about. Opi is a quite expensive nail polish brand and i think they are stated and started in the US and you cannot get Opi in drugstores in the UK like Superdrug or Boots. There has always been a lot of talk and hype about Opi's nail lacquers and i have finally decided and let myself buy two of their nail lacquers.

Both of these nail lacquers are from the muppets collection which was released at christmas 2011, so its still pretty new to their collection of nail lacquers. There is a range of different nail lacquers you can buy in this collection but they are pretty expensive to buy in the first place. I bought these two nail lacquers on ebay and yes they are real ones since i bought them from a proper supplier and checked other people's reviews before purchasing.

The first one i bought is called Excuse Moi (Love the name). I have to say that this one has got glitter and colour to the polish instead of just glitter. This means that you do not have to use as much to get the full effect you want. It is a pink colour with lots of glitter. The glitter comes in a variety of colours such as pinks, reds, blues and greens. Just when you look at the bottle you can see all the different colours of glitter and how pretty this colour really is. I have never had a nail polish like this one and i really cant wait to try it out soon.

The second nail lacquer is called Divine Swine and i think this is one of miss piggy's collection. I have seen quite a lot of videos and reviews about divine swine because some people like it and some people dont, so its a love/hate relationship with this one. Just through the glass bottle i can see that there is silver chunks of glitter with purple glitter in a clear finish. So i know this is not going to be quite a strong colour and would need a lot of product to get the full effect i want. But i am still looking forward to try this product out sometime.

Overall i am quite happy with these two nail lacquers from Opi and i hope they will live up to the hype. Both of these nail lacquers can come in mini's or full sixe. I know the full size is 15ml which is quite a good size for a nail polish. I will keep you posted on the outcome when i finally use them x-x

Upcoming Videos On Youtube - 29th July 2011

Hiya everyone, so as you know already i have my own youtube channel called Laurensmart1993. I thought i might as well do a post on upcoming videos that will be on the channel. Ok, so i have done youtube for other 6 months now and it is going great but not as well as i thought it might have but oh well life goes on and i will keep sticking at youtube. I love doing youtube, it lets me relax and talk about beauty which i love to do. I would recommend anyone to do youtube but i wouldnt do it if you havent got thick skin. I have got hate comments already and it is really hard to take it in but just ignore them and carry on.

 Here is a list of upcoming videos -

• TAG - How much does my face cost -   This is basically me telling you how much the products are used on my face for that day and see how much money i spend everyday on products
• July Favourites  -                                                                                                                                        All my favourite products i have used over the month of July. Can range from make-up products to hair products to books.
• Collection 2000 Lasting perfection concealer Review -                                                                              This is the newest concealer from collection 2000 and a lot of people have raved about this product and i thought i might as well put my thought across as well. 
• Haul Video -                                                                                                                                         
• Katy Perry Last Friday Night inspired Look - Blue, purple, pink
• Sleek Med 2 look - Light blue, Blue, brown and yellow           

                                             
So they are all my upcoming videos and i hope you sub to my channel which is                      http://www.youtube.com/user/laurensmart1993?feature=mhee
Also follow my blog for more posts from me. I am on a roll with blogging

Thanks

Lauren
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Summer Sample Challenge Video

Hiya everyone, i hope everyone is alright. I know i kept saying that i was going to update this blog a lot but i havent had time, plus i just had two weeks in Poole in dorset. But hopefully i might get back into blogging and hopefully more people will see my blog and maybe follow.

Ok, so this post is going to be a video i have just put up onto my youtube channel. The video is called Summer Sample challenge. This is where you and me will try and collect as many samples as we can during the summer and maybe autumn. Click on the video for more information about the challenge and please sub to my channel. This video was first done by MissPrincessPancake and i have linked both her channel and her video in the down bar on the video page.

I will hopefully will be doing more posts this week and please follow me. Thank you
Lauren
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Nation collection haul

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

Simple Skincare Haul

This is a haul on the skincare brand called simple. I bought these the same time i bought my make-up products in my last haul. I didnt want to put it in their because i was just going to have that as a beauty products haul. I have three products i would like to show you. But first off, i have spot prone skin and i did have problems with my skin last year and i had to use the clean and clear advantage face wash, clean and clear dual action moisturiser and the clearasil skin perfecting wash. I used them for over a year and it did clear up my skin very good but the clean and clear face wash did make my skin dry, so i stopped using it for a couple of weeks to see how my skin would cope. My skin was very good and i did get a few spots but not as bad as i was, so then i wanted to try something else and went to my local boots and got three simple skincare things.

 The first one is the Kind to skin moisturising facial wash

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 The next one is the Kind to skin smoothing facial scrub.

 The last one is Kind to skin Rich moisturiser.

This is what i got in my Simple skincare haul. I will do a Review on these soon. I hope these products wont break me out in spots, but will have to wait and see. Thanks for reading this post, If you have any ideas on what i can do, then please write a comment to this post. Also if you want me to try and get something and review it for you then i will. Thanks
Laurenx-x

Haul and Review

Hiya everyone this is my first ever haul, so please be gentle :)
 I have got these products over a couple of weeks, so i didnt buy them in one big hit. All these products i bought with my own money. There are a total of 6 make-up products, so lets get started...


The first product is a bourjois products. It is a blush in 34 rose d'or. This is such a nice colour. it is a dark pink with a hint of gold it in. when you open the pot, you get a nice sweet smelling scent and it smells really nice like roses. Also with the pot, you get a little brush and i havent used it because i dont like to use the brushes that come with products. I have tried it and it gives a nice pink glow because of the gold hint in it. It is a nice colour for summer.

The second product is the Maybelline colour sensational lipstick in ambre rose( 112). This is a great lipstick. It is a nice pink colour with shimmer in it. the colour is a bit pale but it is nice and pink on the lips. The smell is not that nice and not that bad, so it is average. i could put up with it because the colour is so nice on the lips. I would buy it again.

 The next product is the Rimmel london moisture renew lipstick in soft coral(600). This comes in a purple package. It is a soft coral colour with shimmer it in. The shimmer is not much but you can see it. It is a really nice colour on the lips and it is nicer when i put clear lipgloss over it. It is a summer colour but can be worn anytime of the year. The smell is quite nice, it is not a horrible smell, it is a nice smell and can wear the lipstick on the lips.

The next product is the rimmel london lasting finish intense lipstick in pink blush(006). I couldnt find a picture, sorry. well the lipstick comes in a dark purple package. The colour is a pink colour as it says in the name. it has a bit of shimmer but not too much. It is a quite a pink colour. It is nice on the lips. The smell is really lovely and it is nice to put on the lips because of the smell.


 The next product, is the natural collection green concealer. It is green because it helps to cover red spots which does help. It is a green concealer, i know it looks horrible but it does work, i have tried it out and it was ok. I would use it again.

This is my last product. It is the Rimmel london Sexy curves mascara. So this is a mascara with a weird wand. It has curves on the wand, i think this would be hard to apply it to the lashes. I havent tried it yet but i will try it soon. I got mine in Black.

That is my First haul and review on this blog, i will have more posts to come, so please follow me.thanks

Lauren x-x