Revolution Makeup – Golden Sugar 2 Highlighter Pallette Review

Hello beauties! As promised I am actually doing reviews for the makeup I buy! Can you believe I’m being so organised?! I know I’ve had this one for aaages but I wanted to give it a really thorough testing before I reviewed it… its not just because I’m lazy… 

Anyway! On to said review. This. Pallette. Is. The. Tits. Honestly. It cost me something like £6.00 from Superdrug and it’s amazing. I mean I have  Euphoric Strobe Light by Hourglass and this high street pallette beats it by a mile. 

As you can see the depth of colour is amazing. They’re so rich and pigmented and they honestly apply so beautifully. I tend to go for the pale gold most often for highlighter but I’ve used many of the other colours as eye shadow because the colour pay off is outstanding. I use the two matte colours together with a dab of the deep pink for blush and it’s such a lovely versatile look. 

I had a lot of trouble getting a good picture to show how pigmented they are. I only have my phone camera so it really doesn’t do them justice. They last all day and you can make them as subtle or as eye catching as you like. I really can’t say enough about this pallette or this brand. I mean it’s just so affordable. Usually when makeup is this cheap it’s utter garbage but the two palettes I’ve had from this range have been excellent. It honestly takes all my will power not to just buy everything Revolution have. 

So that’s my review and if you live in England I would seriously recommend getting at least one thing from this range. You won’t be disappointed. Love and kisses. 

Kylie Lip Kit in Koko K Review

Hi beauts! I’ve got a lovely little makeup review for you today! The Kylie Lip kit in Koko K dahhhling.

So, onto the good stuff. I like this lipstick well enough but I’m honestly not dazzled by it. The shade is very pretty all be it a little darker than I was expecting. The actual liquid lipstick goes on smoothly and has a very strong vanilla smell which I personally don’t mind. However it does get a little crumbly once you start to eat or drink so there really isn’t much staying power in the center of the lips. The edges will be slaying but everyone knows the middle is the best bit of anything! 

It was honestly the lip liner I liked most out of the lip kit. Its so smooth and buttery it really does glide onto your lips beautifully. BUT! When I went to use the lip liner on the day I took the above photograph, it was a little dull. OK no worries I just need to sharpen it a little. I kept trying I really did. But the lip liner was simply crumbling away. It was like the makeup was years old and had completely passed it’s sell by date. Bear in mind I’ve only had this a few months! 

Overall I’m not overly impressed but I will admit I’m probably going to try other colours because apparently I’m a masochist. Anyone else tried the lip kits? Were you impressed? Let me know in the comments below and I’ll leave you with another look at the lipstick which really is a nice shade. 

You slippery bitch…

Right. Rant ensuing. Any of you lovely makeup lovers struggle, as I do with oily skin? Because I am God damn sick of it. I guess my skin can technically be counted as combination since I do get some dry patches, but mostly it’s just oily. I’ve tried everything. At the moment I’m using Magical Moringa from Lush as moisteriser/primer. I’ve used a plethora of face washes and cleansers. I always have a Lush face mask in the fridge. All my foundation is designed for oily skin. I’ve tried witch hazel gel, toners, using primers and not using primers, blotting paper, a number of powders and still I continue to suffer from oily skin. 

Its a nightmare for a makeup loving girl. My foundation will become greasy and slippy in a matter of 2 hours. It kind of unsets and moves around my face. I can touch my face and come away with liquid foundation on my finger, as though it was straight from the bottle, despite having set it with powder. I obviously hate this. When I spend a lot of time doing my makeup I want it to last longer than 45 minutes! 

Whether this is to do with my combination skin or not I’m not sure, but I also have a problem with my foundation looking flawless and high coverage. No matter which foundation I use, my face is never completely full coverage. A red patch here, a blemish showing through there, pigmentation across the forehead etc. Its maddening. And yes I have Estee Lauder Double Wear. It does nothing. 

Any advice for this patchy, oily extremely frustrated girl? Pleeeease let me know. I need help. Loves and kisses. 

Rapunzel, Rapunzel…

So I don’t know if you guys know this about me, but I love long hair. Like, when I see a girl with long, shiny, thick hair my eyes turn into little hearts and I have to fight the urge to touch her hair and ask what shampoo she uses. I’m not crazy, just jealous. Therefore I have purchased the above pictured vitamins in a bid to grow crazy long hair. Let me explain a little. 

When I was a teenager I had A LOT of hair. It was thick, it was long, it curled itself naturally into beautiful soft tresses. It was Disney hair basically. For example. 

Not a great photo but you get the gist. Beautiful hair. And it annoyed the crap out of me, cause it was so thick that it wouldn’t lie flat and I was sat in the hairdressers for three hours. Its always the same isn’t it? You’re young and vapid and don’t appreciate anything, no matter how many times your mother tells you to ‘appreciate it now, before you’re older!’ But you don’t because you’re 18 and your hair is too thick and you’re fat and everything’s a tragedy! Cut to seven years later and now you actually are fat and your hair is thin and knotty and everything actually, genuinely is a tragedy. I’d give anything to be as slim as I was when I was 18 and thought I was huge. And I really miss my Disney hair. 

It all went down hill when I had my hair stripped about four years ago so I could go blonde. It ruined my hair. It literally all fell out. Before that happened I was lucky to get my ponytail into a hair tie without it snapping. After the stripping, there was barely enough to get into a hair grip, never mind a bobble. It was short, like to the top of my shoulders short. It was dry and brittle and soooo thin. It was a travesty. But I took care of it, I loved it, stopped dying it and it slooooowly got back most of its former glory. This is my hair now. 

It’s gotten most of its length back, reaching down to the middle of my chest, but for me it still hasn’t got back its thickness or its vitality. Don’t get me wrong, it’s fairly thick, nothing to be sniffed at, I just want it so much thicker. Its also not nearly as strong or healthy as I’d like it. My hair still falls out a lot, seemingly a lot more than is normal and no matter what products I use it always seems to be weak and dry. Whether this is from the stripping damage or just from getting older I’m not sure. 

So I’m hoping these vitamins will change that. I was taking regular biotin before which seriously helped a lot, but I was on the lowest dose. If the lowest dose can do so much for my hair I can’t wait to see what the highest strength can do. I like that it has added coconut oil too as that’s good for just about everything.  I’ll let you know how I’m getting on and whether they work. I got these pills from Puretality on Amazon if anyone is interested in getting some. Kisses. 

Makeup Madness

Good morning loves! I thought I’d give you guys a look at some of the new makeup I’ve acquired recently and there is a fair amount. Obviously it wS my birthday this month so most of it was purchased with reckless, happy birthday abandon. Enjoy! 

Now as you can see from the above photo I have in my possession the illustrious Moonchild Glow Kit from Anastasia Beverly Hills. My sister got me this for my birthday and I was sooo surprised as when she asked me what I wanted (and I requested this pallette) she said it was a bit too pricey. So I instead picked a new purse which she also got me. I was admiring the purse and then she came I’m with the Moonchild and I was over the moon (pun intended!)

Just look how pretty! The colours are crazy and unicorn-esque and I can’t wait to play about with them. I’ll post reviews and swatches of everything I show you here once I’ve had time to properly test them. By the way if anyone can recommend a good highlighter brush I’m on the look out. 

I spent the day at the Metro Centre with my mother to gleefully spend some of my birthday money and this is one of my purchases. Its pretty difficult to get your hands on Mac in England especially when you live in a small town, so I was there for quite a while, deliberating. I had also bought a Mac Pro Longwear concealer, which the girl matched to me in store. Unfortunately when I got home and tried it myself it was too dark, which was slightly rage inducing. It did fit my mams shade perfectly though so it got re-homed. 

Now I loooove Macs lipsticks, especially the matte ones. I’ve quite a collection of them now. I went for pink plaid, which is a lovely rosey/nudey pink that’s not too girly and very wearable.

Let’s keep the lipstick theme going shall we. This one is Rimmel Lasting Finish by Kate Lipstick in the shade Rock n Roll Nude. So I was reading Cosmo (as you do) and the beauty editor mentioned she was obsessed with this lipstick, stating it will make you look like Bridget Bardot. So I thought I’d give it a go. It. Is. Beautiful. It really is a gorgeous nude and makes your lips look so pillowy. And it really does last. Rimmel is crazy affordable too, I got this on offer for less than £5.00 Amazing right? 

This is a bit of a boring one but we all need mascara right? I firmly believe that mascara is one of those makeup products that you really don’t need to go high end on. Don’t get me wrong, there are some expensive mascaras that I love (hello Lancome Hypnose) but I also like this one too and it’s a fraction of the price. Most mascara formulas are basically the same, no matter the brand and in my opinion it’s all about the brush anyway. This gives a lot of length and really separates the lashes. There’s no clumping here. The only thing I always find lacking in most mascaras is getting any thickness as I have fine lashes. If anyone has any recommendations please comment! 

Wait till you see the colours on this bad bitch. 

I could not believe my eyes when I saw this on Superdrug. I’ve never even came across this brand before. I’m pretty sure it’s exclusive to Superdrug so that could be the reason – I’m a Boots girl through and through. And the brand is so cheap. This whole palette was £6.00 *shocked face*

This is the Golden Sugar 2 Rose Gold Blush palette by Makeup Revolution and it’s divine. Honestly the colours are so pigmented and bright. I don’t think I’ll be able to use most of them as blusher, I’d be seen from space! This is definitely a highlighter kit for me. I used it the first night I got it on my eyes also and it makes lovely eyeshadow. A full review will be forthcoming. But seriously. If your English get your cute butt to Superdrug and check this brand out. There are so many other blush palettes too, I had the hardest time picking between them. Next payday my pretties.

A few eye products for you. The Autograph eyeshadow stick is like silver highlighter in creme form. Its super pigmented and brilliant for the inner corner of your eye and to highlight your cupids bow. I haven’t played around with it much yet but as with everything I will do a review. 

I’ve wanted to try Nyx for so long but it was never here in England until recently. My local Boots suddenly had a huge Nyx counter with everything on it. Now I always have my trusty Urban Decays eyeshadow primer, so I didn’t really need this for priming. I wanted a good white base for certain eyeshadow looks and picked this up on a whim. I’ll let you know how it goes. 

Last but not least are the most beautiful makeup brushes I have ever seen. And do you know where they came from? Wilkos! Of all God damn places they came from a house ware shop. They are really good too. The powder brush is soooo soft and the handles are made of some sort of dense, soft rubber. They’re gorgeous. 

Anyway that has been my ridiculously long makeup post. If you made it to here I commend you for your perseverance. Kisses. 

Beauty Blender Review

So I finally, finally got a Beauty Blender! I’ve had it about two weeks now and used it a fair few times and figured it was time for a review! 

Now I’ve got to say I’m pretty in love with the little guy. I’ve had a Real Techniques Miracle Sponge for a while and I’ve always liked it a fair amount but no more so than any brushes I use. However, for some reason I’ve never used the Real Techniques Sponge wet so maybe that’s why… anyway I used the Beauty Blender in its damp form from the get go, mostly because it’s so small when it’s dry that I would have been dabbing away for hours! 

In its damp state the blender gets much bigger and applies foundation so beautifully. There’s minimum patchiness and no streaking of any kind. I also love how it blurs my pores which I often have trouble with. The other thing I like about it is the coolness of the wet blender, especially on a morning when my eyes are little sore and puffy. The water in the sponge feels really refreshing. 

If you haven’t got a Beauty Blender I would definitely recommend one. I mean yes they are a little pricy, and even with proper care the sponge can only be stretched to about 6 months but is it really too much to ask for a flawless base? Looks inside yourself. You know the answer. Kisses. 

Birthday Fun

I turned 25 this month… weep, weep for your fallen sister! I am now officially in my mid twenties! *Jim Carey style wretching.* 

In all honesty, even though I hate getting older it was a brilliant birthday. I went for food with my boyfriend and family, had a raging night out wherein I was the best, happiest kind of sozzled and then spent all my money on books and makeup! Bitchin’ right? So let me tell you all about it. To start with my boyfriend got me to coolest, geekiest gifts imaginable and he did it all himself! He usually never has the confidence to pick gifts for me, but he did so well. 

The Inheritance Cycle, a spell book journal and a letter opener in the shape of Godric Gryffindor’s sword. I mean come on. That’s true love right there. I love this book series it’s the best and I did have all the books but most of them have been misplaced over time and several house moves, so having the full set is brilliant. The sword is just so cool. I love Harry Potter  (mainly the books) and stupidly enough I’m awful at opening letters. (How can you be bad at opening letters?!) So this is the perfect gift for me. Also if a burglar comes in I reckon it would smart a little having a baby sword stuck in your gut. 

We then proceeded to have lunch with my mother and sister which was nice. I didn’t get many photos except one of my beautiful mother and some cocktails she was making friends with. 

Then came the night out! It was the first time I’d had my friends over for a drink and I was so ready. There was copious amounts of alcohol, a lot of drunk screechi-singing and I did everyone’s makeup.  Naturally. 

My beautiful friends. We went to junior school together. Secondary and college and we still to this day have nights out dancing. I love them. Finally, I’ll leave you with a very dark and grainy and slightly drunk photo of my makeup for the night! 

Lipstick used was Mac Sin so it was actually darker than this but it had faded a bit by this point due to being pressed vigorously against several glasses of cheeky vimto. Foundation was Clarins Everlasting and I also used my Anastasia Beverly Hills contour kit along with Nars Deepthroat for blush. Eyeshadows are a mixture of Morphe 350p palette and some Sleek eyeshadow pallette to apply the gold.  Anyway hope you enjoyed the post about my birthday cos I certainly enjoyed the day! Kisses. 

Skirts, new shoes and a hangover from hell…

Good morning loves. Well, perhaps for you. I am extremely hungover and this morning is not good it is vomit inducing. As it generally happens, a close friend of mine enjoyed 24th birthday this week and of course that could only mean one thing… girls night out. 

To try and forget about my crippling pain and self induced hell for a moment I decided to do a post on my makeup and outfit of the night. Hope you enjoy! 

Not the best picture but I was tipsy and… well I was tipsy! To start with I used Magical Moringa from Lush as my primer. I’m like this moisturiser at the moment, it’s keeping my oily skin relatively under control and it really does prime your skin nicely. For my base I used Clarins Everlasting Foundation applied with the Morphe buffer brush and set with Bourjois bronzing powder. Using the Anastasia Beverly Hills contour kit in light I lightly contoured my cheekbones and for head. I finished with Nars Deepthroat on the cheeks. 

I went for a brown and gold eye lool, which I must admit I had to do in a bit of a rush as I was running late. I started by priming my eyes with Urban Decays eyeshadow primer potion. I used a mixture of the Morphe plum pallette and the Sleek storm palette with a little Mac soft brown through the crease and I finished with L’Oréal Miss Hippie mascara (which I’m still on the fence about.) On my lips is Revlon matte balm in the colour sultry. I love this lipstick, it’s so comfortable and creamy and smells like the sweet mint Eos lip balm. 

OK so that was the face now onto the outfit! 

Can you believe I got this adorable skirt for £10 out of Primark? I love it, although it was a little shorter than I’m used to, but hey ho I had a few drinks and got my dance on anyway. 

I also had some new shoes! *girly voice* These are from New Look and they were about £25 I love these shoes, they look so good and they were moderately comfortable. I mean my feet are aching a little now but they always do after a full blown, coming home at 3 o’clock in the morning clutching a macdonalds bag night out. Considering last night was the first time I wore them and I have zero blisters, I’d call that a win. 

So there you go folk, my super hungover night out post (which I’m writing in bed, with no clothes on and a face of half washed away makeup.) As always with my night out posts, I’ll leave you of a shot of the birthday girl, one of three of my oldest friends. 

Decor Decadence

Hi loves, I’m bringing you a beauty/decor mixed post today as I not only have some new products to show you but I finally got my dressing table completed! Yaaaay!

Isn’t it beautiful? I was so sick of storing my makeup in cheap plastic drawers and/or all over my bed and I had been moaning for so long about it. Therefore, when I spotted this pretty thing in a shabby chic shop on sale, my darling, beautiful beau told me he would buy it for me! So sweet and lovely, he is the best. So now I have a beautiful organised place for all my makeup and I can sit while I put my face on! It’s wonderful knowing exactly where everything is and not having to rummage around for that one eye shadow that is eluding me.

Now onto the products! It’s my mums birthday on Saturday and I decided to get her something practical over boring; i.e flowers. She had mentioned she wanted some natural eyeshadows as she only has glitter based ones. So I decided it was time for her first bit palette! I’ve had my eye on Morphe Brushes for a while, particularly the 350 palette as it’s meant to be amazing and beautiful and everyone wants it. The downside of everyone wanting it is that it’s always sold out. But I went on beauty bay anyway and searched their palettes and picked the 350W warm palette for my mother. Its a natural selection of shadows, with nude and pink colours aswell as dak browns and purples.

Although I wanted to hold out for the 350 palette I was mercilessly drawn in by the plum palette and my finger (with a life of its own) clicked add to bag. Naughty. Its a beautiful palette full of lovely brown and purple shades. They arrived the next morning and the delivery was free which I loved, but as soon as I opened them up I had a major problem… I love both the palettes! I’d keep them both for myself if it wasn’t my mums birthday! Since I love them both and also can’t decided now which one I think she’d like best I’m going to give her the option to pick between the two. Then we’ll both be perfectly happy. So once I know which one I’m getting I will post some swatches!

What I did purposefully buy for myself was three of Morphes brushes. I’ve heard only good things about their brushes and they are surprisingly affordable.

First I went for a lip brush as I never use a brush for lipstick, I always go straight from the bullet and I’ve noticed it’s sometimes a little messy. This brush was ridiculously cheap at just £1.75 I couldn’t believe it either! I haven’t had a good few tries of it yet, but the hair is densely packed which gave me plenty of precision so it’s a thumbs up from me.

Next I picked the oval shadow brush because you can never have enough eyeshadow brushes! It’s very thick and dense which is perfect for picking up shadows and perfect for patting glitter onto your eye.

Lastly I chose the duo deluxe crease brush as I don’t have any decent crease brushes. At the moment I’m on the fence with this brush. Its not dense like the other brushes. Its a lot like a mini stippling brush which I wouldn’t have thought would work for the crease as it has a flat top and is quite sparse. I’ll have to use it a few more times.

I was also pleasantly surprised to receive a complimentary gift with my order!

I was sent this liquid lipstick by Gerard Cosmetics in the colour Cher. I haven’t tried this properly yet so I will be doing a full post with swatches when I get the chance.

Has anyone else tried Morphe Brushes or Gerard Cosmetics? Comment below loves!

Saturday Night Fever

Good Monday my beauties! I hope everyone had a nice weekend? If, like mine, your weekend involved alcohol, then you’re probably hanging like the laundry. Even though I wasn’t drunk during my girls night out (not for lack of trying) my body is certainly feeling the effects of alcohol and vigorous dancing. I always have two day hangovers no matter what and it’s awful and I want my bed but I’m at work. So I thought to cheer myself up I’d do a mini night out post for my blog showing you guys my make up and outfit choice! Here goes.

I wanted a dramatic smoky look as I was wearing a dark blue, sparkled dress. I started off using the L’Oréal Paris Infallible Matte Primer. I can’t really give much of an opinion on this primer as I have oily skin and my makeup tends to melt off, no matter what I do or use. Its very frustrating so if anyone has any tips for oily skin and keeping makeup in place all day I would love to hear them! For my base I used Clarins Everlasting Foundation; I’m not sure what shade I used, as I applied a darker shade which I never use as I had applied false tan (since my legs were out!) I contoured using a cream contour kit from Fraulein and my Anastasia Beverly Hills powder contour kit in light. I also used ABH brow wiz to fill in my brows. For blush I used Nars Deepthroat, which is my absolute favourite blusher. Now onto eyes!

I primed my eyes using Limecrimes Eyeshadow Helper then followed up with a Maybelline matte brown shadow in the crease blended with some Motives Little Black dress gel eyeliner. I then covered the whole lid in a glittery black blue eyeshadow from a Sleek eyeshadow pallette. I also added a cat flick using Bourjois liquid eyeliner for some definiton. I rouhly lined my water line with pencil eyeliner so it had that smudged texture. I highlighted using highlighter from my Sleek contour kit and on my lips I am wearing Mac Twig lipstick. So there you have it! My girly night out makeup routine! Hope you guys liked this post and I’ll leave you with my favourite shot of the night depicting me and all my beautiful girls. Loves and kisses.