February Favourites 2013

Hey Ladies! 

Rimmel Match Perfection In Light Porcelain -  I'm in love with this foundation at the moment. It's a great colour for me, best I've found so far. It gives me a good medium coverage and looks very dewy on my extremely dry skin. 

N.Y.C HD Felt Liner - I reviewed this recently and I'm really liking it, I don't find it as easy to use as my gel liner but for the price it lasts a great time and looks really good on the eye!

The Body Shop Carrot Cream - I've used this cream for years, I'm basically trying everything at the moment to help my fry skin and I've re-discovered this one. Light and moisturizing and not too heavily scented. 

Dainty Doll Eye Shadow Base - A recent purchase for me! I've been using it as a base for my eye shadow for the last week and I love how it just brightens my eye and keeps my eye shadow looking great all day :-) 

MUA Undress Me Too - I've been using this palette ever since I bought it! I't a great palette for neutral shadow lovers. I've reviewed it here. 

MUA Brow Pencil in Brunette - Before this month I had never filled my brows, all I did really was pluck them but I've recently been wanting to try out some brow products and for a £1 this is one I'm really liking so far, I also want to try out the MUA Pro-Brow Kit. 

Dainty Doll Lipstick in Saucy Sailor - I love red lippy's and this is a beautiful one! I reviewed it here. 

Simple Purifying Cleansing Lotion - I've been suffering with bad skin lately, so I've been purchasing alot of skin care items. I've always heard a lot about the Simple brand but after trying the makeup wipes I wasn't that impressed. I recently splurged though and bought this cleansing lotion after I heard that using a lotion to cleanse can help dry skin. I'm really loving it and use it day and night. 

Roberto Cavalli EDP - One of my all time favourite perfumes ever! I know I love a scent when I feel like I could bathe in it and not get bored. It's a sexy oriental and I can't say enough good things about it. I'll be reviewing it soon! 

So those are all the products I've been loving this month! 

What have your been loving?

Linzi xxx

REVIEW - NYC - High Definition - Liquid Liner - Extra Black

Hullo Ladies!

If you've been reading my blog for awhile you may now I'm a big fan of the Bobbi Brown Long Wear Gel Liners. That and my MAC Fluidlines are the only thing I like to wear.

I have tried other liners over the years. Some of them liquid. 

I've been reading a lot of reviews lately on Felt Liners though, ones that have the look of felt pens and apply like one too. 

I heard of some good ones from Brands like, Soap and Glory and Maybelline but didn't want to spend too much money on one until I knew if I liked how a felt liner applied first. If I found it easy and usable. 

In the end I picked up the NYC High Definition Liquid Liner in Extra Black. What I found strange was that on the Superdrug Website and in the store it's called the High Definition Felt Tip Liner but on the actual packaging It's called the High Definition Liquid Liner....Strange! 

On to the liner itself, It took me a few goes to learn how to do it, which may sound silly to you but I can be very fussy with how my liner looks. 

At first I could only create really thick lines like in the picture below because I kept making mistakes and had to go over them by making my line thicker instead of wiping it of and starting all over again! 

I realized soon after that this might have been my fault, I was using it like I would my gel liner, not taking into account that I needed to put slightly more pressure on the pen to create a neat line. 

It's not the blackest liner I've used but it has great pigmentation and doesn't go on patchy at all. 

I don't find problems with slow drying either, I have a habit of blinking when applying my liner and sometimes when using a liquid liner or ever a gel one this could mean that I end up with my liner nearly touching my brow bone! 

That is one of the reasons I love my Bobbi Brown so much and also why I like this, It dries very quickly and doesn't budge easily. 

I applied this liner around Twelve this Afternoon and took it of seven hours later and It looked the same as when I applied. 

I do not suffer with creasing or oily lids naturally so that may be why It sticks around for so long but if you do have those problems then It may be wise to use a primer/base of some kind first. 

All In All, I really like this Felt Liner, it's good quality, inexpensive and It's great for everyday wear when I don't feel like using my more expensive gel liners. 

You can buy this product for £2.99 in Superdrug - HERE 

Have you tried any good Felt Tip Liners recently? 

Linzi xxx

Tiny Haul :-)

Hullo Lovely Readers!

I've recently picked up a few goodies that I would love to share with you.

I've been obsessed with Blushers, highlighters and Bronzers lately.

Well....one bronzer really and it's the Collection 2000 Shimmer Shade in Way To Glow.

I picked this up earlier in the week, I have heard a lot of great things about it from bloggers and even though I'm slightly petrified of bronzing I decided to give it a go. 

This product does everything really, you can blush, bronze and highlight in just one swipe!

The four different shades are beautiful together and give a lovely glow. 

I tried it on my Mam first as like I said...I'm a tad bit frightened of putting something as dark as this on my very pale skin *Don't worry, she was happy to be my guinea pig!*  

It looked amazing on her so I gave it a go and must say I'm loving it already, will definitely be writing a review soon :-) 

This is £4.19 on the Boot's website.

NYC Mosaic Color Wheel in Pink Cheek Glow

I've been wanting to try a MUA Mosaic Blusher for so long but my Superdrug has appallingly low stock  so when I saw this NYC Color Wheel I was so happy. 

The range of colour is amazing, I haven't given it a good try yet but once I do I will let you know how I feel about it :-) 

I'm not sure how much I paid for this as I lost the receipt :-(

This is the Clinique Long Last Glosswear in Air Kiss, It came free with this months Instyle magazine, you could choose between three other products but I picked this one, It looks gorgeous over a nude/pink lipstick :-) Quite sticky though.

So that's my tiny haul ;-) 

Hope you have all had a great weekend!

Linzi xxx

Nail Polish Collection Part 4 *Odds and Ends*

Hullo lovely ladies!

Sorry this post is so late but I've been really busy lately and had to find out the names of some of these polishes :-] Opps!

NYC

"Lavander Cupcake, Bubblegum Pink, Mint Macaroon, Ink Stain, Gramercy Glitz and Lights-Camera Glitter"

Color Club

"Club Clear, Hot Couture, Covered in Diamonds, Magic Attraction, Sugar Plum Fairy and Beyond the Mistletoe"

These are the polishes I needed to find the names of as I picked them up in Tk Maxx and they came with no numbers or names :-( Poor things!

OPI

"Rapid Dry Top Coat, La Paz-itivly Hot, Dim Sum Plum, A - Zurich, Cajun Shrimp, Strawberry Margarita and Chip Skip"

Maybeline

"Unknow Purple, Mermaid Blue and Flash Cosmic"

Ciate

 

" Wait Until Dark and Bon Bon"

Bourjois

"No. 15"

China Glaze

"For Audrey"

I really need to get some more!

Sinful Colors

"Daddys Girl, 24/7, Tapping Nails and See You Soon"

Max Factor

"Fantasy Fire"

GOSH

"Deep Purple, Pool Party, Holographic, Nero, Magic Star and Night Kiss"

These are the GOSH polishes I recently picked up in the clearance bin at Superdrug!

So there you go! 

That's the end of my Nail Polish Collection...finally! I really need to calm down ;-) 

You might notice that I didn't post my Nail Care/Treatment products...I'm keeping them for a separate post !

Hope you have all had a lovely day!

Linzi xxx

I Won A Giveaway! + Recent Buys :-)

Hullo beautiful ladies!

So on Jubilee Weekend I received the most exciting email ever from Robyn - Want Buy Blog saying that I'd won the second prize in her Giveaway! How amazing right?  She a lovely girl so go check out her blog it's great! 

Ain't he cute? As a big book worm this is a keeper for me :-) 

She wrote me a lovely little message including some tips on what to do with the products!

Included also was a lovely little black makeup bag that some of the products where in :-) I forgot to take a picture but it's very pretty!

This is what she gave me! 

• MUA Blusher
• MUA Nail Polish 
• ELF Pressed Powder
• NYC Mascara
• 17 Concealor
• Natural Collection Hair Mask
• Benefit Moisture Prep Sample 

She also threw in some lovely sweeties! YAY :-P

She gave me the Pressed Powder as an extra gift, sadly she's had a lot of stuff to deal with lately, I wasn't worried about it coming late but she was very apologetic love her and left me a note attached to this saying that it was a bit of something extra!  

  I've never tried MUA or ELF before so trying them out shall be very exciting!

I loved the box it all came it, it was lovely and girly with little stars and black ribbons.

So as well as that I also went shopping again today, well really I just went into Superdrug to pick up some paracetamol but I couldn't pass the clearance box without having a look and ended up picking up all these lovely gosh products! 

The two eyeliners at the beginning are from the new InStyle magazine, they're giving you a choice of two Body Shop eyeliners or a mascara. 

So from GOSH I picked up:

Green Eyeliner in Green Boost

Green Eyeliner in Lemongrass

Twin Eyeshadow in TES 03

GOSH On Stage Cool Lip Jam in 102

GOSH On Stage Cool Lip Jam in 106

GOSH On Stage Cool Lip Jam in 101

GOSH Lip Gloss in 0074

GOSH Nail Polish in Snow

GOSH Nail Polish in Rainbow *gave to my mam as an extra Birthday present :-)*

GOSH Effect Power in Purple Rain

All these Gosh products came to just under £10!!!!

 I know... Unbelievable! 

These are all the lovely lip products I picked up, the Lip Jams are amazing they smell like Bubblegum..YUM!

"From Top to Bottom: Lip Gloss in 0074, Lip Jam in 106, Lip Jam in 101 and Lip Jam in 102"

I swatched them for ya ;-) 

Look how gorgeous they are and so pigmented!

I'm off for a nice DIY makeover now to calm myself as I have my first driving lesson tomorrow! I can't believe how nervous I am..can you imagine what it would be like when I have to do the test!! God Almighty! 

Hope you have all had a good day! 

Linzi xxx

NOTD - Nails Inc and NYC

Hello Ladies,

                       Im going to see a job agency tomorrow and I'm very nervous. My nerves are my downfall in most things. Panic Attacks are not that rare in my world, so when I'm panicking over something I like to distract myself. Sometimes I bake or shop or even dye my hair. Today I decided to have some fun with nail polish.

Today I used Nails In c Jermyn Street and NYC's Gramercy Glitz.

Jermyn street is a lovely colour on its own but I wanted to see what it looked like with a little glitter and I quite liked it. It's one of those nail combo's that makes you look twice.

Just a quick post today :)

Thanks, Linzi xx

Nail Polish Collection and NOTD

Hey Girls!
                Recently I've becaome a little bit *okay - A lot* obsessed with nail polish. So I was sorting through them last night and decided to take pictures so here they are :)

Top Row L-R, Cadogan Lane, Kensington Caviar Topcoat,Black Crackle,Tavistock Street, Jermyn Street, Old Queen Street.

Bottom Row L-R, Berkley Mews, Cambridge Terrace,Wyndham Place, Bennet Street,Wellington Street and Tate.

Ruby Recommends Set from Debenhams. Couldn't find any names.

Small OPI Collection

From L-R Nail Envy, Rapid Dry Coat, Strawberry Margarita,Cajun Shrimp, Chip Skip, La Paz-itively Hot, Dim Sum Plum snd A -Zurich.

New Look Nail Polish Set

L-R Vamp, Blossom, Reef, Poppy and Princess.

NYC polish Collection

L-R Inc Stain, Lights-Camera-Glitter,Gramercy Glitz, Lavender Cupcake, Bubblegum Pink, Mint Macaroon.

Scarlet and Crimson Nail Set, Couldn't find any names sadly.

Maybelline

L-R Mermaid Blue, Metallic Purple, Cosmic Flash

 Boots Natural Collection

L-R Crystal Clear and Shimmer Pink

A Metalic gold from Collection 2000. My Mams favorite colour :)

17 Fast Finish Nail Polish in Sulk.

Ciate Paint Pot in Wait Until Dark.

I had it free in a Marie Claire Magazine, sadly the bow came off :(

                                                                         N.O.T.D

So there they all are and I realised that I have been buying new nail polish with out having tried some of my old ones so I've made it a mission to at least try every colour once. So here is the first days colour and my Nail Of The Day it's OPI's Cajun Shrimp. I love it, such a lovely colour for summer :)