Essences arrives!

I cannot tell you how long I have been waiting for Essence to come to the UK. I discovered this brand around 3 years ago in Spain and I've been dying to get my hands on some more!

First of all these nail polishes caught my eye immediately! L-R (Tip painter in white, Colour and go in bejos de brazil and Nail art special effects topper in Get the party started) Unfortunately I've only been able to play around with these on my toes as I have acrylic nails on, however I will be purchasing more and will do an in depth review of the brand very soon!

This next product was a purchase purely because I wanted to test one of the most difficult shades to create. This is the eye shadow in Blockbuster and it is a Matt cream colour. The formulation is amazing and using this all over the lids gives me a 'no makeup look'. Now that's the problem, the pigmentation on every other eye shadow was amazing except for this. Why the heck did I choose this shade? Grrrrrr.

Finally I picked up their lip liner in Cute pink, a medium warm pink shade. I'm pretty sure this was only 99p and although this is the only lip liner I have ever owned I can tell you for that price it is worth it! This isn't a majorly hydrating, creamy product but the pigmentation is great and let's face it i'm only going to apply lipstick over the top?

Unfortunately I can't tell you the price of these products as silly Wilkinson had offers on their cosmetics and only put the reduced price on my receipt, sorry. However, all of these goodies only cost me £6.50, BARGAIN ALERT!

Have you tried any Essence products?

xoxo

Haul: Pretty Pastels

This summer I am obsessed with pastels, they're just too cute! So I ended up purchasing a few things from Primark and Wilkinsons.

How cute?! This miniature mint green satchel was just £6 and I am very tempted to buy the lemon and pastel pink ones too at that price! Although miniature it has a front pocket for your phone to fit in and the inside fits my purse which is pretty big (it's from River Island so the size of something like this.) Plus I could probably squeeze keys and a lipstick in too.

I also picked up this mesh box tee in this coral colour. I loved the mesh flower pattern although I had to buy a vest to go underneath as it is a bit too see through for my liking. The top was £4 and the vest £2.

I then found a bargain in Wilkinsons. All Rimmel under £5 YES PLEASE!

I ended up picking up the Fix and perfect pro primer which is usually £6.99 for only £4.99. I can't really comment on whether my foundation stays better yet as I haven't actually tried it properly. However on my hand it felt really smooth and moisturising.

I then picked up the Lasting finish 25hr Foundation. This is usually £7.99 and I picked it up for £4.99. I picked up the shade 100 Ivory which was their palest shade and suits me perfectly (i'm a Mac NW20) although looks stupidly dark on my hand here, I promise it isn't it was just my flash. 

If you'd like to see reviews on these products then let me know in the comments down below, but make sure you don't miss out on these savings and watch out in your local Wilkinson's for Essence! As soon as mine gets Essence in stock i'm sure they'll be a huge haul! Whoops.

Lauren 

x

Free eyeliner?!+ First impressions

 I must admit i've never been an avid magazine reader myself but I have been tempted recently by some of the freebies inside of them.

I'm not afraid to say it i'm one of those girls who can't resist a bargain and this was one of those times! This months June Glamour magazine is currently on sale for £2 with a FREE! full sized Eyeko Skinny liquid eyeliner in Black or Navy Blue, which is usually £12 that's a £10 saving!

I opted for the Black as I figured i'd get more use than Navy blue; to be quite honest I was shocked that Navy blue eyeliner was back in fashion i'm sure that was a 90's thing? 

First impressions:
Well, personally i'm extremely impressed with this product when I first saw the nib though I was slightly skeptical. I mean, come on it's not exactly 'skinny' is it? Especially in comparison to my Rimmel precision micro liner I thought this wouldn't even compare. Well, wasn't I wrong. I actually think ease wise there both entirely equal however having a slightly thicker nib makes it alot quicker to attempt a winged eyeliner look. The eyeliner it's self was very pigmented and is a complete black, with not an ounce of those horrible chunks of glitter in them, yuck!

The slightly thicker nib makes it easier to create a winged look whilst the tip of the nib is very precise. The actual formulation itself is quite smooth and seemed to just glide across my eye. One of those nice formulations which is not too wet or dry.

My First impressions of this product are amazing and i'll be keeping my eye out for more freebies in magazines this summer! Pssttt... There's Clinique freebies in next months Glamour.

Lauren

x

The quest for longer hair...

Well it seems that summer may finally be gracing us with it's presence and i'm sick of having mid length hair. Now don't get me wrong bleaching and using heat on my hair probably doesn't help but I do feel like my hair is refusing to grow anymore. Does anyone else get that?

L-R (Aussie 3minute miracle Light, John Frieda Luxurious volume shampoo and conditioner)

So i've made it my mission to take care of my hair and hopefully help it grow. This week i've purchased some new haircare items. I have limp, lifeless, bleached hair which is weirdly extremely healthy. I researched and in order to gain hair growth or the illusion anyway it's best to use products that give your hair tonnes of volume.

I purchased the new John Frieda Luxurious volume shampoo and conditioner for coloured hair, this way i'm still taking care of my coloured hair and getting volume and thickness. I've heard amazing things about the original luxurious volume range, surely this can only be better? Now after reading rave reviews about the new Aussie 3 minute miracle light volume edition this had to make it into my shopping basket. These 3 smell amazing and I cannot wait to try them, especially the new Aussie 3 minute miracle. I mean how cool? Conditioner in a mousse form now that's got to be interesting.

Have you tried any of these products?

John Frieda Shampoo available here £5.89 and the Conditioner here £5.89
Aussie 3 minute miracle light avaliable here £4.99