Makeup Revolution Scandalous Lips

Makeup Revolution Scandalous Lipstick Collection

Here is a video I did showing  the Iconic 3 eyeshadow palette plus lip swatches of the Scandalous lipstick collection by Makeup Revolution. Some of the shades are quite pastel in colour whereas the others work just fine. Take a look at the video below and tell me what you think.

Revlon Foundation Review

I bought the Revlon PhotoReady foundation in Caramel during one of Boots 3for2 offers. I found that it was a bit light for me so I managed to get a darker shade from Ebay. I mix both to get a decent match. Alternatively I have also tried Revlon Colorstay which is a good match for me. These are okay foundations and worth the price. Below are pictures of the foundations so you can compare the shades side by side. If you have tried these please let me know.

Vampy Wine Lipsticks

Here is my most recent video showing some Vampy Wine coloured lipsticks I have.

Soap and Glory The Yule Monty

Soap and Glory The Yule Monty gift set

'Tis the season for an abundance of bargains and things you probably do not actually need. Yep it is the commercial side of Christmas. In true form Boots and Soap and Glory release a very expensive gift set every year whose price drops on the initial day of release for one week. I have somehow managed to buy one every year. I did miss out on the hat box but when I think about it, I did not miss out because well what use is a hat box unless you are a regular to Royal Ascot.

So this year as always you will find many different Soap and Glory gift sets around. Though the most popular one is released about a week before Christmas. This years offering is called The Yule Monty and contains 9 different skincare and beauty products plus a sample (sachets) of a new serum. The gift set normally costs £60 but is sold for £27 for one week only. The offer ends on the 19th December. If by any chance there are any left the price will go up. 

Previous years it has sold out quite quickly. As much as it is a bargain and well worth every penny, you should ask yourself if you will benefit from most of the products. I have given away some of the body scrubs in the past. In the coming new year I am going to give them another go. Nice to see that some of scrubs are clearly different so may suit me better this time. If you buy a set you will love it unless you are gifting it. These sets are always a pressie to myself. 

As I bought my lonely one gift set a man in Boots was buying at least 6 or more. Deep down I wish that was me buying an abundance to give away or what many do and put them on ebay. I checked ebay after 10am and already many had put what they bought up for sale. If anyone went on ebay to buy these sets knowing boots selling them so cheap yet choosing to pay over £50 on ebay is quite unfortunate and sad don't you think? Isn't boots UK wide? Each to their own bargain. 

The Yule Monty contents:

• The Righteous Body Butter (body butter)
• The Scrub of Your Life (body buffer)
• Hand Food (hand cream)
• Sugar Crush (body wash)
• Peaches and Clean (deep purifying cleanser)
• Heel Genius (foot cream)
• Butter Yourself (moisture lotion)
• Thick and Fast (mascara)
• Sexy Mother Pucker XL (lip gloss - shade pink out loud)

also samples of Make Yourself Youthful (serum)

All contained within a collectible vanity bag designed by British Fashion designer Jonathan Saunders.

Click here to have a look at my previous article on the gift sets to compare contents.

MUA Matte Lipstick Collection

MUA offer makeup at very affordable prices for any budget. I recently bought the matte lipstick collection. In the video I do state the Wild Berry is not as pigmented as the red but if you layer it on you get a nice colour pay off. At £1 each well worth the spend.

Sleek BB Cream Review

Below is a video I did of the Sleek BB Cream. I bought the shade in medium. I was initially skeptical of how such a limited shade range would work for me but was assured months ago by a blogger what shade to use. During the UK summer it can be very humid and I wanted something to use tat was lighter than a foundation. I still prefer my current fave foundation. However this product does what I need it to do. As for helping with blemishes I have not monitored that aspect so can say.

Check out my video below

RiRi Woo - Hype Does a Brand Favour

Ruby Woo and RiRi Woo side by side

Last week I was observing Instagram. I follow many beauty and fashion bloggers and makeup artists galore on there. I had already heard about the new Rihanna collections for MAC cosmetics. Then It looked like folk where waiting with anticipation for their order to process for Rihanna's take on the cult classic Ruby Woo which is a matte red lipstick that every skin tone on the planet can wear with confidence. I have been a proud owner of this shade for the longest time. Thanks to all the amazing beauty enthusiasts out there.

So the UK was able to purchase the next day after the Americas. Thankfully I brought my laptop with me so I could clock watch when I visited friends. Purchases of RiRi Woo were limited to one per customer. I was one of those customers able to purchase it. In America alone it sold out in 3 hours and in the UK it sold out the same day. Not bad for an online only purchase.

To be honest RiRi Woo is only a very slight subtle change to Ruby Woo. It is slightly more moist but still a tad drying. Even the best of lips will benefit from a lip scrub and moisturiser to prevent chapped lip effects which a lipstick like this will clearly show up for all to see. The red is more juicier. Yes that is how I describe it. Was it worth the purchase yes and no. This purchase was mainly a hype buy and if you have Ruby Woo already you are not missing out on much except a bit more moisture and Rihanna's signature embossed on the lipstick. Now there is a deep berry mauve-ish lipstick pictured in the promotional pictures which I would definitely want to buy. In the meantime I will just enjoy 

indulging my love of makeup with or without hype.

My latest beauty buys Rimmel and MUA

Below is two videos of me sharing my latest beauty buys. To say that I have grown to have a makeup obsession is no lie but I try to shop smart too. Both purchases were made with money off deals or fantastic sales

1st video is of the Rimmel Apocalips and the second is about Make Up Academy products. Now MUA will need to create new products as I do not think there will be anything else for me to buy.

My Pink Lipstick Collection

After watching quite a few beautiful deep brown ladies wearing the now infamous MAC lipstick Candy Yum Yum, I decided to give in to the hype. It is not the usual colour I would wear. I have bought pink lipsticks before but never wore them for long periods. On a whim I decided to buy Candy Yum Yum and a few other pinks to bulk up my collection. I am quite impressed and love this bolder me. I just have to get the right balance between eyeshadow and lipstick right. Below I have included swatches of each lipstick I own. Some are said to be dupes of Candy Yum Yum so you can compare and contrast that for yourself.

How do you wear pink lipsticks and do you suggest any lipliner shades?

MAC Candy Yum Yum

Milani Rose Hip

Barry M 52

Barry M 62

MUA Shade 6

GlossyBox Glossy Pink

Sleek Fuchsia

ELF Gypsy

Sleek Loved Up

Helen E Marshmallow

Maybelline Fuchsia Flash

Sleek and Maybelline FitMe recents

I keep forgettng to post my videos on my blog. Below is my recent Sleek purchases and my Maybelline FitMe review is in the second video
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MUA Makeup Academy review

I almost forgot I had posted this video a few days ago. I have bought some MUA makeup over the last few months and I am liking it so far. Very affordable and colours are very pretty.

My Purple Lipstick Collection

So it seems purple is one of the Autumn seasons colours. This suits me just fine as purple is my favourite colour. Please watch the below video to see my small collection of purple lippies. I have also included some swatches below with and without flash.

The shades are listed below and in the pictures start from the top to the bottom. I think next time I will have to try do lip swatches or use the length of my arm. I didn't think I would do much makeup but my friends see a hidden talent.

Revlon - Va Va Violet

Sleek - Amethyst

Marks and Spencer - Dark Pink

MAC - Rebel

Kate by Rimmel - 04

MUA Lip Boom - It's a Situtation

DKNY Lipgloss - Delicious Night (came in gift set with the perfume)

Rubie and Millie - Purple 57

ELF Makeup Buys

I took advantage of the recent £10 off minimum £30 spend at Eyes Lips Face makeup. I used it as an opportunity to get hold of the Everyday Eyes palette I have been after for ages. I bought some other stuff too as listed and pictured below. Also check out my video.

Items bought :

Eyelid primer

High Definition under eye powder

Blush/Bronzer Blushed - Bronzed

Studio Powder Brush

Blush - Glow

Cream Eyeshadow Collection

Back to School Bundle  - contained - Everyday eyes palette, Nail polish in Berry Pink, Studio lipgloss in Perfect pink, Liquid Eyeliner in pearl

MUA Lip BOOM by Alexandra Burke

After reading about some MUA eyeshadow palettes, I found myself travelling to two Superdrugs stores in the hope of getting at least one. I got two which I hope to do a post on later on. However being the impulsive shopper that I am I spotted these lipstick combo sets from the MUA professional line. Alexandra Burke has helped to create a lipstick/lipgloss/highlighter range .

The packaging says that Lip Boom is a 4in1 Lipstick and Highlighting gloss. The four ways to wear it is 1)- Lipstick alone for a matte look 2)- Lipstick with highlighter in the middle - 3)- Lipstick with highlighter all over 4)-Highlighter alone. I bought shades "It's a situation" which is a deep plum shade and "Doing good" which is like coral pink shade to me. 

Now if you look at my pic where I have the lipstick taken apart by accident I discovered the base is removable and there is product in there like a heavily tinted lip balm or could actually be a dollop of the lipstick I don't actually know. (On the MUA website they don't actually take the lipstick base off from what I observe in the pics) One thing I do know is that I have worn both lipsticks and prefer the lipstick by itself. The gloss is full of glitter and if you use both in unison it often transfers onto the lipstick wand which I found irritating but other than that its a good product. The lipstick is matte without the dryness of many matte lippies. The colour pigment is very pigmented. Now it does not last as long as say a MAC matte but for £3 it is a bargain and will serve the purpose just fine for me. 

Random Beauty Buys

During the hotter days of the summer weather I took advantage of some beauty offers. I also stumbled upon NYX products being sold in River Island in Nottingham. So I indulged a little bit. I bought one NYX matte lipstick, the infamous NYX jumbo eye pencil in shade milk , Eco Tools concealer brush and their Kabuki brush. Not forgetting a favourite shade of Rimmel lipgloss. I am so tempted to buy Real Technique Brushes but unsure if I should.

I will update the lipstick and lipgloss shade names very soon.

My HD Brow experience

Today even after being told by a lovely blogger I would be better off getting a simple brow wax and tint I decided I would just try it out at least once. The salon I went to was really lovely and the lady who does the HD Brows is very nice and you can tell she is committed to her craft. 

The eyebrow before picture

Well as you can see from my previous eyebrow posts (when I have not butchered them), I have an ok natural shape but they don't have that wow factor and are very pale. So the thought of being able to see them without pencilling them in was a good one for me. I should have had my brows tinted years ago. Makes such a difference.

Anyway I have not had any wax against my brows for at least a year if not longer. The session started off with my brows being tinted. We opted for a dark brown shade.  Though had the option to go darker. Then once tint was complete the shape was marked out and guides put in place before eyebrow shaping. This was followed by my eyebrows being waxed (ouch not felt that in awhile) then the odd bits tweezed off. She also did some threading to refine the shape but I could feel my hair line being threaded. Though as I looked at my before picture it could be just those odd bits of hair at the temple before my hairline and they were just removed to neaten up everything. My hairline is still intact so I am guessing.

HD Brows freshly done

With my friends discount for introducing me I only paid just over £18 plus I bought the Mii eyebrow pencil for £10. It was after I purchased it I realised I will be following my friend to the MAC store next week and could have invested in their Stud brow pencil which has been on my list of makeup items to buy for the longest.

Mii eyebrow pencil

My friends think my brows look amazing. They are definitely shaped well and different to my natural brow. I love the arch as it is not too severe. I can surely get back into the habit of having my brows done on a regular basis. I however right now will need to stick to a cheaper way of doing so. 

E.L.F. 6 in 1 palette

The other week as always browsing tweets and came across Eyes Lips Face UK team whose distribution company Distribeauty had just set up a Facebook page. As a treat for being the 1st 100 to like the page you could win some free E.L.F. makeup. I was like well why not try to be a winner today. And lo and behold I got there on time and within a week a rather large package arrived at my door. 

It contained their 6 in 1 Beauty to Go palette that comes with 60 eyeshadows, 12 lip colours, 4 blushes, 2 bronzers and a compact with mirror. These are all divided into 6 palettes which snap into the compact. So would be perfect for a night or weekend or way or simply just to travel with. I have yet to try these colours out yet but from the swatches on E.L.F.'s blog I know I will love using these. Over the last year I have become such a fan of E.L.F.

Now with so much blush at my disposal I guess I will have to try them out more often. My friend is a Makeup Artist and she always makes my cheeks pop. I still have a lot to learn. With all this freeness I definitely have a lot more to play with.

Wet N Wild surprise finds in £1 shop

I have been hastily doing my Christmas shopping in the last few days. After buying a game which required batteries my friend whispered in my ear pound shop as a hint not to buy the same batteries in the toyshop that cost more.

As I have discovered before, the pound shops which all include Poundland Poundworld 99p shop Everythings a £1 etc tend to sell similar stuff with small variations. Previously I came across Rimmel Lipsticks and Sally Henson Nail polishes. Which I could not say no to.

So to my surprise I noticed that Everythings a £1, was selling Wet n Wild eyeshadows and lip liners. Years ago Wet N Wild had a UK website but that closed after a sale and the next thing you know all the beauty vloggers on YouTube and bloggers are raving about the wonderfulness of this cheap brand that gives you high quality for the price. I would love to get hold of the more popular products as the eyeshadow sets but in the mean time I am happy with what I have for now.

So I ended up spending £4 for 8 products. I bought the Wet n Wild beautybenefis triple fusion eyeshadow, the Beauty Brilliance mineral eye shimmer and Dual Effects lip pencils which I had thought was a shadow stick but it will serve a purpose one day. 

Triple Fusion eyeshadow shades:

21121 Lily Bloom

21123 Aqua Marine

21124 Purple Haze

Beauty Brilliance mineral eye shimmer:

21183 Obsidian Glass

21181 Gold Dust

21180 Artic Haze

Dual Effects lip pencil:

21253 Mocha

21255 Blossom

Eyes Lips Face makeup not bad

I had been reading on the beauty blogs about ELF makeup for so long. This year I have indulged three times thanks to their ever so inviting discount codes. My last purchase was a few weeks ago when they offered 50% off. The American site seems to offer this more often than the UK one. I am pretty much happy to buy bargain makeup as long as I have decent base. 

I find the eyeshadows have major fallout but because of the price and the pigment in the colours it is a minor issue to me. I love the Lipstick in Fantasy as it is more of real nude lip for my complexion. Not a nude beige (which is not nude to me) but a nude brown. I have not tried the lashes as yet but my co-worker bought loads at the same time. The lip liners I am not sure if I have gotten the right colours but trial and error at £1.50 plus 50% off is not bad. I really do love the Beauty Encyclopaedia Everyday Eyes. Nice neutral colours which are are different to the Urban Decay Naked Palette.  Now the Glitz and Glam set I only purchased for the mascara as that was sold out at the time of my purchase. Also I like the eyeshadow brush. My eyelids are not huge so this one makes application easy. I will be investing in more. 

Products bought this time round were:

Lipstick in shade Fantasy 

Lipstick in shade Gypsy

Get the look Glitz and Glam

Eyeshadow Brush

Lip Liner Bark and Bitter

Eyelashes

Beauty Encyclopaedia Everyday Eyes 

Have you bought any ELF products before. Do you recommend any particular product I should try?

More Ruby and Millie Treats

I need to stay either out of town or just not go to Boots. I thought those empty shelves would be clear by now but it seems they still do have a few bits and pieces they are still trying to clear. So I splurged again. I do not know where my receipt is but all items were about 75% off in Boots. I have browsed their website and they have some products but many sold out too. It is worth taking a browse in the shop or online just in case. I was only really in Boots to redeem my £5 No7 voucher on some face wipes. Well my summer nail colours are covered for now. Well that was last week Saturday when I bought these items. Yet I confess I just got a delivery of ELF products. I must stay away from those darn beauty blogs. They make everything seem so warm and inviting so useful so justified so fool me. hah. 

This haul includes

Nail Color Lilac 530P

Nail Color Nude 800C

Nail Color Lilac 520P

Lip Gloss Purple 57 (it even has a blue 'new' sticker on it)

Lip Gloss Beige 80

Lip Gloss Pink 41

My other Ruby and Millie spur of the moment purchases.