Working Girl

The good thing about a job is that you make money.

The bad thing about a job is that when you get days off you blow all your hard earned money.

Oh dear.

First stop was Brown Thomas to pick up a MAC lipstick I had been lusting over. The Glamourdaze collection is currently out so of course I needed to check that out. I will post on the Mac haul later this week!

Then Boots to pick up some necessities....

Now I don't like Christmas (grinch I know) but I really recommend checking out their Christmas section for gifts for others and er, yourself! This Mango set was 13.00euro! Soap and Glory in particular have really excellent little bundles around the festive season. Also keep an eye on the Boots Star gifts which are better than half price off each week!

And finally it ended, as usual, in Penneys where a selection of winter wear was purchased. Including ear muffs. Are these cool or not?? I don't know but they sure keep my ears lovely and warm!

And now I'm going back to work...

Two out of three ain't bad...

I felt like I was in a lipstick rut.
That's my excuse for this.. lipstick binge is the only thing I think I can call it.

I went up to the counter to pay, with two lipsticks and the girl serving tells me that theres a 3 for 2 on Rimmel.. what do I come back with.. another bloody lipstick.. *Sigh* I am a disaster.

So yeah if you aren't interested in lipstick skip this post!



Here we have Moisture Renew lipsticks in 200 Latino, 600 Soft Coral and 620 Coral Queen

I usually stick with shocking pinks or nudes so this was me choosing something different!! First up is 600 Soft Coral. 7.99 euro each but like I said I got 3 for 2 here.

 I was very alarmed by the fact that this is orangey looking in the bullet. There is nothing I hate more than orange lipstick. Ugh. Thankfully this is NOT orange but more of a peachy colour. Happy out so!

 I actually quite like it on! Nice and subtle but a change from nude.

Next is 200 Latino.

 This is a cool toned deep pink. I didn't expect it to be as pigmented as it was to be honest. It delivers quite a lot of colour and it's quite a dark pink. I'm not sure if this picture exactly does it justice..

Regardless I like it. I think I'll be keeping it for nights out though!

Last and eh least for me anyway is 620 Coral Queen.



Sorry about the blur!



My camera sort of failed me at this point. I just couldn't get it to capture the colour on my lips very well.. Anyway,I really am not liking this colour. It looks like a red-orange to me on my lips. Maybe it's the fact that my skin is paler than pale and the colour just really stands out but I don't think I'll be coming back to this!

But two out of three ain't bad, huh? :)

Beauty Haul- Part Two

Okay I'm finally getting around to the second half of this post.. Apologies! My camera has been sick but I think it's well enough to get back to work now ;-)

In this half I'm reviewing the body butter, 17 mirror shine lipstick in Flirtini, Rimmel nail Varnish in Cranberry Fizz and Maybelline the Falsies Volum' Express mascara in Black Drama.

1)  Boots Extracts Cocoa butter body butter.
I bought a really tiny tub of this cos I'm pretty choosy regarding body butter/ moisturisers and I wanted to check it out. I hate if they take ages to soak in or feel sticky so this tub was great as a tester. It was 3.49 euro. It's also fair trade product which is great.
I LOVED this.
It smelled great. A little bit chocolate-y maybe? It also did its job perfectly, moisturing really well without leaving that horrible sticky feeling and it dried in really quickly. My skin felt lovely and soft all day! I would definitely repurchase this.. just in a bigger tub! The bigger tub is about 11 euro I think.

2) 17 Mirror Shine Lipstick in Flirtini
This is a deep pink colour.To be honest, I normally find lipsticks too drying on my lips.
But I figured if it was shiny like 17 claimed, it should have some sort of moisturising elements... which I'm very happy to report it does.



With flash - gives the best idea of the colour




Without flash



With flash




And finally, on the lips!


As you can hopefully see in the swatches above it's quite sheer but still gives a lovely colour and a glossy finish. I really like this shade and I think it's suitable for day or night.

3) Rimmel Lasting finish nail varnish in Cranberry Fizz
The colour immediately drew me to this.. It's exactly as the name describes a cranberry pinky-red colour.

It looks red here but believe me it's more of a pinky red! The daylight was gone when I took this picture.
It looks gorgeous on! It needed about 2 coats to be opaque and it was really shiny.
Regarding lasting finish, well I put on a base coat and its lasted a day and a bit so far with no chipping!

4) Maybelline the Falsies Volum' Express mascara in Black Drama
I already had the normal Maybelline the Falsies mascara but I saw this which claimed to be  darker, hence the Black Drama title .
and eh....
It was on offer, chaper than my normal Maybelline the Falsies mascara and I am a broke college student so...

 It was about 11 euro or so at the time I believe but I don't think this offer is on anymore



Spoon shaped brush



My lashes without mascara.



My lashes with two coats of this mascara

It's a bit odd trying to take pictures of your own eye isn't it?

Anyway,I have to say I was really disappointed with this mascara. After loving the original Maybelline the Falsies Volum' Express, this new Black Drama was a complete let down. It left mascara clumps in my lashes, stuck them together and they felt weighed down.. Not good!

*Shakes fist in anger at Maybelline lying to me and making me spend 11 euro on bad mascara*

Back to my other mascara I go..

Beauty Haul -Part One

Along with my recent crazy clothes haul I also went crazy in Boots.

 (Why yes, I am a model of self-restraint...)

Here we have Rimmel I love Lasting finish in Cranberry Fizz, 17 lipstick in Flirtini, Prestige Total Intensity eyeliner in Deepest Black, 17 Solo eyeshadow in Regal, 17 trio Starry eyes eyeshadow in Galactic, Maybelline The Falsies effect new Black drama mascara, Boots Botanics Detox brush and Boots cocoa butter.

*Blushes*

I was having a bad day. Exam Blues!

We see a clear divide between need ( body butter, eyeliner, body brush) and want (lipstick, eyeshadows, mascara, nail varnish). In my defence it was 3 for the price of 2 on the 17 things so the lipstick was free. But I digress..

Due to the amount of products and all I have to say on them I think I'm going to split this into two posts.

In this post I will talk about the eye make up: The Prestige eyeliner and the 17 eyeshadows.

1. Prestige Total Intensity eyeliner in Deepest Black

I love this eyeliner. Where has it been all my life?? It really is deepest black as the colour pay off is excellent, better than anything I've used before. It's lovely and creamy too. It smudges well and lasts all day.

The one tiny thing that may be a problem is that it lasts TOO well. It can be a bit dificult to remove. However when I used my proper No.7 eye make up remover as opposed to the cheapy one I usually use at college it was fine to remove so this may have been the eye make up remover I was using rather than the eyeliner. At least you know it won't budge easily unlike some other eyeliners I have used *cough cough* Essence, I'm looking at you! 

I will definitely repurchase. And possibly buy the lovely navy version i saw yesterday in Boots.. ahem, when I'm not so broke =D

2. 17 Solo eyeshadow in Regal

It was the colour that really drew me to this product unfortunetly you can't see it very well in the above picture!! I love doing a dark smoky eye for nights out but I'm getting a little predictable with my trusty grey and black shades so I thought this would be a different take on it.

Its a midnight blue shade with some shimmer but it's not excessive. I have to say it is an absolutely fabulous colour, it looks dark from far away but closer up you can see the lovely midnight blue shade. I would recommend you put this shadow on before make-up though because there is quite a lot of fall-out on application. A lick of primer (I use Urban Decay Primer Potion) ensures it stays perfectly on your lids. Love it!

3. 17 trio Starry eyes eyeshadow in Galactic

I was really excited about this product. I have hazel eyes and green is supposed to make them 'pop'. I much rather focusing on my eyes than my lips so this sounded good to me!

The trio contains 3 shimmery colours; a sort of gold champagne colour, a sage green colour and a fabulous deep emerald green. In the container they look very cool together. However on the eyelid, not so much. The first two shades seemed very similar to me when applied, in fact I thought they looked the same. when I applied the third colour, emerald green I thought that the three colours didnt really go well together. The emerald green looked far too dark with the two lighter colours.

I was disappointed that the colours didnt go better together but they are still perfectly nice shades. The first two I think I'll use as daytime shadows and the intersting emerald green I'll probably use as a twist on the smoky eye look.

Part two coming soon!!