Boots 3 for 2 offer! Bourjois, Revlon, Soap & Glory.

So I thought I'd wander back into Boots as this 3 for 2 offer on hair and beauty products is just too good to resist. And as expected, I didn't come out empty handed. In fact, if it wasn't for the rational part of my brain I would have come out with a lot more. (It was a change your mind, be realistic, put the excessive things back and head straight to the till before I change my mind kind of moment)

I had gone in for a hairbrush, I was working in Bournemouth for the weekend and forgot to pack a hairbrush and went in just before the store was closing. Needless to say I totally forgot about the hairbrush once I was in there, but I am pretty pleased with the products I did get. 

I got the Bourjois '1 2 3 Perfect' foundation £9.99, Soap & Glory eyeshadow quad in 'What's nude' £9.99 and Revlon Colorburst Lipgloss in 040 Crystal Water £7.99. 

I have used the foundation once and loved it. At the moment I've really suffered with my oily skin and I've found that the Loreal Lumi Magique foundation I've been using has been making the situation worse. I have always been impressed with Bourjois Foundations and I love this one. It lasted all day and gave me a matte finish with out being too matte. It also prevented my face from appearing to be oily. 

The Revlon lipgloss was something I saw on Louise (Sprinkle of Glitter) and Zoe (Zoella)'s video. It is a clear gloss with pink and blue shimmer sparkling through it when held up to the light- really pretty.

                             

The palette includes four matte shades and one shimmer. 

Left to right: Vanilla, Pink T, Mudhoney and Aubersheen.

Swatches of the colours, I did have MAC paint pot in 'Painterly' under these colours as a primer.

Really impressed with this quad as it is perfect for me, I am a huge fan of neutral colours and you could pack this palette to go anywhere with. Definitely a brilliant contender in the nude palette market and feel like it's much easier to put in my handbag over the Naked Palette. I am also pleased that there are 3 matte shades and one shimmer. For me, I prefer matt nude colours over shimmer. So for me this was well worth the money and I'm impressed with the pigmentation. 

See you in my next post 

xxx

Lazy Girls Guide: Removing make-up before bed

I know some nights all you want to do is flop in to bed and go to sleep, but I've begun to learn the importance of removing make-up properly before bed.

Not only does it keep your skin clear and healthy, it keeps spots away and makes your skin feel like it can breathe, and personally I think it reduces the oil on your face.

I feel like my face is dirty if I don't remove my make-up before bed now and this is since I followed a simple routine to taking it off that only involves three products... four if you are visited by mother nature and her 'spot week'!

These can be any brands of the products I mention, doesn't have to be the ones I use at all.

Firstly, make up wipes, I have tried those cheap ones from the chemists and they are like wiping sand paper across your face, not one drip of moisture in them.

Whilst the M.A.C make-up wipes are extremely moist, I find that those are a treat only reserved for wiping lipstick swatches off my hand when I'm in the M.A.C shop where you can take one for free (Lol!)

I've found that Asda's own make-up wipes (the ones in pink and white packaging) are great and they are £1 a pack. I also love Boot's essentials in the blue pack (they are usually 3 for £3) are just as good, those are the one's I'm using at the moment.

STEP 1:

I start with taking my make-up off with a wipe, you can skip this and go straight to cleanser.


STEP 2:

I'm using the Clarins cleansing milk at the moment. Any cleanser will do the same job, getting off the make-up that the make-up wipe didn't. You will be surprised how much make-up is still on your face after you have used a make-up wipe. You can use the cleanser with a cotton wool pad.

STEP 3:

I either spray this directly on my face (eyes shut of course) or apply it with a cotton wool pad. Leaves your face fresh and tea tree oil is good for fighting spots.

EXTRAS

If you're eye make-up is stubborn, use an eye makeup remover. I'm using No.7 at the moment. I get it off with a cotton wool pad. This one is oily (like most eye make-up removers) but does the job well. 

If I have any blemishes, I like to use this spot wand from boots which has tea tree and witch hazel in it. It has separate day and night ends and looks like a lipgloss. It doesn't really matter which end you use though, it dries the spot up over night and I really recommend it. 

Images:

Cleansing make-up wipes

Tea tree water

No 7 eye make-up remover

Spot wand