Let's Not Smash The Box Just Yet!

I'm having a snow day today, we are going to stay in our pjs for as long as possible, whilst snuggled underneath the blanket trying to forget how cold it is outside. I shall be drinking coffee, online shopping and writing this blog! After working all weekend, not having to get up early and get ready is lovely.

So today I will be reviewing a couple of new items I have just got from SmashBox and you'll be surprised there's  not even a hint of a lipstick in there, I must have been having a off day when I ordered them ha! Infact it was because I have been to the SmashBox counter a few times and I'm never really that impressed with the lipsticks, they are about the same price as Mac so I just think I prefer them.

So here are my new goodies! 

Yes they are all eye products, this is kind of new for me because although I do have some eye products it's not really something that I'm to bothered about and so I just have a few shades I wear all the time. Even these aren't anything outrageous, just my normal colour palette that I stick it, it's funny because when I was younger I was obsessed by BarryM dazzle dust, I used to have them in every colour and used to wear rainbow eyeshadow, oh how I thought I looked so cool but I was probably about 16 and soon grew out of it, thank god!!

The first one I got and the reason why I placed my order was for Jet Set Waterproof Eye Liner in brown, this I will be using on my eyebrows kind of like Anastasia DipBrow. I had switched this in the shop before so I knew it was the perfect consistency , I have been wanting to get the DipBrow for months now but they have a min spend and with the shipping fee I had just never got round to it so when I found this I thought it would be perfect to try as something similar. I loved it, be warned tho you have to have a very light hand, it took me a fee goes to get used to it but once I had I was in love and it's waterproof, perfect no one wanted to be caught in the rain and there brows end up halfway down there face. I would defiantly recommend this for anyone who was wanting to try the DipBrow but didn't want to pay the shipping fee.

Next I got a Eyeshadow Trio in twilight theses are everything that you need to get a smokey eye look, the colour a super pigmented and really blendable, I got these because the colours that I normally wear are more taupe/brown/grey so I never really wear a proper smokey eye. SmashBox have some lovely trios but for me this one will be enough, I will only use it when I'm going out so this will literally last me years. 

The last two products are the Cream Eye Liner in Lava and Midnigt Brown. These I will use a lot as I normally just wear eyeliner and mascara on a day to day bases. Lava is a dark grey and mignight brown is a dark brown, I find for during the day these kind of colours look less harsh then a solid black. The eyeliner is really creamy and easy to apply they could easily be smudged out if you didn't want a solid line.

I am really happy with all these products but I had tested them on different occasion at the counter before I ordered them so I knew the consistency was good already. I'm really loving SmashBox products recently but then again they are a brand of Estée launder so I wouldn't expect anything less then great products. I'm also going to order the pore minimiser primer as I got a tester and wow it makes your skin look amazing so I will review that once it arrives and I've worn it a few times.

C  

It's A Red Nose Kind Of Day

I stumbled across the launch of the limited edition new Rimmel London Kate lipstick this morning and they have  teamed up with Red Nose Day so £1.67 of every lipstick sold is going to charity! Well obviously I was sold straight away.

The lipstick is a bright red with slight orange tones in it so it's a perfect spring colour as we should start thinking about hanging up our purples and wines, I'm hanging onto mine for a few more months though I'm not ready till I see some sunshine!! 

The consistency and pigmentation are the same as the other Rimmel Kate lipsticks, it's very creamy and really pigmented! I think it was £5.95 and in Superdrug they currently have a 2 for £10. 

I really like this colour I have a Dior one that is similar but more on the orange side which I wore constantly last summer and when I was on holiday so I can see me wearing this a lot when spring/summer finally decides to make an appearance, I would defiantly recommend this and the fact your giving to charity how could you not.

C

Sangria Is Made For Mondays!

I work in a restaurant so I have never been one of them 'thank god it's Friday' kind of girls, defiantly more 'thank god it's Tuesday'  so as most people are returning back to work on a Monday I'm normally quite content in the fact I know I have a day off soon, however this Monday just started off particularly bad, firstly I possibly had one to many glasses of wine last night so I woke up with a unexpected headache and then I got stuck in traffic for 2 hours on my way to work which ment I was late and when I finally made it to work I had forgot my office door keys so had to go puck up someone else's! Today was just not the day for me, until I received a little parcel containing these beauties!!

So after receiving my lip monthly bag with the horrendous Milani lip gloss in I wasn't ready to right them off just yet so I ordered some of there lipsticks from amazon! As far as I'm aware they don't actually deliver to the UK but they were on Amazon and there were loads of different colours and I think we're about £3 each with free delivery if I remember correctly. The three I chose were Sangria, Teddy Bare and Nude Creme.

 Firstly I love the packaging with the colour on the bottom, there is nothing worse then having to open up every lipstick looking for a particular one, this is defiantly one of my hated things about Mac lipsticks, they literally all look the same.

The consistency of the lipsticks is beautifully, so creamy and moisturising, I am normally more into matte lipsticks but it has just been so cold recently and my lips are so dry that all my favourites have been stuck in my wardrobe for weeks now! And I've been going mostly with lip liner and lip balm. 

I chose Sangria which is a dark wine colour, this I would compare to Macs Satin rebel, very similar in colour and consistency, the pigmentation of rebel is slightly but then again it is nearly 5 times more in price so you would expect that. I love this colour it has defiantly been a favourite over autumn. Next there was Teddy Bare, this is very similar to Macs Velvet Teddy which I have still not been able to get my hands one so this was an exciting one for me, it also will match perfectly to my two newest lip liners strip down and spice from Mac. This will defiantly be a permentant fixture in my handbag. And then there was Nude Creme, now this one is a weird one for me it's a pinky nude, I normally go towards a brown/taupe nude so I don't really have anything like this colour, I like it but the verdict is still out on whether it's something I will actually wear. I can see it being more of a spring colour so maybe then I will be able to make up my mind but currently I'm not sure if the colour is me! 

On amazon you can also buy Milani baked blush, lip liners and other shades of lipsticks, I will defiantly be buying a few more of these lipsticks at £3 they are a bargain!! I will defiantly be having a look at other products and trying them out! 

C

I've Got Lipstick On My Mind

Is it obvious yet? 

Hi I'm Carlie and I'm addicted to lipsticks! 

So as you can imagine when I heard there was a monthly subscription called 'Lip Monthly' that will send you 3/4 lip products, that I had to try it out!  http://www.lipmonthly.com this is $10 a month which works about with shipping about £12 to the UK but I think now they have an offer for half price on your first bag.

This was the December bag. You receive a cute little makeup bag like this every time and the products are full size from different American brands I think. I love this idea, and because it's so cheap if I don't like them all I just think oh well at least I've tried that brand now. When you get the bag you receive a card that will tell you a little bit about the product and how much they are, this months bag was worth $40 if I remember correctly.

1. L.AGirl semi-permanent LipLiner in Wine - I love this colour I have a few lipsticks similar so this was perfect for me. It's a auto liner so no pencil sharpeners. The liner itself it really pigmented and creamy and doesn't dry you lips out at all. I've wore this a few times as it matches perfectly with Mac Sin which was in my autumn favourites. 

I've heard a lot about this brand so I will defiantly be looking to try out some more of there products

2.  Magnolia Matte Lip Colour, Matador - This was the most expensive product in the bag I think it said $18, I went and had a look at the website and it looks like this is a new company. The lip colour looks like it would be a lipgloss but it goes on more like a lip stain, it looks like it would be very dark but it goes on lighter however it is very build able so you could have it darker. I actually like just the one coat and I think that will probably wear it like that. I would defiantly try some more of these products although I think for what it is it is possibly abit pricey as I don't think there's any difference between that and the boujour lip stains which are only £7 and the colours are actually more pigmented on them.

3.Milani Brilliant Shine Lip Gloss, Nude Tough - I was really happy when I got this brand because I have watched a lot of YouTube videos where there use things from this brand, from what a gather they are a drugstore brand in America so there items are pretty cheap. Firstly I am not a lipgloss person and never have been so I didn't have high hopes for this anyways. The colour is a very light nude which I like however my liking of this product stops here. The constancy is very sticky, it is very glittery and reminds me of something a 7 year old little girl would wear to a school disco. But like I said I was never going to like it because it's a lipgloss.

I have however ordered a few items from Milani because I do want the try this brand out so I will be posting something about the brand when it arrives.

4. NYC Mocha - LOVE LOVE LOVE this colour, if I had got this before I defiantly would have put this in my autumn favourites! The lipstick itself is a really creamy lipstick which is perfect for this cold weather as it doesn't dry your lips out, the colour is really pigmented and for me this is a perfect day lipstick so it has been in my handbag ever since my bag arrived.

I think NYC might be a sneaky company that I've never realised how good some of there products are so I'm differently going to have a look at some more of the products as the super drugs near me sell it.

I think for the next couple of months I will be putting what I get in my bag up every time I get a new one because I really like the idea of this subscription. I've also subscribed to a few different ones so I will be reviewing them once they have arrived.

C

Let's Not Whisper About Whispies!

I have spent what seems to be the last two years watching endless abouts of YouTube videos! This is one of the factors to the huge bags under my eyes, you would think it would be my two year old son but oh no it's that I spend hours looking at videos once I get into bed! I can't remember the last time I went to bed and actually went straight to sleep. God damn you YouTube!

So in these hours I have spent on YouTube most have them have been watching American vlogs and tutorials where a lot of the products we don't have over here but when I started writing this blog I decided I would go on a hunt and see if you can get them shipped here and one of the products are Red Cherry Eyelashes.

I found these on amazon, very simple actually! So I ordered 4 different sets. I prefer more of a whispie lash then a dramatic one so they are the ones I ordered. These were between £2.40 - £2.49 and free delivery so complete winner. The one bad thing about ordering stuff like eyelashes online is that you can't actually see them so you don't fully know what they will be like. 

I have wore the Demi WSP which was very similar to the WSP that is the the picture, I loved these! They weren't too heavy, they just made my lashes look a little bit fuller which is what I like and they were so light weight is forgot I had them on for most of the night. The one down side is that you don't get any eyelash glue with it however when I was looking you can get one from Amazon as well for £5 which is actually the one that Mac sells it's called DUO.

For the price I would recommend these, they are defiantly worth a try! And the WSP are without a doubt my favourite! 

C

I Just Can Not Live Without You!

Everyday I wake up and at some point and will put on my makeup, whether that be my full makeup routine or just enough to cover the huge circles under my eyes. Don't get me wrong I will quite happily leave the house and pop to the shop with no makeup on, I just personally enjoy doing my makeup.

Everyone has there favourite products, mine come from a few years of trying different brand and reading blogs to get inspiration of what other people have tried. 

These are my favourite beauty products that now I just can't imagine my life without, I thought it would have been more difficult to choose my favourite but when I was looking for certain items I realised that they were either in my bag or in front of my mirror which I think is a good sign that these are my most used products.

As you can see these are well used products, next time I'll have to remember to give them a wipe down.

Right well let's begin!

1. NYC Smooth Skin Face Powder - I think I stumbled upon this one day on Pinterest and thought it looked interesting, for some reason up until that point I had never found a nice powder it tended to be I would just buy a new one every time I needed one because I thought they were basically just all the same until I found this! First I'll start with the bad points, it's a loose powder, there's just something about loose powders that no matter how hard you try it will get everywhere! But part from that it's perfect, firstly it's translucent so it does matter if I'm 'tanned' you just need that one pot. It lasts forever even with the spillage's I've had that pot for about 5/6 months and it maybe just over half empty. It makes your skins have this flawless appearances that doesn't look powdery and it really sets your makeup so you have to sliding throughout the day. I think it's only £2.95 I might be wrong but if so it's not much more, I got mine from Superdrug and that's the only shop I've seen sell this brand but you can also order it online.

2. Mac Sheertone Blusher in Springsheen - Firstly I will say that must of my blushes are Mac, the consistency, blend ability and colour pigment are by far the best I have come across as of yet! This is a light peaches/pink blush, for me this is my go to one when I'm just doing my everyday makeup it's the perfect colour! It has a slight shimmer to it which stops it from looking to flat. This is £18 although it is a little pricey because the colour pigment is so good it will last you a lot longer, I've had this one for a good few months and it isn't showing much sign of wear so far.

3.Rimmel Wake Me Up foundation - This for me is the holy grail of foundations, thank you Rimmel! Before this came out I don't think I had found one particular type or brand that I used all the time, I swapped a lot between Mac Pro Longwear, Estée Lauder double wear and a few high street brands but then this came along! Even after using this for over a year occasionally I'll forgot how much I love it and buy something else and I straight away think 'what are you doing'  as soon as I put it in. This for me is very similar it Estée Lauder double wear without the hefty price tag! It's a thick foundation with good coverage but doesn't leave your face looking or feeling heavy. I like to get it is a few different colours so depending how pale I am I will always have one to match. I think this is about £9 to buy regularly but most of the time the is always some kind of offer on so that's when I stock up. The Asda near me stocks it and quite often has this on offer for £5 so keep an eye out! 

4. Mac Liquidlast Liner - 'A rich colour liquid eye liner that combines long-lasting wear with a non-smudge, non-flake precision line. Goes on effortlessly. Applies with its own brush to draw a perfectly defined line!' I couldn't have said it better myself thanks Mac. This is the perfect eye liner it will not move all day! I regular work 12 hours and when I get home I will have barely have any makeup on apart my eyeliner and it will have not smudged even the tiniest amount! This is £15.50 but it worth every penny when you no longer resemble a baby panda!

5. Beauty Blender - I think this is a Real Techniques one but I'm not 100% sure, you can get them in a few different brands but from the ones I've tried they are all basically the same! This will give you the most flawless finish, something that not even the best buffer brush could do! The trick is, is to wet it!! Wet it, let the sponge absorb the water, squeeze all the water out and it should have doubled in size then I just put my foundation straight onto my skin in little dots and then dab it in the the sponge! Once you've done this and then go back to a brush you will notice the difference, granted I do get annoyed every morning when I sit down in front of my mirror put my primer on and then remember I have to get up to wet my sponge but it is totally worth it! 

6. Mac LipLiner in Soar - This is my current go to colour whether I'm just wearing it all over my lips alone or putting lipstick on top I always have this in my bag. Recently I have mostly just been using this as my all over colour and then putting lip balm onto because the weather is so cold my lips have been really sore and dry and I think this gives me the best of both worlds. This is a mauve/ pink colour, I think I mentioned it in my autumn favourites but I can imagine this being one of my all year round favourites now! This retails for £12.50

7. Urban Decay Perversion - My friend got me this for my birthday in November, before that I didn't really have anything from Urban Decay every time I looked at it I always thought it was just very out there colours which isn't something I'm interested in so I never looked properly, however now I have this is probably the best mascara I have ever used! I often just put mascara on during the day so I like my lashes to be quite thick and this does it in one coat. A friend of mine also told me that you can get the white to put in first which she said makes it even better so I'm going to get that and try it out! 

8. Chanel Base Lumere - This is the most expensive product at £36 but it's worth every penny! It's a moisturiser and primer together, it leaves your skin feeling so smooth and in my eyes is the perfect base. It last for month as well that bottle I've had for about 3 months and isn't even half gone yet, when before I was using the Smashbox photo finish and that wouldn't even last a month if I used it everyday.

9. Smashbox Soft Lights Poudre Eclatante - Basically this is a powder highlight! I like quite a dewy look to my makeup so I use highlight quite a lot and this is the perfect day one! It isn't to shimmer to where it looks like your going to the club which I think a lot of them can be it just gives you that perfect light reflection that you want during the day. I think this was about £18 but again this will last you months because you use such a small amount of it!

10. Barry M Shape & Define - This little kit is £5.99 and is everything you need for perfect brows. You get little tweezers, a double ended brush, a creamy dark brown, a powder brown and a powder cream. I'm not sure if they do this in different colour because I've had this a while but I think you do a light and a dark option. For me this is everything you need, brows have become a massive thing over the past couple of years and out of everything I've tried this works best for me!

C