July / August 2012 Monthly Favourites!

So if you follow me on twitter, my links here, you will know that this month I wanted to do a collaboration of July and August favourites. As I didn't do a July favourites last month due to not having enough time, I'm going to do the same thing with my Monthly Empties in the next post. So here's what I've been loving out of my collection the past 2 months...

First to the eye products I've been into....

MUA Pro Going For Gold Eyeshadow Palette
I haven't been able to put this thing down lately! The great mix of Golds and Greys in this palette is perfect for the nearing end of Summer into the beginning of Fall. These eye shadows are pigmented, long lasting, blend able and inexpensive! You can see my full review and swatches here.

MUA Pro Gel Liner, Tribe
This was featured in a Haul a few weeks ago, but I haven't got round to reviewing it..yet! Tribe is a beautiful, bold and vibrant aqua turquoise shade perfect for those whom love wearing statement colours on their eyes. It holds up amazing with a primer and certainly doesn't lack in pigmentation. It applies a dream and I would totally recommend picking one up for only £3's.

Collection Glam Metallic Coloured Liquid Eyeliner, Grunge
This is something that's been lying in my eyeliner draw for god knows how long. Its a shame really because this is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! The fine, sleek applicator is perfect for getting really close to the lash line and creating the perfect straight line. I only needed to apply one coat to get a opaque line, which didn't smudge nor flake off.

Collection Lasting Perfecting Minerals Foundation Powder, Ivory
When they say "foundation" in the products name they weren't lying... This thing is basically a foundation in powder form! It gives shockingly amazing coverage for being a drugstore product. It also stays put all day, I originally bought this is the second lightest shade honey but then went back and got the lightest in ivory instead. I can't stress how great this product is! It saves plenty of time in the mornings and is great if your in a rush. You can see my full review here.

Rimmel Stay Matte Pressed Powder, Transparent
So of course I had to feature my newly found, perfect pressed powder! I'm obsessed with this thing, I don't think I'll ever change my powder again. It does a fantastic job of setting liquid makeup, and keeps me matte. You can see my full review here.

Collection Cream Puff Lip Cream, Fairy Cake
If you read my blog regularly you'll know that I'm a huge fan of Matt lips! This is easily one of my most favourite Matt lip products in my lips collection. It stays put for around 5 hours without needing a touch up, depending on weather you eat or drink something. It doesn't dry out my lips, the shade itself is sort of a coral. I love it! You can check out my full review here.

On a whole I've been loving MUA and Collection's products this month, they are probably now my most favourite makeup brands!

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My Entry For Collection Blogger NailArt Competition

 So some of you may of noticed that I didn't upload a NOTW last week, I attempted to do a design for this contest last weekend. But after it not going to plan I sort of gave up, so this weekend I thought I'd give it one more try. In order to make the 3rd July deadline. So this is my entry....

Here's a list of products I used...

• Sally Hansen Double Duty Base coat & Topcoat
• Sally Hansen Insta-dri Anti Chip Topcoat
• Collection Hot Looks Nail Polish In Shimmy Snake
• Collection Hot Looks  Nail Polish In Big Hair
• Collection Hot Looks Nail Polish In Blue Hawaii
• Collection Hot Looks Nail Polish In Lemon Soda 
• Collection Hot Looks Nail Polish In Look At Me 
• Collection Lasting Colour Nail Polish In Liquorice 
• Collection French Manicure In French White 
• Miss Sporty Clubbing Colours Nail Polish In Gold Backstage

I loved using the Collection nail polishes in this design, this is one of the first times I've used them in nail art and there brilliant. They glide on super easy, and Im in love with the brushes! They are opaque in roughly 2 coats and dry quite fast.


Theres 2 days left to enter the competition, all you need to do is a Olympic themed nailart design using at least 2 collection nail polishes and send it to this email: collection@mosquitodigital.co.uk 
Entrys must be sent by 3rd July 12:00PM, along with a list of products you used, and shades. Collection will then choose 5 nail designs to be uploaded to the facebook page. Along with the 5 peoples name's, blog link and blog name. The winner recieves the full Hot Looks Nail Polish Collection, also the runners up will receive a selection of the Hot Looks Nail Polishes.
Why not enter? You never know, you could even win?:)

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Review: Collection 2000 Fix Me Up Make-Up Fixer

Im a huge fan of Collection aka Collection 2000! So when they announced the release of two new products, Fix Me Up Make-UP Fixer and Primed and Ready Primer, I just had to go out and get the Make-up Fixer!

Not the best lighting, but sadly the suns gone in already where I live :(

Im obessed when it comes to keeping makeup stay on, and look good! And this certainly helps do the job, Collection recommend 3-4 sprays on the face for a guaranteed dusk till dawn perfect look. However the nozzle of which the product comes out is quite small so I had usally use around 5, also the bottle itself is quite smaller then you would imagine. Therefor I would recommend keeping this for specail occasions to help save on product. 

I definitely saw a improvement in my foundation, concealer and blush with this thing! I managed to get a extra 4+ hours without any fading or patching up at all. It does have a small scent to it though, which may put some people off but you cant notice it at all once its sprayed onto your face.

After spraying onto my face, it felt sort of damp, but that soon sorted itself within a minute or two leaving me with a matte finish. Overall I would highly recommend this for specail occasions likewise weddings or birthdays, It helps makeup stay on a extra 4+ hours depending on if you spray it evenly enough. You can purchase this from Superdrug or Boots for £5.99. 

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Have you tried any Collection products that you've loved?:)

Review: Collection 2000 Lasting Colour Gel Eyeliner

Lasting Colour Gel eyeliner is one of the new editions to the Collection 2000 range. After trying the Matt lip creams, and the powder and being impressed I thought I'd give this new product a go. The gel eyeliner comes in four shades: Black, Brown, Gold and Teal. They retail at £4.99, and are available from Superdrug and Boots.

It comes in a small box, equipped with a mini applicator. 

The box has instructions on the back on how to apply it, as well as a diagram. 

Here's a closer look....

Wow...

I'm so happy I decided to try this amazing new eyeliner! I've never really tired gel eyeliner before, but now I'm in love with it! This is really pigmented, and you can tell from the swatch above. That was only 1 swipe, so you don't have to keep going over it to get a more opaque finish. I only used a tiny amount too, so your getting even more for your money. Collection 2000's website claim the gel eyeliner provides 12 hour wear, however I managed to get a full day with no fading, smudging or eyeliner all over my lid. That was with eyeshadow primer though. From the appearance of the product on the eye, you wouldn't thing at all that this was a high street eyeliner! 

Due to my lack of eye brushes, I thought I would try it with the applicator provided with the eyeliner. I liked the finish look it gave, and it distributed the eyeliner fairly across the lid. But I would certainly say invest in a eyeliner brush if you don't already have one. Especially if you want a thin line, and want to wing it out. Anyone recommend a good eyeliner brush? 

The packaging is your classical glass pot, as you get with most gel eyeliner. The lid is plastic but still sturdy so the product stays nice and safe. I really like how Collection 2000 have concentrated on the product, rather then the packaging. As sometimes you can end up buying things just for the packaging right?

I just can't get enough of this product! And I will probably end up going out and purchasing the other 3 shades. I love everything about this product, pigmentation, lasting power, price tag and packaging. I would highly recommend this to anyone who is a fan of gel eyeliner, eyeliner or even trying out in gel eyeliner like me. It doesn't dry up in the pot either, so its definitely worth the £4.99!

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Another Superdrug Haul!

Just released I do hauls almost every week ... Yes I like make up and beauty related products ;)

So I went to town today and picked up some stuff, a few things I was in need off and some I've had my eye on for a while. So here's what I got.... 

Please let me know what you think of the lighten in this picture. 

Simple Kind To Eyes Eye Make-up Remover 
This may sound ridiculous to some, but I have never tried eye make-up remover. I usually just use a make-up wipe when removing eye make-up. So today in Superdrug I thought why not? And picked up some considering it was on offer as well with 99p off, so It was only £2. I can't wait to try this out!
 
How freaky is this! When I was writing about that eye makeup remover the advert came on the telly and I was like woo, just thought I'd let you all know ;)

Collection 2000 Fix Me Up Make-up Fixer
This is a new product from Collection 2000, it launched in Superdrug's on Wednesday I think. Basically you do your make-up, spray some of this on your face and its supposed to make your makeup last all day. I mainly bought this to help make my foundation stay on longer, I'm super excited to try it and get a review up. As this is one of the few high street make-up setting sprays I've came across, correct me if I'm wrong.

MeMeMe Beat The Blues, Moonbeam
I've had my eyes on the MeMeMe Beat The Blues range for a while now. Except I couldn't decided weather to get Moonbeam or Sunbeam. I caved in today and bought Moonbeam, the Beat The Blue's are said to be great dupes for Benefits High beam and Moonbeam. So I'm looking forward to trying this out.


EcoTools Angled Eyeliner Brush
I've already got a few eyeliner brushes, but they aren't very good quality and don't pick up the eyeshadow very well. After reading great reviews of this brush on the Boots website and blogger, I thought I may swell give it go. I haven't tried it yet obviously, but when I took it out of the packaging thing I noticed it was soooo soft! Can't wait to try it tomorrow!

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Haul: Lush and Superdrug!

When I say "Lush and Superdrug Haul" I literally mean one thing from each shop. So I suppose you couldn't really class this as a haul, but in my poll you guys told me you like to read Hauls so here it is!

From Lush I got The Comforter Bubble Bar. Then from Superdrug I got one of the new Collection ( Collection 2000) Lasting Colour Gel Eyeliners in Black.

I've bought numerous things from Lush before, not for me though for friends. But today I finally caved in and decided to try out their Comforter Bubble Bar. As soon as I got home I cut it up to pieces and had a bath, let's just say I'll have a review up very soon ;)

I've recently become obsessed with eyeliner, in all colours and forms. I've never tired a gel eyeliner before, and when Collection announced there release I was very excited and couldn't wait to try one. This is in shade Black. I'll let you know how I get on in a few weeks.

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May 2012 Favourites!

Can't believe I'm actually posting my May favourites on time this month! So this is what I've been into this May.

This months favourites are:

• MUA Pro Palette, Heaven & Earth 
• MUA Single Eyeshadow Shade 2
• NYC City Curls Curling Mascara, Black
• Clinique High Impact Mascara , Black
• Clinique High Lengths Mascara , Black
• Garnier BB Cream Sample, Light 
• Collection Lasting Perfection Powder, Light 
• MUA Love Heart Range Lip Balm, Great Lips
• Carmex Strawberry Tube 

 MUA Pro Palette, Heaven & Earth
My Favourite eyeshadow palette at the moment! This palette has the perfect selection of neutral eye shadows, from light, skin toned shades, to dark browns. The eye shadows have amazing pigmentation, and a amazing staying power! I can get about 9 hours out of these without of primer, which is fantastic for a palette that only coat £4.


MUA Single Eyeshadow Shade 2
I'm loving this shade at the moment! I needed a new highlighter as my previous one was in a palette and it was a pain pulling the whole palette out everyday just for one eyeshadow. I love this as a highlighter though! It has great staying power, likewise the other eye shadows in the MUA range, and amazing pigmentation. For the killer price of a £1, what more could you want?


Clinique High Impact & High Length Mascara's
I wanted to talk about these two together, as I only ever use them together. High Lengths is easily the best lengthening mascara I've ever used, and really gives your lashes maximum length! High Impact finishes the whole look off, it adds great volume. And basically does what it says on the tube.

NYC City Curls Curling Mascara
This mascara was in my April favourites, but I still haven't found a mascara that can top this! I just love the curl that this baby adds! I love how no matter how hard you try that it just does not clump, I wont reveal to much though as I plan on reviewing this soon.

 Garnier BB Cream Sample, Light
Finally, after two months of waiting my BB cream samples finally arrived! This is perfect for those hot few days we had last week. It moisturises really well and leaves a light-medium coverage. This is everything a good BB cream should be, my only problem being its slightly to orange for my skin even though its the lightest shade.

Collection Lasting Perfection Powder, Light
Favourite powder at the moment! It doesn't leave you powdery, and certainly isn't chalky. The packaging on this sort of reminds me of Rimmels Stay Matte, because of the clear plastic lid. The formula itself reminds me of the NYC Smooth Skin Pressed Powder, however this one has more of a yellow under tone.

MUA Love Heart Range Lip Balm, Great Lips
I haven't been into lipstick or lipgloss much because of the hot weather recently but I've been loving lip balm! Great Lips is sort of a peachy, nude colour and goes perfect with any makeup look, as well as looking natural. Its incredibly moisturising and has a lasting power of about 2-3 hours.

Carmex Strawberry Tube
I've been trying to include SPF products into my makeup routine lately, so Carmex has came in real useful with its SPF 15. Not only that but its incredibly moisturising and helps heal lips. Its a clear colour so you could wear this with anything.

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Review: Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer

This is one of the products on my list of things to review, which in my opinion are must have products! Today I have for you the Collection ( Other wise known as Collection 2000) Lasting Perfection Concealer. I bought this from Superdrug for a stricken £4.19. What a bargain!

This picture look familiar? I got it from my other blog post when i first purchased this, as the writing on the concealer is now all smeared off for some reason. This is what the concealer looks like now.

I was extremely disappointed by this, as I really do love this concealer, whenever i put my fingers over the black writing and move my fingers the writing just smears everywhere making a mess on both my hands, and the tube of the actual concealer itself. I've never read of this problem on other reviews of this product, and my friend has the same one and this didn't happen with hers either, maybe I've just got a faulty one?

 On with the review... in Shade "Fair 1"

The concealer has a doe foot applicator.

 Applied to my arm

 Semi-Blended into my arm

Fully blended into my arm

Apologies for the photo heavy post, if you know any good photo editing websites please let me know below?

So how good of quality is this concealer? VERY, The range of concealers consists of  4 shades. I was originally going to get Light, which is the second darkest concealer as the name fooled me into thinking it would actually be light. Once swatched in Superdrug it appeared to orange for my pale skin. So this concealer is top for pale girls. 

Its a extremely creamy concealer and its quite moisturising, however its still easy to blend into the skin and gives a medium - full coverage. It works absolutely amazing on under eye dark circles, and equally works great with blemish's and redness of the skin. Collection claims that this concealer has up to 16 hour wear, I definitely agree with this! It lasts all day, so is perfect if your the "on the go" type of person. A little goes a long way with this product, you only need a small amount for ultimate coverage.

I first bought this concealer based on the great hit it had made in the beauty community, and I'm so glad that I did! I will continue to repurchase this product as it ticks all the boxes of being the perfect concealer. Overall I would highly recommend this product to anyone who's after a high quality concealer at the drugstore price. 

Thanks for Reading! :)xxx

April 2012 Favourites!

Once again, I'm a few days late in posting up my April favourites. But late then never i guess? Anyways here's what I've been loving this April!

I didn't include any nail polish this month, I don't no why. I might do a separate post for that?

This month my favourites are:

• NYC City Curls Curling Mascara
• Miss Sporty XX Volume Mascara 
• Maybelline Colour Tattoo in Eternal Gold
• Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer in Fair
• NYC Smooth Skin Pressed Face Powder in Naturally Beige 
• Collection Cream Puff Lip Cream in Fairy Cake & Cotton Candy 

My two most favourite mascara's this month! I seriously don't understand why makeup brands charge the price they do for mascara when you can get things like this for a fraction of the price! NYC's City Curls gives my lashes a definite curl and added volume. Whereas Miss Sporty's XX Volume Mascara, gives well... Volume obviously! It adds plenty of volume and length to my lashes. I like the length of my lashes naturally, but they lack volume and curl. These mascara's solve these problems easy!

I was amazed how well this product stayed on my eyes! And was fairly easy to remove as well, I loved the pigmentation and it definitely made my green eyes pop. I usually dust a Matt eyeshadow all over my eye, from the lid to my brows, like a base. Then use the tiniest amount of this and it goes a long way. I love this product and think I'll get Eternal Sliver next time in Superdrug too!

I've finally found my favourite face powder! Ever! I usually avoid wearing foundation as it just doesn't look good once I've finish applying, with foundation, Primer, Concealer, Powder all that good stuff. I came to the conclusion that it was my face powder. I love this powder! It's a massive improvement from my MUA one, which was nice to wear on its own with primer, but too heavy and pigmented for over foundation. I would highly recommend this if you want a good, budget powder to set your foundation, and liquid makeup in general.

I love Matt lips! Sometimes i get a bit lazy when reapplying products like lipstick or lipgloss. These solve all my problems, they last ages. And I mean ages! I can easily get at least 4-5 hours out of these, they don't fade when you drink, but fade slightly once you eat something. For the price their amazing, easily my favourite lip products of the moment. I've got them in Cotton Candy and Fairy Cake, I've already done a review of Fairy Cake and it should be over there -------------->

Thanks for Reading!:)xxx

For swatches, reviews, post requests or more details about the products just comment below, I don't bite ;)

Haul - Superdrug & Boots

Okay, so I'm going to get right into it as the post is very *picture heavy*

Only 5 things but still a haul :)

First thing i got was the NYC Smooth Skin pressed face powder.

Shade "Naturally Beige"

I haven't been getting on very well with my current face powder, the MUA one. I'm not too sure if the formula has been changed or something it just doesn't look good with foundation underneath, and totally changes the colour of my foundation and makes my face makeup look really cakey. Even though I've repurchased the MUA one 3 times, I thought I'd give this a go. 

In a recent blog post I reviewed the Collection Cream Puff Lip Cream in Fairy Cake. I thought I'd get another shade from the range, this one in Cotton Candy, as i really liked Fairy Cake. 

NYC City Curls Curling Mascara

Shade Carbon (Black) 

I really like the wand on this mascara! I've heard good & bad things about the NYC mascaras, but for the few pound i paid for this I thought I'd give it a shot anyway. 

 

 

 Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer

 

 

 

I've heard some amazing things about this concealer! I read on blogger somewhere that it was even compared to mac. I really can't wait to review this concealer , and see if it really is a High Street Gem! In shade "Fair 1"

Maybelline Color Tattoo 24HR Cream Gel Shadow

Shade Eternal Gold

Saved the best till last!;)
I think I may be a bit slow on the whole "Color Tattoo" thing. But I really wanted to try one of these out, and for the price you get a more then generous amount and there so pigmented when swatched they will last ages!

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Review: Collection Cream Puff Lip Cream

Hi Guys! :)

Wanna know my favourite lip product of all time at the moment?

 Its this little gem! This is the Collection Cream Puff Lip Cream , in shade Fairy Cake 3. For £2.99 , available from Superdrug and Boots, its definitely a bargain beauty buy!

Collection promises

 "Velvety soft, matte-finish lip cream.
- Enriched with a ultra moisturising, vitamin-rich formula, the creamy colour hugs lips to give your pout the perfect powdery finish.
- Available in four shades - Cotton Candy, Fairy Cake, Powder Puff and Angel Delight - for a beauty look that's bound to wow."

 Just your average doe foot applicator...

Amazingly pigmented! Only 1 swipe!

 This is easily my favourite lip product at the moment! I must admit , i wasn't expecting much from this product at all , but i was shocked. 

You can't complain at all on the staying power of this product , obviously with it being a Matt product it will last longer. However i was surprisingly shocked when i managed to get 5 hours wear out of this, probably because i ate something, and it was only minimum wear around the upper & lower centre of my lips. 

It wasn't moisturising , but I wouldn't say it was dry either it was sort of in the middle. It did feel very light weight on the lips , I almost forgot i was wearing it. I loved the matte look it gave me, i also thought it went really well with my skin tone. So this is great for paler skinned girls. The shade is sort of a coral shade , which surprisingly looked good on me, as usually corals don't look to good on me. 

I love the smell of these products! They smell like vanilla and sweet like cupcakes. You can't smell it once it's on your lips though. I love fairy cake, and i really want to try cotton candy, which is sort of a pink colour. I'm definitely going to try that one next. 

These lip creams are perfect if you want a matte lip on a budget , these are great quality and definitely worth the price! The only bad thing is theres only 4 shades to choose from in the range, two of which wouldn't really suit my skin tone. 

Thanks for Reading!:)