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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Tutorial: Duck Nail's!

Here's a little song to listen to while you read the post :) 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtN1YnoL46Q

So today's Sunday and the day I change my nails. This week I thought I'd do a tutorial instead of a NOTW, so this is what I came up with....

Here's what I used....

• A piece of paper
• Eyeshadow sponge
• 2 Cotton Buds/ Q Tips
• 3 Dotting Tools
• Sally Hansen Double Duty Base coat & Topcoat
• Barry M, Mint Green 
• Collection 2000 Hot Looks, Lemon Soda
• Technic Nail Polish, White 
• Miss Sporty Lasting Colour Pro Brush, Fatal Black 
• MUA Love Hearts Range, I WANT U 
• Miss Sporty Clubbing Colours Nail Polish, China Glaze
• Seche Vite Dry Fast Topcoat

First apply Sally Hansen's Double Duty Base coat & Top coat. I applied two coats for extra protection.

Next apply two coats of Barry M's Mint Green. It doesn't need to be fully opaque as you would be covering 2/3 of the nail with more polish.

Now you can start drawing your Ducks onto your nails.Pour a small amount of Collection 2000's Hot Looks nail polish in Lemon Soda onto the paper.  Using the larger end of the white Dotting Tool make two circles upon the nail, one below the other. Then using the smaller end make a dot the opposite side of the nail.

Still using Lemon Soda, make two curved lines to connect the circles together to make the duck's body like the photo below.

Now fill the shape in, once again using Lemon Soda.

Next it's time to give the Duck's some character. Using the Technic white nail polish, pour a tiny amount on the paper then make a dot using the large end of the pink Dotting Tool, on the Duck's face. Once it's completely dry, using the smaller end of the Dotting Tool, take the Miss Sporty nail polish in Fatal Black and make a dot in the centre of the white one. Taking the MUA nail polish in I WANT U, make a triangle in the middle left of the ducks face, then fill it in. 

Taking the Eyeshadow sponge and the Miss Sporty nail polish in China Glaze. Pour a small amount of the nail polish onto the paper and dip the edge of the Eyeshadow sponge in. Gently sponge the polish onto the nail to give a slight gradient effect. 

Now your almost done, apply a thin coat of Seche Vite's Dry Fast Top Coat. Then taking a cotton bud/ q tip, dip it into nail polish remover and wipe around your nail to remove any access polish. This makes the final look look more tidy.
Here's another look at my final outcome....

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What nail art design should I attempt next week? :)

FOTD: The Golden Girl...

I decided that FOTD's are going to be a weekly thing now, if not more often. After last week's "Green Eyed Monster" look, I thought today I would go for something more toned down. It was really sunny this morning, and still is now but not as much, so I went for slight yellow tones and golds. With a pop of Pink on my lips. Here it is...

I have unsymmetrical lips, yes I know.

So here's the Face products I used today...

Maybelline Dream Fresh BB Cream, Light 

Collection 2000 Lasting Perfection Concealer, Fair 

Rimmel Stay Matte Pressed Powder, Translucent 

NYC Cheek Glow Blusher, Central Park Pink 

Eyes...

NYC Eye Lash Curler

Miss Sporty Pump Up Lash Booster Mascara, Black 

Miss Sporty XX Volume Mascara, Black 

MUA Intense Colour Eyeliner Pencil, Snow White 

MUA Single Eyeshadow, Shade 2

Avon Glow Powder Eyeshadow, Golden Sand 

I also used a eyeshadow from the Coastal Scents 88 Ultra Shimmer Palette. The shade used is marked with a "X"

Lips...

  

Barry M Lip Paint, 155 Pretty Pink 

MUA Lip gloss, Shade 3 

I only slightly patted the Lip Paint onto my lips, then blended it out with my finger. Which is why it isn't as bold looking. 

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FOTD: Green Eyed Monster!

One thing I never, ever, do on my blog is FOTD. So today I thought I change that, so this is what makeup I wore today. I've been wearing nude eye makeup alot lately, so I thought I'd mix it up abit. And go for a bold green eye.

So here's the face products I used...

Benefit Hello Flawless Oxygen Wow, in Ivory
Collection 2000 Lasting Perfection Concealer, in Fair
Benefit Porefessional
Collection 2000 Lasting Perfection Face Powder, Light

Eyes...

NYC Eyelash Curler
MUA Pro Eyeshadow Primer
MUA Pro Every Lash Mascara
MUA Single Eyeshadow Shade 2
MUA Single Eyeshadow Shade 5
MUA Single Eyeshadow Shade 6
MUA Contour Eye Pen Shade Sage
MUA Intense Colour Eyeliner Pencil Shade Snow White

Lips...

MUA Pro Out There Plumping Lip Gloss Shade Nude

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What do you think, shall i do more FOTD posts? Leave your comments below!:)

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?:)

£20 Makeup Challenge!

I seen loads of videos on youtube of beauty guru's doing the £20 Makeup Challenge. And after reading Sharna's ( link ) post on the £20 Makeup Challenge, I thought It would be real fun to do it myself. Mixing it up abit from the regular reviews, hauls, favourites ect.ect.

So these are the products I choose...

Total = £19.18

MUA Pro BB Cream, Light £4 - It covers up imperfections really well, and leaves a dewy, sheer, finish. It lasts all day, the formula is quite thick. But looks fine once blended into the skin.

Collection 2000 Lasting Perfection Concealer, Fair £4.19 - Easily the best concealer I've ever tried! The formula is also thick, but its really easy to blend. And leaves medium to full coverage. It lasts longer then the 16 hour promise, and doesn't crease.

Collection 2000 Lasting Perfection Powder, Fair £2.99 - Sets liquid makeup really well, and doesn't make you look too powdery leaving a natural, Matt finish. It doesn't really last 16 hours, I would say more 4-5 hours.

MUA Pro Eye Primer, £2.50 - I've reviewed this in the past due to its amazing quality! It keeps eyeshadow and eyeliner in place all day, and the eye makeup doesn't fade away or crease either. For the price its a shocker, which i will continue to repurchase!

MUA Mascara, Shade 5 £1 - Lengthens, separates and adds a black coat of mascara to your lashes. As well as adding minimum volume perfect for the everyday look. Does flake slightly, but for the price its perfect!

MUA Pro 3 in 1 Contour Eye Pen, Sage £1.50 - As some of you may know, I'm a sucker for bright eye shades like green, blue and purple. This eye pen is a bright green shade, it lasts all day over eye shadow primer. It doesn't crease or fade away and you get a fair amount for the price.

MUA Intense Colour Eye Pencil, Snow White £1 - I cannot live without this eyeliner! I use it everyday on my waterline, it glides on creamy and pigmented. It lasts all day, and doesn't smudge, fade or crease.

MUA Love Heart's Range Lip Balm, Great Lips £2 - Whenever I go for bright eyes, I tend to add a hint of lip balm. Usually a nude colour. This is my go to lip balm! Its a nude/peachy colour, which is extremely moisturising and lasts about 2 hours. Its smells divine! Like a sweet, vanilla sent which I love!

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Superdrug and Boots Haul!

While browsing the counters of Superdrug and Boot's today I picked up a few items...

Collection 2000 Hot looks nail polishes
Even though I already have more nail polishes then I could possibly ever need, Collection 2000's Hot Looks nail polishes caught my eye today in Superdrug. My favourite pink one, in Neon Art I think, is all dried up now and the formula's gone all gloppy. I've had it for a while now though, so I thought I'd try some more. I got shades left to right: Look At Me, Lemon Soda, Shimmy Snake, Big Hair and Blue Hawaii. I can't wait to try these out again!

Batise Dry Shampoo , Travel Size
I've been looking around on Blogger and Youtube lately for a good dry shampoo. While in Boots today I thought I'd try the Batise one in Floral and Flirty Blush. I sprayed some on my hand to smell it, well who wants to be putting something that smells horrid on their hair?! And it smelt very "fresh and clean" is the only way I can describe it. I can't wait to put this to the test after hearing amazing things about it!

MUA Lip Boom , Doin Good
Finally! I finally managed to get my hands on the other Lip Boom I wanted. I've been waiting about 2 month or something likewise. I swatched it in Superdrug and it looked gorgeous. I already own one of the Lip Booms in shade Cheeky and have a review up on. This Lip Boom is basically like MUA's shade 11 lipstick, but in Matt form with the highlighter of course. Its also one of the shades I like to call, "My lips but better."

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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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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. 

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