Review: Rimmel Fix & Perfect Pro Primer

In my 7 Deadly Sins of Beauty post a few weeks ago I mentioned that I always forget to use primer and hadn't actually repurchased one since my GOSH one ran out. Well whilst I was in boots last week I picked up the Rimmel Fix & Perfect pro primer, I got it in 002 because its all they had which is a creamy colour but I think 001 may be clear but I'm not sure.

The consistency is nice and it feels nice on my skin which is good. Normally I can't see a difference when I use primer but this actually really compliments my foundation and makes it look flawless. I think in the summer I could possibly just use this instead of foundation as it does make my skin look really good.

The only negative point I have to make about this primer is the smell. It is quite strong and almost chemical ish. But you don't notice it when its on the skin so overall I really like this product and can see myself using it a lot this year.

You can but Rimmel Fix & Perfect Pro Primer at Boots for £6.99.

Have a great day girls!

xx

NVOTD

Its that time of the week again for Nail Varnish of the Week and this weeks colour is a gorgeous red with gold shimmer. It is from the Rimmel 60 second range in the colour '310 Red carpet'. I've really been liking the 60 second range lately and have used quite a few in recent weeks but all of the colours are so different and I love them all. Lets get on with the pictures shall we????


 

 
Hope you like the colour and leave a comment with your NVOTW.
 
Have a great day girls
xx

Nail Varnish of the Week

This weeks NVOTW is a little bit different for two reasons. The first reason as that it has been posted on a Sunday instead of a Monday, this is because I am flying out to Cyprus first thing in the morning and didn't think I would have time to do this before I go so to save all the rushing I thought I would just post it today instead.
The second reason this post will be different is because it won't feature my finger nails. When I go away I either have acrylic nails put on or I just leave them bare to let them grow. This time I have just put some Sally Hansen 'Hard as Nails' on my finger nails to try and make them grow nice and strong. I didn't want to not do a NVOTW this week though because I won't be doing one next week so I have just given myself a beach ready pedicure so I will just show you that instead. WARNING: Theses pictures include feet!!!

The colour I have chosen to wear on my toes whilst I'm away is by Rimmel and it is from their 60 Seconds range in the colour '430 Coralicious' which is a gorgeous hot pink coral. I think this colour will look amazing with a tan and flip flops.

Oh the amazing pink from last week is now officially my favourite colour and it also lasted really well so 5* from my!

I have soo many posts for you when I get back so prepare to be spoilt!!! Oh an I want to do a Q&A when I get back so email me or leave a comment with any questions or requests.

Have a great 2 weeks girls!
xx

What are my holiday make-up must-haves????

Today's post is all about what I take make-up I take with me when I'm travelling. Now this is for a two week holiday in Cyprus so of course if I were going for a weekend in Paris or a few days in New York I would take completely different things but for where I'm going and what I plan on doing these are the bits I am taking. This is make-up that is going in my suitcase on the plane not things I take in my hand-luggage but I am planning on doing another post about what I take as hand-luggage so look out for that at some point this week.

Make-up bag by Jemma Kidd -TKMAXX - £4.99

When I'm on holiday somewhere hot (apparently Cyprus is 38 degrees centigrade at the moment!) I wear very little make up and when I do wear it I just want a light coverage and some colour. I also make sure I always take concealer with me in case I burn on my face, that way I can cover up some of the redness at night. So to make this easier I am going to section this off in to face, eyes and lips.

Face - During the day I wear no make-up on my face at all. But at night I tend to use a few different products, this time I am taking six products for my face. I have a tinted moisturiser just to even out my skin tone and I also have my concealer to cover redness or breakouts. I then have my bronzer which is great to bring out my tan and two blushers that I can switch between, one is a bright pink and the other more of a coral pink. Finally I have a highlighter which I don't use very often but is nice on holiday just to give a bit more sparkle to your face. All of my bronzers, blushers and highlighters are powder formulars as cream products just tend to fall of my face in hot weather.

Natural Collection Tinted Moisturiser in Beige - Boots - £1.99

No7 Trio Concealer - Boots - £10.50

GOSH Precious Powder Pearls in Magic - Superdrug - £7.99
* This is not available online for some reason but try your local store.

Natural Collection Blush - Boots - £1.99
Left -Pink Cloud
Right - Peach Melba

GOSH Giant Sun Powder - Superdrug - £12.99

Eyes - Again during the day I wear very little make-up on my eyes and the most will probably only be a swipe of waterproff mascara just to make my eyes look fresh and awake. For the evenings I am taking only one set of eyeshadow as I tend to just stick with a brown smokey eye at night which isn't too heavy or dark and looks good with a tan. I then have a black kohl eyeliner and two mascaras, one for the top lashes and one for the bottom.

L-R Maybelline Great Lash Mascara in Blackest Black - Boots - £5.19
 Maybelline One by One Volume Express Mascara in Black  - Boots - £8.49
Natural Collection WaterGuard Mascara in Black  - Boots - £1.99

Rimmel London Colour Rush Eye Quad in Smokey Brun - Boots - £6.63

GOSH Kohl Eyeliner in Black - Superdrug - £4.49

Lips - Lipstick is my big downfall when going away as I can never only take one or two. This time I am taking 5 which may seem a bit excessive but I like to have a choice.For a gloss I tend to stick to the same one over the top of most lipsticks and the one I like is by 2true and just says 1 on the lable so I'm guessing thats the colour. I may also take another lipgloss and if I do it will be a GOSH lipgloss in 0082 but I don't have pictures of either of these glosses.  I also take lots of lip balms but I will mention more about those in my hand-luggage post.



L-R George Moisturising Lipstick in Liar - Asda - £3.50
17 Mirror Shine Lipstick in Beehive - Boots - Currently £2.59 Normally £4.59
Rimmel Volume Booster Lipstick in Flirt - I can't seem to find this online anymore
Natural Collection Sheer Natural Lipstick in Sandcastle - Boots - £1.99
No7 Stay Perfect Lipstick in Grace - Boots - £10.00



Hope you have a great day girls and let me know your holiday make-up must haves.

xx

Uh-oh it happened again...

I don't know how it happens, it just does. I go out with my boyfriend just to window shop and somehow I come home with bags full of exciting treasures. I know I don't really need the things I buy its just soo hard to walk past the make-up section of boots without picking up just a few bits. I did only go to repurchase some products that I currently have and  were running out but I may have added a couple of other bits in to my basket as well :) Lets just keep it between us shall we? Okay I'll show you what I got...

The first thing was what I actually went into boots for which is the Natural Collection Suntint Bronzing Powder in the colour 'Sun Shine'. This is my second one of these and I love it, its one of my favourite bronzer's. It has a slight shimmer to it but nothing to over the top and its just a lovely natural colour.

The second thing I purchased was also from Natural Collection but they were on offer for 3 for £5 so of course I had to get a couple more things to go with the bronzer. I got the blush in 'Pink Cloud', my favourite blush is also by Natural collection and it is the 'Peach Melba' which is a bit more subtle and darker but I thought I would get the complete opposite and get 'Pink Cloud' which is a bright bubblegum pink colour. I love it!!!

To make up my 3 for £5 I also got a lipstick from the collection, I tend to play it pretty safe when it comes to lipsticks and stick to the pinky nudes and this doesn't disappoint. I brought 'Sand Castle' from the Sheer Natural collection. Its nothing special but for less that £2 what do you expect, and as it is from the Sheer collection it was never going to be really pigmented so I guess I can't complain.

The final make-up item I purchased was a bit of luck really and has been the highlight of my whole weekend! I haven't told you this before but my favourite eyeshadow quad is Rimmel's Colour Rush Eye Quad in '002 Smokey Brun'. They have recently changed the packaging for this and made it look all shiny and new but I have the old one and its exactly the same product, the Rimmel Quad Eye Shadows currently sell for £6.63 in boots. Now whilst I was shopping on Saturday by boyfriend wanted to run into the B&M home store to get a drink so whilst he was doing that I had a wander around and I almost did a little dance in front of the whole shop when I happened to walk past a display of make-up and my favourite eye shadow ever was just sitting there all on its own waiting for me to pick it up. That's not even the best bit, I then looked at the price tag expecting to see at least £5 on it but no it said £1.50!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can you believe it??? I couldn't! So I snapped it up and had a hunt around to see if I could find anymore so I could stock up but nope it was the only one. My boyfriend wasn't nearly as excited as I was but I'm hoping you will be and I urge all of you if you have a B&M home store near you to just pop in and see if they have any bargains in there, you might be lucky. I will do a whole new post on why I love this quad so much but for now just enjoy the pictures :)

Have a great day girls

xx

Nail Varnish of the Week

Its time for another NVOTW and I am really getting in to these now, I love my Monday morning manicure that I give myself before I take these photos. I'd also like to apologise for the lack of posts last week, I was really busy and had places to be and people to see but I promise this week will be a post-fest for you all. I have another apology as once again I do not have a photo of how my nails looked at the end of the week, this is because I went out on Friday night and the orange nail varnish didn't really go with my dress so I had to change it to just a nude colour which was a bit boring but I can tell you the GOSH 'Peachy' was still going strong with only a couple of chips in it by Friday so I'm impressed.

Now for this week I have done a complete change again and gone for a bright blue. This is '198 Azure' from the I <3 Lasting Finish range at Rimmel. This colour is sooo gorgeous I just hope the pictures do it justice, it has a green hint to it in certain lights and I don't know why but it makes me think of mermaids tails!

I love this and I hope you do too. Comment below and let me know what you NVOTW is!

Have a great day girls
xx

My Favourite...Eye Shadow

I spoke in a previous blog about my favourite eyeshadow but I didn't go into too much detail so I thought I would do a whole post on why it is my favourite. The eyeshadow in question is Rimmel's Colour Rush Quad Eye Shadow in '002 Smokey Brun'. I wear this nearly everyday and its just so easy to create a brown smokey eye look that I can switch from day to night just by adding more of the dark brown and some gel eye liner.

As the name suggests there are four colours in the quad. The lightest is a pearly cream colour that I like to use as a highlight for my brow bone and I also add a little bit in the inside corner of my eye.

The next colour is more of a taupe champagne colour which is my favourite, I can use it all over my lid for just a hint of colour during the day or as a base for the darker colours at night.

The third colour is a coppery colour which I tend to put on the outer corners during the day to give a bit more depth to the look but again I layer the colours at night to create that smokey look I love for a night out.

The final colour is a dark chocolaty brown which I use in the crease line and also under my lower lashes to make the smokey look even more dramatic.

Have a great day girls
xx

Spring nails!

I know it is almost summer but over the last few weeks and months I've found myself getting a bit of a collection of pretty pastel coloured nail varnishes. I think they are gorgeous for this time of year and who doesn't love looking at their hands and seeing such colourful fingertips!

 The first nail varnish I purchased was by Barry M and is in the colour pure turquoise. This is a lovely pastel blue colour that goes on really nicely and you only need 2 coats for an opaque look.

The second colour i brought was also a Barry M nail paint this time in Bright pink. This is a colour that will be perfect both now in spring but also right through summer. I may also try this on my toe nails for when I go on holiday as i think it will look amazing with a tan and flip flops.

The final polish i purchased was a rimmel Lycra pro one in the shade 500 Peppermint. This is the perfect minty green colour that is really popular at the moment. I do tend to use three coats of this as it is a bit thinner than the Barry m ones but its gorgeous all the same.

I hope you've enjoyed this review and enjoy your pretty pastel nails this spring!