Soap and Glory miracle trio :)

Hello guys :)

Again, this is another Review on products which I have purchased recently (today). Boots have a 3 for 2 offer on on skincare and beauty products at the minute in my local store (Galway). So I bought these... (Any excuse, right?!) 

Soap and Glory "Deep Purifying The Ultimelt Hot Cloth cleanser", "Super Self Heating Deep Pore Detox Mask No Clogs Allowed", and "Multiactive Moisture Lotion For Daily Youth". 

I was pretty happy with these purchases so I tried them as soon as I got home and I was very happy! 

Firstly, the mask. This product has an usual texture. It is a white, thick cream like a mask usually feels but then it has these mousse-like particles. Applied to a dry face and rubbed in with wet hands, the cream changes to a blue colour and starts to heat up. One of the nicest self heating masks I've ever tried!! Left on for 5 minutes and washed off, it leaves skin feeling amazing!! 

The Cleanser was used next, lovely and thick in texture with an almost milky residue. Rubbed into skin with wet hand this smells lovely and fresh. Washed off with the included muslin cloth. I found that this left my skin feeling super cleansed and soft! 

Finally, Moisturiser. 

I am so so picky when it comes to moisturiser so I wasn't really expecting to fall in love with this product. I was wrong!! This cream is both light and moisturising, two qualities which I don't think I've found together before!! Smells beautiful and fresh. Leaves my skin so soft. 

I am overall really happy with these 3 products! I think I may actually stick to a set of products for a change! 

I'll let you know how I find them in the long run, but on first impressions alone, I'm super impressed. 

Linda x

Garnier 5sec Perfect Blur

Finally I have come around to doing this blog post on my recently(ish) purchased Garnier 5sec Perfect Blur primer. 

First off, it's in a handy tube and you can squeeze out as much or little as you like which I love rather than the pump bottle as you can measure much better how much product you want to use! 

It's a light mousse texture and leaves an unbelievably silky film over the skin which actually does blur fine likes and pores. I have been using this under makeup for the past week or so and really do love it.

Blends evenly into the skin and is a lovely base for make up. I was really happy with it actually! 

Which primer is your favourite?

Linda ❤ x

Brush Cleansing!

Hello!! 

I mentioned to my friend the last day after I washed my brushes how much I loved using them from clean again when... SHOCK HORROR, she said she had never ever washed her brushes... Ever. She will remain nameless to save face ;) 

This is what I do: 

Mix equal portions of washing up liquid and olive oil. This mixture works best for me as it cleanses the brushes perfectly and leaves them soft also! 

So mix them two in a mixing bowl and dab each brush in it to coat JUST the bristles. Don't go past the silver part that holds them and the handle together as that may get loose and fall off, that would not be good! One by one, dip them all in and leave them at the side of the sink and leave it on for about 4-5 minutes. 

Take the brush you dipped in first and with your hand under running water swirl the brush under the water and keep swirling it on your hand to activate the washing up liquid you should see all the yuck colour running down the sink! Nice! 

Once you're happy it's clean and the water is no longer coloured, squeeze out the excess water with your hand and lay it flat on a towel. 

Repeat these steps with all the brushes.

Lay all brushes out flat on the towel until they dry, probably over night. 

There you go!  Beautifully clean makeup brushes that will apply your make up perfectly!!  Yay! 

Thanks for reading! 

Linda ❤

Catrice Makeup!!

Hello!! 

Yesterday I went in to Penneys to pick up some ankle socks... (As you do) and I saw the Catrice makeup stand. I wouldn't usually be one to test these brands in penneys often, not due to the quality or anything but mainly because of the mess of them and they usually are all left with huge finger marks in the products that are NOT testers!!! Not cool!

 Anywhos, yesterday was no such day! Everything was clean and in place!! 

I have been meaning for a while to purchase the lip pencil "Spice" from MAC as a nude lip liner but never got around to doing so, and am I glad?!!!! I saw the PERFECT nude shade lip liner in a sleek retractable case for... Wait for it... €2.79. 

I also picked up a lipgloss to match it. It would be rude not to! At €3.49 you couldn't really go wrong! 

The liner is in the shade 020 Nude Religion and the lipgloss is called 030 Rose, Would You..?

When I came home and tried out these duo I was SO impressed! It is the perfect nude lip combination with a nice colour all the same. Blanked out lips are like a pet peeve to me! But these really really impressed me and with a nice bright eye colour for summer or any time a bright eye shade is my eye look of choice for the day, it's PERFECT! Happy! 

Also, I picked up two bright single eye shadows. A carrot orange shade and a turquoise blue green shade, both have a slight shimmer and have a silky feel and great pigmentation. These were €3.29 each! Bargain!! 

The turquoise one is shade 650 Petrol Shop Boys and the orange is 580 Carrots Of The Caribbean. 

Honestly was so so pleasantly surprised with the pigment of all the products I bought and am pretty happy with the lip duo. I may have to stock up on these as its my favourite nude lip look to date, and I've tried quiet a few!! I love the quirky names also! I will certainly be trying out more Catrice products from here on!! 

Linda ❤

hdBROWS Goodies!!!

I added to my hdBROWS collection today in the means of an eye brow pencil and a tweezers. Both by the brand hdBROWS. 

As I already had the hdBROWS eyebrow palette  and because I loved that product so much, I decided to purchase the above items to complete my eyebrows!! Haha 

I have recently lightened my hair also, so there's my excuse to buy more products to suit... Right?!!!

Anyways, the pencil was €15 and the tweezers was on offer for €10. I don't know the original price but she said special offer and I had to have it, especially cos I have none at the minute! (I had a recent tragedy when my sister took my trusty Tweezerman to the states with her a month ago. ;) ) I purchased them in a salon in Galway called UptownGirl. The staff are so damn friendly!! I love it there! 

The pencil is in the shade Brown. It is a really long pencil a little longer than a MAC lip pencil. So I feel it was okay value wise. The pigment is really good and a few light strokes was all I needed to get my colour preference. Then I filled in my brows more with the palette. I find this pencil really good for lining the shape. The only other brow pencil I have tried I a MAC one. It was retractable and just not easy or nice to use. The tip broke so many times!!! This one is much better for me!

The tweezers is a matte black colour and has a slanted tip. It is quiet sharp to begin with so care is needed at the start and be sure to hold the skin taught as to only pull the hair! This baby pulls out hair without any type of fuss! Really clean removal and no hair breakages or anything. The root comes straight out! I CANNOT STAND BAD TWEEZERS!!!! 

This will replace my Tweezerman nicely... And for less than half the price!! Yay! 

Linda ❤

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BarryM nail polish

Hello!! 

There I was, walking down shop street yesterday in Galway when I saw the boots store. I tried to be strong, but to no avail. I decided to go in for a "look". 

My eye was drawn towards the deal that was on in the BarryM Cosmetics stand. Spend €9 on any products and receive a free Limited Edition nail polish. Of course I went with the offer... Like, you can never have enough nail polish... Right??! 

So the two full price items I bought were a long lasting lipstick (which I love and will review tomorrow) and a BarryM Gelly Nail Paint in the shade Greenberry. A lovely summery Mint green shade. The only thing I find about this polish that I don't really like is how thick the consistency is. Yes, it does leave a lovely "shellac-type gel finish" to the nail but it just takes forever to dry!! It could all be down to how impatient I am also though!! 

The Limited Edition polish choice was either a bright yellow or a neon almost fluorescent pink colour. The lid of both also had a design on it. The yellow had an Aztec design and the pink had a zebra design. As I'm such a sucker for animal print, I obviously chose the pink! 

I am soooo happy with the quality and consistency of this polish. It is really pigmented and goes on nice and light but has a great colour, even on the first coat! The end result after two coats is an almost matte finish fluorescent pink colour that I am in LOVE with (it dries super fast also)!!! 

What are your thoughts on the BarryM nil collections?! 

Linda ❤