Best Eye Shadow Ever?!

The title of this post suggests something only a miracle maker could create and if that's the case then the good people at Maybelline are miracle makers. The Colour Tattoo 24hr is, to me, the best thing since sliced bread.

I have the colour On and On Bronze which I am told is called Bad to the Bronze in the US ( it really is beyond me why they've changed the name but there we have it ) and it is the most gorgeous bronzey colour which sounds very obvious but that's the best way I've found of describing the colour. Its a cream eye shadow with the most lovely texture closer to a gel than a cream I would say. Its not greasy at all and not too slimy either. I've heard people saying that they struggle to blend this product but I have had no such problems. I tend to apply this with my fingers. I'll just swirl my (clean) finger in the pot a couple of times and then apply it rather roughly to my lid in a sort of dabbing motion as opposed to a sweeping drag and then I'll take either a blending brush or another finger to blend out the edges if I want a more opaque look or blend the whole thing if I want to sheer it out a little to use as a base for another colour.

I have blue eyes with a tinge of green to them and I find that when I wear this my eyes just look amazing without me doing much at all. Its this that makes me say that its the best eye shadow ever. I love that I can just slap it on and it looks perfect!

Review | Sleek i-Divine Palette in Storm

This is something that I recently included in my haul that I did that you can find here and there I promised a review on it and so here it is. I know that this is a very popular product and so you may have seen many other reviews on it therefor this post may not bring anything new to the table but I wanted to write about it and so I am.

Here is the Sleek i-Divine Palette in Storm and this is what it looks like;

Colours: The colours in this palette are just beautiful. There are 12 colours all together 3 of which are matt and 9 are shimmers. Personally, I prefer the shimmers so I like the fact that the majority of colours here are shimmers rather than matt ones. So this is what the colours look like;

 

 

The best thing about these shadows is the pigmentation of them. Oh my my! Its amazing. I think that that's all you really want in an eye shadow: great pigmentation and beautiful colours. But then there'sthe lasting power of them and that's great too. Generally I don't wear a eye primer and when I put these shadows on in the morning they last all day long with no creasing what so ever which I think is amazing. Although just because they last all day on me, you may want to use a primer.

So yeah I just generally love this palette. Another good thing about this is that it is only £7.99 for 12 amazing colours! I am definitely going to get a good use out of this because its got some really wearable colours in it. Its not the type of palette that has a load of crazy colours in it its the complete opposite. I love it!

NOTD | Nails Of The Day

Today's post is just going to be a quick NOTD so here we go..

This is a Dior Addict nail polish and to be honest it has just been sitting there in my collection for quite some time. My Grandma gave it to me along with a lot of other polishes and I just chucked it my draw with the rest of them but as I was going through my collection the other day I decided to try it out and that is why the colour doesn't quite suit the weather at the moment.

As you can see its not really the most summery colour but I think that it would be really nice for the Autumn and winter months. The colour is called Vernis 570 and its a plummy pinky colour with extremely fine pink sparkles in it that catch the light when you move your hand.

If you look at my thumb I tried it out with a glitter polish on the top and I'm really not sure what I think of it. I don't know whether I like it better with the glitter polish or without so tell me what you think in the comments below.

I think that this is from quite an old collection so from looking into it I don't think that you can get it anymore but that doesn't mean to say that you won't find someone on eBay that sells it.

Thank you for reading xx

Let's Fly, Let's Fly Away...

Wowee, its kind of hard to believe that its already August! It seems like only yesterday that I was counting down the seconds to the new year on December 31st!

 Oh how time flys. Anyway, what I'm trying to say here is that I will be going on holiday on Saturday and so I won't be able to post anything for you . This is because I have no idea whether they'll be any Internet over there and I also don't know when I'll get a chance to write anything. I don't want to promise you that I'll carry on posting over my holiday because I know full well that I just won't get round to it. I am going for two weeks so I guess that's quite a long time but I can promise you that if I find myself at a loose end during my holiday I'll carry on writing some post that I've been working on recently and so I'll have lots of things to post when I get back. So..sorry about that but at least you've got something to look forward to.

For anyone who is interested I am going to Portugal, West Algarve to be precise. I have been there before and its lovely. I can't wait to go again! Above is a picture of the pool that we will be renting along with a beautiful private villa that's only a 12 minute walk to the beach! I am really excited and I just can't wait to lay back and relax in the sunshine. I'll be back soon so don't miss me too much! See you in a couple of weeks :D

Review | Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain

Recently I went to London for the 2012 Olympics and whilst I was there I went for a shop. I popped into Boots and picked up this little beauty...

The Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain in Lovesick. As I said, I got this from boots and at the moment there is an introductory offer of £5.99 but they normally retail at £7.99 which is quite reasonable.

Colour: The colour that I picked up is called "Lovesick" and is the number 020. Its a really bright and vibrant fuchsia. This wouldn't be a colour to go for if you were feeling shy because you will certainly get noticed with this on. In the stick format, if you look closely you can see some tiny flecks of sparkles but this isn't noticeable at all on the lip. The colours in this range seem to vary on lasting power (so I've heard). The lighter shade such as "Honey" tend to wear or slightly quicker than a really dark colour such as "Lovesick" or "Crush". However, saying that the staying power is just generally amazing. I put this on in the morning and then went about my "daley" (Olympic diving reference for you there!) business i.e eating and drinking and what not and it just didn't come off.

Scent: One of the best things about this product is the scent. It has a really light and refreshing minty scent which I think  is really lovely. Personally, I don't like heavily scented lip products because they tend to make me feel ill but because of how lightly this is scented I love it.

Feel: For a lip stain, this feels soo moisturising. I guess this is because of the balm element of it but I really think that it adds to the product so much. Sometimes, lip stains can be really drying and so when a product has as much stainage power as this does and then to have such a moisturising feel it automatically becomes a winner and something that I would be more inclined to go for over a more drying stain.

Packaging: I think that this is supposed to look like a crayon and I really like that. Its bright and chunky and that gives it a fun feel. To use the product you have to twist the silver bottom and more prouduct comes out the top. I  love the twisty thing because it saves me from constantly having to sharpen it.

Overall: I like this lip stain very much. It has all the things that you could really ever want in a lip product. It has great lasting power, its non-drying, its lightly and nicely scented and the colour is amazing! Can I find any negatives with this? No, I don't think I can.