don't be gel be reem.

hey dolls, So i'm sure you've seen the barry m gellly nail varnishes all over the blogosphere but i thought i'd do a little review about them seen as though i own a few. Ok so firstly i own five of them in the colors, "blue grape", "blood orange", "mango", "satsuma" and"lychee" When these first came out i knew i had to try them but they didn't have a huge range of colors to choose from so i left it a couple weeks and they brought out a few more colors. (They now have some really cute summery pastel colors). Ok so lets get to the nitty gritty, They retail at £3.99 but boots usually have offers on so look out for those. The first thing i noticed when i applied this is how opaque the color was you only need one coat to get the color to stand out, They do take a while to dry though so be prepared to sit with your hands in the air for a good 10 minutes (story of my life) however i've not tried any fast spray or seche vite on top to speed up the process. after they've finally dried they look so shiny and clean looking which thrilled me. For me these are let down by their staying power I found they chipped after the first day and by the fourth day i had to re-do my whole nails because they were very chipped, also something i found strange was that "blue grape" smelt absolutely vile! The rest of the varnishes smelt like normal nail varnishes but the blue grape one smelt very dodgy i don't know if it's just mine or if all the blue ones smell like that but that would put me off buying it again. overall i'm half and half with these i like the colours, the shine the price but just wished they stayed on longer :(.  

so that's it for now,

let me know if you've tried them,

what did you think of them??

:) xx

15 second miracle..

Hey ladies, A while ago I received a sample of the DHC cleansing oil in my glossybox and absolutely loved it! I constantly used it until it ran out, little old me thought no biggy i'll just buy another one.. then i realised it was £21.50 and i couldn't bring myself to pay that much! as amazing as it was i thought to myself there has to be something just as brilliant out there much cheaper right? correct. Say hello to my new best friend, L'oreal paris 15 second miracle cleansing oil.  I bought this little beauty about 3 weeks ago and have used it everyday since! I bought it from boots for £7.99 which is a very reasonable price considering the small amount you need and the amount you get in the bottle. I use this on dry skin with a full face of makeup, you only need 3 pumps to cover your whole face and then once worked into the skin just wipe it off with a cloth and voila! all traces of makeup are gone! When you wash it off the water in the sink will turn white so be prepared for a messy sink and when you take it off your eyes your vision seems cloudy but this happens with most oil cleansers and only lasts a few seconds. I Have oily skin so was very wary about putting more oil on my face but it wasn't greasy at all and didn't make my face any oilier, it leaves my skin feeling so soft and it takes less than a minute to remove all my makeup! i don't have a bad word to say about this cleanser and would definitely recommend it!
let me know if you have tried it or if there's something similar you're loving!
:)

naughty lulu

Hey ladies, so i've been very good lately and i haven't bought anything for myself in a while but yesterday i popped into town and ended up buying quite a few things and treated myself. Oops. 

I seen these rings in newlook a while ago and loved them but £7.99 for four rings is a bit steep (I think so anyway) but when i nipped in yesterday they had buy on get one free on ALL jewellery so i actually got eight rings for £7.99 which sounds much better don't you think? Then i popped to boots and picked up this vichy cleansing gel, my skin has got very bad lately and i've heard great things about vichy so i had to pick something up there was a few other products i liked the sound of from vichy which i might pick up next week. then i got a couple sleek lipsticks from, wait for it.... POUNDLAND yes you heard right, poundland sell sleek lipstick. I also bought a couple sleek pout paints i've heard great things about these so had to try them for myself and i tested them last night and WOW! the pigmentation is incredible and they glide on your lips first impressions are very good! I bought some quinoderm which is a "behind the counter" thang! I used to use this but didn't notice an improvement in my skin until i was reading someone blog last week (i can't remember who's dammit) and they said how it's their holy grail product and they raved and raved about it so i thought i would buy it again only this time be a little more patient and give it some time to work with my skin. Fingers crossed it works. then i got a few other bits and bobs which i won't talk about because this was supposed to be a short "look what i bought" post but instead i rambled on and now it's not so short. sorry. Any how that's all for now i hope you liked this.

have you tried any of these products? 

:) xx

lipstick dupes.

mac candy yum yum - sleek amped

unfortunately I dont know the name of either of these because the labels have worn off i think the barry m lipstick is
in the shade 116 or 118 but i'm not certain which is a shame because these are an EXACT dupe that would save you £10!
i will try and find the names of these out and let you know soon. 

mac fetish - sleek blaze

collection 2000 mudslide - sleek mulberry
the left one looks a little more purplier (is that a word? no? it is now) but they are a dupe they just show up different colors. 

sleek cherry - nivea berry charms

mac so chaud (my favorite lipstick ever) rimmel kate moss 111 mixed with gosh flirty orange 153
you can buy these 2 lipsticks for the price of one mac lipstick BONUS  ;) 

mac snob - rimmel kate moss 101

 So these are just a few dupes i discovered and i love looking at dupe blogs or youtube videos but there aren't many about at the minute. A lot of people can't afford or just don't want to pay £14 for a lipstick especially when you can get a very similar one for a quarter of the price. I also seen another dupe for mac candy yum yum which is always sold on of my local mac store, i'll have to buy it and compare them because it was only £1.99 which is ridiculous. so i hope you liked this and i'm sorry it's a bit all over the place but i'm so tired, i was going to put this post up tomorrow but i haven't blogged in a few days so thought i'd do it quickly today so do forgive any sloppiness (i hate that word, sloppiness, ew) that's all for now.

hope this was useful :) 

xx

benefit erase paste concealer review.

  Hey lovelies, so as you probably guessed by the title this is a review on benefits oh so famous erase paste concealer. I've read/seen/heard so many things about this product but could never justify spending £19.50 for a concealer but last week was my birthday so as soon as I woke up I bought it so that way I didn't have time to talk myself out of it. I bought it from Feel Unique and it arrived within a couple days of purchase.
Now I've not long been using concealers because I don't feel I needed them however this last year I've had really dark circles around my eyes, the only concealer I've used is collection 2000 lasting perfection concealer which is a brilliant concealer but doesn't cover my dark circles. so considering the erase paste has the word "erase" in it and is meant to "camouflage" it seemed the perfect concealer for me. so here's my thoughts.
The pot itself is very minute but arrived in quite a big box, the packaging is very bright and colourful and fresh   like most other benefit products. The concealer comes with a tiny spatula (which I found scooped up more product than needed and would just waste the product if I used it) and also came with a handy instructions booklet that has some tips and application instructions. The concealer itself is very creamy (but not cakey) and a dream to blend. I got it in the shade “1 fair”, this shade has got a slight peachy tone to it so wasn't perfect for my porcelain skin but over/under foundation blended out fine. because of the peachy salmon tones I would say this concealer works best for blue tones rather than red tones which is why I use this mostly for dark circles rather than blemishes. I did notice that I had to set it with a powder for it not to crease but apart form that I've been using this everyday for a couple of weeks now and I'm a very happy bunny (pardon the easter pun) there's still 99% of the concealer left so this will definitely last a while I would say its very good value for money and would definitely recommend splashing out a little extra for this.

let me know what you think of it.

xx