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

real technique brushes.

Hey lovelies, so  I have jumped on the bandwagon (ALL ABOARD) of real technique brushes. I bought my first RT brush about a year ago and it was the "expert face brush" and i fell in love, this was the first branded makeup brush i'd brought so it was obviously a huge step up from my non branded cheap brushes.They are so soft and apply my makeup so flawlessly and easy they would be brilliant for sensitive skin because the bristles aren't harsh! As soon as i tried it i knew i wanted more of them, infact i wanted to collect them all and look after them like tiny little hairy babies and name them all and take them everywhere with me :/ anyway for christmas my mother bought me the core collection which again i loved and use them everyday, so a while ago i was browsing victorias blog (my favorite blog) when she did a post on these brushes and she posted a link to a shop in america that sells them for half the price. Now i was very wary about buying them at first because i thought it sounds too good to be true the shipping must be ridiculously overpriced (IT WASN'T), they could be fake (THEY'RE NOT) or they could charge me a ton of shipping at my door like some places do (WHICH THEY ALSO DIDN'T) they arrived within 2-3 weeks of ordering and 2 days ago arrived at my house and i am so happy! I bought the "starter set" the "powder brush" "fine liner brush" and "blush brush" it came to $38(including shipping) which converts to £25!! so for £25 i got all of the brushes which i have pictured. Whereas if you bought all those brushes in the uk it would add up to £51!!!
 so i got them for half price! CLICK HERE to go to the site and check out the brushes. I would definitely recommend them and For the time being i can't see myself using any other makeup brushes :)

So check them out and let me know what you think 

xx

rimmel apocalips lip lacquer review

nude eclipse - 600

galaxy - 301

apocaliptic -303

big bang - 400

Hey lovelies so unless you've been living under a rock lately you'd of heard of rimmels new apocalips lip lacquers. First thing i'd like to say is WOW! the pigmentation is amazing they are so bright the pictures don't do them justice! The darker shades are slightly more opaque than the lighter ones but they all impressed me none the less. They are very creamy (but not sticky) and don't dry my lips out at all. They're a very strange texture that I've not seen before it's not a lipstick, lipgloss or a lip cream, but i like it, it looks great and they're only £4.99 so i'm not complaining. The packaging is very sleek easy throw in your bag packaging. I really like the wand on the lacquer It's a typical lip gloss wand thingy majiggy (note to sell find better describing words.) but it has a dip in the middle of the tip which wipes away excess so enables you to use as much or as little product as you want! This lasts on my lips for around 4 hours before it needs another coat (darker colors leave a slight stain on the lips but that happens with most other dark lip products so this didn't bother me) The only negative thing i have to say is that there's not a huge range of colors, in my local boots they have about 8 colors but hopefully this is just because they're new and will bring out a wider range of colors but apart from that i'm really happy i bought these and will definitely be picking up a few more colors.

Have you tried these?? What do you think?

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

WHAT WINTER BLUES?...

winter is my favorite part of the year I love the clothes, the atmosphere, the lights, and I suppose the fact that it's Christmas helps a little bit. I love wrapping up in my over sized cardigans and faux fur coats and taking trips to see Santa and seeing all the different lights on the way, I personally think Christmas brings everyone together! All the Christmas films appear on TV (ELF IS MY FAV OF ALL TIME) and it's nice to sit around the TV with a hot chocolate a blanket Christmas lights on and chill..  what's not to love?  (i rambled on a lot then i just get so excited about Christmas) anyway.. 

here are a few of my favorite winter pieces which I've been lusting over. They will have to make an appearance in my wardrobe especially these ear muff which are the cutest things EVER!

so this was just a quick blog to say don't be blue!

                        CHRISTMAS IS NEARLY HERE!!                                ENJOY IT!! 

that's all for now

LuLu x