New Look Pure Colour makeup

 NEW LOOK PURE COLOUR:
Recently I have been trying out some of the makeup from the New Look Pure Colour range. 
Here are some reviews on the products I have tried.

Highlighting Stick in shade 93/Pure Gold.

 

This product is dreamy! You can see from the photo that it is packed with super sparkly pigment. It has a creamy texture and is really easy to use as it on a roller stick. It spreads nicely and you can use it where ever you like! This was £5.99 and worth every penny!

Baked Eyeshadow.

Wow! I really recommend looking at these eyeshadows because even though they didn't have a huge range (only 5 shades) they were all very lovely shades and all wearable for the day or night.Baked for long lasting colour, this product is also super shimmery! It looks amazing on and really brings out your eye colour. You can use this wet or dry to increase the intensity of it. It is £3.99 and I've had mine for a couple of months now, you don't need much as its super shiny!

Lip liner in Dark Purple.

 A lip liner for £1.99!!? Yes please! Dare I say it this eyeliner is better than MAC! It has  a soft point for easy application and has such a long lasting colour I only had to reapply a couple of times a day! It also comes of nicely with no staining. The colour is very similar to my MAC burgundy pencil and for £1.99 It's a lot cheaper! 


Liquid Eye Liner in Black.


So i needed a new eye liner and thought I would give this one a try. The colour is really intense black which I love as I hate black liquid eyeliners that dry greyish. It is water resistant and stays put all day. It dry's super fast and not once has it gone above my eyelid, you know how it does when you open your eye to early!! girl probs! The brush is slanted for easy application and this one comes in at £3.99. STEAL. 

I notice when I go online a lot of the products are sold out, so ID recommend visiting a larger store and seeing if they have the products in store. I'm not surprised its flying off the shelves, its brilliant!  Have you tried any of there products?


Fran xxx

Review of Elf baked blush in Peachy Cheeky

Happy Monday everyone!💕

Is anyone else abit sluggish like me this morning? I couldn't get out of bed this morning 😔

As always the postman bought me a treat into work to cheer me up a little and today it was Elf's baked blusher in shade 'Peachy Cheeky'. I have admired this for a while and have finally decided to buy it. 

ELF stands for Eyes Lips face and there pricing is exrememly reasonable!! This blush cost me £4.50! Pretty good Ey! 

E.L.F. is a hit or miss adventure but when you do find a hit it’s like winning the beauty lottery!!! 

First of all I don't really think these should be labelled as blushes. The majority of them look more like highlighters and they all have a glowing sheen to them so I don't think they can really work as a blush as it doesn't have enough colour pigment in. 

However these are easily some of the best highlighters I own and I have tried alot of highlighters including MAC and Charlotte Tilbury! I would highly recommend these to anyone looking for a highlighter shade instead of a blush unless you like your blusher without any depth! 

I look forward to trying the other shades in this range 😄

All in all They have done a good job with these Baked Blushes and they should fit your needs if you don’t have the money to shell out for a MAC Mineralize Skin-finish.
Here is a swatch on the back of my hand of the colour, you can see here it's quite shimmery.

Have you tried any elf? What have you hit the beauty jackpot with? 

Fran xxx

Charlotte Tilbury Contour Kit

Charlotte Tilbury Contour Kit

WOW! This contour kit is so good.

I have had this set for quite a while so I think it's time to review it!This is amazing!! Probably one of the best sets on the market.

Firstly,the packaging. It's BEAUTIFUL and makes you feel totally glamourous when you whip it out of your bag. The two best things about this product are the colors, and then the formulation of the product itself. 

I have the Light to Medium version (Medium to Dark is now available...may have to get it for summer time). The bronzer is the perfect shade of bronze. It isn't too orange, brown, red, or pink. I have used it with a heavier hand to sculpt my face and also with a lighter hand as a bronzer to warm up my cheeks and it does both of these with aplomb. It also looks great with a rose or peach colored blush layered on top. The highlighter isn't gold, there is some iridescence and perhaps a hint of light peach mixed in, making it multi tonal and creates a beautiful glow on every skin. There isn't any glitter, just a nice sheen and glow.

The formula of it is powder but isn't "powdery" - it's creamy and buttery. The texture reminds me a lot of eye shadows. Both the bronzer and the highlighter colours in this set can be used as eyeshadow. 

I've had this set for about 3 months now but still have alot of product left. I think I paid about £50 for it but this is a good deal to me since I will likely never hit pan (although I would buy this again in a heartbeat if I did). Highly recommend this set, and other Charlotte Tilbury makeup as they are a high-end makeup company that does not test on animals, yay!!

Fran xx

My Charlotte Tilbury Experience!

My Charlotte Tilbury Experience!

On Friday It was my birthday and my lovely boyfriend treated me to having my makeup done at the Charlotte Tilbury counter in Selfridges. 

 Charlotte Tilbury has 10 signature looks to choose from when you have your makeup done. 

The Rebel

The Golden Goddess

The Ingene

The Uptown Girl

The Sophisticate

The Rock Chick

The Dolce Vita 

The Bombshell

The Vintage Vamp

The Glamour Muse 

I'd done some research before I went as I wanted a rough idea of what I'd like done. I was torn between the Dolce Vita & The Bombshell. The lips on the Bombshell really grabbed me.

In the end after some guidance from the makeup artist I went for the Dolce Vita. I explained I didn't wear foundation on a daily basis and had been to MAC previously and been unhappy with the results as i felt like a dressed up christmas tree, just too much. They insist on applying fake eyelashes and things that just arent you!

THE DOLCE VITA

ULTRA FEMININE AND UTTERLY ALLURING, THE DOLCE VITA PLAYS THE MUSE FOR VERY GOOD REASON. HER LOOK IS ALL ABOUT UNBRIDLED GLAMOUR: SEDUCTIVE LIPS, CHISELLED CHEEKS AND A SMOULDERING STARE.

First she prepped my skin with their Wonder glow primer. This was so lightweight and felt lovely on my skin. This creates the illusion of youthful, healthy skin that is hydrated and effervescent. It can be used underneath foundation or on its own for effortless looking skin.  It retails at £38.50 You can get it here!

Next she applied there Magic Foundation with a brush, A brand new full coverage foundation that morphs to your face in a weightless texture, for a perfect second skin that lasts all day. It comes in 15 different shades and retails at £29.50 here.

Eyeshadow was next! She used an amazing palette of 4 colours.

The champagne, brown, umber and bronze 'Dolce Vita' shades in Charlotte Tilbury's eyeshadow palette are designed to harmonize with each other and suit any skin tone. She created a smooth base with the 'Prime' shade, built up definition with the 'Enhance' color, then added definition and drama for evening with the highly pigmented 'Smoke' and 'Pop' shades. This kit retails at £38.00. You can get yours here

She then filled in my brows with their 3 way lift,shade and shape tool. I don't usually get on with eyebrow pencils but this one was quite nice and did not create any harsh lines. This retails at £22.50. Get yours here.

My favourite part now, The Charlotte Tilbury Highlight and contour compact called Filmstar bronze and glow. This is AMAZING. You can slim, sculpt, shorten, trim and highlight your features. She used the dark on my cheek hollows, temples, jaw line and the sides and tip on my nose. The lighter on the top of my cheek bones, centre of nose, bow of lips and brow bone. I was so pleased with how this product worked I bought one myself. These sets retail at £49.00 here.

Lash time! Charlotte Tilbury's Full Fat lashes mascara. This promises curl, seperation, volume, legnth and drama. I wasn't overly impressed with the mascara as I like my lashes to look really seperate and long and this seemed to clump mine up therefore making them look shorter, I'd like to try it myself to see what it's like when used yourself. This is £22.00 from their website.

Last but not least, my lips, I'm not sure on the shade of lip liner she used, but the lipstick was called bond girl. The colour was lovely and stayed on all night until I went to bed! This is £23.00 online.

HOW WAS IT!? 10\10.

Overall I was so pleased with the look, I felt like she really listened to what I was after and what I didn't like. I felt as though I had makeup on, but still felt really natural. I really didn't want to take it off at bedtime, but you know these things have to be done. I will certainly be going back to try the other looks. It was £35.00 to have your make -up done but that was redeemable against products, which was great but I wanted the lot! You can buy it all, but thats £165! I'll be asking Father 

Christmas for that this year I think.. haha.

Here are some photos of my finished look. The first two pictures are as soon as I got back to the hotel after I'd had it done and the other two are just before bed a few drinkies later! You can see how well the eyeshadow has lasted.

Have any of you girls been and had a CT makeover? I'd love to know which look you went for and what your fave products are!

Highlighting shimmer brick

SeventeeN  Instant glow
shimmer Brick / RAD OR BAD?

I purchased this shimmer brick a while back from boots as I was in  search of a nice glow to go on the top of my cheeks as a highlighter. It was £4.99 which wasn't too bad I didn't think! IVe been using it for the past couple of weeks and really got on with it, so much so I wanted to share it with you lovelies.

This comes in two shades pink bronze and gold bronze. I went for gold bronze. It comes in four different layers of bronzed colours going from light to dark.  It's lovely as it doesn't go too dark when you first put it on and you can layer it to as dark as you like. You can use them all together with a rage brush or you can use them individually to contour and highlight. I also like to use them as eyeshadows individually.

Here is what it looks like on my hand.

And here it is in the pot..

I would defiantly reccomend this product as it's quite cheap and just as if not better than some of the other more expensive alternatives.

You can get yours here http://m.boots.com/h5/cat_hub?path=%2Fen%2FSEVENTEEN-Instant-Glow-Shimmer-Brick_1321239%2F&colId=Gold_Bronze&unCountry=uk

Fran xxx