Too Faced - Melted Kisses

When i saw this set on debenhams i just knew i had to have it! I've always wanted to try out Too Faced Melted liquified long wear lipsticks before but i'd just never got round to deciding on what colour i'd like to try first! So when i saw the Melted Kisses set i jumped at the chance to get it! This set cost £22 from debenhams and it includes 4 mini melted lipsticks!

 L-R, Melted Nude, Melted Peony, Melted Fuchsia and Melted Berry

Melted Nude is very much what the name suggests, it's a soft matte nude colour. I have never really found a nude i like but this i do! 
Melted Peony is a soft natural pink shade that again is a matte colour.
Melted Fuchsia is a bright pink that has slight blue undertones to it, its a very summery bright colour.
Melted Berry is a beautiful deep pinky red colour, it's probably my favourite colour out of the 4 as it's the colour i most often wear. 

I love trying new lip products and these do not disappoint! 

These melted lipsticks are lovely, they glide on and are not sticky at all. They also seem to have good staying power too which is always a bonus! I will note that the Melted Fuchsia and berry shades do tend to stain your lips so you might need to exfoliate your lips a little to remove all traces of colour after using them!

Lisa xo

Natural Date Night Make Up Look...

This is my natural date night make up look, I hope you like it!

 

To start off I prime my face all over with Benefit porefessional and leave that set for a minute or two. Taking my Chanel vitalumiere aqua foundation in the shade 10 beige, I put a little drop on the back of my hand and blend it into my face using a flat foundation brush. A little goes quite far with this foundation and it smells amazing.

For my concealer lately I have been using my BareMinerals concealer in the shade light 2, I love this it covers my under eye circles, any redness I have and any little blemishes I have with no problem. It has a very light but creamy texture so I do recommend setting it with a powder. I use Rimmel stay matte powder in translucent.

For bronzer I used the Bourjois bronzing powder in shade 51. I use it on the underpart of my cheekbones (where you contour), temples, forehead hairline, under my jaw line and a little on my nose. It gives my face a nice little bronzed glow and isn't orangey at all. 

I used Benefits rockateur blush on the apples off my cheeks and bringing it back slightly too. On top of that I used a little bit of BareMinerals ready luminiser in shade the daydream, its a beautiful light pink shimmer.

If you are like me though a light shimmer isn't enough so on my cheekbones I used Benefits watts up highlighter too for that extra little bit of glow :). I also used this as my under-brow highlight once I had filled in my brows.

Onto the eyes, I start off by priming my eyes with Urban Decay primer potion.

Then taking satin taupe by Mac I blend this all over my eyelid and also take a little under my eye along my bottom lash line.

I then use a little charcoal brown on a 217 brush both by Mac & blend that into my crease.

Using Mac phloof! I very slightly highlight the inner corners of my eyes.

I use a long-lasting black waterproof eyeliner by Daniel Sandler to line my top water line. I can't fault this liner one bit, it's my holy grail eyeliner I love it!!!

for mascara I use Maybelline the falsies in black, this mascara is by far one of the best I have ever bought!

I then fill in my eyebrows using benefit browzing in the shade light. I don't use the wax that comes in that kit though, only the powder then I set my brows with a brown brow gel from Maybelline.

 

for my lips I like to keep it simple so I used a BareMinerals marvellous moxie lipgloss in the shade Rebel. These lip-gloss's are amazing, they are moisturising, long lasting and they are not sticky. They also have the best smell and taste too lol!

To finish off I set everything with Urban Decay oil control setting spray and i'm good to go :)!!
 

I hope you enjoyed this make up look, let me know what you think...

 

Lisa xxx

 

 

 

 

  

Can't Say No To BareMinerals...

So last week when i wasn't too well i decided to do a little online 'window' shopping, was intending on just having a look to see what i could put on my xmas list to give to my hubby! But for me that never seems to happen, even today i came on my laptop to solely write some blog post's and i have already purchases the Latest In Beauty's new box The Glamour Edit! I honestly can't stop myself! I will write a blog post about that box once it gets here :D! Back to what i came on to write about, as i said the other day i was looking online for some xmas present list ideas and whilst i was looking on the QVCuk website i seen a really nice BareMinerals set for £38.28. It comes with 3 Marvelous Moxie lipglosses, 3 mini ready blushers, a ready blush brush and a cute pale pink make up bag :)!

There is a lipgloss to match each blush which i thought was fantastic, trying to sometimes find blush & lip colours that go together can be a bit of a pain at times! The 3 Marvelous Mocie colours you get are Trail Blazer (gold beige) Hot Shot (candy pink) & Rebel (mauve pink). The 3 Mini Ready Blush colours you get are The Turn On (candy pink) The One (nude pink) and The Thrill (vibrent coral).
 

I put Trail Blazer gloss & The Thrill bush together

I then put Rebel gloss and The One blush together 

And finally i put Hot Shot gloss and The Turn On blush together 

The lipglosses are 4.5ml each which is full size and the blushers are mini sized (3g) but there are a good size for being 'mini' lol! They are also the perfect size to pop into your make up bag for when you are out and about :)! 

Please leave a comment telling me which set out of the 3 lipglosses and blushers are your favourite and why :).

Please don't forget to follow my blog, and if there is any future blogs you want me to write please let me know :)! 

Lisa xx

Illamasqua Alter Ego 'Mystery Box' Review, UK

The other day I was doing a little online shopping (nothing unusual for me) and I came across the Illamasqua Alter Ego Mystery Box which is exclusive to Debenhams.  So with this box, you get 6 full sized products from Illamasqua but you have no idea what colours they are going to be apart from the 2 items that are shown on the front of the box.  In this box it tells you that you are going to get a liquid metal metallic cream in the colour 'electrum' which is an intense gold colour and a nail polish in the colour 'colide' which is a very bright neon pink colour. The other 4 products, a lipstick, an intense lipgloss, a powder blush and an eye shadow are a complete mystery in colour wise. I was quite excited to buy this kit as I have always wanted to try more Illamasqua products as I have a matte finish primer and there skin base foundation but as there isn't an Illamasqua store near me I have always resisted buying things online from them so I thought this mystery box would be a great way to try out more of there products :)!

I got this box for what I can class as a bargin!!! It was on the Debenhams website originally for £38 which I didn't think was to bad since it has £91.50 worth of products in it, but then I noticed it was 50% off so I got the whole £91.50 worth or products for only £19.. how could I pass up on that bargin! Also since I am a beauty card holder in Debenhams I got free delivery too, result!!

Now lets get onto what is in the box :D!! I was a little nervous opening the box as I know Illamasqua are known for there wild and wonderful colours.

First there was a nail polish in the colour 'Colide', it's a bright neon pink colour which is a really nice summer colour for your nails :)

second there was a liquid metal cream in the shade 'Electrum' it's a rich gold colour, perfect for autumn and winter. It can also be used all over the body, its not just an eye colour.

Third there was an eye shadow and I was pleasantly surprised to see a matte purple eye shadow in the shade 'fallen'.

 

Fourth there was a lipstick in the shade 'Fetish'.. with a name like that I was expecting to see a really dark maybe even black but it turned out to be a gorgeous purple shade.

Fifth there was a powder blush which is in the shade 'Panic' and oh my I did panic when I seen this, it is bright red!! It goes on your cheeks as bright as it is in the pan.

And last but not least the sixth item was an intense lip gloss, I got one in the shade 'Repulse'... It is a pure BLACK glossy lip gloss!! Oh my, I have no idea when or how I am going to use this except maybe at Halloween lol!

All in all I only paid £19.00 for 6 full sized Illamasqua products, and I quite like that some of them are products I would never have even considered to even look at in a shop never mind buy them. I also went back online to see if i could purchase another one but it seems to have been taken off the website now.

Also if any one has any ideas on how to wear bright red blush & pure black lip gloss please let me know lol!!

 

Thanks for reading and look out for my next Illamasqua blog/review on the Eyes & Nails Mystery box.

 

Lisa

xoxo

RiRi Woo Review + Swatches

So this blog post has been a long time coming, I've had RiRi Woo since it first became available in the UK on May 3rd this year but I just haven't got round to writing a post about it.  I don't think I can even describe how much I love this bright slightly blue undertoned red matte lipstick, i LOVE it.  being of a slightly fair skin tone I have always stayed clear of bright reds, pinks, purples ect every time I bought a lipstick in the past it would be a neutral every day wearable pink colour but after purchasing RiRi Woo I have found a new love in bright bold lip colours! Riri woo is the type of lipstick you can wear to work for the full day and also the type you wear on a night out with the girls.  

I found that using a lip liner with it makes it stay better, I found MAC's 'Kiss Me Quick' pro longwear lip pencil matches perfectly and it is also a matte finish :)! 

And for those of you that fancy a little bit of shine and gloss on top I found that MAC's lipglass in 'Russian Red' goes perfectly too. If I fancy adding just a little gloss to my lip colour I just apply a tiny bit of Russian Red to the middle of my lips only on top of my riri woo lipstick.

Picture below from left to right - RiRi Woo lipstick, in the middle is Kiss Me Quick pro longwear lip liner and on the right is Russian Red lipglass.