I'm back with another review of a copy of the Elle magazine, this time the November edition. If you can tell I don't actually buy it for the magazine, but for the free gift and only buy the magazine if it is a freebie I want.
This month the magazine was giving away a free nail polish, valued at £12, by Leighton Denny. I would never buy a nail polish at this price so I thought it would be a great opportunity to test out one of life's luxuries - expensive products that act like drugstore ones. As you can probably tell I have tested the nail polish and don't rate it at it's £12 price tag. However I am pleased I tried it, am pleased I bought it and would willing buy another for £4.
The packaging is beautiful. It is a glass bottle (as expected) and the cap has a metal bit inside the glass and it looks very posh. The main bit of the bottle is a rectangle and the cap is a cylinder, giving a nice effect. The bottle feels quite heavy and expensive, I have it on top of my drawers as decoration, which is what I do will most of my expensive makeup.
The actual product is ok but it reminds me of the Barry m nail polishes. The brush is small and an average brush, I prefer wider ones with rounded off bottoms, for easier application. The formula is thin and you have to use 2 coats, but I do that with all nail polishes. The colour I have is "sink into mink" and it is an unusual grey with a brown undertone. It reminds me of posh spice, the liquid lipstick by jeffree star. I don't actually own posh spice but have seen swatches online.
Overall, I think that if you want the polish for aesthetic purposes and can afford it, go for it. They have some nice colours and I would've gotten more if the shades had been different, I already had similar ones. However, I wouldn't go out of my way to get this because it didn't wow me.
Hope this review helped and you enjoyed it!<3
Tuesday 29 November 2016
Tuesday 22 November 2016
Ciate Nail Polish Review
In the July edition of 'Elle' magazine (I know, ages ago!!!), there were full size bottles of the Ciate London Paint Pots, in a range of shades to choose from. The magazines were on offer for £2.50 and usually the nail polishes are £9!!! It was such a good deal I had to get (at least) one. In the end I got two, in the shades "the glossip" and "amazing gracie".
Firstly, the shade "the glossip" is a stunning bright orangy coral, it is very unique and unusual and I think it would complement any skin tone. It is pigmented, with a good coverage but the formula is quite thin.
The other shade "amazing gracie" is a off-white pink shade and I thought it would look nice on my pale skin tone. However, it is really really pale and I think that might be the reason it is not pigmented. It is even thinner than the other shade I have and the pigment is not good at all. It didn't apply well and I do not recommend this shade.
Sorry it took so long for this review, I had to try them and compare them to my other, cheaper, nail polishes!!! <3
Firstly, the shade "the glossip" is a stunning bright orangy coral, it is very unique and unusual and I think it would complement any skin tone. It is pigmented, with a good coverage but the formula is quite thin.
The other shade "amazing gracie" is a off-white pink shade and I thought it would look nice on my pale skin tone. However, it is really really pale and I think that might be the reason it is not pigmented. It is even thinner than the other shade I have and the pigment is not good at all. It didn't apply well and I do not recommend this shade.
Sorry it took so long for this review, I had to try them and compare them to my other, cheaper, nail polishes!!! <3
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| "The glossip" on the left and "amazing gracie" on the right |
Tuesday 15 November 2016
SFX makeup
Recently I went shopping and (finally) picked up some fake blood and liquid latex (both from Claire's lol). This is because I want to try out some sfx looks and I can only really do this if I have liquid latex and fake blood. I wanted the ones from Freedom (from their Halloween range that they recently brought out), but they were sold out. I also want to get some white face paint to do some looks with and I will be posting them on my instagram @makeup.basicallyx so when I post them be sure to check them out! I already do fake bruises and want to incorporate them into my looks. I might even do some tutorials.
Tuesday 8 November 2016
Matte liquid lipsticks-drugstore best and worst
I own 7 matte liquid lipsticks in total an today I want to show you which I like the most and the least. They are all drugstore but range in price from £2 to £9. I will do them in price order, of what I paid for them.
£2 - PS super matte liquid lipstick(Primark) in the shade "07 Kendall"
I think I might have one from a bad batch because I have heard a lot of rave about these, but I was really disappointed with mine. Therefore, I might purchase another shade to try it out again.
*side note* after swatching them I found that the W7 and the PS were the most long wearing.
If you want a pigmented lipgloss, go for the essence one. Overall I found that the best are by MUA and the PS one is also good for the price. I think you need to test for yourself to see what suits you and what you are looking for in a lipstick, these are just my personal opinions.
£2 - PS super matte liquid lipstick(Primark) in the shade "07 Kendall"
- Dries down quickly
- Longlasting
- Large applicator, too big for my personal preference
- Drying(but most matte ones are)
- Doesn't dry down, looks like a lipgloss
- Pigmented
- Longlasting
- Wears away evenly but comes off if you eat
- Dries down quickly
- Short staying power
- Wears away patchy
- If used with gloss it balls up
- Not much product
I think I might have one from a bad batch because I have heard a lot of rave about these, but I was really disappointed with mine. Therefore, I might purchase another shade to try it out again.
- Pigmented
- Creamy
- Doesn't dry down
- Sticky and patchy
- Thinner than old formula
- Pigmented
- Strong smell, wears away once dried
- Dries quickly
- Light weight
- Pigmented
- Doe foot applicator
- Long staying power
- Hard to reapply
- Dries quickly
- Doesn't fully dry down
- Wears off patchy
- Thin formula and a sheer consistency (not necessarily a bad thing)
- Short applicator, I hard to apply
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| In order from PS (left) to Bourjois (right) |
If you want a pigmented lipgloss, go for the essence one. Overall I found that the best are by MUA and the PS one is also good for the price. I think you need to test for yourself to see what suits you and what you are looking for in a lipstick, these are just my personal opinions.
Tuesday 1 November 2016
October favs!!!
This month has been busy, doing my GCSEs but also getting a week off for half term, most of which I've spent with a cold. I've already started preparing my Christmas list, because I'm one of the most difficult people to buy for (I'm mainly asking for makeup this year lol). Anyway\y, lets get into what products I have enjoyed using in October.
The first two products are both from the same brand "beauty formulas" and one is a clay mask, the other is their detoxifying mask. They both have activated charcoal and are really good for your skin. They are only £1 each and I found them in savers, I haven't seen them anywhere else. I have really enjoyed using them, afterwards my skin feels super soft and they seem to be helping with my spots.
I have been using the simple kind to skin hydrating moisturiser for a while now. At first I thought it was just an average boring moisturiser, which didn't do much. However, now it works really well, it just took a bit of getting used to. Now when I use it, it makes my skin feel really nice and it doesn't hydrate too much (it is a light moisturiser) which is good because of my oily skin.
A shampoo I have loved recently is the Schwarzkopf Gliss shampoo (the purple one), which helps volumises and strengthen thin and fragile hair. I would 100% recommend this and it really saved my hair, which was dry and flat. Now I have a decent amount of volume and is also made it shiny, in general it made my hair healthy.
Now we are in autumn, which is the prime time for a dark lip. I have quite a few and like them all but a few have been standing out from the rest. One is them is the Barry M core balmy in "current bun" which is a tinted lip balm with a decent amount of pigment and an amazing smell. It smells like berries and it brings the best of both worlds: the moisturising centre helps with chapped lips in the colder months and the colour has a really strong pigment, it looks like a slightly sheer lipstick. However if you use a lip liner you can't tell it isn't a lipstick. It also wears evenly and I've had it for a while, it hasn't disappointed me yet.
A newer autumn lip colour that I've been loving is by essence. It is the matt matt matt long lasting lipgloss in the shade "03 girl of today" which is a dark pink colour. The thing I find weird though, is that it doesn't dry matte. It has a glossy finish but feels a bit drying, so that is quite unusual. Despite that I've worn it a few times and have enjoyed it, so will keep testing it out a bit more. It was only £2.30 so I might pick up a few more shades from the collection.
The first two products are both from the same brand "beauty formulas" and one is a clay mask, the other is their detoxifying mask. They both have activated charcoal and are really good for your skin. They are only £1 each and I found them in savers, I haven't seen them anywhere else. I have really enjoyed using them, afterwards my skin feels super soft and they seem to be helping with my spots.
I have been using the simple kind to skin hydrating moisturiser for a while now. At first I thought it was just an average boring moisturiser, which didn't do much. However, now it works really well, it just took a bit of getting used to. Now when I use it, it makes my skin feel really nice and it doesn't hydrate too much (it is a light moisturiser) which is good because of my oily skin.
A shampoo I have loved recently is the Schwarzkopf Gliss shampoo (the purple one), which helps volumises and strengthen thin and fragile hair. I would 100% recommend this and it really saved my hair, which was dry and flat. Now I have a decent amount of volume and is also made it shiny, in general it made my hair healthy.
Now we are in autumn, which is the prime time for a dark lip. I have quite a few and like them all but a few have been standing out from the rest. One is them is the Barry M core balmy in "current bun" which is a tinted lip balm with a decent amount of pigment and an amazing smell. It smells like berries and it brings the best of both worlds: the moisturising centre helps with chapped lips in the colder months and the colour has a really strong pigment, it looks like a slightly sheer lipstick. However if you use a lip liner you can't tell it isn't a lipstick. It also wears evenly and I've had it for a while, it hasn't disappointed me yet.
A newer autumn lip colour that I've been loving is by essence. It is the matt matt matt long lasting lipgloss in the shade "03 girl of today" which is a dark pink colour. The thing I find weird though, is that it doesn't dry matte. It has a glossy finish but feels a bit drying, so that is quite unusual. Despite that I've worn it a few times and have enjoyed it, so will keep testing it out a bit more. It was only £2.30 so I might pick up a few more shades from the collection.
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