I have decided to quit

I have decided to quit this blog because no one sees it - the only access people have is through a link in my youtube videos and no one clicks on it. I also have other things to focus on at the moment so unless I have more time and more views, I will be quitting. <3

Best drugstore lipsticks

Today I'm going to share with you which drugstore lipsticks I love the most. Honestly, I only own drugstore lipsticks so I get to choose form my whole collection.

MUA lipstick shade "1" - This lipstick is only £1 and for that reason alone I suggest you check this out. It is one of my favourite lipsticks because it is super long lasting, pigmented and feels like you're not even wearing lipstick. It doesn't transfer much because it is a slightly matte finish and I adore it. The only disappointing thing is that the line as a whole is a bit hit and miss so it really depends what shade you choose.

Makeup Revolution "rebel with cause" - another £1 lipstick that is worth way more. This is not quite as good as the mua one but is still beautiful. It lasts a long time but can be a bit patchy so if you use this I recommend a lip liner and to scrub your lips beforehand.

Rimmel lasting finish "058 drop of sherry" - This is a beautiful lipstick, it is dark pink and shimmery. It goes with most things and eventhough it doesn't have a very long lasting time (despite the name) I don't mind touching up. It doesn't transfer much and has a  metallic finish.

Rimmel Kate "03" - This is a pretty nude lipstick which applies nicely and is long lasting. I honestly got this is poundland which is amazing but they retail for £5.99.

Avon lipstick "In the Buff" - This is a stunning nude shade for pale skin and is my "my lips but better" lipstick. It was literally £2 from the Avon catalogue and I definitely suggest you check it out!

Hope you enjoyed this and it helped! <3

Favourite lipglosses

In this blog post I want to share with you some of m y favourite lip glosses that I recommend you check out.

Tanya Burr's new range - I have the shades "lunch date" and "I found nemo". They have good pigmentation; however they are sticky and don't last for a very long time. I would recommend these if you want pigmentation and don't mind touching up often.

Tanya Burr's old range - I have the shade "smile, dream, sparkle". I don't believe you can get these anymore but they are non-sticky and quite pigmented. It's a shame that Tanya seemed to make the packaging better but the actual product worse.

Bourjois Aqua Laque - I have the shade "06 feeling reddy". These are super pigmented and are completely non-sticky. However I don't think they last very long.

Soap and glory sexy mother pucker - I have the shade "rose and shine". This is a sheer, pinky shade and I enjoy wearing it on it's own or on top of other products. It is plumping and I like how it looks on my lips.

MAC Toledo lip glass - I have the shade "Barbecue". This is a stunning bright orange red colour which lasts for ages. It smells amazing and is very comfortable to wear. I got this as a Christmas present and eventhough I never would've bought it on my own, it is one of my favourite products. I feel like this colour is perfect to wear in any season and I love wearing it. MAC lip glosses are good but the pale shades don't last very long and don't have a good colour payoff.

I hope you enjoyed this and it helped you out! <3

Winter favourites

Winter is over now and instead of just doing my February favourites, I thought I'd do something a bit different and do some of the products I've loved using over the whole if the winter season.

Soap and glory thick and fast mascara - This is a very hyped up mascara. It isn't the best but it is more natural and for when I don't want to wear much makeup it goes well with the look. It doesn't thicken much but it does lengthen and enhance my natural lashes.

Sleek "bad girl 596" eyeshadow palette - This is a smokey eye palette with a variety of shades. You have a range of greys to greens to blues and purples, so you can't really go wrong.

Makeup Revolution ultra pro glow palette - This is a palette with 8 highlighters n and it is such a nice variety. It is made to suit all skin tones. Some of them are too dark for me to use as highlights (they are used as bronzers/blushes ) so they'd be perfect for darker skin tones.

MUA lipstick shade "1" - this is a stunning dark red lipstick, which I think would match most skin tones. It stays on for a really long time and looks as good as when you first apply it. It is a slightly matte finish which I like because it has little transfer. It doesn't feel drying and I could wear it all day without needing a touch up or lipbalm.

Avon colourtrend lipstick "gold potion" - This is a subtle gold lipstick with shimmer. On a no makeup makeup day I wear this for a unique touch. You can also layer it on top of other products for a metallic effect.

Maybelline super stay lipstick "persistently pink 190" - Firstly this smells like the purple skittles. If that isn't enough to make you want to buy it then just go (joking, please stay lol) It has a matte finish with literally no transfer and it feels very comfortable to wear. This is my all time favourite lipstick and is an amazing colour for winter. I definitely need more shades for the other seasons.

Soap and glory sexy mother pucker "rose and shine" - For when I don't wear much makeup but I want to wear some (can you see the trend) this is nice. It tingles so you know when you are wearing it, but it looks like a clear gloss (slight pink sheen). It also looks lovely on top of other products.

I hope you enjoyed this and make sure to check out my youtube channel <3

Best nail polishes

I love nail polishes and a lot of other people do too. In today's post I want to share with you which ones I like the most, and which disappointed me.

Firstly, what I love. I am obsessed with the Leighton Denny nail polish in "sink into mink," everything about it is beautiful. But that's not very surprising with the £12 price point and unless you can get it cheaper (I got mine as a magazine freebie) or you can afford it, there are better things to spend your money on. I won't be getting more shades, but I do enjoy using it.

Some that I enjoy, from the drugstore, are the sinful colours nail polishes. I picked one up when they collabed with Kylie Jenner; I got the shade "mauve on." This colour is stunning, it is a lilac mauve with gold shimmer in certain lights. It wears for ages, even without the topcoat. This is also it's only negative because it damaged my nails slightly when I tried to get it off. It only cost me £2.99 so I would definitely recommend you check out the sinful colours polishes!

Tanya Burr has a range of products now, including nail polishes. I haven't tried the matte ones, so I cant judge them, but I was gifted one from her original formula and I am a fan. The packaging is stunning, I particularly love the gold caps on all of her products. I have "sugar plum" which is a dark purple (one of many in my collection) and it glides on beautifully, with even pigmentation. I would definitely recommend these and they make great gifts.

Hope this was useful! <3

How to store makeup neatly

We've all struggled with keeping our homes and rooms tidy, some of us find a way to manage it whilst some of us don't; but that's ok. You don't have to keep everything spotless and prefect; if you are fine with how you have your things (and know where everything is), there's no need to change it. However, if you dislike being untidy and want to keep it neater, but are unsure how, then I will tell you some tips in this blog post. This can also give you additional ideas if you are a tidy person but want a different way to store things.

If you have a small stash of jars and pen holders (which for some reason I find all over the place!?!?) you can easily use them for makeup and brushes. You can store anything in them, mascaras, liquid lipsticks, eyeliners, lip liners, lip glosses, brow products, chubby sticks and brushes. basically, you can put most of your collection in these jars if you want to hard enough, but I probably wouldn't recommend it. I would recommend that you put a few things in jars (all of your lip liners in one, for example)for decoration and you can't really go over the top.

Another way to store some products, particularly nail polishes and lipsticks, is in acrylic trays. You can get them anyway, for £1-£2 in pound land or Primark. These are also great because you can see all (or some!) of your lipsticks and you won't forget about a favourite in the bottom of your draw!

I wouldn't recommend large drawers like the Alex 9 drawers, solely because of the size. you have too much room and feel like you have to fill the whole space. Then you will forget half of your makeup in the deep drawers and have to throw it out from age without using it much.

If you don't have any shelves or storage, you can use a shoe holder. There are some that you can hang up and this is a simple way to store things (not just makeup, but perfect for palettes). It takes very little effort (you don't have to put up any ikea shelves!) and it can store a lot.

I hope this gave you some ideas!<3

Project pan - 28 by 2018 (Face)

I thought that, as I have been unsuccessful in the past, I would do another project pan, for the whole year. I am going to try really hard with this one as I want to eliminate any products I don't like/ are too old so I only have good products in my collection. I also feel bad if I waste money and throw away the product so the best way for me to get rid of it is to use it in a project pan. Also, to make sure I don't give up I will do monthly blog posts about it, so I keep the motivation going. I have a wide variety of products and quite a lot, so I will share them with you over 3 blog posts (1 for lips, 1 for eyes and 1 for face products). I made up this challenge myself.

Face:

• Kiss (Wilkos) prime of your life primer - it has a weird texture but keeps makeup on ok
• Rimmel wake me up concealer in "010 ivory" - it is too dark and thin, so it doesn't cover much
• Seventeen 18 hour stay time concealer in "extra fair" - it is too light for my face (good for under the eyes) so I mix it with the Rimmel one, it is also quite old
• Maybelline cover stick in "01 ivory" - thick but when you blend it out it gives little coverage
• W7 night glow - dupe of the benefit high beam, I just want to get more use out of this because I always forget how great it is
• Miss Sporty cream blush in "002 coral flush" - cream blushes scare me but this is actually really pretty and I want to use it more
• Barry m make me blush (doesn't say shade, bright coral) - I don't use it enough and it looks stunning on top of the cream blush, they are similar shades
• Rimmel stay matte "peach glow" - it smashed into a loose powder, which is what I use it as now, I need little at a time so want to use it a lot
• MUA pro base prime and conceal powder - it is taking forever to use up, it is a nice powder though you don't get much product for £4
• Miss sporty so matte powder in "001 light" - it is way too dark for me so I use it as a bronzer, and you don't need much bronzer
• Nivea tinted moisturiser in "natural" - this is way darker than I thought it would be so I use it as a cream bronzer but for everyday I don't want an intense bronze look

Hope you enjoyed this and it gave you some project pan ideas!<3
("eyes" section will be on 14th February)

Project pan - 28 by 2018 (Lips)

I thought that, as I have been unsuccessful in the past, I would do another project pan, for the whole year. I am going to try really hard with this one as I want to eliminate any products I don't like/ are too old so I only have good products in my collection. I also feel bad if I waste money and throw away the product so the best way for me to get rid of it is to use it in a project pan. Also, to make sure I don't give up I will do monthly blog posts about it, so I keep the motivation going. I have a wide variety of products and quite a lot, so I will share them with you over 3 blog posts (1 for lips, 1 for eyes and 1 for face products). I made up this challenge myself.

Lips:

• MUA £1 lipstick in "bare" - it is old and I have little left so I want to finish it off quickly
• Nivea pearly shine lip balm: I don't like how this looks on my lips and want to get it out of my collection
• Barry M lipstick in 101 - it is way too pale for me so I use it for an ombre lip look but I don't enjoy using it
• Fruity lip gloss in "strawberry" - this is so old I don't think they make it anymore but it is an alright shade, so I want to use it instead of throwing it out
• Flutter lip gloss - a bit like the Nivea one, really shimmer and glittery(I prefer this) but it isn't my favourite look
• Depotted Maybelline baby lips in "oh orange" - I want to finish what is left of it
• Primark lip liner in "nude" - it is apparently a dupe of MAC's velvet teddy so if I use enough I will buy myself velvet teddy

Hope you enjoyed this and it gave you some project pan ideas!<3

Recent Empties

This month I haven't been wearing makeup as much, mostly because I just couldn't be bothered and was super busy, so preferred to spend my time doing more productive things. However, recently I still managed to get some things finished off and I might start another project pan.

Firstly I have two mascaras, that I finally finished. Normally I keep mascaras until they dry out or go bad (I know I shouldn't but I tend to rotate between mascaras anyway), and these two did, but differently. The first mascara is the Miss Sporty meow lash mascara and this was my favourite for a long time. I even repurchased it, which I rarely do because I like to try out new things. This was amazing, even better than the Maybelline lash sensational I thought. It did dry out and wasn't making the same impact to my lashes than it was beforehand so I got rid of it. Overall I would definitely recommend it and it was only £2.99!!!

The second mascara I finally got rid of was the Rimmel rockin curves mascara. It wasn't one of my favourites and I hadn't used it for a while, so I just got rid of it. The curved wand and plastic bristles combined made my lashes disgustingly clumpy, not in a good way. Sometimes I don't mind a mascara that is clumpy, if it makes my lashes thicker but this one was terrible. There were clumps of the product stuck to my lashes and the only way it looked semi decent was if I used another mascara over the top. I wouldn't recommend this one, from my personal experience.

I also used up some body sprays, by impulse. I remember when I was young I used to get them for £2 in Tesco's, but nowadays I've seen them in savers with 2 for £1! Anyway, the one I used up was "very pink" and I have to say it was one of my favourites. I used to have about a dozen of them, but I didn't use them and kept buying more (who can relate?) so I decided to stop spending and start using, now I have about 4. I also have a few mini ones, which I got as a present a while ago and I'm starting to use them up. I do like this brand and would recommend.

I've only talked about 3 things but have done quite a lot of writing lol, hope you enjoyed it <3

What I got for Christmas!!!!

Before I tell you what I got for Christmas, I am going to put a disclaimer out that I am not trying to brag. If you don't like hearing what other people received then don't read on. I love knowing what other people got and I know some people do, so I am doing it for them.

*I know I got a lot of things and I am super grateful for everything*

Primark handbag
Primark purse
Short boots
Twenty One Pilots t-shirt and jumper
Personalised tree spinner
Electric face cleanser
Counting money jar
Unbranded 'artis' brushes
4 pack of unbranded blending brushes
Mannequin for sewing
"sew many dresses sew little time" book
White Stuff fluffy socks
Lush "snow fairy" shower gel
Zipper earphones (from Tiger)
Thornton's milk chocolate smiles
Hotel Chocolat chocolate drops

Makeup:

Maybelline baby lips vanilla cupcake
Makeup revolution ultra pro glow highlighter palette
Sleek smoke and mirrors set
MAC Toledo lipglass "barbeque"
Avon 3D plumping lipstick "in the buff"
Avon colourtrend lipstick "gold potion"
Avon brow definer "blonde"
Avon eyeliner pencil "black"
Avon liquid eyeliner pen "black"
Avon big and daring volume mascara "black"
Avon gel shine nail enamel "barely there"
(Avon order came with a black clutch bag)


I hope you enjoyed reading this and maybe it helped you out with some birthday ideas - or next Christmas??? <3

December Favorites

Happy New Year!!! December was the start of winter and the perfect time to bring out all of your winter makeup and clothes, particularly the dark lips and cool toned eye looks. 2016 was not one of my favourite years so far, for many reasons, but I feel like it is the one that I have developed, as a person, in the most so far. In today's post I want to tell you about what makeup products I enjoyed using the most.

Lips: I adore dark lips and winter is the season I that I can pull them off the most. I have tried a few new lippies recently and here is what I have loved and recommend you check out!

Makeup Revolution: Rebel with cause. I love makeup revolution and have quite a lot of their products, I even got some for Christmas! Last year I got this lipstick and have enjoyed it ever since. It is only £1 and has amazing pigmentation, it is in fact a  dupe of MAC's rebel, it even duped the name!

PS super matte liquid lipstick in the shade Kendall. It is a lilac shade, and it is perfect for when you don't want to be too bold with your lipstick but want a subtle statement. It is unusual and a bit patchy but for £2 you can't go wrong.

Essence matt matt matt lipgloss in the shade 03 girl of today. It is a cool toned pink mauve, and is just the right mix of dark and bright. it was only £2.30 and eventhough it doesn't dry down fully matte is long wearing and has a nice finish.

Eyes: I tend to tone down the eyes in winter and go for a bold lip instead, or I love to do a blue smokey look.

For a good base for any eye look I use the essence pencil eyeliner in 04 white. It blocks out any colour on the lid and makes the eyeshadows pop with their true colours. I also use this to highlight my face if I want a matte look but also a healthy glow. I originally bought it for my waterline but it disappears quickly - you would need a waterproof one.

Finally for my face I like the W7 night glow, which is a cream highlight and a dupe for benefit's high beam. I enjoy using this under powder for a subtle look; or on top of powder and under highlight to make the highlight stay all day and have an extra intense appearance. I was cautious about this because I have oily skin  but it would work with any skin type.

I hope you enjoyed my monthly favourites and it gave you some ideas of what to try!!!<3

November favourites

This month has been cold but as normal in winter(even though it's still autumn) the sky was blue and there was few days of bad weather. If it's raining I don't usually wear makeup because it just comes off or gets smeared across my face, but there was a lot of good weather. I tried to do my makeup as often as I could so I could test out some new techniques.

Maybelline lash sensational is my mascara favourite and loads of others love it too! I don't have the waterproof one but it still has a good staying power and I could probably get away with wearing this in a drizzle. The colour is strong (mine is the shade black) and it fans out my lashes the way I want - it might be my favourite mascara!!!

Rimmel Match perfection is my choice for foundation, I have the shade 010 light porcelain. It does pretty much exactly what it says on the bottle and I have really enjoyed using it. It is a bit light but all of my concealers are too dark so this balances my face out. My only fault with this is that it has a dewy finish (it does say it keeps skin hydrated) but I can easily fix that with powder. I would recommend this to any skin type (if you can find a shade - they don't go very dark) but take caution if you have oily skin.

For my powder I like to use the MUA pro base prime and conceal powder. This has 4 colours but is a shade of beige when you swirl them together, it looks translucent on the skin so any skin colour can use it. It does mattify and I use this alone on days I just want to set my makeup. If I want a matte finish for the whole day I will use a matte powder and this on top to lock it in place and it lasts most of the day.

Chapped lips are a big problem for me in the colder months so I always have a lip balm to hand. Recently I have enjoyed the body shop's born lippy in passionberry. I love the scent, it moisturises my lips and lasts a while so I don't have to reapply it too much.

Also, I have been getting into matte liquid lipsticks more and more, testing different ones to find my favourite. I love the MUA velvet lip lacquer in "tranquillity", I have a review of it on my instagram, so go check it out!

That was all of the makeup products I've been loving this month, hope you've enjoyed it!<3

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"

• Dries down quickly
• Longlasting
• Large applicator, too big for my personal preference
• Drying(but most matte ones are)

£2.30 - essence matt matt matt long lasting lipgloss in the shade "03 Girl of Today"

• Doesn't dry down, looks like a lipgloss
• Pigmented
• Longlasting
• Wears away evenly but comes off if you eat

£2.70 - W7 full time lip colour in the shade "Angel Dust"

• Dries down quickly
• Short staying power
• Wears away patchy
• If used with gloss it balls up
• Not much product

£3 - Makeup Revolution salvation velvet lacquer in the shade "What I Believe"
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

£3 - MUA luxe velvet lacquer in the shade "tranquillity"

• Thinner than old formula
• Pigmented
• Strong smell, wears away once dried
• Dries quickly
• Light weight

£3 - MUA luxe velvet lacquer in the shade "funk" (old packaging and formula)

• Pigmented
• Doe foot applicator
• Long staying power
• Hard to reapply
• Dries quickly

£8.95 - Bourjois rouge edition velvet in the shade "02 frambourjoise"

• 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

In order from PS (left) to Bourjois (right)

*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.

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.

My favourite makeup brushes and real techniques dupes!!!

Thes are some of the most important products in your makeup bag. Therefore, you need good ones - but expensive doesn't always mean good. The most expensive makeup brushes I own are real techniques and they aren't too pricy, but I do have cheaper ones I prefer better, for certain things.

I have the Barry M powder brush, and it does a really good job. I have oily skin so tend to like a thicker layer of powder to fully mattify, and this does the job. Also if I just want a thin layer of powder this can do it too, it never streaks or clumps my powder, whatever one I use. I haven't trued any others from the range but I might look into them when I need to replace my current ones - the range isn't very big but they have a few different brushes.

I have 4 real technique brushes (3 face) which came in a set, I don't remember which one but they came with a travel bag if it helps! I have a foundation brush, a highlighter brush, the multitask brush and an eye shadow brush. I like this set because you aren't restricted to what the brushes are used for, for example the highlighter brush can be used to highlight, contour or under the eye powder, and I use the multitask brush for bronzer.

A line of dupes I have found for the real techniques brushes are by Wilkos (I have talked about them before and I think they're only available in England). I only have one of their brushes but there are many in the liner, and because the handle is very similar I am led to believe that Wilkos purposely made them to dupe real techniques. I have the angled blush brush and it is a perfect density - it really is one of my favourite brushes, along with the fact it is only £4 whilst the real technique ones tend to be around £10. In fact, I would say that I prefer it to the real technique ones.

Overall, I recommend that you check out the Wilkos brushes - you might be surprised.

Top to bottom- Barry M, 3 Real Techniques, Wilkos

Recent Haul!!!

A few weeks ago I went shopping and got a ton of new products to try! I will definitely try them out and when I decide how I feel about them I will do individual reviews on each of them.

Items:
Bourjois Aqua Laque shade: 06 feeling reddy
Maybelline Brow drama shade: dark blonde
Maybelline Fit me concealer shade: 15
Rimmel Kate lipstick shade: 03
Rimmel eye shadow stick shade: 007 gossip green
Boots face cosmetic sponge wedges
Flash eyelash serum

I'm looking forward to trying all of these products and reviewing them! <3

I failed my eyeshadow palette challenge...

Hey guys, a couple of weeks ago I discussed my one a week eye shadow palette challenge which I was going to over the summer holidays. However, at the same time I decided to start the 30 day makeup challenge which was full of really inspirational ideas to expend your ideas of how to use makeup(on my instagram if you haven't seen it!). Therefore, I wanted to use a range of makeup because if I only used 1 palette I would've been a bit trapped and not able to try out the looks that I had envisioned.

What I think of: Poundland

POUNDLAND!!!! I love this shop, if you can't already tell. Literally everything is £1. Everything you would need for £1. They even have their own makeup line, but my pound land doesn't carry it currently which is disappointing, I would have done a review on it because I've been hearing good things about it. Oh well. They do sell branded makeup once I saw the Rimmel gel eyeliner in there, only £1!!! Its crazy, how do they make a profit?!?! Something's I suppose you could get a better deal elsewhere but if I need something I tend to head straight to pound land. There is literally no negatives, but if you think of any comment them below!!! Sorry this was a short one <3

Lush Products

Lush is a great shop, found in many countries, which offers a variety of baths bombs, shower gels, shampoos and now a range of cosmetics and skincare. When you walk into Lush, the smell can be a bit overwhelming, so I'm going to tell you what I think are some of the best and not so great products (that I have tried). These are all my own opinion and it is just what worked and what didn't, for me. I'm only writing about things I have tried, a lot more products are available such as perfumes and shampoos, but I can't review them as I haven't tried them.

Bath bombs: AMAZING!!! There is a massive variety and when you walk into Lush I recommend  you look at everything because sometimes the best bath bombs are the smallest or look the plainest.

Bath oils: There are 4 choices of bath oil in my Lush, which is quite a small one but if you go to a larger one, such as the Lush in Oxford Street, London - there is a huge variety. My favourite (from the small option range I have) is "Mmmelting Marshmallow", which has a lovely peach scent.

Bubble bars: Not that great really, but some are good - it depends on your taste. Personally I think it is a bit pricy, it basically just gives you bubbles and maybe a hint of colour. However some, such as the comforter bubble bar, have a lovely scent that lasts. Also, I would only recommend putting a small amount in at once so it lasts a lot longer and you don't need a lot anyway.

Shower gel: There are many fragrances to choose from but I chose "the comforter" because I love that berry scent. The scent is really strong but vanishes really quickly, so probably isn't worth £5 for 100ml.

Lip scrub: FABULOUS!!! These are £5.50 for a 25g pot but well worth it, in my opinion. You only need a tiny bit at a time and it tastes delicious because it's basically sugar (don't go eating it though!). You probably could make a D.I.Y lip scrub that is very similar, but who has the time for that?

Face moisturiser: Enzymion: Nothing special really, I dislike the scent and it doesn't really do much for my skin, like my regular moisturiser but way more expensive!

Charity Hand Cream: IN LOVE!!! This does have quite a greasy feel to it but softens hands instantly, this is my soft hand secret! Plus it's for charity, £1 for 10g of £3.50 for 100g!!!

Comment if you agree or disagree with any of my reviews and leave your opinions, especially of products I haven't covered, I'd love to hear it!!! <3

What I think of: Rimmel London

Today I want to do an overview of Rimmel London makeup, from the small range that I personally own. My friend loves Rimmel Makeup and convinced me to try some of, which I did and I'm glad I did.

Stay matte primer: This is the best primer I have ever tried, it minimises pores, mattifies and keeps makeup on for longer. And it's £5.99.

Match perfection foundation: It's ok and you can probably find a good shade, I don't know how dark it gets (probably not very) but if you are so pale you can't find a good match anywhere else, just try 'light porcelain'. It has an oily texture so not ideal if you have oily skin.

Wake me up concealer: It is a good, brightening concealer with a thin consistency. However, the palest shade is a light tan colour, so I have to mix it to get a good colour.

Stay matte powder: The classic powder that everyone raves about, I think that it's just ok. It's chalky, doesn't last long and the packaging is horrific but you get 14g for £3.99 so it's not too bad of a deal.

Natural bronzer: I have two shades; 22 sun bronze and 25 sun glow. As you will have guessed, 22 is lighter than 25. I use 22 as a contour shade, it isn't too warm toned but it isn't cooled toned either. I think it works well for a summery bronzy contour look. I use 25 as just a regular bronzer but I have to use a very light hand.

Eye shadow, 5 colour: 022 Brixton brown. It is a very wearable palette, with some nude shades and a shimmery red, which is a nice twist. I like this palette but the shadows do crease and wear off a bit throughout the day.

Scandal eyes Rockin curves mascara: It is an ok mascara, it has a weird shaped wand. I go through phases with this, I either love it or hate it, but I haven't used it much recently so it is time to get rid of it, it was ok but there are much better ones at the drugstore.

Lasting finish lipstick, 058 drop of sherry: It is a really  nice red-pink lipstick which glides on really smoothly. However, as this is advertised as a 'lasting finish lipstick' it fades pretty quickly. It doesn't last long at all and if I wear it I know I will definitely need to top it up multiple times.