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

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

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

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

Christmas wish list

Christmas is not too far away now, and everyone's getting excited! In today's blog post I am going to tell you what I have asked for, for Christmas. I wrote everything on a list so I don't know who is getting me what and which are going to be in my stocking. I didn't ask for anything really expensive but I do want quite a few things.

I got my friends lush bath bombs/ bubble bars that I picked out for them, each a different one that I thought they would like. When we went shopping we went to lush and they admired the bath bombs, I picked ones that they liked the look of but couldn't afford at the time.

A twenty one pilots jumper is one of the things I really want because I don't have any sweatshirts (the ones you pull over your head) and twenty one pilots is my favourite band, which is why I want some of their merch. I will post photos after Christmas, when I have received my presents.

I also asked for the benefit goof proof brow pencil. I got the mini in a previous Elle magazine edition and fell in love with the way it makes my brows look, so I'm getting a full size version. I don't have many high end products so this will be a good start to my collection.

As I'm into highlighter recently, I asked for the Makeup Revolution pro glow palette; a palette full of 8 different highlighters. It costs £10 which is a really good price, as I don't think I will ever run out or need to buy another highlight (I probably will anyway though!).

On my list I also have some things from amazon. I would love some eyeshadow blending brushes (because you can never blend too much and I want different brushes for different colours, and won't have to wash them every time I use them). I also want the dupe of the artis brushes (because tbh who can afford them) and a dupe of the clairosonic (who can afford that either).

There is also the Dan and Phil go outside book because I am a huge phan.

That is basically all the things on my "main" list but I have a list for things I want, but aren't a priority - such as Jeffree Star liquid lipsticks because I want to try them out but I know they are hard to get. Also MAC lipsticks are on there because I want to try them but not desperately.

I hope you enjoyed this! <3

POUNDLAND, LUSH, PRIMARK AND SUPERDRUG HAUL!!!

Everything has been on sale recently, so people don't have to spend the world on their Christmas shopping. I decided to go out and take advantage of these deals and get some things I've been wanting for a while, but in the end I just got things that caught my eye and weren't too expensive. My mum came with me and we got loads of Christmas presents, some for myself. I think it's best if you pick out your own presents because only you know what you want.

I love poundland, and it was the first shop we went to. I only got 3 things, but to me they should be worth more than £1 each. Firstly I got the makeup gallery acrylic nail polish organiser, which I am using to store lipsticks and my leighton denny nail polish (the £12 one from the Elle magazine).

I also got a pack of 6 deep cleansing nose strips, by dermaV10. Everyone has used to Biore ones recently but I don't see the point in spending that much on them. Therefore I want to try these first before I purchase the more expensive version.

Finally, I got a perfume because I want to start a collection and have heard a few good reviews on poundland perfume. I got the Kappa perfume, which is pink and it's packaging has 2 people sitting back to back on it. It was only a pound so I haven't lost much if I don't enjoy it; and I'm sure a friend will take it if I don't want it.

Then we went into lush and I had to get some more Christmas presents for friends. I already had some and got 2 more bath bombs (rose jam bubbleroon and sakura bomb). I haven't tried anything that I got for my friends and I want to try everything! It was just under £8 for both of them. My mum got me a snow fairy shower gel as a stocking filler, whih was just under £4.

Next I went to primark, I only got 3 things in there. 2 belts: one for me (a beige-cream colour) and my mum got a brown one which had decoration on it. They cost £5 for both (mine was £2). Then I chose a bag for a Christmas present, it was £12 but I don't remember the name.

Finally I went into Superdrug and got a Rimmel London lipstick. Eventhough they had a 3 for 2, I didn't find 3 things I wanted and only got 1. It is in the shade "coral in gold" and it is stunning. It is bright coral-orange with gold shimmer and I can't wait to wear it, especially in summer. I had been looking for a colour like it for a while and this one is perfect!!!

Hope you enjoyed my haul!!! <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

November Elle magazine

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

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.

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.

Lush Halloween products!

Every year lush come out with new seasonal products, and I thought I'd try the ones that caught my eye! I only got two bath bombs(its expensive in there) but chose the ones I thought looked the most interesting. When Halloween passes and Christmas time is approaching I will definitely try out some things from the Christmas range. 

*By the way I am not sure if either of these are new or have been brought back from last year*

The first one that I picked out is simply called "pumpkin" and I can't wait to try it!  It looks like a jack o lantern, an orange pumpkin and it smells like autumn. These are £3.95 each and turn the bath orange. The best part is the smell. It smells like warm cinnamon and vanilla, basically home baking.

The other bath bomb that really stood out to me was "Monsters' ball" which looks adorable!!! I couldn't decide between lord of misrule, but this one is definitely cuter! It looks like a little purple monster with one eye and it definitely looks unique. They are £4.25 each and they turn your bath into swirls of blue, purple and pink, almost pastel but still cool enough for autumn! It has 3 different oils in it and cocoa butter, so it is really good for your skin.

They are both vegan and I would recommend either or try out some others from the range, they all looked amazing!

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