Real Techniques | Expert Face Brush & Core Collection

I bought these a few weeks ago as an end of exams treat, and I've been using them non-stop ever since!

Real Techniques Expert Face Brush: £9.99

Real Techniques Core Collection: £21.99

Superdrug are now stocking Real Techniques, and they had a buy one, get one half price offer on! They didn't have the collection of eye brushes in stock, so I opted for the expert face brush instead along with the core collection. 

The Expert Face Brush is lovely, its quite small but it does a great job of buffing in foundation. I feel like it would be fantastic for using with cream blush as well, but since I'm not a lover of the cream blush I can't tell you for sure. I'm going to try it with cream highlighting/contouring products though! 

The core collection is fantastic value for money for £21.99, and contains four brushes; the buffing brush, detailer brush, pointed foundation brush and contour brush. I've been using the buffing brush to apply foundation or powder like my MAC Mineralize Skinfinish. The detailer brush has come in handy for inner corner highlighter or applying shadow to my lower lash line. The pointed foundation brush is way too small for foundation, but it makes a damn good concealer brush. The contour brush does what it says on the tin, I've been using it for contouring.

I think Real Techniques brushes are fantastic. I plan on buying most of them in the future, they're just so good! 

Fiona xox

Colours Of The Rainbow Tag

I was tagged by the lovely Laura from www.laurzrah.com to do the colours of the rainbow tag! You pick a product for each of the colours of the rainbow (and pink!): 

Red: I picked RiRi Woo, the latest addition to my MAC lipstick collection. It's such a perfect teeth whitening red and I absolutely love it! 

Orange: I don't own many orange products, but I have this Revlon Lip Butter in Jui

cy Papaya which is a lovely peachy orange shade. 

Yellow: I have no yellow make up products, the only thing I could think of was this lemon body butter from The Body Shop, the scent is amazing for summer! 

Green: Pretty easy, I have a few green nail varnishes and eyeshadows but I plumped for this minty green polish from Barry M. Looks pretty blue in the picture but on the nails it's definitely mint green.

Blue: I went for Balearic Cool from the Models Own Hed Kandi collection. I don't wear blue nails often but during the summer I'll be wearing this for sure.

Indigo: This was hard! The nearest thing to Indigo I had was this Illamasqua Powder Eyeshadow in Never. 

Violet: Easy peasy! My MAC lipstick in Heroine is the most incredible violet colour. I'm waiting for a brave moment to wear this out but hopefully one will come soon! I can see myself rocking this in my favourite club as some of the girls there rock black lipstick on a regular basis!

Pink: I have a million pink products but I went for this Illamasqua Powder Blush in Naked Rose. It's the perfect neutral pink and goes with almost any make up look. 

I hope you enjoyed this tag and I tag anyone who wants to do it! 

Fiona xox

Empties | May 2013

I realise I haven't done any empties posts this year, but I finally decided to start collecting my empty products  this month! 

from l-r clockwise: Soap & Glory Righteous Butter, The Body Shop Strawberry shower gel & body polish, Garnier Moisture match, Rimmel Lash Accelerator Endless mascara, Rimmel Fix & Perfect primer, La Roche Posay Effaclar Duo, B.Pure Micellar Water. 

Soap & Glory The Righteous Butter: I absolutely love this body butter. It's so moisturising and the scent lasts forever. If you put it on the night before, you wake up smelling of that gorgeous S&G scent! Not great if you have sensitive skin, but otherwise give it a go! Repurchase? Yes. 

The Body Shop Strawberry Shower Gel & Body Polish: The Body Shop shower gels are great, some of the scents are just divine. They lather up nicely. I wouldn't recommend the body polish, it doesn't exfoliate enough for my liking, I like a proper scrub you can feel working! Repurchase? Only the shower gel.

Garnier Moisture Match for combination to oily skin: I really enjoyed using this, it hydrated my skin without making it feel greasy or clogging my pores. Repurchase? Yes. 

Rimmel Lash Accelerator Endless Mascara: This is one of the best high street mascaras I've tried for a while. It lengthens, volumises and seperates lashes, and although I haven't noticed any considerable growth to my lashes, I haven't been losing any either. Repurchase? Definitely!

Rimmel Fix & Perfect Primer: This is a pretty bog standard primer, it makes my skin feel smooth. Its nothing special for my oily skin and I can't say it helps keep my make up on any longer. Repurchase? Maybe.

LaRoche Posay Effaclar Duo: Although this isn't the wonder product people hyped it up to be, I do really like the Effaclar duo and use it when my skin gets particularly spotty or greasy. It helps clear up spots and make my pores smaller. Repurchase? Maybe, it's quite pricey. 

B.Pure Micellar Water: From Superdrugs new brand, I didn't really like this. It was oily and made my eyes sting. I've tried better micellar waters. Repurchase? No. 

Fiona xox

MAC | Temperature Rising Eyeshadow Quad

Originally I was never going to get anything from the MAC Temperature Rising, but one thing led to another and here we are! 

from l-r clockwise - performance art, temperature rising, swelter, beauty marked. 

MAC Temperature Rising Eyeshadow Quad: £38.50 - 

I am so so glad I purchased this. This quad is seriously one of the most beautiful things I've owned. My pictures don't do it justice but the colours are really stunning. The colours are as follows; 

Performance Art; a frosted golden mauve. 

Temperature Rising; a light warm toned peach. 

Swelter; a mid-tone grey violet.

Beauty Marked; a charcoal black with red pearl. 

I've been loving wearing performance art all over the lid with swelter in the crease and beauty marked to darken up the outer crease. It's such a beautiful palette and surprisingly wearable. It's really versatile too! You could pop temperature rising all over the lid for an everyday look, or use beauty marked to go for a full on smokey eye.

At nearly forty quid this quad is pretty pricey, but I know I'll get use out of this, unlike loads of other palettes I've impulse bought. The quality is up to MAC's usual standards (beauty marked can be a little difficult to work with, but it is a glittery black!) and I have no regrets!

I couldn't get any decent swatches, but if you head over to Heather Davern Make Up (http://www.heatherdavernmakeup.com/2013/05/mac-bare-my-soul-temperature-rising.html) she has some beautiful swatches and a gorgeous FOTD using this palette. 

Fiona xox

The Skin Regime | Boot Camp For Beautiful Skin | Review & Giveaway

Recently I was sent The Skin Regime: Boot Camp for Beautiful Skin book and a sample of a Glycolic acid peel to try:

The book, by Dana Ramos (pictured above, and at 52 doesn't she look amazing!) talks all about skincare for all ages, and how to get amazing skin by taking care of it and using glycolic peels. 

It's packed with loads of skincare tips and tricks, and discusses products to avoid and big name products that are actually rubbish. It tells you how to get the best results using glycolic peels, aftercare and even includes some makeup tips! I found the book really insightful, helpful and a great read. 

After trying the peel, my skin felt softer and looked brighter! Glycolic peels are definitely something I'd look into in the future!

The Skin Regime have kindly given me the chance to offer one of you a chance to win a copy of The Skin Regime Boot Camp for Beautiful Skin, and a sample of a glycolic peel to try! 

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Fiona xox