my bb creams

Hi everyone todays post is about bb creams or blemish balms,basically a bb cream is supposed to have many benefits in one product such as concealing blemishes, evening out skintone, anti ageing etc,spf etc. these have been around for years now, i think they can be a bit hit or miss, i remember the first bb cream i bought was the garnier one and it just made my face look shiny and didn't really do alot but yet i repurchased it once or twice, what was i thinking, but i think there are some better formulations on the market as of late. 

These are the ones i currently use, not altogther now that would look hideous right ha?

First up in ren satin perfection bb cream, this is rens first offering into makeup, i love all the ren skincare products so i thought i would try this, it claims that is it the first silicone bb cream on the market which is good, but i still dont know how it works without silicones! when you first put this on your hand it does look a little scary as it looks very dark and verging on orange but once you blend it in, i use a real techniques buffing brush it blends seamlessly into my skin and matches my skintone, i would say it is a light coverage but can be build up to a meduim coverage, it is quite dewy but not so much that it makes you look like an oil slick, it just makes you look radiant and natural, whats also good is that it has spf 15 in it. 
You can purchase this from the ren website www.renskincare.com for £26 for 50ml

next up is the boots botanics bb cream radiant youth  - I  bought this on a whim a few months ago, it is a lot thicker than your normal bb cream, its more like a light foundation, it blends it easily and gives a dewy finish without looking oily. This i would say is meduim coverage, great for concealing belmishes, i do find with this bb cream that i need to apply powder half way through the day though as it does become slightly shiny. 

next up is the ginvera bb cream- this was a sample, you can buy a sample from the website for just £2 for an 8ml sample which i think is such good value and great to try it out, this bb cream is quite thick and provides meduim coverage, it blends in really well and hides imperfections, it has a slightly dewy finish that i think looks really natural. 
http://www.janiro.co.uk

next is erborian bb cream in dole i recieved this in a selfridges beauty box, i hadnt heard of this brand before but apparantly it contains korean ginseng which is supposed to be beneficial to the skin, it is a meduim covergae bb cream that is semi matte in finish, it is slightly too dark for me in this shade but it looks ok with a bit of a tan, it is good that it has spf 25 in it. 
you can purchase this from selfridges for £13.00 for 15ml 
http://www.selfridges.com


finally is the perricone md no foundation foundation, perricone md has a good reputation in skincare so i was looking forward to trying this, it contains spf  30 which is good, it is quite dark in colour but once blended into skin it adapts to your skintone, it terms of coverage it is a very light coverage, it just evens out your skintone really or it would work well as a primer. I do however use this on days when my skin is quite clear. 
you can purchase this from perricone md for £47 for 30ml or you can try a 7ml sample from latest in beauty for £4

My pink lipstick collection

Hi guys i must apologise as i haven't done a post in about 23448 years but now im back :) 

now i love lipsticks probably more than life haha jokes but anyway i really like my pink lipsticks as i think they just look so nice and go with most outfits and pink is perfect for summer right?

well i think i probably have too many pink lipsticks but hey you can never have too many right?

well on with the post...

swatches from left to right 

rimmel 036  kiss - this is a lovely meduim pink with slight shimmer to it
rimmel 130  love me - this is a darker toned pink that verges on purple, really nice for evenings 
rimmel 010 pink excess - lovely everyday pink colour, i wear this a lot in the day
rimmel 110 pink gossip - this is a bright peachy pink but not too in your face bright









                                                                           

                                                                       

                                                                          

                                                                       

  rimmel 220 shocking pink - a medium bright pink with red undertones

rimmel 340 lily extase - a bright blue toned pink that i think is similar to mac girl about town, really love this colour 

rimmel 130 oxford st fuchsia - a lighter blue toned pink thats quite bright, looks great with a tan

boots 17 lipstick in pink power - medium bright pink, more blue undertones than rimmel shocking pink 

Astor ballerina pink - blue toned light pink 

mac creme cup - light pink with slight blue undertones, this is a perfect lipstick for everyday wear

what are your favorite pink lipsticks??

Makeup storage and desk organisation

Hi there everyone for this post I thought I'd share how I organise and store my makeup and my desk setup. 

Sorry about the bad quality of the pictures, it's taken on my phone as my camera isn't working at the moment! Anyway it has taken me a while to get my desk like this, and now I've become a bit OCD about everything being in the right place haha, I used to have everything put away in drawers but it annoyed me having to rummage around for everything on a morning, so now I have all my essentials out for easy access. 

I made my nail polish storage from stacking DVDs, boxes and whatever I could find haha, so that there are different levels for all my nail polishes and I can see them! I got the idea from the acrylic units you can buy for these but they are so expensive! 

Next is my lipstick holder, I got this from ebay for about £3, It houses 24 lipsticks or lipglosses and I really like this, just search for 24 lipstick holder on ebay if you want one :) 

I keep all my go to products such as moisturisers, eyelash curlers, mascara eye cream etc in a box at the back, we'll actually it's a box lid haha, next I keep all my hair clips and bits like that in this little dish which is actually a soap dish but it was so pretty and reduced to 10p I had to have it! I wish I had bought more now actually I mean 10p! 

Next I have my urban decay palettes 

Then the pots I have for brushes were also 10p each( matalan sale) 

I have a little box containing some hair products such as heat protector, hair serum etc and then in front of that some more hair products, the rest of my hair products are in the drawer in the desk, yes I know I have far too many! 

Next is the clear drawers I have, in the top one I keep all my eye related products such as mascara, eyeliner, single eyeshadows, 

The next drawer houses the rest of my lip products that aren't in the holder, these are mainly lipglosses

The last drawer houses all my face products such as foundation, concealer, blusher, bronzer etc

In Another drawer in my desk I keep all random bits and samples. 

How do you store all your makeup?

Sarah 

xoxo

Stila waterproof eyeliner set

Hi there how is everyone? All good I hope! 
I've had a week off work and can't say I've done anything that exciting, the weather has been pretty horrible don't you think!? 
Roll on spring and summer I say! 
Anyway on with today's post! I bought the stila seeing stars smudge stick waterproof eyeliner set ( bit of a mouthful eh!) in the post christmas sales from space nk for £12.50 which I thought was such a bargain as I think it's about that much just for one alone? Never mind for 5!  I love stila as a brand I think they have a range of some lovely products and I'm so glad they relaunched! I had never tried their eyeliners though, usually when a product says it is waterproof I tend to not believe too much into this as I've tried numerous products that claim to be waterproof and they never are. So I wasn't too optimistic about these but how wrong I was! 

These have a really smooth creamy texture and glide on like a dream, they are a
So really pigmented and one swipe is enough,they also have a beautiful metalic like colour to them, they all have flecks of shimmer/glitter in appart from angelfish.
As for staying power I applied the black one( stargazer) at 8am and at 9pm at night it still hadn't budged, no smearing no smudging nothing! 
I also wore it out one day and it rained quite a lot and it hadn't smudged at all! 

So far I have tried stargazer(black)Oscar fish(brown)tetra (plum)and moray(olive) the only one I've yet to use is angelfish( champagne pink)

Since I bought these I have become a convert from my usual liquid eyeliner, I just love all of them and I can create so many different looks with them. 

I would definelty recommend these :) 
You can still buy this set from boots for £25 which is still really good value seeing as though they are  £ 12.50 each anyway so technically you are getting 3 free! 

Sarah 

xoxo

Today's makeup bargains

Hi there hope you are all good, I've still got a bad back but ventured out to the local shops today as It was driving me mad being stuck in bed! 

So I wasn't planning on buying anything but when I went into wilkinson I noticed a few bits of makeup in the sale section, I found this rimmel natural bronzer for only £1.39 reduced from £5.89! I thought this would be great for my holiday and for when the sun decides to show its face haha. I've never used this before so I'm looking forward to trying this out. 

I also popped into boots which is a really small one, I had some boots vouchers to use and i found some things in the reduced section including rimmel apocalips in galaxy, I've been wanting to try these out for ages now so finding this for only £2.99 I had to buy it! I also picked up rimmel moisture renew lipstick in rose passion, this looks a lovely pinky red colour so I can't wait to try it,and it was only £3.14 random I know! Lastly I got a rimmel waterproof liquid eyeliner, I've had this eyeliner before but not the waterproof one so I hope it actually is waterproof,we shall see! This was £2.60 and then when I got to the till I found out they was on 3 for 2 aswell :) 

So it's been a very rimmel kind of blog today haha 

Sarah xoxo

Jimmy choo flash

I received a sample of this from what's in my handbag which I must say was so beautifully packaged, even with my name on it! 

Now I'm really not very good at describing perfumes at all! But I would say it is a floral perfume but not really girly if you know what I mean, it also has hints off of citrus, I think it's a really nice fresh smelling perfume which isn't too much or overpowering, it's definelty something I would wear. 

Anyway go smell it at a department store because I think everyone will like this :) 

Sarah 

Xoxo

Current bath and body products

Hi everyone hope you're all good, I'm stuck in bed with a bad bad, most likely caused by jumping around to example at his gig on Friday night haha. 

So while I'm in bed I thought I'd do a post about my current bath and body products. 
I always used to be a shower person until about 6 months ago when I found my love for a long soak in the bath, usually listening to a cd, it's just so relaxing! 

So anyway onto the products

Naked melt away naked bath foam - I love the naked range it's supposed to be 97% natural which is great as it means there is no nasty chemicals in their products, this bath foam smells lovely its kind of a herby natural kind of scent so if you don't like these kind of scents this wont be for you however they do a bath foam called coco de mer which smells amazing its like that holiday kind of smell! 
When I use this in the bath it makes my skin really soft you can actually feel it whilst you are still in the bath. 
This is normally priced at £3.99 but its currently on offer at only £1 so get it while you can! 
From the naked bodycare website 

I also like to use oils in the bath, rather than paying for an expensive bath oil I just add a couple of drops of essential oils, I use lavender and neroli oils, neroli is great for relaxing, I got these from ebay  , I think the lavender was £0.99 and the neroli was £2.00 so much cheaper than buying a bath oil! 

When I do have a shower I use elemis skin nourishing shower cream, I absolutely love this and it has nearly ran out now, I bought these from time to spa when they was on a 2 for 1 offer, this shower cream is by far the best I've ever used, it makes my skin really soft, it has a really rich creamy lather and it smells divine, i think it smells like baby powder which I love the smell of. It is quite a pricey product I think it is £21 for 300ml but it does last ages, I think one bottle has lasted me about 5 months as you don't need to use a lot, I would buy this again but I have ren rose onto shower oil to try next. 

When I get chance or rather when I remember haha I use the body shop coconut body scrub, this smells soooo good which is the main reason I bought it, it's a really good scrub that isn't too harsh like some can be and it doesn't leave an oily residue either. 


As for body products i normally use the body shop aloe body butter, I love the body shops body butters they are all really lovely,this one feels really nice and fresh and cooling on my skin, I can imagine it would be great to use as an after sun product, it's great if you have dry or sensitive skin. 

The next product is a body lotion I got on sale from tk maxx called angels spa rich body lotion with lily of the valley and black mulberry extracts, it's actual an Italian brand I've never heard of. But it's really good, it's one of those body lotions that soaks straight in, literally within seconds, it's ideal to put on and go, I wish I could buy more of this because I absolutely love it! 

Sarah xoxo