Products I Can't Live Without | Highlighters

Here is my list of highlighters that I love, all from the high street and therefore all within everyone's budget.

MUA 

I have loved this highlighter for about 4 years now and this must be my 2nd purchase I would bet as it last a long time!

From MUA, and therefore only £3 this highlighter is in the shade Pink Shimmer and is from the Undress Your Skin range.

It is super pretty and looks amazing. It is my go to, and is always in my make up bag as I know I will reach for this over all my others - as you can see I've already hit pan again!

No.7

This one is in a contour set and contains a matte highlighter. It costs £12.50 for the palette and includes a matte contour colour too and is in the shade medium/dark. 

This is great for when I'm out and about as it comes with a mirror and a contour shade I can use if required. 

I have also used the highlighter for eyeshadow when I've been in a pinch.

Make Up Revolution 

I've only had this since I received it in my Advent Calendar December just gone. I love the colour although I tend to only use this when I have a tan due to the shade. 

I feel like it is too gold for my skin without one as I am basically transparent, but I know that it looks beaut when I have a bit of colour so I intend to pack this for holidays this year. 

Costing only £3 it is super cheap too!

Swatches

What are your favourite high street highlighters?

Much Love, 

Products I Can't Live Without | Brows

So I'm a massive fan of using pressed powders to do my brows rather than pencils as I prefer the look they give me, plus I find them a lot easier to use!

I thought I'd do a mini review on the products I use now and that I couldn't live without.

I used to use a MAC eyeshadow with a 216 Brush, but that was in my make up bag when I lost it and I haven't got round to replacing them yet! 

MUA Quad: 

At the moment the High Street brow set I've been using is the MUA quad.

I really like this set, it comes with two brow shades, a highlight and a wax to set them. It also comes with a tiny brush which you definitely have to get used to using!

Although it's handy as it is double sided, so I use one side for the shadow and the other for the wax if I use it... Which I rarely do to be honest.

There were some dinky tweezers in this set when I brought it... Where they are now however is another question entirely! They weren't very easy to use and although the idea is great that you have everything in one palette, I think I may have got frustrated with them falling out and chucked them into the depths of my room... Oops!

This set is great especially for the price of £3.50.

The shades are really pigmented, the highlight is a nice matte and the wax is great to set them if you need to. I generally don't need to, and if I do, use my brow gel instead as I feel that it's a more natural look on the brows.

Younique Palette 2:

Although this is not packaged as a brow kit, back when Younique didn't have much in the way of brow products, I used 'Cocky' from Palette 2 and haven't looked back.

It's the perfect colour for my brows, and I use my Real Techniques brow brush. Don't get me wrong, for £38 it's probably rather a lot for a brow shade, however, the rest of the colours in this palette are beautiful so it is well worth it.

The colour is super pigmented and is really easy to use for my brows. I love to take this if I'm staying anywhere overnight or getting ready elsewhere as it means I have something for my brows as well as eyeshadows and highlight.

Benefit Gimme Brow:

I have two colours of this, to get the best colour for my brows.

I prefer using this to go over the top of what I end up creating with my quad or the Younique palette to set them.

I do like using these products, but I think I'm a powder and brush girl when it comes to my brows unfortunately.

For £16.99 it's great for what it is, and It's perfect if you are in a rush and don't have time to take time on your brows with powder as it fills them in and gives them good definition in half the time. 

What are your favourite high street and high end brow products?

Much Love,

T, x

Younique | Powder Lipsticks

Happy Wednesday! We are officially half way through the week, well done!

If you have been reading my blogs or following me for a while, you may know of my friend Emma by now.

She is a Younique presenter and therefore I end up with sneak peaks to new products which is amazing.

Unfortunately, these were a limited product and are no longer available for purchase - but I wanted to show you how amazing they are... sorry!

These are the most bizarre product I am yet to try from any company! They confuse your mind and make you question everything you have every known about lip products and make up in general!

I first tried them with Emma on a Facebook Live that she did for her customers. 

I then purchased my favourite two out of the pack to show you guys how insanely good they are.

The colours I got were Captivating and Curvaceous - and they are a powder consistency... strange I know.

Upon applying, I ensure to take the excess product off the applicator as it is very easy to think you should tap it as you would do with most powder products. I do this to try and keep as much product in the container as possible.

The applicator itself is really easy to use and is a great shape. When the powder goes on your lips, it gives a slightly warming feeling, which takes a little getting used to.

The products are super pigmented and are true to the colours above.

They are great colour and look amazing on, so I'm sorry you are unable to purchase them. Here's hoping they will bring them back!


Much Love,

Tk xxx

Smashbox Goodies

So... it's been a while! But I'm back and have a lot to review!

I took a trip to my local Boots store at the weekend as I hadn't been in since it had its refurb. I love it! They have loads of new brands now including Benefit, Liz Earle, Dior, Smashbox and more. This is also dangerous if you are anything like me... but danger is also fun in my eyes.

I firstly went to the No.7 counter as I'd heard about their Colour Match technology and wanted to find out if it was any good. The lovely assistant, Susie was extremely helpful and I have a lot of products to review in the next few weeks from them.

She then took me over to the Smashbox counter and the lady there, Danni, was equally as lovely. I'd never really tried Smashbox before as it wasn't available anywhere close by so she gave me a few samples to try and I happened to come across the lipsticks. Oops! I found this gorgeous colour, Skinny Jeans, which reminds me of my childhood as I'm pretty sure I had one a similar colour! I had to get it!




It's super moisturising and the colour is definitely build-able. I do think it's a marmite shade, you either love it or you hate it.. I can say I loved it! They also had a darker shade of blue which I'm going to have to try out very soon!




This week I have also tried the other goodies out. I had the BB Water in light/medium and also in medium along with the Under Eye Primer and Eyelid Primer and lastly the Full Exposure Mascara in a mini size.







The BB water wasn't really my shade unfortunately but I think I made it work... 🙈

I used the light/medium as my base and then used the medium one as a bit of contour... because, well... why not?!













I loved the texture of the BB water and think it lasted pretty well. It seemed to give me medium coverage but felt like it could buildable for heavier coverage. It felt really nice on my skin and I didn't even realise I was wearing it.

I used my Benefit tinted lash primer first and then used my mini... which as it's miniature, I love regardless.














I struggle with mascaras anyway and am yet to find a firm favourite as my lashes are sooo small and so by the time I build the lashes they look clumpy because they are crap lashes!
I really like this mascara though and for day to day (when I don't need to build really) it worked well. No clumps and no fall out. Winning!

Lastly was the under eye primer and eyelid primer. Both were interesting consistencies... I really liked the under eye primer and even more so because it's not something I have really come across before. I needed the tiniest bit so this would last for ages! I feel like it did help keep my concealer on really well, more so than if I hadn't have used it.
The eyelid primer I feel does work really well but I'm going to keep using it to see how I feel as currently it hasn't taken over my long running love, Primer Potion from Urban Decay.








Over all, I really enjoyed using the products here and will definitely be purchasing the full size BB water and obviously will be trying some more products.

Thanks again to Danni in Tunbridge Wells for the opportunity to try these out. I will definitely see you soon!


Much love

T xx

Location:Calverley Park,Tunbridge Wells,United Kingdom