New Lip products!

Hi Guys,

This post has been a long time coming! I've sat down after an extremely busy week and managed to get some blog time in.

My lovely twitter friend Lianne sent me this product months ago after I fell In love with her stunning pictures and I have been super crap at getting this post up.

But! Can we all just appreciate how beautifully sparkly and gorgeous these are! I literally feel like a rock star.

I was originally quite sceptical as to how this would look, how it would feel and if it would be a pain to apply!
Having grown up in the 90's, I'm no beginner when it comes to glitter... however it's been a while!

With the kit, you get two glitter shades as well as the adhesive, which is a lot easier to apply than I though it would be. It's basically like putting on lipgloss, and then you just need to ensure you keep your lips slightly parted in order for it to have chance to get a bit tacky.
I chose the Rose-Gold and Hot Pink shades and I'm very pleased with my choice.

I'm a little bit in love with the look this gives and am rather upset that I can't rock this to work! (Although I'm holding out for the next fancy dress day so I have an excuse!)



             


A big thank you for Lianne for sending these too me - I love them! xxx



Also, I need to talk about how amazing this new Rimmel Matte Liquid Lipstick is. I was sent this and wasn't too sure about it, having not used many liquid lipsticks in the past. I have the shade 'Latte to go' and am so pleasantly surprised!

 I first used this at work just to see what it looked like- I had a can of drink at the time and you would never have known looking at the mouthpiece that I was wearing lipstick at all!


                    


                             

I've now worn this quite a few times, as it is my go to lip product at the moment. It is super easy to apply and is a gorgeous colour.
It lasts forever too! I always assume its rubbed off and then get home at the end of the night and need to take it off myself.
Would definitely say this is a staple product for anyone's make up bag!

And obviously... If you love Glitter, please check out Glitter lips too. It is super fun to do and is so so sparkly. You can find Lianne here.

As Always,

Much Love,

T xx

New Make Up Brushes

So... You may have seen my first video (eeeeeek!), which is why you are here, or you may have just stumbled across this post due to your similar love to all things beauty, especially when it includes amazingly gorgeous new make up brushes.

Very few things give me as much pleasure in my tiny black heart as new make up brushes. The feel of them, the smell, the nice clean bristles...

My first set came from my lovely Grandma. I had asked for new brushes for Christmas as most of mine were dying a horrible foundation covered death. I have to admit, I didn't think she had got them for me having no presents that were box shape!

She then presented me with this bag. It has the most gorgeous peach shade tissue paper covering this box which was wrapped up in a personalised ribbon- Amazing in itself...

Then I opened the box and was greeted with a set or three of the original Real Technique's brushes... but the best bit... the larger brushes are engraved with my frickin name!

OMG/Shut UP! and all that malarkey...

As a girl with a rather unusual name, as you can imagine, I found it rather difficult finding anything with my name on as a kid. So whenever anyone gets me anything personalised I am so so grateful.
So to have been given personalised make up brushes was the ultimate personalised gift!

I really enjoy blogging and need to make more time for it, however, I wanted to show these off in video but have been too scared to film until now. So I have been waiting to use them since Christmas and it's been killing me.

The second set of brushes I received were from my friend Emma who I have mentioned before. She knows I'm a massive Harry Potter fan and so picked these beauts up for me for my Birthday.
They are rose gold wand brushes and are actually quite heavy! I've only had these a month or so, so it hasn't been as long for me to wait to use them.

Any other make up brush fiends out there, please send me info for any other amazingly stunning make up brushes that I can look at for a year or so?! Would be very grateful.

Much Love,

Tklou xx

Billion Dollar Brows.

So I'll start this by saying I am definitely a powder and brush kinda brow girl and have been ever since I can remember.

However, a few weeks ago, I was very kindly sent a brow pencil by Billion Dollar Brows. I was quite nervous to try it, having not used a pencil for these bad boys since I was about 19... so... forever ago!

The packaging I think is actually really well made. You know how most pencil make up items, when they have lids, the lids either break as soon as you put them in your make up bag, or they don't fit properly after taking them off one time, as if the act of removing them has made the size diminish?!
Well! This little wonder has been shoved into the bottom of my bag on many an occasion since trying it and as yet, it is still holding strong. This impresses me very much... little things and all that jazz.
I'm well aware the lid isn't on in this picture - but i'd just used it and forgot to put it back on - forgive me.

Now... does it work...? I do have to say.. it has taken time for me to get used to this... but that's because I'm severely kak handed, so don't necessarily take that as a negative!
I think... I'm getting there though... Here's a few pics from the first day up to today of how I used this.

There's slight improvement there right?

I found it better for me to use it to make the shape of my brow and then fill it in with small light strokes to make them look as natural as possible, and I have to say the spoolie on the end definitely helps with this. After I've done the above, I make sure to brush them into the direction I want them.
I have also been using a bit of powder over the top to make it more defined... as I'm a scaredy cat... This could definitely be done with the pencil... maybe on a night out I'll get a bit braver?
I also use the powder just to ensure that I cover any obvious pencil marks at the start of the brow so the whole brow flows better.

This is how the website describes the pencil:

"Formulated to work beautifully with most skin tones and hair colors, this amazing eyebrow pencil goes on smooth and natural. Plus, the Universal Brow Pencil is automatic—it never needs sharpening and it comes complete with a spoolie brush on the opposite end for effortless blending and a perfect finish."

I will definitely be continuing to use this as although it is out of my comfort zone, I need to get sued to using different products for different things. I have also spied some eyebrow gels on their website that I need in my life to try!


Much Love,

Tk,
xx