Would you rather beauty tag with J.

Hey Guys!

We have a little tag for you today :) Enjoy!

1.Would you rather go out with messy hair and nice make-up or Nice hair and no make-up?

R: Messy hair and nice make up! You can always rock a grunge look.

J: Messy hair and nice make up... Sorry.

2.Would you rather shave your eyebrows or have your eyelashes fall out?

R: Shave my eyebrows, I draw them on everyday anyway.

J: Eyelashes fall out, there's no way I'm drawing my eyebrows on... I can't trust myself.

3.Would you rather be forced to shop at only MAC or Sephora for the rest of your life?

R: Sephora all the way! I don't really care for MAC much anymore.

J: The not MAC, I needs that variety.

4.Would you rather wear lipgloss/lipliner look or 80's perm?

R: I reckon I could rock an 80s perm! ;)

J: 80's PERM!!

5.Would you rather leave the house with an obvious foundation line or overdone blush?

R: Overdone blush... Blush wears off so quickly on me it would be acceptable in under an hour.

J: Ahhh I don't know... Foundation line... This face does not look good pink.

6.Would you rather wear MC Hammer pants or biker shorts in public?

R: Mc hammer pants, every time!

J: Biker shorts, because they tight.

7.Would you rather have a bad orange-y spray tan or really weird tan lines that can't be covered?

R: This is the toughest question! Both are horrible options... I'm going to have to go with the Orange tan, at least i won't be the only one walking around like that.

J: Really don't want to be orange but I don't want to look like I failed.

8.Would you rather have a bad haircut or bad hair color?

R: A bad cut, at least with that you can style it to hide the whack job.

J: Colour. If you have bad cut you can't hide it at least you can change colours.

R: Ohhhhh that makes so much more sense... looks like I'm stuck with a wig.

9.Would you rather have youtube or twitter taken away forever?

R: Twitter. I don't understand it anyway.

J: Twitter! youtube has cat videos!!

10. Would you rather give up using makeup brushes or mascara? 

R: Neither. Haha If I really had to I think make up brushes... I'd just use cream products and my fingers. There's no way in hell that I could give up mascara, although I could just use falsies! Aghhh I don't know?!

J: Make up brushes... fuck it.

This was so much fun to write! We may do more tags with J ;)

Until next time.

 R & J x

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I don't know who created this, but here is an example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cr1z3_CILs

Seven deadly sins: beauty edition

Image taken from Caitlin's blog, who credits the author Chris Hill (for the life of me I couldn't find him)

Apologies bitches. I'm having a lazy week... it's tag time!

1. GREED: What is your most inexpensive beauty item? What is your most expensive?

I think my least expensive item that I actually use is Collection lasting perfection concealer you can usually get it for less than £4.

The most expensive is probably Estée Lauder advanced night repair, I couldn't even tell you if it's really worth the money but I love it all the same.

2. WRATH: What beauty products do you have a love/hate relationship with? 

Eyeliner! It's the bane of my life. I don't have the steadiest hand so it usually ends up all over my face and I have to do it all over again. I just love what it does for my face so I endure the pain.

3. GLUTTONY: What are your most delicious beauty products?

I hope this means smells haha but borjouis deluce... It's smells like actually chocolate, it's heaven for your face.

4. SLOTH: What beauty product do you neglect, due to laziness?

Lip liner.. I tend to use either liner of lipstick, I only really use both on 'special' occasions.

5. PRIDE: What beauty product gives you the most self confidence?
A good red lip all the way! Either a red or a plum. At the moment I'll loving Marc Jacobs kiss pop lipstick in pop.

6. LUST: What attributes do you find most attractive in the opposite sex?

That elusive V ;) and shoulders, I love a good shoulder hahaha.

7. ENVY: What items would you most like to receive as a gift? 

Perfume, I can honestly never bring myself to spend the money. I always appreciate perfume as a gift.

Bonus Sin:

8. WHORE: What is the beauty product your have an ridiculous amount of?
Nail varnish, every time I go shopping I buy a new one. I have 131!!! The worst part is I only use about 5.

Until next time.

R x

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P.s I honestly couldn't tell you where I found this tag it has been sat here for soon long. If you are the author or know who created this tag... let me know and I'll credit them :)

Worth the hype? Seche vite.

Seche Vite has been hyped up by the beauty community for years, after finally finding a bottle I get to see what all the fuss is about.

I was lazy and neglected a base coat. First, I painted my nails with two coats of OPI's 'this gown needs a crown' and finished with a thick coat of seche vite over the wet polish. I have never had a fast drying top coat that actually does what it claims. Seche vite dried my nails in under two minutes! perfect for those of us who don't protect our fresh manicure like it's our only child.

Day one: Unlike most other top coats Seche Vite has kept my manicure looking fresh for 24 hours! usually by now the majority of my nails would either be chipped or completely ruined.

Day two: Today was supposed to be the real test for Seche Vite. When I'm at work my nails get abused, constantly coated in alcohol and harsh cleaning products. Work was depressingly quiet do I can't say yet how Seche Vite holds up against alcohol, however my nails did survive the excessive amount of cleaning I did. By the end of the night there are only two small, vaguely unnoticeable chips.

Day three: So today there are a couple more chips, but they're not really noticeable. Although, I'm putting that down to the distracting sparkly polish. Tonight was a relatively busy night at work and my nails are now chipped like normal. I can see why people love this top coat but for those of us in bar jobs it's not the miracle I was hoping for.

Verdict: If I wasn't working with products that naturally strip nail polish I would agree with everyone else, but it looks like I'm still searching for that miracle top coat that will keep my manicure for more that three days.

Until next time.

R x

Budget beauty: beautyuk.

I'm one of those people that rarely takes a glance at, let alone tries the really cheap beauty brands. I'm a firm believer in you get what you pay for, but every now and then I will pick some up on a whim. 

I've been using the beautyuk face powder for almost a year now, and I love it! it's a great product and doesn't break the bank. On my last trip to SuperDrug, if you bought two beautyuk products you got a free posh pout,

Who says no to free stuff?! right.

The posh pout is basically a knock off version of Clinique's chubby stick and I'll tell you a little secret... I think I actually prefer the beautyuk version. 

I picked up the shade 'power to the purple', a berry (Swatch: second from right). The colour pay off is very good albeit slightly misleading, looking much deeper in the tube. It feels so creamy and actually more moisturising than the chubby sticks, and for only £2.99!! 

It claims to have a minty flavour but I can't really taste anything, there is a hint of mint behind that plasticy smell that's common with cheap lip products. But that doesn't even bother me I just want to keep applying it! I can't really comment of its staying power because I've just been constantly applying it. Although, when I have neglected to reapply it fades to a more natural berry shade.

This is definitely one of those staple, everyday lip products that is doomed to get lost in our handbags, this little freebie had me running back to the shop in less that 24 hours to get more colours.

Until next time.
R x

Beauty products you abused in your teens that you still love today.

I can honestly say that my makeup skills have come a long way in the last seven years or so. In high school I was 'that' girl.

'That' orange girl who didn't realise her choice of foundation colour actually mattered.
'That' girl who wore bronzer as blusher and looked vaguely like a satsuma.
'That' girl who didn't understand the concept of lipstick so 'foundation lips' were the staple.
'That' girl who loved choppy, bright eyeshadows with the thickest, blackest eyeliner you could buy.

Now I know I wasn't alone in my makeup blunders, mainly because all my friends looked exactly the same! oh the shame we feel today.

Some would blame the products they used for the disaster that was their face. Me on the other hand, I know that it was my own fault that I looked like I'd fallen head first through makeup factory. But some of the products that enabled my orange complexion are still in my collection.

Boujois delice de poudre: Most of you will know it as the chocolate bronzer (the smell being main reason we all bought it). This is a golden oldie for me, I'm not one of these people that sees the need to constantly splurge on bronzer. Ive just finished a MAC bronzer (golden) and honestly I don't see the hype behind high end bronzers.

Collection (2000) felt eyeliner: I know that the felt eyeliner is a relatively new thing for the make up community but when this came out, I was nearing the end of high school and started to notice how ridiculously like a panda I looked. This staple helped me thin down my eyeliner as its so much easier to work with than pencils. At less that £4 I don't see the point in paying out for higher end versions.

Everything from Urban Decay:  At least when I was in my teens, urban decay was the brand to have, those glitter eyeliners! god, I will never understand the obsession with glitter liners, although they do look quite nice layered over shadow. The book of shadows was the first ever eyeshadow palette and first UD product I owned (not that I really knew what to do with it). I still whip it out every now and then when I'm feeling a bright look. Urban decay is one of those brands that will stand the test of time, they are one of the only high end brands that offer collections outside the bog standard neutral colours.

November empties.

This has been a pretty boring month of empties, I've only used up products that are already staples in my collection.

I think I might do project 10 pan in December so that I can clear out my collection and be able to give you guys my input on products I haven't been using for years.

Clinique repairwear laser focus eye cream: Now, I know I'm only 22 but I'm a firm believer in fighting the signs of ageing early. My eye area is the one place on my face that I prioritise - who wants crows feet? right?
I don't just love this because of the claims it makes. The creamy texture feels so luxurious day or night, and I find it sits nicely under my make up. I will probably keep repurchasing this forever I love it that much.

M.A.C pro-longwear concealer, NC20: I've had this in my collection for years although until recently it's just sort of been there I've never really reached for it. Mainly because I hate the packaging, that pump is pointless and wastes a lot of product. But with that said this looks amazing in pictures and I'm learning to live with the pump issue.

M.A.C prep and prime highlighter, radiant rose: This is another one that lives in my collection that only gets pulled out when I remember I have it. When I do realise I have this I love it and use it pretty much every day. I have repurchased this but I'm not sure why really. The only time I really feel like it's necessary is the morning after the night before where my eyes need a little bit of love. 

Ogx keratin oil shampoo and conditioner: This is a staple in my hair care routine. I'm not one of these people who picks a shampoo and sticks with it, I tend to have a few on the go at once switching between so my hair doesn't get too used to the product. This range claims to help with breakage prone hair and since using this I can genuinely say that my hair has been much stronger. I will definitely be repurchasing this range.

No7 colour calming primer: absolutely love this primer and oddly not for the color calming claims, I do get rather red cheeks nothing major but I initially bought this to help with that. This keeps my foundation on so well! It doesn't matter to me that it does very little for my redness! I'm on my 5th bottle and will probably keep repurchasing it.

Cetaphil gentle cleanser: I've been using this since I started reading beauty blogs and watching YouTube. It's just a great cleanser to have in the shower. I will probably always use this as my shower cleanser. 

Until next time.

R x

Leeds: mini haul.

I recently took a day trip to Leeds, mainly to help my friend get some photos together for uni. But who could resist the temptation of the Victoria quarter. Sadly, I only picked up the necessities.

-Mums christmas present. 

A certain Radley product she asked for :) 

-Mac Pro-Longewear concealer (NC20). 

I couldn't live without this, especially for pictures.

- Opi, This gown needs a crown.

You can never own too many silver glitter polishes.

-Seche Vite.

I've heard beauty bloggers banging on about this product for years but I've never been able to find it. I'm excited to see if it's worth all the hype. (Reviewed this I'm my last post).

- Whittard's of Chelsea instant tea.

I've been searching for apple tea for years. So glad I finally found some.

- The cosiest slippers in the world.

Christmas slippers are clearly a necessity. What would a girl do without them?

I love shopping in larger cities, it's so nice to actually be able to pick up and try higher end items without having to blind buy them online first. Leeds saw my first trip into Space NK and Jo Malone. Im now crazy obsessed with Jo Malone's Blackberry and Bay, if I was a millionaire I would have bought the entire range. Space NK on the other hand was a tad disappointing. Honestly I think you can get a better selection in the majority of department stores.

My trip to Leeds also gave me the opportunity to do some filming, so that I can get back in the swing of editing before my next big trip. If you want to see my horrific attempt at filming and editing for the first time in over four years. Click here.

Until next time. 

R x