Unboxing: Christmas Lush Haul!

It has been far too long since I had bought some Lush items - I believe the last time was when I was in Brighton in June, which is shocking! Seeing as it's coming up to Christmas, I thought I'd place a cheeky order to trial some Christmas bits and also a couple of products that I hadn't tried before. Not everything is Christmas related, but I wanted a good mixture. 

Magic Wand Bubble Bar // £5.95 // Lush

First up, we have a Lush Christmas Classic; the Snow Fairy scent. Last year, I purchased the shower gel version of this and loved it, but I just wanted to try something different. I absolutely love these bubble bars - they are so fun and cute to leave, plus smell amazing. This beautiful product is covered in glitter and is every young girl's idea of perfection! (Along with mine). I think this could be my ideal Christmas Day bath - I can't wait to use it.

Snowman Bath Melt // £2.90 // (Currently Out Of Stock) // Lush

I've never tried any Bath Melts from Lush before - I guess I always want to go for the spectacle in the bath and the pretty colours rather than actually soothing my skin. But this was so cute, I couldn't resist it - of course, he is Christmas themed and I think I will feel so bad when I pop him in the bath! 

Shooting For The Stars Bath Bomb // £4.25 // Lush

This includes a very strong orange scent, which reminds me of eating Terry's chocolate oranges at Christmas time each year. (If you're not from the UK, you might not know what I'm talking about - basically a ball of chocolate that looks like an orange and tastes like one.) The little gold stars on the outside look beautiful and I find this to be a really calming scent. I feel like this is going to be the perfect 'late night bath before bed' bath bomb.

Northern Lights Bath Bomb // £3.95 // Lush

A lot of people have been loving this, so I thought it was time I tried it for myself. 'Northen Lights' has to be my one of my favourite scents - it's quite a floral scent, with strong notes of Jasmine. Anything floral with musk and I'm there! Plus, this is such a pretty bath bomb and the demo on the website looks incredible. I think this is the one I'm the most excited to try! 

So, there it is! Let me know in the comments which looks like your personal favourite and if you feel tempted to order some products after reading this post. 

Katy x

Is It Worth The Hype? Makeup Revolution FFTB Palette

Sorry for my absence - summer has been busy with plenty of fun activities seeing family and friends, along with the inevitable college work!

Anyway, after seeing a lot of my fellow beauty bloggers raving about this palette, I thought I'd have to jump on the bandwagon and pick up Makeup Revolution's 'Fortune Favors The Brave' palette.

The palette has a bronze/gold exterior, which makes it look really classy. It does chip slightly, as I discovered when I dropped this on the way home in the rain (long story lol), but this is to be expected. I love the emblem on the front as well.

I was literally mesmerised the moment I opened the palette. The pans for the eyeshadows are quite small, but look really nice in little circles - after all, you are getting 30 eyeshadows, so I can't complain! The marbled shades are absolutely beautiful, and these are the ones I am most excited to use.

The variety of colours is amazing - if you want just one eyeshadow palette, this is one to pick up. For £10, you get 30 shades, ranging from your standard neautrals with pinks to varying shades of green and blue. Some of these shades may not suit me, especially dark ones like 'revolution' (the last one on the last row, a very dark purple shade), but you have all the choice you need.

Although I did some swatches on my arm, I decided not to include them in this post, as the pigmentation massively varies. On the lighter shades, such as 'glimmer' (the first pinky shade on the first row), you barely get any colour payoff. I would choose to use these as a very light base, as you would get very little if you were to use this as even a base colour. Darker colours, like the marbled ones, have insane pigmentation - one swipe and you are ready to go. For drugstore eyeshadow, this pigmentation issue is to be expected.

Overall, I am in love with this palette and have no regrets about picking up this palette. I am super excited to experiment with the colours properly.

Have any of you tried out this palette? If not, are you considering buying it? Let me know!

The 'Fortune Favors The Brave' Palette is available in Superdrug stores across the UK and online via this link.

Katy x

MAC Velvet Teddy Review

I decided to go for the plunge and buy my first mac product. As I'm in love with lipsticks, a mac lipstick was definitely the thing I wanted to purchase. 

This shade, 'velvet teddy' is a beige-toned nude, so it pretty much just adds a bit onto your lip colour. I have fallen in love with it! I was a bit worried, as this lipstick has a matte formula, however, it doesn't show the cracks on my lips and actually feels comfortable - it doesn't feel like stone and dry on the lips!

The lipstick itself glides on really nicely - you can tell it's a slightly more expensive one. It also stays really well - I took my make up off in the evening and had only worn it 6 hours, but it wasn't even fading.

At £15.50, it's definitely not a cheap choice, but if you are looking to treat yourself, then this is definitely worth the money in my opinion!

Have any of you got any mac lipsticks? If so, what's your favourite one? I'd love to hear your recommendations! 

Hope you all have a lovely week:)

Maybelline Brow Drama Review

Hey,

So I picked up the 'Maybelline Brow Drama' in Boots the other day in Boots. I'm going to tell you all what I think of it, as everyone has been raving about it and I was keen to look for other people's opinions of it before I picked it up.

The packaging looks like this - quite simply but effective.

When you open up the product you find this - a mascara wand with the product. The wand is quite fat and nice for applying the product with if you like products like this - if you prefer products with a thinner applicator, this probably wouldn't be for you.

The application of the product is quite simple - pull it out of the packaging and simply comb it over your eyebrows to shape them. Do this as many times until you reach the desired effect. I used it about 3 times to fill in my eyebrows as much as I wanted.




Top - before

Bottom - after

 I found that this product really enhanced my brows and combed them into shape - I'm pretty low maintenance with my brows anyway, so this pretty much did the job for me. (This is hard to see in the picture, apologies about the lighting). Although the mascara can come out a little thick at first, it does, on the whole, do what it says on the packaging - your eyebrows do look more defined and it helps to fill them in. However, I would say if you wanted more shape to your brows, I would use something like Soap and Glory's eyebrow pencil to create more of an outline and a slightly better shape.

This product is perfect for anyone who is just starting out with make-up and is uncertain of what to do with their brows. I found this product very easy to use and I'm sure a lot of other people will too. This product is pretty cheap, only £4.99 which is well within anyone's budget.

You can purchase the product online here : http://www.boots.com/en/Maybelline-Brow-Drama-Sculpting-Mascara_1365297/

Product Rating

Have you tried Maybelline's Brow Drama? If so, what were your thoughts on it? Let me know in the comments below :)

Hope you all have a lovely week,