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Best Beauty hacks

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Best beauty hacks

1- Curling your lashes – heat your eyelash curler with your blow dryer.

2 – Use your dry shampoo at night before bed instead of in the morning, this way you wake up with fresh hair.

3 – Perfect pouty lips – exfoliate, to get rid of flakes, brush them lightly with a toothbrush, try a plumping balm and before your lipstick use lip liner to define your lips.

4 – Cover up puffy eyes and dark circles – Apply concealer only to the shadow of the bag under your eye! The concealer should be one or two shades lighter than your skin tone. Use a brush to dust a little translucent powder over concealer to help it last all day.

5 – Let the perfume last longer – if you want to keep your fragrance last longer on the skin, apply it immediately after the shower as the humidity of the body helps in this.

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L’Oréal Anti-Fatigue Illuminating concealer

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Today I will review my favourite concealer at the moment.

Illuminating Concealer by L’Oréal perfectly minimises the visibility of shadows under eyes and wrinkles. This concealer laves the delicate skin around the eye area looking radiant and smooth, has a soft brush applicator, making precise and controlled application easy.

  • Reduce dark circles
  • conceals blemishes
  • minimise visibility of wrinkles

The Concealer itself blends very well isn’t drying and doesn’t settle into lines. Very easy to apply and stays on throughout the day.

I use this concealer for a month and I’m really happy with it! Excellent product.

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What’s in my current makeup bag

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In my makeup bag I have all the basics that I need for a quick cover up, these products are the ones I love to carry with me …. 

Bronzer – Mua Shimmer bronzing powder I love to use bronzer and this one from Mua is amazing, give a natural shimmer look and is very easy to blend, it’s my favourite bronzer at the moment! 

Concealer – Fit me  Maybelline I use this concealer for a while and I really love it, I have tried so many different ones but always back to this one ! 

Brows – Benefit gel  this is a water resistant & long wearing, in my makeup bag I have the sample size and so practical and easy to use! 

Lipsticks  my lipsticks of the moment that I really love ! NYX Cream lipstick  this is with a matte finish but feels very creamy and is very easy to apply & Revolution lipstick primer this is very elegant and beautiful lipstick, the formula is amazing the packaging is so luxurious… 

Lipliner – Revolution  lipliner this’s super smooth and richly pigmented, this is great to use before the revolution lipstick primer …… 

Also I’m my bag I like to have a smal brush to touch ups, my one is from ted baker and is so Soft and delicate….. 

Please let me know in the comments below if you have tried any of this !

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Primark makeup Haul

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For awhile I didn’t buy makeup from Primark, but I decided to go and look what’s new, I love bronzers and highlighters, so I bought few of them ….

Gold Digger Highlighter –  This is very gold and very shimmery, This highlighter is absolutely INSANE for only £2.50.

Bronzing face & body butter –  It gives the most beautiful and natural dewy golden bronze highlighted look. £2.50

Strobing Highlighter cream – This is really creamy, It applies and fades easily finger but for my part, I prefer to use a brush, I have to say is not the best highlighter but for £2.00 is good… 🙂

Bronze Highlighting stick – This is a beautiful bronze golden glitter. £ 1.50

Contour stick – Contour & Shape Contour Stick. £1.50

My perfect concealer – This is a medium coverage with vitamin E & Aloe Vera £2.00

Have you bought any Primark makeup lately? Let me know in the comments if there’s any items you recommend!

If you want to a full review of any product let me know 🙂

Thanks xx

Anita 

What’s in my current makeup bag!

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In my makeup bag I have all the basics that I need for a quick cover up, some of the products are samples, to carry in a makeup bag nothing better than small sizes….

Hand cream – I always have hand cream with me, and I love Cath Kidston hand cream this is a sample size,with warm and feminine scent. 94% natural ingredients to soften and moisture, including shea butter, cocoa seed butter, glycerin, aloe leaf juice and vitamin E.

 Powder – NYX HD Finishing This is one of my favourite powder it’s a lightweight, translucent finishing powder that makes my skin looks great and the redness is neutralized.

Bronzer – Hoola Benefit  Bronzer I love this product, you can use it both as a bronzer and a contour powder. It is a very pigmented product a little goes a long way to create a perfect natural look.

Makeup brush –This makeup brush is from Ted baker and is the perfect size to have in my makeup bag.

Lipsticks – Mac Mocha and Victoria’s Secret lip crayon. Lip liner NYX Swede in shade smll07 sandstorm. Lip balm Care royal jelly treatment

Brows & Eye lashes  – Benefit eye brow gel, (sample size), Benefit Bad gal Bang mascara (sample size)

Perfume – EVE Confidence from Avon

Concealer – Mac select cover up corrector have great coverage and is a  water resistant.

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Anita 

 

 

 

 

 

PIXI Undercover Crayon Concealer

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This is a full coverage corrector, which is infused with peptides to plump lines, contains wild rose to nourish the skin and liquorice root to fade dark circles, all in a convenient crayon. The crayon also promises to conceal, brighten and treat…so basically everything what we need from a concealer.

This works really well to brighten up my eye area and conceal any darkness. I like to use it in a V shape under my eyes using the side of the crayon, not the tip.  It’s great also for covering up blemishes and other little places with redness you want to hide.

  • Infused with peptides to plump lines
  • Wild Rose to nourish
  • Licorice root to fade darkness
  • Waterproof

Blends magically into any skin tone for a brightening effect.

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Anita

Drugstore Beauty haul

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At the moment there’s nothing more exciting for me then having a wander round Boots and Superdrug. There’s been a few recent editions to my beauty collection, so I couldn’t wait to share these with you all!

I got some lovely products from Revlon, Maybelline, Rimmel and Makeup revolution. 

Some of these products, I’ve never used before, Like the Primers and the contour kit.

If there’s one thing I’m obsessed with at the moment it’s Highlight & contour kit. So I picked up one from Revlon and another from Makeup Revolution and I can’t wait to try them.

  • Makeup revolution Ultra pro HD Powder Contour Light medium- The palettes contain 8 contour and highlight powders which blend together effortlessly for a subtle or intense finish.
  • Revlon Sculpt & Highlight contour kit – Instantly enhances your best features just like the professionals.
  • Maybelline Super stay primer –  Controls shine of the skin to keep makeup fresh & flawless all day long.
  • Makeup Revolution ultra face base primer – 24h makeup protection, is the perfect primer to provide the perfect base under your foundation.
  • Maybelline Instant anti age concealer – Its coloured pigments perfect the under eye area covering flawlessly.
  • Maybelline Fit me concealer –  A light texture leaving skin feeling brighter and awakened
  • Revlon 24h colorstay foundation –  A buildable formula that blends seamlessly onto skin for a perfectly even, yet truly natural complexion all day long.
  • Rimmel Gel eyeliner – Up to 24hrs of rich, intense colour that doesn’t flake, smudge or run it’s waterproof formula.

 

I really hope you enjoyed this post and definitely let me know if you want me to do a full review of any of these products! 🙂

Have you tried any of these products? What do you think of them?

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Anita

 

What’s in my makeup bag for winter

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Winter is here, your makeup bag ready for it?  I love updating my makeup bag for a new season.  So this is the makeup, I like to take with me every where.

This is everything that is in my makeup bag at the moment.

When it comes to makeup, Winter scream moisturized lips. My lips get pretty dry, so I always make sure to carry a lip balm with me.

I love lipsticks, in my makeup bag I always have more than one lipstick, Maybelline Vivid matte Rebel red & Mac whirl are definitely my lipsticks of the moment.

L’Oreal True match concealer – This concealer is pretty amazing in that it actually covers dark circles! It hides my imperfections, stays in place all day and highlights as well.

NYX HD Finishing powder – This powder is so silky smooth on my skin and just works really well.

I love NYX products &  NYX Blush pinched is a beautiful peachy -pink, I just love it.

EliZabeth Arden Bronze I’ve been using this pretty much every time I use makeup. This bronzing powder duo is amazing, blends well and makes my skin look flawlessly blended (naturally)

L’Oreal Paradise mascara –  For me winter makeup is all about the eyes, it’s all about a big coat of mascara to give your lashes some serious length, and that is exactly what this mascara does.

What’s in your makeup bag? Which makeup product can you can’t leave your house without ?

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L’Oréal true match concealer 

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L’Oreal True match is a super blendable correcting concealer, helps hide imperfections, blemishes and evens skin tone, gives a perfect base!

The application is perfect ! The consistency is crazy and is very easy to blend!  However the feel of the product is wonderful and it isn’t cakey ….

I really like this concealer. It’s easy to use, easy to blend and has a really nice finish. It has good coverage and improved the look of my under eyes.

Tips how to apply 

1. To cover dark circles:  
The best and most flattering way to conceal your eye area is to draw a triangle under your eye; blend the concealer to instantly cover dark circles and brighten cheek area.
2. To highlight
Apply to the areas of the face that naturally catch the light.
3. To finish brows:
Apply a concealer that is one shade lighter than the skin tone above and below eyebrows and blend.

Apply with sponges, brushes, or fingertips, in a thin layer and then add more thin layers if necessary.

Which concealers do you like best? Have you tried this one? Let me know in the comments below!

Thanks 😉

Anita xx