Benefit They're Real Mascara

Benefit They're Real Mascara retails at £18.50 in most stores in the UK. It i also my favourite mascara alongside L'oreal Volume Million Lashes - but Benefit is more towards the high end make-up brands. This mascara is great however, you do have to work the brush a lot, using the bristle designed mascara end to lift your lashes in both corners. I spend about 5 minutes coating my lashes with this mascara and once I have finished they do look great. 


I know that in the blogger world this mascara will seem old but I think it will become one of those old classics. I tend to chop and change between my mascaras and this one I go periods of time without using it and then when I use it again I realise why I feel in love with it.


What are your opinions on this mascara??

Bourjois Volume Fast & Perfect Mascara

I my eye picture looks a bit distorted/odd but I'm not good at showing these shots and I wanted to show you all how this mascara looks on. It is the Bourjois Volume Fast & Perfect Mascara £11.99 from Boots. I brought it on a 3 for 2 offer, the first thing that I was attracted too was the fact that it has a motor in the top end of the mascara tube. The motor rotates the the mascara wand clockwise then you can also switch it to anti-clockwise. I am easily amused by these little contraptions.


Okay down to the technicals... I quite like this mascara although I do find that it is easy to apply too much on to your lashes and then it results in the lashes clumping. The motor allows the wand to cover mascara all of your lashes from top to bottom. It also curls them because of the spinning motion of the wand you don't need an eyelash curler. Overall, this mascara has positive and negative aspects. Negatives being that it had a tendency to clump, you have to focus when applying and it is easy to get mascara around your eyes. Positives are that it curls your lashes, it covers them 100% and it looks great for an evening look. 


Has anyone else tried this... would love to hear you opinions? 

MUA Haul

So considering xmas is over and I am pretty skint, but still wanted some new make up bits (despite the masses that I got as xmas presents.) Though at £1 a pop, it isn’t exactly bank breaking for such good quality items from the brand MUA which is sold in the Uk at Superdrug and online. (I’m not sure if there are any other stockists though). I product 4 products they were – Lipstick in shade 8, Blusher shade in shade 4, Mascara in shade 5 & Intense Glitter Eyeliner in Malt Chocolate.

My favourite item which is the lipstick made me receive many compliments at work today, it looks as though it is a deep red but in fact it comes out a more natural shade which looks great on my complexion and it has little specs of glitter in it which is different to a lot of the lipsticks on the market as they tend to be matte or block colour finish. It also last as well as they next lipstick on the high street – I topped up a couple of times today.

My least favourite item of the collection is the mascara for the simple fact that I need mascara that lengthens and gives volume to my lashes and this one just darkens my blonde lashes. It gives them a good dark and very natural look but just isn’t for me. If you have great lashes and you just want to give them some definition this is the perfect mascara for you. Or if you want to look as though you aren’t wearing any make up.

The eyeliner is not very glittery like the name would imply however it is a nice shade. I pick up brown as I have tons of black but I think I just prefer black eyeliner on me than brown. The thing that impressed me the most on this was that fact that the lid is a built in sharpener as I am either forever hunting for a sharpener or scratching myself with a blunt pencil. I think I am going to get the black one next time I am in. 

 The next top buy is the blusher; I have been searching high and low for a colour that I adore. I have always been a bronzer girl, but I love the blusher look especially in the winter when your skin is paler than usual. This is well worth the money; the colour is rich and dense. It goes onto the skin smoothly (I put it on with my Lancome contour brush) It stays all day too and you don’t need to put much on the brush to get the full effect from it. Bonus!