€5 Naked Palette Dupe! W7 "In the Buff" EyeShadow Palette

Aloha Lads & Ladies!

I have been very excited about sharing this fab palette from W7 with ye since I discovered it a couple of months ago when Cara Pharmacy opened in Galway City Centre, bringing along with it many many lovely new makeups to drool over. It is called the 'In the Buff' Natural Nudes Eye Colour Palette and is a great affordable alternative to the much pricier 'Naked Palette' by Urban Decay. At only €5.00 Irl (or £4.78 UK) it is an absolute steal and nearly 9 times cheaper than the Urban Decay Palettes which cost €44.00 in Ireland. 

'The Zoe Bag'.... New Makeup Tote Bag from Zoeva.

In my last post I showed you guys the new blushes and lip crayons that were released in Zoeva's newest collection last week, and leaving the best for last, today I'm here to show ye 'The Zoe Bag', a fabulous makeup tote bag that was also released along with the collection.

Watch my short video to see the bag and here my thoughts on it :)

How I got longer, healthy, shiny hair in 3 months!!..... (Lee Stafford hair growth treatment)

I bought mine from Boots pharmacy and it can be bought online from boots.com also. For anyone who shops on amazon, here's the link.

xx

New MAC Foundation!! PLUS Bye bye's & new shades.

Howdy Folks,

It's finally here!! The new MAC foundation; Mineralize Moisture SPF15 Foundation. It has been available online from last Thursday and will be available to purchase in person from counters from this Thursday March 7th in USA, Europe etc but NOT in Asia until beginning of 2014.

It comes in a 30ml bottle & will retail for €36.50 in Ireland and I think about $33 in the States.

It is replacing the Mineralize SatinFinish Foundation that was the original liquid foundation released as part of the Mineralize range, but it totally kicks its ass in regards to quality, finish, feel... pretty much everything!

As ye may have picked up from that, I'm a fan!

It's a sheer to medium luminous, natural satin finish foundation containing minerals (MAC's 77 mineral complex) and other beneficial ingredients such as Shea butter and Vitamin E - a powerful anti-oxidant.
It also contains powders to create an "optical blurring effect" to help hide the appearance of imperfections and fine lines etc.
And it contains an all important Broad Spectrum SPF15 for skin protection against sun damage and aging.

New! Olay Total Effects 7 in 1 Moisturiser & Serum; SPF20.

Happy Tuesday Folks ^_^

Time for another Product Focus post and this one is about the new Olay Total Effects 7 in 1 Moisturiser & Serum Duo SPF20. (I swear product titles are getting more & more wordy now-a-days!!)

I'll start by saying that this will be available from next month (February 2013) and will retail for about €23 - €24, just incase ye go looking now and can't find it.

What Olay have done is taken their popular Total Effects Day Moisturiser and have added a concentrated serum to the mix. I have to admit, I'm loving all these products lately that have a serum included in the formula, like the Max Factor Ageless Elixir Foundation & the Bourjois Healthy Mix Serum Foundation... 2 of my favourites!

I am going to attribute this to my newly maturing skin (no longer as oily as I once was :( Skin has definitely become more combination/dry over the past few years, still with an oily T-zone though!)

I used to find in my late teens/ early 20s that most serums were too rich for my younger, sensitive, oilier skin but now they are my saviour!

Olay "7-in-1 Anti-Ageing" Total Effects Masks

Even though I'm only 30 & have pretty good skin for my age, I still hop at the chance to try the latest anti-aging products brought out by the various companies. 

And after all, prevention is better than cure, right!?

Product Focus; Clinique 'All about eyes' Eye Gel

Another day, another skincare post.....

 BUT this is a firm favourite of mine and for a good while now!

I'd say I must have tried about 50 different eye cream formulas in my time & I'm very particular about what I like. Especially since I've noticed the skin around the under-eye area starting to show the first signs of *gasp* aging!!! EEK! Not fun >_<

Product Focus; Vichy '3 in 1 Purete Thermale' Calming Cleansing Micellar Solution

Bit of a mouthful but boy what a fab product!! 

I've been using this cleansing solution for a few months now and am totally hooked. All other cleansers pale in comparison. 

Not sure which of the above is the most current packaging
but each has the exact same wording.

Osis Dust It Mattifying Hair Powder by SCHWARZKOPF

Product of the Week; (Hair)

My go to hair saviour!!

'Perfect Clean' Skin?.....L'Oreal Foaming Gel Face Wash. (Product of the week)

A self confessed aqua-phobe while not in the bath/shower concerning my face, I generally use wipe off milk/cream cleansers which for the most part I am very happy with. Something about the water running down my neck/elbows that I just can't handle over the sink, and I always soak the floor. No exceptions >_<
Anyhu's, despite said preference, I decided to purchase a foaming facial wash to use in the shower/bath as I was getting a little bored of using 'Dove' Soap and had even been using a 'not for face' body exfoliant to finish it up. Probably mot my finest idea.

All I want for Christmas.....

Hello Everyone!!

Hope ya were all greeted by Santa's lovely pressie's this morning and are saving yeerselves for the Christmas feed coming later this afternoon!!! I know I am ^_^

And what Santa brought me were this beauties from Sigma & Sedona Lace <3

(Sorry for the crappy i-phone photos)

Product Focus; Clinique 'Clarifying Lotion' #2

Love, love, love this stinky little lotion ^_^ !!

So I'll begin with the most noticeable con; The smell, peee-euuuu! It's definitely on the strong side and quite alcohol-y. Now this isn't actually a massive deal with me personally but I know many a gal that gets her knickers in a twist at the mere mention of alcohol in facial products. The alcohol content in Clinique isn't really that high, but Clinique being a brand that believes in 'pure' ingredients, doesn't mask their ingredients with unnecessary smell-heavy fragrances and thus you smell what you get!

Hello Kitty for Sephora = ^_^ = ; Product of the week!

Eep!!
So I have to admit that going on a healthy 15 yrs or so now, I have been somewhat obsessed with Hello Kitty & all things related..... have a tattoo, based my end of yr college show on her etc
So you can imagine my excitement and then immediate despair when I found out that Sephora carry the official Sanrio Hello Kitty makeup, and that it is actually decent quality. (The despair was down to the fact that my closest Sephora is in Paris, yay 0_o)
Fast forward to my favourite Youtuber Heather (Sokolum79) telling me about the Hello Kitty Makeup she saw in her Sephora, and fast forward again to my receiving a package from her containing this beauty below.....

Product of the Week; Collection 2000 "16hrs wear Lasting Perfection concealer"

Well!!!

I discovered this little gem from watching Pixiwoo videos and them raving about this cheap but apparently amazing concealer. Now, I am a fan of Collection 2000 in general especially considering the price but have never bothered with their base makeup before, (ie. foundation, concealer etc) as I have found in my experience that it's usually better to pay the little extra for that stuff to be good.
Oh how wrong was I!!!

Product of the Week; Wet 'n' Wild "Fast dry" nail color in 237C "Gray's Anatomy"

Hey Guys!!
Finally can get back to my POTW's now that I'm back in action on the net!
Meet Wet 'n' Wild's "Fast dry" nail color in 237C "Gray's Anatomy"

The pictures unfortunately do not do the colour justice, the pink shot-through "duo chrome" effect is much stronger in real life natural light!

Favourite Makeup Products..... April 2011!

Maybelline "Eye Studio Lasting Gel" Eyeliner (with brush)

Simone's blog post....
http://www.simonelovesmakeup.com/2011/04/my-new-favourite-eyeliner.html

"Yes Cyan" Glo Baby Glo Nail Varnish..... Product of the Week!!

Hey Guys:)
 So this weeks Star pupil is my beautiful cyan blue nail varnish from Penney's (Primark) called "Yes Cyan" & the branding is Glo Baby Glo.

'Stars & Rockets' ..... Product of the week!!

Hey everyone ^_^
This weeks most loved lovely is Mac's eyeshadow 'Stars & Rockets'. A beautiful duo-chrome iridescent Pink/Lilac purple colour, and the first Mac eyeshadow I ever owned!
Much loved and much re-purchased ^_^
Here it is used on my lids in a recent makeup tutorial which you can watch here.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84k4BPcCL6g

Favourites..... March 2011 ^_^

All products mentioned!!
(Please use google etc to source your closest suppliers and to check for current prices in your selected currency!)

Product of the Week; Sigma - Small Tapered Blending Brush E45

 Sigma makeup brushes are certainly not new to the market but they are relatively new(ish) to me! I first bought the complete 12 brush kit (without the roll) over a year ago after giving into the hype generated through youtube reviews and blog posts. I couldn't believe how impressive the quality of the brushes were considering how inexpensive the kit was (Works out at about €5.00 a brush!)
 I wanted to try out more of the kits since but hadn't really been able to afford it considering I really don't need more makeup brushes (Not that I don't want them though!! Definitely a weakness for me!!) & I didn't have a credit card of my own to go internet shopping willy nilly.
 Fast forward to November 2010 just gone and Sigma sent me out the new 'Sigmax' Synthetic Face Kit for consideration, and I fell in love again! Fantastic & innovative brushes! (Will be doing a thorough review on the Sigma brush kits soon so won't go too in-depth here).
 So a couple of weeks ago I bought the Premium 15 Brush Kit (this time I had no choice but to get it with the brush roll) as a birthday present to myself (from Brendan! Ha ha). Again I am hugely impressed by this kit and the range and uniqueness of the brushes. Now I know that Sigma have modeled most of their brush designs on Mac brushes but many of the Mac counterparts are pro only, or discontinued and of course much more expensive. (Again, I'll tackle the Mac comparison in my upcoming reviews)

 

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