Rimmel Wake Me Up Foundation.

Rimmel Wake Me Up Foundation in Light Porcelain (PRICE, Boots/Superdrug/Tesco). 

It's happened again...I've bought another foundation, oops. This was purely a sale price purchase as it was on offer for £6 in Tesco. I've actively avoided this foundation previously because of it's "radiant glow" claims- me being an oily skinned girl, the thought of having shiny skin isn't particularly appealing. Yet here I am, reviewing it for my lil blog!

Although orange is my least favourite colour, I actually like the packaging of this foundation. I always favour a glass bottle with a pump over most types of packaging. I was pleasently surprised to find that this foundation was available in a super pale shade, Light Porcelain. I don't think I've ever come across this shade in the Rimmel range. It's a lovely pale shade which is perfect for my skin tone- pale girls take note! I really like this foundation, it gives great coverage covering redness, blemishes and pores really well. It does give a natural glow without being shimmery or sparkley. I've been road testing this at work and it lasts really well throughout my 12hour shifts and actually, my skin doesn't look oily or shiny by the end of the day. I'm pleasently surprised and super impressed with this foundation- I find myself reaching for it on the reg atm. Let me know if you've tried this foundation and what you think! Thanks for stopping by x

Avon Sprinkle Nails in Purple Confetti.

Avon Sprinkle Nails in Purple Confetti (£3 when launched in Brochure 12, £6 full price from Avon).

Ciate started the whole hundreds-and-thousands style nail art fetish with their Caviar manicure sets. Since then there has been many incarnations and versions from numerous brands and the latest offering is from Avon. Available in three shade ranges (pinks, greens and purples), the Sprinkle Nails are probably the easiest way to jazz-up your manicure requiring minimal skill or effort! 

The Sprinkle Nails come in a small round tub which is genius because you can actually dip your nail straight into the product rather than with other brands where they come in a normal nail varnish bottle so you have to transfer them into a tub of some sorts (which is very messy and wasteful!). Basically, you apply two coats of your chosen coloured nail varnish then whilst the second coat is still wet (try one nail at a time if you're doing multiple nails), dip your nail into the sprinkles. I then just press them into the nail lightly before setting with a top coat. Et voila! Easy peasey! Purple Confetti contains a mixture of colours including silver, lilac, plum and semi-transparent royal blue sprinkles which look lovely together. In the photos above I did a ring-finger manicure with the Sprinkles and Ciate nail varnish in Sugar Plum. I'd deffo recommend these for nail art beginners and novices (like me) for an easy but effective way of changing up your nails. Let me know what you think! Thanks for stopping by x

*Please note that although I am an Avon Representative, I purchase all Avon products with my own money and I will always give my honest opinions in my reviews on this blog

Kelly Osbourne for MAC Haul.

Lipstick in Dodgy Girl (matte, £16.50); Mineralize Skinfinish Duo in Jolly Good (£24); Blusher in Cheeky Bugger (£23); Eyeshadow Quad in Bloody Brilliant (£33) all from Kelly Osbourne for MAC.

I finally have it in my hands! I attended the Osbournes for MAC pre-launch party a week last Thursdsy under the pretence that I would be able to try and buy the products before anyone else. Obviously that didn't factor in P&P difficulties! After what feels like a lifetime of backwards and forwarding with MAC I finally found out that my Kelly Osbourne items were at my local post office because MAC had posted them to the wrong house number. ANNOYING! 

Anyway, I can breathe a sigh of relief now that I finally have my beloved items. In case you've been living under a rock for the past few months, you'll know that MAC have collaborated with the power mother and daughter duo that is Sharon and Kelly Osbourne- the wife and child of the Prince of Darkness himself Ozzy Osbourne. The collection is divided between the two ladies and although Sharon's collection was lovely, I'm a Kelly girl through and through. She has always been my second fave style icon (after my beloved Kat Von D). I love her fashion sense, lilac hair, tattoos and curvy girl status. When I went to the pre-launch event, I instagramed a pic of me wearing the lilac lippy from her collection and she liked it *fan girl*!!! Anyway....onto the products! 

Packaging. This has to be the most stunning makeup packaging ever- lilac being my fave colour n all. It deffo stands out against a sea of tyipcally black makeup packaging. Each item comes with the red signature of Miss Kelly O herself. I bought five items from the collection but one was a duplicate of the lilac lippy because I love it so much! I love that all the products have proper English names like Cheeky Bugger- I think it's really funny! I'm gonna review each product seperately so here's a mini breakdown. 

Lipstick in Dodgy Girl (matte) is my favourite lipstick ever ever ever. It's a super bright, true lilac/Lavendar shade that doesn't look corpsey or chalky.

Mineralize Skinfinish Duo in Jolly Good is my first ever Mineralize Skinfinish! I've had the Natural versions as setting powders but I wanted this one because it looked like the perfect bronzer/contour for pale skin. 

Blusher in Cheeky Bugger is another pale skin product in my opinion. It's a super pretty pinky peach shade. 

Eyshadow Quad in Bloody Brilliant contains: Spoonfull of Sugar (sparkling platinum, Veluxe pearl); Tickety Boo (soft muted plum brown, satin); Fizzy Rose (pale lilac, satin) and Shadow Lady (blackened plum, matte)- descriptions taken from maccosmetics.co.uk. This is my first MAC eyeshadow palette/quad purchase! 

Keep your peepers peeled for individual reviews. Have you bought any of the Osbourne products? Thanks for stopping by! 

All Of Me.

Dress- Topshop

Leggings- M&S (actually trousers because I forgot my leggings wahh)

Shoes- Topshop

Bag- Topshop

First of all, sorry these aren't the best quality photos- they were taken on my iphone in the hotel room! It was out work night out on Friday so a few of us stayed in the Premier Inn near our work and got ready there. I had a really nice night, it's nice to catch up with people when you're so busy at work. My besie Dany took some photos for me but it's still dead awks when you're used to doing it on your own.   I love this dress, I've worn it loads since I bought it. I think it goes really well with these chunky shoes which are super comfy- I can't believe I managed to wear them all night long. I'm sucking at outfit posts at the minute because I've got rid of the CD shelves that I used to put my camera on to take pics so I'm hoping to buy a tripod after pay day in a couple of weeks. I hope you're OK, thanks for stopping by x

What I Did This Week #20.

1. Night out- on Friday it was my works night out. Some of us got ready and stayed at a Premier Inn near our work so we had a good old laugh and a really nice time catching up because we're always so busy at work.

2. Tea party- since Easter, myself and some of my colleagues have been planning an event at work the happened on Tuesday. I've been getting myself super stressed about it but it went really well and I'm glad it's over and done with lol.

3. Spending too many pennies- last weekend I bought some stuff off ASOS- I'm gonna send back a belt and shoes I think and I've sent a denim jacket to get a bigger size cause I want it nice and baggy. 

I hope you've all had a lovely week- thanks for stopping by x

Avon Eyeshadow Quad in Nearly Naked.

Avon Eyeshadow Quad in Nearly Naked (£9, currently £5 in Brochure 11, Avon). 

Ding dong! When my latest Avon order landed on my doorstep for distributing to my customers, I was excited to try my new eyeshadow quad. Avon recently launched their New Nudes collection, featuring four new eyeshadow quads, four new lipstick shades and four new nail varnishes ranging from dusky greys to pinky browns. I've dipped my toe in purchasing the eyeshadow quad in Nearly Naked.

Although the packaging itself feels quite filmstrip and inexpensive, I really like the layout of the eyeshadows. The numbers embossed in the powders correspond to where on the lid you place the colour- obviously this is an aid rather than concrete direction, rules were made to be broken! Nearly Naked is a beautiful range of pink toned eyeshadows- shade 1 is a lovely soft Ivory highlight; 2 is a stunning matte baby pink; 3 is a shimmery rosey pink and 4 is a gorgeous matte grey. Together they create an amazing soft yet effective smokey eye look. The shadows have great colour payoff with minimal fallout; they're super soft, smooth and blendable on the lids. In the look I created above, I applied the baby pink all over my eye lid and crease. Then I used the highlighter shade on my brow bone and inner corner of my eye before defining my crease with the rosey pink shade. Finally, I added depth to the crease using the grey shade which I lovelovelove! 

Overall, I'm super impressed with this eyeshadow palette, especially for the current price of £5! I'd deffo recommend this and I'm personally tempted to buy another shade range from the New Nudes collection. Let me know what you think- thanks for stopping by x

*Please note that although I am an Avon Representative, I purchase all Avon products with my own money and I will always give my honest opinions in my reviews on this blog.

Smashbox Full Exposure Palette.

Smashbox Full Exposure Palette (£46 from Boots).

Alas, I have another eyeshadow palette guys. I bought this about a month ago when my mammy produced a £20 Boots voucher that she found in one of her handbags. My mum doesn't wear makeup so she gave it to me (yay lucky me!). I decided to put it towards something I wouldn't normally buy and decided to go for the much talked about Smashbox Full Exposure Palette. 

It contains 7 metallic glitter shades and 7 beautiful matte shades that aren't in any way chalky. It also comes with a double ended makeup brush, a mini mascara and an eye shape chart to help you create the best looks for your eye shape (mine are round if anyone's interested!). I really like the packaging of this palette it's super simple and matte black, no frills no fuss. Inside there's a generous mirror which is a must for an eyeshadow palette for me. I love the range of colours in this palette- I know they're mostly in the neutrals range but when you look closer there's the beautiful matte mink shade and bluey gunmetal glitter through to deep chocolate brown. The shadows give great coverage and pigmentation without much fallout (Urban Decay take note). I was initially worried about the glitter metallics as they look a bit drag in the pan but on the lids they're much more soft and shimmery- great for creating drama. 

I'm not a mega fan of the double ended eyeshadow brush, I find it a bit stabby and not very soft. I like the mascara though, it gives great length and volume and is super black. I like the size as it's great for travelling. I love this palette but I do know that it's super expensive and ordinarily I wouldn't have bought it. Let me know if you're tempted by this palette or if you already own it! Thanks for stopping by x