Lipstick Mondays 17 Beehive

Another pretty nude shade to show you today. 17 Mirror Shine On Lipstick in Beehive. Firstly I love this lipstick. It's so moisturising it's more like a balm texture. I also love the bright blue packaging it really stands out in my bag.

For some reason it's gone funny in the tube, has any one else found this with this make? The lipstick is still very usable and doesn't effect it. I think it's probably as it's such a moisturising formula.

It's a sheer nude glossy shade on lip. Due to the how light this is on the lip the lasting power isn't great. The colour it comes out on the lip and how nice it feels means I don't mind reapplying it lots.

Although it's glossy on the lips it's not at all sticky. I will definitely repurchase this soon as I'm running low and can't wait to try more shades from this range. I think this is an impressive nude shade, I find it hard to find nice high street nude shades but this colour definitely rivals MAC for colour.

They are a reasonable £4.59. Looking online their are only 3 shades available now but I know there are lots more in store. Does anyone know if they are possibly discontinuing this range? If so I need to stock up. Do you have any from this range?

Love M

xxx

Giveaway

We've decided it's time we host our first giveaway. We are both excited to do one as we've not done a giveaway before. We went to town last week to pick up some goodies for it. After L was so impressed with her Giles Deacon lip gloss (review found here) we decided to pick up bits from this range as it would be probably be something new for the winner to try!

A cute blusher which is very similar to the Bobbi Brown shimmer brick, what's not to love! We went with a pallete that we thought could be used for day and night and the purple shade would be great for a summer smokey evening eye look.

L was also very impressed with the lashes we picked up. She couldn't resist getting herself a set and I must agree they looked amazing on her.

We both loved the coral shade nail varnish (the nail varnishes for some reason aren't named like the rest of the products) And the gorgeous Stop Lipgloss

Rules

The giveaway will end on 3rd June 2012 and is open to UK residents only, sorry. Winner will be chosen at random via Random.org. 

Entries

You must be following the blog via either Blog Loving, Hello Cotton or GFC. Comment below with an email address or a twitter name so we can contact you if you win. 1 entry for each platform you follow on. (max 3 entries)

Follow us on twitter and tweet I've entered the @CSIbeautyblog giveaway check it out. x 2 entries and provide the link to it as a comment :)

So 5 entries in total per person.

Hope you like what we have picked for the first giveaway!!

Love L and M

xxx

Review: Giles Deacon for New Look Lipgloss

 When I heard Giles Deacon was doing a make up range for New Look, I was more than a little underwhelmed.

I love New Look, it's perfect for buying every day clothes, party dresses and it's most definitely shoes and accessories galore!

But I wasn't sure that the make up range would be of any good quality so I didn't give it a second thought if I'm honest.

However, after seeing a few pictures I decided to go and take a look in store and I was more than impressed!

The prices are ridiculously cheap, the packaging simple but still pretty and the products themselves a beautiful range of colours that anyone would be happy with.

I picked up this lipgloss, called Stop! and also the Bobbi Brown esque blusher palette in the brown colours.

(Review coming up shortly!)

I couldn't believe how pigmented the colour of this lipgloss was, so much colour!

It has the normal sponge applicator to apply the gloss which isn't rocket science but I felt it did the job pretty well. You could always apply it using one of your own brushes instead!

On the left below I've shown a picture of the colour as it comes off the sponge, and on the right it's more blended in (sort of!) to show you how much the colour shows up even if you don't use much.

I think this colour would suit most people, it's a very pinky red that you can load up or just dab a bit on however you please.

And also....it was only £2.99! Amazing!

Have you bought any of the Giles Deacon for New Look products? 

Is there any in particular you wanted to try out?

(If you come back tomorrow there will be lovely surprise for you if you do.... ;)

L xxx

Review: Soap and Glory's Sugar Crush

This is my absolute current favourite!

I recently finished off Soap and Glory's Pulp Friction and whilst I loved the way it lathered up, I was ready to try something else as it lasted such a long time. (that's not a negative point for it, just wanted a change!)

Luckily my mum was buying presents and happened to need something else to make it up to a 3 for 2 deal, voila! I managed to sneak this into her basket which also meant it was free for me, hurrah!

Soap and Glory's Sugar Crush is an absolutely divine scrub made from brown sugar, lime, almond oil and macadamia grains.

Basically, it smells sugary, sweet and warming with the sugar and limes in. It makes you feel like your in an exotic country the moment you smell it!

I liked the convenience of Pulp Friction's tube, however I do like the alternative of scooping out of a tub and being able to grab handfuls of it as you please.

I could literally have scooped this out and eaten it, it smells that good!

The grains in the scrub are quite large, and whilst this can have a negative effect in that they feel quite rough, with this product the thick sugary solution the grains are in made sure it didn't feel rough at all.

It gave my skin a lovely clean feeling and definitely got rid of all the dead skin etc that a good scrub does, without leaving an oily residue that some do.

I personally hate that as you have to wash off all of the excess and it's a bit annoying!

Have you tried Sugar Crush?

I hadn't actually heard of it until I saw it in the shop, once I'd smelt it i knew it had to be mine!

Have you tried any other body scrubs from Soap and Glory or other ranges that you would recommend?

Scrubs like this are perfect for the summer and getting ready for the beach!

L xxx