Lacura Aqua Complete Skin Serum

Hello! 

Hope you're having a great day so far :)

I've got a bargain skincare product for you today which has made its way into my daily regime.

Lacura are a brand sold in Aldi stores. I've been a fan of their under eye concealer for a while but haven't been able to find it recently.

On an evening trip to get some food I saw this Aqua Complete Skin Serum for a bargain £3.49

Essie's Twin Sweater Set

Good morning!

Here's my final post on the latest Winter Collection from Essie. I haven't picked up all the polishes as I'm trying to be good...so have only picked up the ones I knew I'd definitely wear!

You can read the other posts here if you'd like to.

Today's final post is about Twin Sweater Set.

This is a gorgeous deep red, almost a bit brown in some lights and perfect for the winter.
I love wearing red nails in winter and love the different shades you can get which just seem to go with everything. Orange reds, pink reds, maroon reds, pillar box reds the list is endless!

I often end up wearing a lot of black navy and grey over winter and red nails always breaks things up and adds a swish of colour (unless my hands are hiding away in gloves....)

Twin Sweater Set is a standard Essie polish....2 coats and it's opaque, a top coat and it looks like glass they are so shiny.
I love how reliable they are for this and the brushes are so easy to use I can completely understand why everyone, myself included, are massive fans of Essie as a brand.

You can see the colour on my nails below without and with flash:

The colour is a beautiful deep red that will flatter many skin tones. I've been wearing this to work, out with friends and on Saturday nights out and it just seems to go with everything!

What do you think of Twin Sweater Set? Would you pick up the red for your collection?

I love the names too, they always add something more to the collections.

L xxx

 

Review: Bourjois Intuitive Liner

When I won a big Bourjois competition back in the summer the Bourjois Intuitive Liner was on of the products included in my prize. L had tried one by 17 but hadn't got on too well with it as it dried up quickly. 

This is one of those products I've wanted to try for a while. I've heard lots about them but never gotten around to picking one up. I'm always put off by felt tip type eye liners as I find they just dry up quickly.

The liner has a unique triple dot tip to it. It is great for people who aren't great at using liquid liners as the triple dots allow you to draw yourself a line to trace. The colour is an intense black which I was pleased to see as I find sometimes felt tip liners aren't very black. It has bled on my hand but doesn't on the eye.

before liner

One way I like to apply it is to simple push the liner into my lashes. It's easy to do and you don't need to worry about a steady hand. I simple push the tip right up to my lash line and dot going along. It's great for making the lashline appear thicker without a thick obvious black line.

It's also great for cat eye looks and can be easily used as a standard liquid liner.

Surprising myself I've found myself grabbing for this over my maybelline gel liner. It really is so much simple to use. I'm so impressed with the fact it hasn't dried out and is still giving a strong black line. It makes my make up much quicker to do in the morning. I think I may be converted!

It currently retails for £6.99

Are you a liquid or gel liner person?

Love M

xxx 

Thomas Sabo Lip Gloss Balm

I've never been much of a lip gloss person. It also annoyed me when my hair would blow and get stuck in my lips and the sticky feeling was something that would drive me crazy. 

Lately I've been finding myself enjoying the glossy lip look more. When digging in my collection recently I found this one. I was lucky enough to get this when I went to a Cardiff Bloggers Meet a while back.

Thomas Sabo is somewhere I would never think to go for make up but I am huge fan of their jewellery. I have 4 of the beaded charm carriers and one charm bracelet. I love how you can change the charms to match outfits and most of mine have a story behind them.

The Thomas Sabo lip gloss only comes in one shade. They also sell a lipstick version which I'm going to have to try next time I go in store. The lip gloss in a red shade but isn't really pigmented and is more of a shiny over lipstick gloss.

I really like the black and white striped lid. This matches the perfume bottle. Black and white is always a great classic combination.

It really does feel super soft on the lips and my lips don't feel like they are sticking together (that's the worst thing about the Soap and Glory Sexy Motherpucker Gloss).

It gives such a pretty glossy colour to bare lips and is great for everyday. It's a great colour to pair over most lipsticks to make them glossy.

It is priced at £10.75 which for me seems a lot for a gloss. I always think of lip glosses being cheaper than lipsticks. Maybe I'm just tight!

Have you tried this?

Love M

xxx