Monday 20 April 2015

Make up Gallery Pressed Powder and Matte Bronzer Review

During a recent trip over to Dealz I bought these two powders to try out. I haven't bought anything of this make before and usually wouldn't even notice them. When I was waling throught the shop browsing I noticed a few women around this makeup stand and being a little nosy I stopped to have a look. I first saw the smoothly does it pressed powder then the Good to glow matte bronzer. The fist thing I liked was the shades as I am very fair sometimes powders can be too dark for me and I usually stick to the same type every time. I though since they where only €1.49 each that they where a least worth a shot and if I didn't like them or they made me break out then at least I didn't waste all that much on them. 



Here is what I thought of them.

Make Up Gallery Smoothly does it pressed powder Natural Beige two.


First of all this is what it say's about itself. Super soft matte powder for a shine free finish. Contains vitamin E.

I tried this on on my skin to test the shade and it worked really well, it's a good match and is almost like translucent powder. It is as it says super soft my skin instantly felt really silky soft when I applied it. It goes on well and when I used t to set my concealer under my eyes it didn't cake or look chalky which is never a good look ever. My skin is very dry in parts so I usually use powders very sparingly to those parts but even when I did it looked good. I have used it a few times and it kept the shiny parts of my skin shine free and I didn't have to keep reapplying it all the time.

Make Up GalleryGood to glow matte bronzerMatte light 1


This is described as a super soft matte bronzer for a natural glow. Contains Vitamin E, UVA and UVB filters. 

Well firstly this is the first matte bronzer I have ever owned. I usually go for bronzer with a little sparkle in it but for a change I wanted to try a matte. I think it might have something to do with getting a matte lipgloss a while ago and now wanting to try everything matte lol. I love contouring and would usually use a bronzer for it everyday, not crazy over the top contouring but subtle day time sort of contouring. I applied this to under my cheekbones and my forehead and slightly down the sides of my nose. When I do this most days I use a cream contour that not too dark so that it doesn't stand out all that much. So for me I was hoping that this would work like that but also give me a little variety to what I usually use. I chose well with this I think. Because its really soft it goes on really well and blends in well too. It's not a dark shade but I would say that if I had of gone for a shade up it would have been. This colour suits me well and the finish is good. 

I notice that they had a lot more product o the smae stand has anyone tried any of them? If you have any suggestions what I could try next let me know. 

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Monday 6 April 2015

10 Things about me



I love reading other peoples post like this so I decided to do one of my own. I also didn't know how hard it would be to pick ten things but here they are.
  1. I love the colours pink and mint green.
  2. I hate the colour yellow.
  3. I have a weird fear of balloons. I can't watch anyone blow one up without panicking a little or hold one.
  4. I love baking and would love to do to it as a job.
  5. I have two tattoos both I got in Australia.
  6. I have one piercing in the middle of my lip and its been there 9 years.
  7.  My favourite movies are Fight Club, Almost Famous and Saving Private Ryan. 
  8. My favourite songs are Tonight Tonight by The Smashing Pumpkins and Free Bird by lynyrd skynyrd.
  9. I own 5 sewing machines, two of them are overlockers, one is an industrial, one is digital and the other is manual. 
  10. I'm very clumsy and have broken a good few bones. I literally fall over my own two feet lol.
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Wednesday 1 April 2015

March Favourites


I feel Like I only just posted my February favourites and now march is already over. Here's what I've been loving this March.


Real Techniques Brushes

I finally got around to getting myself some Real Techniques Brushes. I know they have been around for ages but I really like the brushes I had but I have had them ages and they where in need of replacing. These brushes are so soft and gives a good finish. I use them all the time now and so glad I bought them. 
The brushes I got are:
Multi task brush which I have been using for powder.
Buffing brush I use for my foundation.
Contour brush which I have been using for contouring and blush.
Domed shadow brush I use for highlighting my cheekbones.
Detailer brush I like to use for concealer
Essential foundation brush and pointed foundation brush I have been using when applying cream contour.
I played around with them and this is how I kept using them and how I found they worked best for me. 


P.S. Love Make-up Brush Cleanser

Since I bought new brushes I thought I should get myself a brush cleanser too. I picked this up for €2.50 in penneys and it works great as an everyday cleaner. I do still deep clean them with my brush egg and shampoo but only once a week as apposed to all the time now. I suffer from acne and I'm very fussy about only using clean brushes so that i don't make it worse. It's so easy to use all you have to do is spray it on the brushes then I use kitchen paper to clean them. 

Britney Spears Ionic Hair Brush

I got this as part of my Christmas present from my sister and have used it a lot since then but over the last month I have started to use it all the time. It works with batterys. All I do is turn it on and brush my hair and it gets rid of all the frizz and static in my hair. I was a little skeptical to it at first thinking will it really get rid of frizz but it does work and leaves my hair silky and soft looking. I don't even use my straighteners as much any more as I have found that just blowdrying my hair and brushing it with this brush gives it a really nice finish. I wish I had this when my hair was longer and really frizzy and I practically fried it with a straightener daily.  


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