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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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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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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10 Thing I have learned in the last year.

Over the last year I have had some good times and some low and have learned some very good lessons from it all. So here is a list of things I have learned.

1.  Never let anyone make me feel like I don't matter. When someone treats me badly it says more about them then it does about me.
2.  Putting myself out of my comfort zone can help me achieve things I never thought I could but I am still afraid of heights. 
3.  That I can live out of a suitcase and that I don't actually need a million possessions. But they are nice to have.
4.  There are some that will always be there for me when I need them and some that wont.
5.  I don't always need others to do things for me and that I am capable of a lot more then I think.
6. Getting a random tattoo on the inside of my lip is probably not the wisest choice I have ever made but was a bit of fun at the time.
7.  Always go with my gut instinct it's usually right.
8. Just because I haven't planned it doesn't mean it wont work out well.
9. Not to let anyone drag me into their problems because it is just that, their problems not mine.
10. This is the most important of them all to me. That when people lie about something they will try to convince as many people as they can that they haven't but all lies have a way of falling apart in the end so don't ever worry about it when you are the one that was in the right because you know the truth and eventually so will everyone else.  Always think positive. 

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Wasting makeup.

I don't usually like to write posts where I complain about things as I started to blog to share my thought on things I like, but there is something I keep seeing in shops that really irritates me. I am sure I'm not the only one who get annoyed by this so here it is my little rant about people who open make up in shops and use them then put them back on the shelf. Seriously who does this. 

Just the other day I was in Penney's (Primark) and was looking at the lip pencils and lipsticks. I found a pencil that I really wanted and a lipstick then I noticed that the lipstick had been used so I picked up another and found the same thing. There where six of this shade on the shelf and they where all opened and used then I noticed the lip pencil had also been tried out was actually broken and so was a few more beside it. It seems like such a waste and I ended up not buying anything because I couldn't find one that was still sealed in those shades. 

Really though who does this, I know maybe they wanted to test the shade but it was a bit ridiculous, the self was mainly broken and used products. I have seen this before in other shops too even when there are testers to try. Has anyone else found this too? 

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Dream Dots Review

I have heard loads about these little dots and have been dying to get my hands on them. So it was perfect seeing them being sold at the Irish Beauty show and I picked up a box and so did my sister as they where being sold as two boxes for €15. I thought I'd start off with a little information about them first then about what I thought of them.

What it says:

• Overnight treatment patches for spots.
• Clears breakouts, calms, purify, heals, protects helps with fast recovery.
• Suggests using dream dots for 1 to 3 days at night.
• The dot turns white overnight.

How to use:

• Clean the skin before applying the patch.
• Cover the affected area with a Dream Dot.
• Leave overnight.
• To remove the Dream Dots extend the borders slowly away from the skin.
• Cleanse and dry affected area.

My thoughts:

I used these on two different spots. One that had broken out a couple of days and another that had just popped up over the day. I wanted to see how they worked with different stages of spots. This is how I got on.

Before bed I cleaned my face and then applied the Dream Dots. I thought they might fall off at night but they didn't move at all. One of them was right beside my lip and I could kind of notice it but the one on my chin I completely forgot was there. 

The next morning the one on my chin, which was the new spot was like the packaging says white. The other one however not so much. When I removed the dots the older spot wasn't much different but the newly broken out spot was a lot smaller and less angry looking. I used them again the next night and the same thing happened. The newly broken out spot is now almost gone which usually takes a week to go down and leaves a red mark but after two night it's just a little red mark.

 For me it doesn't seem to work for spots that are already there, but saying that it might for someone else just not for me.  There are 24 in the pack and I'll be keeping them close by for when I see a new one appearing. I can see these coming in handy when typically I breakout just before an event or night out. They definitely decreased the time of my spot which I love. 

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Brush Egg Review

This little brush cleaning tool I picked up on ebay is great. I hate cleaning my brushes but it's something that has to be done and I am quite picky about clean brushes. 

This Brush Egg was only €1.30 so instantly thought well I give it a go and see if it's any good. Luckily it is good and I got it at a great price. 

It's so simple to use and really cleans the bristles of the brushes properly, getting all the make up out of there. The idea of this is that you put this on your fingers and then using shampoo or whatever you prefer to clean your brushes with rub the brush against the little bumps to get right into the brush to clean it properly. Then doing the same run it under the tap to rinse it all out. 

That's it its all clean and so simple. It's very small and looks great for throwing into a makeup bag for travelling which I really like about it. 

It did however take two to three weeks to arrive which is kinda normal for ebay stuff but when it did arrive it only contained four in the package not the five I ordered, I am getting onto them about that as it's probably just a mistake. Other then that I have now faults with it at all I really do like this little thing.

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My new filter bottle

Just wanted to do a little post on something that I have gotten recently that I love and wanted to share how much I love it lol. 

I recently got this filter bottle and am completely obsessed with it now. My sister was ordering one online and asked if I would like one too. It was only about €3 as well so it's a bargain and only took about a week or two to arrive. It's also in my favourite colour pink. It does come in other colours too like blue, purple and green. 

It's the perfect size not too big for a bag but big enough to have for drinking while I'm out. It's also really easy to clean, I hate complicated thing's with lots of parts to them. 

You fill it up with water obviously and then put the filter in and the cap on. That's about it. It's not a really hard plastic as when you take a sip you sort of squeeze it a little to push the water through the filter, but it's not an annoying thing either I sort of do it out of habit now. It's great to have filtered water and not bottled water that I have bought. I'm terrible for buying bottled water so thought this idea was perfect. My other sister loved it so much that she has even ordered one to now and one for a friend. 

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Almay Smart Shades Perfect and correct Primer Review

Yet another find from Australia. This one I picked up in Gloss for $12.95. 

What it says:

• Instantly smooths and colour corrects skin.
• Lavender to even out and brighten skin tone. Green to reduce redness.
• Lightweight formula can be used alone or underneath foundation.
• Hyper allergenic 
• Dermatologicaly tested
• oil-free

How to use:

Smooth primer onto face using fingertips and blend outwards. Apply before foundation for a perfectly-prepped canvas.

My thoughts:

The lavender and green swirls through the primer looks impressive. But outside of the bottle, not so impressive. It just looks like a mess. Anyway the texture is a little greasy at first but it does go on nicely. It doesn't do much for colour correcting and I didn't notice it making my foundation lasting dramatically longer or anything. Saying that as a prep for the skin before applying foundation it great. My skin feels like I've applied a moisturiser with out the heavy feeling of a moisturiser. At first I kept pressing it to hard and getting loads of product i didn't need or want. When i say a tiny bit is needed I mean a tiny bit is all you need. It spreads so easily across the skin. Overall as a colour correcting primer not so great but as a product to mositerise your skin before applying foundation it works really well. It moisterises the dry skin with out it making the oily areas worse. Not the best primer in the world but not the worst I do still use this regularly and do like it.

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Irish Beauty Show 2015

Yesterday I went to the Irish Beauty Show in the RDS. I'm so excited to try some of the new products I bought and I just thought I'd write a little about what I did buy and why. I will do proper review of the things that I bought if I haven't already. 

My make up and hair for the day. Before the wind got to my hair that is. 

So this is what I got. 

Royal Effem Long lash mascara 

Nero 0042 

I have had Royal Effem products before and really like the brand. I have been looking for a new mascara and this one being €2 I thought why not give it a go. 

Dream Dots.

I have heard and seen so much about these but never got around to trying them. When I saw the stand yesterday I went over for a quick look and chat. After being told all about how they work I was definitely buying myself some. My sister also wanted some and as they where being sold yesterday for €15 for two box's we got one each. There is 24 dots per box. I can't wait to try these out and do a review about them.

Cocoa Brown Tough Stuff

I love Cocoa Brown and my favorite product of theirs is Tough Stuff. It's just such a good scrub. I have a review I previously did about this which you can find by clicking Here. They had two products for €10 yesterday. I bought two of these one for myself and one for my sister. She had been at the show the day before me but had forgotten to go back and get one. It was here first time at the Irish Beauty Show and I think she fascinated buy how much was there.

YLash Individual Lashed

Short Black.

I can never have enough of these. I wear them all the time as my lashed are not very thick even with mascara on they just don't stand out at all. These where buy 2 get 1 free and only €3.97 per pack.

Royal Effem 

Natural reflecting foundation

Natural silk

I picked these up while buying mascara they where only €1 each and I have had one before and really liked it. These are only little sample sized but great for fitting in makeup bags. 

Fuscia Makeup

Highlighter in Pearly Pink

Trial Size

My sister came home with one of these and let me try it out. I loved it so I went looking for it as well as getting my sister another one. I think it's very similar to high beam by Benefit which I have almost run out of. The bast part is it was only €2 for the trial size. I don't mind the trial size as I find I don't go through that much highlighter compared to every other piece of make up I own. So although it's small it will probably last me a little while. 

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