Saturday

My Fave Bodyshop products :)

Hope your all well! & here is a random post on some of my most loved bodyshop items. 
these are the products which over the years I have tried used and loved !! I am not going to include a great long list, just my bodyshop must haves which I purchase regularly. 

Coconut bodybutter 
Ok a bit of an obvious choice, but I love the scent of coconut products and the formulation of the body butters is lovely never fails to perk up your skin :) 

Banana Shampoo & Conditioner:
Part of the range which was reintroduced a year or two ago now. Only £4 per product. I love these and they really do keep my hair happy and healthy. I sometimes get an irritated scalp and I have no problems when using these shampoos which is great so I always seem to go back to these if I change for a short time. 

High shine Lip-gloss
I love these lip-glosses, conditioning shiny and gorgeous colours. I would definitly pay the price for this as they are a really nice product to me as I do suffer often with drying lips. 

Cucumber freshening water
I love this product it is an essential product in my facial skincare routine. It is also part of the classics which were reintroduced and I have being using it since then. Leaves your skin feeling so fresh, without over drying (in my opinion) used as a toner but I don't find it to be as harsh as a toner. Great!

Wishlist: I'd love to get a lip butter probably the coconut or shea butter one. & also I'd like to try a baked to last bronzer :) 

There is always so many fabulous looking products to choose from and I hope this post may help you when considering some of the products!








Thursday

My pastel Barry M Nail paints

Basically the pastel nail paints from Barry M which I own and my view on these shades. 


Ok so maybe the turquoise is more bright than pastel but it fits in with the other shades quite well so I thought I'd include it. This is a recent addition which I'd been wanting to try for ages !!
Needs two coats, but this is a gorgeous shade for summer. 
At first I thought does it look abit ''too much'' but then I really warmed to it.

Really nice glossy finish too! 
I didn't notice any major chips in the four days which I wore the polish. 


The other 3 are
strawberry ice cream: really I'd prefer this shade if it was more muted and I personally prefer to mix it with a little white, needs two-three coats and I find the application a little streaky.  
still a pretty shade to wear though.

Berry Icecream: My favourite out of these 3. A lovely lilac shade so cute! and it doesn't have a tacky feel to it, they got the shade right with this to me. Also I think you can get away with one coat with this shade although two is obviously more opaque. 

Mint Green: Always feel indecisive about this shade. I mean it looks so gorgeous in the bottle but on my nails I just don't know if it suits me. But then when I look at the pics, it makes me want to wear it! 
I do really like something about this, but somewhere in me I hate on it or maybe I just need to be more confident in wearing it? and it really needs two coats!




What I love about Barry M nail paints: The glossy finish and range of shades
What I dislike: The thin brush can make application abit streaky sometimes.

Price-£2.99 

Pastel Shades I'm wishing to try: peach melba
Bright shades I'm wishing to try: bright pink

What shades do you love? 

Wednesday

5 Things I would not repurchase

So obviously this is my opinion and these are products which really didn't work for me no matter how much I tried!



First up a no7 mascara extravagant lashes...
 I don't think it's actually as bad as I once thought, but I really did have high hopes for thismascara.
I expected the chunky plastic brush to be really good and give quite a dramatic look. 
A good thing about the mascara is that it's not clumpy. 
But even so I'm still not a fan of the thin formula which has quite a weird smell to it. 
It does give reasonably defined no clump lashes so maybe its ok for a natural look, but the thing is it really does not match up to it's claims/purpose. This mascara is supposed to give you extravagant loading for luxurious volume and a memory polymer that lifts and curls lashes. 
It just doesn't really do that for me.  
It's not a mascara that I'd repurchase because I've tried better mascaras with a lower price tag. 
How did you find this mascara?  and The before and after look:

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Body collection matte gold liquid eyeliner. 
Ok so maybe I shouldn't have had high hopes for a £1.99 gold eyeliner, but I was expecting a little better. 
The packaging is good, its really similar to my rimmel exaggerate eyeliner which works well because the long handle gives you plenty of control. But anyway the actual body collection eyeliner is not that great. The colour is more of yellowy shade with a shimmer than a true gold. 

It didn't really show up on my fair skin tone. I also think it's quite hard to get a defined line with the formula and the nib is made out of a foamy sort of material. 
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MUA Lipgloss
I actually like a lot about this product. The packaging is nice similar to barry m and benefit her glossiness lipgloss packaging. There is some gorgeous shades I had shade 3 which is a nice bright pinky/red. It's shiny and not too sticky. You can't really complain for £1. I just wouldn't repurchase this as I had some kind of reaction and I broke out in spots but just around my lips. I don't know whether it was a bad batch or something or something in the actual lipgloss because I am fine with using MUA lipsticks and eyeshadows.
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No 7 speed dry nail colour in coconut ice
This is such a pretty colour in the bottle. But with one coat it looks quite streaky and uneven, it's better with two but it feels really tacky for ages and I'm really inpatient when it comes to waiting for nails to dry. So for me personally I just can't get this polish to work for me. But I really want to as it is so pretty. Other shades from no 7 have worked well for me though such as no 7 stay perfet in Milan I Love this!
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Collection 2000 brilliant shimmer eye wand
On the packaging it states ''shimmering intense eye colours that glide on and last''
I wouldn't really call them intense:
This wasn't even just a quick swipe so really not as intense as they claim, they are quite pretty and shimmery though just not that pigmented. 
And an annoying thing is the colours are in the lids which cover the wand so you have to continuously try and dip the wand in to pick the colour up. 
Another thing is the packaging isn't it really that brilliant I only tried to take the lid off and a spring flew out.
So overall I don't think it's something I'd repurchase. 
Hope you find this post useful 

Friday

BYS Eyeshadow shimmer quads review (well kind of)

So I've decided to make this post on BYS eyeshadow quads, these were featured in a haul video on my youtube channel last summer, so really I've had the time to make up my mind on them. And.. personally I love them.

Price-- very affordable.
Quality- reasonable
Pigmentation-medium to good
Packaging-sturdy and simple
staying power-lasted all day without any base

The texture of these shadows to me are good for a lower end brand as often shadows can have a weird texture when they are cheap. The pigmentation to me is good, perhaps not as pigmented as the eyeshadow in sleeks palettes but then again these shadows are finer and not as waxy as the sleek eyeshadows.
Another great thing compared to some cheaper eyeshadows: they do not smell funny!!

OK so maybe not as good as some higher end brands, but I'd definitely go for these and and save $$$$$
Good for everyday looks but maybe not so good for an intense dramatic look.

My favorite out of the two is the brown shimmer palette and I really love to use this for a natural everyday look.

Oh and the packaging is really good quality to me I don't Know why I like it so much haha.

Some swatches, the camera was really washing them out, they look much better in really life.





This is another palette by BYS which I would not recommend buying the shadows in this were completely different. Just oozed cheapness. The smell of them is terrible, the consistency and the colours even look cheap thinking about it now. Bad impulse buy or maybe I got a bad batch, have you tried these?

Hope your having a good week :)

Tuesday

Cutsie buys.... primark, h&m and superdrug

Sharing some really cute purchases which I treated my self to :)

Cosmetics....
Barry M nail paint- pure turquoise. GORGEOUS! £2.99
Barry M Lipgloss- shade 10? gorgeous nude colour with a toffee flavour/smell. £4ish
MUA shade 3. Bright Pink. £1. great lipsticks, after purchasing shade 7 & 8, I had to try more :)


SHOES.SHOES.SHOES...




1) red wedges, love the tan detailing. £12.
2) Blue and white tie around weges. cute! £5 Bargain!
3) wedges. £14.99

Accessories...



Bag- Primark on sale £3
Headband-Primark £3.50

Clothing...




Pastel Pink Top so cute! £5-Primark
Dress- £7.99 h&m

Hope you like the purchases and it maybe gives you a little inspiration,
Much love