Benefit Bad Gal Liner Waterproof

This is one of the products I won in my Benefit Hamper which retails at £14. I used to be addicted to black eye pencils but for the past few year I've neglected it, in favour for liqued eyeliner cat flicks. But this Benefit eye pencil glides on smoothly and the sponge tip on the other edge blends it to create the perfect smokey eye. The colour I got is extra black and is very intense, but I like it that way! Also in this awful British weather I have been able to test that it is in face very waterproof!

The only thing you have to be careful about is when using the sponge tip don't press to hard, as instead of smudging it actually erases the eye liner. But this could also mean it can be used to to erase any mistakes. So I guess its only downfall can also be seen as a plus!

What I bought, Clinique, Urban Decay, Dior and Benefit

I went to the Debenhams beauty evening with 3 things in mind already that I wanted to buy. The first one was Benefits POREfessional which was £23 but I got a £5 off voucher which I used so it was a bit cheaper. I wanted to get some eye brow grooming products as I haven't got anything like that and the high street selection is very limited. My friend Emma recommend Urban Decays Brow Box. It's a really cool purple and black compact containing a mirror, 2 brow colours, tweezers, brush and a wax to keep the brows neat. To go with it I bought Urbanbrow which is styling brush and setting brush.

Of course there was very little chance of me coming away with only the things I intended. I picked up the new 'must have' lip product, Clinique's Chubby Stick. Which has been heavily featured in magazines and beauty blog. I also got the Clinque cleansing milk 'take the day off' and Dior pink lip serum. I will most likely be posting more detailed reviews in the next few weeks... 

I think its fair to say I bought more then I can afford but I'm happy with my purchases!

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Benefit Beauty Hamper

I mentioned in my last post that I was going to a Debenhams beauty evening in Bournemouth to celebrate their re vamped beauty counters. I had a brilliant night with free wine, cupcakes and a goody bag. Me and my friends also bought lots of make-up which I will do a post on soon.

As part of the night they had a number of prize draws for each beauty brand, and I won!!!!!!!!!! I managed to get my hands on an amazing Benefit hamper filled with £300 pounds worth of their products. I am honestly over the moon as weirdly since finishing uni I've got into this habit of entering loads of competitions and don't even get me started on my new addiction to scratch cards. But this is the first one I've actually won, not including when I got an embarrassing story published in Girl Talk and won some gel pens..... 

The hamper has everything any girl would want in it. Smokey eye palette, mascara, blusher, bronzer, perfume, lipstick, lipgloss, eyeliner, highlighter, mini essentials kit, eye cream, moisturiser an even more!!!

As you can tell I am extremely happy about my win. So expect to see many benefit related posts and reviews of the products that I won in the next few weeks!

Benefit POREfessional

I got a cute sample of this Benefit primer with this months Glamour magazine, and I absolutely love it!  Similar to how I find mini cupcakes, micro pigs and babies shoes this little sample is super sweet. And it works!

I apply it before I put my make-up on and its feel lovely and silky and light. Its really good and controlling shine and leaves my skin looking even and smooth.

I am going to purchase the full sized bottle tonight at a Debenhams beauty evening with a group of friends. I am planning on coming away with quite a few new beauty items.

Union Jack Jubilee Nails

I think this may be my favourite nail art I've done so far! I originally wanted to do a crown on one of my nails but it came out looking very un crown like, so I chose to do union jack ones instead.

I used my Boots own brand base coat to prep my nails, and then used Nails Inc London's Wimpole Street colour. As I think purple is meant to be a royal-ish colour? To do the union jack design, I used Andrea Fulertons nail boutique dot and stripe brush in  silver. I chose silver to represent the Diamond feel. However, I didn't think the silver was striking enough so I dipped the brush into a 17 silver nail polish that I got in a set for Christmas!

I hope all of you have an amazing Royal weekend!

The Kooples Skull Camisole Top

My parents recently came back from a cruise where they went round France and Italy. I was really gutted I couldn't go but it did mean I could look forward to holiday present! You may or may not already know my love for French label Kooples and my mum bought me back this peachy pink top. The edges of the top and bottom have little skulls on them giving this cute little top a rocky edge.

Real Techniques Make-Up Brushes

If I'm honest I don't normally use make-up brushes I pretty much always have used my hands. I once a while ago got into the habit of using a foundation brush but I lost it and never bothered to replace it. But recently I felt like it was brushes that were missing from my make-up routine. I wanted to buy a proper set  of them and are good quality.

After hearing lots of good things about the 'real techniques brushes' by Samantha Chapman I purchased her base/flawless core collection which I got from Boots. The bristles are really soft and smooth and the handles are a lovely peachy bronzed colour.

The set includes a detailer brush for definition and to conceal under eye circles, a pointed foundation brush, a contour brush for highlighting and my favourite a buffing brush. The buffing brush is best for powder and to blend all your make-up.

I am really pleased that I decided to purchase this set (for the pretty good price £21) I have noticed a quite a big change even thought it does now take longer to do my make-up.