Boots Beauty Bargains

Its been a while since I did any beauty related shopping in the UK, after spending quite alot whilst on holiday in San Francisco back in June I’ve tried to stay away from any new collections and the temptation of Boots & Superdrug. I think I’ve done quite well, that being said I popped into boots yesterday & found lots of items 3rd off or 1/2 price, I also had a voucher for the Bontanics line so that added to my savings. This is what I came home with.

Beauty Bargains

Boots Buys

Olay Glow Perfectors Multiradiance Moisturising Lotion 75ml – £5.32 (full price £7.99)

Botanics Microdermabrasion Polish 125ml – £3.99 (full price £7.99)

Botanics Skin Relief Serum 30ml – £3.99  (full price £7.99)

Botanics BB Cream Radiant Youth SPF30 50ml  – £5.99  (full price £8.99)

L’Oreal Skin Perfection 3 in 1 Purifying Micellar Solution 200ml – £3.32 (full price £4.99)

L'Oreal Micellar Solution

Botanics BB Cream

So with my extra £3 off Botanics products I saved a total of £19.34. Love me a bargain! I have wanted to try the L’Oreal Micellar water after reading a good review of it on gemsmaquillage.  The other bits I picked up on a whim to try. Have you tried any of my recent purchases? Look out for reviews on these items in the near future.

Bring Life To Your Instagrams

I’ve seen a few people getting their Instagrams made into prints and there is quite a few companies that do them. I found Polargram and they have 3 price options 12 prints for £5, 24 prints for £7 and 48 prints for £10. Free shipping on all orders.

I opted for 48 prints (£10), they took 4 days to arrive, I’m so pleased with them. Most of them are of my niece. I don’t live near her & I miss her cheeky face. These are a lovely way of making your digital pictures come to life. I love the one of her in her sunglasses. What a Diva

Polargram Prints

They came packaged really simply and in a small brown box, small enough to fit through the letter box (I hate collecting parcels from my sorting office). I like packaging thats no frills and is recycled and recyclable and this was exactly that.

Polargrams Instagram Prints

Polargram Prints

They are in the style of a polaroid and are really good quality. I’m going to buy a frame and put them in a collage style. If you’ve had your Instagrams printed what have you done with them?

polargram Prints

If you follow me on Instagram then you know that I love posting on there, I take lots of photots of food, beauty and my travels. If you’d like to follow me you will find me as ltbeautyblog.

I know I’m a little late to the Instagram Prints party, better late than never but I’m extremely happy with how they turned out. As I said they were a really good price and were shipped very quickly. The quality its obviously not as crisp as a high resolution image but they’re a bit of fun and a really cheap way of having a physical copy of your Instagrams.

I will be ordering a few more as gifts for my mum. I highly recommend Polargram if you’re looking to have some of your photos printed.

Too Many Mascaras

I did a post a last October about the mascaras I was using, I think most of those have been and gone and I have a tin full of new ones. I seem to have so many on the go at any given time. I tell myself that they each do something different.

Mascara Mascara Line up

Avon Mascara

Avon Super Magnify Mascara – This has the weirdest brush with smallest bristles & at first I thought it was too small to do any thing with but I since realised that this mascara gives the most amazing length to my lashes. Don’t expect volume with this mascara because its not going to happen. It makes my lashes look so natural, healthy and very very long. I really like this.

Covergirl Mascara

Covergirl Flamed out Waterproof Mascara in Very Black Blaze – This is a nice mascara if you just want to use one coat and be done. It puts alot of product on the lashes very quickly. It is very black and gives the eyes drama not length but great thickness. I use this most days.

Barry M Mascara

BarryM Lash Vegas Mascara in Black* – This has a very wet formula and I found it quite messy to apply. The brush wasn’t great at grabbing my lashes either. If you like the look of thick black lashes, almost spider effect then you might like this. But I wasn’t bowled over by it.

Clarins Mascara

Clarins Wonder Perfect Mascara in 01 Wonder Black – I love the brush on this (I only have a small sample with purchase tube) but it seems to be lasting for ages. The brush is dense and quite big so it grabs all your lashes in one go. It adds volume and length, i have to say this mascara makes my lashes look WOW amazing. I am going to buy the full size.

sagmascara

Soap & Glory Thick and Fast Mascara in Super Jet Black – I really didn’t like this mascara at fist but when the formula dried up it redeemed it’s self a little as I stared to use it more. I often use this as a base coat and add another mascara on top. It’s not the blackest in colour and now that its almost coming to an end I wouldn’t repurchase.

Covergirl MascaraCovergirl Lash Blast Luxe in 855 Black Emerald – I seem to have a thing for Covergirl Mascara. I just really like their formula and they last for ages. They never flake on me either. This one is lovely it gives amazing volume to my lashes and helps keep my lashes curled. This colour has a slight shimmer in – but you can’t really see that on the lashes. I also like the plastic brushes on these I find them easy to work with.

Revlon Mascara

Revlon Grow Luscious Mascara – LOVE LOVE LOVE this. I have to say right off the bat that this is my most used mascara out of the bunch. I really like the natural look it gives my lashes and it makes them look really long and separated. This tube has lasted me a while and it’s not dried out or flakey. It’s a really amazing mascara and I’d buy it over and over again.

Benefit Bad Gal Mascara

Benefit BADgal – Sample Size, not a huge fan of this. I used to hate it and then try it again a few weeks later. I find it messy and it always ends up really flaking and landing on my under eye area. Not a fan of this at all.

Rimmel Mascara

Rimmel Lash Accelerator Endless 001 Black – It took me a few attempts to master the brush on this, as it is so bendy. I do like it and it gives crazy length to my lashes. I would say build it up slowly otherwise you will end up with clumpy lashes. This lasts well on me and its another mascara I reach for alot.

Covergirl

 

Covergirl Lash Blast 24 hour Mascara – This is my favourite mascara in my collection. Its so black on the lashes and the formula is perfect so you can build up to quite a dramatic look. I like how this separates and creates length. My lashes look almost false when I am wearing this. It gets 10/10 from me, I wouldn’t be without a tube in my collection

Have you used any of these mascaras? I would also love o hear any recommendations for black mascaras that give good length to the lashes.

*I received the BarryM Mascara at a bloggers event and I am under no obligation to use or review it.

My First Etude House Purchase

I bought these Juicy Cocktail nail polishes from Etude House on eBay a few months ago. I opted for trio as they looked fun and I liked the idea of gradient nails. The packaging is cute and the colour is subtle and pretty.

Etude House

Etude House

Etude House

Juicy Cocktail Polish

 

The first coat of light pink polish applied really well and I think this colour would look cute alone as a pink sparkle and look fab!

The second coat has mostly small glitter and the odd large glitter flecks in. This polish I found to be thick and a little harder to apply.

The third coat was quite pretty and that has large dark pink flecks of glitter in and this would make a pretty glitter top coat.

Nail Polish Swatch

I’m not sure I did a very good job of recreating a gradient nail (on the fourth nail in the photo). In my opinion these would be better as a pink base coat & a chunky glitter top coat. I wouldn’t use the second colour again as it was not great quality but the other two are lovely. Using some other colours from my collection I think I would try and recreate this again, maybe with blue / green nail polish. Watch this space.

Have you attempted this effect? Or do you have any Etude House recommendations as I would like to try some more products from this brand.