bareMinerals QVC TSV

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bareMinerals QVC TSV 2016

bareMinerals will be in the QVC TSV on Sunday, March 6th & they have a fantastic deal waiting to be snapped up! They’re calling it The bareMinerals Beauty Upgrade This eight-piece make-up collection includes the brand new Prep Step Moisture Set Radiant Prep Cream and Lash Domination Volumizing Mascara, plus Original SPF 15 Foundation, winner of the QVC Customer Beauty Awards 2014, and much more. With specially-chosen skin formulas that work together to create a luminescent finish, this Bareminerals set will give you that coveted, naturally flawless look.

bareMinerals Lash Domination Mascara

The bareMinerals Beauty Upgrade

  • Concealer SPF20 –  Award-winning SPF20 Concealer effortlessly conceals anything you have to hide
  • Original Foundation SPF15 – Gives you all the flawless coverage you want with a naturally luminous finish that won’t clump or cake. Swirl the brush into the loose powder, tap off any excess and buff across the face.
  • Hydrating Mineral Veil Finishing Powder – A nutrient rich formula that saturates your skin with cooling vitamins and minerals, brightening your complexion, minimising the look of lines and leaving your skin supple and smooth with a soft, peach luminosity.
  • Flawless Face Brush – With its soft tapered, small round bristles, this versatile brush works well with bareMinerals face products.
  • Maximum Coverage Concealer Brush – Conceal and conquer and imperfections with this soft brush which helps to create fuller, more concentrated coverage.
  • Lash Domination Volumizing Mascara Petite Precision Brush in Intense Black* – The Small Pro Twist 360 Wand is fanned out to a 360 degree to capture and amplify even the shortest lashes with precise volume.
  • NEW Prep Step Moisture Set Radiant Prep Cream* – This is exclusive to QVC. The Prep Step leaves your complexion beautifully prepped for a smooth, flawless makeup application with a radiant looking glow. Be the first to try!!
  • Pop of Passion Lip Oil Balm in Blushing Passion* – Luscious colour and slick shine delivers gorgeous, vibrant medium buildable coverage that glides on with luxurious slip and provides balmy non-sticky shine.

bareMinerals Prep Step

bareMinerals Pop of Passion

bareMinerals Pop of Passion Lip Oil Balm

So not only are you getting a great deal, you’re also getting to try some of bareMinerals best-selling products as well as trying their newest release the Prep Step, which is currently exclusive to QVC – you get all of this for only £41.70.

I love so many of these products but especially the Mineral Veil Finishing Powder – its flawless and gives such a pretty finish to your skin, I also love the Pop of Passion Lip Oil Balm & this shade is the ideal everyday colour. You will get a lot of wear from all these products

What product are you most excited to try?

Product Empties February 2016 #2

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Product Empties Feb 2016

The Red Hour Prismology Body Scrub with Cedar-wood and Ruby

This has become my all time favourite body scrub, I know for lots of people a scrub isn’t a very exciting product but this one is incredible. It smells grown up, sophisticated and luxurious (I want a perfume in this scent). The scrubbies are abrasive enough to do their job but not to the point that they irritate your skin and the product leaves my skin feeling clean, nourished and silky smooth.

  • Ruby micro-crystals / gently exfoliates
  • Sugar Beet & Coconut Extracts / moisturises and softens
  • Mineral Rich Volcanic Spring Powder / gently buffs skin

I want to buy many back ups of this so I am never ever without it. I will be the first to say £35 is quite pricey for a body scrub but you get 200ml of product and this bottle has lasted me months and I think its well worth every penny.

Soap & Glory The Righteous Butter 

This is such an old faithful product, these huge tubs last forever and the body butter leaves my skin hydrated and the formula isn’t too heavy or greasy on my skin. The scent reminds me of Summer holidays too! I always stock up on this when its on 3 for 2. It has Shea Butter & Aloe Vera so two wonderful ingredients that will look after your skin & keep it looking its best!

Batiste Eden Dry Shampoo with Sugar Melon & Honeysuckle 

This isn’t my favourite Batiste dry shampoo, I bought it because I was sucked in by the floral packaging. The scent is quite nice and not too synthetic although its pretty strong to begin with. I felt like this didn’t work that well and it made my scalp itchy.

MAC MSF Natural in Medium

LOVE this product and it took me years to finish it. It gives a pretty flawless soft focus finish to my makeup. I won’t be repurchasing in a hurry because I have since fallen in love with the bareMinerals Mineral Veil Powder. I feel people used to talk all the time about MAC MSF but now there are so many wonderful dupes and alternatives so I don’t hear too many people mentioning them.

Elizabeth Arden 8 Hour Cream Lip Balm Protectant Stick

This is a lovely nourishing, protecting lip balm and it also has SPF 15 in so I used this most days as my go to lip balm. I like that it looks like a lipstick and its not in a pot. I have had this product in the pot & it just went all gross and dirty, the stick form is 100% more hygienic and easy to pop into your handbag.

Liz Earle Orange Flower Botanical Body Wash*

This bottle is a whopping 500ml and it felt like a challenge to use it up, it took me almost 5 months. This smells like Summer in a bottle, its citrus scent is beautiful and uplifting especially on those dull Winter mornings. I looked forward to using this each day. It contains naturally active ingredients which include organic oats, natural source of vitamin E, orange flower water and 10 pure essential oils. This also has foaming agents derived from soap bark, corn, and coconut so its not going to dry your skin out. If you like Liz Earle products, this is one to add to your shopping list.

*PR Sample

Skinn Skincare Launching in the UK

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Skinn Skincare on Ideal World TV

I have a new UK launch for you – American brand Skinn are coming to Ideal World TV, from Thursday 3rd March you will be able to get your hands on a wide range of their products. I know a lot of people have been waiting for Skinn to be available in the UK so now it going to be much easier to get hold of. This is my first time trying anything from this brand and from what I have read their products are quite popular around the world.

I’ve been sent three of their best selling products to try from the Collagenesis range and I’m excited to try them out over the coming weeks.

Skinn Cosmetics are dedicated to bringing the best quality products to their customers and focusing more on the contents of their products not on fancy packaging, adverts and paying for space in retail stores.

‘As an industry veteran, Dimitri learned that the majority of the money at the big cosmetics houses is not spent on the product. In fact, it seems to go everywhere but the product: ad campaigns, department store counter space, Park Avenue offices, and most of all, packaging. Believe it or not, most companies spend more money on the container and fancy boxes than on the formulations inside. At Skinn, we focus on what goes into the jar and how it will make you look, not how the jar looks.’

Skinn on Ideal World

The Skinn Collagenesis range is specifically formulated to combat dry, dehydrated, thinning, crepey and wrinkled skin. Its labeled as their Anti Ageing line and is meant to help combat the early signs of aging.

Skinn Collagenesis Eye Stem Rejen Elite*

This comes with a pump which dispenses just the right amount of product for both eyes & the cream itself has quite a few great ingredients but in particular 3 active ingredients, Glacier Water, Snow Algae Powder and Alpine Rose. These will help smooth, hydrate and protect skin against environmental aggressors.

The serum is a soft pink shade, although the colour doesn’t translate into the skin. It feels very lightweight and cooling under the eye and leaves the area soft, smooth and hydrated. This does have an odd scent, I can’t put my finger on it, its not herbal or floral but I am pleased to say that the scent doesn’t linger too long and after 10 minutes or so it’s gone all together.

Skinn Collagenesis Stem Rejen Facial Serum Elite*

This also comes with a pump much like the eye serum and has the same 3 active ingredients, Glacier Water, Snow Algae Powder and Alpine Rose. The few times I have used it so far, it feels lightweight and leaves my skin soft. It feels quite a lot like the eye serum. I am looking forward to using this more and seeing how my skin looks.

Skinn Collagenesis Skincare

Skinn Collagenesis 24 Hour Youth Preservation Cream Elite*

This moisturiser has a very rich, quite thick texture but once you massage it in to your skin it feels like it melts right in. It contains Capryloyl Salicylic Acid, which assists skin turnover & will help your complexion look radiant and rejuvenated. I have only had time to test this moisturiser once and it felt nice on my skin, not greasy or heavy but I can’t say if it works or not. We will see.

Skinn Skincare Collagenesis Range

Eye Serum / Face Serum / Moisturiser

I will update you in a month or so as to how I get on with this trio of products from Skinn. I just wanted to pop up a quick post to let you know they’re launching in the UK tomorrow.

If you want to learn more about Skin Cosmetics then make sure you tune in to Ideal World TV or visit them at Online 

*PR Sample

ZOEVA Rose Golden Vol. 2 Makeup Brushes

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New Zoeva Rose Golden Brushes

Zoeve Rose Golden Makeup Brushes

So a little while ago ZOEVA released their gorgeous Rose Golden Vol. 2 Brush Set & I’m excited to let you know that they’ve extended the collection by 30 single brushes. So you can now purchase these beautiful powder nude & rose golden design brushes individually & build up a substantial brush collection of your own.

ZOEVA is a brand that’s become so popular with both makeup addicts & MUA’s over the past couple of years, I have tried their makeup (which I love) but never their brushes. I only ever hear positive reviews of their collections and people saying they deliver on quality and design so to say I was excited to try out 3 brushes from the Rose Golden Vol. 2 Collection was an understatement and the brushes did not disappoint.

New Zoeva Rose Golden Brushes

ZOEVA 125 Stippling Brush Rose Golden Vol. 2 Edition* 

This is a duo fibre brush & its quite dense but so very soft. I like to use it to apply both my foundation and cream blush. Its great for both. For foundation its fab at making a little product go a long way – you just keep buffing away & it gives such a even flawless finish.

ZOEVA 227 Luxe Soft Definer Brush Rose Golden Vol. 2 Edition* 

This brush is the perfect size and shape for blending out your eyeshadow, its great for getting into the crease and creating that seamless transition between shades. Its so soft the bristles are quite long, its the perfect crease brush. It keeps it shape after washing and the bristles stay soft. I do wish this was Vegan though.

ZOEVA 232 Luxe Classic Shader Rose Golden Vol. 2 Edition* 

I use this brush to pack my colour on the lid, its a dense flat brush so its perfect for that. Again is very soft and picks up a good amount of product. I have used this brush a lot because I tend to wear one colour on the lid most days & this brush is good for applying one colour all over the lid. This brush is a natural-synthetic hair mix

Beautiful ZOEVA Makeup Brushes

ZOEVA Brushes are affordable & compared to brushes of similar quality like Mac & Bobbi Brown they are a lot more affordable. These are the nicest brushes I have tried and over the years I’ve tried brushes from so many brands. I’m looking forward to buying a few more for my collection. The only negative thing I have to say about them is that not all ZOEVA brushes are Vegan which is a shame.

New ZOEVA Makeup Brushes

These brushes are so beautiful to use. They look stunning and everything has been so well thought out. Everything from the soft nude pink handles to the rose gold detailing give these brushes a really luxurious feel and finish. They are super elegant but most importantly they are incredibly good quality makeup brushes, they don’t shed, they are easy to clean, the bristles are so very soft and they keep their shape.

ZOEVA have added 30 single brushes to this gorgeous Rose Golden Vol.2 Collection so thats quite a few to pick from.

*PR Sample