Tried And Tested - Rimmel's 'Kate' Lipstick in 02

Last week, I went out and bought 3 colours from the collection and I have been trying them out one by one. The first review is of 02, which is a shocking pinkish red.

Shade 02

The formula is extremely dry but long wearing. The lipstick stayed on my lips all day, however, I didn't like the dryness of it. On the lips, the finish is not as glossy as it appears in the tube; it's actually semi-matte which I quite like as I don't always like to have mega shiny lips!

I do really love the colour of this, it's bright (which is always good!) but it's also very wearable for the less brave of us make up fans. It's buildable, if you only want a light colour - you can just dab it on with your finger so it's a stain, or apply it full on so it's super bright!

'Kate' lipstick in 02.

 Overall, I love the colour and stayng power of this lipstick and the finish is really nice - I just hate the dryness! It's the dryest 'long wearing' lipstick I've ever used so I would definitely slap on load of lip balm first to protect your lips from chapping etc. But for a cheap and cheerful £5 lipstick, this isn't bad. As for repurchasing? I don't think I will. But for now, I will use it with lots of balm and moisturiser and when it starts getting towards the end, I'm sure I can make a pretty tinted lipbalm by mixing it with some thick moisturiser or Vaseline.

Have you tried this lipstick yet, or any others from this collection? Let me know what you think of them in the comments? :) xx

October Favourites!

So as it turned to Autumn this month, I was finally able to start using darker colours on my nails and with my make up - which I love! So I have a few of my favourite things from this month to share with you today:

1. Dark nail polish... for a whole week, I had 'You Don't Know Jaques' by OPI on my nails, and today I painted my nails a dark, foresty green which I don't know the name of but it's a Sephora by OPI nail polish that I got while I was in New York a few months ago. I've also been loving navy blue on my nails and I have my eye on the 'Warm & Fozzie' nail polish from the Muppets collection by OPI.


You Don't Know Jaques - OPI (2 coats)

2. Stila Smmudge Stick in Moray... I got this in my October Glossy Box and I have worn it almost every day since. I love this liner because it is such an interesting colour and the forest green and metallic finish is perfect for Autumn. I was also so surprised that the pencil was so long wearing - usually I hate pencils because they don't stay but this one applied like a cream and then stayed all day! I am definitely going to be ordering some more colours, just to make a change from my usual brown and black gel liners.

Stila Smudge Stick in Moray

3. Dior HydraLife Skin Perfect... As it's getting colder and my skin's getting dryer, a good moisturiser has been my best friend! My all time favourite is Dior HydraLife Skin Perfect moisturiser because it is so moisturising but it comes out of the pump like a gel so it's not greasy at all. I use this at night, and it is moisturising enough for me to not need to use it again before I put my make up on the next morning. This is my all time favourite moisuriser but a close second is Bobbi Brown's Hydrating Face Cream - the Dior one wins on smell and texture! This bottle has lasted me about 4 months and I am just running out; I'll be getting a new one tomorrow!

Dior HydraLife Skin Perfect

4. Outre by Mac... This mustard coloured eye shadow came out with the Mac Me Over collection and I absolutely love it! I've never seen an eye shadow this colour before and it makes such a unique crease or outer corner colour. I'm so glad I got this as it makes such a change from my usual browns, golds and bronzes. It's also a matte colour which I like because too much shimmer is DEFINITELY too much of a good thing! I hope it will be repromoted or I'll be able to find it online at some point, because when mine runs out, I'll be so upset!

Outre by Mac - Mac Me Over Collection

5. BLOGSPOT! If you've noticed that I only have 9 posts (including this one) it's because I only started blogging this month. I've loved sharing my thoughts with all of you and I am so grateful to all the people who follow me or comment or send me emails or tweet me. I will definitely keep blogging every 2 days, like I have been so far and I'd love to know any requests that you might have.

Thanks for reading, everyone - if you have an October favourites post on your own blog, link it in the comments because I'd love to have a look and see what my amazing followers are loving this month :)

Nail Of The Day: OPI - You Don't Know Jaques

This is my first NOTD and I am starting with one of my favourite autumn nail colours: You Don't Know Jaques by OPI.

This is a satin finish nail polish and is a taupe brownish colour with a bit of purple as an undertone. It only needs 2 coats of polish to get a good colour and then finish it with a top coat to give an even glossier finish. MY personal favourite top coat is the OPI top coat.



Nails after 3 days of wear.

I have found that with a good layer of top coat, this polish has great staying power. I've kept this colour on for 3 days and I still haven't had any chipping, which is good; I really can't be bothered to repaint my nails and let them dry every single day! If you paint thin coats, they will be dry to do another coat by the time you've done your other hand, so drying time is quite good too. I find it's best to leave the second coat for 10 minutes for it to get really hard before painting the top coat as that will ensure it doesn't dent or get marks on it and ruin the perfect finish.

I love dark browns and greens for autumn - leafy colours are my favourite, whereas in the summer, it's all about the pale pinks!

This nail polish retails at £10.50 and you can get it here, at John Lewis or at the new OPI store in Westfield, West London, which is called ColourCopia.

What's your favourite autumn nail colour? Let me know in the comments below? :)

Kate Moss Lipsticks - First Impressions

Today, I went to get a few of the Kate Moss lipsticks (Lasting Finish by Kate) after all the hype and advertising they got. I picked up three colours: 01, 02 and 05. These are the three colours I would most likely wear from the collection.



Shade 01 - A dark, berry red



Shade 02 - A very bright pink



Shade 05 - A more subtle, pale pink.

All three of these lipsticks have a glossy finish and are very true to colour in the swatches: 

Top - 01
Middle - 02
Bottom - 05

I haven't tried them on my lips yet, so I will update you on their staying power and whether they are drying or not. These retail for £5.29 each but there is a 3 for 2 deal going on at Superdrug at the moment, so I'd definitely take advantage of that if you're interested in these!

Over all, I'm quite impressed with these as the colours are pretty nice, I like the finish and I like how the red is a modern twist on a classic look by adding a bit of gloss and some darker undertones. These definitely feel like good quality lipsticks for the price and the black packaging is very sleek; even the 'Kate' signature is quite cute with the tiny loveheart under the word. I'll be trying these out soon, so I'll keep you posted on what I think once they've been tried and tested!

Do you have any lipsticks from this collection? What do you think of them? Let me know in the comments below, I'd love to hear your thoughts!

Lipstick of the day: Girl About Town

So, I am definitely more into make up than I am clothes so this is my take on the infamous OOTD. First of all, my camera is broken, so I have to take pictures on my blackberry so the quality is always quite rubbish. Second of all, I HATE taking pictures of myself and 5 out of 7 days I will just be wearing my school uniform; so outfits of the day will be pretty limited. However, I do wear lipstick every day, and that's far more interesting!

Anyway, I will stop rambling and just tell you all about this lipstick! Today, I wore Girl About Town by Mac which is an Amplified Creme, retailing for £13.50.

As you can see, it's pretty bright, but on weekends, I like to make the most of being able to use bright, bold colours on my lips. The formula of this lipstick is very creamy yet surprisingly long wearing - I was out for 10 hours today and only had to reapply once after eating. This lipstick doesn't dry out my lips, yet it isn't uber moisturing either which I like, because I don't like my lips to feel greasy like many 'moisturising' lipsticks do.

I don't need to use a lip liner with this lipstick because the colour doesn't bleed around my lips and as I said, it's pretty good at staying put! I've never used this immediately after using a lip balm though as I usually only use that once before bed and then that will be all I need for the next day; unfortunately, I can't tell you how that would effect the finishe of the lipstick.

This is the colour you'd get with a light application. I like my bright lipsticks to be BRIGHT but if you were a bit afraid of that kind of thing, I am sure you could use a light hand to get a more muted version of this colour.

This is probably one of my favourite lipsticks as it is a lot more modern that the classic bright red, and if you want to make a statement, then this would be the way to go. Have you tried this lipstick before? Or why don't you tell me what your favourite lipstick is? Let me know in the comments below, I'd love to hear your thoughts! :)

Review: Stila Smudge Stick

So in my last post, I told you that I got a Stila Smudge Stick, waterproof liner in Moray in my October Glossy Box and I am absolutely over the moon with it!


Stila Smudge Stick in Moray

 First of all, the colour is so pretty! I've never owned an eye liner anything like this before. It's a dark metalic green with hollographic glitter through it - in some lights, the liner goes gold and silver. The colour is perfect for autumn and makes a great change from my usual black and brown liners.

This swatch doesn't do it any justice at all!



 As for staying power, this liner certainly does the trick! It lasted 14 hours on my eyes without running down my face, transferring into my crease or fading before I took it off to go to bed. This is the first pencil I've used that has impressed me as far as staying power goes. I switched to gel liner and used that religiously purely because it wouldn't budge; but this liner has definitely swayed me! I haven't used this pencil in the waterline yet, just because of the glitter. I will try it out and see how it goes, but for now, I am happy with gel liner in the water line as I'm 100% guarunteed that I won't have liner running down my cheeks within 2 hours of putting my make up on!

The texture of this pencil is so soft and smooth! It goes on almost like a cream which I really like - no one wants to be tugging on their eye lids with a sharp pencil while it scratches and irritates the skin! I'm really impressed because it applies as easily as a pencil, but looks and feels so much better!

The only downside of this product, I would say, is that it takes quite a few twists to wind the product up which worried me at first as I thought it was broken or there was only a minute amount of product in it. Also, once you've wound it up, it won't wind back down which could be pretty wasteful if it gets wound up too far and it gets mashed in the lid :(

This eye liner retails for £13, which is definitely a lot cheaper than my all-time favourite Bobbi Brown gel liners and I would absolutely repurchase this! I'm excited about the other colours that this liner comes in and I'm sure I'll be putting an order in soon. Being a Stila virgin, this liner has given me great first impressions of the brand. Overall, this product gets a gold star from me: I'm a very happy blogger!

October Glossy Box

Today, I came home to find my October Glossy Box. The theme for this month is 'Six Pack' as it is the 6th ever Glossy Box. To celebrate the 6 month milestone, the Glossy Box team included an extra item so there were 6 samples to try out this time.

As always, I was excited to see what treats they'd sent me, but this month, I have some mixed thoughts. I am all for trying new products, but as a 15 year old, I don't think I need any anti-aging treatments just yet.

There were 3 products from Dermalogica's 'AGE smart' range in the box:

(Left to Right) Dermalogica Multivitamin Thermafoliant £40.50, Dermalogica Renewal Lip Complex £22.50 and Dermalogica Multivitamin Power Recovery Masque £33.

There was also a small pouch to hold the 'Six Pack' that came in the box which I thought was a cute addition to the box.

Anyway, as I said, I am a teenager so I won't get the most use out of these pretty expensive samples, so I've decided to donate them to my mum for her to try and I will let you know her thoughts soon.

Also in the box was a pale pink nail polish from Leighton Denny Expert Nails. I was quite excited about this as I have used Leighton Denny polishes before and I absolutely love them!

Leighton Denny Expert Nails polish in Baby Doll £11

I love pale pinks on my nails, so I was glad to see I'd recieved Baby Doll in my box because I know I will get a lot of use out of this colour.

I also got a Stila Smudge Stick in Moray. This is great because I only ever wear waterproof eyeliners and the colour is so pretty - I can't believe I've never tried it before! It's a greeny-grey, goldish metallic liner with tiny specs of glitter through it. I can't wait to use it because it's so different yet subtle; I think it would be perfect for autumn as it's not as harsh as black but still has something special about it.

Stila Smudge Stick Waterproof Eyeliner in Moray £13

The swatches don't do it an justice at all, so I didn't upload them, but I can assure you that it's stunning.

The last thing in the box were 3 samples of perfume from Robert Piguet called Fraces de Robert Piguet, Visa de Robert Piguet and Calypso de Robert Piguet. In my opinion, these scents are a bit strong for me and I don't think they suit me. They cost £65 per 50ml bottle which is pretty pricey, if you ask me.

Overall, the best things in the box were the eye liner and the nail polish which were both full sized products. This made the box value for money but I hope the beauty profile is online so I'm more guaranteed to get 5 things that I will be able to use and like. Reviews of all the products from this month's box will be up as soon as I've used them for long enough to have a proper opinion on them. Let me know what you recieved in your Glossy Box and what your thoughts are in the comments below.

Bobbi Brown 20th Anniversary Lip Pallete

This year is the 20th anniversary of one of my favourite make up brands, Bobbi Brown! The company was established in 1991 when Bobbi, a make up artist, found that she couldn't find the perfect shades to suit everyone. She started her brand with 10 lipstick shades which are in this pallete along with 10 more brand new bright colours that can be mixed to create any colour you want.

The pallete also comes with a mini sized lip brush and a mirrow that fold out to save space. I love all these colours, but the only down side of this pallete is that each colour is only the size of a 5 pence piece and there is only 4g of product for a cool £46.

This would make a great gift for Christmas and it will definitely be going on my list, but I think the price is a bit high unless you're a die hard Bobbi Brown collector. Tell me what you think of the new pallete in the comments?

OPI - The Muppets Collection

For Christmas 2011, OPI have released a new collection inspired by the Muppets! Although the Muppets was a bit before my time, I love all the films and as a young child, I was obsessed with Animal, Miss Piggy and of course Kermit!

Top (left to right): Animal-istic, Meep-Meep-Meep, Wocka Wocka!, Pepe's Purple Passion, Designer... de Better!, Warm & Fozzie.

Bottom (left to right): Rainbow Connection, Excuse Moi!, Gone Gonzo!, Fresh Frog of Bel Air, Divine Swine, Gettin' Miss Piggy With It!

There are a mixture of fun, bright glitters, reds and neutrals. I think that Rainbow Connection looks a lot like Happy Birthday by Deborah Lipman and a lot of the glitters could be a (only slightly) cheaper dupe for some of the Deborah Lipman glitter polishes.

All the polishes in this collection will retail for £10.50 each. You can get them here or you can go to the new store in Westfield, West London called Colourcopia which sells every single shade of OPI nail polish that opened in September 2011. What do you think of this collection? I think this is probably my favourite OPI collection so far!

Benefit - They're Real Mascara: Tried and Tested!

As I was repurchasing my beloved Porefessional from Benefit, there was an offer on for a free lipgloss if I spent over £30. This was about a week after the new They're Real mascara had been released, so I thought 'why not?' and decided to try it.

I'm a bit weary of mascaras that aren't 100% waterproof as they often smudge and by the end of the day, I've been known to resemble a racoon! But, the lovely sales girl assured me it was water resistant and as long as I didn't go swimming, it wouldn't budge.

I still don't use this mascara on my bottom lashes as they're long enough to brush on my cheeks so for them, I use either Clinique Bottom Lash Mascara or Bobbi Brown No Smudge Mascara. I used to use the Bobbi Brown mascara in my top lashes, but when I first tried the new Benefit mascara, I was so impressed! The Bobbi Brown mascara is good, but it doesn't lengthn or volumise or seperate anywhere near as well as 'They're Real' does!

They're Real (one coat)

No Smudge (one coat)

The only bad side to They're Real is that it's hard to layer the mascara without it looking clumpy as it dries so quickly! However, the little ball on the end of the wand (slightly resembling the iconic Givenchy mascara) is really good at getting right to the roots of the lashes and seperating each individual lash.

Overall, I think this is my new favourite mascara and after using a variety of Bobbi Brown mascaras over the past 3 years, I've finally found something even better. Benefit - They're Real retails for £18.50 and I would highly recommend it!