Maybelline Colour Sensational Lipstick Review - 910 Shocking Coral

Maybelline Colour Sensational Lipstick - Shocking Coral £7.19

Shocking Coral is one of Maybelline's new Colour Sensational Lipsticks which were released a few weeks ago.  I love a nice bright colour pop lipstick, and this one is no exception!  Shocking Coral is a bright, almost neon coral shade with pink undertones.  If anything, once applied it looks more pink than coral, but I guess this depends on your natural lip colour.  The lipstick itself is pretty opaque, you only need to swipe it across your lips a few times to get great colour payoff.  

Soap And Glory Hand Maid Antibacterial Hand Sanitizer Gel Review

Soap & Glory Hand Maid £2.50

 To be honest I don't usually use hand sanitizer, but there seems to be a lot of colds and tummy bugs going around at the moment, and I really don't fancy getting ill.  So when I was in Boots last week I had a look for a non toxic smelling antibacterial hand sanitizer, and this one stood right out.  Unlike all the other boring, mundane sanitizers this one actually looked quite cute.  I picked it up straight away and gave it a little sniff.  As I'm a big fan of Soap & Glory products and love their overpowering scents I had high hopes for this one.  It didn't disappoint!  Hand Maid smells just like a cocktail you'd enjoy on a beach or a night out.  It's scent is fruity, but also has that alcohol scent which reminded me of a cosmopolitan.

Maybelline Colour Tattoo 24 HR Gel -Cream Eyeshadow Review - 65 Pink Gold

Maybelline Colour Tattoo Eyeshadow - 65 Pink Gold £4.99

I first came across Maybelline's Colour Tattoo range a few weeks ago, when I was out shopping with my nan.  I noticed that she had on a gorgeous shimmery silver eyeshadow, and I was really intrigued to know what she'd used.  When we got home she showed me the product which looked uncanny to MAC's Paintpots.  The eyeshadow she'd been using was Maybelline's Colour Tattoo Eyeshadow in Eternal Silver.  Eternal Silver sat perfectly against her warm skintone and really brightened up her eyes.  I also noticed that the eyeshadow hadn't creased at all during the whole time we were out.  This made me want to try it out for myself, so when I was next in Boots I picked up this little beauty in Pink Gold.

L'oreal Nude Magique CC Cream Review - Anti Redness

L'oreal Nude Magique CC Cream - Anti Redness £9.99

L'oreal's Nude Magique CC Creams are a brand new range of Colour Correction Creams that have hit Loreal stands this month.  I never really thought much of CC creams, I don't know why, but they just never really interested me.  Probably because for the last month or so, I've been so hung up on Diors Nude BB Cream I haven't taken much notice of other complexion products.   

Charles Worthington Protect Heat Defence Spray Review

Charles Worthington Protect Heat Defence £5.19

I've had this heat protector spray from Charles Worthington for a couple of years.  Usually heat protector sprays only last me a couple of months as I blow dry and straighten my hair on a daily basis.  However the smell of this product really put me off using it.  I'm a huge fan of anything with a gorgeous, overpowering scent, but this heat protector spray smells like pure alcohol.  Surely enough, if you check the ingredients list the first thing that comes up is Alcohol Denat.  This kind of confused me since alcohol is flamable, and this product is meant to stop heat from damaging your hair??  This really intrigued me, so I went on to look at the ingredients list of one of the other heat protector sprays I own.  I picked up Vo5's Heat Defence Spray and that didn't appear to contain any alcohol.

Simple Kind To Skin Purifying Cleansing Lotion Review

Simple Kind To Skin Purifying Cleansing Lotion

Simples Kind To Skin Purifying Cleansing Lotion is a gentle creamy cleanser that is suitable for sensitive skin.  This product has been one of my staple cleansers ever since I started wearing make up around 8 or 9 years ago.  This product currently lives in my gym bag as its a really quick and easy cleanser.  It has a really moisturising thick texture which helps to hydrate the skin, without leaving an oily residue behind.  As it is suitable for sensitive skin, I also use this as an eye make up remover (as shown below).

Bourjois So Laque Ultra Shine Nail Polish Review - 33 Tangerine Fatal

Bourjois Nail Polish - 33 Tangerine Fatal £5.99

Bourjois' Tangerine Fatal is a bright almost neon orange shade.  I must of had this for at least three years, its a great colour pop shade for summer.  These polishes from Bourjois have a super glossy finish to them even without a top coat!  I like how thick and cream the texture is, and the polish goes opaque in 2 coats.  As it has such a creamy formula this isn't the quickest drying nail polish.  My first coat took about 10 minutes to dry and my second took around 20 minutes.

Soap And Glory Hand Food Hand Cream Review

Soap And Glory Hand Food £2.50 

Hand Food from Soap and glory is a heavily scented hand cream containing shea butter, macadamia oil and marshmallow.  It has a gorgeous sweet scent which lingers around for a little while.  Its the type of product that you want to reapply often as it smells so sweet and delicious.  I'd say that it smells sweet and floral with a hint of marshmallow.

Bourjois Rouge Edition Lipstick Review - 02 Beige Trench

Bourjois Rouge Edition Lipstick - 02 Beige Trench £7.99

02 Beige Trench is one of 18 new lipsticks from Bourjois.  It sits in their 'Preppy' category as this range is split up into 3 groups consisting of: Preppy, Colour Block and Night Out.  I have also reviewed shade 11 Fraise Remix which is one of the Colour Block shades.  Beige Trench is a nude lipstick with greyish undertones.  It's quite a dull shade but as it has a slight sheen to its finish, which keeps it wearable and flattering.  This lipstick reminded me of a shade that Kim Kardashian would wear, and would look great with a heavy dose of bronzer and a dark smoky eye.

Natural Collection Eyeshadow Duo Review - Rosemary/ Thyme

Natural Collection Eyeshadow - Rosemary/ Thyme £1.99

Natural Collection's eye shadow in Rosemary/ Thyme is a duo of both a shimmery lime green shade and a shimmery slightly duller almost khaki mid-tone green.  The lime shade is very sheer as it isn't very pigmented, but gives a subtle effect.  The darker shade is more pigmented but still not really pigmented and has a slightly metallic finish.  

MUA 3 In 1 Extreme Contour Liner Review - Smoked Plum

MUA 3 In 1 Extreme Contour Liner - Smoked Plum £1.50

MUA's 3 In 1 Extreme Contour Liner in Smoked Plum is an angled multi purpose eyeliner in a dark plum colour.  The colour of this product is a gorgeous deep plum, which isn't too vivid or out there for day time wear, but is smouldery and less harsh than black.  The pen itself has an angled tip, which MUA say is softer on the delicate eye area than a conventional pointed tip eyeliner.  It can be used as an eye liner when the tip is held parallel to the eye, enabling you to draw it on with the long flat side.  This is how I applied it, and I found that I had to swipe it over my lashline quite a few times to get any colour pay off.

Barry M Nail Polish Review - 355 Gold Mine Glitter

Barry M Nail Paint - 355 Gold Mine Glitter £2.99

Gold Mine Glitter Nail Polish is jet black in colour with lots of gold hex glitter pieces.  I love this nail polish, it's both super glittery and a wearable black.  The glitter is really densely packed in, making it sparkly and quick to apply.  I used 2 coats and found that it went both ultra glittery and opaque black.  The consistency of this polish is pretty thin which enables it to dry quickly.  Both coats only took just over 5 minutes each to dry fully.

MUA Lipstick Review - Shade 8

MUA Lipstick - Shade 8 £1

Shade 8 from MUA is a shimmery deep red with berry tones.  This lipstick is pretty well pigmented and goes opaque in just a couple of swipes.  The formula is creamy which makes it really easy to apply straight out the bullet, no need for a lip brush.  I was really impressed with staying power of this lipstick, as all of MUA's lipsticks seem to vary quite a lot in wear time.  This lasted me around 4 hours before I had to reapply, and didn't come off too much when I ate.

OPI Kardashian Kolor Nail Polish Review - Wear Something Spar-Kylie

OPI Nail Polish - Wear Something Spar-Kylie £9

Wear Something Spar-Kylie is a super glittery pink nail polish.  I'm really impressed at how dense the glitter is, it's actually the best glitter polish I have ever used.  After just one coat it's as glittery as Barry M's glitter polishes are in 2 or 3 coats.  After 3 coats of this shade by OPI my nails are fully opaque with glitter.  The liquid that holds the glitter together is also pink which adds to the intensity of the shade.

Essie No Chips Ahead Top Coat Review

Essie No Chips Ahead Top Coat

This Top Coat from Essie claims to keep nails chip free for up to 10 days.  Nail polish usually lasts up to 2 days on me before I start to see any tip wear and then a further 3 days before any major chipping.  I used this top coat over the top of OPI's Wear Something Spar-Kylie and it kept the polish chip both chip and tip wear free for four days.  However by 9PM on the fourth day I noticed that it was already starting to chip on my ring finger nail.

Burt's Bees Replenishing Lip Balm With Pomegranate Oil Review

Burt's Bees Lip Balm With Pomegranate Oil £3.69

This Lip Balm from Burt's Bees is marketed as a 100% natural lip balm.  I picked it up from Whole Foods a couple of months ago and have found it really effective for healing my dry, chapped lips.  The lip balm has a fairly strong scent which lingers around for a good half hour after application.  I don't find that this product lasts too long on my lips, usually only just over an hour or so, but whilst it's on I can definitely feel that it's working.

Bourjois Effect 3D Lip Gloss Review - 29 Rose Charismatic

Bourjois Effect 3D Lip Gloss - Rose Charismatic £7.69

Rose Charismatic is a sheer, super sparkly lip gloss from Bourjois.  This lip gloss reminds me a lot of Revlon's Colourburst Lip Gloss in 040 Crystal Water but Rose Charismatic is has a sheer light pink sheen to it whereas Crystal Water is clear.  Whilst this lip gloss from Bourjois isn't really pigmented, it does give the lips and incredible shimmery shine without having a gritty texture, as the glitter is very fine and can't be felt once on the lips.  

Simple Kind To Skin Relaxing Bath Soak Review

Simple Relaxing Bath Soak 

Simples Relaxing Bath Soak is a super bubbly bubble bath with subtle lavender aromas.  This bubble bath is perfect for unwinding in after a long day.  Simple say that it's full of skin loving nutrients such as chamomile oil which helps soften skin, lavender oil which has calming and relaxing benefits, glycerin which hydrates and nourishes skin and geranium oil that both conditions and regenerates skin.

Simple Kind To Skin Refreshing Shower Gel

Simple Refreshing Shower Gel £2.10

This Kind To Skin Shower Gel from Simple is both fragrance and colour free.  It has a thick gel texture which is great for shaving as it acts like a barrier cream protecting the skin.  I've really noticed an improvement in the skin on my legs since using this shower gel whilst shaving, they're a lot less dry than they were before. 

Simple Kind To Skin Moisture Boost Hydro Mist Review

Simple Hydro Mist £5.99

Simple Kind To Skin Moisture Boost Hydro Mist is meant to give tired, dehydrated and dull skin an instant boost.  Simple say that the fine mist absorbs instantly into the skin, restoring optimum moisture balance and can even be used over make up.  I've tried using this several times and haven't noticed any difference other than it making my face wet.

Simple Hydro Mist 

Crabtree & Evelyn La Source Relaxing Body Lotion Review

Crabtree & Evelyn La Source Relaxing Body Lotion £16 for 250ml 

This Relaxing La Source Body Lotion from Crabtree And Evelyn is a highly concentrated, rich moisturiser infused with a sea breeze fragrance which reminds me of the refreshing smell of a beach in wintertime.  This moisturiser absorbs quickly, usually within just under 10 minutes.  It leaves my skin feeling soft and almost baby-like all day without leaving any greasy residue behind.  I use this on my arms and chest as the fragrance is very strong and long lasting, yet didn't irritate my sensitive skin.  

Crabtree & Evelyn La Source Relaxing Body Lotion

No7 Pampering Dry Oil Body Spray Review

No7 Pampering Dry Oil Body Spray Review £9.50 

This Pampering Dry Oil Body Spray from No7 leaves my skin soft and glowing.  Unlike moisturisers this oil is super quick to apply, I only need three sprays per leg and it doesn't take too long to sink into my skin, usually only around 5 to 10 minutes.  Unlike many body oils, this one doesn't leave behind a greasy residue, but instead a silky smooth feeling that lasts all day.

No7 Pampering Dry Oil Body Spray Review £9.50

TIGI Bed Head Superstar Sulfate-Free Shampoo For Thick Massive Hair Review

TIGI Bead Head Superstar Shampoo £8.50

I've been using TIGI's Bed Head Superstar Volumising Shampoo on and off for a good few years now.  I find that its great for making my hair go super big and volumised for special occasions or nights out.  I wouldn't use this as an everyday shampoo as I find it quite drying and leaves my hair feeling brittle.  I think this is because in order for it to make hair volumised it mattifies it which makes the hair feel rough but plumps it up.

Schwarzkopf Bonacure Hair Therapy Oil Miracle Light Finishing Treatment With Argon Oil Review

Schwarzkopf Bonacure Miracle Oil £24.95

This argon oil hair treatment from Schwarzkopf's Bonacure line is a thick golden oil that richly coats the strands of your hair, leaving it feeling soft, smooth and healthy.  I applied this to my towel dried hair whilst it was still damp.  I only used a tiny amount to begin with and gradually added more to cover all of the lengths of my hair.  I probably used about a 5p sized amount of product in total so this should last a long time.  I made sure that I kept this hair oil well away from my roots as otherwise it would have made my hair look greasy.

Clarins Bronzing Duo Mineral Powder Compact Review - 02 Medium

Clarins Bronzing Duo Bronzer- 02 Medium £28

A few weeks ago I was getting my makeup done at the Clarins counter and the CA used their bronzing duo in 02 on me.  To be honest I never thought I'd buy any makeup from Clarins as I don't really associate Clarins with makeup, even though I've relied on their skincare for years.  But I was really impressed with the shimmery natural glow it gave me.  I got this bronzer in shade 02, which is the middle shade, they also do a lighter one which didn't really show up much on my skin and a darker one for more olive skin tones.