The Body Shop Glitter Eyeliner

If you're a glitter fan like me then you'll love this cute little eyeliner from The Body Shop. Seriously. I. Love. Glitter. If I could get away with wearing glitter all over my face, body and hair, believe me, I would. But unfortunately I am all grown up and must keep my glitter down to a minimum. But, dear readers, do not despair! We can still wear glitter! Even if I am closer to 30 now than 20...
I bought this eyeliner, brand new, from eBay, for the teeny tiny price of just £1.99! If you're not as cheap as I have been recently then I would suggest Urban Decay's Heavy Metal glitter eyeliner, it's very long wearing, the glitter particles are bigger and it's very sparkly. Anyway, back to my eyeliner...

This modest little tube contains a lovely amount of glitter, so don't worry when you see how teeny the tube is. The liquid holds a fair amount of glitter, and one sweep across your upper lash line should be enough to give you a decent sparkle from inner to outer corner! I like to use the glitter around my tear ducts to brighten up my eyes. TIP: If you use glitter eyeliner make sure you curl your lashes gently and use two coats of mascara - maximum - more than that and you may start looking a bit over-done.

Ok, you are probably straining to see the difference but if you squint really hard you'll see that the inner corners of my eyes look a touch brighter. Squint no more, dear readers, here is a close up:

Ummm, sorry for the rubbish close-up but I was in a bit of a hurry! But you see what I mean? Not too much glitter, but enough to feel bright and perky! This is great for an every day look, simple, easy and makes me feel so much younger!! I am using Maybelline "The Falsies Volum' Express" in 'Black Drama' mascara. It tends to flake if you use too much so use it sparingly. Ok, so I slap on the rest of my makeup and head off to work. 14hrs later, my eyeliner and mascara look like this:

There's a few tell tale flakes but not so bad that they can't be smoothed away. As for the glitter eyeliner, not bad for 14hrs wear, I'd say. It is also easy to remove with normal face wipes or makeup remover, and the chances of getting glitter in your eyes whilst removing your eye makeup is almost non-existant, whereas there's a much higher probability when you use Urban Decay's eyeliner. Trawl through eBay and find yourself a bargain like I did! Have fun x

Nivea Visage Daily Essentials Tinted Moisturising Day Cream

Hello! Now I must admit here that I am not much for tinted moisturisers because I like foundation coverage better, but I was shopping in Tesco and I was in need of a new moisturiser and this one is currently on offer at just £1.50! In these times of recession, who am I to turn my nose up? This is what the (opened) box looks like:

This moisturiser is for all skin types (hooray!) in the shade "Natural".
On the top of the back of the box it reads "A touch of natural colour is essential to brighten your skin's natural complexion and give it immediate radiance"
Below that is states:
NIVEA VISAGE DAILY ESSENTIALS TINTED MOISTURISING DAY CREAM enriched with Light Reflecting Pigments and Vitamin E, provides the skin with essential intensive  moisture and enhances your natural skin tone all day long:

• With a special blend of light-reflecting and colour pigments this light daily moisturiser brightens up your complexion.
• With UVA/UVB filters and Vitamin E, it helps to protect from environmental influences that result in premature skin ageing

SEE AND FEEL BEAUTIFUL SKIN: Your skin is intensively moisturised, looking instantly radiant and healthy-looking all day long.

So in it went into my trolley. A moisturiser for all skin types and the promise of possibly having more radiant skin at the same time, hooray! The tube looks like this:

 
Nothing terribly special, a squeezy 50ml tube with a screw on cap, simple and sweet.

This is what the colour looks like on the back of my hand. Quite dark looking, really. The moisturiser is of creamy consistency, smells a bit like sun cream/sun block and blends into the skin quite smoothly and doesn't actually look too dark once smoothed in. Thank goodness, for my skin (under the red cheeks) is actually rather pale!






Here is a picture of me with half of my face with this moisturiser on, the other with none:

 

ARGGHHH! Me with bed hair and loads of spots! *sigh* Oh well, I had just gotten out of bed I suppose... Anyways, the left side of the picture is with the moisturising cream, and the right is my bare face. There's not a really noticeable difference but the left side looks just a little bit less red, if you know what I mean? I had to blend it well at my jaw line as it was a tad too yellow, but other than that it went on fine, so I quickly put it on the rest of my face (blending gently) and this is the end result (more bed head alert!) :

I think that my face here looks a little bit more even, it certainly feels nice and moisturised, and after all that's sort of what we want from a moisturiser! I think if I was in a hurry to put on my makeup I could probably just smooth some of this on, set it with a little powder and a touch of mascara and I wouldn't feel half bad :)
I think, for £1.50 this is a bargain, and as it's for all skin types, why not give it a go? Hurry on down to Tesco, before the offer ends! Have fun x

John Frieda Frizz-Ease 3-Day Straight

Ok, so after a hefty silence of no blogging whatsoever I thought it was about time I stopped procrastinating and just got on with some reviews! And today I will be reviewing the new 3-Day Straight for curly hair by John Frieda.

Basically, what this is is a liquid that you spray onto wet or damp (but not dry) hair, comb through and then blow dry, followed by some hair straighteners. It claims to help keep your hair straight for up to 3 days. Personally, I never fall for the "stays on for up to 12 hrs!" claims because that rarely ever happens so I am naturally not going to assume that my hair will stay straight for 3 whole days. I like to see such claims as those as more of guidelines than the absolute truth. It says to use between 7 and 15 sprays "Use more or less depending on amount of curl, hair length and thickness".

My hair is half way down my shoulder blades, is very thick (I have enough hair on my head for at least three girls), and it is curly to boot. Not massively curly, for my hair is too heavy and tends to pull what would be ringlets into loose curls, so I decided that I am the perfect candidate for this hair product.

Please forgive my total lack of makeup in this blog, I hate my face without the comforting layer of foundation and my eyes are tiny and tired without some mascara to perk them up - but - I am blogging about my hair, so here we go:

My hair is damp with about 12 sprays of the liquid in it, brushed through thoroughly with a paddle brush. Now to commence with the blow drying. Just so you know I don't blow dry my hair - ever - even though I do own a hair dryer I don't use it more than maybe once a year. I'm a big fan of letting my hair dry naturally :)

 Eurgh! This is me after my pitiful attempt at blow drying my hair straight. I don't look happy because my hair is now half straight and big and fluffy, which I personally detest. Also I would like to say that at this stage my hair has taken on a slightly sticky quality, due to the Frizz-Ease liquid in it. Quickly! Time for the straighteners (which are four year old GHD's)!!

This is... well... sort of... the end result... Basically after I had finished straightening with my GHD's, my hair, with the help of John Frieda, was straight but completely weightless. Weightless, straight, thick hair means BIG hair and big hair is a BIG no-no for me. I have heard and read how it makes your hair poker straight and flat to your head. For me this is completely untrue, and I hated how my hair was straight AND orbiting around my head like it had its own gravitational field. So I grabbed up my trusty Paul Mitchell smoothing Super Skinny Serum:

This liquid should be clear and smell really deliciously fruity, but unfortunately I left it in the bathroom window in the summer sun, so now it is translucent-ish and smells a bit weird but still does the job. I used about three pumps of this and smoothed it all over my hair, and then last but not least rubbed two pea sized amounts of John Frieda's Brilliant Brunette Satin Shine to help weigh my hair down that tiny bit more:

And then my hair finally started to look as smooth as it usually gets when I straighten it normally. To be completely honest, I am not entirely impressed by this 3-Day Straight stuff. I won't be testing it for three days because I simply can't leave my hair unwashed for that long because greasy hair is a definite turn off in my opinion. I won't be buying this again and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone either due to my experiences. From now on I will let my hair dry naturally and use a heat protector spray before using my straighteners for a much better result without the need to use all the extra products.