Barry M Liquid Chrome Highlighter Drops review

Liquid highlighters have been a pretty big thing for the past year or so, with Cover FX and Iconic London showing us just how far we are all willing to go to 'shine to the Gods', and now Barry M have pushed their way to the forefront with their own highlighter drops...

I have the pleasure of introducing Barry M Liquid Chrome Highlighter Drops!

I bought one shade, called At First Light, for just £6.99 from Superdrug and it's a super metallic-pink. It's a bit too pink for my skin, but my goodness, it is exceptional, and I will definitely make it work on my skin tone if it kills me, because my goodness, are these drops bright!

One drop goes a looong way (as you can tell from the pics), the texture is that of the high-end brands and it is super affordable for anyone struggling to find a good reason to pay £35 for one of the high-end brands. This is an amazing dupe for them. I will most definitely be buying more shades. These are absolutely excellent and I highly recommend them.

Have you bought any shades? What are your thoughts? Let me know! Xx

How to achieve dewy, highlighted skin when you have oily skin

Hello my darlings!

Do you, like me, have oily skin? Do you want to have dewy, fresh looking skin but just don't know how to achieve it without looking like a hot, oily mess? 

Well, here is how I go about it...
First, I use Milk of Magnesia...

I basically dip a brush handle into the bottle and spread it over wherever I am oily (my T zone).

I use a fairly generous amount if I am out in a warm climate, and less if I am going to work, as I work in a refrigerated area. Now, I leave this to dry on my skin completely, so I'll do my eyeshadow while it is drying.

Ooohh yeah, looking creepy and slightly disgusting, ha ha!
Once it is dry, it is time to use a shimmery primer. My favourite is Seventeen's Skin Wow primer/highlighter.

 I like to use a primer over Milk of Magnesia as they mix together and stop your foundation from going dry and flaky over the areas where the MoM is. A shimmery primer will help your skin look dewy through a medium coverage foundation. A full coverage might be too full on and stop any dewyness from showing.
So! Time for foundation! My absolute favourite at the moment is Yves Saint Laurent Touche Eclat in the shade BD50, which matches my fake tanned skin pretty well. I would suggest a medium coverage foundation, I reckon any will do, whether it is drugstore or high end (Bourjois do really great, affordable foundations, for example). 

This foundation has a fairly dewy finish to it, which is really nice, and allows the shimmery particles to shine through effectively. 

I use one and a half pumps of foundation on my entire face, which for me, is perfect. For anyone that likes a more natural dewy look, you can stop at this step, powder your face to set it and go about your dewy day, and you should be able to go about with minimum powder/oil blotting sheet touch ups. But for me, it's simply not enough! 

For me, the next step is bronze and then highlight with Iconic London highlighting drops in the shade "Original". 

These are the absolute bomb for my face shade. You could also use a lighter/darker colour, depending on your skin tone. I put two full drops on my hand, swipe them over my cheek bones, temples and over the top of the tail ends of my eyebrows, and blend them out with a Real Techniques blending sponge. 

Guuurl! Yasss, honey, that shine! I love it! 

Now to quickly fill in my brows with a pencil and set them with a brow gel... 

Now! One last thing! A good idea would be to set the centre of your face with a translucent powder, just so you can be the most matte while the rest of your face is shining for the Gods! 

This is a super affordable powder, a little bit goes a long way and mattifies really well. I powder over the exact same areas that I used the MoM - except on my forehead, where I powder everywhere except where the Iconic London drops are. 

Now you should be ready to glow all day! Let me know if this works for you! 

*Disclaimer* Using Milk of Magnesia is OK if you use it on your skin every now and again, but can alter the acid mantle of your skin if you use it too frequently. I do you want you oily skinned people to glow, but not at the expense of the health of your skin! 

Love you guys x

Bourjois Eye Primer 24H Long Lasting Eye Shadow Base Review

Phew! That is a seriously long title ^
Say that four times fast!

Hello my darlings, how are you all? My most sincere apologies for there being no posts for months; life has been hectic since the "split", and now that I am renting, I have less money to play with. It's just one of those things I suppose!

But today, I bring you an affordable drugstore eyeshadow primer that does the job of it's higher end counterparts! Bourjois eyeshadow primer is a very affordable £6.99 (around £8/9 cheaper than other higher end brands!)

Bourjois is a drugstore brand of makeup (don't be fooled by the word drugstore; Bourjois own Chanel!) that does amazing makeup at affordable prices. I am a rather big fan of almost all of their makeup.
Bourjois claim that this primer "... Enhances colour, extends wear up to 24hrs, and makes it waterproof". A bold claim indeed!

This primer bottle contains 6ml of product, has a doe foot applicator and is a light, flesh colour that - once patted in - dries down colourless (as far as I can tell; however there might be the possibility of women/men of colour having a slight cast left on their lids).

When I applied eyeshadows on top (all Makeup Geek), I immediately noticed that the colours adhered quicker than usual to my lid, applied darker than usual, and also required just a little more blending than normal.
I should tell you now that I have hooded eyes (for any nit-pickers out there, I'm still technically partially hooded but it won't be too much longer before it becomes a full hood 😛), with quite an oily crease, so without a primer, my shadows last less than a couple of hours before the disgusting coloured worm is lying happily in my eye crease, ha ha!

My eyeshadow lasted all day (a good 12 or so hours without fading or creasing, and came off easily with an oil-based makeup remover and a cotton pad. I wouldn't leave my makeup on for 24hrs because that can't be good for your skin, but I have a feeling it might work - so for those who like to party all night and leave in the morning, this might be the primer for you. I didn't check the validity of the waterproof claim; however, I did go out in the (typically) rainy weather that the UK is famous for (I swear! Ha ha), and when I checked my makeup after a quick walk in the rain, my eyeshadow still looked fine. To me, this primer certainly is worth the £6.99 price tag and I will definitely repurchase this in the future.