All used up in September

Hi Beauts.

Time again for my monthly empties post :)

Hair, Skin and Body:

* Herbel essence hair mask £3.99. This is probably my third tub of this and I still love using it. Other than the fact it smells amazing, it leaves my hair soft and a lot more manageable. REPURCHASE? Yes RECOMMEND? Yes

* Britney Spears Midnight Fantasy £17.00. This is one of my favourite perfumes.  Not only is it always on offer, it smells good enough to eat. It's a very sweet scent and reminds me of candy. REPURCHASE? Yes RECOMMEND? Yes

                        

* No7 eye make up remover £8.50. Again another product I've repurchased and another that I love. This is an oil based remover so won't be loved by all, it removes every inch of make up even waterproof mascara and liner. REPURCHASE? Yes RECOMMEND? Yes

* Palmolive rose shower gel £1.99. This is probably my all time favourite shower gel. I used to hate anything rose scented but now I can't get enough.  It's very strongly scented and leaves the skin feeling super soft afterwards. REPURCHASE? Yes RECOMMEND? Yes

* The Body shop seaweed clarifying toner £3.00. I bought this as I have oily/combo skin and basically it drives me insane,especially on my chin. This was great at keeping the oil at bay. It did make my skin feel a little tight but that soon disappeared as soon as I applied moisturiser. REPURCHASE? Yes RECOMMEND? Yes

* The Body shop seaweed mattifying day cream £4.00. Again this really helped to control the oiliness of my skin. It was moisturising as well as oil controlling and left my skin matte looking. REPURCHASE? Yes RECOMMEND? Yes

* No7 hot cloth cleanser £9.95. I bought this as I didn't really get along with the Liz Earle cleanse and polish. This however, I really enjoyed using. It can be used on the eyes so doesn't sting at all and it left my skin feeling super soft and looking pretty even REPURCHASE? Yes RECOMMEND? Yes

Make up:

* Rimmel scandal eyes flex mascara £6.99.  This has become one of my favourite high-street mascaras of all time and I'm gutted I used it all up. I bought the regular scadal eyes when it first got released and wasn't too keen. However this bad boy is amazing. It lengthens, gives volume and separates each lash. I LOVE this stuff. REPURCHASE? Yes RECOMMEND? Yes

* Collection lasting perfection concealer £4.19 This is my Holy grail concealer, there ain't no way I'm straying from it! I'm pretty sure every single beauty blogger has tried this bad boy. REPURCHASE? Yes RECOMMEND? Yes

* Rimmel stay matte foundation sample £5.99. After using up this sample, I had to go straight out and buy the full size. This was full coverage (I needed no concealer at all) was definitely matte and didn't stray or get shiny all day. REPURCHASE? Yes RECOMMEND? Yes

Reviews of products mentioned:

No7 eye make up remover Here

Rimmel stay matte foundation Here

Rimmel Scadal eyes flex Here

What have you been using up?

Stacey x

September favourites

Hi Beauts.

Where has the summer gone? Everyone seems to be looking forward to winter, can't say that I am if I'm honest..... Bah Humbug......It's time once again for me to share my favourite products from the glorious month of September. A lot of these things are actually things I bought in NYC as I've been trying them all out this past month.     

Face:

Rimmel stay matte foundation £5.99. I tried a sample of this a few weeks ago and loved it, so went straight out and bought the full size. It's matte, has great coverage and lasts all day.

e.l.f baked blush in pinktastic £3.75. To me, this is more of a highlighter than a blush, and that's what I've been using it for. It gives a gorgeous healthy glow to the cheekbones without looking like a disco ball. I absolutely love it.

Eyes: 

Maybelline color tattoo in Barely there. I already have a color tattoo in On and On bronze and love it. This shade makes a great base for all eyeshadow as it's a neutral toned champagne shade, and it looks great when worn alone

E.l.f waterproof liquid eyeliner £1.50. I wasn't so sure about this at first, but I've used it everyday now. It allows a tin precise line, lasts all day and doesn't smudge. 

Lips: 

Revlon lip butter in Strawberry Shortcake £7.99. I have two other shades in the lip butters but have had my eye on this one for a while. It's the perfect every day pink, and like the others, it's moisturising and very glossy

Other: 

Bath and Body works hand sanitiser in Sweet Pea. It's more the scent than the product I've been loving it's such a pretty summer fruity kinda scent. I think I may need to buy me the body lotion too!

Reviews of products mentioned:

Rimmel Stay matte here 

Maybelline color tattoo here

e.l.f waterproof eyeliner here

My NYC haul  here

What were you loving throughout September?

Stacey x

First impressions: Rimmel stay matte foundation

Hi Beauts.

I'm sure we all know by now that I find it extremely hard finding a foundation that will last all day. Two great ones I do use and love are Revlon colorstay and the Garnier BB cream. 

However, being the make up addict I am, I still want to find another that works for me. That's just how I roll. I'd heard a little about the new Rimmel Stay matte foundation and was considering giving it a bash when I stumbled across a sample sachet in my Glamour magazine - perfect!

So instead of doing a full review (this post is so going to end up just that) I wanted to do a 'first impressions' instead. I enjoy watching these types of videos on youtube and thought it may be a good idea

 The thing that stuck out the most on the packet were the words 'liquid moose foundation' pretty strange right? Well it is just that.

Squirting the foundation onto the back of my hand the consistency was that of a moose like product, but whilst blending it into my skin it felt like a liquid. Pretty damn cool eh? I found this so easy to blend out, there was no streaking and no patchiness, and the best thing was the coverage it gave. This is definitely a full coverage foundation and I didn't need to reach for any concealer at all - that's never happened to me before.

Because it's full coverage I did think that it would feel a little heavy on my skin, but it didn't at all. It is absolutely, as it says, a lightweight product. Is it matte? I hear you say....Yup! It's not the kind of matte foundation where your skin is made to feel tight or dry, my skin felt as though I'd just applied a light moisturiser. 

Once I had applied the rest of my make up - eyes, blush etc I noticed that I didn't need to powder, yet another thing that's never happened to me before. I did powder though but I think I did it more out of habit than anything else.

I applied this at 12pm (hello flawless finish) and checked again at 4pm then 8pm, my make up hadn't budged at all!! My skin still looked flawless, matte and just well bloody amazing in my opinion! I don't think I've ever been so impressed with any make up product before.

The lowdown:

Price: £5.99

Product: 30ml

Shades: 6

Coverage: Full

Where to buy: Boots Superdrug 

Lightweight

Matte

Lasted 8+ hours

Doesn't cake up

No need to powder

So the big question is, will I be buying the full size? ABSOLUTELY! I am actually going out to buy it today, I can see this fast becoming my favourite foundation

Have you tried this yet? What did you think?

Stacey x