First Impressions - Freedom Makeup London Pro Artist Pad in Black Arts

Hey everyone,

Today's video is on my first impression of the Freedom Makeup London Pro Artist Pad in Black Arts.

I am really enjoying this palette!
Check it out for my thoughts and there's some photos below.

Revolution Birthday: Makeup Revolution's 2nd Birthday Party GOODY BAG HAUL

Hey Everyone!

So sorry for my recent absence across social media of all kinds lately, I was working very last minute and was rushed off me feet!

However I'm back now with a few exciting posts and videos lined up for you.

Today's one is about last week's Makeup Revolution 2nd birthday party which they kindly invited me to.

As well as great cocktails, a great venue and some exciting new product launches and announcements, I received this giant goody bag on my way home!

There were more products than this included in the bag but they were less exciting to me (things like shower gel and makeup wipes) and I left them at my boyfriends house as they are of more use to me there. BUT I am going to share with you some pictures and quick thoughts of the products.

(As a side note, just because these products were freebies, doesn't mean you won't be getting my honest opinion. One of the things I like about Makeup Revolution as a brand is that they respect that!)

First up is the Makeup Revolution Ultra Flawless Powder Brush

• It's pretty!
• I believe it's £9.99 and available at Superdrug or on the Makeup Revolutions website
• It's VERY soft and fluffy.
• I used this to apply loose powder all over my face and it did a great job!
• Too big for setting my concealer under my eyes.

Next is the Makeup Revolution Pro Hygeine Anti Bacterial Blush Cleaner

• It's a huge bottle!
• It's one of those 'spray on to your brush and wipe with a cotton pad' cleaners
• It cleaned my brushes just fine
• It has a strong scent which smells nice but remains on the brush when it's dry - Do I really want that much perfume on my face/around my eyes?
• Great value at £5.00 for 200ml at Superdrug or Makeup Revolutions Website

Next is the Freedom Pro Studio Strobe Cream

• I was so excited to try this as I wanted to try a few similar products including Makeup Revolutions version.
• It smells so strong! Like biscotti or something... the strong scent, again, worries me as fragrance is an irritant for the skin so I don't really like putting this all over my face.
• I used it for two days and started to break out slightly in spots and a little rash around my nose which I would guess comes from the strong fragrance.
• The effect wasn't very noticeable at all, especially once it had dried. Applied to the back of my hand, the product appears to completely sink in to my skin after a couple of minutes.
• Available from Superdrug and the Freedom Makeup London website for £8.00.

Almost there! Next up are Superdrug's Volume Edition Lashes in 21

• I haven't actually had a chance to try these yet, but they look a little fake and OTT for me as I like a more natural false lash.
• However they look nice in the picture so I will definitely give them a try at some point and report back!

FINALLY! The Freedom Makeup London Pro Artist Pad in Black Arts

(Cue heavenly choir)

• I don't want to say too much about this as I have a full on first impressions coming in a couple of days however: I LOVE THIS!
• Good quality eyeshadows with lots of pigment.
• Lots of fallout too.
• 48 shadows in the palette.
• Neutral based but with lots of variety.
• Available at Superdrug and Freedom Makeup London's website for £15.00

So that's it for now, please check out my regular video post for this Thursday which will be a full first impressions on the Freedom Makeup Black Arts Palette and I will have more photos for you then.

February Favourites 2016

Hey Everyone!

So after lots of fun with YouTube this morning (not really) I have managed to upload today's video for you as planned.

Here are some products I have been enjoying in the month of February.
I hope you enjoy.



Products Featured:
Makeup Revolution - Vivid Baked Highlighter in Golden Lights
The Balm -  Cindy Lou-Manizer
Nivea - Sensitive Shave Balm for Men
SugarPill - Trinket Liquid Lipstick
Sleek - Ultra Matte Me Lip Creams
EX1 - Foundation in F100

Nailtiques Formula 2 Protein Treatment - Update Part 1 (2 Weeks)

Hey everyone, one of two videos being uploaded today, this one is a two week update on how I have been getting on the the Nailtiques Formula 2 Nail Protein.

Thanks for watching, and I hope you enjoy.

Makeup Revolutions Swatches Part 2: Mermaids VS. Unicorns Palette

Hey everyone,

Today's just a quick one as I'm afraid I'm pretty poorly this week, which is also why there was no YouTube post on Thursday. Just sharing with you some swatches of the colourful Mermaids vs. Unicorns palette from Makeup Revolution. Swatches of the Flawless Matte palette are still to come, but there are so many shadows in that one I didn't manage that this week.

First, a few images of the palette itself:

And then on to the swatches. Unlike the Mermaids Forever palette, the shades in this palette are unamed:

A few notes on this palette:

• These shadows are of a nice quality. While you only get 12 in this palette as opposed to 32 in Mermaids Forever, my opinion is that this palette has a more universal quality and is less hit and miss than Mermaids Forever.
• All the shadows are pretty highly pigmented, the strongest being those bright blues and turquoises.
• There's a fair amount of fallout from some of these and they take some building but not tonnes. 
• As I said in my previous swatch post - I REALLY RECOMMEND USING A PRIMER.
• It's a STEAL at £4.00 and personally I would say well worth the money.

Makeup Revolutions Swatches Part 1: Mermaids Forever Palette, Bronzers and Highlighters

Hey Everyone! So as promised, today's post will feature swatches of the products I talked about in my video earlier this week. However because their are SO MANY shadows in these palettes I am featuring the Mermaids Forever Palette, the Vivid Baked Highlighter in Golden Lights, the Vivid Baked Bronzer in Rock on World and the Summer of Love Bronzer in Love Hot Summer in today's post and the other items (The Mermaids vs. Unicorns Palette, Pure Pigment and Aqua Seal and the Flawless Matte Palette) will be in my next post.

First up, the Mermaids Forever Palette.

I have included the names of all the shadows in this photograph so that it's as easy as possible to match up the shades in the palette with the swatches below.

Okay so that's the whole of Mermaids Forever swatched close-up for you.

A few notes on this palette:

• The really lightest two shades in particular, especially Forever don't show up that well at all.
• All of these shadows have been swatched heavily on top of a primer to get as much colour payoff as possible without applying them wet.
• A couple of these shades are appalling when used dry - try them wet and they really pop
• The quality of these shades varies a lot from one to the next. A few of them takes tonnes of building up, most take a fair amount of building, a few of them one stroke and BAM - tonnes of colour so experiment.
• USE A PRIMER (I can't stress enough how important that is with this palette)
• My favourites: Enchant, Ariel, Pink Sea, Waves, Fishtail, Turtle, Treasure, Prince

Okay! Last but not least we have a swatch of the bronzers and highlighters from the video:

Swatched, semi heavily so you can see the colours but with nothing underneath this time. 

the Summer of Love Bronzer in Love Hot summer, the Vivid Baked Bronzer in Rock on World and the Vivid Baked Highlighter in Golden Lights. These are all nice but powerful! So use a careful hand. I'm keen to try their pink highlighter too, and their new strobe cream.

That's it for today, come back next week for part 2!

Makeup Revolution HAUL + REVIEW

Hey Everyone! It's Thursday which means it's YouTube day and I'm reviewing a selection of products from highstreet beauty brand Makeup Revolution available online and from Superdrug in the UK. It's a bit of a long one so get comfy.

MAJOR SWATCHES of all of these products will be up over the next few days so stay tuned to see these products in more detail.




I hope you enjoy.