Glossybox October Edition

So I was so excited when I came home yesterday and saw my Glossybox waiting for me. This was the second box I had received and it was the October edition which is the Pop Art edition so the actual box was really nicely decorated! 

I was really shocked that in this box I got 6 products which I think is amazing for £10!

1) Ciate Paint Pot in Snow Virgin

This is a nail varnish brand that seems to be getting more and more popular. It seems strange but I don't actually own a white nail varnish so I was really happy to get this and I plan to spend the night painting my nails with this! I also think that it is great that you get this full sized product as it is quite a big product! 

2) Rimmel BB Cream in Light

I actually already own this product but in the normal size. It's the only bb cream that I have used and I really like it. It goes on smooth and is a nice colour when on and actually does hide imperfections. So I might give this to my mam so she can have a try and see of she likes it. Another great thing about this is it gives a matte finish and we all know how much of a fan of matte skin that I am!

3) Nuxe Paris Masque Creme Fraiche de Beaute

What a name haha took a while to type! So this is a 24 hour soothing and rehydrating fresh mask which can be used in the face and eye contour area. I personally haven't heard of this brand before so I am excited to try it and this would have been great to feature on my Face Mask Fridays! I love a face mask so I'm super excited to try this and if you would like a review on this or any of the products I mention just leave a comment below and I will get that up for you!

4) So Susan Flutter Mascara

I love trying new mascara and trying new brands and this combines both of those! This is a black mascara and is meant to give you really dark and curved lashes. I am going to wait till my current mascara runs out before opening this one but I will definitely do a review on this as I love reading mascara reviews!

5) Etre Belle Liplift Peel

I was a bit concerned when I read what this product was. I didn't quite know what it meant by Liplift haha. This was another brand I hadn't heard of but that's what I like about these boxes. This is a prepatory exfoliated for your lips. It does acknowledge on the back of the packaging that the lip area is delicate so I thought it would be gentle. It definitely is gentle and it is grainy like a normal exfoliator but the grains aren't rough if that makes sense and it's quite lightweight and not too thick which I like. I get quite chapped lips so I exfoliate every night which helps my lips so I will definitely get my use out of this.

6) Yves Rocher Quelques Notes d'Amour

First of all how cute is this little bottle?! I love mini things and this  packaging is adorable. I also think this smells so good. I am a fan of little perfume bottles as these are easier to carry. I got a few mini ones last Christmas so I can add this to the collection. I am not very good at describing smells haha, this is very sweet smelling but isn't overpowering. I know I will wear this a lot!

I hope you've enjoyed reading about what was in this month's Glossybox! Like I've said, anything you would like a review on let me know and I will get that up for you. 

Also there should be some Halloween looks up next week so look out for them and if you want any particular look tried out let me know and I will do my best :)!

Much love,

Lucy x

Bohomoon Wish List

So a couple of weeks ago I came across Bohomoon's Website and I fell in love. They are a jewellery brand that specialise in making bohemian jewellery. Now I know this won't be everyone's cup of tea but I love their jewellery range. I recently bought two pieces as I couldn't resist and now I thought I would share my wish list with you. Also in the picture above I am wearing black lipstick which was from Mac a while ago and I have to say I love it! Again most people probably won't but each to their own :).

Necklaces

One of the really great things about this brand's necklaces are in most designs you can decide whether you would like it as a choker or as a necklace which I think is a great idea. These are the ones I would like next.

I think these are all beautiful and I would probably get the middle two as chokers and the first and last ones as necklaces on a chain. There are so many beautiful necklaces on there I could have them all really. Also another great thing about this brand is that they are really affordable and they are constantly having items on sale! 

Rings

You will tell from how many of these are on my wish list that rings are my favourite thing to wear. I love stacking rings and at the minute I especially love midi rings! I have a few at the moment but I don't think you could ever have too many rings haha! 

Bracelets

I'm not a big bracelet person and I don't wear many but there was a few that I found on Bohomoon that I love! I have to say I prefer fine bracelets rather than really big cuffs.

So all of these pieces make up my Bohomoon wish list! I would definitely recommend checking their website out (it's linked above) as they do some beautiful pieces and they also do earrings, anklets and phone covers as well!  

Also I have to say when I got mine they were beautifully packaged that I almost didn't want to open them haha! One last thing, I only paid £1 for delivery and it did take about a week to arrive but for £1 you can't complain!

Let me know if you have bought anything from here before and what it was and what would be on your Bohomoon wish list! 

Much love,

Lucy x

Face Mask Friday- Superdrug's Calming Facial Sheet Mask Cleansing Formula

So it's the last Face Mask Friday and before I start I just want to say I've had so much fun reviewing and trying out all of these products and hopefully will do a similar sort of thing with another type of product in the future.

So I wondered into Superdrug today and saw that they had these new sheet masks. For a while now I have wanted to try one of these types of mask as I had never before and I was just really intrigued. They had three different types of these, I picked the cleansing formula. 

As you all know now I have really sensitive skin that breaks out easily so I decided to go with this one as it was for all skin types so hopefully less likely to break me out. My skin hasn't actually been too bad this week I have slight redness here and there but nothing out of the ordinary for my skin.

This mask is meant to make you look more radiant and leave your skin soft and smooth.

So when you open it the first thing I noticed was how wet the mask was, I know this probably sounds stupid but it was soaking and I didn't expect that. You just open up the mask and pop it on your face. So this is probably going to sound stupid as well but this mask comes in one size but for me this mask was rather on the large size. Don't get me wrong I could use it and I managed to fit it on but these was a lot of excess mask so I'm guessing these are really large or I have a rather small face! If anyone else has tried these yet did you find then quite big or is it just me?!

Anyways it advises that you leave this on for 5-10 minutes and you know I like to leave it on as long as I can so I left it on for 10 minutes. It also advises that when you take the mask off that you gently massage in any of the product that is left on your face. There was a little bit of product left on so I rubbed it in gently then went and splashed my face with cold water and patted it dry. 

I have to say I am so impressed with this mask. Once I had dried my face my face felt soo smooth and I did actually look more radiant without me looking like a discoball. I really enjoyed using this and I definitely would recommend it and I actually now want to try the other sheet masks in this range. I think this is such a bargain as I only paid £1.29 (I think) for it! It does say on the back to use this regularly so it must be to keep the effects. I would definitely use this again as I don't think I've ever felt my skin as soft!

I hope you have enjoyed this little series as much as I have enjoyed writing it for you. If you have any ideas on products you would like reviewed or if you have tried any of the face masks I have mentioned let me know what you think below. I really enjoy when you leave me comments and I do try and reply to everyone :)!

Much love,

Lucy x

Halloween Look 1- Broken Ventriloquist Doll

So this was my Halloween look last year. It took me ages to decide what I wanted to do and I looked all over YouTube and Google images for ideas. I had seen people do a similar look to this on YouTube and I really liked it. I know some people won't like this look as it is scary but after all it is Halloween your meant to be scary! So below I've done a step by step guide of how I created this look so if you want to find out, keep reading :).

1) So at the time that I did this I was using Mac Studio Fix Fluid in NC15 as my base. I really liked this foundation as it is full coverage and I think because I was going for a porcelain doll effect I needed this.

2) I then powdered my face using Mac Studio Fix Powder Foundation in NC15 as this added even more coverage and kept me nice and matte.

3) I then moved on to the eyes as I didn't use blush as that's where I had planned to do the cracked effect. To do this I used the palette. I bought this from Xtras in Newcastle. This was such a cheap palette but the colour payoff is great. You can't really see my eyeshadow on this photo but I did a bright pink smokey eye which I really loved doing! This is one reason why I love Halloween as you get to try looks you would never try at any other time. 

4) I then lined my eyelid with Mac's Liquid Liner in boot black. I then created a thick white line with Maybelline's Expression Kajal Liner under my eyes to make them look much bigger and rounder. Under the white like I lined it with black to give the impression that the white line was part of my normal eye.

5) I then stuck false lashes on my top lashes. I used really big false lashes to help create a doll effect and then on the lower black line I put smaller but still big lashes on which I think really finishes off the eye look! I always use Eyelure lashes so these are the ones I used for too and bottoms lashes.

6) I then moved onto finishing the face off. To create the cracks I used Mac's Liquid Liner to outline them and create fine lines and then to fill it in I used Bourjois' Black Khol Liner. I only did 2 cracks as I didn't want to over do it haha.

7) Because I had done bright pink smokey eyes I wanted to do a bright pink lip so I used Candy Yum Yum by Mac to create this lip. I actually liked this lip more with this make up than when I wear my normal make up haha.

8) To finish off the look and make me look like a ventriloquist doll I used my Mac Liner to create the two lines down the side of the mouth and under my chin. I made them quite thick so that they were noticeable.

9) I then put my hair in bunches and back combed both sides so they looked really messy and tatty. If you do this be warned it takes so long the next day to get the tats out which is also quite painful :).  I used bobbles with bows on which I actually got from Matalan for like a pound each. I didn't actually buy these for this look I just loved these bobbles so they came in handy. I don't think Matalan will still have these but you could probably find dupes on EBay I would imagine.

10) I wore this chiffon dress from TFNC which I think definitely set the look off. This had lace cap sleeves and is really floaty and lovely. I'm really sad that I don't have this anymore as it shrunk in the wash, this was one of my favourite dresses!

I hope you enjoyed reading how I created this look! If you know what your dressing up for Halloween I would love to know! Also if you would like me to recreate any Halloween looks let me know and I'll try my best to do so. I think I will do another couple of Halloween posts because I love doing these! 

Much love,

Lucy x

Face Mask Saturday?! Soap & Glory's Scrub Your Nose In It

Hi everyone! I realise this blog should have went up yesterday and I'm really sorry it didn't I've been feeling really exhausted and run down lately and it all came to a head yesterday. When I woke up my throat was really sore, I had a runny nose (sorry if that is too much information haha) and I felt like crap. So by the time I got home from work I was exhausted I just wanted to go to bed and go to sleep so that's what I did. I am feeling a bit better today, the sore throat is still here but I don't feel as tired so that's a bonus. I feel like I had to explain myself as when I say I'm going to do something I have to follow through and if I don't I feel incredibly guilty! Does anyone else feel like that or just me haha?

So anyways I have had this product for so long but I had to talk about it. So it has been repackaged so it doesn't look like mine but I've read the product description and it sounds round about the same so I'm guessing it does the same job. So technically this isn't a face mask, this is a face scrub but you can leave it on for longer for it to work like a face mask and this is always how I use it. I've never used it as a scrub before! 

So this week my skin hasn't been too bad, I feel like my skin is on rotation one week it's okay and the next its terrible haha! But no major problems this week thank the lord!

I don't remember how long exactly I've had this product but it doesn't smell weird or look weird and still works so it is definitely not out if date. It's a greenish blue colour and because it is primarily a scrub this feels very grainy when you rub it on your skin. However, this means when you wash it off your face it exfoliates it too which means your getting the best of both worlds. This is meant to be oil absorbing and brightening when used as a mask and you only have to leave it on for 3 minutes! This has the same tightening effect that a traditional clay mask has and it smells very minty and it feels almost like a burning sensation when you put it on, not like painful I dunno how to describe it haha.

I have to say I absolutely love this mask I've been using it every other week for like a year and a half and it's always the mask that I return too. It makes my pores look so clean and totally unclogs them. It also makes my skin feel so soft and because I am oily it totally reduces any oil on my face. It also totally reduces any spots that might be brewing and reduces any that I already have.  I cannot praise this mask enough I think if you were going to try any of the masks I have suggested this would be a great one to start with. This is what the new packaging looks like.

If any of you have tried it please let me know what you thought of it in the comments below, did you love it too? Next week is my last face mask blog so of there is any you really want me to try let me know! 

Also, one of my most favourite times of year is coming up... Halloween!!!! I am so excited words cannot describe my excitement. I wondered into Lush yesterday and they had their Halloween range out and I just wanted to buy it all. So last year I finally done a proper, scary Halloween make up and dress up look which I loved. I love dressing up in fancy dress, I wish Halloween was all month long as I have so many ideas and only one day. So tomorrow I'm going to post last years Halloween look and do a step by step guide on how I created that look so I hope you enjoy reading that tomorrow and it definitely WILL be up unless something major happens! 

Much love,

Lucy x