Wednesday, 8 April 2015

Gimme Brow Dupe!!

Whilst on my break at work I nipped into Wilkinsons to see if they had any of my hair dye. Fortunately, me being me, I can't walk into any shop that sells make-up without having a peak at the stands. I headed over to the Essence stand because I do love a bargain. After a couple of minutes staring lustfully at their new nude collection my eyes wandered down to the brow products. 
Since Benefit launched Gimme Brow and I had it put on me at work I have loved it. I have very fair eyebrows with very sparse hairs, so without product they are practically invisible. So when I heard that this product added colour and contained fibres to fill in the brows I just had to have it. 
Naked Brows

I am by no means a brow expert and I know the shape and how I do them could be improved drastically, I'm still getting used to using brow products. Gimme Brow has definitely become my go-to product as it is so easy to use.

However, at £18.50 it is pretty pricey considering I need a product for everyday use. While having a look at Essence's brow products I noticed Make Me Brow. It jumped out at me firstly because of how similar the packaging is to Gimme Brow. The name is obviously rather similar too. Plus, its only £2.50!!
Gimme Brow contains 3g of product and Make Me Brow contains 3.8g, so you are getting more product for a much much smaller price.
Like Gimme Brow, Make Me Brow comes in two shades. I went for the lighter of the two shades as my hair at the minute is a very light, nearly white blonde.



Monday, 30 March 2015

Spring time nails- Models Own

Even though there is a snow warning here in the North East, it has been feeling a lot more like Spring. The blossom is coming out on the trees, the wind is a lot milder and there is more rain! Although Spring in England can be a bit grim with all the rain it definitely feels a lot brighter and colourful than Winter. With less than a week to go until Easter I decided to try out some really simple but effective Easter Egg inspired nails.



Camomile Sumptuous Cleansing Butter- The Body Shop

I'm lazy, very lazy.
That's the only way I can really start when it comes to cleansing. Half the time if I remember to take off my make-up at all then it will be a quick run over with a baby wipe or make-up remover wipe. Awful, I know!
Since I became more obsessed with make-up and beauty I have been trying very hard to become more obsessive with my skin care too, and it is working and paying off!

I decided to jump on board with the cleansing balm trend after reading various blog posts and watching youtube videos. I didn't want to spend a fortune at first as I didn't have any idea if I would like this type of cleanser or not.
So I did some research and The Body Shop was probably one of the cheapest I could find. Let me know if I am mistaken but I could not find any drugstore versions of cleansing balms! Anyway, the Camomile Cleansing Butter is £12 full price but The Body Shop has offers on a lot of the time and 10% off for loyalty card holders.