Benefit Operation Pore Proof First Impression/Review

Hi guys, so as you might have seen I recently purchased the NEW Benefit Operation Pore Proof kit from Boots.

I generally love Benefit products, despite the fact they are quite expensive in comparison to the rest of the makeup I own. But because they offer these kind of kits with smaller sizes of the products I am fortunately able to own quite a few of their products.

When I saw this kit was out I was SOOOOO excited for it! I have trouble with minimising my pores so I literally thought this kit was sent from Haven just for me, haha! But seriously, I had high, high hopes for this.

You can't go wrong with the Porefessional primer, no, I don't think it totally minimises pores, but you also can't expect it to work miracles, so it doesn't bother me. So that product was fine, it is the rest of them that I have the issues with!

Dr Feel Good, is a product that is meant to be pat and smoothed over makeup to mattify. BUT all this seemed to do, even though I followed the instructions perfectly, was wipe away my makeup! I could see the freckles and redness on the area I used it on! It literally just wiped it ALL away!

License to Blot, is essentially a very similar product, you pat it on areas that are a little shiny to mattify. But, again, there is a theme here, it just wiped my makeup away! As I patted it onto the shiny parts of my face it literally took all my powder, foundation and concealer with it! Frustrating!

And, Shy Beam was the product I was most excited for, it is a matte liquid highlighter, which sounds like my dream product! BUT I applied this to the high points of my cheek bones, and on a second occasion (to give it a second chance) I applied it under my eyes, somewhat like a concealer, just to try and brighten my under eye area, and oh my god, it too just took my entire foundation etc with it as I used my finger or a sponge to blend it in!

Overall I am so disappointed with the product! Because it is not cheap either! At all! It retails at £28.50, and when I am only mildly happy with one product (the primer) then it really is not worth that much!

I still remain hopeful that I just got a bad batch, or faulty product, and that these products are all actually really good and as amazing as I would have initially thought. But these products that I bought are seriously so bad! And I am absolutely gutted I have basically lost out on £28.50 because to me that is a lot of money and I could have bought so much drug store makeup that is brilliant quality for that amount of money!

Oh well, you live and you learn.

If I haven't scared you off, then here is where you can buy the product http://www.boots.com/en/benefit-Its-all-about-prime-POREfessional-Operation-PORE-Proof-kit_1715892/

Thanks for reading,

Love, Abbie

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Beauty Crowd Mini Haul Swatches and First Impressions...

So as you might have seen from yesterday's post, I did some shopping online at Beauty Crowd :D

I promised I would take some better pictures, and swatches and possibly some first impressions, so here it is :)

 I got a sample of this Bell foundation and primer. I used the foundation today, and I did really like it, but it didn't wow me enough to want to buy the full sized product.

I also got the Milani Illuminating Face Powder in the shade Beauty's Touch. It is really hard to see the swatch from the pictures, being a subtle blush/highlighter, but I do really like it.

You can buy it here: https://www.beautycrowd.com/products/milani-illuminating-face-powder
It retails at £8.
 

I also bought this LA Girl Ultra Eyeshadow Palette. The swatches was one light amount of the eyeshadow, so I think they are really nicely pigmented given the price!
I couldn't find it on the website but it retails at £6.

I also got one of these Bell lipsticks thrown in too, it is a gorgeous shimmery pink shade. Admittedly it isn't the kind of I would normally reach for but it also means I don't have a colour much like this, but I definitely want to start wearing these kind of colours. It also feels so moisturising and smooth!
I can't find it on the Beauty Crowd website, nor do I know the retail price. I will keep by eye out and update this post as soon as I see they are available.

I also bought the Milani Total Cover Mascara. I have used it twice now and it is amazing! It really gives the illusion of false lashes and you only need 2 coats at the most!
You can buy it here: https://www.beautycrowd.com/products/milani-total-lash-cover-mascara

It retails at £6.

I also bought the LA Girl Pro Concealer in the shade natural. I used it today and the coverage is flawless! It is very comparable to the Erase Paste by Benefit, but as such a lower price. I don't like the applicator too much, but for the quality of the product it isn't too much to put up with.

You can buy it here: https://www.beautycrowd.com/products/l-a-girl-usa-pro-conceal

It retails at £5.

I also bought the Micellar water from Bell. It is so soothing on the skin and feels so gentle. The micellar water I am currently using is one I am not too fond of anyway but it stings my skin when I use it, but this one doesn't do that at all! It feels so nice!

You can buy it here: https://www.beautycrowd.com/products/bell-hypoallergenic-micellar-makeup-remover

It retails at £4.95.

This was just a quick blog post, again, for you all :)

New blog post coming at some point at the weekend!

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Beauty Crowd Mini Haul...

This is just going to be a super quick mini haul post, as I am currently fighting to keep my eyes open, as recently I have had major trouble sleeping and last night I had about 3 hours sleep at the most and it's been like that for a few weeks now, and it is most definitely taking it toll on me now! Ahhhhh, but I really wanted to get a blog post up for you all, so here it goes :)

Being a blogger I was able to sign up and be a part of Beauty Crowd's Pro site, where they sell various makeup products at discounted prices, and with it all so cheap how could I say no? haha.

I got this parcel in the post today, and I was super excited! Look how cute it is...

When I opened it, I saw these two things and I thought, oh I didn't order these, and they were thrown in for free! yay. I got a free lipstick in a bright pink shade and a free sample of a foundation and a primer.

And then to the stuff I actually paid for, how exciting does that all look? Oh, it's just me? Haha. I get way too excited when it comes to makeup.

In the big thing at the top is an eyeshadow palette, by LA Girl, its the Brick Eyeshadow Palette in Ultra. I also got a bottle of micellar water by Bell Hypoallergenic as I just ran out of my previous micellar water and I literally love using it to remove makeup, so I knew I couldn't live without some more! 

I also got one of the Milani Illuminating Face Powder, as I have heard so much about them! I got mine in the shade Beauty's Touch. It looks so pretty and amazing, and just WOW.

I also got one of the LA Girl Pro Concealers as, again, I've heard so much good stuff about this concealer. They didn't have the lightest one in stock so I got the shade Natural, but it still looks perfect for my skin tone.

I also got a Milani Total Lash Cover Mascara, the wand looks... interesting, but in a good way! I actually used it today and I love it!

I got all this for under £13! Bargain, right, I know! Amazing.

Thank you Beauty Crowd Pro <3

A first impressions and swatch post will be coming very, very soon!

Sorry for the lack of pictures, but there will be more pictures, that are clearer in my swatch and first impressions post.

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New favourite lip colour!!

I I have a new favourite lip colour!

I have just discovered how nice some lip liners can look when used all over the lips, instead of lipstick.

This is the Essence lip liner in the shade 06 satin mauve. I am in love with it!

It is so creamy, and not at all drying on the lips, and somehow, even though I haven't overdrawn my lips, it makes my lips look bigger, which I like.

This lip liner is a steal at around £1, from Wilkinsons. 

I have other Essence lip liners too, so I will be seeing if they look just as nice all over the lips as this one.

Hope you guys liked this quick little blog post, and if any of you have this lip liner, or go and buy it, let me know what you think :)

New blog post later today, my top 5 foundations :) 

Freedom makeup swatches...

Here it is, some swatches from my Freedom makeup haul! I am missing a few items, because they weren't at hand, but most of it is all here, enjoy :)

This is the Pro Melts Lipgloss in the shade just do it, as I said in my haul post, it is a little streaky but if you build it up this reduces.

This is the Pro Lipstick in the shade red wine, it is super pigmented.

This is the Pro Glow in the shade Meow, it is very subtle on my skin tone, but it would still make a gorgeous highlight.

This is the eyeshadow in the shade smoulder 213, this product was already heavily pigmented without the need for layering up the colour.

This is the eyeshadow in the shade gilded 217, a beautiful bronzey gold.

This is the blush in the shade lethal weapon, a super pigmented barbie pink blush.

This is the eyeshadow in the shade brights 227, a light, shimmery purple, absolutely gorgeous centre of the lid colour!

This is the Pro Glow in the shade Purr, this is slightly more pink, I used this as a blush and I loved it!

This is the blush in the shade beyond, a super shimmery pinky orange colour, it would also probably make a nice eyeshadow colour too!

This is the Pro Contour kit in fair, as you can see the highlight is super light, which I love for my pale skin, and the contour (a bit above the highlight) is very subtle, hence why it is perfect again for my pale skin and for an everyday contour.

This is the eyeshadow in the shade gilded 216, a light shimmery pinky shade, again, a perfect centre of the eyelid shade, or even an inner corner highlight shade.

This is the Pro lipstick in the shade Flushed, it is so pigmented and creamy, and just a gorgeous pink shade.

This is the Pro lipstick in the shade sooner or later, which is one of my favourites, a beautiful pinky based nude, I know I will be wearing this a lot!

This is the eyeshadow in the shade brights 228, a beautiful light purple, which took two layers to reach this colour, which is still amazing given the price.

This is the eyeshadow in the shade Brights 230.

This is the lipstick in the shade Far Away, I LOVEEEEE it! This was only about two swipes of the lipstick, it is amazingly pigmented and just a beautiful colour!

Finally, this is the lipstick in the shade Luxe, it is so pigmented and beautiful, I have no idea when I would wear this, but I know I will eventually find an excuse to!

Just a quick little swatch post for you, as it was highly requested on my Instagram.

My next blog post will be about foundation! So keep checking back for that :)

Remember to use the code BEFREETOMAKEUP for 20% off everything at http://freedommakeuplondon.com

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