Benefit Full Face Get Ready With Me Review...

Hey guys :)

So, some of you might have seen my YouTube video, where I did my entire makeup using only Benefit products.

If you haven't seen it, watch it here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYXmuOHedu4 then come back and read this :)

So, I wanted to let you know what I thought of the final look.

I must say, I myself am surprised at how it turned out! I thought being a high end brand that I would be left with the most flawless looking face, but I was sadly mistaken.

I was left with a face where my pores were greatly exaggerated and the creasing under my eyes were somewhat similar to the wrinkles of an 80 year old! I looked TERRIBLE. I looked so bad, once I noticed truly how bad it was I took all my makeup off straight away!

BUT, it must be said that I have read that with the Hello Flawless foundation, you are supposed to leave it for a few minutes after applying to really set into the skin, before setting with a powder. And I didn't want, as I never have done with any other foundation before. So I am not against Benefit products at all, just because it turned out bad this once! As generally I absolutely love all the products I used, I had just never used them all together.

Here is the video, again. :)

Please can you all subscribe to my YouTube channel too :)

I will definitely be doing give aways once I reach certain numbers of subscribers too!

Thanks for reading,

Love, Abbie

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Vichy Dermablend Foundation Review...

Hey everyone :)

So, I recently bought the Vichy Dermablend Fluid Corrective Foundation, after hearing only good things.

My first impressions of this foundation were amazing! But I soon realised there are some down sides to this foundation.

When I first apply this I am amazed by the coverage. It covers all of my blemishes, redness, spots, veins etc. But after a couple of hours this foundation is already wearing off the skin. It goes patchy, and feels cakey the longer you wear it. I don't have oily skin, and right now my skin isn't particularly dry either, as I have been using my Dermatique moisturiser. But this foundation always wears away on my skin, my nose, cheeks and forehead.

It is also very easy to use too much of this foundation, which can make it look very very cakey, but a little goes a very, very long way.

In my opinion this foundation is only suited for short term wear, because after an hour or two it starts to look very patchy and horrible. I've tried applying it with a brush, my hands, a sponge. And I have tried setting it with different powders, high end and drug store. And I have tried using different primers also, but the foundation always wears away after a couple of hours.

I would rate this product a 4/10, mainly for it's coverage, if it lasted longer and did not feel so cakey then it would undoubtably get closer to a 10/10.

You can buy this foundation here: http://www.boots.com/en/Vichy-Dermablend-Corrective-Foundation-with-SPF35-30ml_1481875/

It retails at £18.

Thanks for reading :)

Love, Abbie

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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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KISS Cosmetics KISStick first impressions...

Hey guys! Today I am giving you my first impressions and pictures of a new lipstick to my collection.

I was lucky enough to be sent to one of the new KISS Cosmetics mini lipsticks to review. These minis retail at £2, and they are such a good idea for when you don't want to spend the money to buy the full sized lipstick and you just want to try it out. They would also be perfect for travelling or to fit in your purse. 

I was sent the shade Caressing Red, which is a gorgeous blue toned, bright red, so it makes your teeth look super white.

I don't usually wear red lipstick, I have a couple that I LOVE but I still rarely wear them, so I was slightly disappointed when I saw they'd sent me a red lipstick, as I would have chosen a nude myself. BUT, this lipstick is super creamy, it doesn't transfer onto your teeth, it was easier to apply than other lipsticks I own, and the colour is beyond beautiful! It also has a gorgeous satin finish. I have a new FAVOURITE red lipstick! I felt so glamorous with this bright red on my lips. 

This is what it looks like on the lips:

Overall, I LOVE this lipstick!

I will wear this lipstick as often as I can, as it really does make you feel amazing.

You can buy this lipstick and all of KISS Cosmetic's other products here: 

https://kisscosmetics.co.uk/KISStick/KSL08-kisstick-caressing-red

Enter the code SHOW15 at the checkout for 15% off your order.

Thanks for reading, I hope you liked it.

Love, Abbie

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Disclaimer: yes, this product was sent to me for free to review, but this is still my 100% honest opinion. I'd never ever promote a product that I didn't actually like. 

My Makeup Revolution lipstick collection and SWATCHES...

Hey everyone, so, I thought that as I recommend any MUA and Makeup Revolution lipsticks in my Makeup Starter Kit Essentials post, I thought it would be useful if I showed you my collection and swatches.

I am starting it all off by showing you my Makeup Revolution lipstick collection and swatches, as MUR is a brand that I love, it is one of my all time favourite brands, and the vast majority of the products I have used are actually amazing.

Here is a picture of all of my MUR lipsticks. Most of them are the £1 lipsticks, but 5 of them are the I Heart Makeup lipsticks that are around £2.99 each.

So, here are the swatches:

L-R: nude, the one, dusky, divine

L-R: dazzle, cheer, chic, enchant, crime

L-R: rebel with cause, dare, reckless, passion, fusion.

L-R: black heart, make me tonight, make it right, 100% vamp.

L-R: baby doll, racing heart, immoral, heart is pumping, irregular heartbeat, marshmallow kiss.

As you can see, the majority are super super pigmented despite how cheap they are! The stand out shades, in my opinion are, dusky, crime, reckless, make it right, 100% vamp and marshmallow kiss. I love most of them, but they are definitely the ones I'd recommend the most and are amongst the most pigmented.
The matte shades are a little drying, but if you apply a tiny bit of lip balm under the lipstick then it'll massively reduce this!

Overall, I will always recommend MUR lipsticks, they are so cheap, yet amazingly pigmented and the none matte shades are super creamy, yet the matte shades do look gorgeous on the lips!

You can buy them directly from the Makeup Revolution website, or from selected Superdrug stores and online.
http://www.superdrug.com/brandshop/makeup-revolution
http://www.makeuprevolutionstore.com

Boots and TKMaxx Haul...

Sooooo, I might have gone to Boots today! Oops, but here is what I bought:

Disclaimer: This blog post was lot more detailed, but the website crashed as I went to publish it and I lost the whole post! Annoying. So this is the second time I am typing it up so it is going to be quick, as it took me over an hour last time, and I don't have the patience to spend that long on it again, haha.

I got an Elizabeth Arden Mascara from TKMaxx, this retails at £22, but I got this for £7.99, which is amazing. I also wanted to get the Revlon Photo Ready 3D Volume Mascara from Boots for £10.99, but managed to get a kit with two of the mascaras and an eyeliner for £7.99, which is AMAZING, so I definitely couldn't say no to it, haha.

I also got the new Benefit Operation Pore-Proof kit, which looks AMAZING. I have wanted it since I saw the preview, so I picked this up without even a second thought, haha.

I love my Natural Collection Blush in the shade Peach Melba, so I got another one in the shade Rosey Glow. I also got a bronzer in the shade Golden Glow.

I picked up one of the Lash Sensational Mascaras as I have only heard good things. I am also running out of my Collection Lasting Perfection concealer so I had to get another one.
Shaaanxo (youtuber) goes on about the L'Oreal Brow Plumper all the time, so when I saw it I had to pick it up as if she raves about it, it must be good! I also got the new L'Oreal Superliner, as it looks so good, and again, I have heard really good things.

I also got a No7 liquid eye liner too, I want to start buying more so that I can find the perfect liner or so I can find one that I find easier to use as I am terrible at applying liquid eyeliner. I also got a No7 brow pencil as my Soap and Glory one will have run out soon, so I wanted to try a new one.
I also got one of the Maybelline Dream Fresh BB creams, as the only one I own is way, way too orange for me, and this one looks light enough so I really wanted to give it a go.
I have also heard people rave about the Wake Me Up Rimmel Concealer, so, again, I thought I'd give it a go.

I picked up a Vichy DermaBlend Full Coverage Foundation, as I have heard quite good things. I am so excited to try it. I have very high expectations especially as it was £18!
I also got the No7 brush cleaner, and I have just tried it and OMG I love it! My brushes were clean so quickly and effortlessly.
I picked up a L'Oreal BB powder too, as part of a 3 for 2 offer, as I needed to pick a third thing and decided to give this powder a go.
I am also super excited to try the new Maybelline Master Sculpt Conour Kit too, and I must say the highlighter looks beautiful.

I got a free gift with my two No7 purchases, which included a Skin Illuminator Primer, a single eyeshadow in a shimmering deep purple shade, and an Intense Volume Mascara.

But the best part of the free gift was the free lipstick voucher for up to £9.95! I had a hard time choosing a shade, mainly because they were all so similar. They all seemed to be pink shades that all seemed the same, there was not one purple or nude shade in the offer, which was annoying as I don't often wear pink shades, but I picked up this one in the end, and it is pretty but I don't know how much wear I will get out of it to be honest.

So, it is safe to say I spent way too much money in Boots today, but I was treating myself because yesterday I found out that I got the job for the interviews I had been too, YAYAY :D! I have just under three weeks until I start so until then I will be buying work clothes mainly now, and possibly a little more makeup. I will update you all when I have bought a load of work clothes and show you all. :)

Again, this was a rushed post as it was the second time I had typed it up. Fingers crossed it works this time, as I doubt I will have the patience to try for a third time today! haha. 

Anyway, tomorrow I will be uploading a 'my makeup starter kit essentials' post, so keep an eye out for that :)

Thanks for reading everyone,

Love Abbie 

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MUA Luxe Bronze & Sculpt Contour Kit Review...

Hey everyone, now, I wanted to do this quick blog post about a new favourite product of mine! I have been searching for a new highlighter for ages, as all of the highlighters I have, despite the fact that they are nice, they don't highlight as much as I would like them to. I love the look of the Balm's Mary Lou-manizer, but I didn't want to fork out the money for it. I was determined to find an affordable highlighter that I love! I did't think it was ever going to happen until I found this product.

Look at that highlight on my high point of my cheekbone!!

That was exactly the look I wanted to achieve from a highlighter powder, and until now I hadn't found anything that gave my this look! 

Now, you are probably wondering what this amazing product is that I am raving about and more important how much is it?! Well, to answer the question of cost, it is only £5, AMAZING! But what is even more amazing is that it also comes with a contour shade, which is equally as impressive as the highlighter!

So enough of the suspense now, the product I am talking about it the MUA Luxe Bronze and Sculpt Contour Kit in the fair/medium shade!

Just take a look at how gorgeous, both the product AND the packaging is!

The highlighter, at first glance, didn't look as though it was going to fulfil the highlighting dream drugstore product I had in my head, because I thought it was going to be more of a shimmery bronzer than a highlighting shade, but oh how wrong I was! It is beautiful. The contour shade too is totally matte, and gives the most lovely contour, as pictured below (both the highlighter and the contour). Both powders are very creamy to apply and definitely do not feel chalky at all! The contour shade blends beautifully, and looks great on my pale skin, in my opinion, as my fake tan is fading.

 I literally can not get enough of this highlighter, and just the kit in general, because it is so affordable, yet performs so well, and is of outstanding quality. I personally think that when I use it, it feels like I am using a high end product. The only thing that makes it seem cheaper is because of the plastic packaging, but that doesn't bother me one bit.

Again, this product retails at £5, and you can buy it here: http://www.superdrug.com/MUA/MUA-Luxe-Contour-Kit-Fair-Medium-735/p/471303#.Vb-Ax0IQK0s

I hope you all liked this post :)

If anyone already has this product, or goes out and buys it because of this post, let me know what you think! I'd love to hear from you.

Also, if anyone wants me to do a review on a drugstore product let me know, and I will try my best to do it if I don't already own the product, but if I do own the product I will definitely do a review for you :)

I hope you all have a lovely day, and keep your eyes out for a new blog post either tomorrow or Wednesday

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Disclaimer: this post is not sponsored in anyway, I bought this product with my own money, and all opinions are my own. I just genuinely love this product more than I would have thought, and it really deserves to be mentioned and raved about!

Makeup Look using some of my Beauty Crowd products...

Okay, so I wanted to do a review blog post today about something I bought recently, but something came up and it means I haven't had the chance to take photos of the product and swatches :( so I will put up that blog post tomorrow. But as I really wanted to have a blog post up today for you all I will post about the products I used for this look:

For foundation I used the sample of the Bell foundation I got from Beauty Crowd. As mentioned in my previous post, I liked this foundation but it didn't wow me enough to go and buy the full sized product. It was very VERY thick, and sort of just sat on my face and felt cakey rather than being comfortable to wear. It was medium to full coverage though which, as you might know, I like. But other than that it wasn't that amazing.









As for primer I used my favourite, L'Oreal Nude Magique Blur Cream. Followed by the natural collection green concealer on any red areas. Then I used the LA Girl Pro Concealer, which I LOVE! I definitely think it's a close dupe for Benefit's Erase Paste, in terms of thickness and coverage. I then set the concealer with my usual, MAC's Prep and Prime Transparent Finishing Powder.

 For bronzer I used Freedom's Bronzer in the shade 110, which again, I love! I contoured my face using the Freedom Pro Contour Kit in fair. I then used my natural collection blusher in Peach Melba. I then used the Milani Highlighting Powder.

 On my eyes I used various pinky and purpley shades from the LA Girl Ultra Palette, but first I primed by eyes with the lightest, almost white, shade from the Freedom Concealer palette! It really is amazing for that! I then used the Freedom liquid liner, which I thought was really nice, it is great if you want to create a really nice thin line! As the brush is so precise and thin. Then I also used the Milani Total Lash Cover Mascara (not pictured), which, again, is amazing! I also lined my lower lash line and water line with my HelenE black eyeliner. I then filled in my brows with the usual, Soap and Glory Archery and Benefit's Gimme Brow.

On the lips, I used MAC's Twig lipstick. I LOVE LOVE LOVE this lipstick.

Overall, I liked most of the products I used, but I wasn't too sure that I liked the way this look.

Did you like this look? Let me know :)

I will hopefully have the review post up tomorrow, but if you follow me on Instagram then you probably already know what I will be talking about.

And if you don't follow me on there then go follow me, my username is oxmakeupaddict

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TanTastic First Impressions...

I was lucky enough to be sent to me a box full of goodies from the brand called TanTastic. I have tried fake tanning before, recently and a couple of years ago and nothing has ever worked, ever! Fake tans generally do not agree with my skin, particularly my legs! But I still wanted to give it a go, because since coming back off holiday and loving how tanned I was, I want to stay tanned, whether it is real or out of a bottle, haha! 

 Here is what I was sent:

 I was send one of their Self Tanning Liquids, a Self Tanning Mousse, a Self Tanning Spray and an applicator mitt.

I was advised that the liquid and the spray were probably best for my pale skin.

So, I shaved my legs the day before I first used the tan. I opted to use the Spray Tan as it was a little less scary than the liquid, as you just spray it on to the area you want to tan, and then with the applicator mitt you buff it in in circular motions.

Before I used the tan, I exfoliated everywhere I was using the tan, as well as put a teeny tiny bit of moisturiser on my knees, elbows, around my ankles and around my wrists, just to stop it from going orange and cling to my dry areas, and ultimately look horrible.

It advices you to leave it at least 7 hours from when you apply the fake tan until you bathe.

Applying the tan was super easy, it only took around 15 minutes to apply 2 layers to my whole body! It does have instant colour, but I did notice that later on in the day the colour had developed further and it was a little on the orange side, and admittedly I was a little scared. I left it 24 hours until I bathed, and I was hoping this would even the tan and reduce the orangeness, and it most certainly did that!

In the following pictures the top one is before applying the tan (super pale, I know), the middle picture is after around 10 hours of having the tan on, and the bottom picture is after I had bathed, and you can see it took away the orange tint and it looks a lot more natural than the middle photo.

When you first apply the tan it has no horrible self tan smell but as the colour deepened the smell started to come, but it went away when I bathed, so it didn't bother me at all. It still wasn't as strong as other fake tans I have used.

Since these pictures I have used the darker mousse all over my body, and again, I love it! I am loving the tanned life again, haha!

I would highly recommend this tan, I love it! A tan that actually works for me YAY! I just wouldn't recommend applying this on the same day that you want to go out clubbing, or whatever, I would apply the day before and bathe on the day you're going out so you are left with a natural even looking tan.

The self tanning mousse retails at £18 and can be bought here http://www.tantastic.co.uk/productdetails/3541/tantastic-self-tanning-mousse-150ml-/

The self tanning liquid retails at £15 and can be bought here

http://www.tantastic.co.uk/productdetails/3543/tantastic-self-tanning-liquid-150ml-/

The self tanning spray tan retails at £15 and can be bought here

http://www.tantastic.co.uk/productdetails/3531/tantastic-self-tanning-spray-tan-150ml-/

The applicator mitt retails at £3.25 and can be bought here

http://www.tantastic.co.uk/productdetails/3529/tantastic-applicator-mitt/

They also do other products, such as travel sized bronzer, glitter spray and a gift pack, all products can be bought on their website

http://www.tantastic.co.uk/shop/

Again, thank you so much to TanTastic for sending me these amazing products, I am literally in love and I am obsessed with fake tanning now! I will only ever use these products now because they are the only ones that have ever worked for me! I have used more expensive and cheaper products, but this is amazing. Thank you :)

Hope you all liked this post, as this fake tan is literally amazing!

My next blog post will be about a makeup look I have done using MAC stone lipliner, so keep your eye out for that :)

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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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