Mini MAC Haul and Reviews including Office Hours and Face and Body Collections

Hi Everyone!

A small haul and mini review for you. I popped into House of Fraser to have a look at the latest collections. I only picked up 2 LE products but I also picked up 2 regular line products.

The LE's I picked up were the Pro Longwear Lipglass in Forever Rose from the Officer Hours collection and the Pressed Pigment in Warming Heart from the Face and Body collection.

The other 2 things I picked up were the Eyeshadow in Satin Taupe and Dazzleglass in Date Night.

(Top Eyeshadow: Satin Taupe, then L-R: Warming Heart, Forever Rose and Date Night)

Satin Taupe: This has already managed to make itself a staple in my makeup bag. I always wonder if i'm going to be disappointed by really hyped products but this one has lived up to every rave review I have read. I've used this loads since I bought it, both as a all over the lid colour and as a crease shade for a subtle daytime look.

Warming Heart: I think I have a love hate relationship with this. The colour, shimmer and finish on the lid are beautiful. However it had tonnes of fallout and has to be layered onto the lid as its very sheer - its almost like its a pressed Reflects pigment rather than a standard one. Will keep using this though, even if I have to go back to doing my foundation after my eye make-up, the finished look is worth it.

(L-R: Satin Taupe, Warming Heart, Forever Rose and Date Night)

Forever Rose: Love the formula of the Pro Longwear glasses, I find them a bit less sticky than some of the other lip glass varieties. The shade reminds me of Viva Glam Cyndi and they are very very close with Cyndi being slightly more warm toned. This is a very wearable soft red shade and I think its going to get a lot of wear this fall.

Date Night: I've had an obsession recently with any lip products that have a blue or aqua shimmer. I've also been looking for a sheer plum lip gloss... so when I found both rolled into one I had to have this. I've been wearing this loads and i'm glad this is permanent as I can see myself using this up. This looks great worn over mid toned rose shades to liven them up a bit. I also like to wear it over plums, deep pinks and berry shades.


The 2 LE's I mention are still avaliable in House of Fraser and are online on the MAC website.

Thanks for reading :)

Sleek Blush by 3 is Back! plus Lace Review

Hi all!

I walked into one of my local Superdrugs the other day (not intending to buy anything) and saw that the Sleek make up display had had a face lift. On the display there were spaces for lots of new products that were previously online exclusives such as the i-Divine Snapshots palette and the Sleek Corrector and Concealer Palette. Theres lots of new products on their website too. One of the things I saw was the Blush by 3 that came out as a limited edition last year. The Superdrug near where I work never got stock in of these so I missed out on this the first time round.

I could not pass these by again so I picked up Lace, mainly as one of the colours looked like it was a dupe for my beloved Sleek Pan Tao Blush (from the Avoir la Peche collection). I also had a Rose Gold esque colour and a beautiful bright coral (which i may even like more than Pan Tao).

They come in traditional Sleek matte black packaging, feels sturdy and a large good quality mirror.

and here are the shades in the pans

(L-R: Crochet, Guipure and Chantilly) - Love the themed names!

These seem to be as wonderfully pigmented as the standard Sleek blushes and I love their warm shades, they give a lovely healthy glow to my face. I also like to layer the blushes, the middle blush gives a peachy golden highlight to either of the other two shades.

(L-R: Crochet, Guipure, Chantilly)


I mentioned dupes earlier... and they are.

Crochet is a dupe for Pan Tao and Guipure is a dupe for Rose Gold. So if you have both of those you probably don't need this one, but there are 4 other varieties. I think i might pick up Pink Sprint next. I had my eye on Pumpkin but its orange/coral shades again so I think i'll go for something completely different, though i'm sure if these stay permenant i'll soon own all 5.

(L-R: Pan Tao, Crochet, Rose Gold, Guipure)

Thanks for reading! :)

New No7 Match Made Foundation Matching Service Review

(and some short reviews of the foundations)

Hi Everyone!

I'm suprised that there doesn't seem to be many reviews about this so I thought i'd just jump in and do one. I was matched about a month ago as I wanted to try some of the different foundations and be able to give my opinion on them and their wear.

I popped into my local Boots and ventured over to the No7 counter, which has recently been updated along with the products and looks fantastic. The idea is is that the MUA uses a small device that compares your skin tone to its library of shades to find your best match. Full info here for those who want to know more.

The whole process is very quick and it matched me to the shade Calico. The MUA asks me about what coverage I like, the finish I like and what I want from the foundation. I like medium coverage with a semi matte finish. I got paired with No7 Stay Perfect foundation, this is their long wear foundation. The foundation was applied onto my skin in store and the match was perfect, it disappeared completely into my skin. The coverage was medium and the finish was pretty matte. I didn't buy it on the day as I like to see my colour matches in natural light and see how it wears for the rest of the day.

Boots was running its money off No7 vouchers so I popped back a couple of days later and picked up the foundation.... and a few others *whoops*. The great thing about their range is that you don't need to be rematched for each foundation, the shades are the same for all the foundations.

I picked up:

(L-R: Stay Perfect (liquid), Instant Radiance, Beautifully Matte (liquid) and Stay Perfect (compact).)

and open... same order:

(look! the compact even has one of those protective covers on it so it doesn't dry out :) Sorry... that impressed me. And they all come with pumps so no trying to shake it out the bottle.)

I'm going to do a quick review of all of these below so you can see what I thought of them.

Stay Perfect (liquid): This reminds me a bit of the Rimmel Lasting Finish foundation. This gives a smooth even medium coverage. It will last all day on my skin and doesn't seem to develop much shinyness during the day. It does a good job of hiding my large pores and doesn't settle into them during the day. I've applied this with a foundation brush, stipple brush, flat top brush and fingers and it looks great using any of them. My prefered way of applying most foundations is with my fingers. I've worn this quite a lot and no signs of break outs.

Instant Radiance: This is my favourite of the bunch, I was afraid it might turn oily on my skin but it does in fact just remain a perfect glowy finish all day. The foundation has a slightly more peachy undertone that the others which I find brightens up my skin. This is also medium coverage. I would definately consider repurchasing this and it definately comes near the top of my all time favourite foundations.

Beautifully Matte (liquid - this also comes as a mousse): This is definately matte, a little to matte for my skin. I have combination skin with my forehead, nose, eyelids and chin being oil slicks and my cheeks being dry (sometimes to the point of being flakey). This works great on my oily bits and I would really recommend this foundation for oily skin as it did keep me matte all day and didn't fade away. The problem I did have is on the dry areas it did show up any flakey bits and became really powdery during the day on those areas. I'll continue to wear this I just have to make sure my cheeks are well moisturised before I apply. This one is high coverage.

Stay Perfect (compact): This a compact form of the Stay Perfect. It states it is medium coverage like the liquid but I would say that this is medium/high coverage. This is my only compact foundation so it was a bit of an experiment. I have to say i'm not a fan, its hard to apply and it doesn't seem to sit smoothly on my skin. Its possible its me not the foundation and i'll up date if I find a way to apply this that works.

All of these match me well colour wise which I think helps make them look good on my skin.

(Same order as before - this doesn't really show the different textures except the compact but I thought i'd throw it in anyway.)

Thanks for reading!

Bye