Illamasqua Sale!

Hi All,

Thought I'd let you all know there is an illamasqua sale on at the moment. All you need to do is set up an account with your email and password and your in...

http://www.illamasqua.com

There are loads of nail polishes on for £5 and quite a few foundations for £7.50.

I've ordered some foundation and nail polishes. I'll upload my little haul when it arrives..

So far I am super impressed with illamasqua. It's free delivery, but couriered so it's signature and an allocated delivery slot, also, the rich liquid was showing as out of stock in my shade and when I rang up the helpline they located one for me. :-)

Fingers crossed it's the right shade.

Review - Clinique Even Better Concealer

 The Clinique Even Better Concealer retails for £18. I was actually colour matched to Buttermilk which is completely the wrong colour for me. It is far too light and I should have realised this in the store, but alas I trusted the sales assistant and when I got home I realised my error. However, as I'm in the UK it isn't as simple in the US to return it so I thought I would keep it and try to make it work for me.

It comes in a glass pot which is quite bulky considering it only comes with 3.5g of product. Apparently it features Vitamin C and conceals, brightens and corrects. 

I found this was too thick to use for under eye circles and caked up. It could perhaps cover the odd pimple, but on my skin it looks really dry and cakey.  (NOT a good look!)

Personally, I find this concealer too thick and I think it's needs a creamier texture. The packaging does look nice, but is a bit of a nuisance. I think you can get a lot better concealers out there for your money. I think I'll stick to my faithful old Collection 2000 for coverage of spots and Bobbi Brown for my dark circles. You can buy the Clinique Even Better Concealer from Boots. http://www.boots.com/en/Clinique-Even-Better-Concealer_1261506/

Review - Too Faced Powder Pouf Brush

I purchased a new powder brush to use with my Smashbox Photo Set Pressed Powder (Light) and also my Chanel loose powder.

I prefer synthetic brushes, and when I saw the Too Faced Powder Pouf brush on sale, I couldn't resist trying it out. The description says "Too Faced Powder Pouf Brush - Blends any powder formula flawlessly for an even, airbrushed finish. Teddy Bear Hair Brush".

I love that this brush has a pink handle and also the duo colour in the hairs. I think it's super cute that Too-Faced use "Teddy Bear Hair". Some may find this a bit gimmicky - but it's right up my street.
It retails for £26 and can be bought here: http://www.boots.com/en/Too-Faced-Poof-Brush_1222632/


The only con with this is it is a very light handled brush, I do prefer my brushes with a little bit more weight to them, but then again it's easy for travelling!

This is super soft so I would be worried about using this in a product that needed a lot of pigment. But for a light dusting of powder is perfect!

I'm yet to try the other Too-Faced brushes, I'm not sure how the eye brushes would hold up with powder. Have you used the Too-Faced brushes? Let me know what you think!

Urban Decay - Good Karma Optical Blurring Brush

I was looking for a new buffing brush as, at present I have been loving applying my foundation with the Real Techniques Buffing Brush which is part of their Core Collection and can be found here.. http://www.boots.com/en/Real-Techniques-Core-Collection-1403_1252038/

I have really been enjoying how my Mac ProLongwear foundation applies with the buffing brush, so thought I would give some others a try as it was becoming quite painful to wash the same buffing brush every night!

The Good Karma Optical Blurring Brush retails at around £19.50 and can be purchased here: http://www.lookfantastic.com/urban-decay-good-karma-optical-blurring-brush/10626439.html


 I have heard great things in the blogosphere about this brush, and here is the brief lowdown.

:) Cruelty Free - 'Vegan'
:) Packed in an individual box - handy for travel
:) Densely packed bristles (around 1 inch long)
:) Very soft - Not scratchy at all
:) Circular slightly domed shape
:) Airbrushed foundation look
:) There's a nice bit of weight to the brush. The handle is made out of recycled aluminium
:) No shedding so far...

:( A pain to clean as there's so many bristles! (And takes ages to dry!)

This definitely rivals the real techniques buffing brush and may be making it's way into my new favourites...

Please let me know if you can recommend any other similar buffing brushes to try.