Monday, 18 February 2013

Soap and Glory Sugar Crush Shower Gel

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Soap and Glory
Sugar Crush Body Wash
£6.00

This smells DIVINE! 
Absolutely amazing, I think this might actually be my favourite Soap and Glory scent
Sometimes their scents can be slightly too sweet and sickly but this is the perfect balance between citrus and sweet
The main scent is lime but also a sugary undertone 
As a body wash it does the job...foams nicely and the scent lingers on my skin for hours afterwards
Not hugely overpowering but it's there and smells yummy!
Can't really say much about a shower gel other than it smells good and makes bubbles
I've nearly finished it in only a few weeks...good sign as I can be slightly fickle with shower gels and often switch between a few!
This lovely scent comes in a body scrub and body butter
I may have to purchase these two products 
My main goal is to smell like a sugary lime ;)

Love
Belle
xoxo

Wednesday, 13 February 2013

Benefit 'Go Tropicoral' Review

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Benefit Go Tropicoral Lip and Cheek Set
£24.50
Boots/Benefit

I received this for Christmas and have been really enjoying using it
As usual with Benefit products the packaging is cute and functional
There isn't a huge amount of wasted space so this is nice and compact
Perfect for traveling, a running theme on my blog as I don't like to pack too much
Especially when I go to New York as I intend to purchase quite a lot of make up once there
Within this set you get mini sizes of some popular Benefit products; High Beam, Cha Cha Tint, Coralsita Blusher and Coralista Lipgloss
Coral is definitely my favourite make up colour
It suits my skin tone and I think it's rather universally flattering on everyone
I seem to be accumulating a collection of Coralista blushers in mini and full size
Lucky it's one of my favourites really!
In the box you also get a pretty decent sized mirror so you can see your full face when applying make up rather than just your eye
Also some handy tips and tricks cards 
I'm thinking about adding a bit of the High Beam into my everyday foundation as I don't tend to use liquid highlighters that much in my routine
My everyday make up routine is pretty lazy if I'm honest! 

Do you like these kind of collections boxes?

Love
Belle
xoxo

Monday, 11 February 2013

Sexy Mother Pucker Lip Plumping Lip Gloss

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Sexy Mother Pucker Plumping Lip Glosses
Soap & Glory
£9.00 each (Full size, above photo mini)

For Christmas I received this set of miniature Sexy Mother Pucker Lip Glosses from Soap & Glory, a perfect way to try out the majority of colours on offer before shelling out the £9.00 for each full size product
The above five shades are all current in the S&G cosmetic line alongside another colour called Pink Apricot
Each shade has a different flavour:
Yummy Plum ~ Chocolate Raspberry
Half Naked ~ Buttered Popcorn
Transparent ~ Chocolate Orange
Candy Floss ~ Vanilla
Punch Bowl ~ Chocolate Cherry
I like this idea of different flavours and don't found them too overpowering which is a change as most synthetic flavours make me gag a little!
The lip glosses contain the superfill and lipswell lip plumping technologies
Once applied your lips begin to instantly tingle, being the first time I'd tried a plumping product this was a strange experience to begin with. 
I don't feel like I have naturally thin (or full to be honest) lips so never thought I needed plumping but since using these glosses I've been loving the subtle plump look my pout takes on

Have you tried a lip plumping product before?

Love
Belle
xoxo

Thursday, 7 February 2013

Grease Lightening Review

Lush Grease Lightening

Grease Lightening £5.95/45g
Lush

A couple of weeks ago I had a major breakout, only a week before I was due to be bridesmaid for my boyfriends sister...stress!
Turns out I was super stressed about numerous things and these are more in check now.
I picked this up from Lush along with the Cosmetic Warrior fresh face mask, Benefit's boo boo zap and Benefit Boi-ing (I needed something to cover up the 'boo boos')
I used this straight away on all my problem areas and noticed how much it calmed down my redness and took away the inflamed areas. 
The problem bits were really painful so I couldn't wait to get rid of the gits!
After a few days my skin started to show signs of repair and getting back to normal.
I was still suffering come the wedding but no where near as bad as before.
Since then whenever I feel a little blemish coming up I pop a bit of this on after I've cleansed and toned just before bed and let it work its magic.
I definitely recommend this product, other than it dries the skin a little with excessive use (which can be rectified with a good moisturiser of course) it is really effective.

Anyone else suffer from random breakouts out of the blue?
What do you use to help?

Love
Belle
xoxo

Sunday, 3 February 2013

Relvon Just Bitten Kissable Lip Balm Stain in Crush and Romantic

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Just Bitten Kissable Lip Balm Stains
Crush and Romantic
Revlon
£7.99 at Boots

I've now ended up buying all of the available colours available in this range from Revlon
As I've said before they are just the perfect product for me and many others judging by the high praise they receive
They go on smoothly, last really well even once the moisture has gone you're still left with a stain on the lips
These are the two most pigmented out of the whole range and are both gorgeous colours
Crush is the perfect Autumn Winter Berry lip shade 
It's the first time I've felt comfortable wearing a darker berry shade on my lips and have to say I've been loving it
Romantic is a bold red but applies slightly more sheer than Crush
It gives a subtle red colour to the lips but is really wearable
Perfect if you don't want to go all out on a bold red lip but still feel a little more put together
I now can't wait to go to New York and pick up the USA exclusive colours 
I think there's about 4 more but I'll try and be good!

Love
Belle
xoxo