Dainty Doll Fragrance Direct Haul

I'm guessing that Girls Aloud singer Nicola Roberts make up brand has gone into liquidation (or whatever the term is..) as the whole range has been popping up on various discount sites and in the clearance section on ASOS.

The range was created with those of fair skin in mind, so perfect for me and my ghostliness.

As you've probably guessed from my previous posts I am a sucker for cheek products, in specific blushers.

Both the cream blushers and powder blushers were reduced to £1.99 from £13.50 so it would have been rude not to purchase at such a bargain! 

Just checking Fragrance Direct and the majority of the products are still in stock.

I think working it out I spent just £20 (inc. P&P) on over £100 worth of make up!

Being the packaging fiend that I am I really like the sleekness of the Dainty Doll products

The simple black and gold compacts appeal to my needs

They are also really sturdy and fasten securely so would be no problem chucked into a make up bag on the go 

Top row are the cream blushers and the bottom row are powder

One thing I will say is that the swatches on the website are shocking as always with Fragrance Direct

I never go by what the colours show they are in the majority completely wrong

When I received my parcel I don't think there were any colours I was disappointed with

The cream blushers are a gorgeous consistency and blend into the skin effortlessly

Million  Dollar Babes looks to be the perfect pale girls contouring shade, but I haven't mastered contouring yet this could be the product that helps me.

All the blushers are really well pigmented, even the palest Hippy Shake which would probably be more of a matte highlight shade as it is so pale

You are my Sunshine is a gorgeous coral colour, a dupe for Sleek's Rose Gold and Nars Orgasm blushers

The name and colour of this blusher are most definitely my favourites out of the bunch

My Nanny used to sing 'You are my Sunshin' to me every night when I was with her so naturally I'm drawn to it..

I also picked up two of the concealer pens again reduced down to £1.99

The green coloured is meant to counteract redness and as I have very blotchy and red skin I thought this could work and so far I've seen quite a difference in the tone of my skin when used under foundation

The formulation is very creamy and blendable, it sinks into the skin well and brightens the skin

I would definitely recommend picking up some Dainty Doll products whilst they are still around, especially at the reduced prices

Love

Belle

xoxo

Soap and Glory Kick Ass Concelaer

Soap and Glory Kick Ass Concealer

Three part Concealer Kit

£10.00 Boots

'Soap & Glory™ Kick Ass™ Concealer is a three - piece flaw camouflaging kit that includes an amazing undereye brightening concealer, an 'on the spot' as-you-need-it complexion concealer, and a weightless transparent setting powder.'

I'm a sucker for cute packaging, as are a lot of people.

Soap and Glory has the cutest packaging on the drugstore market

It's mixture of retro with a simple colour pallet of pinks, gold, black and white is used throughout the range

I like the consistency this gives the range, I'm a geek with colour consistency but it bugs me if products don't match in the range.

The product itself is a three piece little concealer kit

Including two cream based products and one powder based

As you open the pot you flip up the top powder layer to get to steps 1 and 2 

The left hand side being step 1 and right hand side being step 2

I've got the kit in shade light as I'm super pale

The cream products have such a smooth consistency and they blend into the skin so effortlessly

Some cream concealers I've tried have been so hard it's hard to even get product out of the container

If I'm in a rush I just use one side and it's fine and good to go

Other days when I want something to last indefinitely I'll use both creams

According to Soap and glory the pinky toned of the two is an eye brightening concealer with PUFFEASE-8 technology, it works really well under the eye area and does have a brightening effect

I don't suffer from puffiness though so I can't comment on that bit

The other half has SUPERWEAR lightscrambling on the spot technology

To me this just means it's got really good coverage which it does

The third stage is the powder to set the concealer

It can feel a bit backward to set the concealer before putting foundation on and then proceeding to set that too so I've tried a few things

Firstly I gave it a go setting before the foundation but found my foundation didn't like mixing with powder

Then I tried just doing the cream products then applying my foundation and setting it all with my normal powder, this worked well but I wasn't benefiting from the actual stage three powder

The process I like the most is to apply foundation, cream concealers, setting powder and the powder concealer on the areas needed.

The powder has an INSTA-FIX technology in it so like I said I wanted to benefit from the powder's ways and have my concealer not budge

I love this concealer and will definitely be repurchasing

I did get this free whilst Boots have their 3 for 2 Autumn offer on but £10.00 doesn't seem too much for a decent product when you look at high end products and how much a mediocre concealer costs

I recently wore this for a 12 hour day at my Grandad's funeral and it held up through lots of crying and tissue dabbing so to me it's a real winner

Have you tried any of the Soap and Glory Make up range?

Love

Belle

xoxo

May Empties

Chanel Chance Perfume

Benefit Some Kinda Gorgeous Foundation

Benefit Total Moisture Facial Cream

Maybelline Falsies Mascara

MAC Studio Concealer 

I'm thinking about starting this as a regular monthly post 

I'll do a  collective post once a month and write a brief review of each item...

Chanel Chance Perfume

Ever since this was first released a few years ago I have adopted it as my signature scent, this must be my second large bottle. I love this stuff, the smell is gorgeous and I feel amazing wearing it. I don't wear it to work instead reserving it for my days off. I already have my back up bottle on the go and will continue to repurchase this. 

Benefit Some Kinda Gorgeous Foundation

I've had two of these in my make up collection for ages and right now I'm trying to use up all of my random foundations before I explore the foundation world and make a few new purchases (any suggestions feel free to let me know!) 

My Mum bought me two of these for Christmas one year and I've never really gotten on with them hence they had been discarded to the realm of forgotten make up.

They don't last very long on my skin and I prefer a liquid foundation to be honest.

I doubt I will repurchase.

Benefit Total Moisture Facial Cream

When I bought the new Benefit Foundation I picked up the B Right Mini facial pack.

I've been using this moisturiser day and night and have to say I've loved it.

It's moisturising but not too heavy on my skin so perfect for daytime wear.

There's a few more moisturisers I need to finish before I purchase any new ones but when they are done with I'll definitely repurchase this one. 

Maybelline Falsies Mascara

Again for work I don't like to wear any high end make up so stick with drug store brands

This mascara has been perfect and I've already repurchased.

It lengthens and curls my lashes, even thickening them.

Everything I want from a mascara.

MAC Studio Concealer

I use this every day and love the consistency 

Thick and creamy, I do find it settles into any lines around my eyes though so tend to use something else in that area.

I had two of these on the go and probably will repurchase this again.

Let me know if you like this kind of post :)

Love

Belle

xoxo