MUA Mega Volume Mascara//Beauty

MUA is a brand you either love or loathe, for me I personally really like the brand, but had never gone any further than really buying the neutral eye shadow palettes and giving the highlighter a try. So on a trip to Superdrug, I was in desperate need of a cheap mascara just to last me a few days. So I picked up the MUA Mega Volume Mascara which was all of £3. 

MUA Claim- 'This is the perfect mascara to add length with the first application and glamorous volume with the second. And by using the waterproof shade for those cold windy and rainy mornings will guarantee you long lasting full lashes without smearing! This style of brush is made of rubber, with tiny little teeth evenly spaced along the head - perfect for separation and definition' 

After two applications and curling my eyelashes it did not give me glamour volume like it claims or like my other mascaras I use (The Falsies and Benefits They're Real). It made them look rather lifeless 

Before application (excuse my rather untidy brows)

After two applications- not very glamour huh? 

The Mascara brush, has rubber bristles which I love it doesn't leave my lashes clumpy or the brush. But it still didn't give me that glamours look I was after. 

For £3 what did I expect? I will continue using it but it doesn't give my lashes a full and glamorous look like it claims. 

Have you guys tried the MUA mascara and what do you think of it? 

Katie
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Weekly round up #1

Hello my lovelies,

 I've decided to get a bit more personal and lifestyle-y (not even a word) with my blog. So I'm going to do a brief weekly round up of what I have done in the last week!! 

1) went out with the gang dressed up as Marvel VS DC. 2) Me and my bestie have finally booked our holiday to Gran Canaria which is in 54 days (not that I'm coutning or anything). 3) A new drawing (tattoo) on my body it's a paper airplane to remind me of my travels. 4) Just me being a god damn superhero.

Great week overall (apart from work)

Katie

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Lush-New Skin Products// Beauty

Yesterday I had a cheeky stop off in Lush in Bath. Lush is one of those shops you go in and HAVE to buy something, it's pretty much illegal to come out with nothing!!!

My skin is being a pain in the arse at the moment so I was in need of a good old scrub  and some new moisturiser. So I treated myself to the Rub Rub Rub Shower Scrub and the Dream Cream Moisturiser

So Rub Rub Rub is a beautiful blue shower scrub, which has Mimosoa and Orange flower which gives it a gorgeous fragrance. Apparently it's also good to use in your hair, gives it more volume and softens the skin on your scalp- Something I'm going to try!!

The Dream Cream is apparently a life partner for sensitive skin. This is simply a simple formula that is great for your skin, appaz! This cream has a very light scent and has plenty of oats within- which is great if you suffer from eczema and to cool down hot damaged skin!

What are you favourite Lush products? And do you use any of these products?

Full review on each product in a few weeks!

Katie

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Those products we don't talk about// Beauty

Us beauty bloggers are always blogger about these non essential products, the hyped products and usually high end products. But what about those products we use on a daily basis? Well this blog post is dedicated to those products I really couldn't live without.

As I mentioned we never seem to blog about our essential products to get us through the day. These products I defiently couldn't live with out. A razor, every girls best friend right? big night out and you're in-between waxes and you've got your pins out, RUN to the razor. I use the razors, now and again I try and wax as often as I can, but sometimes I cannot deal with the pain wimp. I use the Soleil razors you can get them from most drug stores, to me a razor is a razor, they do the job.
Another product is deodorant an essential for everyone, for me I use random deodorants never typically stick to one at the moment I'm using Sanex and I carry round a mini Dove original one in my handbag just in case I need a spray throughout the day. Again both you can get at any drugstore!
Hand cream is an essential in my life and I need it, my hands get dry very quickly and what better than to have a hand cream which is also anti-bacteria cream too!!! Winning. Vaseline is just a well known brand which I have used for ages, cannot really go wrong with Vaseline at all. Well that leads me nicely onto Vaseline for my lips, I use the plain one, not a fan of tastes and colours all I want it for is to keep my lips hydrated, as I'm typically stuck in a air-con office for 5 days out of the week. It's needed!!!!
Last but by no means least is shower gel, everyone uses this at least once a day, right? So I like using Soap & Glory shower gels my new one I'm going to crack open tonight is the Foam Call, this has frozen yuzu, orange oil, green fig and jungle pomelo essence. It smells amazing and so fresh, this is from Boots. Love Soap & Glory!!!

Would love to know what your daily essentials are? 

Katie

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Insta Blur//Beauty

Once again I have caved into a hype which is going around us beauty bloggers, "What product is it?" I hear you cry. Well I gave in to the Body Shop Insta Blur hype haven't I? My fave primer Benefit Porefessional is slowly becoming empty *Boooo* and what a better excuse to go out and try this hyped up product. Loads of people have been raving about it especially Gabriella Lindely over at Velvetgh0st.

I'm afraid to say I have never tried any of the Body Shops make up products before, so this is a first for me and I'm excited. I'll probably do a review with the next few weeks, so keep an eye out on that.

Has any of you guys tried the Insta Blur?? If so how do you find it? 

Katie 

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Micellar Water// Beauty

Many moons again everyone use to remove their make up with wipes (Oh My God). But now pretty much every one seems to have changed it up and moved on to the latest 'it' product........ Micellar Water. Its fair to say Bioderma lead the way in this competitive market, as now every beauty brand seems to have their own water.

The Micellar Water trend has been a massive hit on the French shores, but this beauty product has made a massive impact on us in the UK. So I'm going to talk about my 3 top Micellar Water and I urge you to go out and try them too.

Get ready to become addicted! 

Bioderma £4.99 (for the tiny bottle) - The queen of the Micellar Water and what a marvelous product it is too. I picked up my tiny little bottle, whilst in Nice the South of France, this set me back 5 euros. I was in desperate need of some and when in France you buy Bioderma right?? When I first heard about this product I wasn't the slightly bit bothered, I'm not one to jump on the hype bandwagon but now I'm in love with it. This is by far my favourite Micellar Water. It dissolves away every last little trace of make up with ease and even makes getting that horrid waterproof mascara, easy!

L'Oreal Paris Skin Perfection Micellar Water £4.99- Again this beauty is a high street product and is purse friendly at £4.99 and was my first ever Micellar Water purchase. This water acts like a make-up magnet and removes all the dirt and grime which has been collecting on your face Vile! Like all of these waters it leaves your skin feeling clean and fresh and gives your skin a lovely healthy glow!!

Garnier Micellar Water £4.99- This is my latest Micellar buy and a definite dupe for Bioderma too. The size of the bottle is extremely generous for the price. Again it does the same job as Bioderma  removes make up with ease, cleanses and refreshes your skin.
The only reason I chose to buy this product was because I was running low on Bioderma and for £4.99 it was a bargain. I'm really glad I picked it up. Great product!!


Most of this products (except from bioderma) are available in may high street stores and are reasonably priced, so if you're looking for  a new Micellar Water I urge you to try these. 

What are your favourite Micellar Water? Let me know, would love to try some new ones! 
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Mac Pro Longwear Paint Pot// Beauty

For me a good eye primer is essential when trying to create that perfect eye look!!! I've tried every kind of primer from the high end such as Urban Decay to the drug store brand such as Rimmel. But for me the middle man comes out on top which is MAC!!

 The Pro Longwear Paint Pots has been a hyped product within the beauty blogger world and I was somewhat dubious about buying into this hype. But I have kept on re-purchasing this little pot of greatness!!

So what does MAC claim? 'A highly pigmented eye colour that goes creamy and dries to an intense vibrant finish, long wearing-, colourfast. Creates seamless coverage without weight or caking. Blends Smoothly over the lids. Cream-based can be mixed with MAC shadows and liners'.

I used the Painterly shade, perfect for my skin tone and a great base for my eye-shadow or to be worn on it's own. It hides those little veins on my eye lids and cancels out any redness on my eyes.
There is no need to use a lot of this product and a small bit goes a long way. The price of this product is £15.50 which seems a lot for the tiny little pot (5g). But I am a big fan of this little product.

Have you guys joined the hype??

Katie 

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July Favourites// Beauty

Hi Guys, I have never ever done one of these (I don't think) anywhoooo. I'm going to share with you what I have been lovin' throughout the month of July.

 How quick is this year going mind?

Bioderma-
First of all this month I have been loving Bioderma, I gave into the hype and purchased my first ever bottle- yep I know, get with the times Kate. But seriously I think I've found my forever product unless anyone can recommend something a million times better? I bought my first Bottle in the South of France whilst travelling and I have loved it every since! Yay to Bioderma.

Dove Shampoo & Conditioner-
This is a old favourite of mine, I change up my shampoo and conditioner so often, but when one is in desperate need of shampoo one goes to the cheapest the can find in their hour of need, and it happened to be Dove and I have rekindled my love with this old favourite, makes my hair smell Uhhh-mazing and makes it look good too. Winning!

Benefit Browzings-
This has been my go to product for strong brows. I love a good Cara brow and Browzings is perfect for keeping those brows looking chic!!

Soap and Glory Butter Yourself Body Cream- I LOVE Soap & Glory and this body cream, has been a favourite of mine for a few months now, It smells so fresh and keeps you super mositurised!!

- This month I've been loving my Shellac nails, I had them down at the beginning of June before I went travelling and they lasted 3.5 weeks with no chips at all, which I was highly impressed with considering I was doing all sorts of activities- mainly drunken ones! But since then I have been having Shellac done religiously.

Literally had these done today (2/8/14)

Beyonce perfume 'Heat'- I don't typically buy Celebrity Perfumes regardless if their an A-list or Z-list. I've never found any which I love. But after smelling Heat on a work colleague I instantly fell in love and rushed out to by myself a bottle, I mean its not going to make me be Beyonce but it's one step closer right? This has now become my everyday perfume, so instead of using all my Chanel up, I have a cheaper alternative and I love it!!! All hail Queen B.

Have you tried any of these? 

Katie 

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Lifestyle// Bucketlist

I've seen this post on a few blogs no and I've never had a 'Bucketlist' per say. I have always had things I've wanted to do but have never achieved them .  My Bucket list is going to be full of random things, I want to achieve within the next year or two!!

There is non specific theme to my bucket list, just 10 goals to aim for within the next 18 months.
So here it is-

1. To move out
2. To lose weight- Aiming for a stone.
3. To go to Australia
4.To have at least 1 non make-up day a week
5. To earn more money.
6. Increase my blog page views.
7. To fall back in love (I've been single for four years..... It's boring now!)
8. To buy a pair of Christian Louboutins
9. To buy a Bulldog puppy.
10. To be happy

Do you guys have a bucket list? If so what's on them?

Katie

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