Hero's Under £5

We all love a bargain don't we? And with life getting more and more expensive with grown up things like cars, deposits for houses and of course the odd holiday every so often, we all have to cut back on somethings. In this post I have narrowed down my make up hero's that are £5 and under.

Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer- £4.19

This one is an obvious choice and a blogger favorite but for just over 4 pound it is an absolute bargain. It is one of the best concealers that I have used and the coverage is unbelievable. I find it brightening under the eye and has enough staying power to cover those pesty spots all day long.   

NYC Liquid Eye Liner- £2.49

I have a love/hate relationship with liquid eyeliner, mainly due to my attempts at winged eyeliner in the pass but I have fallen head over heels in love with this one. Mainly because of the brush, it is super thin and so easy to control. It lines my eyes brilliantly and I find the wings of my eyeliner (when i'm in that kinda mood) always fly high! I find the staying power good and it removes effortlessly with a micellar water.

SEVENTEEN Brow Sculpting Pencil- £2.89

This brow pencil has the right amount of wax and power mixture going on. The colour is great too and as you can see form the photo I have used it a lot. It is a quick and easy way to fill in your brows and has pretty good staying power for £2.89.

NYC Cosmetics Single Eye Shadows- £5.00

I normally find these babies in a cheapy make up shop in town, they normally cost me about £1.99 I think. I couldn't find a link to cheapy ones but still full price they are £5.00! YAY! My friend Hannah recommended me these and I have never looked back. The quality and pigment of the colour is AMAZING for the price. They blend super well and the choice of colours is slightly overwhelming! I will defo be picking up some more to add to my collection.

Make Up Revolution Lip Lava- £2.99

I had wanted these for ages and I finally was tempted to make an online order! I was so pleased I did as these did not disappoint. I have them in 2 colours (and think I need the whole collection), I have the mid pink and the bright orange. I haven't worn the orange as yet and I'm waiting for sunnier weather but the pink is amazing! I love the way they apply and last pretty well, even better on silky smooth lips (mine have been SO dry at the mo!). I love the packaging, you would not think they only cost £2.99.

MUA Single Blushers- £1.00

A Blusher for a pound I had to give this a go and WOW I'm so glad I did! The pigment of them is amazing, if you can be a bit heavy handed (like me!) then make sure you tap, tap that brush before you apply! The colour I have is Lolly, a coral-y, pink and I really like it! I will defo be re-purchasing more of these and for £1 why not get the whole set!

What is your go-to product under £5?

TAG- The Would You Rather Tag

1) Would you rather lose all of your mascaras, eye liners, lipsticks and lip glosses or lose all of your palettes and eye shadows?

Hmmm tricky one! Ummm I think I would prefer to lose all my mascaras, eye liners, lipsticks and lip glosses than my eye shadow palettes! As long as I got re-purchase them the next day!

2.) Would you rather chop off all your hair or never be able to cut it again?

I would rather chop it all off and then let it grow again!

3.) Would you rather have a coral cheek or a pink cheek?

Tricky Tricky… I love Benefit Coralista but I think a pink cheek more classic and goes with more lip colours so pink.

4.) If you had $1000 to spend, would you rather buy clothes or makeup?

Some very nice clothes and a handbag… and shoes!

5.) Would you rather apply lipstick as eyeliner, or eyeliner as lipstick?

Lip stick as eyeliner if I had to!

6.) Would you rather only shop at MAC or Sephora?

Sephora as there is more choice! It’s like an Aladdin’s cave in there! *dreamy*

7.) Would you rather only use one eye shadow color or one lip colour for the rest of your life?

One eye shadow I think a nice bronzey colour. So you can dress it up or down.

8.) Would you rather have dark nails or bright nails all year round?

Dark nails all year round… I love the look of dark short nails

9.) Would you rather give up your favourite lip product or your favourite eye product?

Favourite lip product I think… there still would be a lot of choice!

 10.) Would your rather never be able to paint your nails again or never use lipgloss?

Never wear lip gloss…I don’t actually wear lip gloss its way too sticky for me!

11.) Would you rather shave your eyebrows and have none at all or sharpie them in everyday?

Oh god! I dunno!! Shave your eyebrows off…. If I had too!

12.) Would you rather live without makeup or nail polish?

Live without nail polish. With my job I can’t really wear nail polish on my hands so I only really wear it for my days off then remove it! (I wish I could wear it everyday tho!)

I hope you like this tag post! I really enjoy doing tag posts!

Suggest a tag for me to do in the comments box below! Thank you

Just Hannah x

Empties #002

Sorry for the lack of post my lovelies, time has just run away from me and I couldn't find the time to get round to blog :( do you ever find you have all the ideas for post but not enough time to write them? I have a week off now so hopefully time to catch up and get organised!

Anyway back to the empties! Here is what I have used up recently...

Spa Find Heavenly Hydration Foot Cream- (This is actually the old packaging it's in a nicer light blue tube now!) This time of year foot cream always come out of the cupboard, I suppose they should be used all the time but I think everyone gets paranoid about the dreaded crusty feet in flip flop look and desperately rushes out to buy some foot cream! I quite like this foot cream, it keeps my feet nice and soft, I use foot creams mostly at night as I hate the slippy feeling you get with some, but this one drys to a matte kinda finish so know need to worry about that! 

Fake Bake Bronzy Babe Bronzer- It feels like this bronzer has taken years to use up, which is a good thing might I add! I have bought this Fake Bake bronzer a few times mainly from beauty trade shows as I think it retails at about £15 and I think that is pretty pricey for a standard bronzer! What I love about it is the colour, I find it to be a really nice colour that isn't too dark. 

Clinique Anti-blemish Foundation 01- This is my holy grail foundation and to be honest I'm to scared to try anything else! The colour is perfect for me and that's the thing I struggle with as I'm normally soooo pale! Even with tan on I shove some more bronzer on. The coverage is good over any blemishes plus it's build-able. After applying with my buffing buff I set with Soap and Glory's One Heck Of Blott and I really find I stay matte free for a very good while. I seem to work in the hottest place alive and since using with the power it really stays on and I don't look like a shinny beacon! Even though it's £24 I think it is defo worth it if you have an oily/ blemish prone skin, I LOVE IT!

Spa Find Exquisite Eyes Cooling Eye Cleanser-  I seem to have used up a lot of eye cleansers recently, I think I am wanting to be kind to my eye lashes! The Spa Find Eye Cleanser is pretty good stuff, it takes off eye make up but I find mascara quite stubborn to remove with it but it could just be the mascara I am using at the mo. It has a lovely kind of citrus-y smell which is also kind to your eyes! 

 

Soap and Glory Sugar Crush Body Wash- This shower gel was never ending! First off I love the packaging it's just so cool! It was a standard shower gel and foamed up really well but the smell was just really strange! I don't really know how to describe it, if you have used it you will understand... it wasn't a cleaning product lemon smell it just had a hint of lemon... it was strange, I wasn't that keen on it at all! 

Clinique Take The Day Off Eye Make Up Remover- This is one of the best eye make up removers I have used, I love it! It literally dissolves your eye make up in a few seconds, know need for lots of rubbing. It is pretty pricey for an eye make up remover but I do buy if I want to splash out or I need to get a skincare product to receive the Clinique bonus! I use it more when I am wearing a lot if eye make up or have been on a night out and feeling lazy. 

Hope you enjoyed this post, what have you been using up recently? 

New York Make Up Haul

Hiya, sorry I have been a little late in posting about my New York purchases! I have felt a little stressed and unorganised recently (many factors) but I'm gonna get back on the blogging straight and narrow now!

Here we go...

 

 

My 1st ever Mac buys were... a neutral blusher, Cubic and three very different lip sticks I could have bought soooo much more but I was being semi good! I wanted a red lipstick, the one I went for was a Retro Matt One called Relentlessly Red. I am trying to be a bit bolder with my lip colour I do still sometimes feel a bit like a clown but I think this colour would look rather classy with a nice black outfit. The other two for me are a little bit more wearable for everyday. Just before I went to New York Hannah at  Champagnetote did the perfect post for me, her Mac lip stick collection. I jotted down the ones I liked before I went and I came home with one of her choices, Plumful. Its a pinky plummy colour which I love for both day and night. The other one is Razzle Dazzler, it's a coral/orange shade which I love for the spring/summer. I will be defo buying some more to add to my collection, as a little treat for myself when pay day comes along!

 

I have wanted a decent eye make up primer for a while and I was holding out till I went to NY. I went for the Urban decay's Eye shadow Primer Potion. From the days that I have worn it I have been really pleased with it and my eye make up has lasted all day long! A little goes a long way too!

Next up I bought some NYX products, I picked up 4 eye shadows, which I saw on Pintrest are dupes of Mac's and a Eyebrow pencil and highlighter.

I stocked up on my normal Clinique Anti-Blemish Foundation and there new-ish Spot Clearing Gel which I wanted to try. I have been using for about a week or so and I really like it, full review coming soon. 

I love Benefit but again I was quite restraint, knowing I have quite a lot of make up at home. I bought some on there It's Potent eye cream which I love and some of my fave blusher Coralista.

 

I picked up this great eye make up brush set in Sephora. The quality of the brushes is really good.

I found out that Forever 21 did make up!!!! To me some of it looks pretty similar to Topshop's make up which I have not really tired. I bought a red lip gloss (very daring), a bronzer as mine will be running out soon and coral colour cheek and lip stain. I also pick up a few sheet face masks in there, for a dollar each how could you go wrong!

Well these where my Make up and skin care buys! I did hit Victoria's Secrets and bought quite a few body spritzes, they worked out such a good deal! I also bought a nice new handbag which I will show you in a 'what's in my handbag' kind of post!

Anyway bye for now

Just Hannah xxxx





 

Fine One One...

Benefit's packaging get me every single time and this products is know expection! Pink and oh so shiney!! I bought Fine One One a while before my blogging adventures began and while I normal flick between blushers recently I have been coming back to this beauty! This is partly as I'm on my spending ban and I want something 'new' and also as I'm lusting after the No7 Pop and Glow cream blushers  but actually now I have re-discovered this do I actually need them?! (This spending ban is working!) Anyway onwards...

It's a great dual purpose product, for mainly cheeks but also lips! It contains three bright and beautiful colours, pink champagne, sheer watermelon and soft coral and it's SO easy to use! Just swipe the product from the apple of your cheek to your temple and blend up in circular motions, it's great as it's also buildable.  If you are wanting to use this as a lip product I would apply with a brush to the area. 

It highlights and lifts your cheeks with a lovely flash of colour! I was worried that the cream blush would be too much for my oily skin but I really like it! 

With my New York trip not long to go I am researching my purchases! I want to pick up a few more Benefit products as they are pretty cheap out there! 

What Benefit products you you swear by? 

Do you have a fave power blusher? I LOVE CORALISTIC!! 

Please let me know your recommendations! 

Bye for now 

Just Hannah xxx

Clinique Bonus Time...

I picked up this beauty at John Lewis the other day, how summery and bright is the bag!? 

I always look out for when Clinique have their bonus times on as I love getting the free gift as a perk of being a loyal customer! I needed some more of my fave foundation anti-blemish and as one of the products has to be skin care to get the bonus I picked up some more of there amazing Take The Day Off Eye Make Up Remover. It's a great eye make up remover so gentle and take your stubbon eye make up off with ease.  

 

The gift- 

Bright floral make up bag- I love love LOVE this, it's really roomy and I will proberly take my make up to New York in it.

60ml Take The Day Off- I will again take this handy travel size to New York.

15ml Repairwear Uplifting SPF 15 cream- this will be good to try at night as I think it will be a bit heavy for day wear. The texture is really nice and creamy.

7ml Repairwear Laser Focus- I will use this underneath the above lifting cream at night. I love getting anti-aging samples as it's so good to try them out before you buy them.

High Impact Mascara- I LOVE this mascara, it's everything I want volume, length and colour! Defo recommend it!!

09 Currant- Superbalm Moisturizing Gloss- I love this dark berry colour, I'm not a fan of lip glosses as I find them really stick but I wear them now and again

18 Beach Pulm Eye Shadow Duo- 1st I live the mirror packaging of this compact, so handy! I love the goldy colour for a natural colour and the Pulm is nice as well.

Over all I love the gift! I picked up a 5 day sample of a new foundation to try, I'm currently trying it out so look out for a blog post soon!

What Clinique products do you love?

Just Hannah xxxx

My 10 min (ish) face...

Every girl has probably been in this situation...

Alarm goes off,

I'm still so tired, 

Another 10 mins, 

Do I really have to get up? 

Another 5 mins,

7.39 Well u can't get up on an odd number,

7.40 get up NOW!!!!

Ok you get my picture! Well here is my 10 min face that I normally use in situations like this or as a basic face! 

After cleansing and toning I moisturise and apply my eye cream.

1st stop in my whistle stop make up tour is my clinique anti-blemish foundation in fresh alabaster. I LOVE THIS FOUNDATION! I'm not mega spotty but I find this foundation has the perfect coverage for me as well as being matterfing and long lasting! 

Next I apply my eye products, erase paste for my dark circles and then I use an eyeliner on my bottom lash line, I'm using a clinique one at the mo but to be honest I'm not that fussy with eye pencils! But I am fussy about mascara! I'm using Max-Factor Masterpiece MAX Mascara in black and I LOVE LOVE LOVE IT! It lasts for ages, it can be a bit stubborn to remove but if you use a good eye make up remover I don't find it a problem. I love the fact it gives me volume and length. I think mascara is more about the brush than anything and this brush is great! 

I pencil on my brows now, I'm just using a number 17 pencil but really wanna try the soap and glory one! 

Next I brush some bronzer over my forehead, cheeks, chin and neck. I'm currently using a fake bake bronzer, it's lasting for ages and is a really deep colour! 

I then dust a little highlighter over the tops if my cheek bones. I like to use a power highlighter as they feel lighter on my skin and I have seen a lot of good reviews of the MUA highlighter. It was only 3 pound and it's fantastic! 

I then apply some blusher to the apples if my cheeks. Friends say I have chubby cheeks, my nick name at one point was Thomas, after Thomas the tank engine!! I love Sleek blushers but I bought an MUA one the other day for £1!! I got 'Lolly' It's great!! I'm really impressed with their products and I will defo look into getting more if their range! 

I lastly just as I leave the door (so not in the 10mins) apply a lip product, Today I wore a Clinique Chubby stick in Mighty Minosa. 

This is my basic face for work! As I'm a therapist my day can be quite busy and I never really re-apply make up during the day, apart from lip products. For me it lasts most if the day (I suppose ur depends how busy I am!) and it's not too OTT for my job. Some days if I have more time I will use eye shadows, but if sleep is more important I go with this! 

What make up products do you swear by and use everyday? 

Just Hannah xxx

Its All About The Eyes

Like everyone, I'm a bit little bit boring with eye shadow I love my Naked 2 pallet (really want 3) and I'm all up for trying new eye shadows on the market but I normally stick to the browns and neutral shades that they have for offer. I'm looking at getting some of the Maybelline Colour Tattoo 24hr Cream Eye Shadows. While I was looking into the product I decided to take a look into what colour would suit me best, trying to take a step outside of my neutral box!

So I did a little bit if research for us all....

Most of the stuff I found was based on eye colour...
I have a small problem with this... I have different coloured eyes!

One brown and the other green with a bit of brown at the top! I take this as I can be greedy and choose colours from both categories!

Beautiful brown Eyes- Brown eyes can wear most colours! Woohoo! To brighten the eyes use a blue or green and to add warmth add brown-y orange colours.

I have started to wear more of dark green on my eyes, I have been looking for the right one with just the right amount of shimmer! At the mo I'm loving Avon Colour Trend Duo in Rain Forrest, it was pretty cheap too and seems to last for a long time on my eyes with not creasing etc. I used it with a dark brown in my crease from an old clinque quad.

I'm interested in trying burn orange/brown too!!!

Gorgeous Green Eyes- Plums and purples and deep dark reds are good for you as they are the completely different to the colour of your eyes. This will make your green eyes stand out brighter then ever before.

I have recently been using Bourjour's smoky eyes trio in Rose Vintage. I love the fact you get all three colours to create the look. These have more of a pinky tone but I will be looking for more plummy dark shades soon.

And for you...Baby Blue Eyes out there- Warmer tones will make your blue and grey eyes stand out even more! Go for Corals, browns and warm pinks

Do you use Maybelline Colour Tattoo 24hr Cream Eye Shadows? What colours do you recommend?

Jutst Hannah xxx

 

 

 

I Heart Lip Crayons...

I have been using Clinque Chubby Sticks for a few years now and when I saw that last summer Boujour released their Colour Boast lip crayon I really wanted to try them! I started off by buying the red one, red sunshine, as I had a friends hen do, and I loved it! 

This orange one, summer punch is my current fave! They are super shinny and feel smooth on your lips. The colours are bold, bright and long lasting! I often use to get put off by the BRIGHT packaging of lip colours and stick to pinks and neutrals but I have some how embraced the bright colours!!

I really love lip crayons and getting quite a collection! I'm not really a fan of lip gloss, I find it way to sticky! I'm looking at trying some other brands, will keep you posted, do you have any recommendation?

Just Hannah x