September GlossyBox 2012

Hey my beauties how are you all doing.  Well now i cant believe i am one of the 1st in Ireland to show off what i got in my Glossybox for September.  You can imagine my shock when the postman knocked on my door and handed me this months glossybox :O 

So I actually was that shock i just ripped the box open straight away and low and behold a lovely limited edition box :) Isn't it the cutest i was delighted as its a change from the normal pink box 

So this months box is in fact a Limited Edition and the products inside were picked by London based up and coming illustrator Maggie Li.  So basically all the product in the box is to introduce us to some of the most exciting rising stars across fashion, design and beauty.  

So lets take a look at what i got in my box shall we :) 

Lady Gaga Fame Fragrance Sample:  I have heard of this fragrance coming out.  To be honest i was sceptic about it as I am a fussy so n so when it comes to perfumes and for some reason i have not as yet come across a celebrity released perfume that has wowed me.......Maybe one yes i would buy but apart from that none so i went ahead a gave this a squirt... the scent is quite strong even with a small amount which is a good thing.  I am now wearing it about 4 hours and i have to say its a lovely girly scent.  The scent is sweet but not overly sweet.  I have a feeling this fragrance will be a hit. 

Rodial Glamoxy Snake Serum and 5 Minute Facial Sachets – I got 2 of each sachets one is a Snaker Serum which reduces with appearance of wrinkles and the other is a 5 Minute Face Mask.  Hmmmmm I will quite happily give these a try :) :) and will update you all on how i got on with them 

Balance Me Wonder Eye Cream:  Well i was happy when i seen this little beauty as i have made a little packed with myself that i will start using eye cream but always without a doubt forget to buy one.....It was never on my shopping list before (i know tut tut) so when i do go out on my little shopping trips i never remember anyways .......

This is Suppose to soothe tired eyes, smooth away dark shadows and reduce the appearance of fine lines.  So i will surely be trying this straight away i will keep you updated :) :) 

Oh and by the way the cost of a full sized tube of this is £20 for 15mls so we literally got half the size for a sample not bad :) :)  Plus glossybox gave a discount code to get £5 off a full sized tube 

BioSilk Silk Therapy:  A lightweight treatment that helps moisturise and restructure your hair without heaviness.  Now if you follow me on facebook you would have seen a status i put up last night about how much i have noticed in the past week with the weather changing my skin hands and hair has become so dry.  The cold weather always effects me that way and especially when i start lighting my fire the heat of the house and the coldness outside this could be something i might make use of and like....I already love the scent of it so thats a start :) 

The original sized is 50ml and costs £15.80 

Olay Regenerist Wrinkle Relaxing Complex:  Ok you all have to admit at some stages in our lives we worry about those lines happening to appear everywhere, the whole staring at the mirror literally scanning every part of our faces to see if there is A) any lines or B) and more lines so my point being is your never too young to start using anti wrinkle creams or anything to do with helping to reduce it.  So I am looking forward to trying this cream out as i have hear so so much about how good Olay is and even my Nana uses Olay and has done for years and her skin is always so radiant 

Original sized is 50ml and costs £29.99 (wow it must be good for that price) 

So thats what i got in my box this month.  I am loving the box itself and will surely make good use of it.  Did you get anything different?  I am not exactly super excited about the box for instance we got no full sized products or no makeup products but not disappointed either.  Its vertainly not the worst box i have gotten :)  The creams I will surely try out. 

Are you happy with your GlossyBox ?

Until Next time 

Lots of Love Luck and Laughter 

I love love love hearing from you all :) I make it my duty to read each and every one of you comments and every time i get a comment from you it highlights my day thanks so so much to you all xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

The Body Needs Mac Lipstick Samples Review

Hey my fantastic gorgeous readers How are you all doing :) :)

Boy is the weather changing for the first time in 6 months I have actually lit the fire this evening.  I could actually feel my poor ears were actually sore today because of the cold wind :( 

Anyways hopefully it will change a little in the next few days :) 

Following up on my last review of The Fabulous Crush Pots from The Body Needs, today i am reviewing the Mac Lipstick Samples i also got with that order.   

The reason I went for Mac lipstick sample was because to be honest i find mac lipsticks to be expensive and i feel its a huge risk buying a lipstick for that price and it ending up been the wrong shade for you I would really really hate that.  I also have had a taste of what Mac Lipsticks are like and how they feel and i have to day I like them.  Of course i am a bargain hunter and i love drugstore makeup more than anything but if there ever was a time i wanted to splurge on a Mac Lippie at least i will know by having these samples what they look like and what suits me.  

Now obviously there is ALOT more shades of lipsticks by Mac but i picked some of the most hyped shades out there just to see if they are my shades

So you can get these samples for $3.79 each and there is over 120 shades of the real Mac lipsticks to choose from 

For that price you are getting a .5g sample in a slimline lipstick tube.
The base of the tube is filled with clear lipstick base to prevent waste of MAC product in the twist mechanism.
Tubes are labeled with product name and are guaranteed authentic.

So i got these at a cheap price because there was 40% off everything on that site when i got them.  Otherwise i wouldnt have got as many :)   

Anyways i think i cleared that up now on with the shades :) :) :)
I chose 6 samples 4 of which i have always wanted to try out and heard so so much about.  The other 2 i just liked the look of. 

Mac sheen Supreme Lipstick in Blossom Culture ( comes in a long slim black packaging a lipstick range released about a year ago) :  Now this i havent heard much about.   This is described as a soft pink with pearl. This shade is from the permanent range which is a bonus so if you like the look of it you can easily get it. 
To me this shade is on the rosy side of pink.  I found this to be quite good with pigment but to be honest if i did not conceal my lips i wouldnt find too much pigmentation from this lipstick.  This shade is perfect for an everyday wear.  Its vanilla scent is not at all over powering and i find it wears off after a while.  I found this lasted on my lips for about 5 hours.  To be honest in my opinion this lipstick did not WOW me I didnt feel like i should go out there and get this which says alot but it is still a beautiful lipstick.  

Next up:

Mac Cremesheen Lipstick in Creme Cup:   Ok you all have heard about this im sure i know i have seen many reviews and many youtube videos with this mentioned in it but i had to try it out for myself :).  This is definately a blue toned pink which i was actually concerned about as i find sometime blue toned lipsticks dont actually suit me but that's just my own opinion.  As i am new to mac lipsticks in particular when i first applied this I had a total different opinion to it.  At first when i applied this i was amazed how heavily it applied as its so pigmented and creamy but when on my lips it felt sort of dry and i also found it to sink into my lines a little it didnt feel right so what i done the next time was applied a lip balm on before i done my makeup and wiped off the excess oils before applying and it made a huge difference.  So word of advice when it comes to the Mac Cremesheen collection....make sure you ex-foliate and moisturise your lips before usage.  Now i found this a very strong baby pink shade when applied heavy but applied lightly its fantastic i love it and its definitely one i would purchase in the future.  This is perfect for fair to medium skin tones also :) :) 

Next 

Mac Lipstick in Hue:  A Soft pale pinky nude.  This is yet another hugely raved lipstick which i was also a bit hmmmmm about.  Yes it looks fantastic on the likes of Kim Kardashian and all of those celebrities but would it actually make me look dead that was the question.  I have seen lots and lots of reviews pictures and even youtube videos with this on the person and i thought wow it looks amazing a perfect lipstick for everyday and with a smokey eye the perfect nude in other words.  So This is from the glaze collection as you all probably know.  
This is sheer but buildable and to be honest I Love it Its creamy but not as cream as the cremesheen collection so its more semi-opaque.  

Next 

Mac Cremesheen Lipstick in Shy Girl:  A Creamy neutral coral beige.  This is one of the lipsticks i really wanted to try out and very nearly bought but wasnt sure if it was the right shade now i know what its like Its on my wishlist for sure :).  Its a perfect shade to wear with a smokey eye and also to wear everyday.  I love it :) :) This is so perfect even for anyone who is fair skinned 

Next 

Mac Sheen Supreme Lipstick in Full Speed:  I am well impressed with the pigmentation of this little beauty.  This swatch is only one little light swipe :) you can even see how creamy it is in the photo.  This is a very pretty coral pink shade with tiny tiny specks of gold micro shimmers :) I showed you a heavy swatch and will show you a light swatch on my lips.  I love this shade its compliments my skin tone :) the only thing is its drying.  Its moist going on but once soaked in it dries so lip balm before it ladies :) 

& Lastly 

Mac Lipstick in Angel:  This is a frost lipstick which normally i wouldn't go for but to be honest its not like normal drugstore frost lippies and thats for sure.  This is a soft pink shade.  To be honest this shade has been on my wishlist for so so long this and Nars Turkish Delight.  These 2 are supposed to be amazing together and this is one of the duos Kim Kardashian loves to wear and i have to say looks incredible on her.  So the lipstick itself has for sure impressed me even more to the point that this is going to be the first I will buy :) :) I love it.  

So that is the last of the Mac samples i got.  To be honest i am well impressed with Angel i love it and surely will buy it for my collection another of my favourites is Shy girl :)  
There is another reason i got these samples along with my order :)  I have come to the conclusion that been subscribed to GlossyBox is going to come to a hault for 2 reasons:

1.  I have found that the samples i have been getting almost half of them is not been used and i must have a box full upstairs in my room that i havent even looked at yet WHAT A WASTE 
2.  15 euro is alot of money and to be honest I find that im not as excited about the glossybox as i used to.  Like i used to meet the postman at the gate for my box now i could put it on the table and not even open it until the next day which says alot.  Now its not saying anything bad about glossybox but I have been thinking i would much rather spend the 15 euro buying a few Mac Lipsticks than getting a box full of samples and you know what that's exactly what i am going to do :) :) plus i would really like to get a few Mac eyeshadows aswell :) 

So that's it everyone that's my review on these samples and i thank The Body Needs for coming up with this idea of doing Mac Samples because its a great way of trying the product without loosing out on so much money.  To be honest because of the samples I would safely say that the Mac sheen supreme lipstick wouldn't be ones i would buy full sized mainly because the lasting power isn't exactly great and there are drug store lipstick out there that are better. 
Have you a favourite Mac Lipstick?  Have you any suggestions in what shades i should try next?
Until next time 
Lots of Love Luck and Laughter 

I love love love hearing from you all :) I make it my duty to read each and every one of you comments and every time i get a comment from you it highlights my day thanks so so much to you all xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

The Beauty Blog Bunch :)

Sharing the love is what I love to do and So does Ashley Elizabeth

She and Glamorous Mama has joined together to create 

The Beauty Blog Bunch :) :) which is a great way and oppurtunity to share your blog and also get to know more beauty bloggers around.  I love to come across new bloggers and im so excited to meet even more wonderful people after all if I didnt do what i do i wouldnt have met such amazing people on my journey :) 

Join us today Add you link :) 

I love love love hearing from you all :) I make it my duty to read each and every one of you comments and every time i get a comment from you it highlights my day thanks so so much to you all xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Human + Kind All-In-One Body Oil Review

Hey my beauties how are you all doing today?

Well I am just reviving from my beautiful twin's birthday party yesterday wow does these parties take alot out of you but hey its fun and so worth seeing the looks on their faces.  Thank goodness thats the last of the birthday parties in my house this year lol 

So you may remember I made a little packed with myself and I suppose with my country that at least once a month i will try and review products that are made in Ireland after all we do have to support our own and its such a shame to say it but when you are living in your own country you tend to forget about it in alot of ways and be more interested in what other countries has to offer.  I started this last month and incase you missed my last Irish brand review click here to check that out 

 So this months review and product rave is on this amazing Body Oil 

Human + Kind 

I never really heard about Human + Kind before so i was quite interested in finding out more about the company:

Human + Kind are based in Cork Ireland.  Rene Van Willigan was the man who was sitting in his kitchen one day listening to his wife and sister talking about their skincare products they used and the fact they had a cream for everything from wrinkle cream to body creams to hand cream and so on YES I HAVE TO ADMIT THATS WHAT MY PRESSES ARE FULL OF!!!  The one thing he did notice more about their conversation was the list of ingredients and harmful chemicals that were in each product.  Thats were he got the idea to do more research and see where he could change that.  

So Rene got down to working with Irish scientists to bring together his favourite chemical free ingredients to create his dream.  

That was 3 years ago and today Human + Kind is expanding not only in Ireland but in countries like Dubai, Hong Kong and the Netherlands :) 

The best thing about This company is they are 100% natural there is 

NO CHEMICAL 

NO COLOURANTS

NO PARABENS

NO ADDITIVES 

NO ANIMAL TESTING 

So does it do exactly what it says ?????? read on to find out 

The one thing i noticed was the packaging boy oh boy does it have alot of information on it :) :) Very fancy and informative :) 

Inside you get a plastic bottle of 75mls of product with yet more information on what this does :) 

This oil has hit top of my list for making my skin smoother, soft and looking more healthy and glowing for sure.  I mean i have never come across a product to work almost straight away and i can tell you now the moment you use this you will notice a difference straight away.  

This oil is 100% a multi-tasker.  I suffer terribly with dry skin on certain areas of my body for example my legs especially my knee cap (after all i am a mum and i do spend alot of my time on my knees either playing with my kids or washing floors) and My poor knees get the brunt of it.  It especially does not look attractive when applying tan as my knees always look dirty. 

Other area i suffer is my elbow and yes every time i moisturise my hand i always always apply to my elbows it doesnt matter when :) but nothing keeps my dried up elbows soft.  Well nothing until now LADIES I APPLIED THIS STRAIGHT AWAY TO MY ELBOWS AND WITHIN A HALF HOUR THEY WERE SOFT 

The next day i noticed my elbows were still soft so i applied more everyday and within a week i have new elbows :) My knees oh my goodness the same now i am using this on my feet as i have the same problem.  

This is also said to be amazing for expectant mothers and anyone who is on a diet who have already lost weight this little beauty is suppose to help with stretch marks and scars because of "The stimulating and antioxidant powers of the oil invigorate the skin, eliminating toxins with each and every application as well as strengthening and toning the skins connective tissue"

Now i am not fond with using oily products on my skin simply because i hate standing around waiting for it to dry, I simply dont have time for that been a mother of 5 as you know yourself.  I found that this oil quick absorbed into my skin after about 30 seconds of application.  There is a tiny tiny scent to it which i do like.  I cant even explain what the scent is like but if i had to i would say you would know it was a natural scent. 

So not only have i got one review i have 2. 

I gave a little of this to a 60 year old woman i know very well, a woman who has tried and is still trying alot of creams in her life time .  I was talking to her about it and showed her what it looked like she applied a little around her eye area and we had a chat.  About 20 minutes later she paused and commented on how soft her eye area was.  She was very impressed.  The next day she called me and asked me could she buy the bottle off me :) she could not believe how just her eye area felt so soft even the next morning.  She has since bought a bottle and is using it everyday she has replaced it with her 30 something jar of face cream she was using before it :) 

Now thats says alot doesnt it :) 

What I am impressed about also is the beautiful glow it gives to my skin :) Its not at all greasy looking but more healthy looking my legs never looked better 

Ladies i 100% recommend this oil to you all ITS AMAZING

For 14.99 euro for a 75ml bottle its worth every cent and more !!!!!!!!

To check out their website for more information and more selections click here 

This company also won an award this year of the Tatler Magazine 

Have you tried any of their products :) :) 

Until next time 

If you try it let me know what you think

Lots of Love Luck and Laughter 

I love love love hearing from you all :) I make it my duty to read each and every one of you comments and every time i get a comment from you it highlights my day thanks so so much to you all xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

The Body Needs Crush Pot Pressed Eyeshadow Review

Hey My Gorgeous Readers how are you all doing today :) :) 

Thanks so much to everyone so far who has bought from my Blog Sale.  I am so glad that all these goodies are going to someone who will use them see the problem is i have too much of everything and it took me a while to finally give them up you know the way it is "I will use this eventually, oh i cant get rid of that its such a lovely colour, oh i love this even though you have 3 or 4 of the same one" lol but its got to the stage I felt bad and didn't want them going to waste :)  There is more to put up on my blog sale I just gotta get up and say "LET IT GO!!!" they should be up this week 

Anyway back to the review :) So about 4 months ago The Body Needs website was doing a big sale of 40% off everything and I took the Plunge to stock up of their Crush pots which i have seen a few reviews about.  For more information about the company check out their facebook page.  My all time favourite makeup artist/blogger Jansara  (I Love this girl love love love her she is amazingly talented just love her) in particular has done stunning looks with these eyeshadows and she states she loves them so that says alot.  

• Each of these little beauties cost $3.79 each and are fitted into a 26 mm pan.  
• This means they fit perfectly into a MAC Palette :) 
• They are about 2g of product each
• They are magnetic and will stick to any palette with a magnetic plate but if you were to place these in a MAC palette you will have to purchase the magnet separate in which you can get them here from the body needs website they only cost $1.99

So I went a little crazy on this offer and got 9 shades in total 

I was well impressed with how these arrived as you can see by the above photo they come in a plastic covering with each eyeshadow labelled at the bottom.  The best thing about this packaging is if you didn't have a palette to transfer them to you can simply leave them in these and just re-close them when your done using them.  

So let me show you these beautiful shades i bought before you burst lol 

BELLADONNA

This is available in pigment and crush pot.  So this is explained on the site as a Subdued Smokey Brownish Purple with Fuchsia Shimmer this was the first to my list for sure as i thought it would be a unique shade :)  

This is a fantastic shade i absolutely love it like what's not to love....... 

To Me I don't really see the brown in it.  Maybe the brown is the darkened undertone but to me that looks more black than brown.  

This shade is fantastic and you can certainly see the fuchsia shimmer which is so so tiny :)  This is silk, smooth and so so easy to work with.  Its very easy to blend and even looks fantastic as an eyeliner for a pop of colour I love it  Very highly pigmented :) 

BLACKENED TEAL

This is available in Pigment, crush pot and an eyeliner from the site.  The Body needs Describes this shade as a deep black with teal shimmer and they are 100% on this oh my word this shade is fantastic and again very soft and creamy and so easy to blend a little goes a long way was you can imagine it is very very pigmented 

BLACKENED TURQUOISE 

This is available in both pigment and pressed.  This is described as a deep black with turquoise shimmer.  Compared to Blackened teal you can see more black than teal whereas with this eyeshadow you can see more of the turquoise which i love love love.  This again is a fantastic eyeshadow to work with a little goes a long long way and its so easy to blend the shimmers in this is so tiny it makes the eyeshadow look more metallic.  

A Stunning shade without a doubt one of my favourites :) 

STEAL THE NIGHT 

Available in pigment and crush pot.  This is explained to be a flat black matte.  You can imagine how excited i was to get this one :) :) hmmmmmm not so excited when i swatched it though :(  My expectations were a little high i think .  When swatched about 20 times over and over it does look jet black and matte but you really have to work hard to get colour payoff with this .  The only way is to use a damp brush.  Obviously the pigment will work better for this shade.  

BLACKENED VIOLET 

This is available in pigment, crush pot and gel liner.  Described as a deep black with violet shimmer.  This is Fantastic but the only thing i found was that it was harder to work with than Blackened Teal and Blackened Turquoise as to having to tap on the product for the shade to appear.  Its not as hard to work with as Steal the Night.  You can build the colour up and with a good primer this is a fantastic shade :) 

BLACKENED IRIDESCENCE

This is available in pigment and crush pot.  Oh the excitement i got when i swatched this shade :) I am not really one who likes too much glitter in eyeshadows to be honest and this eyeshadow surely has glitter.  The glitter in this is fine but a little bigger than the rest of the shadows but believe me you dont feel it at all and the amazing thing is this is STUNNING I love this shade and the black is jet black 

BLACKENED BRONZE

This is available in a pigment and crush pot.  This is described as Deep Black with bronze shimmer and boy is it that oh you will love this shade its amazing.  This surely makes my hazel eyes stand out i will love using this especially for this season as its perfect for Autumn.  Again this is so soft and so pigment and most of all easy to work with Love it 

BLACKENED EMERALD

This is available in pigment, crush pot and gel liner :)  Deep Black with Emerald Shimmer.  Oh Saint Paddies day here I come hehehe i just had to get this shade just look at it :) :) Its stunning.   To be honest i fell in love with this shade before i even got it into my hands and i was hoping i wouldnt be disappointed when i did but i have to tell you I fell even more in love :)  The Emerald shimmer is so intense you barely see the black underneath :) brilliant as a shadow brilliant as an eyeliner :) 

BLANC

This is available in pigment and crush pot.  This is a pure white and its matte :)  I was excited about this one as i dont have a pure matte white in my collection but sadly my excitement was dampened :( I am sure the pigment is very very pigmented but the crush pot was not for me.  I found it extremely hard to swatch it never mind using it .  The swatch did not even come up on my arm.  It felt like it was too pressed in on the pan I even tried scraping it and it still wouldn't work out for me.  

I decided with the swatches I would very lightly swatch the first one without primer to show you how pigmented they are.  Steal the night i had to swatch alot just to show up and Blanc just would not swatch for me :( 

Overall these are an absolute amazing buy.  For $3.75 which is about 3 euro each these i can honest compare to MAC eyeshadow .  They are just as pigmented, just as soft, just as pleasurable to use and of course last just as long.  I am loving the blackened collection and there is alot more to try out.  In all i will surely be buying more to build up on my collection.  I have placed these eyeshadows in one of my empty UNII Palettes i own which i love as they fit brilliantly in it :) 

These eyeshadows are also available in sample sizes so you can try before you buy.  I also got some Mac samples from the site mostly Mac Lipstick samples as i wanted to see what the lipsticks are like on me to have an idea because to be honest they are not cheap to buy and i thought it would be better knowing exactly which one would suit rather than buy the wrong shade a lose out.   Now i bet you are all wondering how much shipping is....well to be honest that depends on where you are and also how much but shipping started off for Ireland at $6.95 but it depends on how crazy you get shopping on the site lol :) 

Well thats it everyone.  Have you tried these eyeshadows yet? 

Whats your thoughts on these :) 

Until next time 

Lots of Love Luck and Laughter 

I love love love hearing from you all :) I make it my duty to read each and every one of you comments and every time i get a comment from you it highlights my day thanks so so much to you all xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx