Beauty: Barry M Super Satin Lip Paints

I have been meaning to settle down and write this post for so long but it's never actually happened. So today I am going to sit here and write about the Barry M Super Satin Lip Paints - wow that is a long name!

So first of all THE PACKAGING - The packaging is this mirrored silver bullet which is like the other Barry M lipsticks smalller than your average lipstick size. However this proves brilliant when you are going on a night out or using a small bag as they literally take up no room at all. 

THE PRICE - They are priced at £4.99 from Superdrug which is a fairly reasonable price and generally you are able to get them on some offer for example buy one get one free or a 3 for 2 offer. I have however seen them in some places priced at £5.99 so it might be worth keeping an eye on that. 

THE COLOURS - I don't know exactly how many colours are in this range but I currently have 5 and I love every shade although some are more daytime wearable for me and some are definitely more for the night.

Swatches of the shades I have are below -

Top to Bottom - 174, 172, 171, 169, 168

OVERVIEW OF THE LIPSTICK - These lipsticks are really wearable and creamy on the lips and are highly pigmented. Some of the darker shades I need to apply a lip liner for before applying as they tend to bleed into the lips.

They last for a fair amount of time on my lips which is no mean feat considering normally within an hour lipstick has to be reapplied. Overall I really rate and like these lipsticks and there are a enough shades to choose from without being overwhelmed by choice!

Cheers & Loves

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New Products: Lips - Rimmel, Sleek & Soap and Glory

So another new products post and this time it's new lip products that I have bought that are new in that they may have been out for a few weeks but they are still fairly newly released.

Anyway I have three products - One from Rimmel, One from Sleek and One from Soap & Glory. 

So Rimmel have bought out a brand new selection of lipsticks and nail varnishes to celebrate 15 years of Rimmel & Kate Moss. And being a huge Kate Moss fan and also fully falling in love with the rose gold packaging I decided I had to pick one up. 

The shade I went for was 56 in Boho Nude - in the collection there are 6 lipsticks altogether with 3 nudes and 3 reds. Basically the signature shades that Kate herself is known for wearing. 

These new lipsticks are priced at £6.49 and available from Boots and Superdrug!

Sleek is well know for their great pigmented blushers but they do have some great lip products as well and the latest edition is the Sleek Lip Power Plump Pencils. These are really pigmented and once applied within about a minute  actually make your lips tingle hence the plump in the name. The colour I got was Berry Burst and as of yet I haven't actually used it but definitely feel this is a great one for a night out. These are priced at £5.49.

And the final product - 

Soap & Glory relaunched their entire lipstick collection into three colour ranges - Pinks, Reds and Nudes. I will be honest there were not many of the colours that really appealed to me, the new packaging is great but the colours for me were more miss than hit.

One shade that I thought I'd give a go was a nude shade called Cinnamon Beige in Matte effect. This is a dark nude so it's not something I would wear everyday as I'm someone who does the 'barely there' in the day but for nights out this really is a great lipstick. 

All Soap & Glory lipsticks are £9.00 and available from Boots.

SWATCHES-

Top to Bottom - Sleek Power Plump Pencil in Berry Burst,
Soap & Glory Mother Pucker in Cinnamon Beige & Rimmel Kate Moss
15 Years in Boho Nude.

Cheers & Loves

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Fashion & Beauty: A Few Primark Purchases

Before yesterday I couldn't tell you the last time I 'popped' into Primark so my visit was well overdue in my opinion. As I was on my lunch break it was a little bit of a rushed look around but none the less I did end up picking up a few purchases and a few bargains!

The first thing I found on my rummage through the sales stands was this amazing playsuit that is going to be perfect for my holiday. It was priced at £5.00 but when it scanned through it was actually £2.00 = Day Made!

And then the next thing I picked up was this pack of six earrings for £1.00. I absolutely adore black and gold earrings so these again will be something I'll no doubt take on holiday with me.

And everything else I picked up was beauty related! So here's all of that -

Nail Varnish £0.80. Nail Polish Twist Pot £1.00. Beauty Drawers £4.00

Nail Polish in Ice Queen

Eyeliner 2 Pack with Sharpener £1.00

High Shine Lip Gloss in True Nude & Skin Deep £1.50 each

PS Pro Lip Primer £3.00 & PS Pro Longwear CC Concealer £2.50

The main bulk of my purchases were beauty related as I really wanted to get my hands on some of the new PS Pro make up unfortunately they didn't have that much in store so only picked up the two items. Still I'm excited to try all the make up as I've never tried much else in terms of Primark makeup and the beauty drawers at £4.00 were an absolute steal!

If you have any beauty recommendations from Primark then please let me know so I can whizz down and purchase some more goodies.

Cheers & Loves

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New Lip Balms

It's been 6 months since my last post which is in blog world terms like forever but life gets you caught up sometimes in the thick of it and before you know it's nearly halfway through 2016 and your writing your first blog post of the year! Scary indeed.

Anyway on with the post and I am a huge lover/spender/hoarder of lip balms and anytime there's new ones launched I have to have them and even if they are not new and I don't have them in my collection - I have to also have them. So today I've got three newbies that have recently managed to sneak into my collection. 

1- Palmer's Creamy Coconut FlipBalm - £4.99

So I absolutely love the packaging of this lip balm - it's probably the main reason I bought it! This is very much like the EOS and Balmi type packaging but better. Whereas those you have to unscrew the top with the FlipBalm you do just that and you flip the balm!

The formula of this has natural coconut butter, Vitamin E and coconut oil and it's not a lie with the name because this really is a creamy lip balm that really hydrates your lips. I definitely prefer this one to the Balmi which I am a huge fan of but there's something about the packaging and the formula that makes this a winner. The price is £4.99 so it is a little bit more expensive for a lip balm but definitely worth every penny.

The FlipBalm also comes in Juicy Watermelon and Ripe Mango.

2- Kind Natured Manuka Honey Lip Balm - £3.49

This is a standard tube lip balm from the brand Kind Natured that is 97% natural ingredients which includes Manuka Honey and beeswax. This is a really moisturising almost glossy lip balm that feels really comfortable when applied. However for me the a huge con of this lip balm is flavouring and smell of the Manuka Honey which I really don't like unfortunately however the context of the balm itself is great and at £3.49 it's not a bad price.

3- Baby Balmi Fresh Mint - £2.00 Available at Primark

So Balmi lip balm have been around for a few years now and I have a few in my collection but when I was browsing in Primark I came across Baby Balmi i.e a small sized balm for a great price of £2.00. I didn't need it but purely for the novelty value I picked it up and it's the cutest little thing!

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