EMPTIES | Will I be repurchasing these products?

Hey guys, here's a bunch of products I've been using and now finished. I'll be letting you know if they are worth a repurchase or a big no go!

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Maybelline Push Up Drama Mascara | Falsies In A Tube

I typically always love Maybelline mascara (bar one), with The Rocket being my all time favourite EVER! So when Maybelline released a brand new mascara The Falsies Push Up Drama I was pretty excited, but I did have my doubts as I didn’t really get on with the original Maybelline the Falsies Mascara formula; the bar one <-




The Falsies Push Up Drama has a rubber wand applicator which I always prefer; it's a straight plastic wand that has evenly spaced out rubber bristles which get slightly smaller towards the tip of the wand. Maybelline say the brush has a push up cup design that scoops lashes up at the root and pulls them forward for volume and length.

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L'oreal Volume Million Lashes Feline Mascara

''Our legendary Millionizer brush is now arched to stretch and define the look of your lashes, from root to tip. This creates our most intense curl and volume on every lash, for a cat-eye flick.

The glossy black formula, infused with Argan and Camellia oil, lacquers lashes, conditions and creates fierce volume, bringing to life our ultimate feline flicked eye look.''

L'oreal have added yet another mascara to their popular Volume Million Lashes range 'Feline'!

The brush is arched, fitting the eyelid shape and making it easier to capture every lash. The formula isn't too wet, although I often prefer the texture of a mascara after a few weeks into its use & 'Feline' is no exception to that rule. 

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Bourjois' NEW Twist Up The Volume Mascara

I have always really liked Bourjois mascara's & for years I used there 'clubbing mascara', amazing for volume! For one reason or the other I got swept up in the big world of mascara's and seemed to have forgotten about Bourjois.

When I saw Bourjois new inervative Twist Up The Volume Mascara, I had to give it a try. I had never seen a mascara like it, the wand is basically two transformable brushes in one. Position 1 has a long thinner brush with more sparsely placed bristles, perfect for lengthening & separating lashes. With a twist of the lid arrives position two, a shorter denser brush for volumising & intensifying the lashes.
As you can see for my pictures this mascara really does what it claims to do, position one lengthens the lashes beautifully with two coats & as the brush is thinner it can get into the little corner lashes. Position two gives volume, not the best volume compared to the Bourjois Clubbing mascara, but you can clearly see more volume than picture one.
So with the two positions mixed together it gives an amazing effect to the lashes, you can combine a mixture of positions to achieve your desired look.
No matter how many coats I have applied this mascara has never made my lashes look clumpy, it leaves me with perfect lashes every time.

I would really suggest this mascara for those that like to use multiple mascara's to achieve a lengthening & volumes look, as this has the best of both worlds built in so will save you a pretty penny.
If your a regular reader of my blog you will know how much a love the Maybelline The Rocket & this Is really giving the rocket a run for its money as I have been reaching for this one pretty much everyday so that defo says something.

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Maybelline Brow Drama Sculpting Mascara

For setting my brows I have always opted for the good old method of hair spray on a spooly brush. Eyebrow mascara's that I have tried in the past have always been to thick & clumpy for my liking & often left my brows feeling dry & crunchy.

So when Maybelline released a tinted brow mascara that claims it won't streak, clump or flake & for the price of just £4.99 I thought I should give it a try.

Here are my brows not filled in or tinted in either picture, to show the true effect.

Maybelline Brow Drama Sculpting Mascara comes in three shades, deep blonde, medium brown & dark brown, I opted for the latter as I am fairly dark haired.

The mascara wand is an unusual shape, a thin dense brush at the end & a round ball at the tip. At first I was confused with how to use it, but have recently discovered the best method is to use the round tip of the brush with light

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Maybelline The Rockets VS The Falsies

Back in the Summer when the rocket was first released I was quick to snap it up & it soon became one of my all time fave mascaras.

Last month my rocket was coming to an end & instead of repurchasing I remembered I had heard a lot of great things about maybelline the falsies, so I decided to pick one up to make a comparison & see if I had been missing out all this time.

So here's a short run down of each mascara;

The Rocket has a very thick round plastic applicator covered in tiny plastic bristles & comes to a flat end. The Rocket gives me slight volume & instant length without having to put much work into it. The applicator really does the job for you, two layers & you achieve the perfect set of long clump free lashes. One down side to the mascara is that the applicator comes to a flat end, meaning it doesn't reach those little outer lashes.

The Falsies has a C shaped curved applicator, with long bristles surrounding & covering the tip of the applicator, the wand has a slight ridge in it making the applicator bend & glide with each application.

The curved applicator really hugs the lashes and gets to those little outer lashes, but it hugs my lashes so much so that they end up easily looking clumpy. I've worked out that the best way to apply this mascara is lots of very light thin coats, giving me nice volume & average length.

For me the falsies is a very time consuming mascara you really have to reapply & reapply in very thin layers to avoid clumpy lashes, I like the volume it gives but for me there's not enough length & it's too time consuming giving my lashes an effect I'm just not overly impressed with.

The rocket is a quick & easy mascara that gives instant effect, I love the length it gives my lashes. For me the rocket is the outstanding winner.

Have you tried either of these mascaras?

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NYX Doll Eye Mascara And Love In Florence Palette

It's no secret that I absolutely love NYX cosmetics, I'm constantly reviewing & raving about there products. I love the affordable price, the great quality & the fact that all there products are cruelty free.

So I can not explain to you how excited I was when NYX contacted me telling me I am there chosen 'blogger of the month' for October eeeek. NYX kindly sent me some products to review, so let's get stuck in

NYX have recently released three new eyeshadow palette collections 'Love in Paris' 'Love in Rio' & 'Love In Florence'. I received a palette from the 'Love in Florance' collection called 'Eat, love, be fab' containing five shadows created exclusively for this collection.

• Intense golden shimmer shadow with slight golden glitter reflect.
• Coral shade with a slight sheen to it, also containing a little golden glitter reflect.
• Matte brown shadow (that is lighter than it appears in the pallet) great for blending into the crease.
• Emerald green shimmery shadow (absolutely goooorgeous)
• Matte dark brown shadow with golden glitter reflects.

All five shades are beautifully smooth & rich in pigment. The one down side is that after an hour or so the colour does start to fade & isn't as intense, but this can easily be fixed by using a shadow primer.

To finish off the look I also received a Lengthening mascara from the Doll Eye range. All mascara's from this range contain a blend of natural oils, Vitamin E and  nylon fibers.

The thin hourglass wand is covered in natural bristles, and can really get to the root of the lash & reach those little lashes at the corner of the eye.

 When the wand is removed from the tube you can clearly see the wand covered in fibers, but when applied to the lashes I can't see any fibers at all so unfortunately they don't enhance the length of my lashes.

The consistency of the mascara is unusually dry, maybe this is because of the fibers. So you do have to layer the mascara, coating the back & the front of the lash.

Even though I don't see the fibers helping with lengthening my lashes, the hourglass shaped wand seems to create the lengthening effect itself.

Doll Lash Mascara - £7 
 Love In Florence Palettes - £8 
Both available from nyxcosmetics.co.uk

What do you think of these products?

Whats your fave NYX product? 

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My April Favourites

Maybelline Colour Sensational Vivid Lipstick In 'Shocking Coral'- Since I bought this beauty at the start of the month I have not stopped wearing it. A beautiful bright pinky coral shade, that is super smooth & long lasting.

Maybelline The Rocket Volum' Express Mascara In Black - See review here maybelline rocket mascara review

Superdrug Dry Shampoo In Chocolate Brownie 150ml - For 99p this is a good dry shampoo for dark hair as it has a brown dye to it. I used this on my roots when I was in need of a hair dye touch up & this covered my roots up brilliantly.

Collection 2000 Lasting Perfect Concealer in 'Light' - This month was the first time I have tried this concealer. I honestly don't know how I lived without this for so long. Great coverage & Long lasting. 

ELF Baked Blush In 'Pinktastic' - Although this is a blush I find it way to light to use it for this purpose, so I have been using it as a highlighter. Pinktastic has a lovely light pink shimmer so perfect for highlighting. On top of my cheek bones, on my cupids bow, under the arch of my eyebrow. It's a good dupe for Mac mineralized skinfinish.

Maybelline Stay Matte Powder In 'Translucent' - See review here rimmel stay matte powder review.

Bourjois Blush In 'Golden Rose' - I am obsessed with this blusher, a gorgeous pink tone with the perfect amount of golden shimmer, for the perfect subtle glow. I will be reviewing this very soon.

Ebay Beauty Blender Dupe - Although the original beauty blender has so much hype around it I just cant bring my self to pay £16+ on a little sponge (call me scrooge). Whilst browsing on ebay I stumbled across a beauty blender for 99p, it looked like the real thing & for 99p I thought, what's to lose. To me this feels just like the real thing, & the finish of my foundation after using this is flawless. I've tried beauty blender dupes before & this by far is THE best I have come across. I'm definitely going to buy some more & stock up. Here's the link if your interested Ebay Beauty Blender. Since I bought this last month they have since put the price up to £1.25, but still a great bargain. 

Sinful Colors Nail Polish in 'Frenzy' & 'Easy Going' - See review here Sinful Colors Review

Top - Bourjois  Blush In 'Golden Rose'

Middle - ELF Baked Blush In 'Pinktastic'

Bottom - Maybelline Colour Sensational Vivid Lipstick In 'Shocking Coral'

What are your April Favourites ?

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Maybelline The Rocket Volum' Express Mascara - Review

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Volum' ?!  What's Volum?

Any who, I purchased the new Maybelline The Rocket Volum' Express Mascara with slight reluctance as I'm not a big fan of maybelline mascara's, but again I got sucked in by the hype around this new product. I'm glad I did because I actually really like this mascara. 

I chose the non water proof black shade (as norm). It has a thin wet consistency that really coats and elongates my lashes with a bit of volume thrown in for good measure too. (which is what I personally go for in a mascara).

The rubber wand is wide in size and covered in lots of tiny little plastic bristles that really separate and lengthen my lashes.

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