NOTD Feat Barry M Empire State Of Mint

 Hello my lovelies, how are you?

I hope you are all keeping well?

Today I thought I would share my thoughts on the stunning Barry M empire state of mint from the Daylight Curing range.

I have been dying to try this range since it came out but for some reason, something was holding me back. I think I held off purchasing it because of the shade range, it was very basic with only a handful of shades available when it first came out though there are a few extra shades now so I bit the bullet and bought this pretty polish.

I have to say that so far, I really don't like the formula as it didn't even last 1 day on my nails as it just chipped like crazy. I have tried it with a base coat and it did fair a little better but not by much, it is possible that I bought a dud and will, eventually, get around to purchasing another to try.

I do have to say that I was so disappointed as I just love the shade, it really is beautiful though the photos don't really do it any justice. Green is my all time favourite colour and I love to wear it on my nails in the warmer months.

Have you tried the Sunset Daylight Curing nail polishes? 

What are your thoughts and what do you think I would like to try next?

It is that time where I say goodbye,

just remember that life is short,

enjoy it and love one another.

Until the next time,

Ta Ta for now.

Luscious Lass

xxxx

Fragrance Direct Haul

Hello my lovelies, how are you?

I hope you are all keeping well?

Today I thought I would share with you some beautiful nail polishes by Ciate from Fragrance Direct. 

A you have probably realised, if you have been following me for a while, I am a big fan of Fragrance direct as it literally has anything and everything you could want and even what you didn't even think you could ever need in your life.

I usually buy my Nails Inc & OPI from FD but decided to try some Ciate for a change and at £1.99 a pop, why the heck not? I have got a couple of Ciate polishes and they are lovely especially the bottles. If you would like to try them for yourselves they are available here and they are a complete bargain.

I did buy a couple of other items including Max Factor lip balms for £1.99 each and a Nails Inc polish, also for £1.99.

Have you tried the Fragrance Direct website? What are your thoughts?

It is that time where I say goodbye,

just remember that life is short, 

enjoy it and love one another.

Until the next time,

Ta Ta for now.

Luscious Lass

xxxx

Trafford Centre Collective Haul

 Hello my lovelies, how are you?

I hope you are all keeping well on this beautiful July day.

Today I thought I would share with you what I bought from my recent trip to the Trafford Centre: I think that everyone should visit the Trafford centre at least once, it really is a beautiful building with a stunning interior. I love it but more on that another day.

Every year I save up so that I can do a crazy splurge at the Trafford centre (or Liverpool) in July for my birthday, I mean, how could I not when I just love all things beauty related?

Anyhoo, the first hop that I went to was the Bodyshop and when I saw that my favourite skincare was on sale I knew I was going to be bringing them home with me. I just love the vitamin C & E range, phenomenal.

Next I went into Boots as I had a gift card from my birthday plus I had saved up some points and wanted to slurge. 

I am on a concealer kick atm for those no make make up days and bought a few though the Rimmel match perfection is a repurchase and the Clarins lip perfector is a sort of repurchase but in a different shade. Love it.

 I did also visit the Bare Minerals counter to get shade matched for both the mineral powder foundation and the serum foundation. The lady I chatted with was just lovely and couldn't have been more helpful (also another QVC addict), she made me feel as though I was the only peron in the shop, I just can't sing her praises highly enough. As you can see from the picture, she was more than generous with the samples. They were out of 1 of the shades that I was matched to and recommend that I ask at the BM stand in John Lewis, Selfridges and Debenhams, again all of the ladies were just lovely and extremely helpful.

 I next went into the Kiko shop as they still had the 70% sale on and wanted to look at a couple of things before I bought them, they didn't quite work out though I did purchase a few things and I am extremely happy with them.

Next I visited Debenhams to take a look at the beautiful Urban Decay VICE lipsticks to find my perfect nude lipstick and at first, I was a little taken aback at just how many there were to choose from. Anyway, as you can see, that I not only bought the lipstick, I also bought the lip liner to match as they had an offer of if you bought both lipstick & liner, you would also recieve a delux sample of the all nighter setting spray. That was a happy coincidence as I was going to purchase the all nighter spray anyway so I got to try the lipliner instead. 

I also purchaed the Benefit roller lash mascara as I had heard great things from reviews, I knew that I loved the they're real mascara and a friend recommend that I try the rollerlash as it is one of her all time favourites.

I also went into John Lewis as there was a sale going on and thought I would check it out though there wasn't anything that took my fancy I did purchase the Nails Inc caviar top coat as mine was running out and it was only £6 instead of the £11 they sell for.

I next went into Sefridges and purchased some more Muji storage (more on that in a future post) which I am absolutely loving for make up storage. I also visited the MAC counter to get shade matched for the new water foundation plus a paint pot and nail polish.

 As you can see form the picture's that I did get a fair few samples, I find that samples are easier to source in the Trafford centre shops than other places, Debenhams and Boots being the main places that I recommend you visit if you want to try before you buy.

 Before I went to the Trafford Centre, I did visit the QVC Outlet shop in Warrington to check out their bargains as it had been recommended to me by a friend but sadly, on that day anyway, there wasn't anything that really stood out for me though I think it is 1 of those shops where you have to visit on a regular basis to get the benefits.

While in Warrington, I did have a quick pop into the Pound shops as I had heard on the nail pages of Facebook that Nails Inc had been seen in them so I thought I would have a look as my local ones just didn't have anything. I was surprised to see them in all honesty and didn't think I would see any but when I did, I checked to make sure I didn't have them and are now currently in my helmer with my other pretty polishes.

 Like a daft so & so I completely forgot my primer which also reminded me that my daily primer was running out too so made a trip to Asda to get the Nspa instant blur primer which was on off for 2 for £8 and at £6.40 each, a total bargain was had.

Have you visited Trafford centre recently? 

What did you get?

It is that time where I say goodbye,

just remember that life is short, 

enjoy it and love one another.

Until the next time,

Ta Ta for now.

Luscious Lass

xxxx

Essence 08 Be Happy

Hello my lovelies, how are you?

I hope you are all feeling well?

Today I thought I would share my thought on the Essence sheer & shine lipstick in the shade 08 be happy.

Oh my are these particular lipsticks amazing to wear, they feel so amazing and hydrating on the lips that I feel like I am wearing a lip balm. As the name applied it is a sheer lipstick and if that isn't your thing and you like full on pigmentation, you will not like these but if you are like me and like sheer shades that just have a hint of colour then these really are for you. 

I freaking love thee lipsticks, I really can't rave about them enough, I love them that much I went out and bought a fair few others, even in shades that I wouldn't normally consider wearing as they scare the bejesus out of lol.

 You really cant go wrong with Esence, their make up products and nail polishes are rarely anything but amazing, even more so when you take into consideration their price point. Highly recommend Esence make up. Jut amazing!!!!

Have you tried the Essence sheer & shine lipsticks? Have you tried any of the other Essence make up products? 

It is that time where I say goodbye,

just remember that life is short, 

enjoy it and love one another.

Until the next time,

Ta Ta for now.

Luscious Lass

xxxx

What I got for my birthday x

 Hello my lovelies, how are you?

I hope you are all feeling well?

Today I thought I would share with you some of the presents I recieved for my birthday from family and friends. Though there isn't alot in qauntity there is alot in love and friendship which is what I love about everything.

The gorgeous flowers arrived on the day itself, they really made my day as I rarely recieve flowers and I can't remember the last time I did. Just beautiful.

I did recieve this little Tarte TSV from QVC early (and is still available here for £55) in June only because that is when the TSV was. I was so excited when I recieved it but when I opened it, there was fingerprints in the palette (it turns out that I wasn't the only 1 that this happened to) which was disappointing and when I contacted QVC regardingthe fingerprints, they refunded a partial payment of £10. QVC are phenominal for this reason plus many others including that you can send make up back even if you try it.

I also recieved this stunning watch on a visit to Cheshire Oaks Outlet village as a present while I was there. It is the first time I have ever recieved any form of jewellry as a present, least of all a designer piece to boot. The person who bought it me knows I am completely obsessed with dogs and I am completely in love with my little Shih Tzu Bubbles.

 I had a wonderful day (even though I was stuck in waiting for a courier to pick up a parcel for a friend) and was spoiled rotten by family and friends. I am very lucky and honoured to have the people I have in my life that I do. I am blessed, love and I have the best family in the world (not that I am biased at all hehehe).

 Anyhoo, I have to run now to go and get my little girl who will be finished very shortly at dance pratcise. 

It is that time where I say goodbye,

just remember that life is short, 

enjoy it and love one another.

Until the next time,

Ta Ta for now.

Luscious Lass

xxxx

Maybelline Dream Lumi Touch Highlighting Concealer

Hello my lovelies, how are you?

I hope you are ok?

Today I thought I would share with you my thoughts on the Maybelline dream lumi magic highlighting concealer in the shade 01 ivory.

 I use this highlighting concealer to brighten up my under eyes when I am doing a bare minimum make up when I only have 5 minutes or less to do my make up.

I love how creamy the formula is, it feels amazing, blends beautifully and brightens my dark circles so much so that they virtually look non existent. The only downside to this, for me anyway, is it only lasts about 4-5 hour before it starts to wear away even when I have set it with powder, though, for me anyway, it isn't a deal breaker and I have bought a back up of it already.

I find it is perfect for when I don't need my make up to last a full day.

Have you tried the lumi concealer?

what are your thoughts?

It is that time where I say goodbye,

just remember that life is short, 

enjoy it and love one another.

Until the next time,

Ta Ta for now.

Luscious Lass

xxxx

W7 Lip Wizard Perfection

Hello My lovelies, how are you?

I hope you are all keeping well?

Today I am going to share my thoughts on the W7 Lip Wizard in the shade perfection.

I have tried so many different make up products form W7 and I am rarely disappointed in their make up products. I did think it was a bit of a gimmick but was still intrigued as to how it would work so purchased 2 of them to see how they work.

This lip particular shade is just stunning on, I love how it slowly changes colour and it does change whereas the other 1 that I bought (green crayon but can't remember what it is called)stayed green on the centre of my lips and is now in the bin. It did not work for me no matter what I tried.

Now perfection is just beautiful, it is so balmy (the good kind) with just a hint of colour that can easily be built up to full on colour. It also stains the lip and sticks around for hours with no fading.

I love it and hope that more shades are going to be brought out in the not too distant future.

It is that time where I say goodbye,

just remember that life is short, 

enjoy it and love one another.

Until the next time,

Ta Ta for now.

Luscious Lass

xxxx

Bodyshop Haul

Hello my lovelies, how are you?

I hope you are all feeling well?

Today I thought I would share with you what I recently purchased online from the Bodyhop. I haven't really bought anything from the Bodyshop in a good while mainly because I have a fair few of their products that I have been wanting to use up before trying anything else.

I did pop into the shop in Warrington to ask about skincare for my little girl as she suffers from eczema and sadly gets it on her face. I have tried just using water on her face but it just wasn't enough and I think it was drying her skin out too. They did recommend that we continue using the precribed moisturisers but to stop using the water on her face as it was drying out her skin and she needs all the moisture she can get. What was recommend to me was the Camomile cleansing oil and I purchased it there and then to get the routine started.

When I saw that the Bodyshop had a 50% off sale recently, I knew I had to see if the facial oil cleanser was included as Bethany's was 3/4 gone and needed to be repurchased. Sadly, it wasn't included in the sale but everything else was and I found an extra 10% off too. A big bargain was made an even bigger bargain, (it's 1 of the reasons why I love to shop online, you can always find a dicount code somewhere).

Have you tried anything form the Bodyshop? 

Do you have any recommendations?

It is that time where I say goodbye,

just remember that life is short, 

enjoy it and love one another.

Until the next time,

Ta Ta for now.

Luscious Lass

xxxx

Kiko Haul

 Hello my lovelies, how are you?

I hope you are all keeping well?

Today I thought I would share with you what I purchased from the 70% off Kiko sale. I do love a little bit of Kiko but the only shop that that is near me is in the Trafford centre which can be a bit of a nightmare to get to if you don't have a car. So, an online haul is definately the way to go for me (for now as I have a room booked to stay at the Premier Inn at the Trafford centre) though there is a drawback with that as you have to pend a minimum of £25 to order anything.

 As you can see, I did purchase a fair few items and I am so eager to get to using them especially the eyeshadow palettes as they are meant to be dupes for my all time favourite Urban Decay palettes, the naked basics ( I will update you on this to see if I agree) and at £4.70 in the sale, I knew I had to get them both.

I have always wanted to try the water eyeshadows as I have heard so many great things about them, the same with the super gloss and I really wanted to see what their mascaras were like so invested in the waterproof version.

The nail polishes were down to £1 each and thought why the heck not and bought a fair few to add to my growing collection. I have used Kiko polishe before and they are lovely.

Did you buy anything from the sale? 

What would you recommend?

It is that time where I say goodbye,

just remember that life is short, 

enjoy it and love one another.

Until the next time,

Ta Ta for now.

Luscious Lass

xxxx