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VIVO.

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          If you are a frequent reader of my blog, you'll know that I do thrive for a good deal or a nice cheap money saver. Whilst in my favorite local makeup shop Primor, I come across quite a few of these. My favorite this month has to have been VIVO.


          Let me start by saying the company has amazing price for money and the packaging is also great! Its products are equally as wearable as smaller products in more expensive ranges. They are long lasting and have really good pigmentation.


          The first product I came across whilst browsing was the Baked Shimmer Palette and may I just say I haven't seen something so amazing! It comes in a set of four baked shimmer eye shadows and a baked blush that is indeed my favorite out of the palette. 


          Then I found this blush and highlight trio that comes with a cream blush in the colour Brazen, a powder blush in the colour Pursue and a baked shimmer in the colour Capture.


          And lastly I purchased the Beauty Balm BB Cream and Primer which have somehow made it into my mums everyday routine and since then has now stocked up on another two of them. 


2015

Tips for self-love.

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If you're a regular reader of my blog you will know I am a massive fan of makeup, animals, everything copper, and among them and many more, I am a massive fan of self-love and self-confidence, so when Lizzy gave me the opportunity to collab with her I took it as an offer I could not reject, so with that said (written) I am going to crack on and tell you my five top tricks. 

1.- Self love and confidence means staying true to yourself always, don't obsess over what people think of you. Live life for yourself. 

2.- Never do something you're uncomfortable with, remember the rules you have made for YOURSELF and hold on to them.

3.- Accept others and that will make you accept yourself more than you could ever imagine, don't judge others.

4.- Inspire.

5.- Have fun and don't let anything or anyone hold the freedom you have for yourself back.

Please don't forget to check out Lizzy's blog and her opinion and perspective about this topic, you can check out her blog here!

Thank you so much for your time and take care!x

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Carlo & Roman.

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If you follow me on Pinterest, you will know I am a massive sucker for everything copper or rose gold, and I believe this is an obsession I caught of "Zoella".
While going through my makeup drawers last week, I came across three Carlo & Roman nail varnishes I couldn't quite remember being in my collection, but one of them being an amazing rose gold colour caught my attention along side of these two others.
After loving their nail varnishes as much as I do I decided to do a little research to find out what other products they have and to see if it jogged my memory to where I got these in the first place but sadly, nothing was found. Apparently, Carlo & Roman don't even exist as a company as only random men on Facebook have that name so "bishwhet" to that one. I am so sad to not be able to add more of their products (if any even exist) to my collection, so if you know of anywhere who do sell C&R products, please link me them in the comments or any other of my social medias. 
Ps; am I the only sucker for rose gold? XXX.




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W7 In The Mood Palette Review.

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Whilst browsing through Primor aka my new favorite shop ever, I came across a section full of W7 products and I directly fell in love with the simplicity and colors of this palette. It is a small tin palette with mate nude colors in it and very very similar to the Nude palettes but the thing is, it only cost me 4 euros. I know, its unbelievable and totally worth it, I promise. The thing is, I thought that if you love the Naked Palette colors, like obviously anyone would, but you aren't a massive makeup person and your not in the hype and you don't just want to by the Naked palette for the sake of collecting them (like I do) I really think you can achieve the same or REALLY similar look to a Naked Palette with a couple of these W7 palettes if not one.
W7 have a massive range of cheap products and bigger palettes both shimmers and mattes and I totally recommend them to anyone who wants to try out makeup or just simply doesn't want to spend all of their pocket money on a Urban Decay Palette.
My two favorite colors in this palette are Wink and Katie (this one is very similar to Tease out of the Urban Decay's Naked 2 Palette) and I also really like how Cargo (Similar to Naked 2 Blackout) looks with these two colors in the crease.
Today's question is, what cheap makeup products do you recommend me to try out?Xx

2015

What are you waiting for? Palette review.

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I've been meaning to this post ever since I slipper the palette into my Primor bag. As you have probably notices, I am more of a neutrals girl, I'd rather war a brown or a gold any day rather than a blue or a purple just because they make me look like an even bigger weirdo with my blue eyes.
When the day I was going to buy this palette came (I'd been wanting it for a couple of weeks) I was umming and aring a LOT about which palette to get as they all looked equaly as great, but finally I decided over the 'What Are You Waiting For?' palette.
It is a VERY inexpensive palette but you would've never guessed, its packaging is very high quality (it looks like a chocolate bar if I may say so myself) and it would easily be perfect to take traveling with you as it isn't at all chunky or heavy.


Now moving to the inside of the palette, it is a nudish themed palette, based on gold, brown and a bit of pinkish shades. There are twelve shimmered colors, and six matte ones all very highly pigmented and long lasting. My three favorite and most used shimmers are:
Scary conversation
Take a chance
Shut my eyes
And my three favorites and most used mattes are:
Million Dollar Contract
Hot Track
Brand New Fans
All in all I think this palette is a great buy and I will definitely be getting another one out of the collection.
Have you tried any of the Makeup Revolution products? If so, what did you think about them? Xxx

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June Favorites Makeup.

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So this post is a very overdue one, I have been planning out and wanting to write for a few weeks, but I'm to lazy to just sit down and get to it so I thought I'd finally just get to it.



Firstly, I've been loving these ASTRA nude nail varnishes, on the left, I've got the palest of the both and it is the number 33 and on the right I've got the slightly more tanned nude in the number 05.



Secondly, I've been loving this Rimmel (.match perfection.) concealer. Mine is in the tone classic beige. It is a liquid concealer which is my personal favorite type of concealer and I got it in a Rimmel 2x1 deal at my local drugstore.
I then have my Deliplus 4 euro mascara I have always had a love/hate relationship with ever since I bought and for some reason this month I have been really reaching out for it and loving it.


These two Rimmel Kate Moss lipsticks are absolutely brilliant and I'm definitely going to be stretching y budget to buy some more. They were also on an offer but they aren't at all expensive. These I have are the number 111 (the red one on the left) and 38 (the salmonish colored one on the right. When I say "salmonish color" it most probably makes you cringe as it isn't a nice color but believe me, on your lips and with a nice gold based eye shadow it works wonders.


  My naked 2 pallet is a total favorite and I haven't put it down since I bought it. I haven't got a total favorite shade yet as I love them all  but I love bootycall and tease as a casual and simple everyday. I don't think there is much more I can say about this pallete because  I think everyone already know how highly rated it is.


Lastly in this months beauty favorites has to be this Kiko Valentino Bronzer in the shade (.). I absolutely love the packaging of this, I have to admit it is very big and bulky for packaging but I still love it.  This was actually reduced (yet again, from another offer) to 8 euros, down from 28 I believe but maybe you shouldn't take much notice of me. I have never really tried out any of Kiko's products, in fact this is my first buy and I am more than happy with it.
  This is it for today's post, I'll see you again tomorrow! xx

2015

Spanish Drugstore Makeup Review

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          This week I thought I'd do a little review post about my Spanish drugstore makeup essentials I've been trying out and using this month. 


          I've been using all three of these eye liners, depending on what makeup look I've been going for, but I have especially been loving the liquid one, just because it is really easy to apply, it has a great consistency throughout the day and it is easy to remove without smudging all over my face.

          This Rimmel makeup concealer can be found at nearly any drugstore or makeup section of a supermarket without having to search high and low, for me personally, it isn't the best, it doesn't do a great cover up and it doesn't last forever, but again, nothing personal that's only my own, true opinion.

          This Markwins International pallet was given to me for my birthday a couple of years ago, and I hadn't looked at it twice in all that time. I love the fact that it is full of nude-ish tones, and that it is lightweight and great for traveling because it has everything you need like lip gloss, eye shadow, bronze powder, brushes and a HUGE mirror, and it isn't to big so it can easily fit in your handbag. 

          These three Bobby Pin makeup brushes were also given to me last year and I never touched them and now I can't even put them down, they are great blenders, they don't leave bristles all over your face and the pattern on them mixed with the rose gold works wonders.  

          Both these Italian make Astra bronze and translucent powder, were on a 2x1 sale at my local drugstore last month and I couldn't resist trying them (and a few more of the range) out and they haven't disappointed me although I had never herd of the make before, I definitely recommend you to try some of there products. 

          This lovely packaging definitely makes up for the Deliplus Mascara, I have to say it isn't my cup of tea. It does give you lovely, outstanding eyelashes, but only for a couple of hours, this mascaras consistency isn't great and it isn't easy to remove, unless you leave it to do it itself and it just dissolves into tiny black dots all over your face. 


            Lastly, these Astor pastel nail varnishes are my lifesaver. I LOVE THEM. They are ever lasting, they are thick coated, cheap and pastel, what else can I say?
          What about you? What drugstore makeup essentials do you love and recomend me?
Until next time, Ellie Xx

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