Summers makeup review

Hi it's Summer here,

So this week I was stuck on ideas of what to do, so I thought about what I had bought in the past week or two. So here it is, I'm going to write a review post.


First things first: Bare Minerals!!

One of my recent purchases was Bare Minerals newest product: Complexion Rescue.
Complexion rescue is what the title says it is, it is to help the skin to become healthier, smoother and more hydrated. It is a tinted hydrating cream, so it has the perk of helping your skin and giving coverage like a foundation would. The benefit with this tinted hydrator is that it is only a light coverage, so it isn't thick and clumpy on the skin. It feels smooth and silky on the skin. Another benefit of this product is that it also helps powder to stay on without the trouble of other applicants.

The idea of this product is that it does two things at the same time. The woman who was serving me in the shop said I would notice a difference in my skin within 2-3 days. Now usually when someone says this to me I shrug it off and think to myself "Yeah right!" However, these lady was completely right!! I noticed a significant difference in my skin straight after a couple of days using the complexion rescue everyday. I use mine as a foundation as I have dry skin and Bare Minerals has only natural ingredients. in it Which is why it makes it so expensive! The shade that I have is called 'Vanilla'. This is because I have impeccably fair, pale skin, 'Vanilla' is the second lightest shade in the collection. These are the shades they have (lightest to darkest):

• Opal
• Vanilla
• Buttercream
• Suede
• Natural
• Ginger
• Tan
• Spice
• Chestnut
• Sienna

I would definitely recommend this product as it is suitable for maybe people and has a great feel on the skin during coverage and afterwards as well. Not only does it come in a variety of different shades, but it is also a multi-purpose product and is an amazing rescue remedy for dry skin!! The complexion rescue costs £26 for 35ml. I know this sounds like a lot and yes it does added up to 74p per ml but it is so worth it, as it lasts for longer than a normal foundation/ base layer. Plus who can go wrong with a product that does two things at once, is extremely easy to put on and feels so amazing to wear!!


My second product review goes to Rimmel London BB Cream Matte in the shade: Light.

This has got to be one of the products I use everyday. I use it as a concealer underneath my eyes to cover up my dark circles I seem to constantly have! No matter how much sleep I do or do not get, I still seem to have dark circles underneath my eyes. I've come to the conclusion that they aren't going away anytime soon! Therefor, I knew I had to purchase a concealer or a BB cream. I searched and searched for the best cream and finally made my decision to go with Rimmel's matte BB cream. It comes in three shades: Light, Medium and Medium/Dark. The light shade is suited for those with fair, pale, delicate skin. Medium is for those with deeper tones, such as olive skinned and tanned. Medium/ Dark is for those with deeper and darker skin colours.

If Rimmel were to improve this product I would say that the most effective way to do this would be to increase the amount of shades they have. Although they are suited for the majority, there are still different shades that would compliment a lot of other peoples skin more effectively.

Overall I have to say that I am very impressed with the level of quality Rimmel has provided with this product. It has helped me through the tiresome days that are frequently occurring and the up beat eventful days. I suppose what I am trying to say is that it is suitable for any occasion, whether it be school, work, a meal out or just a shopping trip. I would defiantly recommend it with full confidence and unlike the Bare Minerals product I just showed you, this product is only £6.99 for 30ml, which works out to a total of 23p per ml.



My third product review goes to Rimmel Scandaleyes Eyeliner in Jet Black.

This product I don't use as much as the other two I have done a review on, but saying that I do use it often, whether it is for dramatic eye makeup or just for a small fine line of jet black eye makeup. I'm a girl that absolutely adores her makeup (if you hadn't figured that out yet) but eyeliner is one of my most favourite types of makeup by far!

I quite like to experiment with new, different eye makeup to everyone else. I like to be different and unique and don't tend to stick with the usual 'go to' trends the majority of the time.

Rimmel's Scandaleyes Eyeliner has to be one of the best eye makeup purchases I have ever made, it is easy to use for thick lines, thin lines and fine details also. I find that eyeliner and bold eye makeup makes you feel more confident about yourself and brings out a different personality that you never thought you had (at least it does for me anyway). Sometimes I add eye shadow to complete the look, but the majority of the time I tend to go for a more natural eye underneath the eyeliner.

Overall I think that this product is a must for every girl/ woman's makeup draw. It is handy to use for any sort of event, such as an evening out, shopping or everyday wear. It adds definition to the eyes and does a great advantage to blue and green eyes as it helps to pop their colour more. Scandaleyes costs £5.49 for a small thin tube and you can get it in two different tips, a pointer and a slanted tip.

All together I would definatly recommend these products as they are perfect things for an girls makeup shelf! They aren't too expensive for what you get and are extremely reliable!

Thats all from me for this week, keep up the views! I love you guys!

Love
Summer
xoxo

March favourites

Hey guys

Sorry I haven't posted in a while guys but I've decided to do a march favourites video to get back into this blogging world.

The first item on my list is the benefit hydrating lip balm

    This lip balm came in a pack of two lip balms and two cheek stains and me and my sister split them. I got this lip balm and I really like it because it feels lovely on my lips and isn't as sticky as other lip balms and leave a slight red tint on your lips. The second item is the cheek stain also from benefit.

This cheek stain works like a blusher but is a pure liquid and is painted on your cheeks before being rubbed in to your cheeks, I really like it and will buy it again . The third item is my Clinique mascara,

 I got this mascara for Christmas and I love it. I have had it before and really like it because it is high impact and doesn't clump my eyelashes. The fourth item is this body butter,

     This body butter was a Christmas present I got with a matching body wash in the same wild rose sent.Its a flower pharm product and I also got a matching make up bag which I'm I love with. 

The last item on my list is my night treatment gel and my day shine moisturiser 

These moisturiser where bought from boots and were individually bought and I don't know if I've reviewed them beiges but I love them. The night treatment gel is put on at night beiges you sleep and you wash it off when you wake up but it sinks into your skin while you sleep. I really like it and I don't get many spots when I use it. The shine control moisturiser is used before you do your makeup and makes a Matt make up base for your primer and is very efficient and I really would recommend it.

That's all for this week- have a lovely half term.

Belle

X

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How to wash your makeup brushes - Saturdays with Payton

Hey
It's Saturday again with Payton and this week I was stuck for ideas for this post, now I've done a couple of posts on organizing and so I thought 'what have I done this week that you lot could benefit from?' And then it came to me!
So from the title of the post you will have worked out that I am going to tell you how I wash my makeup brushes.

Quick disclaimer. By no means I am a makeup artist however I would say that I have done my research and read many things and watched many YouTube videos on how to wash your makeup brushes and now I have found something that works for me.

One last thing before I tell you what I do I quickly just want to tell you what brushes that I have because the type of brushes that you have and what they are made of can affect the effectiveness of this method if washing your brushes. So most of my brushes including the majority of my face and eye brushes are from Real Techniques by Sam and Nic Champman, I do have other face and eye brushes which are usually from the sets of makeup that you get.

So let's get started!

Things you will need:

• The brushes that need washing
• A bowl or plate
• Paper towels 
• A soft clean towel
• Regular dish soap (I use fairy liquid)
• Olive oil (I personally use extra virgin olive oil and this works perfectly for me)
• Water (usually a running tap)

Method:

This method for washing your brushes is best done in a bathroom as you will need to use a sink.

I usually start by getting a couple of sheets of paper towels and my brushes, I start with the cleanest brush or the brushing use least and then I wipe the brush on the paper towels to start to get some of the build up of the makeup off the brush, now it doesn't matter if you don't get much off as this is going to make the rest of the process slightly easier. Once I have done the ' cleanest' brush I then do the same thing with wiping the brush with the next cleanest brush and so on, working my way up to the direst brush.

Next I take my bowl and my olive oil and my dish soap, I start by putting my dish soap into the bowl, now the amount that you put in will depend on how many brushes that you need to clean and how dirty they all are. I put a generous amount in around 3 or 4  squirts of dish soap into the bowl, I next put around 1 squirt of olive oil in the bowl, overall you want around a ratio of 1 part olive oil to 3 parts dish soap.

Next I take my cleanest brush and I dip the brush slightly under water for a second and then into water  into the mixture that has just been made, only dip the hair which has makeup on,
Quick Warning:if the mixture along with water get into the top of the brush where the hairs are all glued, then the mixture and the water will make the glue weak and the hairs may fall out.
Anyway, once the brush has the mixture on it then move it around against your hand to foam up the mixture, don't put a lot of pressure onto the brush, only put the same amount of pressure on the brush that you would do when you put makeup on your face.
If the foam created from the brush is coming out the color of the makeup used on that brush, I give the brush a rinse under the tap, making sure not to get all of the hair on the top of the brush wet, and then I re dip the brush into the mixture and do the steps above again until the color of the foam is a very light color.

I then place the brush on its side on a cabinet which has a paper towel on it and, I then repeat the method above for each of my brushes.
Once all of the brushes have been put into the mixture, I then rinse them one by one, starting with the brush that I put into the mixture first. I rinse the brush off until all of the soap has gone.

I then get my towel and fold that a couple of times so it is slightly bigger than the size of a paper towel, I then lay out my paper towel on top of my normal towel and I place the brushes on top of then all spread out. I place all of this in a hot room to dry , however I have found if they are in a room with a dehumidifier, then the brushes dry the quickest.

And that is it, how to wash your makeup brushes! I hope that you like the method that I use to wash my makeup brushes, comment below if you have tried this method or the method that you use to wash your makeup brushes. I would like to say thank you for sticking with today's long post!

See you next Saturday!

~Payton <3

January Favourites, Superbowl 2015 predictions - Saturday's with Payton

Hey!

It's Saturday and it's not just any Saturday but it is the last day of January! PLUS it is the day before the Super Bowl! Anyway all this week I have been thinking about what to post today and I had two ideas, my January Favorites and the Super Bowl (I know that the Super Bowl doesn't happen until tomorrow but its the same weekend!) So I thought that I would put my two ideas into one post, so here it goes!

Firstly, here is my January Favorites as many of these products have been life-savers and just amazing this month!

These are my favorite beauty products:

Hair - Batiste dry shampoo (£2.99) - this product is not just amazing when your hair gets greasy but when you want a little more volume in your hair it works a treat! plus when you have the product in my hair feels so soft which is an added bonus! 

Make-up -  Urban Decay Naked Basics 2 Palette (£22 or $29) - I just love this product, I have had this product for just over a month and it works so well with my skin tone and my other makeup products so that it is so easy to create many different looks effortlessly! If you want to check out my full review on this product then here is the link: http://sevensweethearts.blogspot.com/2015/01/urban-decay-naked-basics-2-palette.html

Skin Care - Tea Tree and Witch Hazel skin care line from boots - The products I have are  the Night Treatment Gel (£2.99), the Shine Control Day Moisturizer(£3.59), Exfoliating Face Scrub(£3.79) and the Face Wash(£3.59). All of these products are amazing to use, they help keep my skin soft and smooth and help get rid of spots plus they do not make me break out as bad also a massive bonus is that they are pretty cheap to buy! If you want a separate review on these products, comment below!

Here is a list of my other favorites from this month:

Favorite song - This is home by Bryan Lanning -This is Bryan's first ever single and it is absolutely amazing and it brings tears to my eyes every time I listen to it, plus the music video to go with this song is so beautiful, check out this song here as I know he would love you to buy it : https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/this-is-home-single/id958740203

Favorite TV Show - It has to be Broadchurch! I just love this show so much, I never thought that I would like a Crime-Drama show ever but I do! I will be giving you a Series 1 review when I have finished watching it, which will hopefully be soon! So stay tuned!

Favorite game/app - This month my favorite game/app has a tie as I cannot decide my favorite, my favourites are crossy road and 2048 plus

Favorite food - This has to be Honey Cherios! Don't ask why, just eat them and you will find out why I love them!

So those were my favorites from this month, some of them were a bit random but you know, you just have to live life on the edge sometimes!

Anyway I would have added the Super Bowl into my favorites this month however, this year the Super Bowl is on February 1st, 2015 so technically I couldn't add it in here but if I could, I would! Anyway the Super Bowl this year is between the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Arizona! These are the times that I wished I lived in the USA but that's okay, you are probably thinking it is a little strange for an English Girl to like American Football, but I have to thank the TV show Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making The Team for opening my eyes to this sport! Anyway I can't really say much at this time of posting as the game hasn't happened yet so I am going to leave you with my predictions: I think that it will be a close game between these two teams which make it hard for me to pick, but I will go with the Seattle Seahawks, seeing as it is the second year in a row that they are in the Super Bowl final, we will see how the game plays out and who will win!
Although I cannot wait to watch Katy Perry's halftime show performance because it will be amazing!

Anyway, thank you for reading this weeks post, I hope you have enjoyed reading my favorite products this month and I definitely recommend every single one of them to you!

See you next Saturday!

Payton <3

My Top 8 Beauty Products -Love Maya♡

Heya guys!

Once again it's Thursday, and again-this week has gone soo quick! Where does time go aye?

So today I thought I would share with you my top eight beauty favourites. This is both skincare and make up products. I do like to try my best in keeping my skin spot free, bright and glowing. However, there are times which I do have small break outs or redness within my skin.

8. My 8th beauty must-have would defiantly have to be my eyelash curlers. I unfortunately wasn't born with the luck of having naturally curly eyelashes. So I therefore swear by this tool. 

Top tip: I like to heat up my curlers using a hairdryer for 5-8 seconds, just to ensure my eyelashes hold the curl all day. 

7.  At number 7, my beauty recommendation would have to be the neutrogena spot stress control 3-1 cleanser. I bought this recently, around November time and ever since I have been in love with it! Whenever I have a break out I like to dab some of this on the spot with a cotton wool ball. I find it works wonders, in shrinking the spot and reducing redness rapidly.

6. At number 6, it would be the simple cleanser and toner. I have sworn by this stuff for years now. I tried using the combined toning cleanser, however I haven't found it as effective as the individual products. I like to use this product both morning and night as its light enough for me to do so. It's both hydrating and moisturising for my skin, and leaves it glowing and radiant. 

5. My 5th top beauty pick would be the Nivea lip balm sticks. I've always loved these as they are soo hydrating and never leave my lips feeling oily. However, towards the end of last year, I found they now do fruit flavoured, high shine versions. Not only do these taste delicious, but they also produce a slight tint to your lips which I think are great for an everyday lip when you don't want a full lipstick look. 

4. The next four products are makeup based. Firstly, the Rimmel stay matte pressed powder. I've used this products for years now. Even after trying other brands, I always revert back to this product. Even though I have pretty fair skin, I use the shade 006,warm beige. I love this product because it is really light on your skin but also produces a good, lasting coverage.

3. Into the top 3 now! At number three, I'd have to pick the Bobby brown gel eyeliner. Up until about this time last year (January 2014), I was never an eyeliner person. I found it to not suit me very well and quite frankly, I was always rubbish at applying it. But since experimenting with new makeup products, this rapidly became my favourite. I started to use kohl pencils and the felt tip pen style eyeliners, but I found these not very long lasting. I then branched out to gel eyeliners, and I have fallen in love with them ever since! My favourite currently would be the Bobby brown one, not only because it's long lasting and easy to apply, but because I finds it never dries up in the pot-highly recommended!

2. At number 2 would have to be the collection lasting perfection concealer. This is another product that I absolutely swear by everyday. Like it says in the name, it is very long lasting and it has fantastic coverage. I would never use and love a product as much as I have with this. I would highly recommend this to everyone as it is such a fantastic product!

1. And finally, we have reached my top beauty product. If you haven't yet tried this product, I would highly recommend you do so. It's the benefit high beam liquid highlighter. I always have and always will love benefit products, but this is by far one of my favourites. It leaves me with glowing and radiant skin. I've tried different brands and types of highlighters, but for me personally, this is one that works best for my skin.

And that's it for today guys, I do apologise if it was a bit lengthy. But I swear by all of these products and would highly recommend these to anyone. Most of the products I have listed are relatively cheap and can be found in any high street store/drug store. 

Hope you have a lovely week and I'll be back next week with some more tips and reviews for you all. Comment below some of your favourites, I would love to try some out!

Love, Maya♡

Urban Decay Naked Basics 2 Palette Review - Saturdays with Payton

Hey!

It is Saturday, which means today’s host is me…. Payton! So I hope that you all have had a wonderful week, mine has been a little crazy with getting back into the swing of school and working but thank goodness that it is finally the weekend! Anyway this week I wanted to give you a review on one of my favourite products, so let’s get into the review!

Today’s product that I will be reviewing is the Urban Decay Naked Basics 2 palette! Now I can tell you now that it will not just contain my review on the Naked Basics 2 palette but it will be a comparison to the Naked Basics 1 palette.

Firstly, if you know me I am absolutely in love with makeup and if you ask any girl what their favourite type of makeup is they could say, lipstick, blush, bronzer, concealer, mascara, eyeliner etc., my answer to that question is definitely eye shadow. I cannot live without eye shadow it is basically perfect!

So one of my favourite ranges of eye shadow is Urban Decay’s whole range of eye shadow but specific the Naked range, now I am going to admit that I do not own all of the different palette’s in the Naked range however that is because these are some of the first palettes that I picked up, and I straight away fell in love with them!

The Naked Basics 2 palette is the newest palette to the collection which was released in the second half of 2014. It contains 6 different shades and they are:
Skimp (pale nude satin)
Stark (nude-pink matte)
Frisk (warm grey matte)
Cover (muted red-brown matte)
Primal (muted brown matte)
Undone (deep, smoky, brown matte)

As you can see these shades are more grey oriented and this makes it really fun to play around with the Smokey eye! I could not tell you which shade is my favourite as they all work so well for any look, they are also work really well together with the Naked Basics 1 palette which I find is heaven!

To help you compare this new palette to its predecessor these are the shades contained in the naked Basics 1 palette:

Venus (white with a semi matte finish)

Foxy (yellow toned ivory with a matte finish)

Walk Of Shame (W.O.S) (Pale cream with pink tones)

Naked 2 (pink nude with grey tones)

Faint (Matte Light brown with red and charcoal undertones)

Crave (Deep, dark brown that is almost black)

What I love about the Urban Decay Naked Basics 2 palette along with the Naked Basics 1 palette is the size and the practicality of them. The size is wonderful as the palette can be taken anywhere as it is so small and lightweight so it can be easy to put in your handbag and you’re away! What I mean with the practicality of the palettes are that they are amazing for both day and night looks, and it is so simple to turn a simple day look into an effortlessly-looking Smokey eye ready for an evening out! The reason why they are perfect with making a day look into a night look is due to the fact that they are highly pigmented which is a dream for anybody who wants their look to pop and to last all day and night!

Overall I have no bad things to say about the Naked Basics 2 palette, I have had no struggle with creating amazing eye looks which get many compliments from my friends and family! This product is a must have for anybody as it can create such amazing natural looks as well as looks that make the eyes just pop!

So that’s it for today’s post folks, I hope you enjoyed my review of the Urban Decay Naked Basics 2 palette and the comparison to the original Naked Basics 1 palette. Comment what type of product that you think I should review next!

See you next Saturday!

Payton <3