Yves Rocher | Volume Vertige Review

 

Mascara has to be one of my staple items. Like if I was sent off to a desert island I wouldn’t be going without a supply of mascara! I got this in a goody bag from a beauty bloggers meet up. I completely forgot I had it until last week when I was picking out some products to take home to my mom. I decided to take a chance and only bring this mascara with me to limit the amount of liquids I’d have to bag up for airport security.

Now I’m not sure if I mentioned this before but when I use mascara, I use 3 different ones to get the result I want. I like my lashes to appear long and be full of volume. Mascaras that I have used in the past (unaided by other mascaras) looked lovely when first applied but within an hour my lovely lashes would just flop! No mascaras I tried lived up to the hype surrounding them.

Yves Rocher state on their website that this mascara has a Resevoir Brush that will release the “perfect amount of mascara to maximise” and that the formula, that is enriched with botanical extract, will leave my lashes looking “sensational”.  Lets see if Yves Rocher will live up to that bold statement.

After one stroke on my lashes I instantly knew this mascara was “the one”. It showed results instantly, I could see my lashes getting longer as it was being applied. The brush is curved and has a dip in the centre of it, this helps with adding definition to the right areas of your lashes. There is no need to wipe off any excess mascara because the right amount of mascara is released onto the brush so there isn’t excess product getting on your lashes to cause clumps.

 

This mascara definitely lives up to its sensational reputation . Just have a look at the pictures above, the results are amazing! You don’t even need to apply too much  product to get the defined and voluminous look. I am just so impressed that one mascara has had such a brilliant end result. I will definitely be buying this mascara, it is worth every penny!

You can find this product over on the Yves Rocher website 🙂

What mascara has exceeded your expectations?

Eilish

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Garnier Miceller Cleansing Water

I’m on the look out for a quick and easy cleanser that won’t have a bad effect on my face, so I’m putting Garnier’s Micellar Cleansing Water to the test. I have been dying to try this for so long and today my mother spotted it on offer in Boots and bought it! I currently use Simple make up wipes and as much as I love that brand, I just hate the thought of using wipes. Garnier state on the bottle that the cleanser will give you “perfectly cleansed and refreshed skin without rubbing or rinsing”, so lets see if it true!

Today I had a full face of make up on, including some stubborn glitter eye liner and a good bit of mascara, so I knew I had a good face on for testing this cleanser. I started with my foundation and it came off with such ease. It only took one cotton pad to get all of the foundation off and I used a second one in case I missed a bit and that was pretty much clear! I moved on to my eye make up and I held a cotton pad up to my eye to soften the product on my lashes & lids. I was so amazed when most of my eye make up came off!! The cleanser basically transferred the make up from my eyes onto the cotton pad. I was left with very little work on my eye, just a bit of mascara to wipe off.

My skin feels so soft and there isn’t a single bit of irritation. This product has no perfume and is hypo-allergenic so it can be used by pretty much everyone! In comparison to another Garnier make up remover this is a million times better. The previous remover was greasy and wasn’t very nice on the eyes. The Micellar Cleansing Water is so refreshing and it leaves your skin feeling so soft and clean. Its handy that you don’t need to rinse it off, so if you’ve had a late night it won’t keep you from your beauty sleep for too long! If you take a look at the picture above you will see that every spec of my make up was removed 🙂 I’m super impressed with this product!!! It is definitely worth the pennies especially as it lasts 200 uses so you won’t need to buy a cleaners as often 😀

I would definitely recommend you head out and buy this product!! Throw away your wipes and your time consuming cleansers and get Garnier’s Micellar Cleansing Water in your life!!!

It is currently available in all major retailers and is priced at £4.99

Have you guys tried this product?

Eilish

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Skin Care by Wise Women

We learn most of our beauty hacks from the older women in our lives, whether it be your older sister, mother, aunt or grandmother. We watch these women putting on their make up (in my case nicking lippy and putting it all over my gob!) and caring for their skin. Have you ever thought to ask an older woman how you have such amazing skin for your age? Well this is what I’m going to do a series on 🙂 Seeing as I’m going back to London tomorrow I thought I’d start with my Mom 🙂 Take it away Mom…….

Hello! I’m Bridget 🙂 I started taking care of my skin from the age of 13/14. I use to see my mother applying moisturiser to her face, I think it was Nivea. I saw it something you did like brushing your teeth, twice a day every day! I started off using Ponds Moisturising Cream, it was the only cream out back then. As time went on more beauty products became available and I moved on to Astral. It is still a staple in my routine today! It works wonders for dry skin, acts as a base for make up and it smells beautiful!

One of my all time products was Oil of Olay, Eilish managed to get a picture of it for me! It was lovely it wasn’t heavy on the skin and it kept my face hydrated. If I was to only pick one beauty item to take on a desert island with me, it would be moisturiser! In all my years I don’t think I’ve missed a day of moisturising!! I never used toners when I was young, not because I didn’t want to, because they weren’t really available back then! I have tried them now but toner is not for me! Some of my other little hacks include putting my face over a  bowl of hot water to steam open my pores, I would then get a bit of cotton wool and wipe away all the dirt (is that the correct term for it?) that was clogging my pores. You’d be amazed how clear your skin looks after its amazing, I’d definitely recommend doing once a week!

    

I’m also a fan of using tea bags on my eyes. There are a number of uses for tea bags, you can use them when they’re hot to relieve sore eyes and when they’re cold to reduce puffiness and refresh them. I always ensured I took off my make up every night, everyone has slept in their make up a few time but its one of the worst things you can do. I think we should all give our faces a break from make up and let the skin breath 🙂

I’m so lucky to have the skin I have for my age (a lady never reveals her age! 😛 ). I know a lot of women who have sun damaged skin and its just added at least 10 years to their look! I fell asleep in the sun once by accident, it was horrific! I have fair skin and we all know what happens I got burnt and I could barely open my eyes. I never sunbathed again after that! So ladies be careful when you’re out in the sun and use relevant protection!

 

Well I better wrap this up! I hope you enjoyed my little story!

Thanks for reading!!

Bridget

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Beauty Bargain of The Week

 

Last week I was browsing around my local pound shop when I came across these products hidden amongst the shaving cream! I’ve never heard of Creightons before but after doing my research it appears they have quite a selection of products! They mainly trade online so I’d love to know how these Squeeky Clean products crept into the pound shop!  Seeing as they only cost a pound, I thought I might as well give them a go. I bought the Body Better Body Lotion, the Saint or Shimmer Lotion and the Pore Pow Wow Face Mask.  Its amazing what cute little products you can get in the pound shops these days, 3 beauty products for a £1 each…. you cant go wrong! 

When I spotted the products I thought “wow how quirky is the packaging!”. The main statement for the Squeeky Clean brand is “a heavenly range of bodyliscious treats especially for you”. I totally agree with this, the products are wonderful 🙂 I won’t say too much because I’m going to do a review of range later on in the week. I would definitely recommend you get out and check out the Squeeky Clean range!

Where to buy: Poundland or if you’re interested in checking out Creightons other products head over to their website http://www.beautyatcreightons.co.uk/ 

Price £1