Maybelline Colour Sensation's 'Midnight Plum' & 'Rose Wood'

I bought these amazing lipsticks a while back and at £7 each I was a bit worried on whether I would get my moneys worth. I usually look for much cheaper makeup due to being a student, but hoping the quality would be good I took a leap of faith and wasn't disappointed!

I dont normally wear coloured lipstick as I'm quite pale and feel like it washes me out but Maybelline's Colour Sensation lipstick in shade 'Midnight Plum' often makes an appearance on my nights out. Normally I wear nude colours in the day time so I played it safe and bought 'Rose Wood' for my everyday look.

The lipsticks have good coverage and I don't find myself needing to top up very often. I definately got my moneys worth with these products and plan to be a bit more daring with my lip-shades and buy more colours from Colour Sensation.

Plum Flushed - Maybelline Color Sensational

I'm really glad I tried this lip pen on a night out before writing a review! I have wanted a dark pink/purple lip colour for a while now. I prefer my lip colour to be matte so this one seemed like the right one. I chose 'Color Sensational' by Maybelline in shade 380-Plum Flushed.

My first problem was that I feel like I'm applying way more of the product to get the right colour than I should be, but once I got the colour right I really loved it. It's more pink than I had wanted but It still looked really nice (I didn't realise how dried out it made my lips look until I saw pictures.)

Even with a colour protector over the top I found that very quickly the colour would be almost all gone from my lips and I would constantly be re-applying. I ended up going over the colour with another lipstick my friend had half way through the night because I got so fed up with re-applying only for it to come off straight away.

If the colour stayed on longer and if it applied better, then  I would be very happy with the lip pen. It smells AMAZING (raspberry yum!) which though it isn't something I look for was nice nonetheless.  For £5.99 I don't think it was very worth it. (waaaa)

What lip pens have you tried that have been good?

Collection 2000 Cream Puff

I bought this lip cream ages ago from Collection2000 originally the appeal was the price. I'm always looking for lipsticks but I'm really fussy. I normally go for nude colours or really light pinks. It's been so long since I bought this I cant remember the price but I have the feeling it was around the £3 mark(which for a very poor student was a big plus).

 The biggest appeal of this product is that it dries. I hate the feeling of sticky or even glossy lips. This colours dries and stays on really well (unless you're drinking a lot then you will need it by your side for a top up). I chose the colour 'Fairy Cake 3' It's a bit brighter than the colours I would usually go for but I am trying to break that habit as I would like some nice colours for nights out. Oh and also this product smells amazing! it really does smell like cake! 

MUA eyebrow pencil 'blonde'

For the past few weeks I’ve been using an eyebrow pencil. Before this the only time I had ever had my eyebrows drawn on was while acting as a chav in my friends film for Uni. Of course those eyebrows were very dark and large and looked completely out of place on my face! Though I did not suit those eyebrows it made me want to buy a lighter eyebrow pencil to see how it would look.

MUA seemed like the best brand to go for as it is super cheap and I didn’t know if I would like my new drawn on eyebrows. I bought the pencil in ’blonde’ as I didn’t want a dark colour. The colour makes my eyebrows slightly darker than they normally are and I must say I love it. My eyebrows naturally have a nice shape so using the pencil to define that shape a bit more looks good!! I will definitely keep wearing the pencil and buy another once it has run out.

Suggestions&Glittery Foundation

It has become clear to me that I am doing way too much blogging and not enough UNI WORK!!! Now I’ve only just started my blogging obsession and my only followers so far are people from my course, what I’m hoping for any of you passing readers to do is give me some suggestions of what you want to see me write about, this will be good for you because you get what you want and good for me because it will make my blog better. Thank you!!! x

As I will now be focussing on Uni work for a little while and will not get any blog posts out (unless I am naughty and abandon my work again) I thought I would just leave you with a side note for the brief review I did on Rimmel London’s Wake me up foundation, you can read my previous review here.

Whilst getting ready the other night I was looking very closely in the mirror for any imperfections I had missed when putting on the foundation, I then noticed my face was covered in glitter!!!! You couldn’t see it from a normal distance but when standing in the light and looking close at my face I was definitely VERY glittery. At this time all I had applied was the foundation so it was definitely that, perhaps using a powder over it in the future may help as I had not done that previously due to the amazing coverage it gives. Anybody else had this problem :/

Maybelline Superstay 24hr DuelEnded Lip Colour Review

I don’t tend to wear colour on my lips and if I ever do it’s a very light pink. I don’t know what it is but I have never thought bright, dark or any kind of colour that stands out looks good on my lips. In the past I have wore red lipstick on a night out but when looking at pictures from those nights it makes me looked washed out and all the fullness from my lips evaporates and I end up with tiny lips. Because of this I never buy any colours I am not familiar with. Luckily for me my house mate is always buying new lipsticks and when we were getting ready for CARNAGE on Sunday night I borrowed one of hers.

Maybelline Superstay 24hr DuelEnded Lip Colour is in my opinion, an amazing product. The only problem with this review is I didn’t exactly use it properly. The product has two parts to it, the colour on one side and lip gloss on the other...my friend had lost the lip gloss part and I had used the colour not even realising there was meant to be lip gloss with it!! Nevertheless the colour was amazing! And I think I preferred it without the gloss anyway as I don’t like my lips being sticky. The colour is called ‘Raspberry’ and it didn’t make me look washed out or take away any of the fullness from my lips!! It dried really quickly and stayed that way all night!! (That means no top ups!). My friend wore gloss with the colour that night and looking through the pictures of her it appears that the gloss stayed on all night too. I’m however not sure if the colour would stay on for 24 hours as I would never wear this colour in the day, but it defiantly stayed on all night and it was still there when I woke up in the morning.  My only issues with the product is that when I used a makeup wipe the colour didn’t come off completely, if I had to go somewhere the next day I wouldn’t have been happy with the way my lips looked. My other problem with the product is the price. It is £8.99 and being a very poor student there is no way I can afford this and if I’m honest there doesn’t appear to be a great amount of the lip colour in the pot....I guess I will add it to my wish list and hope my lovely boyfriend offers to buy it for me ;)

My camera is broke at the minute so rather than taking pictures especially for this review I have included pictures from the night I wore it out. The pictures show me and my friend who also wore the colour with the gloss so you can see how it looked with and without the gloss. 

It's time to sort out my priorities...

I'm halfway through my second year at university studying journalism and yet I feel I am nowhere near being a journalist. Writing has always been my passion and fashion has always been the area I have wanted to write in. I have not posted a blog in so long and none of my previous blogs have been related to fashion in any way!! This week I got my grades back from the previous semester and I found I was pleased with them, yet not pleased enough. I thought I had done better and whereas before I was happy not to fail I want to do better.

After having troubling thoughts about my priorities I decided to start up my blog again. But this time I will write about stuff relevant to me. Reviews on makeup and styles I am into and clothes I have bought. Hopefully this will get my enthusiasm back for writing and will help me become what I have always wanted to be.

So to get things started I have decided to do a quick review on the makeup products that I have been using recently... J

When it comes to foundation I change my product a lot. I can never seem to find a foundation that works well with my skin. I feel after only an hour it’s not on my face anymore and I need to apply more. Recently I had been using Rimmel’s product ‘Renew&Lift’ until it ran out. After changing my foundation every time I run out I think I have found ‘the one’ I saw the advert for Rimmel’s new ‘Wake me up’ foundation and thought I might give it ago. The fact that is was £2off when I went to buy it helped significantly in my choice. I bought the ivory shade to stay safe and I am very happy with the buy. When squeezing the foundation onto my hand I was a bit worried as it is very thick, and I was scared my normal number of squirts would be too much and despite the pale colour I would look like an orange, I also noticed that it was a lot paler than the ‘Renew&Lift’ foundation though it was the same shade. Once applying the product my worry of an orange face was gone as it has wonderful coverage and is very smooth. The lack of sleep my student lifestyle allows me to have often gives me black rings under my eyes, but this foundation made me look alive!! Blemishes covered and face glowing I was ready to face the day with my new favourite foundation!

When Christmas comes around I find myself with a lot of presents containing gift sets of makeup, some I end up using throughout the year and some end up in a zipped up bag until I decide I will never use them and throw them away. This year I found myself with a good amount of makeup and two specific products I have used nonstop since Christmas.

I don’t tend to use many colours when it comes to eye shadow but I think I may become more adventurous throughout the year with this colour pallet from Accessorize. At the moment I have been using the black shade due to the loss of my usual black eye shadow and the creamy shade for the inside corners of my eyes to give me a wide eyed look. I understand that so far I am a letdown when it comes to being adventurous but I promise I will be using all of these colours in no time (apart from the pink maybe).

I have never really used bronzer, and I had never thought about using bronzer before coming to University and meeting my housemate who loves the stuff. For Christmas I got this small pot of bronzing powder, I can’t remember where it’s from but it says ‘Gold’ on the front of it. I can now safely say I am a lover of bronzer, I use it both in the day and when going out but it seems I am running out of this small pot fast and will have to find a product to fall in love with very soon.

I’m aware this was a very brief review but I have more to come, this is just the start of me getting my priorities straight.