Maybelline BabyLips - Pink Punch

So ive heard soooo much about these lip balms and i couldnt resist buying one to try when i saw them! I got Pink Punch because it looked the cutest and the colour was most vibrant. It smells really nice and they instantly smooth the lips! I will have to see if it makes a difference after a while of wearing it :) so far so good! 

Collection 2000, collection

 

As you can see, i kind of adore this brand haha! They recently changed their name to 'Collection' but i will keep saying 'Collection 2000' to avoid confusion. Most of the products i have still say 'Collection 2000' soooo ya know haha. Anyhoo i have a wide range of different products from this brand and i've tried all sorts over the time. They retail from about £1.99 to no more than £10.00 infact i don't even think any product goes that high, but i'll play it safe at stick with a tenner. They have a lovely set of products which vary from lipsticks, eyeshadows to foundations, they even recently brought out some fake eyelashes which i'm keen to try out. So as my Collection 2000 collection grows i thought i'd share with you the things i have upto yet. Read below to find out what i like and what i don't like so much, and if they have anything for you :)

Eyeshadow-

From left to right- Spellbound, heavenly, fairy dust, magical, tinkerbell, sugarplum, jaffa, (i've forgotten this one), illusion and inky.
These pigments are great! I first bought one probably about 5 years ago, and i've loved them ever since. I don't have them all & i'm not actually sure how many others there are. There are only a couple what i wear and the others are for fancy dress or make-up artistry :) They are soft, VERY pigmented, shimmery although one or two are matte, the blue and pink i think, have great stain power and are super cheap round about £1.99. I just looked on the website and they aren't on there but they are still in the shops, so i'm guessing they may becoming discontinued :( but we'll see. Poundland sell them so they will have tons in there if they do discontinue them. A great tip on using these aswel is to use them wet! Or use a some fix fluid i.e Mac. It makes the colour alot stronger. But they work really well with a base underneath, they're easier to blend this way aswel. I really reccomend these for fancy dress aswel, so hurry up and get them before they go!

Nail Varnishes-

 



From left to right (or up to down haha)- Hip Hop, Dynasty, Sherbert Lemons, Spangles and i don't actually know the name of the old one, it's sort of rubbed off, and it's probablt discontinued unless they kept it but in the newer packaging.

 

I do appologise, but i have no idea why the picture is on the side haha, its right way round until i upload it, any ideas anyone?

The nail varnishes are really nice, they're vibrant pigmented colours that look really shiny and gel like. You only really need one coat if i'm honest, however they don't last very long. They chip after a short period of time, but heyyy they're only cheap and they are gorgoeus colours. The last one is really old telling by the old style packaging and i got given it by my next door neighbour in a huge bundle of nail varnishes she gave me haha. I haven't tried it so im unsure to what it's like! I would reccomend these becausae they have some really nice vibrant colours to try out.

Blush-



This is the only blusher i have from this brand. I've had another one what was very similar but was aaaaages ago. Again the name has rubbed off this and in actual fact i forgot i had it. It was stashed away in my drawer. i remember wearing it odd times with my old maybelline foundation. It's showing up alot darker on camera, but its a nice pinky colour. It's kind of old now so it's gone kinda chalky, i may try it out again at some point.

 

Mascara-

 

I have had the huge thickening mascara and i wasn't a big fan, however this one is awesomeee! I wear it like everyday, its got a perfect sized wand and the formula is just great. It seperates my lashes and doesn't make them go clumpy at all! It's just great for everyday wear and its under £5's wooooo! A deffo must buy :)

Natural Collection, collection

  

Soooo Natural Collection has been a favourite low make-up brand in a loooong time! I only started using them a few years back, and i really fell in love. Usually with cheaper brands you pay for a low price for a low quality item, but Natural Collection somehow have a higher standard (in my oppinion) although saying that, not alot of their products are A*. The biggest downfall of this brand is the packaging. It looks simple and basic which isn't really the problem, it's how flimsy it is. The lipsticks break very easily and fall out of the tube, every blusher & compact powder i've had crumbles and the eyeshadows or anything in a pan with fall out of the container. I know they're cheap products but if they make the packaging more stable i think more people would buy them, because having a nasty lipstick stuck to the lid and eyeshadows falling out in your bag is deffinitley not the way forwad haha. Read below to see swatches and my thoughts on my Natural Collection, collection :)

Lipsticks-

There are two lipstick types, 'Moistiure shine' and 'sheer natural'. Here i have 'Apple Blossom' 'Lotus' 'Rose Petal' and 'Candy Mist' My favourite is 'Apple Blossom' it's a creamy nude colour that lasts quite a long time. 'Lotus' and 'Rose Petal' are really similar, they are sheer but quite pigmented. 'Apple Blossom' is my least favourite, its too sheer with hardley any colour and loads of shine. It's meant to be a light pinky colour but the pink doesn't show up unless you swipe your lips loads of times. (I do appologise there is no swatches, they didn't look good on camera, so i'll take more pictures of them soon.)

Lipgloss-



Natural Collection Lipgloss - Fondant

Natural Collection ligloss - Fondant (swatch)

Natural Collection lipgloss

I have only ever purchased these two lipglosses from the range. The first picture is 'Fondant' a peachy nude colour. I absolutley LOVE this lipgloss. I wear it practically everyday. Its subtle, soft, creamy, feels soft on the lips, smells like vanilla and lasts a good amount of time. The only downfall of theis lipgloss is that it feels abit gritty! Now i'm not sure what it is, because i've never tried any other lipgloss from the range so i don't know if it's just this one or any others? Let me know if you have felt it aswel. The last is a squeezy tube lipgloss (unsure of the name, but it hase 'melon' in it haha) this just comes out of the tube clearm with a tiny hint of a peachy colour. Its really glossy and not sticky so i really like this gloss! It's great for a natural glossy lip and to just throw in your bag on the go.

Single Eyeshadows-

From left to right- Butterscotch, Milk Chocolate, Crushed Walnut, Asteroid and Moonshine. I have barley somewhere but couldn't find it (it's a golden shimmery colour) all of these colours are really quite nice. They're highly pigmented apart from Butterscotch because it's a pale colour and blend really well apart from Moonshine as it crumbles like mad. The last 3 go really well together by the way! I am particulaly pleased with these as they only cost around £1.99. You can depot them too like mac eyeshadows, but they usually fall out of the container anyway haha. So i would say i like them all apart from Moonshine because of its habit to crumnle and applies really patchy to the lid.


Eyeshadow Duos

These are a really nice idea if you're just starting out with make-up. They put two similar colours together ot two colours that go well together in one eyeshadow pot. I really like these although some of the colours you can buy seperatley.

Moca/Latte-

 

This duo looks like it's going to be a great combo, with the light cream colour as an all over the eye colour and the deep brown for the base! I tried this out on my eye and the light colour 'Moca' was awful! It's so chalky and dry. As you can see i tried scratching a layer of the shadow off to see if it was more powdery underneath and it just wasn't haha, how attractive! So the 'Mocca' is pretty much useless unless you scrub your eyeshadow brush a thousand times and make youre eye lid sore! Hence why it didn't show up on the swatch picture. On the other hand, the 'Latte' shadow is a dream! Its highly pigmented, looks great in the crease (for my pale skin tone) and it blends really really well too! You can buy the dark brown colour seperatley im sure which is 'Crushed Walnut' if it's not the same colour it's very similar.

 

Frost shimmer/Aqua shimmer

This is a real shimmery duo! I'm not a huge fan of this one only because these arent really my colours, however they are nicely pigmented and have a nice shimmer to them! On the swatch you can see lots of shimmer thats from the cheap ass base i used underneath to make the colours pop so dont worry, there isn't that much shimmer in there :) I tried these on my eyes aswel, they blend well together and do look nice, however it's not very me.

Apple/Frost

This duo is my favourite! I love these colours in the summer, as they're really light and summery. The 'Frost' colour looks really nice on its own which is sometimes what i just wear, its powdery and soft. The 'Apple' colour is kinda of shimmery and also looks good alone! They stain power of these are really good, they last me all day but as they wear off they leave the shimmer and a faded colour. I reccomend this duo its cute and looks pretty on :)

 

Vanilla/Plumb

 



 

Another great duo! Pigmented colours, last a good amount of time. Combine really well together. I wear the 'Vanilla' alone sometimes as it's a really gorgeous vanilla colour with hints of gold running through. I love how strong the plumb colour is aswel, it would look gorgeous on someone with brown eyes!

 

Starlight/Midnight

 

 

 

As you can see, this one has had a bit of an accident haha! It just sorta fell out and crumbled. Anyhoo this is another favourite! It's the perfect smokey eye duo! The silver colour is shimmery but subtle and the black is incredible! It blends like a dream for the price. Its so pigmented and black! It's hard to find a pigmented black when you're on a budget, but this one really is a great find! Together or alone these go really well on any skin tone. I reccomend this if you're on a budget or not :)

 

 

Compact Powder-

 

I didn't swatch this because it was a huge mess haha as it crumbles into oblivion! So anyway the compact powder isn't anything i'd rave about, however it's ok. If you're looking for a cheap compact powder i would highly reccomend the 'Collection 2000' compact powders. They are really soft and cover quite well.

 

Blush-

 

I have the blush colour in 'Pink Cloud' one of my absolute favourites! Its a matte light pink colour which is perfect for lighter skintones (like myself) and its soft. It doesn't last a heck of a long time and when it wears off it goes a sort of bronzer colour, it'd weird, but it's still lovely for the price (about £1.98) So get looking :)

Benefit products

 

Take a look at some of the products i own from Benefit. They are mainly travel kits, but it's what's inside that counts :)

 

 Travel sets

 

Her name was Glowla-

 

 

So i bought this travel set on the plane on our way to Las Vegas (which was amazinggggg!) i needed to freshen up my make-up because i hadn't brought any with me as it's too much of a farse in the airport, but anyway i fancied this in the brochure and i really like it to date :) I haven't used it alot since the journey, but i really really like the eye shadows. They're really quite pigmented to say they're shimmery. You can create some really nice looks either solo or doing some blending!

 

From left to right: passion pearl, peachy sheen, terracotta satin, steamy copper, deep bronze, and right on the end is the blusher which is called 'coralista'.

 

From left to right: High beam highlighter, moon beam highlighter and the lipgloss which is 'life on the A list'

 

 

As you can see there is supposed to be a mascara which is the 'badgal lash' however it is in my make-up bag somewhere because i use it odd times for my everyday haha, i do appologise! The lipgloss is quite lovely and smells really fruity, which is something i like. It is a really nice set to have when you're on the go like holidays and i do sometimes pick out an eyeshadow from it time to time. The box does come with a little mirror attached to the lid which is really handy when you're on the go! Also comes to a mini duo eyeshadow brush with an hard angled brush which is great and as they usually have blush brushes in their blush sets it comes with a flat blush brush hwich is handy if you don't want to haul too many things about! The highlighters are really quite nice, i use highbeam the most just a little above the cheek bone or down my nose (sometimes) for that illusion of a brighter face. I'm unsure about what i paid for this as it was duty free but it retails inbetween £25.00 to £30.00.

 

Finding Mr. Bright-

 

 

 

 

Once again i bought this travel kit on the aeropane haha (think i was on my way to Lanzarote) and i have pretty much used this one up! It comes with a couple of highlighters, lip and cheek tint and a concealer (the concealer is in my make-up bag woopsie) i will go into more depth after a little overall talk about the set! So again it's pretty pricey as it is Benefit, but i had a few pounds knocked off because of duty free (hurraaaahhhh!). So this set is more or less about brightening up the face, hence finiding Mr Bright, and i think its pretty quite lovely! And so does my mother seeing as though she's used hell of alot of one product haha.

 

 

So first up, from left to right: Girl meets pearl, posie tint and high beam.

 

 

Girl meets pearl is an 'all over the face enhancer' or liquid pearl. I dont really get on with this product as i like to be quite matte, i only like shimmer in some parts of my face, but my mum got on with it quite well! The posie tint does last quite a long time, again i can't get on with this product, i;'m not a huge fan of cheek stains, however i do like the color on my lips. Again we have 'high beam' a really nice highlighting colour that suits any skin tone. Nice to be applied along the cheek bone, down the nose and on the cupids bow (a little above the top lip). Finally there is a concealer in the set which is in my make-up bag called 'Erase paste' which is quite common with the benefit products. I loooooove this concealer and just use it under my eyes when i need extra covering! Beware it is really thick and not really suitable for those with dry skin (i have dry skin but i moisturise the hell out of it before foundation and concealer). Happy shopping! :)

Simple hydrating moisturiser

This moisturiser is one of my ABSOLUTE faves! I have quite dry and sensitive (in some areas) skin, so expencive rich moisturisers can cause my face to become sore or irritated. Because it has no scents and just has pure vitamins in there. Simple retails at around £3 - £4. But sometimes there are offers on. So what's it like? Well the product comes out of the tube quite runny but it is by no means 'watery' it blends into the skin like a dream, leaving it feeling soft, smooth and and not so dry! My skin looks loads more healthier and flawless. I don't think i'll ever use another moisturiser, it's just plain... simple haha :)

Estee Lauder double wear foundation

When it comes to going out on a night out or having a really long day at work, shopping or somewhere you want your face to be prestige all day, i think it's really important to buy a more expensive foundation to get what you pay for! The Estee Lauder double wear foundation is an absolute MUST! Its high prices really come in for your skin. This is by far one of my favourite foundations. I have dry skin and this doesn't even bring out any dry patches or look cakey to say it's a 'stay in place foundation' so that gets me excited already! Also it really does what it says on the tin! It lasts pretty much allllll dayyyyy long (or night long if you're partying). It dries kind of matte but with a tiny bit of dewyness, but if you like the matte complexion a powder over the top will do the trick! It has a slight scent which almost reminds me of 'play doh' if you remember that haha, but i can tollerate scents, if you can't you might want to test it out in the shops first. With Estee Lauder there are always make-up artists on the counter so they will help you with your shade, and there are tons of shades so one will sure to fit you. I'm quite fair skinned with a tad of pink going through my skin, and i use the shade 'ivory nude - 72'. I bought this at £26.99 at Boots but its deffinitley worth it! Ask for a tester so you can try it for the day, i would reccomend to think about this product for a all day foundation wear :)

Haul 8th Feb 2013

So this haul is pretty random haha! Shampoo and conditioner, shower gel, moisturiser, nail varnish, lip liner, 2 lipglosses and 4 lipsticks. I had a mish around town before heading to morrisons where i purchased hair and shower products :) I'll go into depth at what i got and let you know whether theyre my favs or my not so faves.

 

L'Oreal Elvive nutrigloss shampoo and conditioner-

 

 

 

Okay so i used this last night and i had high hopes about this because i like some of their nutrigloss shampoo's but this didn't seem to match my hair very well. My hair is currently half blonde and my natural colour, it does look abit disatserous but i'm tring to get back on the healthy hair train after bleaching my hair ontop of black (not a good idea guys!) and hoo my hair is quite dry and fried so conditioner is a MUST! This left my hair dry and feeling abit greasy, i though i might have not washed the conditioner out right but some shampoo's/conditioners do that to some hair types. You can't see the shimmer whats in the shampoo (well you couldn't on mine hehe) but that doesn't bother me. I'm going to give this another try to see if i can bare with it, if not my mum will use it up haha! Probably won't re-purchase this again.

 

Morrisons shower gel, raspberry & pomegranate-

 

I absolutley LOVE this shower gel, it's super cheap, smells delicious and leavs your body feeling nice and smooth. You can't go wrong with a cheaper product that actually works. I've purchased and purchased this shower gel and i think it deserves a mention :) So if you're on a tight budget (or even if you're not) this shower gel is a great buy! I bought this for 99p. There are other scents but i've forgotten what they are, have a look in your local morrisons or on their website :)

 

 

Revlon colorburst lipgloss 'eggnog'-

 



 

I've never tried these colorburst lipglosses before, so when i was in the shop i was quite excited to try one. I love my nude shades so i thought i'd pick up a nude colour to try out. I wore this as soon as i bought it and the formula is quite sticky. The shine lasted quite a while i will say. I don't think this will be something i'll re-purchase again as it isn't that cheap for what it is and it's nothing to rave about. However i will use it as it's nice to slip into my back on the go :)

Une glimmer gloss lipgloss 'G01' | Rimmel moisture reniew 'Lily extase 340' | Miss Sporty perfecr colour lipstick 'i like 037' | MUA lipstick 'shade 5'-

 

 

I have yet to try these lipstick (and gloss) but im liking the colours. I wore the 'miss sporty' lipstick last night and it is a light pink colour which goes well with my pale skintone, it does have shots of blue running through it, but it's not a huge problem, it did wear off slightly but its expected when you buy a cheaper product. I will let you know about the other 3 if they are a fave or not when i get round to trying them out :)