Sk-EYE High Lashes Review

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[mascara]

Right, first of all, apologies for the order of these pictures, trying to move them was a disaster!! If anyone is wondering, the nail polish I am wearing is Barry M - Vivid Purple (£2.99 in Boots)

So, I picked up this mascara in bodycare in Leeds for the scandalous price of £1.49. 

Couldn't believe my eyes!!

This product claims to 'create sky-high lashes with this fibre-enriched lengthening mascara'

I was very excited to try this out, especially for the price

I will be honest, this product did not do what I expected it to BUT I loved the effect!

It gives lases that I would describe as naturally beautiful and you don't get too much product on the brush

which means you can add multiple coats without it looking clumpy.

Great for a last minute stocking filler!!

Merry Christmas :)

Hope you all get lots of lovely presents from Santa

V xxx

Homemade horror?

So, my assignment deadline is today and I have 450 words and referencing still to do. So what do I do? Decide to make a homemade face mask of course!!
My friends mum makes the most amazing green tea face mask that does wonders for my skin. So in my wisdom, I decided to try and make one myself by tearing open 2 green tea bags, squirting in some of my BOB BB cream and adding a little water. This is what happened . . . 

I look like a troll! Ok, the chunks of tea inside a teabag are waaayyyy bigger than i expected. Why are they that big??? That made it kind of difficult to apply. [May I add it was nothing like the mask my friends mum makes!!] It did make my pores cleaner and smaller though, so maybe there was some method in my madness. I might try this again but ground the contents of the tea bag down into a finer more powdery consistency which would be easier to apply and remove. I also did some googling and found out that you can buy green tea powder, maybe if I get this essay done I can go into town and look for some of that as it will be much easier than attempting to crush a teabag!
Now time to go back to boring essay writing :( lets hope I get it done by my 4pm deadline!
V xx

BB Creams - Do they work?

So, when I read about the Garnier BB cream I thought OH MY GOSH. This has to be the ultimate product, right? Blurs imperfections and makes skin look natural and flawless??? I thought I had just died and gone to skin perfection heaven. Anyway, as I was on a make up buying ban, I couldn't buy it :( then one day, in a moment of total weakness, I bought the 17 Blemish Balm in light. I figured as it was on offer, and was cheaper than the Garnier cream I would give it a go. Then I got home and started looking at BB cream on ebay and also bought BOB BB cream from Hong Kong. (£2.50 with postage, hardly even counts as spending!!) So here are my honest thoughts!

BOB BB Cream shade 3 - 17 BB cream light

What it looks like

Blended out a little

Cost - BOB cream was only £2.50 including postage which I bought here. The 17 BB cream was on offer for £5.99 when I bought it but is usually £6.99 and is available at most Boots stores. 

Colour - the BOB cream is white which was a bit of a shock to me. I chose shade 3 because I thought it would be suitable for my skin tone. I will say that when it is blended out properly it makes your skin look lighter but not white! The 17 cream is the perfect colour for my skin as I am quite fair. If you are dark skinned I am not sure what BB creams are available as most seem to suit light to medium skin tones.

Product quality - BOB cream is a very thick cream but blends out well. I did find that it sat in my pores though. The 17 cream is between foundation and tinted moisturiser in thickness. I had to use a lot more of this than I would use with a foundation with little difference in effects.

Other comments - I would say the BOB cream is more a skin treat to be worn under your usual foundation as a base. The 17 cream can be worn alone to provide medium coverage. It did cause me to break out really badly when I forgot to remove it at night :(

Scores - BOB 5/10  17 7/10

Would I repurchase these products? NO. Both products were really nice but they were not what I was expecting from a BB cream and the 17 cream is a little pricey. Garnier is still on my Christmas list :) the reviews on that are a lot better, so we will have to wait and see if the results are too!