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Essence Little Eyebrow Monsters

The Essence Little Eyebrow Monsters is a super cute trend edition collection just released from the Essence Cosmetics.

The limited edition Essence Little Eyebrow Monsters contains 9 products all for our unruly eyebrows and all for under a fiver!

First up we have the Essence Little Eyebrow Monsters Eyebrow Treatment.

According to Essence this ‘provides ideal overnight care. It’s enriched with valuable oils, it ensures smooth hair and makes brows look gorgeous while you sleek’. It costs €3.10.

This is the Essence Eyebrow Little Monsters Tweezers.

Super cute and super cheap too at €2.50.

There’s also a Eyebrow And Highlight Set They are baked powders.

It has two brow powder shades one is more cool toned and one is a little warmer. Then, there’s a light highlighter shade on the end.

I have the colour 01 Little Miss Natural.

It also comes in a darker trio 02 Little Miss Bold and costs €4.10.

Next up is the Essence Little Eyebrow Monsters Eyebrow Mascara.

This is a tinted brow gel with fibres in it.

It’s available in two shades 01 Ernie Knows Best (which I have here) and also a darker shade 02 Bert Knows Better. It costs €3.50.

The Essence Little Eyebrow Monsters – Eyebrow Lifters.

These are shimmery cream stick brow highlighters.

They come in two shades. 01 ‘Lift’em Up In White

And 02 ‘Lift’em up in Rosy’

They will set you back €3.10.

There is also Essence Eyebrow Stencils.

These cost €2.30 for a pack of three.

We have an Eyebrow Styler in the collection too!

It has a slanted brush on one end and a spooley on the other.

This costs €3.10.

The Essence Little Eyebrow Monsters collection also has a clear Eyebrow Fixing Gel for €2.90

and Eyebrow pens in three shades for €3.80 in it too!

little miss bold

little miss natural

little miss dark

It really contains everything your brows desire and for such an affordable price. It is limited edition so is available in usual Essence Cosmetics retailers including Penneys from April until May.

Anything take your fancy? 🙂

xxx

April 29, 2016/by Gem

Makeup, Youtube Video

Spring Makeup Get Ready With Me

So many of you told me you love watching Get Ready With Me style videos. I love watching them too (not my own though if I’m being honest ha) So here’s a Spring Makeup one, where I am basically applying a face of makeup that I would wear for a Spring day/early evening. Myself and himself were off for some Friday eats this day so I thought it would be a appropriate because I was actually doing my makeup to go somewhere, not just for the sake of filming 🙂

This is more of a talk through style video, which I still haven’t completely mastered, words still elude me 🙂 But I thought I would give it a whirl and sure don’t they say practice makes perfect, right?

I used a mixture of more affordable and more high end makeup which is a true representation of my normal makeup routine. I like to mix it up 🙂

So the products I used (including skincare) are:

La Roche Posay Serozince- Full review here

Vichy Normaderm Beautifying Anti Blemish Care Moisturiser- Full review here

thisworks Light Time Open Eyes Eye Cream

Essence Prettifying Lip Oil

Maybelline Baby Skin Primer

Image Skincare I Conceal Flawless Foundation

Soap & Glory Archery Brow Pencil

HD Brows Kit

Billion Dollar Brows Brow Gel

Urban Decay Primer Potion

Essence 2 in 1 Shadow & Liner Pencil in 06 She’s Got The Mauve

Lorac Pro Palette

By Terry Ombre Blackstar in Bronze Moon

Rimmel Exaggerate Eyeliner in Rich Brown

YSL Volume Effect Faux Cils Waterproof Mascara- Full review here

Urban Decay Naked Skin Concealer- Full review here

Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer

Mac Full Coverage Foundation (as concealer)

Nars Laguna Bronzer

Kevyn Aucoin Sculpting Powder in medium- Full review here

Hourglass Ambient Lighting Blush Palette (all three 🙂 )

Ben Nye Cameo Powder- Full review here

theBalm MaryLou-Manizer- Full review here

Rimmel Exaggerate in Addiction

L’Oreal Infallible Fixing Mist- Full Review here

So there you have it all the products I used in my Spring Makeup Get Ready With Me. I would love to know what you think and be sure to tell me your favourite types of beauty videos to watch.

Thanks for watching (and reading :))

Gemma

xxx

April 27, 2016/by Gem

Makeup

Rimmel Moisture Renew Sheer And Shine Lipsticks

These are some of the new Rimmel Moisture Renew Sheer And Shine Lipsticks, that I am sure you have probably seen on your social media feed alot of late, if you follow lots of lovely bloggers like myself 🙂 I don’t mean I’m a lovely blogger I mean I follow lovely bloggers ha! Anyways…

Rimmel already have their Moisture Renew Lipsticks, these ones pack more of a colour punch than the new Rimmel Moisture Renew Sheer And Shine Lipsticks that have more of a sheer colour.

The Boots description of them is:’Rimmel London Moisture Renew Sheer & Shine Lipstick, a moisturising lipstick with a translucent, luminous, vitamin-enriched colour.This gloss-in-a-stick moisturises lips, giving a radiant touch of juicy colour and energising shine.Added SPF 20 helps protect your luscious lips from the harmful effects of the sun.’

There are eight varying shades in this new collection to choose from. Boots Ireland only seems to have six of them available though. They vary from the general lipstick colours, red,pink,coral,mauve,brown,nude. The usual shades us lipstick junkies are looking for.

I have 3 of them to showcase for you today 🙂

700 ‘Better And Brighter’.

200 ‘Glow-rious Pink’.

300 ‘Pink Rules’.

On first swatch the Rimmel Moisture Renew Sheer And Shine Lipsticks remind me alot of the Revlon Lip Butters we all went crazy for a couple of years ago. I loved them so much I bought colours on eBay that you couldn’t even get in Europe at the time, that’s makeup dedication right there 🙂

The Rimmel Moisture Renew Sheer And Shine Lipsticks definitely have a colour to them, while feeling really comfortable on the lips. If you like a defined lip line I don’t think these will work for you as they are really soft and nearly like a gloss without being annoyingly sticky. They also don’t have the Rimmel telltale lipstick smell, they do have a very light kind of fruity fragrance to them, but nothing in comparison to what we would be used to with Rimmel of late.

Overall, I think the Rimmel Moisture Renew Sheer And Shine Lipsticks have a very long name yep :). I think they’re really pretty, but I can’t say they’re anything new really.

If you’re in the market for a sheer glossy lipstick, the Rimmel Moisture Renew Sheer and Shine’s will set you back €8.29, are on 3 for 2 instore in Boots or online here in Boots at the moment.

What do you think of them?

xxx

April 25, 2016/by Gem

Archives, Bargain Buying, Makeup

Essence Cosmetics New SS16

Essence Cosmetics have hit the nail on the head with their launches for this Spring/Summer.

They have touched on so many of the makeup trends happening at the minute, and done their own spin on them. And as we know, with Essence Cosmetics, that means for a fraction of the price.

This blog post is just showing you what Essence Cosmetics has to offer for Spring and Summer of this year. I didn’t swatch any of the products which I would normally do and you’ll see why at the end 🙂

First up we have The Velvets eyeshadows, Silky Touch Blush and the Blush Ball.

These all come in an array of different shades.

The shades I have here are:

The Velvets eyeshadows cost €2.50

Velvet Touch Blush (not sure)

Blush Ball €3.80

Next up is some new concealing products.

We have the All I Need Concealer Palette and the Soft Touch Mousse Concealer.

The palette costs €4.40

The concealer €3.80.

The Superfine Eyeliner Waterproof Pen.

This will set you back €3.50.

Some new lip products.

The Glossy Kiss Lip Balms are €1.30

The Prettifying Lip Oils are €2.50.

I am in love with the Glossy Stick and the Velvet Stick Matt Lip Colour.

These are available in 5 colours a piece and retail for €2.50. This Velvet Stick Matt one in particular took my fancy. It’s in the shade Plum Perfect. I used it in my affordable Get Ready With Me Video here only last week 🙂

Essence have lots of new nail goodies for Spring/Summer 2016 including some nail care products.

These range from €2.30-€2.50.

And some new colours and finishes of their I Love Trends nail colours.

The Jellys and Metals cost €2.30

There are some new colours in the Gel Nail Polish line. I believe these cost under €2.

There’s a Forbidden Volume Mascara and a Forbidden Volume Top Coat (which I am loving, may I add).

The mascara is priced at €3.80

The top cost is €3.50

Essence Cosmetics have also added in some 2 in 1 eyeshadow and liner pencils to this collection. They come in a total of 6 shades both shimmery and matte.

These will set you back 3.50.

And that’s all the products I have to show you. There’s is other products in the new range like a new eyeshadow base, different liquid liners, eyebrow gel, a contouring palette, fixing powder even a fixing spray. And from what I can see, nothing will cost you more than a fiver!

Onto the fun part. The reason I didn’t swatch the products here is because I wanted too give some away to you.

If you fancy winning these Essence goodies.

Comment below. Let me know what kind of blog posts or Youtube videos are you favourite to read or watch. Also, make sure to be following me on any social media platforms you have.

Good luck 🙂

xxx

April 6, 2016/52 Comments/by Gem

Monthly Favourites, Youtube Video

March Favourites 2016

I haven’t done monthly favourites since having my previous blog, so it’s literally been years now. But I thought I would try get back into it again and give you some of my March Favourites in video form.

You can watch my March Favourites on beautynook here by just clicking on the video above or you can head on over to my youtube channel here and if you like it be sure to subscribe sure 🙂

I don’t have many things that I properly loved for the month of March and I also didn’t go into much detail of the items. I just wanted to try my hand at a chatty style video, I hope that’s ok?

If you want to see the palette in action, I used it in my last Get Ready With Me Video here (I used the lippie in that video too), and I have a full blogpost on the palette here aswell.

I reviewed the foundation also a while back here, but as you can see from the video, my thoughts on it have kind of changed, I’m a tad more fond of it now 🙂

You can buy the fragrance from Brown Thomas here, if you’re curious.

And if you’re looking to sing along to some 90’s R n’b hits like myself, just search 90’s R n’ b over on Spotify…it’s so worth it, I promise 🙂

Thanks so much for watching (and reading of course). I’ll hopefully try to do these every month if you like them. So, be sure to let me know if you’re into monthly favourites, or what kind of videos you actually do like watching. All constructive feedback is very welcome, I’m still very new to the Youtube media 🙂

Happy April, hope it’s a brilliant one for you. Roll on the warmer weather!

Gemma

xxx

April 3, 2016/by Gem

Makeup Tutorial, Youtube Video

Get Ready With Me Affordable Makeup!

I did another Youtube video…it’s no mean feat I’ll tell you that much 🙂 My neighbours are currently building an extension, so the noise outside my window is pretty loud this week, so I thought get ready with me using affordable makeup video would be appropriate with some chill out music over top.

The majority of the products I used are easy to get hold of and in store now. A few of the products I had used for the first time and was really happy with how everything performed. I went out to a blogger event after filming and everything lasted reasonably well on my skin.

Here are all the products listed for you, just in case you’re curious 🙂

Products used:
Barry M Flawless Original Primer
L’Oreal Infallible 24 hr Matte Foundation
Soap & Glory Brow Archery Pencil
Sleek Brow Kit
Essence Make Me Brow Gel
Flormar Eye Perfection Primer in 04
H&M Cream Eeyshadow in Champers
Makeup Revolution Fortune Favours The Brave Eyeshadow Palette
Catrice Glam & Doll Waterproof Mascara
Essence Forbidden Volume Top Coat
Rimmel Exaggerate Waterproof Liner in Rich Brown
Flormar Perfect Coverage Liquid Concealer
Catrice Liquid Camouflage Concealer
Catrice All Round Contouring Palette
Soap & Glory Solar Powder
Makeup Revolution Ultra Contour Palette
L’Oreal Infallible Fixing Mist
Max Factor Creme Puff Blush in Nude Mauve
Catrice High Glow Mineral Highlighting Powder in Light Infusion
Ben Nye Luxury Cameo powder
Essence Velvet Stick in Plum Perfect

I have a review of the foundation here, the brow gel here, the palette here, both concealers here, the bronzer here, the fixing mist here, the cream contour palette here, mascara here, blush here and setting powder here, just in case too 🙂

Let me know what kind of beauty related videos you like to watch, I would love your feedback. I’m still pretty new to this Youtube thing, but I am really enjoying it 🙂

My first every video I did was a GRWM last month, so if you enjoyed this one here‘s the link for that too!

Thanks so much for taking the time out to watch, it honestly means the world to me.

xxx

March 25, 2016/2 Comments/by Gem

Posts

The Essence Little Eyebrow Monsters is a super cute trend edition collection just released from the Essence Cosmetics.

These are some of the new Rimmel Moisture Renew Sheer And Shine Lipsticks, that I am sure you have probably seen on your social media feed alot of late, if you follow lots of lovely bloggers like myself 🙂 I don’t mean I’m a lovely blogger I mean I follow lovely bloggers ha! Anyways…

Essence Cosmetics have hit the nail on the head with their launches for this Spring/Summer.

I haven’t done monthly favourites since having my previous blog, so it’s literally been years now. But I thought I would try get back into it again and give you some of my March Favourites in video form.