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Beauty Binge!

I AM SO IN LOVE WITH THIS MONTHS BIRCHBOX!!!




The May birchbox brought another 'pick your own sample'. I love it when they do this as it's good to get the choice of one product so you know you're going to actually like it! The choice was between the WAH London false nails, nail polish and nail art pens. Obviously, as a false nail junkie I went for those. I'm not really keen on the shape but I wanted to give them a go and see if I like the look of them on me, and if not, I didn't actually pay for them!

They retail for around £9 so just to get these, you've almost got your monies worth from the box! From the selection of colours which it shows on the box, I think these are the ones I would probably use the most. They are kind of long though, which is the major downfall so I'm not too sure when I am going to wear them, as I find it a lot of hassle to file them down. I'll stick with it though as I may as well use them! :) 

So as for the design of the box, the theme this month was 'free your mind'. The box is black and white and comes with crayons so you can colour it in. I'm not sure where the sudden fascination has come from to colour recently, but I think I like it. It's a cute idea. 

So moving on, the Mirenesse matte lip colour is beautiful! I've just tried this and honestly, it hasn't dried my lips out and has left them feeling so soft. It smells gorgeous too! This is worth £21 for the full size, so it really is a luxury sample! I'm slightly gutted it costs so much as it's such a nice product, I just want to buy all the colours!!

I also got the PARLOR sea salt spray, which smells like peaches, which I am really looking forward to using!
The Whish body butter in 'almond' which I'm glad about, as I previously had one in lavender but I'm not a big fan of the scent. This one smells more of shea butter though, so I feel like I might use it more. 

As a little bonus item, I got the Number 4 hair mask, I've had some of their products before and they're really good so I am looking forward to using this!

The final beauty item is the Jelly Pong Pong blush/bronzer duo. Whilst the colours are really nice, I think it's going to be hard to use the tiny sample as a cheek product due to it being so small. I'll give it a whirl and if not I might have to use it as an eyeshadow or something. 

So all in all I absolutely love this box, and if any of you were thinking of signing up to it, DO IT! 
Here's a link for you to do so! 

https://www.birchbox.co.uk/invite/cggq9 
(Signing up with this link will give you £5 worth of points to spend in the shop!)



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I've never been very into skincare, not sure why... I've just always chose to spend my money on make up and get the cheaper skin care items. Whilst I'm aware the majority of these items aren't expensive, it's more than I would have other wise spent.

I'd heard such good things about the 'Vichy' Aqualia Thermal Serum and finally took the plunge. As it's pretty expensive at £17.50 which is so much more then I would have spent, I spent around half an hour staring at it in Boots and wondering if I should get it or not. But I've had such bad skin recently, I figured spending a little more wouldn't be such a bad thing.
The smell doesn't stand out as anything wonderful, but it's easy to cope with. After using it once I felt the difference, my skin was honestly SO soft! It's well worth the money and I'm glad I took the plunge and bought it. I've not been using it as often as I should but even from using it every now and again it's working wonders! I think I'm a little lazy with skincare and really need to get into a good routine.

On  a bit of a skincare hype, I popped into superdrug to get a new moisturiser. I was going to get another by Vichy but was worried I wouldn't like it and didn't want to spend another £18. Luckily, superdrug were doing BOYOF on the 'clearly youthful' range. I've used their face mask and really enjoyed it so figured I should stick with a brand I knew. Both of these are usually £6.99  but they do go on offer a fair bit, so make sure to look out for that!
I got the moisturiser as the one I used previously wasn't that good and I didn't feel as though it did enough for me. I use it daily, occasionally twice daily if I remember too, as I said before, I'm pretty bad with skin care. I like the way it makes my skin feel though and along with the other products I've been using, it's really helping my skin!

I then got the resurfacing night serum, which is supposed to generally even out the skin, reducing the look of blemishes and what not. I'm going to be honest here, I've used it once so I can't really say if it's good or not. It smells pretty good though.
I'm really happy with all three of these products though and the dry patches on my skin (attractive, I know) have gone! So I can't really complain!

Let me know if you've tried any of these, and leave your recommendations!
Much love xo
Here's the links to the products if you want to check them out!
https://www.covet.me/Z2yiBn6 - Vichy Serum
https://www.covet.me/2tOKgs - CY Night Serum
https://www.covet.me/1Ckt0h - CY Moisturiser

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If like me, your hair is ridiculously thick and frizzy, you've probably tried and tested as many products as I have in order to tame it! So here are a few products that I use on the daily to reduce the fizziness of my hair...

Tresemme 7 day smooth
Since discovering this product a couple of months ago, I have fallen in love. I went all out and bought the shampoo, conditioner and the treatment cream. I've seen people do reviews on this and have said you don't need the shampoo and conditioner and could just use the treatment, I disagree. Using all three made my hair so soft and silky and made it straight for days! I don't really stand by that it works are washing like it claims but that's fine! 
I've run out Of the shampoo and conditioner so I really need to stock up whilst it's half price. But seriously, get this. 
John Frieda Frizz Ease
Whilst I've not used this product in a while due to sheer laziness, I love it. I only apply it to the ends of my hair But feel it does a perfect job of conditioning the ends and reducing how frizzy it can look. It smells pretty good too, which is always a bonus!








S factor Smoothing Lusterizer
The hairdresser used this on me at the hair dressers once and I fell in love with it, so had to buy it myself. As well as it smelling beautiful, it just helps smooth the hair down and give it that's glossy, shiny look.
It's probably the most expensive of the products I listed but even so, is still around £20, maybe a little less if you shop around! It's certainly worth it..







This one Get locks glam again
This is discontinued, unfortunately! You may still be able to get it online and if so, let me know ;) but some Superdrug stores might put it in the discontinued section so keep checking cause I've seen it pop up a few times, depending how much stock of it they have. It smells a little like what a man would use on his hair,  but I like it... Is that weird? It's such a thick hair mask that it just feels really luxurious and makes you feel like it's doing something good, which it is! My hair immediately feels softer after using this.
Unfortunately I'm on my last pot of this so I'm not really sure what I'm going to do when I've finished it, probably cry.

What are some of your favourite hair products to reduce frizz, or just to make it look a little bit healthier? Let me know 'cause I'm always looking to try out new products!  :)

 Dannie xo 
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All hail the Revolution Iconic Pro 1 Palette!


After I saw this palette on a blog post recently, I just had to get my hands on it. I looked round a couple of superdrugs but most didn't either stock the brand or didn't even have the palette stock yet. Luckily, I managed to find it whilst I went in to pick some dry shampoo up.
I couldn't remember if it was palette 1 or 2, so I just took a guess and luckily, I was right!
I love how the packaging is matte as opposed to shiny as it looks so good and a little more expensive.
The colours in this palette are beautiful and I have a serious addiction to all things neutral, after owning almost all the neutral palettes from MUA and Revolution. There is 8 matte and 8 shimmer shades and as stated on the blog I read (Completely forgot who it was!) the colours match up so they go well together.  I also find it a major perk that it comes with an actual brush, as opposed to a sponge on a stick. It was a flat brush to apply it with then a more fluffy brush, so it's going to be great for travelling between university and home.

It even comes with names, which I love cause it's so much easier and just better. I kind of wish it wasn't on a plastic sheet but  I suppose I can't complain!

All in all, this palette is amazing, the pigmentation is incredible, which I expected!

Has anyone tried this, or any other of their palettes? Let me know 'cause I love a good bargain!

I forgot to say, this palette is a bargain price of £6.99! It's certainly worth picking up.

Much love xo


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I've come home from uni for the week so here's a quick look at what makeup I brought home with me! Excuse the dirtiness of it, I didn't have time to clean my makeup brushes as I used them just before I packed it all so everything is kind of covered in foundation, which is gross!

  Starting with the make up brushes, these are the ones I chose to bring home with me. They're almost all real techniques, all but one that is, but those are the brushes which I mainly enjoy using.

From left to right I have the buffing brush, the blush brush, and the contour brush. The middle brush is one I got from eBay and use for my eyebrows, so it's a small angles brush.
The next three brushes are from one of the limited edition RT collections, the shadow brush, the angles shadow brush and the eye liner brush.


I tried to find products that had multi-uses so I didn't have to take as many palettes and things home. The 'Soap and Glory - Lid Stuff' is a great neutral palette but I can also use it for my eyebrows, so it's perfect!
I brought the kick ass concealer from Soap & Glory mainly for the setting powder that it comes with as I never really use a powder on the daily but like to use the powder in this under my eyes.
My new favourite eye liner is the TopShop Waterproof liner, it stays on for so long and is SO dark it's great!! I've been looking for a decent eyeliner that didn't break the bank for ages so I'm so glad I found this.
I kind of have an obsession with concealer, which is why I brought two, both by Maybelline. The Super Stay 24 hour  one is so good! It's almost as good as the Collection lasting perfection (Which I didn't bring with me 'cause I depotted the remains and didn't want to bring another brush along with me) and I'm very impressed with it.The two mascaras are small samples I've got from Birchboxes/magazines. The clinique one is one of the best I've ever used, I'd probably go so far as to say my favourite mascara and I've since bought the full size. I wouldn't usually take this much make up home but since I'm going out and visiting friends, I've brought home a fair bit more then I usually would. It shows which products I'm really loving at the moment though!Dannie xo
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I've definitely fallen off the face of the earth recently (or just living in the library) doing my dissertation but now I'm very almost done, I'm trying to get back into blogging again because let's be honest, what will I do with my time when I've finished uni?!

I feel like the months go SO much quicker when I get a monthly subscription box, weird isn't it!
Anyway, this month was the 'royally good' box and holy smokes, I love it.  It's the first box in ages where I've been really excited about everything!
               
           

I think it's cute how they've chosen to go for the whole royal baby scene and give out either blue or pink boxes, it's such a good idea to use it as a competition opportunity! 

This month we got the option to choose between 3 Laura Mercier products, I chose the foundation primer as I'd heard really good things about it and wanted to give it and go. I'm not really one to use a primer so didn't really want to spend the money on it myself. I can't get over how big the sample size is though!

The other products included the Liz Earle cleanse and polish, which I've never used but have always wanted to try it. A Korres body milk that smells like pears and is absolutely beautiful. A no oil oil hair... oil which is something that I would use and a lilac nail polish. We all know how much I love nail polish!
The final beauty extra is the warming clay mask, which I'm a little scared of because warming face masks kind of scare me but I'll certainly give it a go.
I  always feel like I don't give much explanation of the products because I've not actually used them but I always want to get this post out asap so people know what is in this months box! (I did a lot of research into boxes before I chose Birchbox).

I highly recommend this box as it's really good this month, certainly worth the money. As always, if you want to sign up using the link below, you'll recieve £5 worth of points to spend in the box, so that's an added bonus!

https://www.birchbox.co.uk/invite/cggq9

much love xo
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I saw these new brushes in Superdrug and fell in love. I'd been eyeing them up for a while and when they were released I couldn't get them quick enough!

I only got 3 as I figured I probably shouldn't buy many more brushes as my collection is getting a little out of hand.
They're on offer at the moment with about £2 off so if you're thinking of getting some, I'd get some now! They range in price and are usually about £10, with the eye shadow and smaller brushes being about £6 (don't quote me).



I also ended up getting the Brush Cleanser because I didn't actually have one and only ever washed my brushes using baby shampoo, which is way too much effort! The brush cleaner is only £4.99 and is actually pretty good.

I thought it smelt a little like glue? But it seems like this is the standard smell for make up brush cleansers, as the No 7 one smells basically the same.

It's worked at getting some of my most dirty brushes back to the lovely looking white coloured bristles, So I am definitely a fan of it!
             
The bristles are very soft and I've washed them a few times and so far they have shown no signs of shedding.

The blush/contour brush is the one I now use for my blush as it's just perfect (I'm still in love with my real techniques blush brush, mind)
The powder brush is great at power but I also feel like it would be good for blusher as it's large, but not too large... Would be good for travelling so you don't have to take too many brushes with you!
The finishing brush is my least favourite. I use it after I've put my foundation on to buff it in more, but I feel like I would not be able to use it alone for foundation as it just doesn't seem to blend it in properly on it's own.
I do love it to blend my foundation in afterwards though, so it is kind of an 'extra' brush and wouldn't be an essential one.

If you were just to buy one brush, I would probably say go for one of the other two!

I'm always looking for new brushes, I have some sort of addiction with it and my collection is growing so please feel free to let me know of any amazing brushes I should try out!

Dannie xo
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I feel like it has been a ridiculously long time since I last did a blog post, well not that long... but long enough! University has officially taken over my life but since i'm giving myself a day off, I figured I best try and catch up on some blog posts!
I've been wanting to get this post out ASAP as I know the box will not be around forever, 
so without further ado!

I was procrastinating in the library when I stumbled across this beauty on the website.
The box is £16.99 and is said to be worth £99! Which is such a good deal, you'd be stupid not to get it...
The one thing I like about the latest in beauty boxes is that you get to see what is in the box before actually buying it. So you know if you're going to use all the products or not. From a glance, the box looked pretty good.. Not only did you get some amazing products, but you also got a year subscription to Glamour magazine!! You'd pay more for that alone..



I can honestly say there is only 1 product that I won't use which is pretty good going for a beauty box! There's usually a couple that I'm not all that bothered about.


The nail polish is a gorgeous blue colour and I've actually had a few compliments at work, even though it's just a standard block colour I'm wearing. The diamond top coat (also from Revlon) is absolutely amazing. I've had this nail polish on for a few days now and it hasn't even chipped. It may even overtake Sally Hansen on my fave top coats of all time...

The Beauty UK eyebrow kit is very impressive! The colour isn't for me, the dark colour is a little dark for an average day and I find the lighter brown to be too.. orangey? But the wax is incredible and I've been using this every day. I highly recommend this product! 

The kiko long lasting eyeshadow was something I was very excited about, having bought one from kiko before I knew I loved the formulation. This came in a light champagne colour, so is something that I will actually use. I've used it a couple of times and really liked the way it looked.
I've not yet used the Moroccan Oil hair mask, the Nuxe face mask or the Model Co cheek and lip creme but I'm very excited to. They're all products that I would usually buy and use so to get them in a beauty box is always a bonus!
I even like the perfume it comes with, which is Elie Saab 'L'Eau Couture', it smells lovely.

The one product that I am not overly impressed with is the Rimmel Oh my gloss! Simply because the colour is not something I would usually buy, and I'm not really a lip gloss girl. I might give it a whirl in the summer but I'm not too fussed as I definitely got my moneys worth.

You also get several codes for the brands such as kiko, model co and and Elie Saab, which is useful if you want to purchase the full size item.
This is the first box I have ever bought from Latest in Beauty, but I am very impressed! I will definitely be buying from them again if one of their boxes takes my fancy.

Dannie xo
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If there's one thing that excites me by the start of the new month, it's Birchbox! I always look forward to trying the products and seeing what goodies are inside, I wish I could afford to subscribe to all the beauty boxes out there, I really do :(


                                     

So the one thing that I was really excited for, was the design of the box itself. As they collaborated with Habitat this month, the box had a really lovely design.

Let's get onto the contents of the box..



        

I must say I was a little  disappointed with the contents and after speaking to a few others, they feel the same way!  The first thing I noticed was that there was no bag inside like usual. I loved the bags as I found they were really useful and I actually got use out of them.

         

The first thing is Benefit - Bad gal Lash which I actually chose as it's my favourite mascara of the three that they have so it's always good to have a back up (and saves me buying it again!).

The fragrance Catherine Malandrino - Style de Paris isn't too bad! I'm usually into sweeter scents but I can just about cope with this, it's not totally amazing but it's always good to have perfume samples as they're easy to carry around.

Philip Kingsley - Elasticizer, at first I thought this was just a shampoo, which I was happy about as I'm going to London in a couple of months so travel sizes are ideal! However after reading the card just now, I've found it to be a pre-treatment shampoo! Which I'm even more excited about as I've never really tried anything like that before! It retails for £27.50  so the chances of me ever purchasing it is slim, but it's nice to have the chance to try it.

I've recently been getting more into body scrubs so to receive the Janjira - Thai lime and ginger shower scrub was pretty exciting. I recently bought 3 from soap and glory so I'm going to save this one for when I go away! It smells really fresh and I'm pretty excited to try it. It's priced at £22 so it's going to have to be pretty spectacular if I'm ever going to buy it.

The last beauty related item is the Lord & Berry Couture kohal kajal eye pencil in black, which is the only colour eye liner I ever use! I've only ever tried their bronzer before (a sample through birchbox previously) but I didn't fall in love with it. Hopefully this one, I will! You can never have too many black eye liners though so I was glad to get this!

The lifestyle extras included a mini notebook which is super cute, and a preview of a book. I'm not really into getting book chapters as much as I would used to have. I don't have the time to read so much any more so it doesn't really interest me to get these!

As always, there is a coupon code for 20% off the collaborated brand and there is also a few sneak peaks for the next box!
There is going to be a Laura Mercier sample in the April box and it also mentions another pick your own sample, which I always love doing! 
It also mentions a limited edition box coming in April, which I am VERY excited for!

When I first opened the birchbox, I was a little let down but to be honest, after thinking about each product in depth and writing this, it's made me realise that it isn't actually that bad of a box! I'll admit there has been MUCH better months, but it's not a terrible box altogether. There's a few brands that I haven't heard of so it's good to try them out.

If you were thinking about getting this box but haven't fallen in love with this months, make sure to have a look at previous months as it has been so much better before. 

If you fancy signing up and use the link below, you'll get 50 points to spend in the BirchBox shop (Equal to £5)!
http://birchbox.co.uk/?raf=48456
Much loveDannie xo
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I recently popped into Boots to buy the Clinique high impact mascara.. I got a sample of it in a magazine a while ago and fell in love with it!
I'd been wanting to purchase the full size for ages but never took the plunge, I'm glad I waited.
Boots have a gift set on (I'm assuming it's some sort of mothers day gift) where you can get the full size mascara and a sample of the 'All About Eyes' eye cream and the 'Take Off The Day' make up remover.  For the same price! 

So for £17.50 you get the two free samples, along with the mascara. I didn't realise till I asked for the mascara and she mentioned this, I didn't quite believe her to be honest!


The mascara is one of the best I've ever tried and I absoloutely love the brush. I'm a big fan of bristle brushes and find my favourite mascaras usually have these.

The mascara itself comes in Black or Black/Brown (But I think the gift set is just in black) and is the perfect consistency! I can't sing its praises enough, you just NEED to try it... and especially since they have the gift sets where you get a couple of freebies, you can't really say no.



I'm really looking forward to trying out these products as I've not tried them yet but I've heard really good things about these flying around the internet!

Dannie xo
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As a total impulse buy, I picked up the 'Revolution' palette 'Flawless'. It's the perfect nude palette and has 32 shades. I'm a big fan of the eyeshadows from Revolution and love the dupes for naked palettes as they're a much cheaper alternative! This palette was only £8 and is certainly worth the money!

I have no idea why but it just gives me some sort of thrill when they have names, as most of the cheaper brands don't tend to name their colours all the time, which can be annoying!

So I was absolutely thrilled to discover this palette had names! It's a little annoying that it's on a plastic sheet that may potentially get lost... but who am I to complain?!
The palette includes both shimmers and matte so is perfect to create any eye look you would want to. It's got neutrals and even has a couple of burgandy shades, which I'm recently getting into! Huge bonus!
I also like that it has darker, almost black shades in as some neutral palettes usually lack these.

So I know I'm singing it's praises so far, there has to be something wrong with it... right? Wrong!



The pigmentation on these is absolutely amazing! This was from just one swipe of the colour. With palettes as good as this around, it really makes me not want to buy any of the naked palettes, as nice as they look, I would much rather spend £8 on a palette like this and get a wider selection of colours.

Both MUA and Revolution never fail to impress me with their eyeshadows, I've almost got all of the MUA palettes now and it's starting to become a bit of an addiction!
What are your favourite products from Revolution? Let me know if there's any must-haves that I need to try!

Dannie xo

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I've recently become obsessed with trying to find the perfect highlighter and in doing so I've found a couple that stand out to me, so figured I may as well share them with you.

Probably the most well known one is Benefit's 'highbeam' and for good reason, it's certainly one of my favourites! I only have a sample size but it's lasted me pretty well, clear that a little goes a long way.
The full size of highbeam is £19.50 although I'm sure I've seen it elsewhere for a tiny bit cheaper... shop around!


I heard about the supposed 'dupe' for this by Technic, a brand sold by Body Care. Clearly named after benefit as it's called 'high lights'. As this one is only around the £2 I thought it was worth trying.





Even from it's appearance you can tell it isn't quite the same. The Technic one is on the left and Benefit's on the right. It is much more liquidy and a little bit lighter. 
I feel as though the Benefit one has more colour to it, whereas the Technic one is very white looking. I definetly prefer the Benefit one and think it is worth spending the extra money on. Since you don't use a lot at a time it tends to last a while too. If you're not sure if you like the look of highlighters though and just want to try it out, the Technic one isn't completely awful.
Chella highlighter - ivory lace £15.95
I recieved this 'Chella' highlighter in a Birchbox and it's fairly decent! I tend to only use it in the inner corner of my eye as I find it difficult to use a crayon highlighter on your cheeks. I've found this one to be the best for the eye area though as it is much easier to apply.


MUA - iridescent Gold £3
We all know my strong love for MUA! The products are cheap but the quality is impressive!I know this is a popular one because it is constantly sold out and it flies off the shelves when it is in stock. It's not a bad highlighter, I bought it mainly because I thought it was pretty.. it is definetly very gold which I'm not the biggest fan of, but if I just use a little bit then it's really nice.

Now we're getting on to my favourites!


Nars illuminator - Copacabana £23
I bought this because of how much Velvetgh0st went on about it, I was never one to buy high end make up and this was one of my first ones. It looks so pretty! It's more pinky which I prefer in a highlighter. Priced at £23 it's one of he more expensive products but I believe it's well worth the money. You don't tend to use much when it comes to highlighters so you know it's going to last a while!
Revolution Sugar & Spice £6
Finally, I'd say this is the one I use the most often, pretty much everyday! The lighter colour in the top, from the Revolution sugar and spice blush palette.I bought this palette mainly for the blushes but fell in love with this highlighter in it. It has the perfect amount of white and pink in and looks absolutely beautiful!

The fact that it is so cheap is a HUGE bonus, it's not going to do too much damage to your bank. The one bad thing is how hard this is to get hold of. Again, it's a very popular product, I literally went round 5/6 stores to try and find this and ordered online! I finally found it in Manchester though!  Definitely worth it, if you can find it.

My highlighter collection isn't that extensive and I'm probably still going to continue buying highlighters because it's become my most recent obsession! I want to get the highlighter from Topshop, and I'm sure in the coming months I'll find a few more I want to purchase too :')

Dannie xo 





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It's rare that I throw things away, because I feel like if  I've spent the money on something I may as well use it... If it's not working for me I'll give it to a friend, at least it isn't going to waste and it might actually work for someone else.
Until now. 

Sally Hansen 'No Chip' top coat. 

I bought this after I ran out of my Sally Hansen 'Mega Shine', there wasn't any left in the shop at the time and I was in desperate need of a new top coat, so thought I may as well try this one. I really wish I hadn't of wasted my money.
I think it was around £4.95, which isn't expensive in comparison to other Sally Hansen polishes, but it is for how awful it is.


Over the past few weeks of using this (on and off) my nails have chipped so quickly! I think I put it down to being at work, or the polish underneath, I don't know why it's taken me so long to realise that no, it's the top coat.

You can see on my nail too, there is a slight line/crack down the middle, which is purely down to the top coat. I've finally decided it's time to throw this out and go buy my mega shine, I'm not even going to offer this to anyone, just for it to chip in a couple of hours. 

Dannie xo


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I've been eyeing up Milani cosmetics for the longest time! After seeing so many people talk about them on YouTube, I fell in love with them..
As they're not so readily available in the UK, I had to order them from Amazon, which I found to be surprisingly cheap!
I was immediately drawn to the rose powder blushes, because I'm a sucker for for anything that looks pretty and with the blusher looking like a rose, I couldn't resist. 

I got the colour 'Coral Cove' (05) and I have to admit I was a little scared it would be too bright, as you can never really tell the exact colour when you're buying things online - one of the only downsides. Luckily, it was the perfect coral-y colour - it's not too bright but it's bright enough and it looks absolutely amazing on. I did take me a while to convince myself to use it 'cause I didn't want to ruin how pretty it looked, but I've used it a couple of times and the rose is still going strong! Hoping this means it's going to last me a long time, a little goes a long way with this one.
I also got a couple of lipsticks, 06 'Cherry Crave' (Left) and 12 'Flamingo Pose' (Right).
First off, the packaging is so nice! I think gold can often look a bit cheap but it's made well and looks fairly decent, and they weren't even that expensive! The lipsticks themselves smell like watermelon, which is divine. I hate it when lipsticks smell of crayons and tend to stay clear of these, so I was really happy when I smelt these, weird, I know!

 The colours themselves are a little bit 'out there' for what I usually go for but they have a good colour pay off and I've been enjoying wearing them.
I just wish Amazon had more of a colour range :(
                                     

Dannie xo
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Saturday, 9 May 2015

May Birchbox - Free your mind

Posted by BanquetBeauty at 05:00 0 comments
I AM SO IN LOVE WITH THIS MONTHS BIRCHBOX!!!




The May birchbox brought another 'pick your own sample'. I love it when they do this as it's good to get the choice of one product so you know you're going to actually like it! The choice was between the WAH London false nails, nail polish and nail art pens. Obviously, as a false nail junkie I went for those. I'm not really keen on the shape but I wanted to give them a go and see if I like the look of them on me, and if not, I didn't actually pay for them!

They retail for around £9 so just to get these, you've almost got your monies worth from the box! From the selection of colours which it shows on the box, I think these are the ones I would probably use the most. They are kind of long though, which is the major downfall so I'm not too sure when I am going to wear them, as I find it a lot of hassle to file them down. I'll stick with it though as I may as well use them! :) 

So as for the design of the box, the theme this month was 'free your mind'. The box is black and white and comes with crayons so you can colour it in. I'm not sure where the sudden fascination has come from to colour recently, but I think I like it. It's a cute idea. 

So moving on, the Mirenesse matte lip colour is beautiful! I've just tried this and honestly, it hasn't dried my lips out and has left them feeling so soft. It smells gorgeous too! This is worth £21 for the full size, so it really is a luxury sample! I'm slightly gutted it costs so much as it's such a nice product, I just want to buy all the colours!!

I also got the PARLOR sea salt spray, which smells like peaches, which I am really looking forward to using!
The Whish body butter in 'almond' which I'm glad about, as I previously had one in lavender but I'm not a big fan of the scent. This one smells more of shea butter though, so I feel like I might use it more. 

As a little bonus item, I got the Number 4 hair mask, I've had some of their products before and they're really good so I am looking forward to using this!

The final beauty item is the Jelly Pong Pong blush/bronzer duo. Whilst the colours are really nice, I think it's going to be hard to use the tiny sample as a cheek product due to it being so small. I'll give it a whirl and if not I might have to use it as an eyeshadow or something. 

So all in all I absolutely love this box, and if any of you were thinking of signing up to it, DO IT! 
Here's a link for you to do so! 

https://www.birchbox.co.uk/invite/cggq9 
(Signing up with this link will give you £5 worth of points to spend in the shop!)



Categories banquetbeauty, beauty, beauty box, birchbox, cosmetics, haul, monthly

Thursday, 7 May 2015

Recent skincare purchases

Posted by BanquetBeauty at 04:00 0 comments
I've never been very into skincare, not sure why... I've just always chose to spend my money on make up and get the cheaper skin care items. Whilst I'm aware the majority of these items aren't expensive, it's more than I would have other wise spent.

I'd heard such good things about the 'Vichy' Aqualia Thermal Serum and finally took the plunge. As it's pretty expensive at £17.50 which is so much more then I would have spent, I spent around half an hour staring at it in Boots and wondering if I should get it or not. But I've had such bad skin recently, I figured spending a little more wouldn't be such a bad thing.
The smell doesn't stand out as anything wonderful, but it's easy to cope with. After using it once I felt the difference, my skin was honestly SO soft! It's well worth the money and I'm glad I took the plunge and bought it. I've not been using it as often as I should but even from using it every now and again it's working wonders! I think I'm a little lazy with skincare and really need to get into a good routine.

On  a bit of a skincare hype, I popped into superdrug to get a new moisturiser. I was going to get another by Vichy but was worried I wouldn't like it and didn't want to spend another £18. Luckily, superdrug were doing BOYOF on the 'clearly youthful' range. I've used their face mask and really enjoyed it so figured I should stick with a brand I knew. Both of these are usually £6.99  but they do go on offer a fair bit, so make sure to look out for that!
I got the moisturiser as the one I used previously wasn't that good and I didn't feel as though it did enough for me. I use it daily, occasionally twice daily if I remember too, as I said before, I'm pretty bad with skin care. I like the way it makes my skin feel though and along with the other products I've been using, it's really helping my skin!

I then got the resurfacing night serum, which is supposed to generally even out the skin, reducing the look of blemishes and what not. I'm going to be honest here, I've used it once so I can't really say if it's good or not. It smells pretty good though.
I'm really happy with all three of these products though and the dry patches on my skin (attractive, I know) have gone! So I can't really complain!

Let me know if you've tried any of these, and leave your recommendations!
Much love xo
Here's the links to the products if you want to check them out!
https://www.covet.me/Z2yiBn6 - Vichy Serum
https://www.covet.me/2tOKgs - CY Night Serum
https://www.covet.me/1Ckt0h - CY Moisturiser

Categories aqualia thermal, banquetbeauty, clearly youthful, skincare, superdrug, vichy

Wednesday, 29 April 2015

Controlling frizzy hair - Best products!

Posted by BanquetBeauty at 04:30 0 comments
If like me, your hair is ridiculously thick and frizzy, you've probably tried and tested as many products as I have in order to tame it! So here are a few products that I use on the daily to reduce the fizziness of my hair...

Tresemme 7 day smooth
Since discovering this product a couple of months ago, I have fallen in love. I went all out and bought the shampoo, conditioner and the treatment cream. I've seen people do reviews on this and have said you don't need the shampoo and conditioner and could just use the treatment, I disagree. Using all three made my hair so soft and silky and made it straight for days! I don't really stand by that it works are washing like it claims but that's fine! 
I've run out Of the shampoo and conditioner so I really need to stock up whilst it's half price. But seriously, get this. 
John Frieda Frizz Ease
Whilst I've not used this product in a while due to sheer laziness, I love it. I only apply it to the ends of my hair But feel it does a perfect job of conditioning the ends and reducing how frizzy it can look. It smells pretty good too, which is always a bonus!








S factor Smoothing Lusterizer
The hairdresser used this on me at the hair dressers once and I fell in love with it, so had to buy it myself. As well as it smelling beautiful, it just helps smooth the hair down and give it that's glossy, shiny look.
It's probably the most expensive of the products I listed but even so, is still around £20, maybe a little less if you shop around! It's certainly worth it..







This one Get locks glam again
This is discontinued, unfortunately! You may still be able to get it online and if so, let me know ;) but some Superdrug stores might put it in the discontinued section so keep checking cause I've seen it pop up a few times, depending how much stock of it they have. It smells a little like what a man would use on his hair,  but I like it... Is that weird? It's such a thick hair mask that it just feels really luxurious and makes you feel like it's doing something good, which it is! My hair immediately feels softer after using this.
Unfortunately I'm on my last pot of this so I'm not really sure what I'm going to do when I've finished it, probably cry.

What are some of your favourite hair products to reduce frizz, or just to make it look a little bit healthier? Let me know 'cause I'm always looking to try out new products!  :)

 Dannie xo 
Categories banquetbeauty, frizzy hair, hair, smoothing, tresemme

Wednesday, 22 April 2015

Iconic pro 1 palette - First Impressions

Posted by BanquetBeauty at 02:00 0 comments
                          

All hail the Revolution Iconic Pro 1 Palette!


After I saw this palette on a blog post recently, I just had to get my hands on it. I looked round a couple of superdrugs but most didn't either stock the brand or didn't even have the palette stock yet. Luckily, I managed to find it whilst I went in to pick some dry shampoo up.
I couldn't remember if it was palette 1 or 2, so I just took a guess and luckily, I was right!
I love how the packaging is matte as opposed to shiny as it looks so good and a little more expensive.
The colours in this palette are beautiful and I have a serious addiction to all things neutral, after owning almost all the neutral palettes from MUA and Revolution. There is 8 matte and 8 shimmer shades and as stated on the blog I read (Completely forgot who it was!) the colours match up so they go well together.  I also find it a major perk that it comes with an actual brush, as opposed to a sponge on a stick. It was a flat brush to apply it with then a more fluffy brush, so it's going to be great for travelling between university and home.

It even comes with names, which I love cause it's so much easier and just better. I kind of wish it wasn't on a plastic sheet but  I suppose I can't complain!

All in all, this palette is amazing, the pigmentation is incredible, which I expected!

Has anyone tried this, or any other of their palettes? Let me know 'cause I love a good bargain!

I forgot to say, this palette is a bargain price of £6.99! It's certainly worth picking up.

Much love xo


Categories banquetbeauty, iconic pro palette, make up, nude palette, revolution

Wednesday, 15 April 2015

What's in my makeup bag?

Posted by BanquetBeauty at 00:00 0 comments

I've come home from uni for the week so here's a quick look at what makeup I brought home with me! Excuse the dirtiness of it, I didn't have time to clean my makeup brushes as I used them just before I packed it all so everything is kind of covered in foundation, which is gross!

  Starting with the make up brushes, these are the ones I chose to bring home with me. They're almost all real techniques, all but one that is, but those are the brushes which I mainly enjoy using.

From left to right I have the buffing brush, the blush brush, and the contour brush. The middle brush is one I got from eBay and use for my eyebrows, so it's a small angles brush.
The next three brushes are from one of the limited edition RT collections, the shadow brush, the angles shadow brush and the eye liner brush.


I tried to find products that had multi-uses so I didn't have to take as many palettes and things home. The 'Soap and Glory - Lid Stuff' is a great neutral palette but I can also use it for my eyebrows, so it's perfect!
I brought the kick ass concealer from Soap & Glory mainly for the setting powder that it comes with as I never really use a powder on the daily but like to use the powder in this under my eyes.
My new favourite eye liner is the TopShop Waterproof liner, it stays on for so long and is SO dark it's great!! I've been looking for a decent eyeliner that didn't break the bank for ages so I'm so glad I found this.
I kind of have an obsession with concealer, which is why I brought two, both by Maybelline. The Super Stay 24 hour  one is so good! It's almost as good as the Collection lasting perfection (Which I didn't bring with me 'cause I depotted the remains and didn't want to bring another brush along with me) and I'm very impressed with it.The two mascaras are small samples I've got from Birchboxes/magazines. The clinique one is one of the best I've ever used, I'd probably go so far as to say my favourite mascara and I've since bought the full size. I wouldn't usually take this much make up home but since I'm going out and visiting friends, I've brought home a fair bit more then I usually would. It shows which products I'm really loving at the moment though!Dannie xo
Categories banquetbeauty, favourites, make up bag, Nars

Sunday, 12 April 2015

April Birchbox - Review

Posted by BanquetBeauty at 11:48 2 comments
I've definitely fallen off the face of the earth recently (or just living in the library) doing my dissertation but now I'm very almost done, I'm trying to get back into blogging again because let's be honest, what will I do with my time when I've finished uni?!

I feel like the months go SO much quicker when I get a monthly subscription box, weird isn't it!
Anyway, this month was the 'royally good' box and holy smokes, I love it.  It's the first box in ages where I've been really excited about everything!
               
           

I think it's cute how they've chosen to go for the whole royal baby scene and give out either blue or pink boxes, it's such a good idea to use it as a competition opportunity! 

This month we got the option to choose between 3 Laura Mercier products, I chose the foundation primer as I'd heard really good things about it and wanted to give it and go. I'm not really one to use a primer so didn't really want to spend the money on it myself. I can't get over how big the sample size is though!

The other products included the Liz Earle cleanse and polish, which I've never used but have always wanted to try it. A Korres body milk that smells like pears and is absolutely beautiful. A no oil oil hair... oil which is something that I would use and a lilac nail polish. We all know how much I love nail polish!
The final beauty extra is the warming clay mask, which I'm a little scared of because warming face masks kind of scare me but I'll certainly give it a go.
I  always feel like I don't give much explanation of the products because I've not actually used them but I always want to get this post out asap so people know what is in this months box! (I did a lot of research into boxes before I chose Birchbox).

I highly recommend this box as it's really good this month, certainly worth the money. As always, if you want to sign up using the link below, you'll recieve £5 worth of points to spend in the box, so that's an added bonus!

https://www.birchbox.co.uk/invite/cggq9

much love xo
Categories banquetbeauty, beauty box, birchbox, Laura Mercier, liz earle, monthly

Monday, 30 March 2015

B. Makeup brushes

Posted by BanquetBeauty at 02:00 2 comments
I saw these new brushes in Superdrug and fell in love. I'd been eyeing them up for a while and when they were released I couldn't get them quick enough!

I only got 3 as I figured I probably shouldn't buy many more brushes as my collection is getting a little out of hand.
They're on offer at the moment with about £2 off so if you're thinking of getting some, I'd get some now! They range in price and are usually about £10, with the eye shadow and smaller brushes being about £6 (don't quote me).



I also ended up getting the Brush Cleanser because I didn't actually have one and only ever washed my brushes using baby shampoo, which is way too much effort! The brush cleaner is only £4.99 and is actually pretty good.

I thought it smelt a little like glue? But it seems like this is the standard smell for make up brush cleansers, as the No 7 one smells basically the same.

It's worked at getting some of my most dirty brushes back to the lovely looking white coloured bristles, So I am definitely a fan of it!
             
The bristles are very soft and I've washed them a few times and so far they have shown no signs of shedding.

The blush/contour brush is the one I now use for my blush as it's just perfect (I'm still in love with my real techniques blush brush, mind)
The powder brush is great at power but I also feel like it would be good for blusher as it's large, but not too large... Would be good for travelling so you don't have to take too many brushes with you!
The finishing brush is my least favourite. I use it after I've put my foundation on to buff it in more, but I feel like I would not be able to use it alone for foundation as it just doesn't seem to blend it in properly on it's own.
I do love it to blend my foundation in afterwards though, so it is kind of an 'extra' brush and wouldn't be an essential one.

If you were just to buy one brush, I would probably say go for one of the other two!

I'm always looking for new brushes, I have some sort of addiction with it and my collection is growing so please feel free to let me know of any amazing brushes I should try out!

Dannie xo
Categories B, banquetbeauty, blush brush, brush, brushes, foundation brush, makeup, superdrug

Wednesday, 25 March 2015

Latest In Beauty - Glamour Box

Posted by BanquetBeauty at 11:40 0 comments

I feel like it has been a ridiculously long time since I last did a blog post, well not that long... but long enough! University has officially taken over my life but since i'm giving myself a day off, I figured I best try and catch up on some blog posts!
I've been wanting to get this post out ASAP as I know the box will not be around forever, 
so without further ado!

I was procrastinating in the library when I stumbled across this beauty on the website.
The box is £16.99 and is said to be worth £99! Which is such a good deal, you'd be stupid not to get it...
The one thing I like about the latest in beauty boxes is that you get to see what is in the box before actually buying it. So you know if you're going to use all the products or not. From a glance, the box looked pretty good.. Not only did you get some amazing products, but you also got a year subscription to Glamour magazine!! You'd pay more for that alone..



I can honestly say there is only 1 product that I won't use which is pretty good going for a beauty box! There's usually a couple that I'm not all that bothered about.


The nail polish is a gorgeous blue colour and I've actually had a few compliments at work, even though it's just a standard block colour I'm wearing. The diamond top coat (also from Revlon) is absolutely amazing. I've had this nail polish on for a few days now and it hasn't even chipped. It may even overtake Sally Hansen on my fave top coats of all time...

The Beauty UK eyebrow kit is very impressive! The colour isn't for me, the dark colour is a little dark for an average day and I find the lighter brown to be too.. orangey? But the wax is incredible and I've been using this every day. I highly recommend this product! 

The kiko long lasting eyeshadow was something I was very excited about, having bought one from kiko before I knew I loved the formulation. This came in a light champagne colour, so is something that I will actually use. I've used it a couple of times and really liked the way it looked.
I've not yet used the Moroccan Oil hair mask, the Nuxe face mask or the Model Co cheek and lip creme but I'm very excited to. They're all products that I would usually buy and use so to get them in a beauty box is always a bonus!
I even like the perfume it comes with, which is Elie Saab 'L'Eau Couture', it smells lovely.

The one product that I am not overly impressed with is the Rimmel Oh my gloss! Simply because the colour is not something I would usually buy, and I'm not really a lip gloss girl. I might give it a whirl in the summer but I'm not too fussed as I definitely got my moneys worth.

You also get several codes for the brands such as kiko, model co and and Elie Saab, which is useful if you want to purchase the full size item.
This is the first box I have ever bought from Latest in Beauty, but I am very impressed! I will definitely be buying from them again if one of their boxes takes my fancy.

Dannie xo
Categories banquetbeauty, beauty box, kiko, latest in beauty, review, top coat

Monday, 9 March 2015

March Birchbox

Posted by BanquetBeauty at 02:00 0 comments
If there's one thing that excites me by the start of the new month, it's Birchbox! I always look forward to trying the products and seeing what goodies are inside, I wish I could afford to subscribe to all the beauty boxes out there, I really do :(


                                     

So the one thing that I was really excited for, was the design of the box itself. As they collaborated with Habitat this month, the box had a really lovely design.

Let's get onto the contents of the box..



        

I must say I was a little  disappointed with the contents and after speaking to a few others, they feel the same way!  The first thing I noticed was that there was no bag inside like usual. I loved the bags as I found they were really useful and I actually got use out of them.

         

The first thing is Benefit - Bad gal Lash which I actually chose as it's my favourite mascara of the three that they have so it's always good to have a back up (and saves me buying it again!).

The fragrance Catherine Malandrino - Style de Paris isn't too bad! I'm usually into sweeter scents but I can just about cope with this, it's not totally amazing but it's always good to have perfume samples as they're easy to carry around.

Philip Kingsley - Elasticizer, at first I thought this was just a shampoo, which I was happy about as I'm going to London in a couple of months so travel sizes are ideal! However after reading the card just now, I've found it to be a pre-treatment shampoo! Which I'm even more excited about as I've never really tried anything like that before! It retails for £27.50  so the chances of me ever purchasing it is slim, but it's nice to have the chance to try it.

I've recently been getting more into body scrubs so to receive the Janjira - Thai lime and ginger shower scrub was pretty exciting. I recently bought 3 from soap and glory so I'm going to save this one for when I go away! It smells really fresh and I'm pretty excited to try it. It's priced at £22 so it's going to have to be pretty spectacular if I'm ever going to buy it.

The last beauty related item is the Lord & Berry Couture kohal kajal eye pencil in black, which is the only colour eye liner I ever use! I've only ever tried their bronzer before (a sample through birchbox previously) but I didn't fall in love with it. Hopefully this one, I will! You can never have too many black eye liners though so I was glad to get this!

The lifestyle extras included a mini notebook which is super cute, and a preview of a book. I'm not really into getting book chapters as much as I would used to have. I don't have the time to read so much any more so it doesn't really interest me to get these!

As always, there is a coupon code for 20% off the collaborated brand and there is also a few sneak peaks for the next box!
There is going to be a Laura Mercier sample in the April box and it also mentions another pick your own sample, which I always love doing! 
It also mentions a limited edition box coming in April, which I am VERY excited for!

When I first opened the birchbox, I was a little let down but to be honest, after thinking about each product in depth and writing this, it's made me realise that it isn't actually that bad of a box! I'll admit there has been MUCH better months, but it's not a terrible box altogether. There's a few brands that I haven't heard of so it's good to try them out.

If you were thinking about getting this box but haven't fallen in love with this months, make sure to have a look at previous months as it has been so much better before. 

If you fancy signing up and use the link below, you'll get 50 points to spend in the BirchBox shop (Equal to £5)!
http://birchbox.co.uk/?raf=48456
Much loveDannie xo
Categories banquetbeauty, beauty, birchbox, makeup, review

Saturday, 7 March 2015

Clinique Gift Set

Posted by BanquetBeauty at 09:00 0 comments


                                         
I recently popped into Boots to buy the Clinique high impact mascara.. I got a sample of it in a magazine a while ago and fell in love with it!
I'd been wanting to purchase the full size for ages but never took the plunge, I'm glad I waited.
Boots have a gift set on (I'm assuming it's some sort of mothers day gift) where you can get the full size mascara and a sample of the 'All About Eyes' eye cream and the 'Take Off The Day' make up remover.  For the same price! 

So for £17.50 you get the two free samples, along with the mascara. I didn't realise till I asked for the mascara and she mentioned this, I didn't quite believe her to be honest!


The mascara is one of the best I've ever tried and I absoloutely love the brush. I'm a big fan of bristle brushes and find my favourite mascaras usually have these.

The mascara itself comes in Black or Black/Brown (But I think the gift set is just in black) and is the perfect consistency! I can't sing its praises enough, you just NEED to try it... and especially since they have the gift sets where you get a couple of freebies, you can't really say no.



I'm really looking forward to trying out these products as I've not tried them yet but I've heard really good things about these flying around the internet!

Dannie xo
Categories banquetbeauty, boots, clinique, cosmetics, haul, mascara, review

Tuesday, 3 March 2015

Revolution Flawless palette - Review

Posted by BanquetBeauty at 02:00 3 comments

                                               
As a total impulse buy, I picked up the 'Revolution' palette 'Flawless'. It's the perfect nude palette and has 32 shades. I'm a big fan of the eyeshadows from Revolution and love the dupes for naked palettes as they're a much cheaper alternative! This palette was only £8 and is certainly worth the money!

I have no idea why but it just gives me some sort of thrill when they have names, as most of the cheaper brands don't tend to name their colours all the time, which can be annoying!

So I was absolutely thrilled to discover this palette had names! It's a little annoying that it's on a plastic sheet that may potentially get lost... but who am I to complain?!
The palette includes both shimmers and matte so is perfect to create any eye look you would want to. It's got neutrals and even has a couple of burgandy shades, which I'm recently getting into! Huge bonus!
I also like that it has darker, almost black shades in as some neutral palettes usually lack these.

So I know I'm singing it's praises so far, there has to be something wrong with it... right? Wrong!



The pigmentation on these is absolutely amazing! This was from just one swipe of the colour. With palettes as good as this around, it really makes me not want to buy any of the naked palettes, as nice as they look, I would much rather spend £8 on a palette like this and get a wider selection of colours.

Both MUA and Revolution never fail to impress me with their eyeshadows, I've almost got all of the MUA palettes now and it's starting to become a bit of an addiction!
What are your favourite products from Revolution? Let me know if there's any must-haves that I need to try!

Dannie xo

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Categories banquetbeauty, beauty, cosmetics, dupe, flawless, nude palette, palette, review, revolution

Friday, 27 February 2015

Battle of the highlighters

Posted by BanquetBeauty at 03:02 1 comments

                                              

I've recently become obsessed with trying to find the perfect highlighter and in doing so I've found a couple that stand out to me, so figured I may as well share them with you.

Probably the most well known one is Benefit's 'highbeam' and for good reason, it's certainly one of my favourites! I only have a sample size but it's lasted me pretty well, clear that a little goes a long way.
The full size of highbeam is £19.50 although I'm sure I've seen it elsewhere for a tiny bit cheaper... shop around!


I heard about the supposed 'dupe' for this by Technic, a brand sold by Body Care. Clearly named after benefit as it's called 'high lights'. As this one is only around the £2 I thought it was worth trying.





Even from it's appearance you can tell it isn't quite the same. The Technic one is on the left and Benefit's on the right. It is much more liquidy and a little bit lighter. 
I feel as though the Benefit one has more colour to it, whereas the Technic one is very white looking. I definetly prefer the Benefit one and think it is worth spending the extra money on. Since you don't use a lot at a time it tends to last a while too. If you're not sure if you like the look of highlighters though and just want to try it out, the Technic one isn't completely awful.
Chella highlighter - ivory lace £15.95
I recieved this 'Chella' highlighter in a Birchbox and it's fairly decent! I tend to only use it in the inner corner of my eye as I find it difficult to use a crayon highlighter on your cheeks. I've found this one to be the best for the eye area though as it is much easier to apply.


MUA - iridescent Gold £3
We all know my strong love for MUA! The products are cheap but the quality is impressive!I know this is a popular one because it is constantly sold out and it flies off the shelves when it is in stock. It's not a bad highlighter, I bought it mainly because I thought it was pretty.. it is definetly very gold which I'm not the biggest fan of, but if I just use a little bit then it's really nice.

Now we're getting on to my favourites!


Nars illuminator - Copacabana £23
I bought this because of how much Velvetgh0st went on about it, I was never one to buy high end make up and this was one of my first ones. It looks so pretty! It's more pinky which I prefer in a highlighter. Priced at £23 it's one of he more expensive products but I believe it's well worth the money. You don't tend to use much when it comes to highlighters so you know it's going to last a while!
Revolution Sugar & Spice £6
Finally, I'd say this is the one I use the most often, pretty much everyday! The lighter colour in the top, from the Revolution sugar and spice blush palette.I bought this palette mainly for the blushes but fell in love with this highlighter in it. It has the perfect amount of white and pink in and looks absolutely beautiful!

The fact that it is so cheap is a HUGE bonus, it's not going to do too much damage to your bank. The one bad thing is how hard this is to get hold of. Again, it's a very popular product, I literally went round 5/6 stores to try and find this and ordered online! I finally found it in Manchester though!  Definitely worth it, if you can find it.

My highlighter collection isn't that extensive and I'm probably still going to continue buying highlighters because it's become my most recent obsession! I want to get the highlighter from Topshop, and I'm sure in the coming months I'll find a few more I want to purchase too :')

Dannie xo 





Categories banquetbeauty, beauty, chella, copacabana, highbeam, highlighter, illuminator, makeup, MUA, Nars, revolution, technic

Thursday, 12 February 2015

The worst top coat of all

Posted by BanquetBeauty at 12:00 0 comments
It's rare that I throw things away, because I feel like if  I've spent the money on something I may as well use it... If it's not working for me I'll give it to a friend, at least it isn't going to waste and it might actually work for someone else.
Until now. 

Sally Hansen 'No Chip' top coat. 

I bought this after I ran out of my Sally Hansen 'Mega Shine', there wasn't any left in the shop at the time and I was in desperate need of a new top coat, so thought I may as well try this one. I really wish I hadn't of wasted my money.
I think it was around £4.95, which isn't expensive in comparison to other Sally Hansen polishes, but it is for how awful it is.


Over the past few weeks of using this (on and off) my nails have chipped so quickly! I think I put it down to being at work, or the polish underneath, I don't know why it's taken me so long to realise that no, it's the top coat.

You can see on my nail too, there is a slight line/crack down the middle, which is purely down to the top coat. I've finally decided it's time to throw this out and go buy my mega shine, I'm not even going to offer this to anyone, just for it to chip in a couple of hours. 

Dannie xo


Categories banquetbeauty, nail polish, nails, no chip, Sally hanse, terrible product, top coat

Tuesday, 10 February 2015

Milani Cosmetics - Review!

Posted by BanquetBeauty at 02:45 1 comments
I've been eyeing up Milani cosmetics for the longest time! After seeing so many people talk about them on YouTube, I fell in love with them..
As they're not so readily available in the UK, I had to order them from Amazon, which I found to be surprisingly cheap!
I was immediately drawn to the rose powder blushes, because I'm a sucker for for anything that looks pretty and with the blusher looking like a rose, I couldn't resist. 

I got the colour 'Coral Cove' (05) and I have to admit I was a little scared it would be too bright, as you can never really tell the exact colour when you're buying things online - one of the only downsides. Luckily, it was the perfect coral-y colour - it's not too bright but it's bright enough and it looks absolutely amazing on. I did take me a while to convince myself to use it 'cause I didn't want to ruin how pretty it looked, but I've used it a couple of times and the rose is still going strong! Hoping this means it's going to last me a long time, a little goes a long way with this one.
I also got a couple of lipsticks, 06 'Cherry Crave' (Left) and 12 'Flamingo Pose' (Right).
First off, the packaging is so nice! I think gold can often look a bit cheap but it's made well and looks fairly decent, and they weren't even that expensive! The lipsticks themselves smell like watermelon, which is divine. I hate it when lipsticks smell of crayons and tend to stay clear of these, so I was really happy when I smelt these, weird, I know!

 The colours themselves are a little bit 'out there' for what I usually go for but they have a good colour pay off and I've been enjoying wearing them.
I just wish Amazon had more of a colour range :(
                                     

Dannie xo
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