Wednesday 24 September 2014

I LOVE Whipped Cream

No silly, not whipped cream as in whipped cream. Whipped cream as in Milk_Shake's leave-in conditioning foam! One of their best sellers on their website and definitely a new must have in my hair care routine.


I love everything about this product. The packaging, the colours, the name, the smell, the texture and the results! They really exceeded my expectations and they've gained a new fan of Milk_Shake hair care.

 Milk_Shake is a hair care brand offering quality products whilst also maintaining the natural beauty of hair!

I'll just be quickly reviewing the Whipped cream leave-in foam conditioning product. The description says "no rinse conditioning & protective creamy foam for all hair types". I love conditioning products, so winning this product on Twitter made me squeal with happiness. :)


Just to clarify - my hair is damaged to hell from bleaching, dying and heat stylers. My hair is naturally frizzy curly and I straighten most days.

The instructions says "shake well and hold upside down to dispense", the top of the bottle actually looks like a whipped cream can (intentional i'm guessing!). The foam is coloured white, super smooth and firm in texture, but at the same time remains light and fluffy which means it wont weigh your hair down with thick greasy products. The smell of this 'whipped cream' is absolutely delicious. I want to eat it. It smells like vanilla ice cream.
I think what is really unique about the whole milkshake range is that the products have milk proteins included. Hence the name of the brand, product name and smell!

"Apply to clean damp hair, then style", which is exactly what I did. In terms of styling, I decided to scrunch the foam as if it were curling mousse onto my hair. The product immediately separated my hair into more manageable non frizzy curls, which I left to naturally dry.


Usually when I let my hair dry naturally, the curls are frizzy and become matted at the back of my hair. After using this product I was actually able to run my fingers through (even the back) without getting into a tangled mess. My hair hasn't been this soft in a long time!

The product didn't feel heavy on my hair at all and completely non greasy. Which is always an issue I find with conditioning products, some products just leave your hair oily and then you have to wash it again.

It did feel like a little goes a long way, as I only applied a small blob in my hand it just kept expanding, more than I expected! So it's worth the money in the long run.

I've taken a picture of my hair right now, which is more frizzy than it was because I've been combing through with my fingers all day as it's so soft! but it's still pretty curly! Every time my hair moves you get a gorgeous waft of vanilla aromas. It's absolutely beautiful. - They should make a body butter ;)


I think I'll be buying another can of this tasty smelling product once this one runs out! Yum yum.

The 200ml Whipped Cream product is £15.29 on their website, which you can find here.

Thanks for reading! :)

Tuesday 23 September 2014

I LOVE Autumn Plums


Just to reiterate, if you hadn't guessed already, I LOVE AUTUMN. What's not to love? Wellies, coats, layers, jumpers, hats, scarves, gloves, kicking leaves and rain. Rain maybe not so much, but I love everything else!


So being the first day of the Autumn Equinox, I've decided to attempt an eye shadow look using shimmery smokey plums and some neutral shades. I'd probably wear this on a night out for going for an evening meal.


To begin you will need..


















Products Above I Used;

  • Urban Decay NY City Palette
  • Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette
  • Bourjois Paris Happy Light Primer - Matte Serum
  • Essence I Love Smokey Eye Jumbo Pencil
  • Essence Super Fine Liquid Pen Eyeliner
  • Bourjois Paris 1 Seconde Volume Mascara in black
  • Rimmel Professional Eyebrow Pencil with Brush
Feel free to use any of your own substitutes!

Brushes I used;



  • (Clean) Fluffy Blending Brush - Topshop 
  • Deluxe Crease Brush - Real Techniques Starter Kit
  • Crease Line - MOXI Rose Gold Makeup Brush
  • Base Shadow Brush - Real Techniques Starter Kit
  • Accent Brush - Real Techniques Starter Kit
Let's Begin

1. I used my Urban Decay NY City palette but feel free to try and copy by using your own similar shades. By using your own shades and products you're more likely to create something that you're comfortable with.  

I applied "Midnight Cowboy Rides Again" (strange name, I know) all over my lid to create the first layer, using the 'Base Shadow Brush'.





2. Picking up the 'Moxi Crease brush' I apply 'Last Call' directly on the crease line to create depth. Make sure this line is quite prominent.






3. Continuing this depth until the look is really smokey, add a mixture of colours similar to the ones pictured below, to create a plum/purple shade. I mixed 'Rockstar', 'Last Call' and a small amount of 'Perversion' to add to the depth. Be careful not to ad too much black as it could start to look gothic.

4. Using the 'Deluxe Crease brush' apply these darker colours in circular motions to 'buff' out the colour along the crease.





5. Pick up the 'Fluffy brush' and blend out any harsh lines, heading out towards your brow line. You can add a highlighter to make your eyes pop. Same again with the inner corners of your eyes.

6. Line your lid with a winged eyeliner, use where your eye shadow finishes as a guide for the angle of the flick.

7. Apply these same colours on your waterline and smudge them for a smokey effect. Finish with your favorite black eyeliner.

8. Finish with your favourite mascara and viola! That's it!



Hope you liked this look - it appears much more plum like off camera, shame the photos don't show the colours as well.

Thanks for reading! :)

Monday 22 September 2014

I LOVE Neutrogena Visibly Clear

Just another quick post on a product i'd like to share with you guys. I'm in love with Neutrogena's visibly clear pink grapefruit daily scrub.


The product is from Neutrogena's pink grapefruit range, but my favorite has to be the daily scrub. I love this product because it makes my skin feels fresh. Especially when my skin breaks out and feels greasy, I can always rely on this product to eliminate any bacteria from my face and tighten up the skin. After a few days the product helps to eradicate any spots and blemishes, leaving my skin flawless.


The product is pink, and scented with grapefruit, which is always a nice smell to wake up to, and leaves your face smelling fruity and fresh! The consistency of the scrub, is quite runny and able to be pored, it's not like a cream that doesn't move. The little micro beads are very tiny which I was impressed with as I recently read that other scrub face washes with larger beads in them are harmful to the sea life. (This may be untrue but i'm not taking any chances). As the micro beads are smaller, I think this product would be good on older skin and sensitive skin as it appears more gentle than more harsher scrubs.


After splashing my face with warm water to open up my pores I use an amount a little bigger than a pea (as a little goes a long way!). I start applying it to my T-zone, giving my face a good scrub while doing this, to make sure I clean out my pores and eliminate any dead skin. After a little scrub I splash my face with cold water a few times to close my pores and remove the scrub. My face is so smooth after using this product it's unreal. Sometimes using a scrub tends to leave skin feeling dry but I've never experienced that problem with this product, my face feels smooth and moisturized.

I purchased this product for £3.99 from Tesco which I think is quite cheap for a daily skin routine, I have also seen it for £3 in ASDA. As I mentioned earlier a little goes a long way, so it is worth the
money in the long run! I totally recommend this product! Buy it now if you love fruity face washes that leave your skin tight and smooth!

Thanks for reading!

Friday 19 September 2014

I LOVE Jileon Wellies


Just wanted to write a quick post today to give a shout out to brand that I have discovered on the interweb, who saved my butt this year when I went to my first festival.

So, I'm a big girl, big girls have chunkier legs, chunkier legs need wider wellies. Where are these wellies in the high street? It absolutely drives me up the wall. Do companies think we don't need boots and wellies? What about athletes with strong muscular legs and calves? Do they just not wear wellies?

I found out I was going to a festival this year and the one thing you need to take to a festival is wellies! I realized I hadn't worn a pair or wellies since I used to go camping when I was about 13. I remembered the struggle of wellies being tight back then. (I had pretty chunky muscular legs even then from swimming and cycling). The thought dawned on me that I knew I wasn't going to fit in the 'normal' calf sized wellies. I know there are some wider calf wellies out there, but they're not that much wider than the standard size, and when you have legs like mine, well you're screwed.

I spent ages, searching the web trying to find some wellies that extended or had more room, but none of them would have fitted. I spotted a brand called Jileon. I looked into them and found they had wide calf wellies up to 53cm for women and men! I couldn't believe it. Then it hit me, "ah I bet they don't have any nice styles and i'll be stuck with boring green". I couldn't have been more wrong. I fell in love with a pair of wellies that were pink and floral. What more could a girl want!

When I measured my calves they where 48cm, so I figured the 53cm would be plenty big enough. When I saw the price I was a bit hesitant, as they are pricey at £54.99 and £49.99 on their Amazon (+PP). But trust me when I say they are worth it. The delivery was super quick and you could track the wellies every movement with their delivery tracking feature. I imagine the cost is due to the fantastic quality, design and all the extra materials being fitted and fastened together. They will definitely last you a long time, and I very much doubt i'll be needing another pair to replace them any time soon.


As you can see in the picture above, the expandable bit is really, well, expandable. When you unbuckle the strap the material you see gathered together expands hugely. You will be surprised when you take them out of the box and see how wide they actually are!

The wellies are fashionable, comfortable and waterproof (obviously). I wore them for 3 days straight at a festival in which it had torrential rain and mud baths. Surprise surprise. The wellies survived both the rain and the mud, with no leakages, no sliding in the mud and no tears in the material.

The only downside is the buckles on my pair, and I think the company has recently solved this problem with 'clip-shut buckles'. Because the material is so smooth the buckle sometimes loosens and unravels which is kind of annoying, as you have to keep tightening them up.


As an addition, you can also purchase fleecy welly socks to accompany the wellies. I purchased bright pink ones and wore them at night to keep my toes warm. These socks were £7.99 on Amazon.




They also have some gorgeous polka dot ones which I have my eye on for my next purchase! ;)
So if you're a big girl (or guy) I really do recommend visiting their site and measuring up your calves. You will be surprised! This is the first time in a long time I've been able to wear wellies and there's no going back now!

http://www.jileon.com/

http://www.jileon.com/extra-wide-fit-wellies/

Thanks for reading! :)

Thursday 18 September 2014

I LOVE SLEEP-IN-ROLLERS


I'm a huge fan of curly hair, so when I discovered SLEEP-IN-ROLLERS on Twitter, I knew I had to get them immediately. I'd seen mixed reviews (mostly good) boasting big bouncy curls and wanted to see what results I'd achieve with my own hair.

SLEEP-IN-ROLLERS are rollers, get this, that you can SLEEP in. Just to clear up any confusion ;). They are your typical Velcro rollers but they have a cushioned foamy inside that you can squish down but will always retain they're original shape. The idea being that when you put your pretty little head to sleep, the rollers will squish down making it a more comfortable experience. The Velcro outer layer is not attached to the foamy middle allowing a grip to be placed in this gap to secure the roller in place.



I purchased the Luxury Pink Glitter Gift set containing;
  • 20 Glitter Rollers
  • 20 Kirby Grips and drawstring pouch
  • DVD 
  • Drawstring Bag - To keep your rollers in



You can buy them from their site here;

The whole packaging and quality of the products were fantastic. I thought the glitter would be on both sides of the roller but i'm not going to loose sleep over it. 

So before I explain how my first SLEEP-IN-ROLLERS experience was...
I'd just like to state that my hair has been dyed, bleached, damaged and frazzled since I was 15, i'm now 20 and it's damaged to hell. It's slowly recovering from my last blonde adventure. My hair is naturally curly, but I straighten it most days. If I leave my hair to naturally dry it turns into some kind of frizzy curly tumbleweed that is un-brush-able. I'm mentioning my hair quality because I've read a few reviews from people explaining about their hair being so dead that the rollers didn't do anything to their hair.

Now that's out the way, here we go! 

I began by starting with freshly washed hair. Like really wet. Like I-just-got-out-the-shower-WET. I brushed my hair through to de-tangle any knots and then I began attempting to put in my SLEEP-IN-ROLLERS. I'm not the type of person that owns rollers so this was my first set in a long time.
The whole process of applying the rollers took about 20-30 mins and I fixed all of the rollers in place with grips - 2 for each roller to ensure a secure hold. I used no products just freshly washed wet hair. I left the rollers in from about 7pm till about 11am. Giving the SLEEP-IN-ROLLERS a good 16 hours to do something.

Now to put them to the real test. The question on everybody's minds is, 'where they comfortable to sleep in?'

The first time I slept in them, I'm not going to lie, I think it took me until 2am to finally fall asleep. I just couldn't get comfortable at all, especially with the Velcro itching my ears and neck all night. I couldn't sleep on my side, I had to stay on my back. The rollers just didn't squish as much as I'd of hoped them to. HOWEVER, I've tried these rollers at least 3 more times since then. Each time you find your own way of putting them in faster and in places where you know you'll feel comfortable when you sleep. I think it was just shock from sleeping with something around my head that made it difficult to sleep the first time. Now i'm used to it and wear them often! Don't give up first time round! GET YO MONIES WORTH GURLLLL! *snaps fingers*

The Results

I took these photos from the first time I used SLEEP-IN-ROLLERS... 







Now, I don't know about you but I was pretty impressed, my naturally curly hair is just frizzy curls, where these are just lovely wavy curly locks. I felt like I'd just had a professional Blow Dry. As I explained earlier I used no products and only styled my fringe with heat! So in my opinion, they work! I recommend them to people who are thinking of giving them a try. I do think that because my hair is kind of naturally curly this helped with the end result. I did struggle taking the rollers out, but I was careful to twist my finger around the lock of hair to secure the curl. If you just pull the roller out and don't twist it round your finger, you run the risk of the curl falling out and going frizzy. If you have naturally straight hair perhaps the results might be more of a wave? Before heading outside I lightly misted my hair with hairspray to seal the look! Let me know in the comments below if you have tried SLEEP-IN-ROLLERS and what your results where!

Thanks for reading! :)

Wednesday 17 September 2014

I LOVE Neutrals!


I Love Autumn, which means, more smokey browns and neutrals will be appearing! Yay :)
You really can't go wrong with a neutral smokey eye, it holds the perfect balance of creating that everyday look but having that "I made an effort today" impression. I love neutral smokey eyes, when you start to use darker blacks and greys it can start to look a bit scary and too dramatic for everyday wear, but this is just my opinion! Some people really can pull it off, but I need more practice!












To create this look I used a few of my favorite products.
  • Bourjois Paris Happy Light Primer - Matte Serum
  • Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette 
  • Bourjois Paris 1 Seconde Volume Mascara in black
  • Essence Super Fine Liquid Pen Eyeliner
  • Essence I Love Smokey Eye Jumbo Pencil
  • Rimmel Professional Eyebrow Pencil with Brush
But feel free to try and recreate the same look using your own similar shades if you don't have these products! 

You will also need some brushes! :)


Brushes pictured above;

  • (Clean) Fluffy Blending Brush - Topshop 
  • Deluxe Crease Brush - Real Techniques Starter Kit
  • Crease Line - MOXI Rose Gold Makeup brushes
  • Base Shadow Brush - Real Techniques Starter Kit
  • Accent Brush - Real Techniques Starter Kit

Step 1

You should always wear a primer if you're considering wearing your eyeshadow makeup look for a long period of time. This is just to ensure that your finished eyeshadow look, stays on your eyelids in the same way that you first applied it. (You don't want sweaty looking eyelids or eyeshadow doing a disappearing act.) 

I like to use Bourjois Paris Happy Light Serum in Matte to stop my eyelids looking shiny and to make my eyeshadow pigments stick better to my eyelids.

Step 2

I began by taking my Base Shadow Brush and mixing between 'Foxy' and 'Bootycall' and applied it to the tear ducts and inner corners of my eyelids. Apply this colour to the middle of your lid.


Step 3

 Using the same brush, mix 'Snakebite' and 'Suspect' together and apply to the center of the lids, moving towards the outer corners. Use Pistol on top of these colours to create a more metallic feel.



Step 4

Now pick up the brush I have labelled as 'Crease Line' and mix shades, 'YDK' and 'Busted' to create a dark brown. apply this colour on the crease line, staying only on this crease to create depth. Keep doing this until the colour is prominent or at least appearing darker than the previous shades used above.



Switch to the brush labeled 'Deluxe Crease Brush' and use this to blend the colours together moving in small circular motions. Continue doing this until the colour is evenly blended and there are no harsh lines. 

You can even use a 'Clean Fluffy brush' just to soften the outer shadow fading it out towards your eyebrow.

Step 5

When you have made sure everything is blended completely, we can then move onto lining the eyelid. I used Essence's Super fine Liquid Eyeliner, just because it helps create a finer line on my lid which is close to the lashline. You can use any eyeliner you're comfortable with. When you reach the end, slowly wing out the eyeliner to create a clean flick. I like to end the flick where the shadow fades out. 




Step 6

Using 'Busted', smudge just underneath your waterline to create that soft smokey effect, and finish by lining your waterline with a soft kohl black eyeliner. I'm using Essence's  I Love Smokey Eye Jumbo Pencil because it creates that perfect black smokey look.



Don't forget to fill in your brows! ^

Step 7

Use your favorite mascara to complete the look! 





This picture was taken with my DSLR - to show the colour comparison from my phone to my camera x


Thanks for reading! Good Luck :)