Estee Lauder Love, my 8 free samples!

So as promised here is my post talking about all the lovely freebies I currently got from purchasing two items from the Estee Lauder range at Boots recently. You can find my post about how I got this offer here. To summarise, I recently went to Boots and they had a fantastic offer on Estee Lauder products. If you brought two products from Estee Lauder; one being foundation or skincare, then you got a makeup bag full of free goodies! 

My chosen products were the following:

1 (Left) .Estee Lauder Double Wear Stay-in-Place Makeup (foundation)… £29.50

I was matched to this foundation in shade 2C3 Fresco which is such a lovely natural colour.

2 (Right) .Estee Lauder Double Wear Stay-in-Place Powder Makeup… £31.00

 I was also helped to choose this shade to add a little bit more colour to my face as I don't like to be too pale… choosing shade 4W3 Henna.

The lady in Boots was so helpful and they give you a mini sample bottle to try which lasted me a week, and after using that up if I didn't think the colour was the right shade for me I could take it back and change it and be re-matched again which I think is really good, especially for the cost of the products… Its letting you be absolutely sure with your purchases! I have tried both of the above and I am so happy with the results. Both claim to stay on throughout the day even when sweating etc and to be waterproof, and to what I have experienced so far they do the job! Whenever I do my makeup at 6.30-am every day I have been coming home and my makeup seems to be just as good as when I have first applied it!

So after being matched to the above, what did I get inside my beautiful free Estee Lauder makeup bag??? Obviously to start with I got the makeup bag above! It is so so beautiful and is of a rich navy blue & purple shade! It feels like silk and is quite spacious; just what every girl needs! When I actually opened the zip and saw the amount of products inside for free I was so shocked as I expected there to be 1 or 2 items, not 8! Such a good deal! Onto whats inside…

1. Sumptuous Bold Volume Lifting Mascara RRP £21.00

This mascara claims to "Lift each lash with big, bold, weightless volume" and "Lifts and plumps the look of even sparse lashes into big, lush lashes that are all lightness and flirtatious curl".

2. Estee Lauder Compact Mirror

3. Estee Lauder DayWear cream RRP £40.00

This is an 'advanced Multi- Protection Anti-Oxidant cream and it claims to "defend against-and diminish-the appearance of signs of premature ageing." The Super Anti-Oxidant Complex DayWear helps to "safeguard skin with advanced broad-spectrum sunscreen and our best UVA defense.'' It also "reduces the appearance of first signs of ageing, like dullness and fine, dry lines."

4. Estee Lauder Take It Away Makeup Remover Lotion RRP £22.00

This claims too "Quickly and gently removes all makeup, even longwear and waterproof formulas." It has a "unique water-based formula [and]r efreshes with a crisp citrus scent." It also claims that it "Rinses away easily and leaves skin feeling soft and smooth with no greasy afterfeel or oily residue."

5. Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair RRP £49.00

Ive heard lots of good things about this product already even though I haven't yet tried it to see!. It claims too address "the appearance of all key signs of visible ageing, with innovative technology for more comprehensive and precise night-time renewal.' A few more points are below: 

''Lines and wrinkles look significantly reduced. More than 75% of women felt their skin looked more youthful… Skin feels smoother, hydrated, stronger. 82% of women felt their skin was immediately hydrated… Skin looks younger, radiant, more translucent and even toned. 83% of women felt their skin looked healthier, fresher, more rested… Effective for all ethnicities."

6. Estee Lauder Pure Colour Envy Sculpting Lipstick RRP £24.00

This lipstick came in the shade  'Rebellious Rose'. Being a girly girl I am usually into my pink coloured lipsticks but I absolutely love this shade as it is so natural to the lips and gives such a nice look. It also stays on quite a while too!

Then lastly….

8. Estee Lauder Modern Muse perfume RRP £45.00

I was so happy when I saw these little samples of perfume as my mum loves quite a few of theirs so Im always smelling them, but I had never tried this one and it honestly smells so so lovely! You get two of the testers on the picture below in the box but I used one straight away as I just loved the smell!

So there you have it, my 8 freebies (9 including the makeup bag) from purchasing some Estee Lauder goodies! Im so so chuffed with all my items and the ones mentioned above that I haven't made a personal comment too I haven't yet had chance to try. If your interested in this deal get down to your local Boots asap as I assume the offer is still currently on! To think that you get 8 samples of Estee Lauder products that when brought in real life in full sizes cost over £200 and your getting a snippet for free its just such a good deal.. even after spending almost £62 on two items to get the deal!

Do you use any Estee Lauder products? What are your thoughts?

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*Any quotes mentioned above are taken from www.esteelauder.co.uk*

My latest trip to Boots-Estee Lauder Love

Hello everyone, I hope your all well! Im very much aware that this is my first post in quite some  time but everything has been so hectic back at home. Anyway I won't bore you with my life stories; I'll get straight onto it!

For some time now I have been fed up with my foundation. I usually use Mac but my skin has been so dry from it recently I wanted to try something different. For a while I have seen many people uploading photos on Instagram wearing Estee Lauder Double Wear foundation and I have always wanted to try it. The only thing that had been putting me off was the price as id heard that it was quite costly. What do you think about foundations? Do you tend to use the high street brands, or the more recent and more expensive brands such as Mac and Estee Lauder? After many thoughts towards the end of September I decided to ask a friend of mine who also uses this double wear foundation what she thought. She told me that she loved the foundation and that I should definatley try it, but to hold back from buying as at the beginning of October Boots were doing an offer on Estee Lauder, so I did just that!

Last weekend I decided to take a trip into town and the first place I headed for; you got it … was Boots! I went straight to the counter and there was a lovely lady who helped me make my purchases. The offer that was currently on was buy two Estee Lauder products (*one to be foundation or skincare product) and receive a complementary makeup back full of free little samples!*) I explained to the lady that I didn't know what shade I would need in the foundation etc, and she was so helpful! She took off all my makeup and showed me different shades of the foundation I had in mind, and then completed my look by finishing off my makeup using powders and blushers. 

My chosen products to receive these fabulous gifts were:

Estee Lauder Double Wear Foundation - Stay in Place Makeup £29.50

Estee Lauder Double Wear Stay in Place Powder. £31.00

Due to purchasing the above two products I was able to get all those lovely goodies in the photo for free! I was so chuffed and I love them all, especially the beautiful makeup bag! Please look out for my next post which will be a detailed post of each product I received, and what I think so far about the foundations including which shades I chose! 

You can find out more about Estee Lauder products using the link here, or head over to Boots.com to see what they stock :)

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So Sleek

Just a short little post for you all tonight… Im having a night in as the weather is pants and has been raining allll day, so I thought Id share with you a recent purchase I made a few weeks ago with Sleek!

Sleek i-Devine Oh So Special Palette SUPERDRUG- £7.99

Sleek Flick It Eyeliner- SUPERDRUG- £5.99

Sleek POUT POLISH (shade Monte Carlo) - SUPERDRUG- £4.99 

I spotted Sleek Makeup a while back and Ive always been interested in trying it. Their different palettes have amazing colours and just stand out from the others that I have seen. I have yet to use these products, but as soon as I do I shall be back with a post for you and some swatches! They do lots of different products including the above and more with things like pretty blushers and eyeliners etc. I chose the Oh So Special Palette purely because of the neutral colours and their shimmery shades.

Do you own any Sleek Makeup? Which are your favourites?

You can find out more about Sleek Makeup by clicking the following links:

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or by visiting SleekMakeup.com

I cannot wait to try this products!

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Prime Time - Tease.. Topshop treats!

Left- Lips in TEASE, £8 Topshop.
Right- Blush in PRIME TIME, £6 Topshop.

So today I thought I'd just do a little review on two products I recently got from Topshop. I'm sure most of you now own at least one product of the Topshop makeup range, so I may be a little late on the scene with this post but I only got my first products over the Christmas period.
First off lets talk about the packaging, HOW PRETTY! I love love love the packaging. Black boxes with lovely white writing/images, and as soon as you open them ta-daaaaa more beautiful packaging!!
I love the feel of the items, and the whiteness of the packaging makes them look lovely- plush the black polka dots on the blusher and black lines on the lipstick just set it off. Also the blusher comes with a handy compact mirror inside the kid which is brill!

I was so excited to use these products. The first one I tried was the blush. 'Prime Time' just yells out "use meeee" to me, and so I did.  You get 4g of this, and it is a really nice creamy pink blush- in-fact its quite pink ... So with these two things in mind you don't need to use a lot of it to get an effect. I find using two or three dots is enough for me. Dot it on your cheeks and then gently rub in... Looks Absolutely lovely! At first i did think £6 was a little bit expensive for a blush, but then considering the pretty packaging and mirror- what the hell, go for it; its sooo worth it!

Lipstick & Blush, both from TOPSHOP.

Onto the lipstick, I am a sucker for pink lipstick.. Everyone who knows me defines me by pink lipstick, so when I saw this I HAD to get it. It is a 'Matte Finish Moisturing' Lipstick, in 'TEASE'. You get 3.5g of this which is a decent amount for a lipstick, and it costs £8. I was amazed at this product because when i put it on my lips it just glides on, and you really don't need to apply many layers of it to get an even coverage, it just goes straight on! Ive also found it stays on for quite a long time, i was wearing it yesterday and it stayed put for at least 6 hours.. I love it!

Heres a picture of a swatch of both products :)

Top swatch is the PRIME TIME Blush
Botton swatch is the TEASE Lipstick

Id really recommend these products, and I'm excited to try out some of the other products Topshop have available. They are available in-store or online at the Topshop website which you can find here.

Wearing Topshops PRIME TIME Blush & TEASE Lipstick- you cant really see the blush on this pic though sorry!!

Have you used any of these products? What are your favourites?

xxxxx

Christmas Favourites in a Nutshell

Sooo its finally been christmas! I had a lovely time, i hope you all had a fabulous christmas! Heres a little post to show you a glimpse of my christmas, and just a few of my favourite presents that i recieved!

Christmas morning-
My doggy waiting by the Christmas Tree filled with presents :)

Christmas Fairy Cakes-
I baked these on Christmas Eve ready to nibble on on Christmas Day- yummy!

Beautiful Vintage Looking Book-Ends & Trinket Boxes-
These were a present from a lovely friend of mine.. They are gorgeous and go perfectly in my room!

Topshop Makeup-
WOW, Who doesnt love some Topshop goodies?!
Some lovely lipstick and blusher which were stocking fillers, and then
the duo on the left in the beautiful packaging are Lip balms, and were a present from my lovely Hayley over at At the Casbah ...

Topshop makeup from above-
Lipstick- TEASE
Blush- PRIME TIME

Dolce & Gabbana-
My favourite perfume! Ahhh smells so so lovely.

Remington Peal-
So long are the days of GHD's for me... they have ruined my hair & so i asked for some new straighteners for christmas, and these are what i got! I also got a curler too match :) 

More Topshop goodies!-
I adore these cute little bracelets and i cannot wait to wear them! They were both presents, the one on the right from my lovely friend Hayley as mentioned above at The Casbah

Presents for my doggy!-
These are just a few treats i picked up for my baby from Pets At Home

Table set for Christmas Dinner-
For the second year now seen as Dad is no longer here, it was up to me to cook Christmas dinner. I set the table ready for a yummy meal :)

Monopoly-
Christmas wouldnt be christmas without some board games.. and this year i chose Monopoly! Such a fab game to get into the spirit with the family

Ipod & MacBook Pro-
We all need music over Christmas, so i have used them quite a lot!

ZARA Basics- Handbag-
I ADORE this handbag. I went on a trip to Manchester after boxing day, and i picked this up in ZARA ... £16.99! Such a lovely beige colour! So many pretty things at ZARA i want them all!

Dalmatian Faux Fur Coat-
This is my new love- i picked this up from a little shop in Manchester but i dont know what it was called and the bag & receipt has no name on it :(

No7 Makeup-
Whilst in Manchester i got myself kitted up with some new makeup.. The lovely girls at the No7 counter helped to match these up to my skin, and i love them! I will do a post on them for you soon!

Topshop Mug- £8
To finish the christmas period- a good cup of tea in my favourite mug was all i needed!

There we have it- my christmas in a glimpse... Im very thankful for all my presents...

Have a good new year everyone, hope you all have a fab time!

xxxxx

From cupcakes to makeup!

So this is just a tiny post to share with you all my new idea for makeup storage! I get so bored of make up bags and they leave hardly any room in drawers... Plus If your anything like me i hardly use half of my makeup, so this is perfect for me to put my essentials in & they're now right in reach without faffing about. I've seen lots of people using what I'm about to show as either jewellery holders or makeup storage.

I was browsing on Homebase the other day, and come across this gorgeous fruitcake stand.. I then looked at the price & it was £7.49- half price in the sale! It defo was a must have! It has 3 tiers and is cream wired with a love heart pattern as the wires bend round. I think I'm going to spray paint mine white to match the rest of my bits and bobs in my room... But it's such a cute vintage looking piece!

Here's a few pictures so you can see how I'm going to use mine :)

(sorry for the crap picture above.. this is me searching Homebase on my iPhone, & for some reason my photo editor wouldn't let me crop it, perhaps its because its from the Homebase site :) )

How do you store your makeup?

Xxxx

Talk of Bourjois!

Hi lovely's! This is gonna be just a quick post as I'm having to rush it so it may not be as detailed as id like but hey ho here goes... Recently i was recommended by a friend to buy some makeup products from the brand 'Bourjois'... Being a Boots lover i went in and luckily found that products from this brand were on offer, 3 for 2! The prices are a little high for the amount that you get in a product (in my own opinion), but seen as this offer was on i couldn't resist!

Ive never used anything from this selection before, and I don't know too much about it, but I'm sure for the prices they will be worth it... I have used these once and i like them so far so thumbs up for now!

Firstly the blush... Very cute packaging, £7.49, colour, (48) Cendre De Rose Brune.
This blush is quite good- most blushers seem to loose so much when using a brush so that you can apply it .. excessive waste! This however doesn't loose that much, and the colour is really nice especially when its on the apple of your cheeks!










Bronzing powder! For years i have used bronzing balls from Avon, but i was so bored of them and i just think they are lacking something as a product, so I've opted for this after hearing great things about it.  £6.99. I love this packaging, its like a little book and then inside it looks like chocolate, it even smells like chocolate too! Its really good when its on too as it gives you a lovely bronzed look.. id defo recommend this, especially for summer!












Lastly, lipgloss! Im not really a glossy girl- i prefer my lipstick. Once again for a change i thought id try the gloss. I picked up the 3D Effect- Volume & Shine Elixir. It states on the packaging that it moisturises for 8 hours... id probably say 5 hours at the most!

I got it in the colour (04) Rose Polemic. It looks very pink when you look at it, but once its on to me it just looks clear with a slight tint to it. It does smell really nice and makes your lips nice and soft.


Using the offer that was on in boots i saved £6.99 which is always a good thing! I will continue to use these, hopefully i will be able to give some more feedback once I've started to use them more regulary!

Do any of you use any product from this brand?

xxxxxx