Favourite Drugstore Primers

Primers, the wonderful little base that helps your make up apply much smoother as well as helping it last that extra bit longer. I love them. And it's hard not to when their are so many to choose from these days, most brands have their own and each one does something different. Today I'm going to be talking about a few of my favourites on the high street.

Firstly and probably my ultimate favourite is the Loreal Lumi Magique Primer, this is a lightweight primer designed to give your skin a subtle glow and lift underneath your foundation. It has a hint of gold shimmer to it which looks beautiful in the sunlight and really makes your skin look glowy and super healthy.

Secondly is the Maybelline Baby Skin, for me this is the controversial one, you either love it or you hate it. I personally quite like it, it's silicone based so I'd recommend only using a small amount and only in your t-zone. This primer does a great job at holding your make up on, however things can get a little slippy in the heat and a patient hand will be required to apply your foundation over this one. As for making your skin look poreless, I can't really say I agree, but as far as drugstore primers go, it's worth a try.

Lastly the Revlon Photoready Primer, another lightweight product with nice packaging, claims to make you look 'photoready'. One thing I did notice about this product is that it dries up fairly quickly and the pump makes it difficult to get out a lot of the product. As for keeping your make up in place it worked, not for a huge amount of time but it did the job. I didn't notice any differences in how my skin looked after applying this, but it's a nice, light base for your make up.

So that's that, what's your favourite primer?

Loreal Lumi Magique Primer

Primers are one thing I struggle with.

Finding one with the right consistency, that actually does its job and that my skin likes is a challenge.

When I read about the Loreal Lumi Magique Primer I had high hopes, a primers that not only acts as a primer but gives your skin a gorgeous, lit from within glow?! How could a girl refuse?

And boy was it everything I hoped for! The consistency is quite watery and one pump will do your whole face easily, it glides on perfectly and blends within seconds. Once blended it gives your skin such a gorgeous but subtle glow, making you look alive and awake. Perfect. 

I think I can officially call it my favourite drugstore primer, ever.

Another Beauty Haul

Hello lovelies!

Welcome back, excuse my absence lately, I've been super busy, will be posting some updates on my personal blog soon!

Anywho... in my absence I've definitely been making up for it in terms of shopping... and lots of it. As my skin has been a bit of a lost cause lately, I decided to try to completely revamp my skincare routine and pick up a few bits to help out in that department as well as a few make up bits and body products.

 I picked up the Bioderma in my local pharmacy, they stock all sizes but I opted for a small one just to test it and see what I thought before splashing out on a full size. 

The Hydraluron is a repurchase, everything else is new.

Reviews coming soon!

Let me know what you'd like to see me review!

Loreal Ombre

If you know me at all you will know that I am the least adventurous person when it comes to my hair. I sported dark brown hair for years until summer last year when I discovered the Loreal Ombre kits.... of course I'd seen ombre becoming a thing, and thought it looked gorgeous on most people and definitely a MUST for the Summer, so I picked up two boxes and after an hour voila, I was hooked.

I kept my hair maintained through the summer but then by winter my hair had started to fade to a kind of Orange, bronze kind of colour which I hated and the question arose.... to go back brown or to re-ombre?!

After weeks of questioning I took the plunge and dyed my locks yet again! I'm aware ombre is on its way out now and it's defo more for summer, but I MUCH prefer my hair lighter and the Loreal Kit is so fool proof and easy to use I thought I may as well! 

The results are yet again great in my books, I get a lot of hair compliments and for less than £10 I would highly recommend this way than a £300 salon trip (which I'll save for another story)! 

Birthday Beauty Haul

So it was my birthday on Saturday, so of course I had to pick up a few things!

Alongside clothing, I got a few beauty treats from Boots, Topshop and Accessorize.

I will be posting reviews on a few of these things, so keep your eyes peeled :)

Have a lovely day!

How I take off my Make up..

I'm sure you've all heard about - tried - the new Loreal Skin Perfection cleansing waters. 

I purchased a bottle around 2 months ago along with these large cotton pads from Superdrug and have been loving them so much, I recently went out and repurchased. 

This product is great from when you're quite tired and can't really be bothered to take your make up off, because it literally takes a matter of seconds. 

I haven't used make up wipes since.

This is a great product to try out and I think it may be a holy grail for me. 

Have you tried this cleansing water yet?

Because you're worth it...

When it comes to my hair I can be quite abusive. I don't always use heat protectant, I colour it, I straighten  curl, blow dry it, and I spend more time damaging it than rescuing it.

With this in mind, I've decided to turn a new leaf and dedicate more time to my hair. 

My hair is dry. From all of the reasons above, lack of care and laziness, my hair is dry and flat. 

So when I was wondering around Boots last week and I was in the hair care section I decided to wonder over to the hair masks. I've tried masks before and I like that they are an instant pick me up for your hair. 

That being said, when I spotted the new Loreal Ever Riche Hair Mask I knew it had to mine. (I had yet to try anything from the Loreal Ever Riche collection because I have plenty of shampoos and conditioners at home waiting for me to get through them), but I had heard great things.

I was not disappointed. 

You only need a walnut sized amount, I used a tiny bit more because my hair is quite long, but I still only used a tiny amount. I worked it through the ends of my hair then left it for around 5-10 minutes. I used my hair oil (see previous post) then waited till my hair was almost dry before giving it a quick blow dry and falling asleep.

My hair literally felt amazing when I woke up. 

I don't think it has ever felt to healthy and clean. The ends didn't look dry and it had more volume than usual. My hair was thankful. 

I will definitely be re purchasing this when I'm out and it is worth trying out if your hair is just not feeling it's best. I recommend using this 1-2 times a week depending on the condition of your hair. 

Have you tried anything from the Loreal Ever Riche range? What're your thoughts?