Meeting Tanya Burr and Zoella!

So I recently entered this Superdrug competition on a whim and actually won. This competition wasn't broadcast as much as you'd think otherwise I wouldn't have won because I actually entered after the deadline but I'm assuming that they didn't have their targeted amount so I was invited. When I got the email, I was really confused, reading it and immediately I sent a screenshot to my friend. My head was reeling in with the fact that I actually won. It was a weird out of body experience. The date was for two days after I received it at West field in London. I was able to invite a friend along so she came with me. 

I actually had university that day however it turned out to be a half day so I managed to get to Westfield at 4pm which gave me an hour to relax before I had to meet them. I was nervous. When it was 5pm, I went to the superdrug store and found there to be only 5 winners waiting and I had already found out that there were 25 winners, plus 25 friends who were invited too. I was in line, just behind 5 people when I was told to wait outside for my friend who was running late. 

At this point, it was already 5.30pm and Tanya and Zoe were also running late, but a lot more winners were there so we had a good 20 people who were in front of us. It took forever for us to meet them plus it was really hot in the store so people were getting restless. I think the first 10 people got a good 5-10 minutes with them and after that, it was much more fast paced and we were only given a few minutes with them. 

When I finally did meet them, I said, Hi and hugged them both. Tanya asked 'Sorry, what's your name?' and I told them. After that, I got Tanya to sign her Candy Glam Palette and Zoe to sign her Blissful Mistful spray and I told her that it was my favourite product of hers and she 'awwed' and said 'that's so sweet' to me. Tanya asked 'how my day went' and I told them about university, and said that I have a blog and it's all thanks to them'. I was a mess and I was so shy to even look at them but I did get a selfie with them. I was disappointed that I didn't get to put them on my snapchat story or even get to ask them any questions but that was all down to me because I was nervous. 

They're both gorgeous and I still cannot believe that I met them. It's funny because I remember when I first started watching them on youtube which was at least 3 years ago and thinking they were so relatable and were like a sister I never had. I only have brothers so a lot of my favourite female youtubers have kind of taken the role as my sister and I take what they say or have said as serious advice. 

I would like to thank Superdrug for holding this competition, and thank Nicole who sent me that very email saying I had won. I also want to that all the members that were there helping out with the event for trying to make it as smooth as possible. Thank you Tanya Burr and Zoe for meeting me and I hope we can be friends. 

Oh yeah, and I got a gift from Zoe which had some of her Christmas Range in it, so thanks for that.  I did try to get a better image of the Christmas grotto that they had but I wasn't allowed to plus, my friend wasn't allowed to film me meeting them which is disappointing as I would have loved that as something to look back on. 

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Tanya Burr Cosmetics

So I recently purchased the Tanya Burr Candy Glam Christmas collection Palette from Superdrug. This is my first time trying her face make up as I already have one of her eyelashes and two of her lip glosses. I also brought some individual Tanya Burr lashes as well to compliment this look. 

To begin with, let's talk packaging! I think the packaging is cute and very girly which is a smart move on Tanya's part as most of her followers are younger viewers aged between 12-15 perhaps. The colours she used compliments each other and works well. In terms of how the package functions, I like the flip up concept and the little drawstring. 

When you open it up the back of the front cover has a heart shaped mirror with is cute but slightly small compared the to the size of the cover.The products have been laid out with the mini lip-gloss on the left hand side with the 9 eye shadows on the right and a blusher and bronzer at the bottom. However, the set doesn't come with a brush which is unfortunate as this would have made it the perfect travel palette but that being said, not everyone prefers to use the brush that comes with palettes so maybe it isn't all bad.

Let begin with the eyeshadows, from left to right, we have Snowflake (white), Chandelier(smokey grey), Plumberry (berry), Crème Brulee (rich shimmery pink), Date Night in Paris (mocha brown), Ballet Slippers (gold shimmer), Baking Brownies (dark brown), Teddy Bear (light brown), and lastly Starry Night (shimmery bronzey brown). I think that each eyeshadow is pigmented and is so diverse that you can always create different looks whether it's a night out or a day time everyday look. My personal favourites are Crème Brulee and Plumberry.

The blusher that the palette features is called Pretty Peony which I believe is from her original collection as well as the bronzer which is called Beach Bronze. I think that these two colours will work well with a lot of skin tones. I have a medium brown complexion and I find that the bronzer is just right in terms of being slightly visible on the skin.

The lip gloss, is however just a slight let down, not because of the formula but the colour. As this is a Christmas collection, I would have chosen perhaps a berry colored gloss or a pink one. The reason I am not impressed with this lip gloss is simply because it doesn't appear on my lips as a gloss but only holds a shimmer, I think it would work better on a fair complexion.

Overall, I think for £10, you really can't go wrong with this palette, it has most of the things you require to create a make up look and is diverse in what you can create. Regardless of the lip gloss, the products work and are for sure, worth the price. Get it at Superdrug now. 

Now let's move onto the two lashes I have from her collection. I have the individual lashes and Pretty Lady. To be completely honest, I found it difficult to get these lashes on and I have no idea why but I can now finally put them on with confidence. Pretty Lady is slightly fluttery but not over dramatic and is a great everyday lash for those of you who do wear lashes everyday. The individual lashes were on sale for £1.50 because they were getting rid of the old packaged products so I thought I'd give these a go as they are the same style in the new packaging. I think that a lot of use really need medium length lashes a lot more than we need long however the option is appreciated. 

The lip glosses I have is Vampire Kiss which is a blood red and Chocolate fondant which is brown toned. The packaging is okay and thee glosses feel great however I don't really like the applicator and I found that the Chocolate Fondant doesn't appear the right colour on my lips but that's only because my lips are dark. 

Overall I think her collection is great and there are some really great products, albeit I haven't tried a lot of products but I think it is worth the money and looks great too. Well done, Tanya! 

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New Beauty Purchases

Welcome back! So I've decided to quickly update you on new products that I have recently purchased

To begin with I have to talk abut this amazing Smashbox Shape Matters palette that I brought from Boots. It comes with 3 different brow colours and a wax, contour, bronzer powder, highlighter and a glow powder. It also comes with a double sided brush and 9 eye shadows. 

I also recently purchased the Mary-Louminzer from feelunique and it truly is amazing. The glow that you cheekbones get cannot be denied. I also brought a lancome infinite eyeshadow in Timeless Taupe.


From T.K.Max, I got some Stila products. This is an eyeshadow called Kitten which is a shimmery white shadow. I also got a lip glaze called Mejesty and it honestly smells like raspberry. Lastly we have the waterproof eye liner in brown. The last products I want to mention is from Barry M and its their Sunset Daylight Curing nail polishes in topcoat and Dark side of the shroom. 

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Sleek Goodies

So recently I went a little crazy and purchased 6 items from the sleek collection, I got two eye shadow palettes, a concealer palette, a highlighting palette, a contour kit and their seven set brush collection. In boots, they were on sale for 2 for £10 and I couldn't miss such an opportunity. So let's begin.

1. Sleek i-Divine Original palette.

This palette has 12 different shades. I think that the only shadow that's matte is the black one which is called Black Cab. All the names used in this palette links in with London and Britain. 

2. Sleek i-Divine Storm palette.

There are three matte shades and the rest consist of shimmers. This is a great smokey eye palette that has greens, blues and purples to create a sultry smokey eye. 

3. Sleek Highlighting palette- Precious Metals.

This is a collection of four different highlights- three of which are in a cream format and one is a powder finish. This palette has such a sexy metallic packaging with a magnetic clasp. 

   

4. Sleek Corrector &Concealer palette. 

There are two cream shades and a powder. I have yet to try this out but I hope it works great!

5. Sleek Face & Form

This is a contouring and blush palette that has the contour shade, a bronzer and a blusher. Mine is in medium. 

6. Sleek 7 piece brush set

This is the item I am most excited about because its retail price is £12.99 but I got it for £5 which is a bargain an it's a perfect travel size where its not complete small but a reasonable size for my hands.  It comes in its own pouch which has a clear wallet at the top to keep your brush from getting other things dirty as well as having it underneath so it doesn't get the pouch dirty. Smart thinking, Sleek! 

     

I'm super happy and excited with all my purchases and I can't wait to create looks for you on my youtube channel! 

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New Lip Products

New Lip Products

I recently went slightly crazy on my purchases and I seem to have accumulated a lot of lip products which I wanted to share with you. These products were brought during this summer holiday! 

Rimmel London: 

Kate Moss Nude Collection:
I've become slightly obsessed with nude lip products as I am trying to find the perfect shade for me and to start this nude collection, I purchased the new Kate Moss Nude Collection lipsticks in shade 43 and 45. The darker nude is shade 45. At first, I didn't like these and perhaps that was only because I wasn't use to see nude on lips and i did start to appreciate it more and now, either one of the two is a definite handbag essential. 

Rita Ora- Oh My Gloss: 
As I am starting university soon, I thought it was highly important to carry around lip gloss and ever since these glosses came out, I've been wanting to try them so I got a nude (no surprise) shade and a pink shade- just to mix it up a bit! The nude shade is 330- Snog and the pink shade is 110- Keep A Secret.

Bourjois:

This product came in one of my www.latestinbeauty.com boxes. I am slightly disappointed in the colour I got as I don't think it really suits my complexion however this is probably the only way i would actually experiment with a colour like this. 

This is called 04- Peach on the Beach which as you can see, it's a coral peach with a heavier pink undertone. 

Maybelline:

This is another product from a Latestinbeauty box and again this is a colour which I think does not suit my complexion however I think it's a great way to tone down a bright colour by putting it on top of that. This is 710- Sultry Sand. 

Revlon: 

This was a recent purchase from boots as they were having a sale for 2 for £10 on all lip products by Revlon! I decided to purchase a Matt colour burst that was  a very nice dark nude and I also purchased a red lipstick because honestly, who doesn't need one of those! The red is from the Revlon Ultra HD collection in the shade 875- HD Gladiolus.

This is from the ColourBurst collection in the shade 225- Sultry Sulfureuse. This is a matte balm and I absolutely love this- I want more!!

Swatches:

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Lush

Lush Love

Over the years, I watched a lot of Lush hauls on YouTube and walked past a lot of Lush stores but I never went in to see the store nor the products. 

But I finally decided to go for it! I went in on 2nd September 2015, around 2pm with my little brother.

On entering the shop, we caught a whiff of different fragrances and to be honest it was overwhelming. We were then approached by a young sales assistant who asked if we needed help. I said 'yes' and expressed my dilemma in what I should buy. I also let her know that it was my first time in the store and my first time buying so I needed help in what to chose. I mentioned that I wanted to purchase something for my mum so she can relax. The assistant was very helpful and told me a lot about the different bath bombs and their scents. She also demonstrated how it works. 

I must have sniffed five different bath bombs and five different bubble bars before I decided what to chose. I decided to stay safe and chose one of each. 

Bath bomb: This was the one I chose for my mother. It's called 'Tisty Tosty' and smells like roses! It is heart shaped and has seven rose buds mixed in it.

It cost me £3.35 and for the price it is worth it- however I am unaware of how it looks in the bath... 

Bubble bar: I chose 'A French Kiss' which smells like lavender and Rosemary. It looks very appealing with a lavender steam stuck inside the pyramid shaped bar. The bar has been pigmented with purple and white and I assume that it will turn purple in the water. This is a crumble type of product so you get more use out of this therefore it cost £4.25. 

I thanked the assistant for helping me (wish I got her name but don't worry, I shall find out) and went to check out. The cashier asked if I would like a catalogue and I thought- what better way to see what I want! 

I think my first time there was a little magical- the scents I smelt has something to do with that and I can't wait to try more... I think a lush haul may be on my cards in the very near future... 

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Collection Contour Kit & Speedy Highlight

Welcome back to my blog and today I am looking at Collections contour kit and speedy highlighter. 

The contour kits' retail price is £4.19 however you will be able to find deals in both Superdrug and Boots. So far, Superdrug is much cheaper only costing you £2.79 for the product whilst in boots it cost £3.99. But, you get more points from buying at boots, so which deal is better for you? As for the speedy highlighter, it retails at £3,99 and can be purchased at superdrug for only £2.66. 

The packaging of the contour kit is basic. It is black cased plastic that had two clear windows which showcase the highlighting colour and the contour colour with the brand name above it and the products name below it. For this sort of product, I don't particularly mind that it is very standard which is fine because for the price, this is well worth the money. The Charlotte Tilbury in comparison cost £49 which has a rose gold packaging and holds imprinted powder in them. The collection contour kit also holds a small rectangular shaped mirror inside the top part of the packaging. Some people might think that the mirror is too small to even be able to use and therefore might disregard it however, the knowledge of knowing that you have a mirror is more than enough just in case, you are out and about and you need to touch up on your makeup. Its's better to have a small mirror than no mirror at all, right? 

The speedy highlight is in stick form and has been packaged by the same shade of the highlight colour which I do like. It had a silver barrel at the bottom which you twist and I personally think that this highlight has a lot of product. Some people don't like stick form highlights however its just so much easier to use and carry. You can either apply it directly, use your finger or a brush, the choice is yours to make.

Swatches:
Based on first impressions alone, I am really impressed with the swatches of each colour, the contour kit has a very nice, soothing texture, which glides on easily and the highlight has a much thinner texture which allows the product to have a slight sheen to it. 

I personally am really impressed with these products based on price and swatches. I cannot wait to use these and share images with you. Be on the look out for them and check out my instagram for quick scoops of new products I try! 
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