Hello everyone!
Firstly, I owe you all a massive apology. This post did not go up by five o'clock, and I have a good excuse, I promise! I recently got a job (I know right, whaaaat?!) and I work right up till 5pm, meaning that from now on my posts will just be on Sundays, no time limits whatsoever. This gives me some time to create good posts for you guys! Thanks for understanding!
If you read my post from last week, you'll know that I've been shopping recently and I MAY have splurged a little on some new drugstore makeup products. Ahem. In my defence, I've just come into a bit of money, alright? (And no, I don't mean that in a dodgy gangster less-than-legal kind of way. More on that later.) I felt like treating myself a little and my makeup bag was sorely lacking in a few products, so my mum and I popped into Boots and damage was done. I regret nothing.
Anyhow, I picked up five products: a mascara, two lip balms, an eyeshadow palette, and a BB cream, and over the past week I've been testing them extensively in order to provide a good review for this weeks post. Let's get cracking, shall we?
Starting with the basics, my first purchase was the Rimmel Skin Perfecting Super Makeup BB Cream in the shade Very Light (phew, what a mouthful). I picked this up because, quite simply, I'd run out of my holy grail BB cream (Maybelline Dream Matte, you know it) and I felt like a change. I have to say, I'm really liking this product. It's a much lighter shade than my Maybelline cream, which (dare I say it) is probably better for my skin as it blends more seamlessly. It's less oily than my Maybelline one too (although that could just be because I've had my Maybelline one for yonks) and is similar in texture to my Benefit Big Easy BB Cream, which I love but can't really afford to repurchase. It instantly evens my skin tone, covers the majority of small blemishes (the biggies I save for concealer) and feels light and moisturising on the skin. Big thumbs up from me so far.
Next I picked up a mascara, because I'd run out of my old one. I'm a fussy girl when it comes to mascaras; I need the shade Brown Black (because I've got really fair eyelashes), I need natural looking, separated lashes, and NO CLUMPS. So I tried the No.7 Lovely Lashes mascara, because it had my shade and I've loved the No.7 mascaras in the past. I wasn't disappointed. This mascara is, well, lovely (heh heh). It's lengthening, volumising and not too clumpy. Olivia likes.
Next up, and probably my favourite of them all, is the L'Oreal La Palette Nude in the shade Rose. I'd been lusting after this palette ever since it came out, and I didn't have ANY eyeshadow palettes, so I thought that was suitable justification for purchasing it. The shade of this palette are just divine. As a gal who likes more than a little rosy hue, I am more than happy with the offering from this palette. There's a nice mix of shimmers (6) and mattes (4) and the colour range goes from a light silvery highlighting shade to a deep glittery plum perfect for a smokey eye. At the moment, I'm attempting to expand my eyeshadow choices and be a little more adventurous with colour combinations, and I have to say, I've really been enjoying wearing the darker shades from this palette to create slightly more dramatic eye looks. I am so happy with the formula of these shadows, too; they're suitably buttery, soft and generally have a decent colour payoff, and blend nicely on the eyes with an eyeshadow brush. With a primer they're pretty long lasting, too - always a bonus.
Finally, I've got two balms from Lanolips - their Lemonaid Lip Aid and Colour SPF in the shade Rhubarb (both of which were on my Wishlist ages ago). It's a toss up between the two, but if I had to choose, I'd say the Lemonaid is slightly better than the Colour SPF. But only slightly - these are some seriously good lip balms. The Lemonaid smells and tastes divine, is very comfortable and moisturising on the lips, and is long-lasting too, perfect for Winter when chapped lips come to town. Much the same can be said for the Colour SPF, except that this adds a sheer wash of colour where the Lemonaid does not. The only downside to the Colour SPF is the smell, which I'm not a massive fan of, but if you can get past that, it's a pretty fab lip balm overall.
So that just about concludes my drugstore haul! I hope you enjoyed reading about my recent purchases and my thoughts on them. I'm really very happy with this week's loot - I hope you like these products too, if you have them, and if you don't, I hope you're now tempted to go out and buy them!
Until next week,
Olivia x
