February Punk rocker blues.

Hey my loves.
So it is already Feb.. Did I blink and miss all of January. Nope perhaps not. I was just working constantly. But I did finally manage to start up the ole blog again. That is one plus that happened in January. 
Now for February.. I have a few exciting things happening in Feb. Well I lie. I have two, but it will happen on the same night.
Being the forever emo, punk rocker. I am seeing Good Charlotte for the very first time on the 15th Wooooo. As they are supporting my all time favourite band All Time Low. Yes. I am seriously stuck as a 16 year old in a 25 year old, fully fledged female body. But yes I will forever be the 16 year old fangirl. I'm an OG. 

Also it is that dreaded day that all us single girls hate. Valentines day. Although my own Valentines day gift to myself will be something from the show the next again day. But I am not one of those girls, who feel they need a man, just for that one day of their life. So I will be spending  it with friends and my little monster of a nephew. 

I am also excited for some of the new things I have to review on this very blog. There are plenty of new launches from Rimmel, L'Oreal and Jeffree star once I get my hands on it. Yes I am addicted to his liquid lipstick and youtube channel. 

Also this month I hope I can start to do some foodie posts on here again for healthier snacks and salads and soups. Gotta kick start that diet at some point. 

I think thats all I am excited for this month. What are you all excited for?

Ps Love.. Primark Make Up (First Impressions)

Hey guys, 

Just a little post on some of the new make up products, that Primark has brought out. I have done a review on some of the old make up products had around a year or so ago.

But going by what I have seen on Youtube and instagram, ect, Primark have revamped their make up and held an event, that bloggers ect got some products. I'm obviously like one of the sheep and went to check it out myself. My closest Primark, took an absolute age to get them in though and still don't have the Eyeshadow palettes, which I really want to try. Get it sorted Primark, Edinburgh need the eye shadows. 

So instead, I have went for the following items, I picked up an extra eyebrow pencil in light (£1), felt eye liner (£1.50), Kohl eye liner (£1.50) and the volume boost mascara (£1). So I got a bunch of cosmetics for £5. I could have got some of the lipglosses and lipsticks available, but I picked up a lipstick when I first seen them in and I wasn't too impressed.

I have swatched both eyeliners on my hand and the felt tip liner is still as pigmented as it was when I first applied it on my hand. The kohl liner isn't as pigmented but still there. I haven't tried the mascara yet but I have high hopes for it. 

The packaging is very sleek, with matte black and gold accents. It does look very nice, I hope the products are as  good as the packaging. 

Have you guys tried any of the new Primark cosmetics? Do you like them? Leave me a comment. 

Bye Guys 

The one on the left is the felt tip liner (with a bit feathering) and the Kohl on right.

Marion

5 January Favourites

Hey Guys and Dolls,

This is just a quick post on some of the products I have been loving this month. 

Soap and Glory Eyeliners

I managed to pick up a set of the eyeliner sets that boots where doing for Christmas. 

The set has a black, brown, purple, green and blue liners (there will be a post up soon about them :)) These are the most creamy eyeliners I have EVER tested that are on the high street. I know in the permanent line you can get the black and brown liners.

Concrete Minerals eyeshadow in X's and O's

This was a gift I got for Christmas off of my friend Lauren and I absolutely love this colour. Its a magenta purple with silver sparkle, that looks amazing against my blue eyes. 

Maybelline The Volum' Express Colossal Smokey Mascara

I love this mascara. It gives me prefect lashes every time. Since the last mascara that I loved was £18 i decided to give this one a go, since I got it in my December Glossybox. It was really good and I'm highly impressed with it. 

Sleek Matte Me in Fandango Purple
I love wearing matte lips everyday and this is just the most perfect fuchsia purple to wear with a thin black eyeliner look. I do have an in depth post coming soon on them. 

Real Techniques Expert face brush
I bought this in a blog sale, as I was dubious on how good these actually were. I have bought a few cheaper alternatives before I seen it on the blog sale for £5. So I snapped it up and I'm definitely in love with it.


What have you dolls been loving this month?

Marion

High street VS High End #1

Hey Girls, 

Hope you all had a great weekend. I have a new series starting on this blog, called high street vs high end. Its basically just going to be dupes of high end products. 

For this one, I have MUA's dupe of an Urban Decay Palette. 
So in the UD corner, we have the Smoked Palette and in the MUA corner we have the Smokin Palette. 

These are two very similar in colours palettes. The first noticeable difference is the packaging. The MUA is in the normal black plastic packaging, where as  UD uses a gorgeous black zip closing packaging that has a massive mirror attached. 
Also the prices are very, very different. The UD smoked is priced at £35, where as MUA is priced at very purse friendly £6. 

What is included in the Palette?
Both palettes have 10 eye-shadows and a black eye pencil.
The UD one came with a sample sized eye primer and a booklet on different eye looks you can make with the shadows. 

Pigment, texture, blendability

Some swatches so you can see the colour difference.

Both palettes have pretty similar colours in them. The colours all have names, they both have a mixture of mattes and shimmer. They have matte cream, nude and black. The shimmers range from beautiful jewel tones the UD ones are more black toned colours. They also have some bronze colours and silver/greys. 
UD shadows are buttery soft and blend seamlessly. The MUA ones are a bit more chalky on some of the shadows, but they are soft and blend lovely too. Although they are not pigmented as the UD ones. 


Round up 
MUA have made a very good dupe of Smoked, although some of the colours are a little off, but lovely all the same. The eye liner that came with the palette is the best I have seen on the high street in a long time. It is creamy and pigmented, although it came without a lid.. downfall there for that. The palette is great for the price and would be a great start to smoky eyes for learners or beginners. All you need is in the palette apart from mascara. 

The UD palette is amazing, I really can not fault it. The shadows are amazing and the smooth and silky soft. I love it.

I will post some pictures later.

Laters girls 

Marion 
xx

Colours are bronze-Barlust Purple-Rockstar, Blue-Evidence, green- Loaded, Grey- Asphalt
White- Kinky, cream-Freestyle, Grey-mushroom, Brown- Backdoor, black- Blackout

The colours are row 1 purple- icon, blue- unleash, green-Chaos, dark grey- Wicked
White- Glory, Boudoir, Ghost, Fantasy,Mythical, Broken

Primark make up Hit or Miss

When I was in Primark the other day I noticed that they had some cheap make up, that I thought I would try.
They do have more than I currently have, but I didn't want to try all of it as some of it did look cheap and tacky. I have got some lipsticks and lip stains. I also have the eyeliner as I got recommended it, by a twitter friend.

Swatches of the lipstains in red and pinky/purple

The lip stains were the most expensive at £1.50 each and I got myself two colours as I got one and it was really nice and pigmented and lasted a long time. But the pinky purple one while it is pigmented, it doesn't last very long.But then again I cant really complain much as it was only £1.50 and you get what you pay for, Id give them a 6/10.

Swatches of the lipsticks

The lipsticks are £1 each, as some of you all know you can get amazing lipsticks for £1 by MUA, so I was excited by the fact that Primark had brought some out in my local store. I picked up the 3 shades of pink that they had in store to have a little shot with them as I really do need to get some new lipsticks but just don't have a lot of money to buy them. They do come out really pigmented when you swatch them on your hand but on the lips it takes a good few coats of them to show up properly on your lips. They are a lovely creamy consistency but they do dry your lips really badly, for that id give them a 6/10.

Swatch of the eyeliner

The eyeliner cost £1 for two eyeliner pencils and a sharpener, great for budget purposes but not so amazing for the waterline where I normally put kohl liner. But they do work well for the smudged liner look. They are highly pigmented and creamy for the price they are it shocked me. Id maybe give them about an 5/10.

All in all i think the Primark beauty brand is a good idea for those maybe just starting with make up, or a teenager who is a bit clumsy or messy and loses things easily. Its purse friendly but I wouldn't go out my way to buy the things again.

Cya later guys.

m
xx