My simple and easy make up routine lately..

Hello my beauties..
Since returning from my holiday, i will admit that i have become slightly lazy with my make up routine. While i was out there on holiday, i hardly wore any make up, so i could soak up enough sun on my face, and now that my skin has a healthy glow, i am still in the holiday mode where i don't want to wear too much make up but just enough to cover any imperfections i feel i may have.

So, i thought i would do a little post showing you how my face of the day has been looking lately, and what i have been wearing on my face since returning home.

I am wearing..

Helen E Cosmetics Foundation in shade Loren..

Collection 2000 Lasting Perfection Concealer..

17 Instant GLOW bronzer bronzing rocks..

Barry M Black Eyeliner..

Rimmel Lash Accelerator Mascara in Black..

Oriflame Eyebrow Palette..

Vivo Lipstick in shade Pink Sweetie ..

Collection 2000 Fast Stroke Liquid Liner in Black.

I am absolutely in love with this look, it's tanned and bronzed with a slightly darker eye and some colour on the lips to make it pop. I'm sorry the quality of the photos are not very good, but i was using my phone camera for these selfies.

Has your make up routine changed over the summer?
What are you loving at the moment?

Ana
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Oriflame Blush Review

Hello everyone,
I've been meaning to do this post for a while, and I've had it stored away for ages.

When i attended the Scarlett London bloggers meet up a few weeks back, i was introduced to a new brand, Oriflame, i have already wrote a review on their eyebrow palette kit, which you can find here, and i now have a blusher review from them.

This blusher in the shade "Fresh Pink" has become one of my favourites and it it has come all the way with me on my holiday to Portugal. Its such a pretty pink shade, and when you rub the brush into the palette you pick up just the right amount of product so you are not wasting lots of it away.

There is no shimmer in this colour and it generally lasts me through out my whole day, I've also noticed that if you are like me and have really defined cheek bones, then this pretty pink shade stands out so much more. I've had a fair few compliments on it and i love wearing it.

This is the second product i have used from Oriflame, and i have to be totally honest when i say, they are surprising me in every aspect and i can not wait to purchase some more from them.

I have greasy skin, but this blusher manages to stay on and not bring back any of my shine,
would i recommend this blusher for anyone?  the answer is Yes defiantly. You could wear this colour during the day or mix it up with a darker eye for an evening look!

You can buy this product directly from the Oriflame website and at £8.95, i realise that may seem a little expensive for only a blusher, especially compared to some other high street ones but as a firm favourite of mine now, i would defiantly repurchase! You also have the choice of three pretty pink shades to choose from.

Oriflame Blush

Have you tried an Oriflame product or a blusher of theirs?

Ana
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Benefit Stay Flawless 15 Hour Primer Review

Hey guys,

WOW, I'm really behind on all my posts! A few months back i attended the Benefit event held at London's Ice Bar, where i got to mingle with a few bloggers, have some fun in the ice bar, be introduced to a new Benefit product and also get to take a goodie bag home with the product inside.

The product i am talking about is..

The Stay Flawless 15 hour Primer.

I'm a big fan of Benefit, the mascara They're Real, is one of my favourites and is always plastered on me for nights out, as it gives me the right effect, so i was well and truly excited to be able to test this new product out. I wore it the very next day to work, and that was where the excitement for me with the product finished!!

I'm not saying, its a totally bad product but i am telling you now, as a girl who has greasy skin, this does not work for me. Not at all.

Benefit says you apply the primer to your face in circular moves and then you apply your foundation straight after, so the primer is supposed to act like a magnet to your foundation and just lock it all into place. Benefit also says its supposed to last 15 hours on you, as a busy full time working girl, i am constantly on the go, so this sounded perfect, but what happened instead of it locking my foundation into place, it actually made my foundation appear patchy. I'm talking about small sections of my face were made noticeable to people, and it looked like i was suffering from some sort of skin problem. At work people were saying you haven't blended your foundation in properly..so i would rush to the bathroom, fix the mishap area and return, for me then, to go back to the toilet 40 minutes later and notice a new patch had formed.

I thought maybe this primer just doesn't work too well with the Benefit Hello Oxygen Foundation, so i went ahead and tried it with 2 more, a Number 7 foundation and a Rimmel BB cream, and both times, the same thing happened again, to an extent!

I read some more reviews based on this primer and to me it seems, that if you suffer from greasy skin, this is not the product for you. It may be quite good if you are a dry skin kinda girl, but i cant really review or judge that.

Lets talk about the actual design of this product, i love all the Benefit designs, i just think they are very cute, and unique to the brand, however this is a roll on primer, and they say to apply it in circular moves, to apply this to all the areas of your face, including near the nose was tricky, it is do-able but just not what I'm used to with a primer.

Overall, this product was cute looking and very hyped about, but it just doesn't work for me and my greasy skin and at £24.50p a pop, i think its a little pricy and isn't worth my money.

You can buy Stay Flawless Foundation from your local Boots Shop to give it a go yourself.

Have you tried this product out?
Ana
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