Saturday, 26 October 2013

L'Oreal Skin Perfection 3 in 1 Purifying Micellar Solution

DISCLAIMER: All opinions are my own and product was bought with my own money.

L'Oreal Micellar Water
I'd heard about this product from essiebutton when she did a blog post on alternatives to bioderma (found here). Now don't get me wrong I do want to try Bioderma as every beauty blogger is raving about this, but I thought I would start at the cheaper end of the scale first to see if micellar water did anything for my skin before I went higher in price range.

For an in depth look at what micellar water is Lab Muffin can explain it a lot easier then I can here

I have been using this product religiously for a week and my skin feels a whole lot better then it was at the start of the trial. My skin feels a lot lighter (if you know what I mean) and doesn't feel tight. It also pulls off my makeup and any other nasties that have been lurking on my face.

Overall I thought this was a great toner and it made my skin feel really refreshed, and one I will carry on using in my skincare regime.

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Gemma
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Friday, 25 October 2013

Koala Bear - M.U.A

DISCLAIMER: All opinions are my own, and product was bought with my own money.

Superdrug - £1.00

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Koala Bear
Koala Bear MUA
Koala Bear on the nails
This is a polish I thought would be good for Autumn and with the wet weather we have been having lately this grey colour seems appropriate.

The Polish is quite reasonably priced at £1.00 from Superdrug, and you get quite an amount in the bottle.

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Bottle and Brush
The brush is the classic nail polish brush and the polish goes on quite sheer when you first put it onto the nails. When I put the second coat on it didn't make the colour opaque it still looked quite sheer. 3 coats seems the best idea when putting this polish on or having a white polish underneath it.

The polish wasn't too drippy and went onto the nail quite easily with not very many mistakes (especially on the dreaded right hand).

Overall it is a nice polish, the only bug bear is the 3 coats but other then that a nice autumn colour.

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Gemma
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Tuesday, 22 October 2013

£1 Nail Polish Removers

DISCLAIMER: All opinions are my own, and products have been bought with my own money.

While perusing the local Poundland I found some nail polish removers and thought I would give them a try.

I'm removing Sally Hansen's Haute Chocolate from my nails so this will be a baptism of fire for them.

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The Products

Nail Polish Remover Pads


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Nail Polish Remover Pads


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Inside the tub

When you open the tub the tub is covered with foil which you have to remove to get into the tub.

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Thickness of  remover pad
As you can see the pads weren't very thick so I wasn't expecting all that much from these.

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4 Pads for 1 Hand
I ended up using 4 of the wipes for just one hand, the wipes are quite thin and they seem to dry out quite quickly.

I wasn't that impressed with them but the nail varnish was on quite thickly, so there may be a round 2 coming up.


Nail Polish Remover Tub.

£1 Nail Polish Remover Tub
Nail Polish Remover Tub

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Inside the tub

Inside the tub you have a sponge that has been soaked in nail polish remover, it also has a split in the sponge so you can put your finger in to remove the polish from your nail (see image below)

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Split inside the tub
This worked quite well, I was surprised with how good this actually was (I was even surprised about the split in the sponge).

The remover does have acetone in so this won't be any help to anyone who have false nails on, but overall a brilliant remover and I will purchase this again especially when I am going away.

Nail Polish Corrector Pen 


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Nail Polish Corrector Pen
Once I repainted my nails it was time for the corrector pen to be tested.

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What the pen looks like
The corrector pen was really good, it worked well remove the polish from around the nails, but the only downfall is that it only comes with one nib, so the pen will only be good for 2 to 3 uses before it gets clogged with nail polish on the nib.

I would re-buy this but only if I'm going away and need a corrector pen.


Conclusions

Overall these were good products, I don't think I will buy the remover pads again but the pot and the corrector pen I will.

So if it's skint week and you want to do your nails on a budget these are a good idea.



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Gemma
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Sunday, 20 October 2013

Rub Rub Rub - Lush

I was in Lush a while ago and the sales girl asked me if I had tried their body scrub 'Rub, Rub, Rub', my reply was of course no I have never tried this before. So after a 5 minute demonstration of the scrub and the results on my hands, I was sold and bought a tub right there and then.


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Rub Rub Rub
As you can see like all Lush packaging it is simple but quite eye catching because of its simplicity.


Rub Rub Rub Inside the tub
Inside the tub

The actual product doesn't look that appealing it's all seasalt and basically a tub of blue goo, but it does smell lovely (reminds me of the beach and the sea)

On the skin
On the Hand

All you need to do is put some on your skin and rub it in. I will forewarn you that if you want a really deep scrub put the product on before you go in the shower, if you want a softer scrub put it on while you are in the shower.

Once rubbed in
Once it's all rubbed in
As you can see once it's rubbed into the skin the product changes colour, once you wash the product off (I did my hand as a dry scrub) the product turns really smooth under the water and it leaves your skin feeling all smooth and lovely.

You can also use it in your hair to add volume (I've not tried this yet as my hair has got enough volume and any more I might get arrested for noise pollution)

It retails at Lush for £8.25 for 330g, this tub has lasted me awhile and is only a quarter full (will probably feature in my October empties)


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Gemma
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Friday, 18 October 2013

Love Nails - Sinful Colors

DISCLAIMER: All opinions are my own, and products were bought with my own money unless stated otherwise
  
Love Nails - Sinful Colors

I recently painted my nails with Sinful Colors - Love Nails shade.

It's a very nice shade completely different colour when it is on your nails then in the bottle, it has a lovely shimmer to it. The consistency is not too drippy and doesn't blob when you put it onto your nail.
2 coats are just enough to make the polish opaque.

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Gemma
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Saturday, 31 August 2013

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Welcome to Beauty Skool Dropout

Welcome to Beauty Skool Dropout

This is new territory for me blogging about beauty products, but I buy them all the time, I love to indulge in the girly arts once in a while.

I have been blogging on another blog (My Simple Life) re nail enamel and a cosmetics clear out that I had but I didn''t know if my blog was becoming too saturated with different things. So I decided I might try my hand at a beauty blog and see what happens.

So welcome to my journey through various elements of the beauty sphere.

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Gemma
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