Review | Rimmel Stay Matte Pressed Powder

This is a product I think all beauty bloggers love and worship. I joined the bandwagon a little later than everyone else but I did join it about a year ago and I can honestly say I have never looked back since owning this product.

I have combination skin but when it gets oily, it really gets oily and it seeps right through my foundation (gross image, I know). So, a good powder is essential for me if I want my makeup to stay on all day.

I always buy this in the translucent shade because then it doesn’t change the colour of my foundation as I have a good match for my foundation at the moment. Using the translucent one also means that you can put quite a lot on without it looking too cakey.

For £3.99 I honestly don’t think you can go wrong with this product. I think I’m onto my 3^rd or 4^th pot of this and that shows that if you use a sensible amount it can last you quite a long time. I have of course tried other powders over the course of the time I have owned this one, but as of yet there haven’t been many that have come close to how much I love this one.

I only have one issue with the product and it’s not that big of an issue either. I don’t really like the packaging. As I said, I’ve had a few pots of this and I think 2 of the lids broke which made it a real pain to carry around in my makeup bag. That is the only flaw of this product so I highly suggest you give it a try if you haven’t already!

I have honestly used this product religiously since I bought it the first time and I’ve never seen a bad review of it. Rimmel really have hit the nail on the head with this one!

See you again on Friday! 

Love, Becca

-xoxo

Everyday Makeup

Hi everyone!

I know it's been a little while since I last posted but it's been a really busy week of exams for me and I honestly just haven't had the time or drive to sit down and write. So, I thought I'd leave it rather than write something really sloppy that no one will enjoy! 

Today I actually had a day off (hence why I have time to sit down and do this) and I only have 3 exams left and so I will be completely finished by Friday! This means I will have loads of free time for the next 11 or 12 weeks to write regular posts so make sure you keep an eye out for all of that!

Anyway, today I thought I'd share a really simple makeup look that I have been wearing quite a lot on the days where I actually have the time and energy to put any on! I've actually been really good with giving myself a break lately which has been really good for it!

So, basically this is the look I've been using for the past month or so which really takes no time at all but looks like you've actually put some effort in - so it's a win-win situation really!

To start off with, these are all the products I used to create this look:

Bourjois Chocolate Bronzer

Rimmel Stay Matte Pressed Powder

W7 Eyebrow Pencil - No link, sorry!

Natural Collection Eye Liner

Bourjois Healthy Mix Foundation

Rimmel Wake Me Up Concealer

e.l.f. Shimmer Gloss

Estee Lauder Sumptuous Extreme Mascara

In this photo, all of the skin products are on but nothing else.

At this point I have added the eyeliner.

And that was just some nice posing of the final look there for you!

I also thought it would be helpful to have a couple of close ups of the main features of the look - the eyes and lips.

I have re-discovered my brown eyeliner recently and I have been absolutely loving it! If you have blue eyes like me, brown eyeliner will be your best friend. It brings out the colour of your eyes so much better than black eyeliner does so I really do urge you to go and get yourself one, even if you don't have blue eyes just give it a go!

I hope you enjoyed this as I haven't really done a makeup tutorial in a while and I know this one was quite simple and brief, but I hope you all liked it nonetheless! 

Love, Becca

-xoxo

Review: Paul Mitchell Tea Tree Hair and Scalp Treatment

As you may have seen in my first Pink Parcel box opening, I received the Paul Mitchell Tea Tree Hairand Scalp Treatment which I was very excited about! So, today I decided to review it since I’ve used up the 22ml sample Pink Parcel supplied me with!

Now obviously I received this product as part of a monthly subscription so I only received a sample of the product, not a whole size container of it. However, I think with this product a little really would go a long way. I only had a 22ml sachet and I think I got 5 or 6 uses out of it, and as you’ve seen in my photos, I have relatively long hair – and I did use it all over my hair every time.

Full price for a 500ml bottle of this is around £25-£30 and I have linked you to the product at the start of the post if you would like to shop this product. So, for the price you are paying for a full bottle of this, it has to be worth it.

So here’s my verdict.

I used the product all over my scalp and all the way down the rest of my hair. I didn’t actually massage it for the 3-5 minutes that it suggests but that’s just because I’m lazy. However, when I did rinse it off after about a minute and a half to two minutes of massaging, my hair felt noticeably different. It’s that really nice feeling you get after using a really good conditioner and it felt really good.

Tea tree for me always has a cooling effect on whatever area of my body I use it on and I found that after I had used this, my scalp felt very cool and refreshed. This sounds weird, and it was a weird feeling for me at first but once you get used to it it’s actually really nice. If you suffer with sensitive scalp, this may be of use to you. I found the cooling effect really refereshing because I often get an itchy scalp (it’s not nits, I promise I just have a really sensitive scalp) and using this product really cooled and soothed it which was really nice for me.

Another thing I noticed with this product was that it changed how my hair felt quite drastically really. I could see the improvement on the damaged ends of my hair and my hair honestly felt amazing. I was going round getting everyone in my family to feel it because it honestly felt so soft!

Overall, I thought this was a really good product and I really enjoyed using it! 

I hope you enjoyed this little review - I feel like it's been ages since I did a proper review for you! 

See you next time!

Love, Becca

-xoxo

Brand Spotlight | Simple

Happy Sunday! Although it isn't really a very happy Sunday because I go back to school tomorrow after 2 weeks off and that makes me very sad.

However, it's the last stretch because exams start in less than a month so in less than 2 months GCSEs will be fully complete guys!! Woo, who else is excited!? 

Today I thought I'd do another brand spotlight, I did one of these a little while ago where I put W7 in the spotlight, you can read that here.

So, this brand spotlight is all about the Simple Skincare range. I've always been a huge fan of simple as my mum has used it for years so she always buys me there stuff (hence the huge collection you're about to see!) So, I thought since I've never really talked about it properly on here, why not? 

Simple Purifying Cleansing Lotion

Simple Vital Vitamin Foaming Cleanser

Simple Hydrating Light Moisturiser

Simple Eye Makeup Remover

Simple Refreshing Facial Wash Gel

Simple Soothing Facial Toner

I have linked each product to it's page on the Simple website so you can read what Simple has to say about their own products too! 

I love the Simple because they don't add in anything that isn't needed. This does mean that none of the products are scented but that's probably much better for your skin! Simple only uses the chemicals necessary to cleanse, moisturise or tone your skin, because that's all it's there to do! 

As you can probably see by the pink label on all the products, Simple is the UK's Number 1 skincare brand, and honestly I'm really not surprised. I love many other skincare brands like Clean & Clear and Garnier but Simple is my holy grail and probably always will be. 

I think the packaging is flawless too, it's really subtle and simple (see what I did there) and it just looks like it's going to be good. I can honestly say, if I hadn't already tried nearly every product and had never tried the brand before, the packaging would definitely make me want to try it. 

The cleansers leave your skin feeling really clean and the moisturisers leave your skin feeling as soft as a baby's bottom! I also really like the toner because unlike quite a lot of toners, this one is alcohol free. Sometimes I find the alcohol in toners irritates my skin a little bit, but I don't have that problem with this one. The eye makeup remover is also amazing because you don't need too much and it even gets rid of waterproof mascara and eyeliner which is just brilliant for me personally. It's also really refreshing as I find sometimes using an eye makeup remover sometimes irritates the skin around my eyes, however I don't have this issue here.

The final thing I want to say about Simple is it's totally 100% affordable. Prices don't often go above £5 making all their products totally teen affordable! Which is obviously a plus for all of us!

That's all I have to say really, I hope you enjoyed today's brand spotlight and I hope this post has inspired you to go and try some Simple skincare products! 

See you soon, 

Love, Becca

-xoxo