Barry M Matte Nail Polish

Barry M is known for their colourful cosmetics. I love the range of colours they have in their nail varnishes and I have quite a few of them!

I was shopping the other day and I wanted to buy some more Autumnal make up and when I go shopping I always have to take a look at the Barry M section and see what nail polish they have and if there are new ones out.

I noticed they had some matte nail polish and from photos I have seen on matte polish I like the look so had to try some.  I bought crush which is the one on the left the berry kind of colour and Espresso on the right the black colour. I had to buy the black as I think the look black matte polish has is fab!

One thing I absolutely love about this polish is that it dries really quickly! I hate waiting for nails to dry and find I am an expert at smudging them!

I love how the black looks once applied but the crush one I cant say I like it matte, I think I would prefer it with shine lol.

So far I haven't chipped it as I think Barry M do chip fairly quick for me. Will I buy any more matte colours? Probably not, I don't think I can get away with matte nails lol, so I will stick to the shiny colours!

Emma

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Soap and Glory Mist You Madly Body Spray

Soap and Glory Mist you Madly Body Spray is a 'flirty, floral fragrant body spray'. Soap and Glory products have always smelt amazing and this is no disappointment!  Soap and Glory is available at Boots.

The first time I tried this was when I received a Soap and Glory gift set at Christmas and it contained a big bottle of this. I absolutely loved it and the scent is amazing!!

As mentioned you can get a bigger version of this 250ml and this is for £6.50 which is more value for money but I got the smaller 100ml version for my bag and that is £3.50. Look at me doing my maths working out value ;)

This is a good size for carrying around in your handbag and is great for as it is put on the website 'flash of fabulous'. 

It has bergamot, 

blackcurrent, magnolia, freesia, vanilla and musk. I think I can smell the vanilla and musk the most :)

I find the scent lasts a long time and I have had a few comments on how nice it smells. Depending on how much you spritz at a time will depend on how long it lasts but I wouldn't say you need too much of this at one time.  A spritz here and there perhaps!

I want to try and save my perfumes for more special occasions instead of everyday, which is really hard as I have to put perfume on lol. So this works as a great replacement.

Emma

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The Sunshine Award

I have been nominated twice for the Sunshine Award from the lovely http://www.beauty4free2u.com/ and http://petitegirlbigworld.blogspot.co.uk/ who both have fantastic blogs, so make sure to check them out!

The Sunshine Award is given to those who inspire us and bring sunshine into our lives :)

Rules:

Include Award Logo in or on your blog post.

Link to the person who nominated you

Answer 10 questions about yourself

Nominate other bloggers to give this award to

These are my questions from http://www.beauty4free2u.com/ :)

1. What is the most embarrassing thing that has ever happened to you? My life is one big embarrassment! I dont even know where to start lol, if I leave the house I will embarrass myself one way or another and if not myself, my friends! I try to forget.......

2. When did you wear for the first time a foundation?  I started wearing make up all the time when I think when I was in year 10 so 15/16?

3. What make-up would you never ever put on? I dont know D:

4. Where to was your favorite vacation? I have never been abroad and havent been on holiday in over 11 years and it was always to the same area lol so I have to say Cornwall as its the only place I have been! I will keep dreaming though lol!

5. Who's your favorite beauty guru? I love Lisa Eldridge and Caroline Hirons.

6. Is there a lipstick color you would never wear?  Browns.

7. Do you ever go out of the house without make-up? Very rarely but I dont wear much make up anyway lol

8. What is the one thing you like about blogging the most? Talking to other Bloggers is fun!

9. What is your favorite dessert? New York Cheesecake without any sauce.... just plain and simple! <3

10. What is your dream job? Why? I want to work in the Film/Television industry as it has always interested me and either as a make up artist or scriptwriter!

My 11 questions from http://petitegirlbigworld.blogspot.co.uk/ are :)

1. Who is your favourite blogger at the moment? I have too many to choose from as I have more then one favourite lol. But here are some links to blogs I enjoy reading :)

myprettyobsessions.blogspot.com

beauty4free2u.com

justinawho.blogspot.com

2. If you watch Youtube, who's your favourite Youtuber? I love Zoella, Tanya Burr, Lisa Eldridge, Danisnotonfire and AmazingPhil.

3. What's your favourite Mac Lipstick or Mac Product (if you don't own any lipsticks)? I dont own any Mac Lipsticks, I really need to try one! But I love Rimmel Lipsticks and the only other MAC products I have tried are their face and body foundation and fix spray both to which I wasnt that excited about lol.

4. What is your favourite online beauty site to buy from? Boots!

5. How did you initially find out about blogging? I think through Youtube when watching peoples videos lol

6. What camera do you use to take photographs for your blog and do you have any recommendations? Im no camera expert so I dont have any recommendations lol but I either use my ipad... thats right lol my ipad! Or my Nikon :)

7. How many posts to do publish every week on average? I am really bad at not posting regularly and if I try to schedule it doesnt work for me!

8. What's your favourite budget buy?  I am very good at spending lol! But I try not to go expensive on Nail Polish and I only try to get it when its on offer.

9. What's your favourite high end buy? I love buying perfume and love Chanel Chance!

 

10. How often do you go clothes shopping?  I very rearely come back with new clothes as I usually spend it on beauty products!

11. How often do you properly clear out your wardrobe? Not often enough!

I hope you enjoyed reading my answers lol and I nominate everyone who reads this to do this tag :)

My Questions are:

1. What is your favourite beauty product you own?

2. What is something you bought that you thought would be good but was disappointed with?

3. If you could do anything in the world, what would it be and why?

4. One item you cant live without?

5. If you have £5000.00 to splurge what would you buy?

6.  Tell us one random fact about yourself?

7.  Favourite Foundation?

8.  Name 3 of your favourite bloggers?

9. If you had to have either good hair and bad make up or bad make up and good hair which one would you choose?

10.  Favourite Perfume?

Bioderma Sensibio AR Compact Anti Rougeurs

Hey guys, sorry I havent dont much posting this week but I have a stinking cold and havent felt up to it!

Anyway I wanted to do a quick post on this Bioderma Sensibio Compact I was sent by Farmaline. 

I love and I know a lot of people love Bioderma Cleanser so when I received this I was very excited! But then came the bad part.... unfortunately the colour I received was suitable for a more darker tone :( So I am unable to try this but I thought I would share with everyone what it does as I like the sound of it :)

The Bioderma Compact is a corrector for redness on the skin and is specially formulated for sensitive skin that is prone to redness. It helps to reduce the redness and even out complexion. I love the sound of this as I get quite red on my chin area from eczema so this sounds like it would be great to cover it! This is around £15.47.

Its really nice and creamy and it also protects from UV sun rays.  It has a mirror and comes with a sponge hidden underneath. 

I think this only comes in 2 shades which is light and dark. I would love to try the light but I would want to test it first to make sure it is light enough as I dont want to waste £15.00! 

Emma

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Lierac Paris Huile Sensoirielle Aux 3 Fleurs Blanches

Lierac Paris Huile Sensoirielle Aux 3 Fleurs Blanches is a sensory oil for the face, body and hair. It nourishes and regenerates the skin for 24hours and when added to bath water diffuses a scent of relaxation.

I received this in my box of goodies from Farmaline :) I have tried this in my bath, on my hair and face and body.

The Lierac Huile Sensoirielle contains Jasmine,Gardenia and Camellia which provide relaxation  anti oxidant and restructure  It also contains Hazelnut Oil,  Almond Oil, Grape seed Oil, Argan Oil to help moisturise. There is also scents of  osmanthus, amber fresh vanilla, precious woods and vetive. 

I think the scent to this is a nice sweet smell but its not as nice as the Galenic Creme  lol but still good! The smell to the Galenic just made a big impression on me!

Hair:  I used this on the mid to end lengths of my hair as where I ombre'd it this was where my hair was really dry. As suggested I places some Sensory Oil in the palm of my hand and then scrunched into my hair. I cant really say it soften my hair that much but it did leave a nice perfume scent and made it a bit more shiny.

Face and Body:  Again I applied an amount into my palm and applied to my face and body, this is meant to absorb quickly and not feel greasy which once absorbed it doesn't feel greasy.  It made my skin feel nice and soft and has helped towards banishing my dry patches!

Bath:   I added this to my bath and this is meant to help relax and become a softening and protective bath milk water.  For me it didn't really relax me any more then a bath normally would lol.

This is around £21 on Farmaline, would I buy it myself? Probably not but thats not because I dont like the product as I think for dry skin on the face and body its perfect but I would rather go for a cheaper alternative and use something like Johnsons Baby Oil as that works just as well for me.

Emma

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Galenic Argane Creme Confort Infinite

The Argane Creme Confort Infinite was sent to me in my package from Farmaline http://emmaloujohansson.blogspot.com/2013/10/farmaline.html . I have never heard of Galenic Paris before but Galenic are a 'youthful skin expert, Galenic proposes high end, natural beauty products sold in pharmacies'. 

I was sent the Argane Creme Confort Infinite which is for very dry skin which you apply morning and/or evening to the face and neck,  this sounds perfect for me! It also helps protect the skin from signs of ageing which is an added bonus as I dont want no wrinkles!

It contains Argane Oil with Vitamin E, this helps to moisturise and nourish, Argane Peptides which stimulate cell renewal, Beeswax which is also nourishing and protective,Shea Butter which is nourishing, protective and repairs, Seasme Oil which is nourishing and prevents the skin from drying and Calendula extracts which is cooling and finally Vitamin E which is an antioxidant.

This all sounds really good to me so I was pretty excited to try this out. 

The first thing in which I noticed about this product was the smell, its absolutely incredible!! This applies really well and absorbs well too, leaving that wonderful scent behind! This Creme works wonders, my skin is no longer dry :) and this will be great for the winter months for me when my skin can get really bad and dry out. You also do not need to apply a lot of this.

This is around £27.00 for 50ml at Farmaline which isnt on the cheap side but it is better then having dry skin. I found last year when my skin got really bad that nothing was working for me, if only I knew about this then!

Galenic you have impressed me! I would love to try some more of their products and hope they are as good as this. You can do a skin diagnostics on their website http://www.galenic.com/my-diagnosis/skin# where you answer 5 questions and they recommend certain products of theirs for your skin needs.

Have you heard of Galenic before?

Emma

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MUA Pro Base Primer

I think this is the second time I have tried a Makeup Academy make up product, the first was some eyeshadow palettes but I ended up throwing them away because they were too bright and I didnt wear bright eyeshadow lol. I have also previously tried their nail fur and beads http://emmaloujohansson.blogspot.com/2013/09/mua-fur-effects-and-mua-nail.html .

I dont actually wear primer that much only if I am going out as thats when I want my make up to last. I didnt want to pay out too much for one and so I found this one in Superdrug. I tried to find this on their website to link it but its not on there...

On the back of the 27ml bottle it says ' A velvety smooth formula that feels light on your skin and creates a flawless even complexion. Wear alone or under foundation for a long lasting finish.'

I do like this primer, it doesnt feel greasy and does feel light on the skin and doesn't cling to dry patches. I cant say its evened out my complexion....maybe a tiny bit? But it does keep my make up lasting longer. It has a really faint scent, so faint that I cant make out what might have a similar scent lol.

When you apply foundation over the top, foundation does apply over it well and it all blends nicely. I have tried different foundations with this primer such as Max Factor Whipped Creme, Revlon Colorstay and Revlon Photoready Foundation. All which look great and stay great when using this primer.

This is a good primer for the price, I think it was something like £4 or £5. I have also used a smashbox primer before and between the two I like each for different reasons as I find the smashbox primer does even out complexion but MUA's doesnt for me, but MUA feels nice and light and blends reall well. I suppose it depends on what kind of mood I am in to what primer I use for going out.

Emma

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