Illamasqua Blush In Tremble

I've decided that I'm going to have to start doing some scheduled posts. In summer I can be super busy for a week and have no chance to get on my Laptop, then I'll have naff all to do for the next three days! Sadly my little blog is suffering from my unorganised life!

I bought this blush as a bit of an impulse buy! I wasn't intending to spend £16.50 on a blush but I had some money form work so I thought I'd treat myself! Similarly to the post on my Mac Lipstick *here* this is going to be more of an 'is it worth the money' post.

Packaging wise I can't fault this. When you spend a lot of money on an item you want it to look nice, whether we like to admit it or not the look of the packaging is important! This looks super sleek and expensive and is exactly what I'd want for the money!

I got this around two months ago and have used it more than 3/4 of the time since I bought it. As you can see I haven't even brushed off the embossed layer! If we're talking value for money you only need a tiny but of this so It's gonna last you a while! Also regarding longevity during the day I've noticed a significant difference between this and my drugstore blushers. 

 

The sales woman recommended I get the colour Tremble, so I did! I would definitely recommend asking them to recommend a colour for you.

Is it worth it?

This is a luxurious product, it looks beautiful on the skin and in your makeup bag! I love owning it and I am really glad I spent the money on it. However If you're new to makeup and want to experiment with colour/style then I'd suggest getting four or five cheaper blushers. But if you want something that is fancy and a bit more grown up then I love this!

This is all,

Gemmm xxx

New Header For The Blog!

I rather limited myself to blog design by including the word 'red' in my blog name (due to my ginger hair). However I'm a big fan of floral and general 'shabby chic' designs so this was the best compliation of the two! 

This is my very very scratched NYC Chroma faceglow in the colour Moonstone. As you can see I've used quite a lot of it, it's actually discontinued so I won't go into too much detail. Basically If you are into to sheer blushers then this is worth hunting down. It honestly gives a beautiful glow to skin that looks very natural and very pretty. I got mine from poundland and I also have it in the colour Sunstone which is a gorgeous burnt orange. 

This is one of my most worn cheek products, especially in winter when I don't wear too much colour on my cheeks. If I ever see these again then I will be picking up quite a few duplicates as they're really great, I'll also probabley pick up a few for a giveaway too. Anyway I'm off now, it's time for a hot chocolate then bed!

Oh to any bloggers out there, has the spell check button on the new post page stopped working for you too? Or is it just me?

This is all, 

Gemmm xxx

Elf Shimmering Facial Whip

I was quite looking forward to receiving this as I'd had my eye on it for a while. I'm also finding myself falling in love witt the whole concept of cream blushers. They're just so easy to work with and generally lovely. Cream blushes never cease to surprise me with how little I need to get a quite an intense colour. Sadly this doesn't have that quality, you need quite a lot to get a good colour.

The colour I have here is Citrus which I thought would be a great shade for me, but alas I wish I'd have gone with something like Pink Lemonade instead, just because it's a little brighter. You can see from the swatch that the colour is just generally dull. My favourite thing about this is the finish, it's very pretty and pearly without being shimmery. However it's pretty hard to achieve the finish as this is not an easy product to apply!

All in all I don't feel any loss from having this and won't be getting rid of it, but it very rarely gets used as I have so many other nicer blushes, plus the colour also isn't great so I just don't tend to reach for it.

I hope this review was of some help,

What's your favourite cream blush?

This is all, 

Gemmm xxx

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Maybelline Dream Mousse Blush

I forgot to apologise in my previous post for being MIA for while. I went to Rome during half term, (which was amazing by the way).I did try and do a post the night before I went, but my laptop shut down, literally just as i was about to click publish and lost the whole post. I would normally have re done it but it was the night before flying and I still hadn't packed. So i thought for the lack of posts over the last couple of week I would do a few in a row to make up for it.

 Anyway excuses over, now I will get on with the actual purpose of this post, which is to review Maybelline's Dream Mouse Blush. I had to phych myself up for a while to buy this, and I managed to find it at a discount shop in my town centre for £2.99. For any one who lives in Wigan, I'm talking of the very locally famous Glamour Point.

 You only need a tiny bit of this and it's just a really fun product to apply. I am aware how strange that sounds, but it's not tedious at all, it just applies really pleasantly and easily. I've used it pretty much every day since I bought it. This is also a really pretty colour as you can see in the swatch below. The product just looks so natural on the cheeks and actually lasts through the average college day.

So of course Sods' law dictates that as soon as I finally try this product it gets discontinued! Argh! What are you thinking Maybelline?! This is a wonderful product and ...uh-sad face :( I imagine it will still be available on the interweb and in discount make up stores for a while so I'm going to have to stock up. I would so highly recommend this product and I am completely gutted that it's been discontinued. The only up side to this is that they have been replaced with the Maybelline Cream Soft Blush, which I hope are going to be even better, or else  I don't imagine Maybelline would discontinue such a popular product.

Please do let me know if there are any products you'd like me to review,

This is all,

Gemmm xxx

The best places to buy makeup

Well hello :)

I though I would share with you a few of my favourite makeup stores. These shops have well priced makeup, nail varnish and other beauty products for prices that aren't going to make you purse cry. Basically I'm talking about the 'cheapo' shops. Things line BnM bargains, Poundland, Poundworld are like treasure troves for amazingly priced, genuine makeup. Not only this, but they have some makeup stock that has been discontinued, which means I've been able to be reunited with some old favourites.

I thought I'd give you a quick round up of a few products I've bought, I'll review each item separately, this is just a round up of what you can expect to find.

NYC Chroma Blusher

Poundworld £1

Discontinued

Revlon Matte Nail Polish

Poundland £1

RRP £6.49

Rimmel Last Finish Blusher

Poundworld £1

RRP £5.19

*Review*

Bourjois Clubbing Mascara

Poundworld £1

RRP £7.99

Rimmel Lasting Finish Foundation

BnM Bargains £2.99

RRP £6.99

*Review*

There are of course more, and I will be letting you know about what i get and if the products are any good. I apologise for the absence of any pictures in this post, so i used so colours to make up for it. So yeah, basically get yourself down to Poundland/Poundworld/BnM!

Please do let me know if there are any products you'd like me to review,

This is all,

Gemmm xxx