The Makeup I Took on Holiday!

I didn't bother taking these pictures beofre I went away becuase I didn't think it would be of interest, but then again I really enjoy this kind of post so I thought I'd do it. Now the things in this post aren't necessarily my favourite things, I didn't want to take my Illamasqua blush or Mac Lipstick out of fear they'd be taken away as I only had hand luggage! So here goes...

Concealers and foundations! I brought my trusty Garnier Roll on as it wakes me up so much, the coolness and the rolling just make my eyes feel a lot less tired! Also my two favoruite concealers, Mac Studio Finish and Collectoin 2000 Lasting Perfectoin. I could go anywhere in the word and I would bring these three, they're definetley Holy Grails for me! Also I put some Loreal True Match foundatoin in a little sample pot to save room!

Powders! Just incase anyone didn't know, you can bring as many powders as you want in your Hand Luggage as they aren't liquids! I already have a review on this Rimmel Blush *here*, I brought it to make myself use it a bit more as it gets a bit neglected. Also everyone's favoruite Bronzing Powder from Bourjois and just a cheap translucent powder!

Only two lip products, I didn't want anything two bright or vivid so I went with these as they're really nice simple colours. The liner is in the shade 20 Nude and the lip butter is Macaroon. This is my least used lip butter and I brought it to force myself to use it!

My half sized Clinique High Length mascara which I really love, it lasts all day and look really nice. For my brows I just brought this Rimmel brow pencil, I prefer the look of my Gosh eyebrow felt tip but this is just abit quicker and it comes with a little brush.

Finally skin care! I brought my Good Things cleanser in a little Body Shop smaple pot and my Lush Dark Angels cleanser in a Lush sample pot. Finally I brought my Body Shop face brush which I like to think of as 'the poor mans Clarisonic'.

You may have figured that I'm a big believer in taking sample sizes on holiday! There's just no sense in bringing entire items when your restricted. Particularly if you only have hand luggage and have a liquids allowance.

Well that was a very long post! Well done if you stuck with me through all that and I hope it was helpful.

This is all,

Gemmm xxx

Rimmel Lating Finish Foundation

Hello gorgeous! I use this product everyday for reasons I shall outline in a minute, I'm going to break up this review a little more than normal as I feel the aspects of this vary a lot and it will be easier to read that way. But first! I know that this particular product is discontinued, I get mine from BnM bargains and it's also available on line. However rather than discontinue this Rimmel released a newer version, the 25 Hour *here*. I've done some research and apparently the differences are extremely minimal!

Coverage/ general look

The coverage of this is medium, I wouldn't say it was anything to shout about but it's certainly nothing to complain about either. I would say the general look of this is better than average for a drugstore foundation, but notthing to rave about!

Colour

The colour range here is abysmal! There are six shades all in all, four of which are different tones for medium skin! This is the lightest colour and you can see below that it's actually pretty dark. I'm paler than NW15 and could not wear this heavily or apply this by stippling.

Lasting

This foundation really does last a long time! I'm not sure about 16 hours but it's definitely the longest lasting drugstore foundation I've ever found, by quite a long way really. This is the reason I wear it everyday as I am still in college and often go to a friends house straight afterwards. I find that most foundations can't hack that time span! I even have some higher end samples that although they are nicer in general, they don't last quite as long!

So there you are, depending on what you want from a foundation this might be amazing for you or rubbish. Also, the price in BnM of this is only £2.49 (I think) which is obviously a great price! Even at the normal £6.99 I still think it's worth it.

What's you everyday foundation?

This is all, 

Gemmm xxx

Body Shop Love Gloss

Body Shop are really famous for the Body Butters ( of which I own about ten), however the makeup really isn't spoken about very much. I had my Makeup done there (for free!) and at the time the deal was buy any two makeup items and receive a  free Mascara ( worth £10), so I buckled and chose this gloss and a foundation brush. This shade is definitely still sold by Body Shop ( at least it was as of last week ), but for some reason they don't have it on the website, but should you want to look for other colours then 'clicky'.

I love both he packaging and applicator of this product, it looks very high end and it's one of those products that you would be proud to have in your makeup bag. As for the look of the product on the lips, it looks beautiful, very shimmery but not cheap looking, it's also a very flattering shade that would compliment most skin tones, it's not very pigmented at all, but I don't think it's supposed to be.

I feel like I'm insulting the product by using this picture as it doesn't even come close to showing how pretty the product is. Just for clarification the gold colour is an eyeliner swatch for a different review. The shimmery pink in the middle is this lip gloss.

I'm so disappointed with the picture as I feel like the look of the product is it's main redeeming feature. It feels very sticky on the lips and you can even feel the little specks of glitter when you pres your lips together, which isn't awfully pleasant. However if you leave your lips alone it will last as long as you would expect a £10 lip gloss to last.

All in all, I do love the look of this whenever I wear it, but saying that I don't wear it very often because a) It's too expensive for everyday wear and b) I have to be in a mood where the feel of it won't bother me. I should really point out that this is my most expensive lip product to date and it's sadly, despite the prettiness it is not my favourite. In hindsight I really wish I had bought the Blusher ( Shade Petal), which looks terrifying in the pan but was actually beautiful.

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

This is all,

Gemmm xxx