First Order With Makeup Revolution

I've been wanting to buy off Makeup Revolution for ages and I've heard so many people talking about it on Twitter and on beauty blogs! I only ordered two things for starters because I wanted to see if I liked their stuff myself before I ordered all the things I actually want from their website 

First off if you've not heard of makeup revolution you need to go on their website 

www.makeuprevolutionstore.com/

They are a UK based company that offer affordable cruel free makeup at seriously low prices

Their eyeshadow palettes are the most popular product on their site and are meant to be highly pigmented and last for ages on the eye 

I haven't gone for an eyeshadow palette this time I bought another of their most popular products the Vivid Baked Highlighter 

I bought this in Gold Lights they have two other highlighters in this range Pink Lights and Peach Lights 

They are £3 each which is €4.23 

I think that's a great price for what you get 

The highlighter is a good size it's exactly the size of the Palm of my hand, the packaging is really sturdy and looks really pretty, ya can't go wrong with black and gold which is another reason I really wanted to buy from them 

It seems well pigmented on the skin I haven't tried it out on my face yet as I only got it today but I've seen other reviews and they have all raved about this highlighter I do think with my skin tone I should have maybe gone with the peach and not the gold but at €4.23 I can definitely afford to purchase the peach aswell

The second thing I bought was one of their lipsticks 

I have taken a slight obsession with lipstick lately, the darker the better! 

This is in the shade Rebel With Cause 

It's a nice dark purple shade which is what I wanted 

It also smells really nice I hate that overly lipsticky smell you get with a lot of the dearer brands like Mac but this is nice 

It cost £1 which is €1.45 

€1.45 for a lipstick I will definitely be purchasing more colours, if you see on the website they have crazy colours like green, yellow and blue I don't know if I'm brave enough to wear them yet but they would look nice in my kit 😄

This give a nice dark pigmented colour and is lovely and buttery 

The two things cost me €5.64 and the postage was €6.98 which was a little expensive compared to some of the other UK companies I order off but if you are ordering a lot of things it wouldn't be so bad 

I ordered on the 22/3/15 and it arrived today which is the 30/3/15 

This weekend was their 1st birthday and they were offering a free gift worth £25 if you spent £25 which I am sickened I didn't see before I ordered! 

I would recommend Makeup Revolution for any makeup lover and I'll definitely be ordering more off them 

😍

xox

 

 

Seventeen Instant Glow Shimmer Brick

Hi ladies, I haven't done a post in a long time if you have read my previous post you will know why 

Today I wanted to post about the Seventeen bronzer I got for Christmas 

I have been using this almost every day as you can see from the picture 

I absolutely love it it gives such nice shimmer, you can use it as a whole brick, sweeping it across your cheekbones or as separate colours 

The pigment is amazing, I use the first colour as a highlight down the centre of my nose, under my arch and on top of my cheekbones 

You can also use the separate colours as eyeshadow and they last really well 

It's very similar to the Bobbi Brown shimmer brick I've seen splashed all over Instagram 

This little palette can be bought in any boots chemist/pharmacy for €6.29 

(Right now it's buy one get one half price on any selected 17 products) 

Or you can purchase online at www.boots.ie/seventeen  

These colour bricks come in two shades, Pink Bronze and the one I have which is Gold Bronze 

:) 💖 

Anxiety

Hi all this post is completely different to what I've done before I've only ever really posted about this once or twice but I've never gone into detail 

I feel I need to talk about this and I've been told several times talking about it makes it easier to let it go 

I suffer with Anxiety and Panic Attacks 

I've been suffering with this for years and I've never really told anyone other than my fiancé, my family and maybe a close friend! 

It comes and goes and thankfully I hadn't suffered from it in a while, it's recently come back for no Apparant reason and it's completely floored me! 

People think I am shy and quiet and I just don't like to go out at the weekends 

The truth is I love to go out and dance and be with my friends but I haven't been able to go anywhere with big crowds in the last few months I find it extremely hard to leave the house because I panic there are days when I feel like I can't be around anyone and all I want to do is cry!

Everything you could imagine is going on in my head at the same time and It is really hard! 

It's difficult for me to try and explain what it is and how it feels the only way I can describe it is it feels like someone is sitting on my chest and I can't breathe. 

I'm writing this today because I know there are other people like me with this and you wouldn't know! 

People tend to brush over it and say "think about something else" or "just ignore it and it will go away" I've tried all of tthis and it only makes it worse 

I am hoping this post will help at least one person with anxiety like mine to go and talk to someone, I understand that people who have never had it don't understand it and don't know what to say, you don't have to say anything you just have to be there! Trust me that helps so much 

I'm hoping mine will go soon and I'm still looking for ways to help me relax and stop my mind overthinking all the time! 

If you have ever had anxiety please don't suffer alone! 

Sorry for the long deep post but I feel like writing it down sometimes helps. 

Xox 

MAC Satin Lipstick

Hi ladies 

I've been a little out of sorts lately so I apologise and I will have a post up really soon about why 

I visited my gorgeous sister On Saturday and she gave me a little present :D 

My first mac lipstick

I've never been a huge fan of lipstick I was always a lipgloss girl, anything glittery, sticky and smelled like strawberries I had to buy it! My taste in lip products have changed completely this last year! 

I never thought lipsticks could change a look, how wrong was I?!

On to this gorgeous colour 

This is in the colour Captive it's a gorgeous dark red/purple colour 

I have been looking for one like this for ages and I don't remember telling my sister so she obviously knows me so well 

It glides on perfectly, and gives a really nice subtle shine! 

It has a really vanilla smell which I love and it's no over powering! 

I wore this for the first time this morning I absolutely love it

It's perfect if you want a slightly dramatic lip for the day but you don't want to wear full on red! 

As you can see it looks more puple in the light 

I am definitely gonna purchase some mac lipsticks for my collection this one has me completely sold 

Have you tried Captive? 

Xox

DIY Colour Lipstick

Hi all I was messing around this evening after my course today looking through all the gorgeous makeup from www.makeuprevolutionstore.com/ and they have some fierce lipsticks! I'm not very adventurous when it comes to lipstick my lips are slightly off so I was always kind of conscious but I am trying to not care what anyone else thinks of me and just do and wear what I want to do, life is too short to worry about everyone else! 

I've seen all these blue and green lipsticks on people before and they are always gorgeous soooooo I rooted around my makeup drawer and I found a green eyeliner from Miss Sporty 

It's one of the mini me ones so it's quite soft I decided to see what the green would be like before I went out and bought one 

What you will need to achieve this : 

Foundation or concealer 

Any colour eyeliner (preferably a soft one, if not, have a hair dryer handy and just blast your eyeliner for a couple of seconds to make it softer) 

A clear lipgloss (optional) 

1: start off by applying a concealer or foundation to your lips so you have a clean base 

2: start drawing (lining) your lips with your eyeliner if you have small lips you can go slightly over the actual lines like I did 

Don't worry too much about the line you can always fix it if you go over too much 

3: once you're finished drawing around your lips you can fill them in with the pencil depending on how soft it is you can colour your lips in with it or smudge it with your finger like you would a lip balm 

HINT : if you want to make smaller lips fuller always use a liner, and go slightly over your natural lip line but make sure the sides connect in a > shape so your mouth looks kind of pinched at the sides 

4: you can apply a clear lipgloss over your lips now or you can leave them matt it's up to you 

It's a great way to see if a darker coloured lipstick will suit you before you go and spend money on it 

Would love to see if you've tried this 

Xox 

Christmas Tag

I've not posted anything since August so when I woke up this morning I was determined to make up for it by writing at least one new post and this is my second one of the day so I'm doing well :D 

I've not done any of these tags before I don't think so I was looking for one I could do, this is something slightly different to what I normally post about but 'tis the season' and all that 

The Christmas Tag 

I got this off http://milkbubbletea.blogspot.com/do check out her blog it's amazing 

1.What is your favourite Christmas movie/movies? 

I love Christmas movies I have Christmas 24 on all the time, I could watch Christmas movies in March and I'm not ashamed to say that I do watch them all year long some of my favourites are: Christmas with the Kranks, home alone lost in New York, Elf, The Grinch, The Polar Express, Petes Christmas (recently seen it on sky movies premeire and I love it) The Santa Claus 1 (not gone on the other movies), the nightmare before Christmas 

2:Do you open your presents on Christmas Eve or Christmas morning? 

Since I met my fiancé almost 4 years ago we open one of our presents together on Christmas Eve when it's just us and no one else 

3:Do you have a favourite Christmas memory? 

I have two Christmas memories that really stand out for me the first one when I was really little I don't know what age but I swore I heard jingle bells outside on Christmas Eve totally certain it was Santa (I found out years later that our local doctor actually used to go around houses on Christmas Eve shaking bells and bringing presents and hampers to some of the houses that couldn't afford much for Christmas) The second one was when I got tapes for my Walkman ( showing my age here) B*witched and The smurfs I played them so much that day I knew all the words to both albums by that evening, and I got Harry potter colouring books I was obsessed with Harry potter at that time! 

4:Favourite Feative Food?

I actually don't really have a favourite festive food I'm not a big fan of Christmas cake, or mince pies I do like turkey tho 

5:Favourite Christmas Gift?

It has to be either my Mixer or my Iphone My mum got the mixer for me two years ago and I use it all the time I love to bake and it just makes it so much easier!!my fiancé got me the iphone last year and I couldn't imagine going back to another phone after it! I do also love my Real Techniques brushes my sister got me last year for Christmas she's very good to me 

6:Favourite Christmas Scent?

This isn't specifically for Christmas but I love Cinnamon!!! Anything Cinnamon or All Spice I absolutely love!!! 

7:Do you have any Christmas Eve traditions?

Since I was little my mother has always bought me pajamas for Christmas! I genuinely don't know when it started but it's become our Christmas tradition to open them on Christmas Eve and wear them that night 

8:What Tops your tree? 

I have a fibre optic Christmas tree so there is already a star on top 

9:As a kid what was the one (crazy,wild or extravagant) gift you always asked for but never got?

I always wanted a rocking horse it's not really crazy or extravagant but that's what I wanted 

10: what's the best part about Christmas for you? 

Right now the best part about Christmas for me is being able to spend it with my fiancé! He works away all the time, nights weekends you name it all over the country and I don't get as much time with him as I would like! Christmas Eve and Christmas Day are the only two days of the year that I am guarenteed time with him and he's back out to work Stephens day (Boxing Day) 

That's my Christmas tag done I actually really enjoyed it! If you would like to do it let me know if love to read some others :) 

For some Christmas cuteness and because I love penguins :D 

Xox

Beauty on a budget

Hi I didn't realise how long it was since my last post I had completely lost inspiration so I do apologise and I hope to start blogging more 

On to today's post 

Beauty On A Budget 

If you have read my last posts or been on my previous blog itsonlymexox.wordpress.com you will know I love a good bargain! In the last year I've been doing a lot of shopping online, where I live I only have 1 chemist(pharmacy) and another half hour away there's a handful more.I would normally just get cheaper drug store makeup anyway, my nearest mac counter is a good 2 and a half hours away from me and as I don't have my own transport it's difficult to get there! 

Here are a few of my favourites over the last few weeks: 

Catrice Nude Sensation eyeshadow 

Trend collection c03 Soft Coral 

This is one of my all time favourite eyeshadows and I don't think you can but it anymore so when it runs out I will need to find something else :( it's so smooth and it blends really easily it's a gorgeous soft pink colour perfect for every day wear 

I bought this at the time for €1.99 

Urban Decay Naked Basics 

Top to bottom:

Crave, faint, naked 2, w.o.s, foxy, Venus 

Now I have to say this is a fake! I don't know why people get so annoyed over fakes, personally I think it's the exact same as buying the w7 versions of Naked2 or Naked3 or any chemist or pharmacy brand of eyeshadow! I use this a lot and I've never had any issues, I bought this on buyincoins.com for €2.45 

Note: I will only buy off websites that accept PayPal I would reccomend that you do the same 

W7 The Cheek of It! Blush

Baby Pink 

I love this blush it's a gorgeous pink that blends easy enough although I do have to say you can't go heavy handed with it or you will look daft 

I bought this in cara pharmacy for €3.50 

Natural Collection cover up cream 

This is one of my go to concealers, it's so handy because it has one of those lipgloss brushes so it's easy to get around your eyes and under your eyebrows! It's quite liquidy so you only need very little you can build up coverage though. I got this in Fair in Boots chemist for €2.49 

NYC All Day Long Smooth Skin 14 hr Foundation in 737 Classic Ivory

This foundation has had mixed reviews since it came out, some people hate it some love it! I am hit and miss with it but I've been using it lately because I ran out of my favourite Rimmel Lasting foundation and I had this in my makeup drawer 

It drys really quickly so you need to be quick when your applying it, I always apply moisturiser and primer before this foundation and it stays on, I'm very pale and I find it hard to get a foundation that matches my skin perfectly and this definitely matches it 

I don't remember how much this foundation is exactly but I know it was definitely under €5 

Fairy Girl Eyebrow pencil in dark brown 

I bought this on a whim from buyincoins.com for €0.70 I needed a new pencil and I liked the look of this one it's got a slant on the top so it makes it easier to fill in your brows 

Brush set in pink and white 

This is another purchase from buyincoins.com it's fine for back up brushes, you get two smaller eyeshadow brushes, one flat eyeshadow brush, a lip liner brush, a blush brush and an eye liner brush all in a little pink wrap case for €3 cheap as chips and they don't shed 

Fluffy Brush in 217 

This looks similar to the MAC fluffy brushes so I picked it up with the other brushes from 

Buyincoins.com for €1.20 

It's great for blending shadows and for contouring down the sides of your nose 

W7 Lip Lights in Pink Glitter 

I got this in a set for Christmas with a light up mascara, It has led lights in the lid and a little mirror in the side so great of you're out and it's dark and it's actually a gorgeous colour, really shimmery I think it's about 

€1.50 on it's own to buy 

Wet and Wild Candy Crayon 

I am very bad with throwing makeup away I've literally had this hilighter for years and it's almost gone, it's such a nice bright colour I use it under my brows, down my nose, the corners of my eyes and on too of my cheek bones I love it, I'm not sure if you can still buy it but I think it cost me about €2 at the time I bought it! 

You don't have to spend a fortune on makeup the cheaper makeup is sometimes better than the dearer stuff! 

All the makeup on this post is less than €5 

Xox