Miners Lip Colour

L-R Dreamer, Glamour Girl, Seduction, Icon

With the regular lip colour range I have to start with Dreamer! It's a frosty, shimmering formula and well.. it's not for me. It's dated and all just a bit old fashioned. I'm pleased to say that of the 12 lipsticks they sent to me it's the only miss. The shade is actually quite nice but the finish.. not so much. Seduction is very much a true red, Glamour Girl a fun candy pink and Icon is the first plum I've ever swatched and considered to be potentially wearable.

I can't believe I haven't even mentioned the scent of these lipsticks. I find it impossible to describe a fragrance but I can tell you they smell deliciously fruity and you definitely wont mind having them under your nose all day.

Overall I am so impressed by everything Miners has launched recently and can't wait to see what else they come up with!

These are available for £3.99 here

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NOTD - Deborah Lippmann Razzle Dazzle

First off.. loving this! I know not everyone was overly enamoured of their December Glossybox but no matter what i got I think this would have won me over. I love me some glitter at Christmas time and having purchased from this brand before I was aware it's NOT CHEAP! I love the special glitter shades from Deborah Lippmann but I've only tried one polish from the brand previously and it chipped so quickly it really put me off trying any others. I have to say though..  after trying this one I'm already chomping at the bit to add to my collection. I've had it on my nails for a couple of days and it's showing very little sign of wear. I already knew that it would look fabulous but if it chips an hour after I've applied it I'm not interested. Glossybox absolutely got it right for me this month. They've made a customer of me where I'd written DL off as a bad job. This is going to be an expensive habit!

The polish is luxuriously dark and festive cranberry shade with an overload of raspberry glitter. I can't think of anything more fitting for the Holidays.

A full sized polish is 15ml and a mini is approx 9ml (I had to do some fl oz - ml calculations as I couldn't find a volume online on any UK site) I think that's a really nice size. For something like this that you wouldn't wear every day the mini size is ideal! FYI The polish on the right is 'Waking Up In Vegas' and the yellow colour shakes out.. it settles like that when it's left to sit.

Have you tried anything from Deborah Lippmann?

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Paradoxal Dupe from 2True

I know these have been compared in the past but I had to share this for those of you that have missed it especially as right now you can buy 3 2True products for £4.99 from Superdrug here (£1.99 each)

I haven't splashed out on Chanel Paradoxal myself as 1. I don't love it enough to spend that kind of money and 2. I already have this shade (no.46) from 2True which is close enough for me! It was super difficult to photograph but hopefully you can make out the purple/blue shimmer running through the taupey-greige polish. I think the polish itself needs to be a touch more purple to be a true dupe but it's pretty darn close I'm sure you'll agree  and at £1.99 what have you got to lose?...well... £1.99 I suppose.

I couldn't do a dupe post without a photo of the original swatch, could I? So I had to borrow this one from  Lacquerized.com. Click on the photo to be taken to their original review post.

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Luminous Lips

I was recently sent these glosses to review and I'll admit when I opened them up.. I wasn't exactly excited. I'm not really a neon kinda gal so I wasn't sure when I would ever use them.. especially the yellow, I mean who wants yellow lips?? Anywho when I swatched them for this post I was really pleasantly surprised, that's why I'm including lip swatches as well as you really couldn't guess how it would look on from what it looks like out of the tube. Each gloss offers just a tint of colour and all are sheer but for the Amplified pink shade which is borderline opaque. What I particularly like about these being more tints than lip colours is how they can subtly change a makeup look with no commitment to reapplying throughout the day or night. See below the headshots I've included to demonstrate.

*L-R*  Born In The 80s, Thriller, Fever, Amplified, Purple Rain

FEVER 

AMPLIFIED

THRILLER

PURPLE RAIN

MADE IN THE 80s

My personal favourite has to be Fever. Not too bright but offers just enough colour to jazz up an evening makeup look and sheer enough it won't look out of place in the daytime. A great handbag multi-tasker!

They're available from minerscosmetics.co.uk and are priced at £2.99 each

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Maybelline Colossal Cat Eyes

 

I know you've been asking after this review since I bought the mascara but I wanted to give it a good go before telling you what I thought. I spoke a little too quickly about the Benefit "They're Real" so I've used this for a few days and feel I'm in a better position to really review it. 

First up, Application. The wand is curved which I would generally associate with a curling mascara but that's not really what this is about. It creates lift but somehow sculpts the lashes outwards in a "cat eye" like effect. The wand is quite fine so it allows you to get right in to the root as well as catch the corner lashes. 

The formula is really wet which I usually don't like but it's not so bad in this product. Another big plus for me is it's easy to remove at the end of the day and yet it still stays put all day.

I haven't tried the original Colossal myself so I can't compare the two but I can tell you I am really warming up to Maybelline as potentially the best drugstore mascara brand. This and "One by One" are now my top 2 for sure.

 

It's available for just £5.99 from Superdrug now

You can watch my video review here

Have you tried this?
What are your thoughts?

Everyday Lips... Just Cheaper

After the great response I got to my "you're lips bit better" post the other day I got to thinking.. I wonder if I have anything in my collection I could dupe with my favourite Viva Glam V. Turns out I do..

Ok so it's not a PERFECT dupe but read on.. you'll see my point. The formula's of these two lipsticks are near identical to start, the finish is the same glossy shimmer "lustre" and they don't feel drying like some lip products can.

The "dupe" I'm referring to is Rimmels Moisture Renew Lipstick in Beach Babe (050)

I've struggled to find this online and am assuming it's now discontinued so apologies for taunting those who don't have it but I think it's still worth mentioning that the Moisture Renew range still holds a lot of available shades, some of which may be a closer colour match than this.. I might even have to check them out for myself for a follow up post. You can buy them online at Boots for just £6.29 (less than half the price of the MAC Viva Glam V) You can see form the below swatches the a marked difference in warmth between the two shades. The Rimmel on the left is more of a bronze/nude where as the MAC on the right is more pinky toned.

Yet because of the sheer formula the similarities are better seen on the lips. Both have an almost golden sheen to them but you can see less of a shade difference when worn, and isn't that the most important comparison? Just goes to show that you can't judge from the tube or a swatch what a lipstick will look like on! In the picture below my top lip is wearing Beach Babe and my Bottom, Viva Glam V.

If you had the choice, would you still make the more expensive pick? I do think the MAC is longer lasting but you're going to be reapplying either way so is it really worth twice the money?

OPI - My Private Jet

I wasn't sure about this polish when I got it open but on my nails it is A-MA-ZING! 

It looks a bit 'meh' in the bottle, a bit murky with a sparkle but painted on it looks like the nights sky... seriously... I can totally understand the hype now! 

Have you guys tried this?

Any dupes you've discovered?

Models Own - Peach Sherbet

Todays nails are wearing Models Own "Peach Sherbet"

I am absolutely loving their pastel shades right now...

Apologies for the terrible application and dry cuticles in shot but my hands are suffering right now.. I am treating them to some fabulous moisturisers and balms so hopefully I'll see improvement soon.

What are you wearing?

(in a none seedy way)