Review | Rimmel Lasting Finish Foundation

Its no secret, if you read my blog, that Estee Lauder Double Wear is my all time favourite foundation.   However, I am almost running out and I can't actually afford to keep buying it so I have been on the hunt for a new drug store foundation with a full coverage.  I am pretty sure nothing will give me as much coverage as double wear, but being a student without a job leaves me with little money haha.

I've heard lots of good things about the Rimmel Lasting Finish foundation (link) and since I loved the Wake Me Up foundation, I thought that trying a new Rimmel foundation could only be a good thing.

I'm very pale so I have it in the lightest shade, Ivory, and it matches so well.  The foundation blends so lovely and the coverage is amazing.  It covers up my spots and blemishes really well and that makes me very happy! What I love about it as well is that it doesn't feel heavy on my skin.  Sometimes I find that the Estee Lauder does, but this never has.

Surprisingly enough I haven't actually kept it on for 25 hours (who would?! haha) but it has lasted me so well for a days wear.  I find it gives me quite a dewy finish which I really love as my skin is quite dry.  I just use the Rimmel Stay Matte Powder so I'm not really shiny but I'm still left with a finish I love.

I know this a bit of a short review, but I think I've covered all points.  If you are looking for a new full coverage foundation, I definitely recommend this!

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Current Beauty Favourites | Blogmas day 4

Hey again!  Today I thought I would share with you all my current beauty favorites.  I've mentioned a few of these products before, but some are new and I am loving!

Estee Lauder Double Wear Stay-in-place Makeup
I heard a lot of good things about this foundation so once I had saved a bit of money I went and got it and I have to say, it definitely lives up to what others say about it!  The coverage is amazing and a little goes a long way.  I have had this for a few months now and I still have a lot of product left.

Benefit POREfessional Face Primer Balm
Another product you hear a lot about! This is honestly just the best primer. I definitely notice a difference in my makeup from when I wear it to days when I don't.

Benefit Roller Lash Mascara 
I've mentioned this a lot on my blog before and with good reason, I think. I love it so much I just think it wouldn't be right to not include it in my current favourites!

Benefit They're Real Tinted Primer (sample) 
I got this free with Elle Magazine and I am in love with it.  Its SO good.  Using it just by itself gives your eyelashes a really lovely fluttery and natural look.  When I want a bit more, I put a coat of Rollerlash over and my eyelashes have so much volume.

L'Oreal Paris Super Liner Perfect Slim Intense 
This is something new I've tried.  I'm terrible with eyeliner, like, I just can't do it haha.  I tried the Beneft Push Up Liner, and, well lets just say it didn't go to plan so I went and got this.  I've really been enjoying using this.  I'm finding it much easier to apply eyeliner and I think I may finally be getting the hang of it (WOOO)

L'Oreal Pais Glam Bronze Terra Bronzer
As I've mentioned before on my blog, (here) I am not one for bronzer as I always seem to look like I've just spread mud round my face as I can never find a shade to suit me. However, this bronzer just really seems to work for me and it also has a bit of shimmer in as well so even better!

Urban Decay Naked Skin Weightless Complete Coverage Concealer
I always struggle with finding a good concealer.  Everyone always talks about the Collection Lasting Perfection, but I really dislike it. It definitely doesn't work well for me unlike it does others so I decided to try this one!  This is too light for me so I tend to just use it by itself instead of with another foundation.  I really love it, it gives me really good coverage and it doesn't look cakey. I think its quite expensive for the size you get, but a little goes a long way.

What products have you been loving at the moment?

See you tomorrow 

Jessica

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Rimmel Scandaleyes Shadow Stick by Kate

Just a quick little post for you all today, showing you more detail on one of the posts I featured in my June favourites - Rimmel Shadow stick.

This product retails at £4.49 and comes in four differnet shades; Rose Gold (the shade I have), Deep Amethyst, Electric Sapphire and Pure Turquoise. All very pretty colours, I wish they had a few more though!

Unfortunately you can't really see the sparkle in the swatch, but there is a definite sparkle within the eyeshadow.  I also love it even more because of the way it blends SO easily and it stays put on my eyelids all day, what more could you want from an eyeshadow?! 

It works perfectly just by itself, but also looks nice paired with other shades you may want to use! I would definitely recommend this shadow stick, so next time you go looking for new eyeshadow definitely go and check this out!

Jessica

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June Favourites | 2015

Firstly, HOW is it already July?! This year is whizzing past and I'd be lying if I said it wasn't scaring me a bit!

Throughout June there have been quite a few products that I have been loving so I am going to share them all with you!

Rimmel Scandaleyes Shadow Stick by Kate - Rose Gold

I am in love with this eyeshadow at the moment.  It is the prettiest colour and I love it with just the Mac Veluxe Pearlfusion Shadow.

Rimmel London Lasting Finish Mono Blush - Pink Rose

I'm not great with blush and I struggle with finding the right shade for me without looking like a clown, but this one is perfect.  It just gives the prettiest glow on my cheeks. I love it. 

Benefit Roller Lash

I've been using this for a couple of months now and it honestly really is as good as all the reviews say.  I already have quite long eyelashes naturally, but this just adds more to them. 

Estée Lauder Pure Colour Gloss Pen - Nude Coral

I've never bought anything from Estée Lauder before, but the other day when I went to look into Double Wear they did my make up for me and used this lipgloss and I fell in love with it.  I purchased it that day, its so pretty.  The one thing I'm not too keen on though, is the application of it. You have to twist the nib to get it out and I am yet to find the right amount of twists to not get a crazy amount of product out.  I wish it was just the normal lip gloss applicators. However, that doesn't detract from the beautiful colour and sparkle.

Soap and Glory scrub of Your Life

I've never really been one for scrubs but I discovered this in the back of my wardrobe and decided to give it ago and it was the best decision I made! It feels so nice and smells amazing.

Mac Veluxe Pearlfusion shadow: Plumluxe

I've mentioned this in previous posts and this month I have been loving it.  It just adds a really nice sparkle to my eye lids. I'm not sure if there is too much difference in the colours though.

Flower Bomb Viktor and Rolf

This was a Christmas present last year and as it was a brand I had never heard of I was a bit nervous to try it (I like sticking to the perfumes I know and like haha) but I am in love with it.  The reason I have never mentioned it before is because I think it is more of a summer scent *well I like it for summer anyway!* It is also quite expensive so I don't like to wear it every single day.  I'm not even going to attempt to describe the smell because I don't know where to start, sorry about that but I definitely recommend you go and give this a try.

Calm App (relax app)

This is a bit of a different favourite from the rest, but I thought it might be helpful to some of you.  As you might know (blog post here) I suffer from anxiety and so I'm always trying these sort of apps. I'm really loving this one at the moment, it really does help and I like to listen to it when I'm going to slept help me. 

So there you have my monthly favourites! Its quite a long post but I hope you enjoyed reading. 

Let me know what products you have been loving recently. 

Jessica
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Inside My Makeup Bag

I've done a post before on My Everyday Makeup which you can read here, but my makeup has changed quite a bit since I wrote that so I thought I would show you what is currently in my makeup bag (not all of it, as this post would be way too long! Haha)

 My makeup bag is pretty old, but I purchased it from Debenhams.  I really love it because its big enough to fit everything I need in it.

1. Rimmel Wake Me Up Foundation- I really love the concealer of this so I thought I would give the foundation a go.  I'm really liking it so far as it gives my skin a nice healthy glow and doesn't look cakey. I'm wanting to get the Estée Lauder Double Wear foundation, but until I do this will do nicely!

2. Rimmel Stay Matte Powder- I love this powder and to be honest I think it will always have a place in my makeup bag!

3. The Body Shop Brush On Bronze- I've had this for quite a while now and I go through phases of using it because its so pigmented (which is good) but I'm rubbish at bronzer, don't know why but I just am haha. I'm currently going through a phase of loving it at the moment! 

4. Maybelline EyeStudio Colour Tattoo 24hr Eye Shadow (Pink Gold)- I love this eyeshadow.  It stays on all day and is just the prettiest colour ever! I really want to buy it in 'Eternal Gold' as well as that looks just as pretty.

5.  Mac Veluxe Pearlfusion Shadow: Plumluxe- I normally only wear this eyeshadow if I'm going out somewhere in the evening, but at the moment I'm really loving it for during the day as well.  It just looks so pretty over the Colour Tattoo and you can never go wrong with a bit of glitter on your eyelids!

6. Ted Baker Eye Crayon- Gold- This is another pretty product I love putting all over my eyelids at the moment! Its perfect if I'm in a mad rush and don't have time for blending and using brushes etc.

7. Benefit Roller Lash- AKA best mascara ever.  Need I say more?!

8. Rimmel Wake Me Up Concealer- I don't really use this to cover up and blemishes, but its perfect
for under my eyes! It just makes them look so much brighter and cover up those pesky dark circles.

9. Rimmel Colour Rush Balm (Rumour Has It)- I'm really liking this. As it is a balm its so moisturising on my lips, but its really pigmented so it gives a really nice colour.

Thats all of the items in my makeup bag at the moment. I hope you liked this post and let me know any items that are currently in your makeup bag!

Jessica

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What Is My Face Worth?

I love reading these posts.  Not sure why, I just like knowing what makeup people are wearing I guess! Since I enjoy reading them so much, I thought I would enjoy writing one and it would be interesting to see how much it all costs.

The Body Shop Insta Blur- £14.00
Rimmel Match Perfection- £6.99
Rimmel Wake Me up concealer- £5.49
Collection Lasting Perfection concealer- £3.99
The Body Shop Brush On Bronze- £14.00
Rimmel Stay Matte Powder: £3.99

Avon Eye Shadow Primer: £7.00
MUA Hall Of Fame Eyeshadow Palette- £4.00
MAC Veluxe Pearlfusion Shadow: Plumluxe- £30.00
Barry M Blink Waterproof Precision Eyeliner- £4.59
Benefit Rollerlash- £19.50

Rimmel London Colour Rush Balm, On Fie- £5.99
Intense Gloss, Quick Smooch- £2.00

All in all, that comes in at £121.54. I am shocked. Never did I think my everyday make up would cost so much! It could be a lot more as well, if I was using more high end products instead of MUA. Crazy! Also, the quality of the pictures is worse than normal! Sorry! Dodgy iPhone after dropping it numerous times haha.

I hope you enjoyed this post and let me know if any of you have done this! I'd love to have a look :)

Jessica

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P.S.  As I have exams coming up and a lot of work due in that I've missed through the year, this might be my last post for about a month.  I should have scheduled more posts, but I've ran out of time. With my anxiety, I need to just focus on my exams no matter how much I enjoy blogging! (If any of you wondered haha)

Fashion and Beauty Haul

Hello again, back to more fashion/beauty related topic today!

I always like reading beauty or fashion hauls so I thought it would be fun to do one.  Over the past couple of months I have bought a few too many fashion and beauty items, and basically spent all the Christmas and birthday money I had, so I thought I will put them all in one post and show you all.

Fashion

The first thing was these shoes from Topshop. I got them in the sale for £15!! (If you know Topshop, that is actually very cheap for them haha)  I really like these shoes, and they are so comfy!

The next things were more shoes from H&M. In higndsight, these may not be worth the £29 I paid for them as I don't wear heels often enough really.  But they just looked so nice on the website I had to get them!

Still from H&M I got this skater skirt. I really love this colour and I think for £12.99 this is really nice. I like the subtle pattern on it and it is such a soft material!

(Sorry for the bad lighting in this picture, it's a plum colour and I also have it in black)

The final fashion item I purchased was this blouse from Primark for £8.  It is a Duck Egg blue, which looks really nice, but I'm not sure if it's going to suit me but I'm going to try it anyway! 

Onto Beauty!

The first thing I purchased was The Real Techniques- Nic's Picks.  This set includes a Duo-fiber face brush, Cheek Brush (exclusive to the set), Angled Shadow Brush (exclusive to the set), Base Shadow Brush and an Eyeliner Brush (exclusive to the set).  I am well and truly in love with this set and, in my opinion, it is definitely worth the money! 

(Once again, sorry for the quality of the pictures!) 

I'm not really one for lipsticks, but when I went into Boots the other day I thought it was time to invest in one! So i picked up this Rimmel one in the: 480 Classic Wine.  To me, this lipstick seems really nice consistency and it lasts all day! 

Finally, I picked up a mascara. I have quite a few mascaras, but I thought I would try one from Rimmel this time.  So I bought this one, which has Argon Oil in. I really like it, it separates my eyelashes well and gives me lots of volume.  The only problem I have with it, is that it doesn't seem to stay on my eyes too well! By the end of the day, sometimes, half of it is down my face which is not what I want! Haha.

So that's all for my post today! As I've said throughout, sorry for the quality of the pictures, my iPhone isn't great at pictures with all the cracks around the camera, oops haha. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed reading this, and let me know any items you want to buy and if you like this sort of post!

Jessica

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