Tried and Tested: L'oreal Infallible 24 Hour Foundation

I'm back with another foundation review for you lot! I'm always trying and testing out new foundations so when I heard the hype around this foundation,  I had to give it a try.

This foundation claims to be 'long wearing' this is what stood out to me the most. No one wants there foundation slipping off their face after a couple of hours, there's nothing worse!

So after a long struggle in Boots, the boyfriend will back me up on this lol, I finally picked up the closest shade to a Mac NC 30/35 to match my fake tan.

All the shades are more on the warm side (yellow undertones) however, some are slightly more neutral/pink than others.

I picked up the shade 235 Miel Honey. which is an OK colour match, but it is slightly more pink than I expected. I think next time I'll pick up 200, which is the next shade down.

Ive been wearing this foundation over the past two weeks and I am so impressed. It gives a medium to buildable coverage and it looks FLAWLESS!

I've had a couple of people comment on how nice it looks.

Its lasts really well on the skin too, I have combination skin that can be a little oily around the nose and chin, and sometimes a bit dry in places. This foundation gives your skin a smooth looking texture and I only notice it getting a small bit oily after a good 6/7 hours.

I like to apply this foundation with a damp beauty blender and/or a Real Techniques Expert Face brush, I also use a bit of powder to set it in place.

The finish of this foundation is semi-matte. I find it givesa  similar look to Mac Studio Sculpt when applied.

I'm so glad I picked this foundation up and I'm definitely going to pick it up in a lighter shade for when I'm not fake tanned. 

It costs around €14.99 and its worth every penny! Pick it up on 2 for 2, even better!

Go into Boots and have a mess around with it, I'd advised you to see the foundation in natural lighting too. The lighting in Boots is terrible!

Hope you enjoyed and found this review helpful :)

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Until Next Time,

Rave and Review: Sleek Cosmetics

Sleek Cosmetics Bronze It Up!

There is nothing I love more than a good bronzer. There are so many out there it can be hard to find the right one for you.

Some can look muddy, too shimmery, TOO ORANGE! its a challenge alright!

I heard so many great things about Sleek face palettes I had to pick some up. Even better they had 3 for 2 on all cosmetics!

The first palette I picked up from Sleek was the 'Face Form' palette in the shade 'Medium'. These palettes come in a range of shades from light to dark. They each contain a different shade bronzer/contour powder, highlighter and blush to compliment lighter skin tone as well as dark.

It cost €12.99. It's so pigmented and it doesn't just disappear from my face throughout the day!!

(natural lighting)

I've also been loving Sleeks Bronze Block! 

The pigmentation isn't as good as the Face Form palette, but it still shows up really well on the face!

It does annoy me that there is a blush in the palette, I like to use the bronzer shades only and I find it awkward avoiding the blush with my brush! Other than that I cant fault it <3

I got this in the shade LIGHT for €9.49 from Boots.

I used the Face Form palette to highlight and contour, then I bronzed it up using the Bronze Block 

Hope You Enjoyed!

Until Next Time,

Brow Tutorial

Brows on Point!!

Its all about the brows! Full, defined brows are so on trend. I don't think we'll ever look back at thin, over plucked eyebrows again! Seriously, what were we thinking?!

To achieve flawless, strong brows your going to need to following:

 Inglot Gel Eyeliner number 90 (Maybelline/Rimmel also do brown gel liners!)
  Brow Pencil for filling in your brows
Brow wand (clean disposable mascara wand) to brush out your brows
A thick cream concealer for sculpting your brows (I use Mac Studio Fix Concealer in NC20)
 A small detail brush for concealer

Step One: Groom your brows!

Make sure all stray hairs are plucked, then use the wand to comb your front brow hairs upwards and the rest over to the side.

Step Two: Define your Eyebrows

This can be done by using an eyebrow pencil with a slightly heavier hand, or you can use an angled brush and brown gel eye liner.

I find the gel works better to keep the hairs in place and give a more defined look.

Step Three: Fill Them In!

Use your brow pencil to feather light stokes in the front of your brows working your way to the middle of the brow filling in any gaps.
Im using Soap and Glory Archarchy Eyebrow Pencil in the shade Hot Chocolate. (€10 from Boots)

Step Four: Blend Blend Blend!!

Use the wand again to blend out any harsh lines! Focus of the front of the brows.

Step Five: Sculpt  and Highlight

Use a small detail brush, I'm using a lip brush by Real Techniques (available from Boots),  to sculpt out the bottom and the tail of your eyebrow. This will highlight your brow bone, define your brow EVEN MORE! as well as help clean up any mess.

Mac Studio Fix Concealer is great for this! but any cream concealer will do the job :)

afterwards just blend the concealer and apply the rest of your makeup as normal.

Hope this Helped!

And remember your brows are sisters not twins ;)

Until Next Time,

Tried and Tested

Inglot YSM Foundation & Under Makeup Base

I'm always on the hunt for a new foundation that works wonders! so I decided to give Inglot YSM Foundation a go.

I bought this foundation for €20 and got it in the shade 45, which is similar to MAC NC35.

This shade is perfect for when I'm fake tanned!

The foundation is a cream foundation, its quite thick in consistency but feels very light weight once applied to the face. 

I was told when buying this foundation that it had a medium coverage, but I have to disagree, its very sheer! and it takes a couple of layers to conceal any problem areas, which I hate because you end up looking caked! 

I also found that the foundation looked slightly patchy when I applied it and it took FOREVER to get it looking half decent!

I applied this foundation multiple ways, using a damp beauty blender sponge, a stippling brush, buffing brush and even my fingers (which I never do, but I was desperate to make this foundation work!)

I find it works best applying it with a more fluffy haired foundation brush or a stippling brush as a dense foundation brush tends to drag the foundation around, it just wasn't happening for me at all, so annoying!

Stippling Brush

 Buffing Brush (to dense!)

If your looking for a long wearing foundation, then this is not for you! It only last 3/4 hours on me before fading/wearing off and looking oily around my nose, I have more dry skin than oily too so I can only imagine it on someone with an oily skin type.

As for the Under Makeup Base which costs €22, it made no noticeable difference to the application or appearance of my foundation and it was definitely not worth the money! 

You could get something way better AND CHEAPER in the likes of Boots/Superdrug.

I give the foundation an overall rating of 1.5/5 and the Under Makeup Base a rating of 0/5 as it made no difference at all whether I used it or not with the YSM Foundation. 

Hope this helped

Until Next Time,

Blog Post #1

Hello and Welcomes to my blog!

I'm Ciara, a nineteen year old hairdressing student with a slight obsession with anything and EVERYTHING! got to do with makeup, think I chose the wrong the profession, sad face. I am by far not an MUA, just someone who has a lot of love for makeup and it is definitely something I'm going to look into doing professionally. Now a little less about me and on to the bloggy stuff.

I've decided to start up my own blog to share with you my thoughts and opinions on makeup products I purchase, ones I love as well as the ones I hate. This way I might just feel a little less guilty about my impulse buying and maybe help you save some dollars. You never know, you might even find a holy grail product or two along the long the way. I'll apologise in advance for any makeup purchases I influence mwhahaha!

I'll be posting product reviews, comparisons, pictorials, my monthly favs and that sort of thing. A few fashion bits and the odd hair tutorial too.

Now off to start on my first product review, my current fav lip product!

In the meantime you can head over to my Instagram http://instagram.com/ciarasherwin_xo

Bye for now :)