My Wheres Wally Moment...

Soon! Soon I will return to you. I have been having a really hard time recently and needed a break from blogging. But i should be back next week with one hell of an epic haul. Retail therapy right?

Love you all
Lorna


 

Step into my Wardrobe #1

This is the first outfit of the day post i have done and ill be keeping it short and sweet.

This dress is my new favourite. It was £10 from Primark. The 6 fits me perfectly.
My tights are also primark and are the £3.50 fleece lined ones.
My wee boots that you can barely see are from New Look and are my faves as well.

Apologies for the terrible photos my fiance manages to take, this was honestly the best of a very bad bunch. He also neglected to tell me my hair was doing that weird sticky out thing at the side.

Lorna xxx

 

DaintyDoll Blushes

Firstly may i say. Epic post alert. alert. alert.

You may have saw in my last haul post that i got a fair amount of DaintyDoll blushers. I have been really impressed with these blushes so here is a whole post dedicated to them. I was only going to get one originally but they were only £1.99 at FragranceDirect! When they should cost £13.50.

First lets just get one thing straight. I may have pale skin but I'm really not in Nicola Roberts territory. I'm a comfortable Mac NC 20-22 and i tan realllllly well when in the sun. (odd for a Scottish lass). This said these still so well for me, very wearable. 

I got three cream blushes and two powder blushes.

Three Cream With Normal Light Top - 02 Orange County Girl
Left - 03 Billion Dollar Babies
Right - 01 Paper Roses

 

 

Three Cream with good flash
Top - 02 Orange County Girl
Left - 03 Billion Dollar Babies
Right - 01 Paper Roses

Powder Blushes
01-Hippy Shake and 04-You are my Sunshine

How pretty are there colours:D:D:D I really love them.

Cream in daylight
L-R
 01-Paper Roses, 02-Orange County Girl, 03-Billion Dollar Babies

Paper Roses is a lovely baby pink with no shimmer
Orange county Girl is a peachy coral with a faint shimmer
Billion Dollar Babies is a slightly mauve muted brown. A really pretty nude.

Cream in normal inside light
01-Paper Roses, 02-Orange County Girl, 03-Billion Dollar Babies

Cream with flash
01-Paper Roses, 02-Orange County Girl, 03-Billion Dollar Babies

With the flash these definitely take on a more pastel shade. I definitely had to swatch these very heavily for these photos. When applied with my real techniques stippling brush these actually apply very subtly, but not too subtly. 

Powder with Flash
01-Hippy Shake and 04-You are my Sunshine

Hippy shake is a very pale lilac/pink that i use as a highlight

You are my sunshine is very similar to Orange County Girl but a little less coral. 

You can see from below that there is quite a difference in shade with and without flash in the powder once compared to the cream.

Powder in normal light
01-Hippy Shake and 04-You are my Sunshine

These blushes are all very pigmented, especially the cream ones. When applying to my cheeks i use my Real techniques Stippling brush for the cream ones and my Crown contour brush for the powder ones. My standard for blush. These brushes really only need to be dabbed into the pot lightly to get started. These can all be built up easily though depending on your preference. 

I found when using the powder ones that there was exceptionally little fall out which is great as i store my makeup a bit haphazard and fallout equals mess.

The cream ones are not the easiest i have to blend, im just spoiled with my love of Stila convertible colours, but they don't cause any problems if you take your time and have good brushes.

The powder ones lasted a good 4 hours before needing reapplied on my oily skin which just burns through makeup, not a bad time and the cream ones lasted a really good 6 hours.

To be honest my only criticism about these is not even really mine, I don't understand how these colours would work for very pale people i would think they would be much to strong, but what do i know eh?

New BeautyAndKittens Etsy Shop

Hi guys. Just a really quick post here to let you all know that BeautyandKittens now has a shop on Etsy, it had just started and i would really appriciate people having a wee look at it and maybe sharing with friends and family if you like anything. http://www.etsy.com/shop/BeautyAndKittens Lorna xxx

REN Clean Skincare set: Glycolactic Radiance Renewal Mask and Radiance Perfection Serum.

  I was in John Lewis the other day because i needed something to sort my skin out, it has been very dull and temperamental recently and i had decided on trying REN Glycolactic Radiance Renewal Mask. This is a little pricey at £30 for 50ml but i had read so many great reviews that i thought it would be worth it. Coincidentally i had also been wanting to get new muslin cloths for using with my No.7 Hot polish Cleanser. I has intended to get the Liz earl ones which are £4 for 2 cloths available here. BUT, then i saw this little package on the bottom shelf. 

It includes the REN Glycolactic Radience Renewal Mask 50ml, REN Radiance Perfection Serum sample 10ml and 2 REN Muslin Cloths. All for £30. 

Can i just add in here that i think its really good they give a decent sized sample, i despise it when you only get 3-5ml samples that you cant really get a feel of the product with.

The REN Muslin Cloths feel exactly like the Liz Earl ones and sell at 2 for £6 here.

The REN Radiance Perfecting Serum usually is in 30ml  jars and retails for £35, available from John  Lewis. So the 10ml is worth £11.66.

Altogether this is worth £47.66, so that's a saving of £17.66!!!! Very happy with this:D

I have been using the serum every morning and night under my moisturizer. I was skeptical at first that this would be too much for my very very oily skin but it doesn't make it more oily at all, in fact i think it is actually helping it a bit which is leading me to think my skin might be oily and dehydrated? Is that actually possible?. My skin feels softer i think as well and it smells great, kinda like oranges.

The Mask itself im still on the fence about, Im just not sure its strong enough for my tough as boots skin. I don't feel a tingle like it says you will and my skin doesn't look any different when i take it off. But ill persist with it anyway and see if it will just take a long time because i have read so many amazing reviews about it.

On the left is the serum and the right the mask. The serum is creamy but thin, which i really like as i hate things not sinking in to my skin quickly. You also only need about half a pump of it so i think even this small tub will last ages.  The mask is almost like a thin jelly and spreads thickly. It doesn't run down your face like some masks and it comes off easily, not clinging to your skin when trying to get it off. 

To be honest ive not got much to say about the cloths except they feel lovely and soft and work really well.

Did anyone else get this absolute bargain from John Lewis? 
Also can anyone recommend another similar mask product i could try?


Lorna xxx

Bye bye google reader. How to follow now.

So as you will have seen on numerous posts cropping up recently Google Reader will be no more in a few months and this indicates that soon Google Friend Connect will be leaving as well (as it is sort of defunct without Google reader).
As you will have seen on other posts there are numerous ways to continue following blogs. Bloglovin for have developed a setting to move the blogs you follow on Google Reader to there. Simply go into your settings on bloglovin and almost at the bottom is a button to import your blogs from Google Reader.

Now i would like to follow my blog i would much apriaciate you now following through Bloglovin, SheSaidBeauty or HelloCotton. The icons for all of these are in my side bar. :)

NOTD #5

So here is the nails i said would be up.

This is using my new Barry M Gelly polishes and damn do they shine like a mutha. 

The blue is called Blueberry and the green Greenberry. Getting a little unimaginative there Barry M. 

I also got new dotting tools from ebay (cost me a penny!!!!) so i was trying them out and got a little carried away. 

Beware of the flash of doom though. It completely strips the colour from it and makes it look like ghost nails. 

What are you all thinking about the Barry M Gelly Polishes?

Lorna