FOTD

Hey lovely ladies

This is actually the face of last night, I went to my friends 18th but it's actually the same as todays so yeah

Eyes

• Mac Paintpot in Bare Study
• Rimmel Glam Eyes Eyeliner, my first go at using liquid in SO long
• but then I had to go and use Mac Fluidline
• Rimmel Wild Curls*

Lips

•  Rimmel Vinyl Gloss in Heartbeat (the new one, review soon)

Face

• Collection 2000 Perfect Minerals Foundation
• Benefit It Stick
• MAC MSF Natural in Medium/Dark
• Topshop Cream Blusher in Nutmeg
• ELF All Over Stick in Persimmon (I think?) 

Do I need to do more adventurous looks? Or do you play it safe like me?

* Sophie's eyelashes were styled with lash inserts for an even lashline ;)

Love Sophie xx

First Proper Experience With False Nails

Hey lovely ladies,

Now I say proper because when I have previously used false nails it was a Superdrug impulse buy I wanna do something crazy let me buy the cheapest I can find but this time I settled down to the false nail stand in Boots and picked up these

Broadway Nails Fast French Modern Square - £5.99

I was tempted to buy Nailene but they were a bit too pricey. However I think the super long french manicure was a bit too much for me. I mean look at those bands I keep on my arm, the two don't really go together.

I then decided to paint them Nails Inc London which suits me so much more I reckon, the length really sets the colour off

Then I thought, I know I'll add Essie Mink Muffs! I like this but I do prefer them with London on, hey I'm a London Girl!

I reallly like these nails painted, I havent had much trouble with them falling off, my first one fell off last night, into the Indian takeaway bag, my mum almost had a heart attack, she thought they were my real nails. The glue dries pink apparently, didn't really notice but it's strong stuff. Smells like a nail parlour but its good enough.

May I take this opportunity now to add that I think false toenails is a step too far? What do you think? And are you a false nail fan?

Love Sophie xxx

Ebay False Eyelashes Take 2

Hey lovely ladies

This is a video for you, thought you could see them a bit better, I did try putting them on but because of lack of scissors they were too long and didn't look great!

Excuse my voice I've got a bit of flu and then my nose decided to start bleeding right at the end of the video

Enjoy!

Love Sophie xx

50% off at Models Own? Yes Please :)

Hey everyone 

Just to let you know Models Own are feeling a bit unloved and therefore want a few more people to 'like' them on Facebook. They're currently on around 5000 members but they need 10,000 before they give us 50% off. 

So what you waiting for? Give em a little like from me, eh? And then you can justify buying two things off them, right? Because that's the same price as buying one thing full price. Bargain!

Click the picture to give them some loving

On another note, is the Youtube toolbar thingy getting on your nerves too? It's driving me CRAZY!

Have a lovely Monday evening, ladies

Love Sophie xx

Products That Don't Live Up To The Hype

Hey ladies!

There must be so many of these out there and I was interested to see what you thought, if there are any products you really don't get on with.

To start, here's a couple of mine

Maybelline Great Lash

Oh my gosh. Biggest let down ever. And aren't they meant to sell a billion a minute or something? I don't know who's buying them though! I am a fan of the packaging though. . 

GOSH Darling

Ok it's not like I hate this, I kinda love the scent, all white chocolatey, but it's super drying, lasts a whole of 5 minutes and a bit of a let down. I love it for toning down lip colours though but I don't think it's right for my pale complexion

I'll add some more later if I can think of them

Have you tried these? What are your 'let down' products? Do you find you buy things that everyone loves only to hate them?

Love Sophie xx

The Samples Series: Avon Advanced Techniques Lotus Shield

Hey everyone!

Continuing with my Samples Series with the Avon Advanced Tecniques Frizz Control Lotus Shield which I'm pretty sure everyone has heard of by now. 

  Avon Advanced Tecniques Frizz Control Lotus Shield - £5 introductory price

First impressions were that it smells LOVELY. However I think I used a bit too much. After reading reviews on their website people say to use a 10p sized blob. I used the whole sachet. I woke up the following morning with disgusting hair. It was stringy and messy and just awful. And I had work to go to. I was expecting to walk in and have everyone say 'Wow Sophie your hair looks fab!'. Then again this would never happen considering I only work with men, yet one managed to tell me my hair 'looked a mess'. Gee, thanks.

Yet I hung on in there as it does say you can leave it for up to 2 washes and after my second wash my hair is lovely and smooth and soft with no flyaways. Have a look at this!

Hello shiny hair!

Have you tried this yet? 

Love Sophie xx

How I Keep My Fringe Bouncy

Hey lovely ladies :)

A biiiiig hello and thank you to my new followers as well!

This is just a quick post about how I keep my fringe bouncy, as I have naturally straight hair so without doing anything my fringe is flat against my head. Nice. 

This is what it looks like after a few hours shopping, there's still bounce! 

So what products do I use?

Firstly I wet my fringe, no shampoo or anything because I find that makes it look greasy, I'm not very good at washing it out under the tap. .

Then I use a little bit of this. I love love love this, it's not cheap at £9.90 or so from Headmasters but it's worth it. It's a kind of mousse but in a spray form so it's really light but still has good hold. It's a huge bottle so I reckon it'll last a while

L'oreal Tecni.Art Root Lift Spray Mousse - £9.90

I then blowdry with my trusty Superdrug round brush which was only a couple of pounds and my Tresemme Extra Hold Hairspray which I've had for months it's so big!

As you can see I like to stick with the pink and black theme. . .!

What about you? What styling products could you not live without? Do you ever buy stuff from the hairdressers?

Love Sophie xx

PS I now have the approve comments thing enabled as I find it hard to catch up with all my comments

Mini Rant, Why Blogs Are Better Than Magazines

Hey everyone! 

I guess this is a case of preaching to the converted but before I got into blogging I would flick straight to the beauty pages of magazines. After buying a few more lately (damn you WHSmith in Waterloo station!) whilst waiting for friends I've realised that reading someone's post is so much more satisfying than reading about the newest products in a magazine.

Take for instance this month's Company magazine. I'm not really a Company fan, it's not really aimed at me I guess and the sealed sections drive me MAD. Why anyone would think that you'd have to seal a few pages together about bum surgery is beyond me (if you don't get this reference go and look at the current issue of Company. .Grrr)

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That's all you get. One page. And a few others about new perfumes. But that doesn't satisfy my needs!
I found out aaaages ago about the new Estee Lauder palette mentioned from Charlie and that's what I love about blogging. It's so much easier to read than a magazine, and most of the things you read are genuine, honest opinions on products that there is actually a chance you might consider buying.

It's like having a beauty magazine to read every day of the year and for that I am very thankful :)
Keep up the good work ladies!

What do you think? Have you given up on going to magazines for beauty advice?

Sophie xxx

The Samples Series: Neutrogena Visibly Clear Pink Grapefruit Facial Wash

So next up is the Neutrogena Visibly Clear Pink Grapefruit Facial Wash. Why do they always have such LONG names?! This one fell out of Glamour I think and I've since lost the packaging. I was a bit on the post about this one, especially considering Vanessa Ann-Hudgens does the advert and it just makes me cringe. 

I accidentally threw out the packaging and I can't find it on any websites to tell you how much it is, probably a few pounds I reckon.

It's not amazing, but it's not terrible. It doesn't really seem like it would clear your skin but maybe that's because of the strong grapefruit smell. After all Vanessa doesn't quite believe it herself as the smell is just so great. . .

It's quite drying so you'd need a good moisturiser afterwards, I used this day and night for 2 days (a nice big sample!) yet I didn't really see a difference. I think it does make quite a good cleanser though, it did get rid of any last bits of make up.

Would I buy it? Probably not. I think I would get sick of the fragrance, it is really strong and I'm not really a grapefruit fan! However it does make your skin feel really fresh and clean so I might look into more from them

Are you a Neutrogena fan?

Sophie xx

The Samples Series: Body Shop Rainforest Moisture Hair Butter

Hey lovely ladies!

This is something new I'm doing, I realised last night that I have too many samples of things (or do I buy too many magazines?) so I thought I'd use them up and blog about my first impressions. Obviously some I don't intend to buy so I can't give a review after a few uses etc, but you know what they say, first impressions count!

First up is the Rainforest Moisture Hair Butter from The Body Shop

Rainforest Moisture Hair Butter - £3 for 50ml/£8 for 200ml

 

Ok, so the price for a small tub isn't too bad but what about the product? The product promises a 'luxuriously rich and intensive deep-conditioning treatment for soft, glossy and tangle-free hair' and it has no silicones, parabens or colourants and it contains 'pracaxi oil, manketti nut oil and Community Trade honey and olive oil'

Now if you ask me that sounds like a pretty yummy miraculous product right? Yeaaah, not so. I like my products to have a smell. And a pleasant one at that. This smells really strange, it is a faint smell but if anyone owns a Superdrug MUA Lipstick, that's what it smells like, in a word, funky.

There was a reasonable amount in the sachet, probably the same amount that I would dig out of my tub (uh, if I had one. . ), not a scraping but then not exactly generous. This didn't cover my hair at all. My hair is long, not super long but it just about managed the roots. And this is to be used instead of your conditioner once a week. Deep-conditioning treatment it ain't.

Now to be fair I was expecting a miracle. I was expecting my hair to drop out of it's knots into sleek, soft shiny hair. That's not unreasonable, Aussie 3 Minute Miracle can do it. But no, I came out of the shower with tangled hair looking exactly how it had when I went into the shower (except damp of course)

Of course samples are supposed to make us go 'wowee I'm gonna go out and buy that RIGHT now'. But that didn't happen with this. I think the eco thing they've got going on with this range is fab, but really, I wouldn't buy this full price. Weird smell, and despite being for dry hair it didn't really fulfill it's promises. 

Sorry Body Shop :(

Have you found any samples lately?

Sophie xxx