WICKED LIMECRIME VELVENTINE DUO with E.L.F Lip Definer and Rimmel Lip Liner

Helllooo my beautiful people!

So as you know I was on the hunt for a lipliner to match (or close to) my amazing wicked lime crime velventine so I could apply this stuff sharply and defined and get a gorgeous full long lasting lip!

I purchase the rimmel Lasting Finish Lip Liner in 071 Cherry Kiss. As you guys know wicked is a burgundy red/cherry and plum colour!

Duo:

Limecrime Velventine Wicked
E.l.f professional lip defining brush (really hard pointed so perfect for the precision needed for defined sharp looking lips)
Rimmel London Lasting Finish 071 Cherry Kiss

Application:

Line your lips with the Rimmel London Lasting Finish 071 Cherry Kiss! Then use your lip defining brush and dip that onto the end of the lime crime velventine lip stain and apply it too your lips! Its that easy! You could also use the definer to go around the edges of your lip following the line you have created with the Rimmel London Lip Liner!!

And… heres a swatch for you guys! The line is the liner and the smudge is the lip stain! They don't to totally look exact in the photo but in real life they are pretty much the same, the liner has a slight tinge of purple but this would mesh into the lip stain really easy!

Till next time beauties! 

Laeken x

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FIRST IMPRESSION | Rimmel The Max Volume Flash Mascara

Hello Lovelys!

FIRST IMPRESSION | Rimmel The Max Volume Flash Mascara

So yesterday I popped into Kmart, (for those of you elsewhere other than New Zealand its like equivalent to Target or warehouse types stores) and saw Rimmel had $5.00 off which really made a difference considering how expensive make up is in New Zealand. So it retailed at $20 and I got it for $15 so I really wanted to expect some quality from this stuff, I mean $15 is still expensive really!

So first off I really love the packing, its pink, sort of fuscia! and if you're girly like me you'll love this! I saw it had a thick wand which you would assume to apply the mascara in a full voluminous way, so all was amazing UNTIL the wand hit my lashes… the love for this product immediately stopped!

Firstly you should know I have really short thin lashes and so I was looking for something that gives volume (as I wanted to use this in combination with a fibre mascara that already gives me length!)

I applied three coats of this stuff and honestly it did nothing. It only made my lashes black and boy did they look so limp and sad! I am so disappointed. I honestly though this was going to "max out the volume" of my lashes.

This is what the mascara claims to do according to the ultra.com website:

"Take your eyes to the max with the supersized, perfect-fit brush that works in perfect synergy with the exclusive quick setting Lash Expand formula. The cushion-like collagen effectively binds to each individual lash, while the keratin works to smooth the surface of the lashes, leaving them stronger, sleeker and shinier. Capture that edgy London look than with big, bold attention-grabbing lashes."

Ingredients:

Aqua/Water, Linum Usitatissimum (Linseed) Seed Oil, Paraffin, Cera Alba/Beeswax, Acrylates Copolymer, Diisostearoyl Polyglyceryl-3 Dimer Dilinoleate, VP/VA Copolymer, Stearic Acid, Glyceryl Stearate, Cera Carnauba/Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax, C18-36 Acid Triglyceride, Sorbitan Sesquioleate, Arginine, Tocopherol, Caprylyl Glycol, PEG-30 Dipolyhydroxystearate, Panthenol, Talc, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Sodium Dehydroacetate, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, May Contain: Iron Oxides (Combined CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499 = CI 77491).

Now… you tell me if my lashes look like "big, bold attention-grabbing lashes.."

THIS WAS THREE COATS EVERYONE, THREE COATS! and I even used a eyelash curler to give this mascara a bit of a boost!

(Sorry for the redness, I had just rubbed my eye make up off to apply this "bold attention grabbing mascara ;) )

Pros:
I was really not happy with this product. No length and no volume, what makes a girl happy about that! and its totally not doing what it claims to do - make your lashes 14x more volume. Sadly there was NO volume! ):

Cons:
Honestly this mascara does nothing, it only makes your eyelashes black but there is no volume at all and only the most minimal length is created.

So all in all sadly I have a hate relationship with this stuff, in fact there sadly is no relationship with this stuff ): If those of you out there have long luscious eyelashes and just want some colour, well this mascara can really only offer you that but every mascara does anyway!

Till next time beauties!
Laeken x
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REVIEW | THEBALM MARY-LOU MANIZER HIGHLIGHTER

REVIEW | MARY-LOU MANIZER

Hi beaautieees!

So I recently purchased the THEBALM Mary Lou Manizer off Strawberry Net for the price of $23 dollars so way cheaper than a lot of the other online stores which is really great. I suggest when your looking for the more higher end brands definitely search around the web for the lowest price simply by putting your product name into google and then your country after it. But for me living in New Zealand, the balm isn't sold here unfortunately but I found it the cheapest on strawberry net and at the moment if you spend over $25 dollars US you get a freebie to pick which is amazing! I grabbed the Calvin Klein Eyeshadow! So with saying this I definitely recommend looking there for any higher end brand before you look elsewhere because they have amazing deals!

Anyway, onto the product! This is one of the most amazing highlighters I have ever purchased! The packaging it so cute and appealing! It has a 1950's girl on it and states her offences in the field of the highlighter which I though was such a neat idea. The consistency of the highlighter is in powder form and is very very smooth. There is certainly ALOT of product in the Mary Lou Manizer so you defiantly get what its worth. Even more exciting is that you hardly need to use much of this product at all to obtain a natural shimmery glow so I can see this product lasting forever!

Pros:
So pigmented, you only need a little bit of the product so its definitely worth the $20-30
Shimmery
Gorgeous packaging
Long Lasting Power
Glides straight on
It would also put an amazing shimmery glow on anyone with fair skin!
No Parabens!

Cons:
It can be really easy to swipe too much of this product and appear way too shimmery BUT this is easily controlled by just swiping some on your brush and then just tapping the extra amount off your brush

So with all this said HELL YEAH i'd purchase this again! I for sure will not be buying anymore highlighters for a long long time and when I do you can be sure I will jump on to strawberry net and get ANOTHER one! Have a lovey day!

Laeken x
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