No7 Stay Perfect Mascara Review

No7 have really up'd their game recently on their new make-up products so when I heard about their new mascara I was very eager to try it out. Although I had gone into the store looking for their 'Curl' mascara (which may have been discontinued?! Can't find it anywhere!) when I saw they didn't have it I wasn't too heartbroken to then have the chance to try out their new one.

This mascara, much like most No7 mascara's, cost £12.95 but of course I used a voucher so got £3 off. This pleased me at the time, however, if I knew how much I wouldn't like this mascara I really wouldn't have bothered. 

Although I really enjoy the packaging (it's so shiny, what's not to love!) it's still very plain and safe. However, it does stand out from the other mascara's on the No7 stand.

The wand is also pretty plain and safe. It's a rubber wand with small spikes going all the way around. Even though the wand is nothing special I don't think it is the problem.

 

 

As the photo below shows the mascara just causes the lashes to stick together. I've never experienced such clumping mascara. The solution dries very quickly and forms some kind of rubbery texture. This then results in it being very difficult to separate and you end up with major spider legs.

 Another major thing I dislike about it is how hard it is to get off, even with a eye make-up remover! It comes off in small clumps but not without a fight so I feel I have to really scrub at my eyes to get fully clean of them. 

One good thing is that it's a really dark black, much like the L'Oreal Telescopic (blogged about here) which is a much loved mascara all over the beauty blogging world! All in all, a mascara with only one good point being the colour, which is something which many other mascara's all feature, is really just not worth it.

I'm very disappointed with No7 as I use a lot of their products and love many of them! I'm secretly hoping that I got a bad one and that the others ones are all amazing.

Anyone else tried it?

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Iona x

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Garnier Blur Review

As soon as I saw the packaging for this product I instantly wanted it. However, I managed to conjure enough self control to wait until I'd heard a few reviews/the price had gone down a bit before purchasing it. 

So after hearing that it was a good product and seeing it with money off in Boots I decided to treat myself and give it a shot. 

This is a very soft and velvety feeling primer which reminded me a lot of Benefit's Porefessional. It claims to basically do the same as Porefessional by covering up pores and also claims to cover winkles, imperfections and shine.

I found that the primer does help to hide those annoying pores and believe that it definitely helped my make-up to stay in place too, even after a 9-5 shift in a cafe with steam from a coffee machine and dishwasher constantly in my face. It gives a lovely soft and airbrushed affect to the make-up appearance.

 

In relation to the claim to hide wrinkles I'm not sure as I still have fairly youthful skin and don't really have visible winkles (thankfully). I wouldn't use this just on it's own (as the package claims many woman do like to) as I didn't notice a huge difference on my skin when it's by itself but I absolutely love this under my make-up and will definately purchase again as it's a good £10 cheaper than the Porefessional.

 

 

Recently Benefit has released a new Primer which claims to last 15hours. This would definitely be a competitor for me against this one. If I ever get my hands on the Benefit 15hour primer the Garnier Blur may be in trouble, however, I would choose this over the Benefit Porefessional purely down to the price.

Anyone tried the new Benefit 15hour primer?

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Night-time Skincare Routine

 It may sound really strange but I really enjoy taking time at the end of the day to remove every trace of make-up and prepare my skin for a night of recovery. I often think we forget how much our skin goes through during the day and how important it is to give it time to rejuvenate and recover through the night.

Everyone's skin is different so this is just to show the products I use which work for me and which have helped to really improve the condition of my skin on the whole.

The products I use (in this order) are;

• No7 Beautiful Skin Facewipes
• L'Oreal Paris Skin Perfection 3 in 1 Purifying Micellar Solution (very much like  Bioderma)
• Biore Combination Skin Balancing Cleanser
• No7 Soft & Soothed Gentle Toner
• Nivea Pure & Natural Regenerating Night Cream
• Boots Vitamin E Gentle Eye Cream (the skin around the eye is 40% thinner than the rest of the face so use your ring finger to gently dab the cream on and not rub it in)

My skin type is combination/oily so I find these products work best for me but everyone's different!

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Sleek's 'Storm' i-Divine Eyeshadow Palette

 

 The past few times that I've visited my local Superdrug they have been out of stock of this product so you can only imagine my delight when I finally saw one sitting on the shelf!!

I have been wanting to get my hands on this as I love pretty much every colour in the palette.

As with most Sleek products the packaging is the standard black box, a bigger version of the blush palette blogged about here.

The palette I got is the 'Storm' palette and hosts a lot of beautiful neutral colours. I've only had the occasion to experiment with the colours once but was spoilt for choice on what look to go for. All the colours blend together so nicely therefore giving so much variety. What more could you want for £9.99!

The palette contains 3 matte colours and 9 shimmery ones, giving more options to what you can create. Each colour is very pigmented and I found, with the help of an eye-shadow primer applied before the shadows, that they lasted the whole evening without creasing.

 I can't wait to experiment more with this palette and may even invest in couple of the other palettes for even more variety!!

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