Limited Edition Vaseline Paint The Town | Review

Hey girlie's!!!

At the begining of September Vaseline launched their third limited edition tin, say hello to 'Paint The Town' a gorgeous red lip tint. It was released exclusively in Selfridges throughout September, but now at last its readily available in Boots and Superdrug, yippee!!!

 I instantly fell in love with the packaging, i mean it just looks so cool with the effect of red paint dripping down the lid to form the silhouette of a city skyline. The product within the gorgeous tin really does look fab too, with its cherry red colouring and the most amazing sweet spicy berry scent, which seems very fitting for this time of year and it also tastes just as nice as it smells, yummy!!!

I must admit i was hoping for the pigmentation/tint to be alot stronger than it actually is, looking at the product in the tin you'd think it was a nice red shade, but in actual fact its a light pinky tone. I think 'Paint The Town' would be a nice addition to a red lip, giving you that extra tinted glossiness and moisture, it's also great to just chuck in your handbag for any on the go applications when your lips are feeling dehydrated.

All in all i am slightly disappointed that 'Paint The Town' isn't as pigmented as i first thought, having said that 'Paint The Town' is certainly my favourite out of all the Vaseline variety's, it still works the same as any general Vaseline but the tin looks great and it tastes and smells great too.

Don't forget as the tint is Limited Edition there is only a limited supply so make sure you get yours whilst you can before they all get snapped up. The tint is available from Boots and Superdrug and retails for £3.49.

Have you tried Vaseline's 'Paint The Town' yet??? What did you think???

Elf Baked Eye Shadow in Pixie | Review

Hey girlie's!!! 

Recently whilst i was having a snoop on the Elf website i noticed they had launched some baked eye shadows within their studio line, knowing that these are baked in an oven really intrigues me so i just had to buy one to try. 

As the Elf Baked Eye Shadows are part of the Studio Line the eye shadow came packaged in the traditional Studio Line black cardboard box packaging, the eye shadow itself sits inside a simple, easy to open plastic case packaging, 

The shade i opted for was 'Pixie', Pixie is a gorgeous metallic rose gold shade that in some lights can look some what peachy but my goodness I'm in love ha ha. The silky blendable formula makes application smooth and the eye shadow seems to glide onto the lid effortlessly. The pigmentation id say is good but it does have a sheer finish when completely blended, personally i prefer that as it looks so pretty and subtle, you can also use the baked eye shadows wet so of course i road tested that aspect out and i have to say 'Pixie' appears alot more pigmented and alot more vibrant when used wet and really does come to life.

I was surprised at how well 'Pixie' lasted on the lid, it doesn't matter whether you use the eye shadow wet or dry the lasting power stays the same staying in place around 8 hours on me, that's without using a primer and the combining fact i have oily eyelids, so that's really   impressed me.

All in all I'm really pleased I picked one of Elf's baked eye shadows up, i truly love Pixie and i have to say i don't really own any eye shadows that are even remotely similar to Pixie's shade, so it's nice to own something abit different.

You can buy Pixie on the Elf website along with the other 5 shades in the Baked Eye Shadow Collection for £3.75 each. 

Have you tried any of the baked eye shadows yet??? Which one is your favourite??? Id love to know.

DIY Lip Scrub | Perfect for Autumn/Winter

Hey girlie's!!!

A lip scrub is something that is essential for most of us girlie's in the Autumn/Winter month's, there's nothing worse than that awful feeling of dry, flaky, chapped lips when you have nothing to hand to help you out, but do not fear as a lip scrub is very simple to make using things that you should have in your kitchen cupboards and it's very effective too.

What you will need...

♦ Olive Oil.

♦ Honey.

♦ Caster Sugar. 

♦ Flavouring, this is optional but I opted for Vanilla.

♦ Food colouring of your choice, again this is optional.

♦ A bowl and spoon to mix everything up.

♦ A container to pop your finished scrub into.

♦ Firstly your going to want to pop a heaped tablespoon worth of caster sugar into your bowl, the caster sugar is whats going act as our scrub making your lips nice a smooth and will get rid of any dry flaky skin. If you don't have any caster sugar you can use standard granulated sugar but remember it will feel slightly rougher on your lips that the caster sugar. 

♦ Next your going to want to add a teaspoon worth of olive oil to the sugar and mix well. The olive oil is going to be the moisturising part of the scrub, it will add lots of moisture back into your lips and leave them feeling moisturised and smooth for quite some time. 

♦ You will then need to add just a dribble of honey to the mix, this will just help the mixture stick together and make it taste nice and sweet.

♦ Now is the time for you to add your flavouring and colouring, this is optional but as I have lots of baking bits in my cupboards I decided to throw them in. You literally only need a tiny amount of the flavouring, I used Vanilla, and the smallest amount of food colouring, I used Red sparingly to get a baby pink shade. Then give it all one last mix and your scrub should be ready to use, simple!!!

♦ Store your scrub in a small container making sure it has a secure lid and it's completely clean before your pop your home made scrub inside, I think my container pictured above was brought from Superdrug a while ago, I think it cost me around 50p, I know it was super affordable though. 

And there you have it, a super quick, easy and affordable way to keep your lips looking gorgeous this Autumn/Winter and it even tastes good too as all ingredients used are edible!!!

Let me know if your try making a lip scrub of your own this Autumn/Winter. I'd love to know what flavouring and colour you go for.