Little MAC Lipstick - Velvet Teddy

Hey beaut's!

I hadn't made a MAC purchase in a really long time but when I saw their new 'Little MAC' range I knew it would be too adorable for me to resist, theres something about makeup that comes in miniatures isn't there, it just lures me in every time!

The Little Mac Collection contains a selection of MAC's products in their most popular shades all in 'on the go' handbag friendly sizes, theres lipsticks, lip glosses, pigments, mascara and even skin care to choose from all of which are priced from £10.00 to £12.00. What I love about this whole 'Little MAC' range in particular is that it gives you a chance to test out something you might of had your eye on in MAC for a while but didn't want to commit to the full size, plus it's a bit cheaper which is always a bonus and things like the pigments are still going to last for ages whether their mini's or not.

For my first Little MAC purchase I decided to go for their lipstick in Velvet Teddy, this is a super popular shade that most makeup and beauty lovers have in their makeup bags already, but I've never committed to buying it before now because I ALWAYS used to wear pink toned nudes and would never reach for a deep beige nude like Velvet Teddy, until this year where I've been embracing all different shades and loving it! Velvet Teddy is matte but it goes on super creamy and opaque with one swipe and doesn't dry my lips out which is a major bonus, the shade is super wearable for daytime at work or even on a night out and because the lipstick bullet is smaller it's so precise and easy to put on!

You may be wondering the size difference between the regular MAC lippies and the Little MAC lippies, well....The Little MAC lipsticks have 1.8 grams of lipsticks within the bullet and the regular MAC lipsticks have 3 grams so your getting just over half of a full size MAC lipstick in the Little MAC bullet, wow I hope that makes sense as that's a mouthful lol!

Overall I'm all for this concept, anything in miniature will always get a thumbs up from me and being completely honest I would never have bought Velvet Teddy at full size until I could really test the shade out on myself so if there was no Little MAC available I still wouldn't of even tried the shade. The whole concept is great for travel too or for your handbags and clutch bags on nights out, and the skincare options you get 30ml worth of product which I think is pretty decent considering most full size foundations come in 30ml bottles!

You can find the Little MAC Collection HERE.

Degustabox Review + £5 off Discount Code

Hey beaut's!

I have a subscription box review for you all today but it's a subscription box with a difference.... it contains yummy food and drink, so say hello to Degustabox*. Degustabox works very much like how beauty subscription boxes work, for £12.99 a month (postage included within the £12.99 price) you will receive 10 to 15 surprise food/drink products, many that are completely new to the market! So if your a bit of a foodie like myself and you love subscription boxes your going to love this beaut's! 

Firstly this month we have a yummy bag of Smarties & Milkybar Mixed Mini Eggs (£3.00), what a lovely Easter treat! I must admit I didn't even know these where even a thing until I opened my Degustbox and saw them sitting there all proud waiting to be scoffed, they where so nice!

Next up is something a little healthier than the mini eggs and that's this little Hafervoll Flapjack (£1.99)! Hafervoll Flapjacks are actually the first 100% natural oat bars and don't contain any nasty's like sugar and chemical additives, it was so tasty and actually rather filling!

Then we have Mr Lee's Noodles (£2.99), I call these yummy pots a posh Pot Noodle he he! I had the Dragon Fire Vegetable flavour which was rather spicy for me but that's because I'm such a wimp when it comes to spice however it was still super yummy, and what I love about these noodles is that their gluten free, vegan friendly, low in calories and low in sugar!

We absolutely love pasta in our house and I'm always rustling up pasta dishes so this Cirio Pasta Sauce (£2.00) wont last long at all. I have the Parmesan flavour and it's so easy to use, you simply warm it through and mix it through your pasta and voila!

Then we had a can of Tenzing Natural Energy Drink (£1.19), this is a great 'pick me up' drink that isn't bad for you or full of sugar like normal energy drinks, it actually only contains six natural ingredients which is so impressive! Oddly this did taste and smell exactly like Red Bull but is so much better for you than that stuff!

The next yummy treat within the March box was this delicious Canny 100% Natural Chocolate Milk (£1.59), my goodness this was good and I love the fact it's all natural because I didn't feel too naughty whilst I drank it he he!

I do love a glass of Ribena (£2.49) but I have never ever tried the pineapple and passion fruit flavour so I'm looking forward to seeing what this is like, I can imagine it being so refreshing on a hot summers day in a huge jug with lots of ice, yum!

The next item comes with a warning so I will never be trying this ha ha, it's a bottle of Encona Carolina Reaper Chilli Sauce (£1.49) and as I said earlier on - me and spicy foods are not friends and this bad boy has a blend of the worlds hottest chilli within it so I'll be giving it a miss and giving it to someone who's more brave than me ha ha! If you are a lover of all things hot and spicy then this sauce can work as a marinade for meat or as a dipping sauce!

I absolutely love Shreddies MAX Granola (£2.59), I buy it a lot on my weekly food shop so getting a box in my Degustabox was a right brucie bonus! If you haven't tried these before it's a yummy combination of crunchy oat clusters and shreddie pieces, their divine with yogurt and fruit as well as milk!

Finally this month we received a three pack of Appy Kids Co Roald Dahl Fruit Drinks (1.29), these are great for kids lunch boxes but if your an adult they will be gone in one or two yummy mouthfuls he he!

Degustabox have kindly given me a discount code for all of my beautiful readers, all you have to do is pop 039DB into the promotional code box and you'll receive a whopping £5.00 discount when registering making your first box just £7.99. And don't worry beaut's, theres no commitments with Degustabox meaning you can cancel your subscription free of charge before the 10th of any month, but I mean why would you cancel monthly surprise food treats ha ha!

What do you think of the Degustabox concept beaut's? I'd love to know your thoughts!

Makeup Revolution Fast Base Foundation First Impressions

Hey beaut's!

I think it's fair to say all of us Makeup Revolution lovers went slightly gaga over their Conceal and Define Concealer, it took me bloody ages to get hold of that bad boy and after trying it I saw why, because it's so, so good! Shortly after the concealer launch Makeup Revolution or Revolution (I'm not sure what name their going by these days lol) launched their very first stick foundation and I couldn't wait to try it. To my surprise I managed to nab myself the Fast Base Foundation in Superdrug a week ago so I thought I'd do a cheeky first impressions on it today!

Just like the concealer the foundation has a whopping 18 shades ranging from fair to deep, in cool, neutral and warm undertones, I think is amazing and would love to see this more from other brands! I opted for the shade F3 in the foundation because I'm C3 in the concealer for the blemishes on my face and C1 for my under eye concealing and I'd heard that the shades match up to each other. F3 is for fair skin tones with a pink undertone which is what I have but it is a smidge light and I think I could of definitely gone a shade darker but it's nothing a bit of bronzer doesn't fix so I'm not entirely sure if the concealer and foundation shades do match up exactly the same. 

I've never used a stick foundation before so this was all completely new to me, they always reminded me of those horrible dry concealer sticks I used to use when I was about 14 which never blended at all so I always stayed clear however the Makeup Revolution Fast Base Foundation is not dry at all, instead it's super, super creamy and melts onto the skin when you swipe it on, and it blends so easily with a beauty blender or foundation brush but I prefer using my beauty blender if I'm honest. The coverage is good, I'd say medium but buildable and the finish is very dewy which I like, the only thing I'm finding so far is that the foundation stays tacky on my skin and does settle into my smile lines so I do have to set it with a bit of powder but after it's set it doesn't move, go dry or patchy on me at all. 

 Overall I've been really liking this foundation so far and for £5.00 it's such a bargain isn't it! It's so creamy and blendable, has a good amount of coverage without looking too OTT or cakey, I would say if you have particularly oily skin then this may not be the foundation for you because it is so dewy I fear it may move around on oily skin. My skins been pretty normal recently although I do have the odd dry patch and the foundation doesn't cling to those patches which is a brucie bonus! I really want to grab one of the darker shades now to try some cream contouring, ohhhh look at me being all daring he he! 

You can find the Makeup Revolution Fast Base Foundation for £5.00 HERE.