Creamy Delights and Disapointing Discoveries

It's been almost a year since I was privileged to spend the afternoon in Pamela Smyth's makeup studio and in that time not only has she won, yet more, awards for her work but I have taken her words to heart. One of the pieces of advice she gave us was to match product types when trying to achieve a natural look. Cream on cream. Powder on powder.

It's so simple when you think about it. Sticking with similar product types reduces the risk of your make up caking and allows for a more perfect blend, all allowing for that perfect 'no makeup' makeup.

With my skin leaning towards the drier side, although recently I have notice that changing as age and diet changes kick in, I stick to using cream products but I've struggled to find the perfect shades of cream blush. Yes, there are plenty of premium cream blushes out there, but not that many high street options. I do have an excellent palette from Make Up Revolution, but none of the shades give me the 'barely there' look that I am looking for.

I am fussy.

Cut to a recent shopping trip to the newly opened Beauty Outlet in The Junction, Antrim, and I was already on a bit of a splurge when I reached the blush section of the store - it is laid out in to sections based on type rather than brand allowing you to compare each product - I had reached that 'f*ck it' stage of shopping and was just throwing things in to my basket that I liked the look of. Little did I know that I would be picking up my two new favourite cheek products.

Rimmel London Royal Blush in Peach Jewel and Maybelline Dream Touch in Shade 4 Pink. Theres not much more I can say about both these blushes as they wear well, look perfect on my skin and aren't too heavily pigmented so I can really get stuck in without worrying about going too clowny.

Oh yes, there is one thing I can say... THEY'RE DISCONTINUED :'(

Of course, I should've guessed this would be the case with them being in the outlet shop for 1.99 each, but I lived in hope that it was a simple case of re-branding packaging or name changes. Nope. Rimmel have given up on cream blushes altogether by the looks of it and Maybelline have committed to their Baby Balm and Blush range, I have a few and, as much as I like them for a balm, I find them too sheer and glossy for cheeks. Such a shame.

So no you can't buy these in Boots but there are plenty of clearance sites selling them online and plenty of stock still left in the beauty outlet. You might just have to beat me to it first though. Stay tuned for more discontinued products Bex falls in love with thanks to this outlet... *massive eye rolling emoji*

"Brand New Mint In Box"

Of the ways to describe the most premium of items in your makeup collection "Brand New Mint In Box" should not be one of them. One of my most awful habits is buying makeup and then not using it and to my even greater shame it is usually with my most expensive purchases. There is an Alan Carr joke about the extortionate price of a Spanish Onion, the punchline is "when do you save an Onion for best?" This is kind of how I feel about expensive makeup. It's so pretty and so precious that if I get up the courage to actually purchase it, I'm then usually too scared to use it. The pride and shame of this habit is these two items from Dior. The absolutely sublime Dior Skin Nude Tan highlighter which I purchased as a pre-release special edition from House Of Fraser TWO YEARS AGO has sat in box all tightly wrapped up only being shown the light to show off to my friends and family. Yes I do show off my prettiest of pretties to my friends and family...

No Halloween Costume Needed

It's become an accepted norm that once December 1st comes around the nations will don their snowflake print leggings and their novelty jumpers but so far the other seasons are lacking in their effort. Yes, Halloween is famous as being the single greatest costume day of the year but I need October to step and represent in the seasonal apparel game. Thankfully retailers have heard my inner goth cry and have come up with some seriously cute Halloween inspired items. For those who love a slogan tee you have every variation of saying that could possibly be made by rhyming witch with bitch and if you don't say every one of with Emma Roberts' attitude then you need to watch season 3 of American Horror Story immediately! Dressing with the seasons is clearly big money but it doesn't have to cost the world. Here are my choices of how to get into the Halloween spirit all under £30. Boohoo Starting with my favourites because I can! I actually bought the f

The super cuteness of Studio Ghibli nail art

These were done with various Gelish colours over a Hard Gel overlay with embedded glitter. Characters featured are Totoro - My Neighbour Totoro, Soot Sprites - Totoro & Spirited Away, No Face - Spirited Away, and Calcifer - Howls Moving Castle.

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