Swatches: e.l.f Lipsticks

Here are some swatches of the new £1.50 e.l.f Lipsticks

(Click on images for larger view)

With Flash

Classy

Gypsy

Posh

Seductive

Voodoo

My review of these Lipsticks will be up soon

You can buy e.l.f products from www.eyeslipsface.co.uk

eBay Haul Number 1 - Sleek & Mary Quant

I have been wanting to buy a Sleek palette for ages! I was going to buy one from the Sleek website, but I found it cheaper buying on eBay (shipping was more expensive on the Sleek website), so I saved some money.

I bought the Acid palette as it caught my eye ever since the first time I saw it. I also bought a Mary Quant Lipstick (41 Artful Pink) from the same seller (they have an eBay shop) as they were selling them for £1.75 so worth a try... I have never heard of Mary Quant before though.

 

Small Sainsburys Haul

While doing a bit of grocery shopping lastnight I decided I might buy some make up from their cosmetic section, but while browsing nothing caught my eye :-( ...So the only 'beauty' products I got were these (oh and a couple of other random things lol):

Vaseline Lip Therapy (Rosy Lips), Palmers Cocoa Butter Moisturizing Lip Balm, Sally Hansen Acetone Free Polish Remover (oh and some Flossers and a Hello Kitty Tax disc holder lol)

(Sorry the photo isn't great quality, I took it with the camera on my phone)

I've been searching for a good lip balm as my lips seem to be getting really dry just lately, normally they are fine (even in winter!)... so not sure what that's about.

I also want to apologise for not posting on my Blog lately. I have just been really busy in general, also my migraines have become more frequent and being on a computer with a migraine isn't the best idea. Also my mum has been taken into hospital, so I've been on house duty and my two indoor cats can be rather hard work lol (honestly, more so than a new puppy!)... Fingers crossed the doctors find out what's wrong asap and she recovers FULLY! She has been in there for just over 3 days now and I miss her already :-( she is my best friend as well as my mum <3 xxx

Edit: I totally forgot to add... Swatches of my Urban Decay Naked Palette, swatches and review of the new e.l.f £1.50 Lipsticks, Love-Makeup haul and more e.l.f hauls all to come asap.

Chrystal
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Glamorous Girl 2014 Giveaway

Glamorous Girl 2014 is having a Giveaway on her Blog, go check it out and enter for a chance to win! Glamorous Girl 2014 Giveaway

My Blog Award - Thank you *Starsglittermagic*

I was very chuffed to see I had received this award from http://starsglittermagic.blogspot.com
Thank you so much *Starsglittermagic*!

Here is what you do when you receive this award
1. make a post about the award and link the blog of the person who gave it to you
2. give the award to 15 blogs that you've found out recently
3. tell these bloggers that they have an award

So here is my list (in no paticular order)
http://beautyshinesfromwithin.blogspot.com/
http://bridgetjones101.blogspot.com/
http://beautydivaindia.blogspot.com/
http://beeroyal.blogspot.com/
http://cococerys.blogspot.com/
http://enigmatic-rambles.blogspot.com/
http://larasbeautybible.blogspot.com/
http://hannah-obsession.blogspot.com/
http://hannahpears-beauty.blogspot.com/
http://thefashionableaddict.blogspot.com/
http://misstania08.blogspot.com/
http://www.onemorelipstick.com/
http://petiterinni.blogspot.com/
http://sparklysausages.blogspot.com/
http://divabeautybox.blogspot.com/

Winner of My First Giveaway!

Thank you to everyone who took the time to enter my first Giveaway!

I entered everyones name into random.org (1 time for 1 entry, 2 times for 2 entries and 3 times for 3 entries as stated in the rules) and here are the results (I can't see to make it bigger and clearer? I hope you can see it anyway):

The winner is... Chicky Spouts

Congratulations Chicky Spouts! I will be contacting you by email very shortly to ask your choice of Mineral Eyeshadow colour and to get your contact details so I can post your prizes to you. If you haven't received an email from me within the next hour, please leave a comment on this Post just incase I might have got your email address details incorrect, thank you.

Again, thanks to all who entered! and thank you for being a Follower. There will be more Giveways here on my Blog soon, so keep an eye out!

Chrystal
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Have Blogger gone and changed stuff again!?

Is it just me or have Blogger gone and changed the Reading List? (on the Dashboard where you find new posts by Blogs you are Following). Mine looks funky and I DON'T like it!!! :-(

The furthest I can go is a post made 19 hours ago, how am I meant to read posts made before then without clicking on each individual Blog or using Google Reader.

They always have to go and change things when they didn't need to! If you're going to make changes, at least make things better not worse!

Rant over, for now! :-D

Review: E.L.F Shimmer Eyeliner Pencils With Swatches

Here are swatches of all the e.l.f Shimmer Eyeliner Pencils

Taken without flash (click on image for larger view):

Taken with flash:

Taken without flash:

Taken with flash:

Review: They are very soft and apply easily. They do not drag or scratch on the skin - which is always good when you are applying the eyeliner to the waterline in my opinion! I did find that I needed to go back and forth about 3-4 times to get a good even coat of colour though.

Apart from Iconic Ivory and Precious Pink, they are all quite vibrant and pigmented. Iconic Ivory and Precious Pink are the ligthest shades and in my opinion don't have a great deal of colour pay off with just one layer (on the lid), I found with these two shades I had to re-apply quite a few times to get them to show up and be noticeable.

Staying power isn't great, they do smudge quite easily, so it might be a good idea to set with a similar colour eyeshadow or even the HD powder (if applying on the lid). For the price I didn't expect them to stay put long, but to be honest... I own some expensive eyeliners that don't last long either, so it isn't always about how much a product costs.

They come with a sharpener in the lid, which at first I thought was a good idea. But after I used the sharpener to sharpen the black Shimmer Pencil (Black Bandit), I wasn't so fond of the sharpener! After using the lid sharpener some of the shavings (along with the actual liner colour) gets stuck to the sharpener blade/plastic lid and when I put the lid back on the pencil it smudged all in the lid/over the top of the pencil. Then when I went to remove the lid the next time, I discovered a big black smudged mess on my fingers. Of course the sharpeners are ok if you make sure to clean them straight after each use, but I personally will stick to my regular sharpener to avoid the mess.

One small point I am a little unhappy with (and I mean, only a tiny bit unhappy!) is that the Shimmer Pencils aren't labelled with their shade. The original packaging that they come in has the shade, but once that's thrown away, the pencils themselves only have 'e.l.f Shimmer Eyeliner Pencil' written on them, there is no shade/colour on them whatsoever. This isn't really important, but if I wantde to recommend a certain shade to a friend I might not be able to remember all the shades off by heart, but I guess I could always just check out the e.l.f website if I got stuck.

I like all of the colours and will probably use these quite regularly as I like their soft texture... I cannot stand dry/hard eyeliners that drag on my waterline/upper lid! They are well worth the price and I would recommend you give them a try.

You can buy e.l.f products at: www.eyeslipsface.co.uk

All opinions in this review are my own and I am not affiliated with any company.

Chrystal

SWATCHES: Gel Liners

Here are swatches of some of my Gel Liners (same as Coastal Scents Gel Liners)

The ones I bought are the same shades as: True Black, Sky Line, Maroon, Truffle, Stellar, Ecstasy/Boom Boom and Grape Vine on the Coastal Scents website (in order of photo above).

Taken without flash (swatches in the same order as the above photo). Click on photo for larger view:

Taken with flash

Chrystal

Enter My Blog Giveaway!

There is just one week left until my First Blog Giveaway ends!

If you would like to enter for a chance to win, you can find out how to do so here: My First Giveaway! (E.L.F Giveaway)

Good luck!

Haul: e.l.f 1st October 2010

Yeah, you guessed it! another e.l.f haul :-)

I ordered this last week when I heard about the new lipsticks arriving (a limited amount). I also made a comment on e.l.f's Blog so I got a £1.50 off Voucher!

Here is what I ordered: 5 of the new £1.50 Lipsticks, Plumping Lip Glaze and a Blending Eye Brush

More photos, swatches and a review of the New Lipsticks to come soon.

Haul: Coastal Scents Gel Liners? 7 Gel Liners for under £11... eBay is your friend!

Swatches of these Gel Liners can be found here: SWATCHES: Gel Liners

I often browse eBay for make up and have often bought make up from there (only NEW of course!). I wanted to get some more gel liners so I did a search on eBay and managed to find the same gel liners Coastal Scents sell, but for alot cheaper! They are exactly the same (I can compare because I already own a couple bought from Coastal Scents), it's just the ones from eBay have a different logo/text on the box - everything else is the same, the box, the jars, the lids and most importantly... the product inside!

Here are some pictures (more info about shipping/prices below pictures)

(The ones I bought are the same shades as: True Black, Sky Line, Maroon, Truffle, Stellar, Ecstasy/Boom Boom and Grape Vine on the Coastal Scents website)

This lot of 7 (the auction was for all 7, I didn't buy them individually) cost me £10.71 GBP (roughly about $16.44 USD / €12.93 EUR) with FREE shipping!
When I bought my Gel Liners from Coastal Scents they cost me $6.95 USD each (roughly about £4.53 GBP / €5.47 EUR each) and the shipping (USPS First-Class Mail International) for two Gel Liners was $3.96 USD (roughly about £2.58 GBP / €3.11 EUR). 
I just did a quick check on the Coastal Scents website to see how much shipping would be for 7 Gel Liners and it worked out at $9.04 USD (roughly about £5.89 GBP / €7.11 EUR).


I paid £10.71 for all 7, so each Gel Liner cost me about £1.53! that means I saved £3 on each one lol (total for 7 Gel Liners from Coastal Scents would be £31.71!). The only downside is this seller doesn't sell a good mixture of colours in their sets, but they do sell each gel liner separately - but when buying them separately it works out just as expensive as buying from Coastal Scents, so that's why I bought the ones I did.

Don't get me wrong... I love the Coastal Scents website/products, this post wasn't to put them down, it's just I can appreciate a bargain!  

EDIT: Incase anyone was wondering if these are fakes or not the same - like I said above, I have compared my Coastal Scents liners to these and they are exactly the same. But because I can see why people might not be so keen on buying from eBay, I decided to email Coastal Scents myself to ask if any of their products are manufactured in Hong Kong/China, here is a quote from the reply I got:

All productions are made under FDA guidelines and are safe to use. Finished Makeup Palettes, Lip glosses and Gel liners are being shipped out of Hong Kong.