Well as some of you might know, Sleek launched their 50% off (the whole website) Facebook promotion today. It started at about 12pm and was due to end at midnight. Well, let's just say, even after 5 mins of the code being released the website was having severe difficulties dealing with the high amount of traffic. Because of this, their Facebook Fan page was full of people complaining lol. I tried for nearly an hour to get on to the Sleek website with no luck, so then I gave up. I tried every few hours from about 1pm until gone 11pm and I just couldn't get the website to load, which I found very frustrating... Well, come on, I'm a girl with an addiction to make up and with an offer like that I am sure to get frustrated when the website isn't working! :-D
Anyway, I will have to be patient and hope my wants wont go out of stock in the mean time. I will try again tomorrow and see if the website can handle me trying to access it.
If you are unaware of all this and would like to check it out (be warned, you might be in for a long wait though) you can find out the codes to enter at checkout to get your 50% off here: 50% off - Thank You Bonanza Codes Inside!!
Because of all the issues with their servers/website etc, Sleek extended the promotion until 11:59pm Friday 12th November, so we all have an extra day to try and get our order in, if you haven't been successful already.
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Monday, November 8, 2010
eBay Haul Number 2 - W7 Lipsticks
Here are some W7 Lipsticks I bought from eBay. I bought them as a set and they cost me £6.49 for all 6 with Free shipping (so that's about £1.08 per Lipstick)
The shades (from left to right) are Candy Dream, Coconut Ice, Lollipop, Negligee, Pink Shimmer and Raspberry Ripple
The shades (from left to right) are Candy Dream, Coconut Ice, Lollipop, Negligee, Pink Shimmer and Raspberry Ripple
Here is the link to the eBay listing where I bought these from:
Friday, November 5, 2010
eBay Haul Number 3 - Kabuki Brush and Mirror
Yet another eBay 'haul'... you might now be starting to think "she likes eBay!" lol... Yes, I do! You can get some bargains on there and I only buy Brand New make up from eBay.
Here is what I bought:
Here is what I bought:
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Review: New e.l.f Lipsticks
I bought 5 of the 6 new e.l.f Lipsticks. The shades I bought were: Classy, Gypsy, Posh, Seductive and Voodoo
Unfortunately 2 of mine were rather damaged and needed replacing. e.l.f being brilliant as usual, quickly responded to my email (I supplied them with pictures in my original email) and told me they would send me out a replacement for my two damaged lipsticks. I have since received my replacements which are both fine and undamaged.
So firstly, they are £1.50 each... so they are very very affordable. They are very pigmented which is something I really like in a Lipstick! I also have some e.l.f Mineral Lipsticks and I don't think they are as pigmented as these ones. I also think they smell rather nice (but that might just me), it's a kind of fruity scent and I find it rather pleasant. I have other cheap lipsticks (that cost me about £2-£3) and they smell horrid! I remember my mum buying me a cheap kids make up set and I can still remember the smell, oh AND the taste!? YUK absolutely disgusting lol.
I feel that these lipsticks aren't as soft as the e.l.f Mineral Lipsticks, they go on well and like I said are very pigmented... but I feel they are a bit stiff/sticky when I apply them and feel a bit 'dry' during application compared to the Mineral Lipsticks (in my opinion, Classy is the most 'dry' out of the 5 I bought).
The packaging isn't great, it is cheap and could cause the lipsticks to easily break. The style/colouring is fine, it's just the plastic tubing seems very flimsy and cheap and I think the lipsticks will break off if you are not careful during application. I find it's best to wind the lipstick up only very slightly to avoid it breaking right off when you apply the lipstick (I needed to apply a bit of pressure during application, so be careful). Another thing is that the lipsticks seem to move/wobble about in the tubing during application. When I add some slight pressure during application, the lipstick moves back and forth, which then leads to indentations and chips on the lipstick wand because the lipstick tips back and squashes on to the opaque part of the tubing. With these chips and indentations occuring on your Lipstick I can see it weakening and possibly making it able to break even easier.
Like I have said before, £1.50 is very cheap and you really can't complain about the price! I would recommend these lipsticks for the price, even if it's just to try them only once. But personally I'm not 100% sure if I will re-purchase these, as I cannot see them lasting me long and not because they will run out quickly, but because of breakages.
If I had to give these lipsticks a score out of 10, I would give them a 10/10 for colours and having good colour pay off, and 6/10 for the packaging.
You can view my Swatches of these Lipsticks here: Swatches: e.l.f Lipsticks
All products were bought by myself and the opinions in this review are my own and totally honest, I am not affiliated with any company.
Chrystal
Unfortunately 2 of mine were rather damaged and needed replacing. e.l.f being brilliant as usual, quickly responded to my email (I supplied them with pictures in my original email) and told me they would send me out a replacement for my two damaged lipsticks. I have since received my replacements which are both fine and undamaged.
So firstly, they are £1.50 each... so they are very very affordable. They are very pigmented which is something I really like in a Lipstick! I also have some e.l.f Mineral Lipsticks and I don't think they are as pigmented as these ones. I also think they smell rather nice (but that might just me), it's a kind of fruity scent and I find it rather pleasant. I have other cheap lipsticks (that cost me about £2-£3) and they smell horrid! I remember my mum buying me a cheap kids make up set and I can still remember the smell, oh AND the taste!? YUK absolutely disgusting lol.
I feel that these lipsticks aren't as soft as the e.l.f Mineral Lipsticks, they go on well and like I said are very pigmented... but I feel they are a bit stiff/sticky when I apply them and feel a bit 'dry' during application compared to the Mineral Lipsticks (in my opinion, Classy is the most 'dry' out of the 5 I bought).
The packaging isn't great, it is cheap and could cause the lipsticks to easily break. The style/colouring is fine, it's just the plastic tubing seems very flimsy and cheap and I think the lipsticks will break off if you are not careful during application. I find it's best to wind the lipstick up only very slightly to avoid it breaking right off when you apply the lipstick (I needed to apply a bit of pressure during application, so be careful). Another thing is that the lipsticks seem to move/wobble about in the tubing during application. When I add some slight pressure during application, the lipstick moves back and forth, which then leads to indentations and chips on the lipstick wand because the lipstick tips back and squashes on to the opaque part of the tubing. With these chips and indentations occuring on your Lipstick I can see it weakening and possibly making it able to break even easier.
Like I have said before, £1.50 is very cheap and you really can't complain about the price! I would recommend these lipsticks for the price, even if it's just to try them only once. But personally I'm not 100% sure if I will re-purchase these, as I cannot see them lasting me long and not because they will run out quickly, but because of breakages.
If I had to give these lipsticks a score out of 10, I would give them a 10/10 for colours and having good colour pay off, and 6/10 for the packaging.
You can view my Swatches of these Lipsticks here: Swatches: e.l.f Lipsticks
All products were bought by myself and the opinions in this review are my own and totally honest, I am not affiliated with any company.
Chrystal
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
I won a prize on a Blog Giveaway! Barry M Instant Nail Effects
Stina over at http://sweetcheeksramblings.blogspot.com/ had a lovely Giveaway that I entered, and I won 3rd prize! Thank you so much Stina.
I thought I would try it out today, on top of e.l.f Passion Pink Nail Polish:
I thought I would try it out today, on top of e.l.f Passion Pink Nail Polish:
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