The worst beauty product of the month/year- Lipcote review

LIPCOTE lipstick sealer 7ml £3.79 link

This product claims to keep your lipstick in place for hours and it is adored by "Luke Anthony, Jemma Kidd, Florrie White and Karin Darnel to name a few, as well as some of the most famous lips in the world... Rihanna, Rosie Huntington-Whitely and Daisy Lowe" blah, blah, blah...

After reading such a statement and a couple of reviews of the famous Lipcote on popular blogs, I decided to buy it from www.feelunique.com. I am glad it costs a very reasonable £3.79, because if I paid more than £5 for it I would be furious! I am so confused about this product! It has done nothing for my lipstick, except ruining it!!! I tried MAC, MUA and Lancome lipsticks with Lipcote, all of them came off/peeled off in tiny bits. As soon as I touched my lips the lipstick was coming off and it looked horrible. I don't want to add a picture of it, because it looked horrid! Another thing I absoluetely hate about this product is the fact that as soon as I put it on my lips it felt like it was burning my skin! My lips were on fire!!!! So horrible! I know that I  am not the only one who experienced this. It  is meant to be a tingling sensation, but for me it was like acid on my lips! It also stinks of alcohol. Yuck!

I am not impressed. I absolutely hate this product and it was a waste of money.
Have you tried it? What do you think about it?

Feeding my necklace addiction :)

Hi everyone.
I think I have a necklace addiction :) I can't stop buying them and when other bloggers get clothing via fashion programs- I always get jewellery :)  There is so many pretty designs out there... I want them all! I recently received my orders from www.sheinside.com and www.oasap.com and all the items I picked were necklaces, so I decided to do a joint post :) I am planning to do a post about my full necklace collection, but I need more time to prepare it. I think that at the moment I own over 200 necklaces... and it would take me ages to photograph them all. I actually bought a special stand for my necklaces and bracelets, like the rotating ones you get in jewellery stores :) plus 3 smaller stands/racks. I hope I can organize everything and share my collection with you soon.

 Colored Ribbon Embellished Cubic Necklace* c/o oasap link

 Black And White Geometric Triangle Necklace* c/o sheinside link

Black and Gold necklace* c/o sheinside link

Medal pendant necklace* c/o oasap link

gold choker necklace* c/o sheinside link

Spike necklace* c/o oasap link

Spike necklace* c/o sheinside link

I decided to wear the spike necklace as a hair accessory :)

NYR Pure Essence EDP No2 Rose - review

Today I am reviewing another addition to my perfume collection. I don't own many perfumes to be honest. I think there is around 10 bottles on my dressing table at the moment. I always wanted to try natural perfumes and the first one I got to test, was Liz Earle Botanical Essence no1 which I really liked and it lasted on my skin for a good couple of hours. The one I am reviewing today is Neal's Yard Remedies Pure Essence EDP No2 Rose.

Urban Decay NAKED palette dupe- MUA Undressed palette- comparison and swatches

I became  a big MUA enthusiast recently :) and I am loving all their palettes. The one I was excited about the most is the Undressed palette. The name is an obvious hint that it was created based on Urban Decay Naked palette. Well... It is a great dupe in my opinion! Read on for more details and have a look at my swatches of all shades. They are a really close match.

If something is hyped about and everybody and their mother owns it - I usually buy it to see if it is as good as everybody claims it to be. Urban Decay was always my go to brand when it comes to eyeshadows and I had a little UD addiction going on in the past, so when I seen the 1000th review of Naked and Naked2 I bought both.

I am really happy with all the shades and the quality and I can't deny, that Urban Decay does the best eyeshadows on the planet- in my opinion anyway. Not everybody can afford a £36 eyeshadow palette though, so many brands released cheaper alternatives. MUA Undressed palette is one of them and the RRP is £4, but I got mine on sale for £3.00!!! Can you believe it? The full palette comes at a price of one little Urban Decay shade from the Naked Palette :)

I am a bit of a makeup snob and I want to own the most expensive and luxurious products in the world, but to be honest... the only high end make-up product I keep repurchasing is Lancome Teint Miracle foundation. I don't like to spend more than £20 on a beauty product, but I do make exceptions sometimes, if I really want something.

 

THE COMPARISON:

-the packaging is totally different and I actually prefer MUA, as it is more sturdy/

-there is 12 shades in both palettes

-all shades are a very close match, dupes of matte eyeshadows from Naked are matte in the Undressed palette and the shimmery UD ones are shimmery in the MUA dupe. (unlike in the fake Naked palette)

-the pigmentation of both palettes is really good

-Urban Decay shadows feel more luxurious and the quality and pigmentation is better. The quality of MUA Undressed is surprisingly good too and all the shimmery shades are creamy and apply beautifully, but matte shades are slightly less pigmented than UD ones.

-I don't need a primer if I use the Naked palette and the shadows stay on my eyelids all day, except matte shades(they need a primer) All shimmery shades from MUA undressed stay put for most of the day- around 8 hours, but with a primer they last all day and look perfect. Matte shades need a primer no matter what to last for more than 2 hours.

 I think that MUA Undressed Palette is an amazing dupe of the Naked Palette and if you don't want to splurge £36 on eyeshadows, there is no need to do it. Please, do not consider buying fake UD makeup from ebay etc... It is very dangerous. Why risk your health, if you can get the same shades from a brand you can trust for a fraction of the price? I don't see the point of buying fake makeup, knowing that it is definitely fake. We want the product to be good quality and to give amazing results, so If you buy a fake it is a totally different thing, so why buy it just for the packaging?

I wrote a comparison post about the real UD Naked palette and an ebay fake a couple of weeks ago, so if you want to have a look and consider buying make-up on ebay, please read my post here.

There is no need to risk your health, if you can get a perfectly safe dupe for £4!!!

Many bloggers find great dupes and share reviews on their blogs, so if you want to find a cheaper alternative of a product, I am sure you will find it in the blogosphere.

BARGAIN ALERT! ESSIE NAIL POLISH FOR £1.99!

Hi everyone. 

After posting a picture of Essie nail polishes for £1.99 each on Instagram and Twitter I got tons of emails and messages asking me where to get them so cheap. Well... the credit goes to Tereza from Cityscape Bliss and she credits Lydia from Lydia Sparkles. Ok, I credited everybody involved in this bargain haunt (that I know of) :)

A big, big thank you goes to Tereza and Lydia for sharing their bargains with me :)

As soon as I heard about this BARGAIN,  I went to www.fragrancedirect.co.uk and ordered 8 bottles of Essie polishes. I already own a couple of bottles and I loved the formula, so I didn't think twice.

I received my package today and I am very happy with the quality, so I ordered another six bottles :)

I know... I went a bit crazy, but I am in love with ESSIE! All the colours are lovely and need 1 or two coats to give an opaque finish. AMAZING!

To make your life easier, I swatched all the ones I got in my first order and I will probably do some NOTD posts soon as well. If you are unsure about the shades, google them and you will see loads of swatches. That's what I did before placing my order.

The delivery is £1.99 for second class and £2.99 for first class.

Here is what I got:

L-R: Ridge filler, Lady Like , To Buy Or Not To Buy, Carry On, Bangle Jangle, Brooch The Subject, A Crewed Interest,Very Structured.

 L-R: Bangle Jangle, Lady Like, Carry On, Very Structured, Brooch the Subject

L-R: A Crewed Interest, Lady Like, Bangle Jangle, To Buy Or Not To Buy, Brooch the Subject