Review: Ur Makeup Brush Set

Hi All,

This Review is on the Ur makeup brush set and what a wee set it is!!! You get four handles with a brush at each end, in total that is 8 brushes which comes in a lovely make up brush case. They are fabulous quality and would be great for travelling,  im sorry I didnt have these before I went away on holiday a few weeks ago. The brushes you get in the set are as follows:

1. Angled Liner/Brow Brush
2. Smudger Brush
3. Crease Brush
4. Lip Brush
5. Flat Eyeshadow Shadow Brush
6. Precision Concealer Brush
7. Angled Contour Brush
8. Precision Powder/Blush Brush

All of these brushes have been made cruelty free which is an added bonus.

The brushes named above can be used for anything not just for the use inteneded from their labels. The creator of Ur Makeup is Nichola Graham a pro make up artist from Drogheda, Ireland, I first met her whilst doing a course in Northern Ireland and she has been my go to girl for advice ever since!! She is an amazing make up artist and great girl, she also just got engaged and I would like to congratulate her and her hubby to be Mark once again and hope they have a great wedding day and marriage for years to come.

Back to the brushes now, these are priced at £9.70 Sterling and €11 Euro including delivery,  what a bargain and comes in 6 colours Purple, Pink, Blue, Yellow, Orange and Red!!!

Would be an excellent gift for teenagers just starting to use make up, a travel set of brushes, brushes for your handbag or someone who doesnt have much space for make up or make up tools and wants to have good tools that are compact!

Visit www.urmakeup.com now to purchase this brush set or to know a bit more about Nichola and here career!

Thanks for reading my blog!

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Review: Nspa Melting Cleansing Gel

Hi Everyone,

Today's review is on nspa's melting cleansing gel. The description on the packaging states that it is a "luxuorious gel that turns into a cleansing milk", well it is exactly as they describe! You only need a small amount of the gel on your fingertips, a small pea sized amount is plenty as it spreads easily when you start massaging it onto your face due to the warmth of your fingertips. Once you start to massage it into your dry skin it transforms into an oil texture but dont worry this is normal,  the oily feeling on your skin feels nice and soothing for all skin types and will nourish and moisturise the skin but people with oily skin might worry that it will cause more congestion in the form of spots, this is not the case as the oil actually clings to the oil, dead skin cells and sweat in hour pores and then pulls it out when you rinse your face clean with a face cloth that has been soaked in warm water.

As I have mentioned in previous blogs I have an oily tzone that gets congested and I have dry skin on my cheeks, so when cleansers say they can be used on combination skin types I find it hard to believe as it either drys the skin out or it leaves my skin feeling oily and breaks me out in spots, however this cleanser is the best I have came across and is the staple product in my bathroom cabinet that is used every morning!

Since using this cleanser my skin has now balanced itself out and I can now say I have normal skin to begin my make-up routine. My skin does not suffer from as many breakouts and my dry patches are no more.  This cleanser truly is for all skin types and is a luxury product for afforable prices, you can purchase it from asda and nspa's website, asda is the only other stockist beside nspa themselves and asda always have the 2 for £8 on the majority of nspa products which is a bargain for such a great product!

I would definitely recommend that you purchase this cleanser as the newest trends in skincare at the minute are cleansing balms but majority are ridiculously priced and have mineral oil in them which cause spot breakouts but not nspa's it is cheap, mineral oil free and paraben free which is great for anyone with sensitive skin or anyone going through radiation or chemotherapy treatment! Some ingredients are ginseng,  vitamin e, essential oil of neroli and grapeseed oil, all of these ingredients moisturise and enhance the skin as well as drawing out impurities, removing make-up and clarifying the skin. You get 125ml in a squeezy tube and with a pea sized amount used every morning it should last for a good 2 months.

Hope this helps, speak soon!!!

Love Gemma
Xoxo

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FashionistA Custom Palette's By Make Up Academy (MUA)

Hi Everyone,

It's been a while since my last blog post, however I just had to upload swatches and pictures of these new custom palette's from FashionistA by MUA as they are so great!

The empty palette's comes in the sizes 4 pan (Red or Black) and 6 pan (White), these are great as you can custom make your own palette to suit your needs, who doesn't love that, right?  Obviously MAC are known for their custom palette's that you can pick eye shadows and blushers to put into, but they don't show you the labels on the back, so it is hard sometimes to tell what the eyeshadow is called (Big problem for forgetful make-up artists like me! lol), well these palette's have solved this problem as they pop out of the single packaging so easily and pop into the palette's just as quick, but the difference between these are that there are holes at the bottom to show you the label of what eyeshadow, blusher or bronzer it is you are using!

Bonus of these palette's is that the eye shadows, blushers and bronzers are all the same size, so you can make up one palette with everything you need in it and take it with you travelling saving you space in your bag (BIG BONUS FOR ME lol). They look so elegant and have a massive full size mirror in each of the compacts that are proper mirrors and not the shiny plastic mirrors some make up brands try to put in their palette's.

Pigmentation is not a worry with these, as you will see in the pictures below they are intense and the swatches are only one swipe!!!! No fall out, blend easily and stay put, all rounder from FashionistA, my recommendation is go out and buy yourself these now as they are better than some higher end make up brands (I shall not name & shame).

Prices for the eye shadows, blushers, bronzers & palette's are below:

Eye shadow: £1.65

Blusher: £1.65

Bronzer: £1.65

4 Pan Empty Palette: £2.00

6 Pan Empty Palette: £3.00

This is great value on it's own, however if you fill the palette in one go you get even better value (Read Below).

4 Pan Filled Palette: £7.00

6 Pan Filled Palette: £10.00

AMAZING VALUE FOR MONEY!!!!

Review: Revlon Colourburst Lip Butters

I first heard about the revlon colourburst lip butters last year and my first thought was, it will be too sheer or colour and wont stay on long as it sounds more like a balm than a lipstick! How wrong was I? After purchasing one this week in my search for the perfect red lipstick for my skin colour I came across the colour wild watermelon and it does exactly what it says, it moisturises your lips to give them that smooth, baby soft texture with a gorgeous shine that is hard to get in a lipstick without shimmer!

 

 

This lipstick can be built up from sheer coverage to full impact lips, if worn over a base of foundation and lip liner the lipstick will last for hours even if you have been eating or drinking, the only fault is the shine will disappear over time if you are eating or drinking but a quick top up with the lipstick or a gloss will bring them back to look like its freshly applied.

 

 

It comes in 20 shades from baby punks, corals, reds, plums etc a colour for everyone in this collection.  The lipstick itself is called a butter rather than a lipstick as it has mango, shea and coconut butter as the base for the lipstick and with these ingredients together your lips are constantly hydrated and instantly feel plump with moisture.

 

It is rare than you find a lipstick that you can build up from sheer to full coverage and also apply it without a mirror straight from the bullet! It doesn't stain and there will be no drying of the lips throughout the day and no scrubbing with make-up remover or wipes at the end of the day to get it off your lips, a baby wipe will take this off with ease, so imagine how easy it is to remove with make-up remover!

 

I shall be purchasing more of these lip butters as they are a great lipstick for anyone to have either in their professional make-up kit or your personal make-up bag or handbag.

 

Thanks for reading!

 

Gemma xxx

 

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Review: Bioderma Sebium & Sensibio H2O Micelle Solution

Sensibio H2O Micelle Solution (Sensitive Skin)

 

 

 

Sebium H2O Micelle Solution (Combination & Oily Skin)

 

 

 

The first time I heard about this product was on youtube by the Pixiwoo Sisters (Sam & Nic Chapman) and I loved the fact that it looked liked water and all you had to use was a cotton pad with this and end up cleaning your whole face (including sensitive eyes) without using soap or water to rinse off the product!

 

The Bioderma range is from France and was mainly sold in pharmacy's making it difficult for anyone in the UK to purchase it unless you went a trip to France, however they have now ventured over foreign seas and you can now buy the H20 waters and many other bioderma products in the UK, the website I found that is the cheapest and most reliable is www.escentual.com .  When I placed my order for Bioderma products the website had an offer on which was if you bought more than £25 worth of Bioderma products you received 2 x 20ml H2O Micelle Solutions (1 x Sensibio & 1 x Sebium).  This is a great way to try out new products and test them to see if they are compatible with your skin and in these small sizes are handy to take away for one or two nights holiday and saves you room in your make-up bag!  Make sure you check out www.escentual.com as they not only sell Bioderma but they sell Vichy, Avene, Caudalie & La Roche Posay along with many other brands and are the first website that I have came across to stock alot of french pharmacy brands with great offers and great prices.

 

The packaging for these are strong plastic bottles that will hold their own in a make-up bag, suitcase etc which is excellent for travelling with, another little touch that I liked was that the caps had a peel off plastic strip like milk cartons have which ensures you know when you get your product that it hasn't been tampered with.  The packaging is simple but very effective with the see through bottle to show you the clear water like solution inside along with coloured tops for reference of sensitive skin (Clear Liquid) and combination & oily skin (Blue Clear Liquid).  The back of the bottle describes how the products works and how to use it effectively along with the list of ingredients it includes. 

 

I have road tested both formulations of the H2O Micelle Solutions and both are equally are great, the Sensibio is great for dry & sensitive skin types that may have red, dry, flaky skin, this makes the skin feel cool, clean and refreshed and does not create the tightness sometimes experienced with other cleansers.  Sebium gives you the same effect and doesn't leave the tightness of skin either, but what I liked about this formulation was you could use it on your skin whether it was combination, oily or sensitive as I have all three of those complaints on my face and the fact it left it clean with no residue or tightness on the skin is a miracle as no other product I have came across has been able to cater for all three. I have bought the 250ml and have been using it for a week now and there is still over 3/4's of a bottle left so it is very cost efficient.

 

This product is not new to the world but it is relatively new to the UK and in doing so will change the skincare industry for the better as not only does it feel great, it also tricks your mind into thinking you are cleaning your skin with just water, the most pure cleanser you can have!

 

The bottles of Sensibio & Sebium H2O Micelle Solution can be bought in a few sizes: 100ml, 250ml & 500ml.

 

I guarantee once you start using this product your skin will change for the better!

 

Thanks for Reading!

 

Gemma xxx

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