MUA pro brow kit

MUA Pro Brow Kit - £3.50

I bought this a couple of weeks ago as I've been using a standard brown eyeshadow to fill my brows in for so long I thought it was about time to buy a proper kit. My eyebrows are naturally quite thin, so I like to give them a little help, no scouse brows though! When I first started paying more attention to my eyebrows I used an eyebrow pencil, but I never really achieved the look I was hoping for as more definition is given using a pencil & my brows were way too harsh. Using a shadow & an angled brush changed my brows for the better, I literally feel naked without filling them in now!

Onto the MUA kit... It contains handy little tweezers & a mini angled brush, along with three colours plus a gel to finish off. I use the darkest shade in the set, and sweep the colour through my brows, with the main emphasis on the arch. I'd never used a gel to complete the look before, but I have noticed that it keeps them in place. When I was only using an eyeshadow I'd have patchy brows at the end of the day, not good! I haven't used the mini brush properly because the bristles are a little coarse, but for on the go it would do the job as I don't normally carry full sized brushes around with me anyway.

Overall I'm incredibly impressed with this little kit, especially because I only paid a mere £3 from Superdrug! It's also similar to the Benefit brow zings & the HD brow kit, which both seem to be raved about alot, although they're pretty pricey. One annoying thing about MUA products is that the writing seems to scratch/rub off, which I think looks super messy, but thats a packaging complaint so nevermind!

Have you tried any brow kits?

L x

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a little haul

It’s been such a pain trying to post this, I’m in London at the moment and currently don’t have an Internet connection at my new house! I had planned to go across the road to the library but lost track of time and had to be elsewhere. Here I am at Doms uncle’s house in Old Street, tethering my iPhone so I could quickly upload! I’m on the third floor of the house and my laptop refuses to connect to the wifi here, so thank you iPhone for saving the day, once again!

I thought I’d blog about what I’ve bought recently as these are one of my favourite kinda posts to read from other bloggers, probably because I’m so nosey... I definitely wish I was brave enough to create a YouTube video for this post, it’d make my life a lot easier as I can sense I will have loads to type about!

Everybody loves a Yankee candle and after buying quite a few various scents in sampler size I thought it was time to buy a proper jar! Vanilla cupcake is my all time favourite smell, but I also love Mango Peach Salsa after getting it for Dom (yes my boyfriend likes candles haha) and Strawberry Buttercream is heavenly! I cannot wait for all the Christmas scents to appear in the shops, especially Christmas Cookie, mmm.

I bought the Aussie shampoo, conditioner & three minute miracle reconstructor full size after I tried out the minis of all 3. My hair/scalp is quite sensitive so I often buy the mini version of a shampoo first to see if I can cope with it! I’m going to write a proper review on these products as my hair loves them and I’ve seen such a difference. I bought these when they were on offer in Tesco, 3 for £10, and I think Boots are currently running a similar offer.

St Ives Apricot Scrub was a much loved product during my early teens. I’ve never had particularly bad skin, luckily, so this is ideal to purely freshen up my skin in the morning!

MUA reached 25,000 likes on Facebook and to celebrate they offered 25% discount on orders over £10 plus free postage, obviously I couldn’t resist this! I’ve been meaning to pick up the Heaven & Earth palette for ages now but found it hard to get hold of, so I’m glad I finally own this! I also bought the Undressed palette as I’ve heard it’s a great dupe for Urban Decays Naked2 palette. The blusher is shade 4 and has quickly become my go to blusher, it is super pigmented though so a little goes a long way. I did buy a lipstick too, shade 15 or ‘Juicy’ but I gave this to my sister as she wanted a peach/nude toned lipstick but was yet to find the perfect one until now, well done MUA!

L’oreal Liquid Superliner is my current eyeliner, it’s easy to use and lasts all day. I’d like to try some other liquid eyeliners though, please feel free to leave me some suggestions (:

I really hoped I wouldn’t fall in love with anything from the latest Essie collection, but of course I want almost all six shades! I really liked Mojito Madness, it’s a perfect grass green & Fear or Desire is a fab, fiery orange colour but I managed to decide on Bikini so Teeny eventually. I can’t fault the Essie polishes though, they apply so nicely and last well.

Why has Primark been SO good the past couple of weeks!? All my recent wardrobe purchases have been from there! I am over the moon that I finally got my hands on the khaki/leather jacket that is an amazing dupe of the Zara/River Island/Topshop version, plus it was less than half the price. The cream chunky knit jumper is super cosy and has cute coffee coloured elbow patches too! Finally I picked up the black studded bag for uni as it will fit A4 folders in, plus my laptop and anything with studs is a must for me! I NEED the studded clutch bag that lots of you seem to have, I’m going on a hunt for it tomorrow in fact...

Keep an eye out for upcoming outfit posts featuring the clothes I’ve shown above and also full reviews of the products I purchased!

L x

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MUA lipstick - shade 1 & shade 13

(Top to bottom: Packaging, Shade 1, Upclose, Shade 13, Upclose, Swatches - 13 is the top)

Yesterday I went to Manchester with one of my friends Abi, as she wanted to try on the famous American Apparel disco pants and we thought we would make a day of it! I spent far too much money, especially in Primark, I can't believe how good some of their items are at the mo, I had to be super careful not to go overboard... Anyway this blog post is dedicated to two lipsticks I purchased, after reading sooo many blog posts about them I had to try them out and see what all the hype was about!

When we went into Superdrug there was a lady fussing over all the MUA (Makeup Academy) products, I was talking away to Abi about how I had heard people raving about the lipsticks and the lady turned round to tell me that according to the Guardian they are rated as one of the best quality lipsticks! This made me even more eager to buy a few but I really couldn't decide which ones. I think I actually swatched the whole range, my hand was a beautiful rainbow of pink, red & peach shades! In the end I opted for shades 1 & 13, only now I am realising how similar they are, both being reds, ooops... 

Shade 1 is the darker shade of red and also my favourite out of the two. It has tones of purple, infact I think it applies as a plum colour, so it is a little misleading. I'm so bad at describing colours though, sorry! Check out the swatch images above to get a better idea, shade 1 is the bottom swatch though, I muddled up the order by accident :(

Shade 13 is quite vibrant, however it does have blue undertones so it appears quite pinky when swatched or applied. I'm not actually that keen on this colour when applied, my sister did say it made my skin look really good though... I felt like it washed me out! For only £1 I really can't complain though, I think I'm just not used to seeing myself with red lips!

An extra little feature of these lipsticks is the additional product stored at the bottom, which indicates the shade. These simply unscrew to reveal the extra lipstick (I say simply, but I can't get the bottom off shade 1) but still its a pretty awesome way of displaying the shade and when the actual lipstick runs out there is always the little pot left! 

A downside to these lipsticks is that they always seem to be out of stock! I've been into a couple of Superdrug stores in various places of the country and the stands are always a complete mess (sort it out Superdrug!) with about 4 or 5 of the shades completely missing ): a n n o y i n g! Finally I'm not a fan of lipsticks being referred to as numbers, I find it much easier to remember names, it becomes a little bit confusing, especially as earlier I muddled up the lids, which have the shade numbers on, leading me to be unsure which one belonged to each lipstick.

Have you ever tried anything from the MUA range? I think my next purchase will be the Heaven & Earth palette, an almost perfect dupe for the Urban Decay Naked palette's! 

L x