'Pure' Product Reviews

A couple of months ago I went on a bit of a makeup binge, and decided I wanted to try a few drugstore makeup and beauty brands that I’d never tried before. I’d seen the ‘Pure’ beauty brand in Home Bargains a few times but never bothered to take a look at any of the products as the seriously low prices put me off. But as I’d passed the products so many times before, and was eager to try new things, I decided to give the ‘Pure’ brand a try. 

I picked up a BB Cream, CC Cream and Cucumber Undereye Roll-on, all marked at £1.99 each, and decided to test them out for a couple of weeks (though I can’t say I was expecting much) and here’s what I thought!

Pure BB Cream - £1.99

I only noticed this BB cream in two different shades ‘Light’ and ‘Medium’. There may be a ‘dark’ shade available but I definitely couldn’t find one anywhere that stocked this product. As I’m a little pale, I picked up ‘Light’ and was expecting this to be an okay match, and when I initially applied the BB Cream it seemed to match really well! The coverage was actually pretty decent for such a cheap BB cream, and I was pretty impressed with how it applied to my skin.

The squeezy tube allowed me to dispense just enough product which was a bonus too, and after I’d applied the rest of my makeup and set off for work, I was feeling pretty positive about the £1.99 I’d just spend.

Until I got into work.

I have naturally oily skin, so a deciding factor for me is how my foundation looks after an hour or two. And not only was my foundation sliding off my face, but it was ORANGE. Obviously the foundation had oxidised which is really annoying, but because I was wearing a hat on the way to work, my foundation had worn off under the band of the hat, and left my with a white forehead. EVEN MORE ANNOYING!

If you have dry skin, this foundation might actually work a lot better for you as it may not slide off the skin as it did for me. But be aware of the oxidising, and definitely stay away from this foundation if you’re any paler than me.

Pure CC Cream - £1.99

I tried this product shortly after trying out Pure’s BB Cream, and assumed it wouldn’t be too different. Again, I was given the option of only ‘light’ or ‘medium’ shades, so I picked up the light shade again, and this matched fairly well when first applying. However as I blended it into my skin, it almost disappeared! I tried using both my fingers, and my foundation brush to apply this foundation but nothing seemed to improve the coverage.

I know this product is called a ‘Colour Correcting’ cream, but generally these sorts of products provide a small amount of coverage in order to ‘colour correct’ however this did not. I decided I couldn’t go to work with such little product on my face, so had to apply my usual foundation over the top.

With that being said, I wouldn’t recommend buying this product at all, as it was pretty much useless in my opinion. I personally don’t think I would repurchase either BB or CC products, but if you wanted to try one of the two I would definitely go with the BB Cream.

Pure Cucumber Eye Roll-on - £1.99

I’ve been using this eye roll-on for around 2 weeks now, as this is the sort of product you can’t really rely on first impressions for. And whilst I can confidently say it hasn’t improved my dark circles or undereye bags, it is definitely soothing to apply under the eyes when first waking up.

The product features a cool metal rollerball which allows easy application under the eyes for those mornings when you just can’t seem to open your eyes properly! There are probably better alternatives out there, but at this price I still think this product is fairly useful, if only used as a ‘waking up’ aid! (I definitely rely on one of those!)  

Overall, I’m not amazingly impressed with the ‘Pure’ brand, but I guess this is just one of those times where ‘you get what you pay for’, but although I will be getting rid of the BB and CC creams, I will probably be keeping the undereye roll-on close to hand for those tough mornings.

If you’re a follower of my blog or Youtube channel, you might have noticed that recently I’ve been on a bit of a makeup binge, and have ended up with a fairly large collection of makeup I’ve yet to try!

As I have so much that I can test out and compare, I thought I’d do a few reviews on my blog and Youtube so you guys can hear my opinions on some products you may never have tried before either!

If you want to check out the hauls of these products then click on the videos below, and stay tuned for some reviews coming up very soon! 

  

   

Preparing for Christmas!

Hey guys!

So this month I've been really busy preparing for the best season of all, Christmas!
I've been out on a couple of shopping trips for decorations and other festive bits, and have filmed a couple of haul videos for my Youtube channel, so I'll link both of those videos below to get you into the festive spirit!
I've also been busy doing some crafty bits for the season too, so keep an eye out on my channel for those festive videos coming up throughout the month of December!

I'm also going to be trying to post more content on my Instagram account too, so go follow me on there for some cute Christmassy posts throughout December!
I really hope you enjoy the videos and let me know if you've got any requests for Christmas videos this year
(I love hearing from you guys!)

Autumn/Fall Primark Haul

Last weekend I popped into Primark for some well needed Autumn/Fall essentials, as the weather seems to have taken a turn for the worst this week and I was in desperate need of some gloves and a nice new wooly jumper. 

The haul is now up on my Youtube channel so if you're interested, go check out the video (click on the photo below!) although there were still so many other things I wanted to pick up whilst I was there, so I may be taking another trip to Primark in the next couple of weeks! Enjoy!

 

ELF 100pc Marble Eyeshadow Palette Review

Hey guys, so if you're on this blog post because you just watched my ELF unboxing video on YouTube, then here's the first review I promised you! (it didn't take as long as I expected!)
If not, then this is just a quick review on one of the ELF products I received as part of a free gift when I purchased a few things from the ELF website! (and go watch my video!)
So I'm just going to go straight into the review!

So here is the pretty impressive eyeshadow palette, and as the title says, it contains 100 eyeshadows! (both mattes and shimmers), and when I found out this product retails at £15, I was quite impressed! However I was yet to try out the quality of the eyeshadows which is obviously the most important part.

So I did the pain-staking task of swatching all 100 eyeshadow colours when I had unpacked this product, and here are the images...

So as you can see in the images I swatched two rows of colours at a time and pieced the photos together, however when I finished this, I noticed that a lot of the colours are very similar, and I mean VERY similar, almost identical in some cases however there are a large range of colours still in this palette so I'm not going to complain too much.

In some cases, I was pretty unimpressed with the pigmentation of the colours, especially the more shimmery colours, however there were a range of colours I tested that had an AMAZING colour payoff and these were mostly the matte shades, which I guess actually works in my favour as I wear a lot more matte eyeshadows than shimmer. But overall as you can see in the image above, a lot of the colours turned out really nice and do look quite wearable. 

Obviously I swatched the colours above using my fingers, so I then tried out some of my preferred colours with brushes and tried out a few eye looks with them, and to be honest, I was a bit more disappointed with the colour payoff when using a brush, as the colour had to really be packed on before it looked as bright as the finger swatches. But either way I pulled off a couple of nice eye looks and for £15 for 100 eyeshadows, you can't go too wrong especially as this palette probably has a lot of colours you won't already have (especially in my case!)

So summing this review up, I would say that this palette would be great for someone starting out with eyeshadows and perhaps wants to try out new colours without spending a tonne of money, but for someone wanting more professional looking pigmented eyeshadows, I wouldn't recommend this palette as you'll probably be unimpressed with half of the colours. But like I said, I received this as a free gift from ELF so I can't really complain! 

I hope you enjoyed this review! 

Sleek i-Divine Palette and Face Contour Kit Reviews

Surprisingly, I had never actually tried any of the Sleek palettes before now, so when I picked a couple up from my local Superdrug, I thought I would give them a first impressions review. 

I'm going to start on the face contour kit, as I had heard a lot of good reviews for the Sleek bronzers and blushes, so as I was in need of a new bronzer, I thought I would pick up this kit that contains both a contouring bronzer and a highlight. 

First of all, I like the fact that the bronzer part is larger than the highlight as this is the part of the product that I'm going to be using more, as I often forget to highlight (oops!), and the pan is large enough to pick up an even amount of the product without touching the highlight section.

The bronzer is VERY pigmented but also very blendable and this is great as only a small amount of product is needed, and the colour is actually very flattering too (I bought this kit in 'light'), the highlight part however, isn't as good and is barely noticeable in my opinion, but I guess if your looking for a really subtle highlight, then this could still work for you.

The most impressive thing about this kit is that it is only £6.49! so I will definitely be repurchasing this again, and I will definitely be trying a Sleek blush next time I pop into Superdrug as hopefully they will perform like the bronzer did!

The next product I bought was an eyeshadow palette as I had also heard great reviews on these too, so I picked this up in 'au naturel', a palette of neutral browns and beiges.

For a neutral palette, there are a nice selection of colours;

Top row: 'Nougat' (a soft, matte white, perfect for the inner corner of the eye and highlighting the brow bone), 'Nubuck' (a muted, matte grey, great for a smokey eye), 'Cappuccino' (a soft, neutral brown, perfect for a base colour), 'Honeycomb' (a creamy, matte yellow), 'Toast' (a beautiful warm orange base colour - one of my favourites from this palette), 'Taupe' (a deep shimmer, perfect for the brow bone or centre of the lid).

Bottom row: 'Conker' (a deep, rich red/brown shimmer - another one of my favourites), 'Moss' (a warm, shimmery olive/gold), 'Bark' (a basic matte brown, suitable for filling in the brows!), 'Mineral Earth' (another warm brown shimmer, great for the crease), 'Regal' (a warm, matte red/brown, another great crease colour) and 'Noir' (a basic matte black).

(See swatches below)

Although the top swatches in the above photo are harder to see as they are light colours, all of the eyeshadows are actually very pigmented, and also very blendable and they actually stayed on all night which I'm really impressed with, especially as this palette was only £7.99!! I also like the fact that the majority of this palette is mattes - 8 mattes and 4 shimmers to be precise, as a lot of palettes tend to be mainly shimmers and sometimes I'm just not in the mood for super sparkly eyelids, so this palette is VERY wearable.
However if you are looking for something bolder, this palette comes in many colour variations, ranging from dark, sultry reds and purples, to super bright pinks, yellows and greens!

So all in all, I am very impressed with these two products, and even more impressed with the price, thumbs up Sleek!

Winter Grunge

                  1. Topshop MOTO Dress shirt, £60.00                      2. Berry Red Lace Trimmed Ankle Socks, £3.50

                  3. Burgundy Leather Look Backpack, £24.99             4. Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick, £7.49

                  5. Alastrina Suede Platform Sneakers, £35.99

For those not into Glitter and Glam at Christmas, I recommend going the Grunge route and trying out these very flattering Oxblood red and Plum colours, perfect for winter!
I absolutely LOVE this very casual shirt dress paired with these super comfy platform sneakers, both things that can easily be pulled off with almost anything, but by adding the berry red socks from Topshop and this gorgeous dark red lipstick, this look is instantly made more feminine and (more importantly) Christmassy!

If I could afford this dress (sadly I'm a very poor student), I would DEFINATELY buy it, but I'm sure I'll find an alternative in a place like Primark - If only.

Moving into University Accommodation this year?

A basic guide to everything you'll need to move away into halls!

Are you moving away into uni accommodation this year, or possibly your own apartment and are not sure what essentials you'll need to take with you? 

Well as I'm going to uni this year, I thought I'd put together a basic haul video of everything I've worked out I'll need for living alone, to help you guys out if your in the same boat as me! 

Go check it out on YouTube!