Beauty Works Flower Braid Head Band: Festival Essential

I was so excited when this lovely item came through the post this week (along with another lovely hair accessory which will be in my next post) and I literally tried it out as soon as it arrived, I couldn't wait!

There are so many festivals this year and if you are a festival chick you will definitely need to buy this to take with you. When I opened the box that this was in I instantly fell in love with it because of how pretty it looks, the flowers are so cute and this picture doesn't really do them any justice as they look even better in real life. The hair of the plait is synthetic hair I believe but it doesn't look like synthetic hair at all, we all know synthetic as being that cheap, shiny, tacky looking hair that doesn't look real whatsoever and I think this is what scares a lot of us when it comes to buying synthetic hair but honestly this looks so real and when on my hair blends in really well. 

The braid has an elastic part at the back which makes it able to fit any size head whether you have a pea head like me (it seems so small) or a bigger head, this will fit you and the elastic isn't uncomfortable neither is the braid itself, it feels really comfortable and you can't even tell it's there until you look in the mirror, it is so lightweight.

There are so many ways that you can style your hair with the braid. I decided to do mine big and straight but slightly messy. On the first photo I have put the braid over my hair so that it pushes into my hair and gives some messy volume at the top, with doing this style you will see the elastic at the back of my head because it is placed over my hair rather than under whereas the second photo I have placed the braid under my hair at the back and sides and added more volume into it, by doing this it hides the elastic. 

There are so many styles that you can do such as a fishtail plait/braid (which I haven't got the hang of doing yet), you could do a high big bun and wrap the braid around it or maybe even do beach waves or big curls then just add the braid into your style like I have on the photo's. There are so many ways to style it, I'm sure you will find one that suits you. 

I have the shade Hot Toffee (4), there are 10 shades available, you will be sure to find one that will match your hair colour. 

At the moment the Flower Braid is on offer for £7.99 on the Beauty Works website - link

Purchase one, I promise you won't regret it, it's perfect for summer, the price is great, and Pixie Lott has one which is very similar, so what you waiting for?

If you do buy one I'd love to know your thoughts, just leave a little comment below :)

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* I was sent this product to review.

HD Brows Kit Review, Another blog that I am involved in and Bloglovin

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I am part of another blog which is called The Beauty Hot Squad along with some other lovely girls and I'd love it if you would check it out and let me know what you think - link

I recently wrote a post of my thoughts on the HD Brows Kit in Vamp - link    and also a post on a brand which I had never heard of before till now which has a great cleanser for oily skin - link

There are also lots of other posts which the other girls have wrote which are amazing and if you are a beauty lover you will definitely enjoy them and hopefully our blog too :)

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The Balm Mary Lou Manizer Luminizer

I am a bit late writing this as I did get this product in January and took the photo's in January (as you can tell by the snow) but here goes..

This here is the best highlight ever, I'm saying this even though it's the only highlight that I have used but it really is amazing and I know that a lot of people agree on the fact that it is one of the best. I heard about the Mary Lou Manizer through watching Shaaanxo's youtube videos (she's my favourite) and I knew I needed to get it straight away. I purchased it not long after Christmas from feelunique.com and it arrived a few days after. I instantly loved it like I knew I would and started using it straight away and have used it everyday since. I had never used a highlight until this one and I can't believe the difference it makes to my face, I look more fresh, awake and glowing.

The Mary Lou is very highly pigmented and you only need to use the smallest amount. The colour is hard to explain, it has flecks of gold and silver in it and is very pretty. There is a lot of product (8.5g) which will last a very long time especially when not a lot of product needs to be used. I have used it everyday since I've had it and hardly any has been used. 

I couldn't imagine not using this now, my make up looks so plain without it. I don't think I'd try any other highlight because this really is everything you'd want in a highlight, The only problem I've had is that the pan the highlight is in detached from the case and I never glued it back to the case and now it has smashed so it doesn't look like it does in the photo's now but it is still usable. If this happens to you I'd recommend that you glue it back into the case which I should of done. 

You can get the Mary Lou Manizer from feel unique and it retails at £15 with free delivery. 

Wow Pamper Lounge Professional Eyebrow Stencil Kit

One of the lovely ladies at Wow Pamper Lounge gave me the opportunity to pick some products off of there website that I liked the look of and would like to try out so I decided to choose the Professional Eyebrow Stencil Kit as I have never used a powder for my brows before, I have always used a brow pencil. 

The packaging that the item came in was a pink wrapping paper which was lovely and I was so excited to open them, When I did I was instantly impressed when I saw this lovely little pink bag. 

In the bag was the brow kit in the shade 'Dark Brown', A small applicator and the stencils (I didn't take a photo of those, I had tried them out and I couldn't get the brow powder off them, they looked too unclean to photograph lol).

I chose the dark brown as my eyebrows are virtually black and the powder on the right was a perfect match for me. I found the applicator to work quite well although I think if the brush had been a bit smaller it would of worked better, for me anyway. The powder is very highly pigmented and I didn't need to use a lot which is great, I hate powders that have no pigmentation, what is the point of those.

I did try the stencils out but because my eyebrows are thicker than them they didn't work for me, I think that they would be perfect for someone with thinner brows who need more shape to them.  I can't really say how the lasting power is as I didn't wear this for a full day but I imagine that it would stay quite well.

You can see the difference that the powder makes to my brows and how much fuller they look when filled it. 

Overall I do like it but I have been so use to using a pencil and I know that it wont budge at all, all day and I can create the shape I want to my brow whereas with the powder I can't seem to do that so personally I don't think I'll be converted to using brow powders just yet but maybe in the future who knows!

The brow kit costs £15 there are 3 shades available and they can be purchased from the wow pamper lounge website

Nivea Lip Butter

I first heard about the new Nivea Lip Butter's from seeing a few blog posts about them then I saw them in boots not long after. I wasn't really interested in buying them as I usually just buy any lip balms, mainly the vaseline ones which I find don't work very well anyway but I still buy them, pointless really. Anyway I saw these in Sainsbury's last week and knew I was in need of a new lip balm. This one attracted me because I love the smell of raspberry's, as soon as I smelt it I fell in love so purchased it straight away. 

I have to say it does smell lovely and is very addictive. I am one of these people who is constantly putting on lip balm when I'm at home, I'll put it on repeatedly for about an hour which really is probably not the best thing to do. It is moisturising but I don't find it any different to the vaseline ones apart from it smells and looks much better and is obviously a butter and not vaseline but I know I will continue to buy it because of the scent.

These are £1.99 and be found it literally most stores such as Boots, Superdrug and Supermarkets. 

A catch up...

Last week I really wanted to go to Sutton as I hadn't been since last year, it looked so nice all covered in snow, yes we had more snow. I love the snow but we had quite a lot January/Feb time and to have it again and lots of it in what's meant to be spring is annoying and it just becomes a pain. 

I use lip balms constantly and when I mean constantly I can sit there for hours keep applying it until I get a horrible taste in my mouth from using too much, it doesn't help when it smells nice too like this one does that I purchased the other day from Sainsbury's. I had heard about the new nivea lip butters when they first came out but didn't really smell them until the other day and I fell in love with this one and had to get it. 

I am in love and have been since January with my highlighter, I had never used one before as I always steered towards a very matte looking face but I hate that now and I watched a you-tuber use this one, I ordered it straight away and haven't stopped using it ever since, I feel weird when I am not wearing it, like there's something missing on my face.

I love love love and am probably in love with Costa! 

I go there at least once a week and love it. I didn't like these bourbons when I first tried one but then I tried one again and thought it was ok, I think it depends on my mood whether I like it or not. They are so huge and can be quite sickly but I love taking photo's of them. I wouldn't have them on a regular basis, I much prefer the hot chocolate.  

Rimmel London Apocalips Lip Lacquer

I first heard about the Lip Laquer's I think just before Christmas or maybe a bit before that, I came across a few blog posts on them and couldn't wait for them to be available in store to buy so I could try them out. The reviews I saw where pretty good and one thing I noticed was that the lacquer's where super pigmented which I love, I hate lip products that are sheer and have no pigmentation. 

All together there are eight different colour lacquer's. The shade range isn't too bad but I think maybe it could be a little better. The darker shades do look really nice but I don't tend to wear reds or bright shades, I always stick to light pink lipstick and sometimes light coral so I didn't purchase any of those and decided to pick up two of the more neutral shades instead because I knew I'd be more likely to wear those. I picked up 'Luna' and 'Nude Eclipse'

I didn't actually purchase these both at the same time. I decided to first get Luna because it looked like it came across as a coral colour which I love, I tried it on and it doesn't come off as coral at all but I think that's because my lips are naturally really red so I have to use a base to get colours to show up lighter on them. On me it comes off as a very deep orange that stands out, I do like it but it's more of a summer shade so that's when I'll probably wear it.

I then read some more reviews of the Lacquers to see some pictures of what the nude shade looked like as I had thought of getting that one next, I liked the look of it so purchased that the next time I went into boots. My idea was that hopefully if this nude suited me that I could wear this a few times now and Luna in the summer but I'm not keen on it at all, there's just something about the colour of it when on that I don't like and it's a funny kind of nude, I may try it out again when I have different make-up on but I can't see myself becoming a fan of it if I'm honest although on some people it does look gorgeous so it is worth trying out. 

Overall I think that they are worth trying out, They are very highly pigmented which is great, they don't smell bad and they have a nice glossy finish which can brighten up your face instantly. I haven't tried these out enough to know how long they last on the lips but I'm guessing the darker/brighter colours will probably last longer and may even leave a slight lip stain effect.

When I purchased these they where on offer, I think I got them on an offer of so much off but I'm not 100% sure. They are originally £5.99 and you can buy them from Boots and Super drug, They are currently 3 for 2 on the boots website.