Latest cosmetic purchases and reviews

I bought the Maybelline Falsies mascara and I've being using it the last few days. I find it really good, gives a really good curl to the lash. I find that some mascaras can be very flaky but this one isn't. It cost about €10/11 so kind of mid-range price I suppose.

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I asked in Debenhams Henry St on Sunday about the Naked Palette; they said they'd be getting more in at the end of Feb. I heard a lot of buzz before Christmas but I'd love to get a proper review here if anyone's used it? I'm wondering if I should bother getting it!

My sister picked it up for me on an aerlingus flight, 28e only! It's okay, some colour are nice but for my Irish skin, it isn't the wonder pallete I thought it would be! Too many darker colours!
In short, wait for it to restock, but do buy it!!

I bought a Revlon lipgloss in Coral Reef. I've never used their lipglosses before. When I put it on, at first I thought it was kinda sticky but it's not, it's just thick, maybe? Quite moisturising as well.

I also got an Essence nail varnish. It's a matte topcoat which I've been looking for for ages. I found it in Penneys in one of those bucket/basket things they have near the tills. It was only €1.99 - score!:D Haven't had a chance to try it yet but I'm sure it'll be fine:)

So on foot of this thread I toddled off to the E.L.F. website for the first time and bought the following:

E.L.F. studio blushes in Peachy Keen and Gotta Glow;
E.L.F. studio contouring blush and bronzer; and
E.L.F. shimmering facial whip in Lilac Petal.

So. Peachy Keen is a gorgeous gold-peach shimmery blush and really flattering on my skin, which is pale but fairly warm. Really nice to wear with a dark eye to warm up the face without adding too much garish colour. Really like it. Gotta Glow looks white in the pan and is a gold highlighter. I also like it alot. Could imagine it working better on darker skintones where it might show up a bit better but it adds a subtle golden shimmer to the face which I find flattering for wearing with a matte face. The contouring blush and bronzer is probably my favourite buy; the bronzer is pretty dark so it has to be used really sparingly, but it works well as a contour. Definitely not suitable for putting all over the face, but I tend to just wear bronzer as a contour anyway. The blush is so lovely, a gorgeous golden-pink, really lovely on my skintone.

I still prefer my Benefit blushers (Coralista and Sugarbomb) in terms of colour payoff and such, but the E.L.F. ones are certainly much much better than other blushes I have spent much more money on. I would rate them better than any powder blushes I've ever bought in Boots definitely.

The shimmering facial whip is often referred to on Youtube and the like as a dupe of Benefit Highbeam, but it looks much darker in the tube. It blends to a similar enough shimmer, but it's kind of sticky and smells really strongly of orange sweets. I do like it, but anyone who says they prefer it to Highbeam is lying as far as I'm concerned. Highbeam is easier to work with, NOT sticky (which is a huge problem for foundation - I found it difficult enough not disturbing my foundation with Highbeam) and has a much more flattering 'glow' for me. In fairness, the stickiness of Lilac Petal kind of goes away if you squeeze it out on your hand and leave it for a little while to warm up. I'll use it, I quite like it, but I couldn't see it replacing Highbeam for me, particularly as one of my favourite places to put Highbeam is right in the inner corners of my eye, which doesn't work with the Lilac Petal because even the tiniest dot needs alot of blending.


Also recently bought a Catrice fibre mascara - it was half price (1.90!) so i went for it and it's really nice and natural while adding a good deal of length. I'm sure there are better fibre mascaras out there but this is my first encounter with one and I really like it! It's called Extra Long Lash Volume Mascara, and for 1.90 it's worth a punt.


Also, was in Boots today and saw the new 17 eye palettes, me want desperately!! Waiting on another online order, so gonna see how that goes before making any more purchases...