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Latest cosmetic purchases and reviews
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Thank you! I was just looking at iherb but they are so cheap that it made me wonder if they were genuine? Never used the website before, have you bought from them before? If so are the products genuine??
Yes! All above board..ordered loads from them..excellent delivery and service..def reccomend
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Today I got roped in by the spiel of a girl in the stephens green centre for Micabella mineral makeup, no review of it yet as I haven't started to use it
I am a big fan of micabella (the brand, not the insulting sales girl who points out every flaw on your face to try make you buy more!) so I don't think you'll be disappointed. Very natural, light finish to their products. Beautiful stuff!0 -
Saw a review of retinol reface this morning on www.beaut.ie
I did buy it but I only used it for about a week. Not because it is not good but because I figured I needed to let my skin settle and get less dry before using it. I've used other retinol stuff before and found it can make my skin a bit dry and given I already had that problem I figured I was putting cart before horse! I do plan to give it a proper try in a few weeks though. I recently spent a bit of money on a few products as my skin wasnt looking it's best and I'd gotten lazy and was not using anything regularly. Have been using products a few weeks - reviews below:
Indeed Labs Hydraluron - this is amazing and worth every penny!! I work in an office, spend evenings and weekends outside in all weather and fly frequently so my skin was dry and combination and had lines from it all. This stuff is unreal and I cannot get over how much better my skin looks I have already bought another tube for when this one runs out! Its fantastic for anyone flying and rehydrates your skin overnight after a flight. I use it morning and evening before moisturoiser. oh and the massive bizarre thing - after using this on my neck the two big tree trunk lines i have on it (which i hate! have no idea why I have two prominent lines on my neck I must move my head up and down too much), have faded a good bit!!
Indeed Labs Eyesilix - I have deep set eyes with awful dark shadows under them, always have had shadows! Only product I found that helped was nip and fab dark circle fix and I found dermalogica multi vitamin power recovery good too. However when I saw this I said I'd give it a try and I think its brilliant it has made a definite difference to the dark shadows and bags under my eyes I know as im using less concealer
It doesnt work instantly, those claims are daft, it took 1-2 weeks for me to see a difference. I am now using it morning and night to give it a proper good try and I am impressed with it.
Indeed labs synoxin
I was in two minds about buying this but it was on offer in boots. The challenge I find with it is its meant to be worn closest to your skin as is hydraluron! so I started using this in the evening with no needle fix (see below) and the hydrluron in the morning. I am only using it 5 days but I think its good I will report back in another week or two but my skin is smoother and plumped up
Indeed Labs Retinol reface
As above I havent tested properly yet as my skin needed hydration so I didnt want to put this on at same time. What I will say though is that I think you would need this for actual wrinkles as opposed to dehydration lines. I've been amazed how many fine lines on my face and creases have actually been fixed by the hydraluron.
Soap & Glory Dr SPot
When I eat badly or am run down I get a spot on my chin and for the past month or two had an irritating half spot on my chin. I used a tube of this stuff and I know some people swear by it but I found it useless
I used the garnier blue roll on for spots instead the witch hazel one and it had it almost gone in a quarter of the time!
Nip & Fab glycolic fix pads
bought as part of a set which had ten pads in it and I've since bought more. I was worried about trying this as I have sensitive skin and the word 'acid' gives me the fear but it hasnt caused any issues (I dont use it on my eyes, I use the balm eye make up break up which is amazing for that). This really deep cleans my skin and gets every last bit of make up off. Plus I realised today my dreaded chin spot is 100% gone! my skin is nice and smooth too so I am definately going to keep using this stuff.
Nip & Fab no needle fix and instant radiance fix
I wasnt expecting much from the moisturoiser as I used their daily fix one before and was not that enthused about it. I like this one though its nice and thick and rich and my skin is not getting dry at all during the day. Its actually replaced my elemis pro collagen cream as my day cream as I found it was better!
The no needle fix I use at night over the snoxin (snoxin and hydraluron dont moisturoise the top level of skin so you need stuff over it) and then finish with elemis pro collagen night cream. I find it really good. The nip and fab set I got was just €19 so with these two products and ten of the glycolic pads it was a bargain.
Loreal Eau De Teint
bought this after hearing a lot of hype. Its grand its basically tinted water though! Yes it has a lovely feel going on your skin but thats because its basically tinted water! i get more coverage from my garnier bb cream. I actually did wear it today over my bb cream and it is nice but its definately for me a day one and not for a night out or for a day where i look a bit wrecked! also be careful with the bottle the texture is so watery its easy to spill. I did try this over my smashbox primer one day to see if it helped and that was a disaster it does not like to go on over a primer at all my face was a patchy mess!:eek:
Max Factor Mousse Foundation
I love this love it! I use it for day wear (would use double wear for a night out) and have had so many compliments when wearing it. Its non drying , stays on gives medium coverage and a smooth look. I was convinced the stuff would at least start to dry up in the tub (i hated the maybelline stuff it was so dry on skin and in the tub) but no not at all.
Vichy Idealia
am seeing this in shops a lot. I've sensitive combination skin and tested this before the launch. I wont touch it again it was just an awful mix with my skin I came out in angry red itchy spots all ove rmy skin which took weeks to heal up.
Byphasse Q10 Cream
Same as the product above but worse I only used this for one day and woke up with my chin raging at me ugh it was awful and took a week to settle down.
Byphasse sensitive skin wipes
these are grand! Nice big wipes and only cost €2 a pack0 -
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I've been using a tester of Lancome's Teint Idole Ultra 24h foundation in 005 for the last few days and I'm quite impressed. I'm used to quite heavy coverage foundation but I wanted to go for something a little more sheer and less mask-like. This gives medium buildable coverage, although I still need concealer on the worst of my blemishes.
Its staying power is pretty great too; I use it with Smashbox primer and Catrice pressed powder and I get the whole day out of it. My skin is really, really oily so it does need some blotting and a little powder throughout the day but it's nothing worse than what I'm used to already.
Overall I'm quite impressed, although I'd say that it might not be much use for pale girls. I'm wearing the palest shade and I'm quite sallow. But I do think I'll be forking out for it as a post-Christmas present to myself 0 -
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This isn't a new purchase but a discovery....put comfort into my hair as a condition...omg....my hair feels sooooo soft and light and smells so good! l never would of thought of it til l read the life magazine, gonna straighten my hair later can wait to see the results! 0
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Bought Benefit's Fake Up off of ASOS with todays 25% off code. A Christmas present to me from me
Also picked up a Tweezerman from ASOS aswell for my mother. Hopefully she won't think this is a ridiculous present, picked it up as she is always complaining about the poor quality of tweezers.
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stop animal cruelty wrote: »This isn't a new purchase but a discovery....put comfort into my hair as a condition...omg....my hair feels sooooo soft and light and smells so good! l never would of thought of it til l read the life magazine, gonna straighten my hair later can wait to see the results!
Fabric softner?? Ha that's deadly!!0 -
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