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Ilyana

Is the Rimmel Wake Me Up foundation good for oily skin?

gingernut125

mysteries1984 wrote: »

Love the shades in this, is it Sleek?

yup, its their storm pallete. cloud 10 work out cheaper to order from then sleeks actual website!

mysteries1984

gingernut125 wrote: »

yup, its their storm pallete. cloud 10 work out cheaper to order from then sleeks actual website!

Ohhhh...I may be tempted by their original one. Are they as good as I've heard?

Seren_

I have the Sleek Original palette, it's very good The colours are extremely pigmented, soft and easy to blend. And it's pretty cheap too!

I ordered their Au Naturel palette yesterday Apparently most of the colours are matte, which is good as most of my browns etc are shimmery!

RosyLily

EmilyO wrote: »

Is the Rimmel Wake Me Up foundation good for oily skin?

I have an oily T-zone and I found it good. Had to blot it during the day and put on more powder. It didn't slide off my face though.
It has a nice hint of shimmer to it and nice smell.

booboo88

the wake me up foundation is lovely, but sadly not light enough for my skin tone

SmokeyEyes

booboo88 wrote: »

the wake me up foundation is lovely, but sadly not light enough for my skin tone

Yeah it's the only down side, I'm too pale it just looks yellow! Apart from that great foundation!

OakeyDokey

EmilyO wrote: »

Is the Rimmel Wake Me Up foundation good for oily skin?

My skin is oily and I really liked it! I'm so surprised it's Rimmel.

gingernut125

mysteries1984 wrote: »

Ohhhh...I may be tempted by their original one. Are they as good as I've heard?

I really like them, the sparkly ones aren't the best to blend but theyre so pigmented.
I have the original, the storm is much more of an all rounder, the browns are really good for eyebrows. get both if you can cause they are amazing

sleepyescapade

really liking Benefit's new foundation, Hello Flawless Oxygen Wow - very light and great coverage. Lasts all day.

Orlee

Got a five circle pan in Inglot today, they are discontinuing the round shaddows so it was only €19.50



Matte 352, Matte 392, DS 502, Pearl 454, Matte 348

The Lovely Muffin

Picked up these M.A.C Brushes in Dublin Airport.

M·A·C 217 Blending Brush



M·A·C 219 Pencil Brush



M·A·C 275 - Medium Angled Shading Brush

http://www.maccosmetics.com/images/products/spp/M87W.jpg

Got this Smashbox brush in Debenhams on Oxford Street for £15.50



Got this in John Lewis

Bobbi Brown Ultra Nude Eye Palette



Was given these Bobbi Brown items (concealer, foundation, two eye shadows as presents for my birthday).

Bobbi Brown Creamy Concealer Kit



Bobbi Brown Luminous Moisturizing Foundation



Bobbi Brown Metallic Eyeshadow - Gold Dust



Bobbi Brown Cream Eyeshadow - Sandy Gold



Bobbi Brown Lip Colour - Sandwash Pink - a lovely colour, not very pink IMO.



Got some samples of these

Bobbi Brown Lash Glamour Extreme Lengthening Mascara x2 - Black



Bobbi Brown Lip Gloss - Crystal



Got this in John Lewis

Bare Minerals Glimmer Eyeshadow - Celestine - Such a beautiful colour.





These should be arriving in about a month - Bobbi Brown Oil free tinted moisturiser.



Bobbi Brown Blusher - Dessert Rose

The Lovely Muffin

Got two items in John Lewis and got a free gift.

I asked for the Clinique All About Eyes Cream, but the lady gave me the anti-gravity cream and she gave me the wrong colour lip gloss too, I didn't realise until I got home to Ireland

Clinique Gravity Eye Cream



Clinique Long Last Glosswear - Cabana Crush



The free gift had the following items in it,

Clinique Superbalm moisturising gloss 7ml - 09 Curant -





Clinique High Impact Mascara 3.5ml - Black



Clinique Repairwear Laser Focus 7ml



Clinique turnaround smoothing body cream 50ml



Clinique liquid facial soap mild 50ml



This is a pic of everything in the free gift, I can't find a pic of the palette on it's own.



Miss Sporty Eye shadow - 112 Amber





Natural Collection Clear Mascara



Aveeno Hand Cream



Aveeno Positively Luminous Exfiolating body scrub



VO5 Moisture Soak Elixer



Vo5 Miracle Concentrate Elixir with Argan Oil

lindtee

:eek: I have to admit that I feel a bit lot envious looking at all those lovely things, The Lovely Muffin!!

booboo88

I was trying to resist the temptation of buying two clinque things, but I think I might just do it now:o

aristocat

Lovely Muffin What a haul! You'll have hours of endless fun playing with that lot. Is the Bobbi Brown palette mainly shimmer or matte? The colours look very wearable. Enjoy.

The Lovely Muffin

aristocat wrote: »

Lovely Muffin What a haul! You'll have hours of endless fun playing with that lot. Is the Bobbi Brown palette mainly shimmer or matte? The colours look very wearable. Enjoy.

The palette is lovely, it has a mix of shimmer and matte, I can't remember what colours are matte and aren't , I can check tomorrow though, as I haven't got my palette with me at the moment.

It was £39 GBP and well worth it. You get a lovely double ended brush too, which is very handy. The brush end for the shadow is very soft and fluffy and applies and blends shadows lovely, not as good for blending as the MAC 217, but not far off it IMO.

SmokeyEyes

The Lovely Muffin wrote: »

Picked up these M.A.C Brushes in Dublin Airport.

Wow that's a haul and a half I'm lusting after that Bobbi Brown palette, I'm addicted to neutral shades!:)

Hope you're gonna swatch for the blog, following you now via Bloglovin'

The Lovely Muffin

Heh thank you SmokeyEyes, I'm definitely gonna do swatches for the blog, will do them this week or next, prob this week though. Have used the palette twice since I got it, I love it. It's expensive, but so so worth it.

I found the palette in my bag, didn't think I had it with me, I'll tell you what colours are shimmery and which aren't.

Chino - Matte
Praline - Light shimmer
Pink Chandelier - Shimmery/metallic
Stone - Matte
Champagne Truffle - Light Shimmer
Cocoa Berry - Light Shimmer

Hope this helps, feel free to ask more questions

pencilsharp

Orlee wrote: »

Got a five circle pan in Inglot today, they are discontinuing the round shaddows so it was only €19.50



Matte 352, Matte 392, DS 502, Pearl 454, Matte 348

Oh may have to pop into inglot and purchase one of these, I love inglot shadows

I bought the Collection 2000 colour match foundation and it is absolutely brilliant, I would highly recommend it.

Its supposed to adapt colour to your skin tone, I don't know about this but I chose light (No 2) and it is the perfect colour for my skin. It lasts all day, I usually use Estee Lauder DW and it beats this for staying power which is saying something. The only thing I noticed is they've only about 5 shades and they're all in lighter shades so maybe not great for darker skin tones unless it does adapt!

http://www.collectioncosmetics.co.uk/face/foundation/colour-match-foundation.aspx

I also bought the lasting perfection collection 2000 concealer. It stung my under eyes something terrible to the point I had to scrub it off quickly. Although I've used it on other areas of my skin for blemishes with no problem. All the beauty gurus on youtube rave about it, it is good for 6euro but I do much prefer erase paste by Benefit.

http://www.collectioncosmetics.co.uk/face/concealer/lasting-perfection-concealer.aspx

There was a three for two in Boots on Collection 2000 products so I bought the extreme 24 hour felt tip liner which is absolute rubbish, it is so dry that barely any product comes out and the nib is too small so its so difficult to control and get a proper line.

http://www.collectioncosmetics.co.uk/eyes/eye-liner/extreme-24-hour-felt-tip-liner.aspx

Lastly I bought the the 17 cosmetics Beehive mirror shine lipstick. All the beauty gurus on youtube also rave about this, as they call it 'its like your lips but better'. It is nice, definitely a nice nude with a lovely shine but staying power isn't great.

http://www.boots.com/en/17-Mirror-Shine-On-Lipstick_1055081/

pencilsharp

Orlee wrote: »

Got a five circle pan in Inglot today, they are discontinuing the round shaddows so it was only €19.50



Matte 352, Matte 392, DS 502, Pearl 454, Matte 348

Oh may have to pop into inglot and purchase one of these, I love inglot shadows

I bought the Collection 2000 colour match foundation and it is absolutely brilliant, I would highly recommend it.

Its supposed to adapt colour to your skin tone, I don't know about this but I chose light (No 2) and it is the perfect colour for my skin. It lasts all day, I usually use Estee Lauder DW and it beats this for staying power which is saying something. The only thing I noticed is they've only about 5 shades and they're all in lighter shades so maybe not great for darker skin tones unless it does adapt!

http://www.collectioncosmetics.co.uk/face/foundation/colour-match-foundation.aspx

I also bought the lasting perfection collection 2000 concealer. It stung my under eyes something terrible to the point I had to scrub it off quickly. Although I've used it on other areas of my skin for blemishes with no problem. All the beauty gurus on youtube rave about it, it is good for 6euro but I do much prefer erase paste by Benefit.

http://www.collectioncosmetics.co.uk/face/concealer/lasting-perfection-concealer.aspx

There was a three for two in Boots on Collection 2000 products so I bought the extreme 24 hour felt tip liner which is absolute rubbish, it is so dry that barely any product comes out and the nib is too small so its so difficult to control and get a proper line.

http://www.collectioncosmetics.co.uk/eyes/eye-liner/extreme-24-hour-felt-tip-liner.aspx

Lastly I bought the 17 cosmetics Beehive mirror shine lipstick. All the beauty gurus on youtube also rave about this, as they call it 'its like your lips but better'. It is nice, definitely a nice nude with a lovely shine but staying power isn't great.

http://www.boots.com/en/17-Mirror-Shine-On-Lipstick_1055081/

gillapino

@ The Lovely Muffin

can you please tell me how much were the Mac brushes in Dublin airport ?
Dad's going away this week might ask him to pick me up a thing or 2 if its much cheaper :) thanks !

booboo88

lovely muffin do you have any idea how much those things cost in bts? Im being suck in i LOVE that eye shadow pallet:o

The Lovely Muffin

gillapino wrote: »

@ The Lovely Muffin

can you please tell me how much were the Mac brushes in Dublin airport ?
Dad's going away this week might ask him to pick me up a thing or 2 if its much cheaper :) thanks !

I will get the the receipt in a little while and post the prices for you.

I have a link to a voucher where if you spend €50 or more you get ten euros off. I will PM you the link when I find it.

booboo88 wrote: »

lovely muffin do you have any idea how much those things cost in bts? Im being suck in i LOVE that eye shadow pallet:o

I'll post the prices in a while, I think the palette is around €50 or €60 or €81 euros in BTs. I'm pretty sure this one is €50 or €60 though.

The Lovely Muffin

Here's the prices for the brushes in Dublin airport Don't know what price the palette is in the airport, I can't find the email with it

MAC 239 €24.35
MAC 217 €18.25
MAC 275 €24.35
MAC 219 €22.35

The total is €89.30 so with the voucher it'll cost €79.30, not bad for M.A.C brushes.

Achtung!

Taking advantage of the Boots 3 for 2 on skincare! I find the Boots cucumber face wash to be really good.. other ones tend to dry my face up completely. Got the Toner and Moisturiser aswell. Really good so far and cheap too.

cocokay

bought this moisturiser about a month ago and i LOVE it. my skin is oily and foundation never stays on but this seems to "suck" the shine up lol sorry for gross description. it smells gorgeous and its a lovely light serumy consistency. a little goes a long way. 16 euros which isn't too bad because i've spent a fortune on moisturisers from the luxury cosmetic brands before and this is way better! i might try the cleanser as well, use rose water as my toner. when i use it with estee lauder doublewear with powder on top my makeup lasts longer than it ever has!

chickenbutt

I love finishing up products so I have an excuse to purchase new things!

Lancome's Rouge in Love lipstick in Coral in Love. Probably the most expensive lipstick I will ever purchase but it's just so cute and the color is lovely for spring/summer.


YSL Touche Eclat. I finally finished up my Benefit Erase Paste and I was looking for something not so cake-y and would suit my skin tone better and was recommended this. I actually got loads of compliments from wearing it to work, so I'm really happy with it.


Tarte Amazonian Clay Blush in Natural Beauty. Loooove it. Really pigmented and stays on all day. Easy to blend. So glad I got this.

lil_tuts

Where did you get the Tarte blush didnt know you could get those here ?

chickenbutt

lil_tuts wrote: »

Where did you get the Tarte blush didnt know you could get those here ?

I got that one in a Sephora near me in the US, sorry! But I highly recommend it if anyone can get their hands on it. I'm visiting my boyfriend now in Ireland and am grabbing bits and bobs that I can't get in the US like Bourjois and Barry M!