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The contouring craze is going nowhere and now cream contouring has made an appearance.   Sleek have launched their Cream Contour Kit and apparently they are still flying off the shelves! Using creams to contour may sound scary at first, but here's a step by step, how to guide, for beginners.

So here's one of the best beauty finds of 2015 for me.  It's the Catrice Liquid Camouflage High Coverage Concealer.  In the video below I go through the review along with a tattoo test and giveaway so be sure to check that out too!

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Here are some up close shots of my newest cream highlighter and the first MAC Cream Colour Base to my collection. Enter -  Diamonds Cream Colour Base from the Riri Hearts MAC Fall 2013 Collection.

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Today I have something quite exciting in the form of a foundation. It's Rimmel London's newest edition Stay Matte Liquid Mousse Foundation.

A Feather-light, liquid mousse that blends flawlessly for natural-looking skin and all day shine control. Silky smooth formula for a perfectly matte, baby-soft finish Lightweight texture won’t feel heavy or greasy Minimises the appearance of pores

It comes in 6 shades:

010 Light Porcelain 

103 True Ivory  

200 Soft Beige  

201  Classic Beige 

400  Natural Beige 

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Today I'm here with a giveaway for you all kindly donated by Avène. One of my readers or You Tube subscribers will win €50 worth of Avène products.

 Micellar Lotion worth over €16

 Water Spray worth over €9 

Hydrance Optimale UV Rich worth over €25

All which will come in a vanity case!

 So there you go. For your chance to win a full cleanse, tone, moisturise regime enter our details below! Only requirements are that you are a blog follower (via GFC or Bloglovin ) or YouTube subscriber of mine and you like the Avène UK & Ireland facebook page

Giveaway prizes donated by Avène. Open to Irish & UK residents only. If you under the age of 16, please seek parental permission to enter. Giveaway open from Friday 5th April 2013 for 1 week until Friday 12th April 2013. Good luck.

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My skin:

Shade: MAC NW15/Pale/Cool toned

Type: Normal (as "normal" goes!)

Problems: Very slight redness/broken capillaries around the nose & cheeks (where I like my coverage)

Coverage preferred: Medium

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Today I'm going to review for you a budget brand foundation I am very impressed with. It's NYC's All Day Long Smooth Skin Foundation. It's priced at....... wait for it....... just €3.99/£3.99. I say I'm very impressed.... I say it's only €3.99.... I believe you may be excited to read on!!?

NEGATIVES

NYC claim the foundation will give a "A smooth skin appearance which lasts up to 14 hours". Now after trying this for a full week I do have a drawback if it's longevity you're looking for in a foundation.

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Some people have their "Holy Grail" products. This meaning a product that you can count on and come back to again and again. I don't have many of them, as I like change. I love to try out different products and don't always stick to the same colours, brands etc. When it comes to skincare this changes slightly, as too much change can be overwhelming on skin.

One product however, I would class as one of my few "Holy Grails" and would like to review is St. Ives Apricot Facial Scrub. Now this baby is not for the faint hearted.

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I recently had the chance to try out something I probably would have overlooked if I saw it in the shop. VOYA (an Irish, Sligo based company) strive to bring the full power of nature in its purest forms throughout their range of seaweed-based organic skincare products and treatments. They pride themselves as being the first genuinely organic seaweed-based cosmetic products in the world.

Renowned for its detoxing and skin moisturising effects, hand-harvested seaweed is used in their bath products. Rejuvenating and repairing effects come from

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So last year I was colour matched in MAC as NW20. Grand job, bought my first bottle of Studio Fix Fluid - which I love. Since then my skin has lightened due to the fabulous weather we have been having here in Ireland lately (not). NW20 isn't very dark on me but I do notice a bit of a difference between my face and body which annoyed me. I felt I wanted it a tad lighter but felt NW15 would be to pale. So when I heard about MAC selling NW18 I thought PERFECT!! Just what I needed.

I called into MAC a few weeks ago and enquired about it. She looked at me and said lets compare the three. We did so and she recommended me to go for NW15 and that I could use bronzer if I felt I wanted more colour. She mentioned something about NW18 have a slightly different undertone??? Wha!? I dono, so I just bout the NW15.

When I got home, obviously my first instinct was to compare my new NW15 to my NW20. I couldn't get over it. They were more a less the same!! I was expecting NW15 to be much lighter as it's the lightest shade they do, but no. Have a look. NW15 is on the left of ALL photos.

 Natural Daylight - Left: NW15   Right NW20

 Left: NW15   Right NW20

 Left: NW15   Right NW20 on both pics.

What is going on here!!? Could it be that my NW20 has faded over the 6-7 months I have it or is my NW15 just dark!? Has anyone else had the same problem??

Slán

It was quite hard to photograph the product on my skin so apologies for that.

I'll be honest and say I'm not overly impressed with this. I used it first as a face highlighter. No way, did not like it. I found that it looked cakey. I know it may seem strange to describe a powdered product as being cakey but it really did. It's like it just sat heavily on my cheeks. Now on the other hand as a body shimmer it is a bit better. It seems to work better spread out on a larger area such as the chest or legs. On the face I just felt it kind of clumped and was too much. For me it is a bit too glittery - although it's not exactly particles of glitter in it, perhaps sparkly is a better word to describe it.

Overall it's not my kind of product and I won't be repurchasing. I much prefer Sleeks Liquid Highlighter which I will be reviewing soon. Have any of you tried the GLO?

Slán!

Hey Everyone.

 Here's my recap of what I experienced while using the Yes To Carrots Happy Face set. I used all 3 products so I can't pinpoint which it was that I had a reaction to. (perhaps it's the same ingredient in all 3?) I love the packaging of these, in particular the pots (they look much nicer in person!) They look simple, elegant, clean/fresh. But guess what? They've since changed the packaging - why; I do not know. It's the complete opposite to this, more colour and text on the tubs - it almost looks more like medicine :( Why why why!! Anyway, moving on!

 L-R Mask, Face Wash, Moisturiser.

On day one I used the wash and moisturiser. On day 2 I used the wash, mask and moisturiser. I noticed little bumps on my forehead and chin. I thought perhaps it was my diet or something as I have never had a reaction to a face product before - and also thought there was no way it could be these products as they claim to be gentle, natural and organic. 

I used the wash and moisturiser the next day and for sure I knew it was a reaction to these products. My face was red, itchy, the little bumps were hot and quite sensitive. I took a break for the next day but it was too late, the damage had been done. The bumps were really sensitive and now my skin was starting to flake. Sorry for the gross-ness but we're all human ya!!?

 (The bumps are in the middle just above my eyebrows - camera didn't pick up on it too well)

Lovely eh? I was quite disappointed with all of this. When it comes to skin products I love to use natural ingredients rather that chemically/industrial produced ingredients that claim to do all sorts. I have heard great things about this range but unfortunately the Carrots line has let me down. Perhaps the company are right and the cucumber line would suit me better - even though I have normal skin. I would be curious to try more out to be honest!! A bit nervous but at the same time I think curiosity will get the better of me!! I know many of you might be thinking, "you're mad, and in fact in the video I think I said "not a hope in hell", but the more I think about it the more I want to see if I have a reaction to the other ones. What do you lot think? Have you tried this brand or any of the other ones?

 
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Hi Everyone!

So I wandered into my local chemist the other day on the hunt for the No7 Gel Eyeliner - which I cannot find anywhere. DAM. I passed the counter and doubled back!! There was a little stand of a new edition to the line of GOSH. The spring collection for 2011. As far as I know it was released in mid February and had just come into my chemist a few hours before I came in!! I love a strike of luck! Here's a look at whats on offer:

Natural Touch Cream Blusher -  003 Fluffy Peach and 004 Silky Rose

This was RIGHT up my street. I absolutely love pinks nudes and browns/taupes. I wanted to buy a bit of everything but hadn't enough money on me at the time, so I ended up just getting the nude lipstick in 146 Cappucinno (which is btw a much more wearable or darker nude than Gosh Darling) and the pink Silk Blush cremeblush 004.

Slán!