Busy Bee - OOTD

Hello my lovely people!

Recently there has been a lot happening and I really have been a busy bee, with my Boyfriend getting a new job and moving and my family are about to move so been helping him move and needing to start going through all the rubbish that I have hidden under bed, I don't even know where to begin with that! The main thing I am excited about, about moving is that I get to decorate a whole new room and if you know me you will really understand how much this excites me :) haha

I wore this outfit to go and measure up things in the new house and we were planning on going to have a look and find a new bathroom because the new house really does need updating, but when we got to homebase it was having refurbishment done and the bathroom section was, well, not there so that was a complete fail, so instead we went a got yummy food and made toasted sandwiches, they tasted good! :) 

I hope you like the outfit! :) I got hotter during the day than I though and I really did regret wearing my leigh jeans haha!

Body

 Top - Jack Wills 

Jeans - TopShop leigh 

Sandles - Office 

Bag - Primark (very old)

Jewellery - Links of London

Face

Garnier Roll on anti dark circles

Rimmel match perfection concealer

Benefit gimme brow

Estée Lauder translucent pressed powder

Tarte lights camera lashes mascara

bellápierre lipstick in Mandarina

Speak soon PPb's :)

My Shopping List Repeats

Hello PPB's

Well today is a very wet and cold day in Cambridge so I decided to have a look through some old blog posts, its always nice to see how you've progressed and I like to see if there is any update posts I can do. It made me think though, as bloggers we try out and review so many products and yes okay we love them but even products we love can sometimes be replaced, so I decided to do a post today to show you the products I've already reviewed but still use! 

How many products you've reviewed can you honestly say you still used and love!

Don't get me wrong all my reviews are honest and I always make sure I really give products a chance before I review but even some of the best have been replaced and just fallen to the back of the storage draw. 

Here are the products I really now couldn't live without! and I'll link my original posts with them. P.S be warned some of the posts are quite old and therefore really not the greatest! haha If you want me to do any up to date reviews of anything just let me know! :) 

Redken Extreme - I've only had to repurchase the Anti-Snap once! It lasts for ages! I still use it every time I wash my hair, it makes brushing so much easier and my hair so soft, The shampoo and Conditioner I use for 1 wash week, I wash my hair every other day and I alternate between different Redken Products! Redken has become my go to brand for hair care!

Vaseline Spray & Go - Again I've only had to repurchase this once before, I just find it so much easier and quicker them moisturising with a cream its so hassle free and perfect for a lazy moisturiser like me! Why we never used a spray before I will never know! I really want them to make little travel size ones for my handbag!

No'7 Hot Cloth Cleanser - I swear by this stuff, this is my 3rd bottle and I still use it every night to remove my make up and even if I've had a fresh face day I use to to cleanse before using my toner, It just leaves my skin so smooth and clean and if I have any sign of a break out this stuff clears it up so quickly!

realTechniques Brushes - These continue to be my everyday brushes and my collection now consists of 11 brushes! These give my the best application and are so easy to maintain!

Rimmel Match Perfection Concealer - I only picked this up to begin with because I was too poor to buy my normal Esteé Lauder Double wear, but now I use this daily and only use Esteé Lauder on special occasions, The only difference I really see between he 2 is how long they last and of course the price! 

I hope you're all have a good and productive day! :) 

Review || Rimmel Match Perfection Concealer

Hello PPB's! Long time no speak!

Today's post is about a product I picked up because I had no money and needed a new concealer, I haven't seen many, if any posts on this product before so when I used it, I was surprised to see how good it is!

As you can tell from the title the product is Match Perfection concealer by Rimmel.

This concealer has now become a must have in my make up bag! I have been looking for a concealer that I love for ages! and I've picked up all the once that bloggers have raved about and yes liked them but they haven't quiet been right for me, so I really wasn't expecting the concealer I picked up just to 'do' until I got paid to be the one I now can't live without!

I love the brush applicator, I find it so much nicer to use and its so quick and easy to apply and blend in! To blend this in I simply use my finger, I find this the best way and blend it in evenly and leaving me with a smooth even finish. I use this concealer under my eyes around my nose on my chin and anywhere else I may have a imperfection. The coverage of this product is amazing! If someone has ever said that a concealer is complete coverage I never believe, I have never found one that does completely cover a blemish and I'm not saying this one does completely hide a blemish but it does a very good job at disguising them. It works wonders under my eyes, helping me look like I've had a full nights sleep when I've probably only had 5/6 hours.

The concealer has a thick and creamy consistency which means you only need to use a small amount for a good coverage, this obviously means that it last a long time! :) 

I also use this product as a highlight, so after I have applied my foundation I reapply under my eyes just for a bit more coverage and then use it on the bridge of my nose and on my cheek bones, leaving me with a lovely glow!

I honestly don't think I had a bad word to say about this product! :)

I obviously picked mine up from Boots and it cost £5.99

Have you tried this concealer? What did you think?

Lots of Love

Pollypocket

xxx

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Rimmel Stay Matte Foundation - First Impressions Review.

Hello PPB's! :)

In this months Company Magazine there was a small sample of the new 'Rimmel Stay Matte Foundation' now I have been wanting to get a new foundation for A/W, one that's got a bit more coverage, so I thought what a perfect time to do a review post, 1) So I can try out the foundation to see if I like it and 2) To help you guys choose a A/W foundation, because if you anything like me, you change up your foundations for different seasons! :)

 

So as you can see it was only a small sample, probably enough for 2 applications for me. Also how lucky that it came in the perfect colour for me! That never happens! 

The foundation is quite thick, I was expecting it to be a lot like the Maybelline Dream Matte Mouse, which is some way it is, but I found it alot easier to work with, its a lot lighter in thickness terms compared the the dream matte mouse, its like in between a cream foundation and the mouse. I really liked it for that, easy to blend and build up! I use my fingers to first apply it and then I blended it out with the Real Techniques expert face brush, it was so nice to blend in and spread really evenly leaving me with even coverage with a matte finish! 

I honestly thought it was going to be quite drying again because that's what the dream matte mouse is like for me, but its so moisturising even around my nose which always looks dry no matter what I use! I would say its a medium coverage, but can be built on to created a fuller coverage.

Photo 1 - 9:45am

So easy to layer the rest of my days make up over and still left with a matte finish. The other make up I'm wearing is Benefit - The Porefessionals, Rimmel Wake me up concealer, Natural collection pressed powerder, Eylure eyebrow pencil in medium to dark blonde, BareMinerals Ready Bronzer/Luminizer combo, Maybelline Dream Touch blush in 02, Lancome Doll Eye Effect Mascara, Bombshell eyeliner pen in onyx (September Glossybox)

For this day I didn't touch up any of my make up through out the day because I wanted to see how it wore and show it in the pictures.

Photo 2 - 11am

The weather this day was horrible, rainy and cold and windy, you can tell from the hair! Curls have pretty much gone! However foundation and make up still going strong, Still no drying around my nose and eyes and still Matte! I also think the colour match its pretty good, having pale skin I really do struggle to get foundations that don't look orange on me, but I found this one made a perfect colour having my powder over the top!

Photo 3 - 6:30pm

So after a day at work and a very stressful bus ride back to the car, and a now very tired Cara I am so impressed with this foundation, by the end of the day my nose had started to look a bit dry but nothing like it normally does and the only places the started to show shine was my nose and under my eyes, but I rub my eyes a lot so I probably rubbed it off! However my blush and bronzer had not moved or faded, I know that's probably not all to do with the foundation but I normally find that as the foundation wears off that I'm wearing obviously my other face make up fades and wears off too.

I really do love this foundation so much more than I thought I was going to! I think I am going to purchase a full size to use this A/W I like it that much!

Have you tried this Foundation? What were your first thoughts? Also if any of you have any tips for keeping curls in let me know! :)

Lots of Love

PollyPocket

xxxx