Sunday, 5 December 2010

Everyday Minerals Brushes

Hey Everyone! So basically I wanted two new face brushes I looked up some reviews found out that these everyday minerals brushes were getting lots of good reviews and I decided to purchase them. I brought the Flat top brush and the Large mineral brush. BTW the softest brushes I have ever had! I used mineral foundation with these brushes and I got some crazy good results.

This is the Large Mineral Brush. It is a super long brush (it keeps hitting my poor mirror when I do my make-up!) The bristles are really dense and packed together. What I liked about this brush is that as soon as it hits your face the bristles don't go all fanned out instead it stays all packed together and you get a really nice smooth finish. No bit of your face will get left out and I only need to go over my face once with this brush.
Pro's: Best finish my face just looks creamier (I know that's weird) when I use this brush and pretty. I love how soft it is and how it feels like and it performs like a really expensive brush when it isn't expensive at all.
Cons: Only problem I found was that it kept hitting my mirror because its so long, But I don't really see that as a problem.
This is the flat top brush. On youtube and stuff the brush looks quite big but when mine arrived in the mail I couldn't believe how small it was. It wasn't a problem, but all I'm saying is don't be fooled by videos and photos on the Internet. Anyway, I love this brush it delivers and full coverage look no matter what foundation I use and it is really soft. I hate it when my foundation looks patchy and not smooth but with this brush I havent have any of those problems.
Pro's: Small, cute and works wonders
Cons: Cant think of one! Its a complete bargain that I can find a brush that works better than any Mac brush I've tried and its a quarter of the price.

I cant say which one I like best only because they both make my foundation look good anyhow. Though I do enjoy using the Flat top brush because its small and cute. I will certainly be picking a couple more of these up.

I beg you to try one for yourself so go and visit.. http://www.everydayminerals.com/store/color/brushes.html
Love Ya! xxx

Saturday, 4 December 2010

Quick Review! Everyday Minerals Blush


This is a Everyday Minerals blush in the colour Time share. It was on offer so I kinda added it to my cart without looking at it. Its a Matte shade and it blends like magic on the skin. The colour oddly works with my skintone and just shows up as a plum shade on my dark skin. There's a lot in the container I dont think I will be running out any time soon. It doesnt fade unless I actually take my make-up off and overall I'm happy with this product. It does'nt blow my socks off but I'm still impressed.
Pros: Blends really nice and looks really fresh and pretty on the skin .
Cons: I dont really think there is a con its simply a nice blush

L'oreal Double Extension Carbon Black Mascara

Hey ladies and gents! As we all know every woman is always on the quest to find the perfect mascara and my search is just getting started. I've tried Rimmel London, Bourjois, Maybelline, Max Factor, BareMinerals, L'oreal and Benefit and I'm still not satisfied. However here I am to review L'oreal's Double Extension Carbon Black Mascara.

Its a doubled ended mascara, the white end is used first and meant to create a tube around your lashes and extend them and then you don't wait for that to dry and you are meant to put on the black end straight away.
The problem is (yes unfortunately there is a problem) that because I always put my mascara on after I put on my eye liner or eyeshadow, the white brush gets dirty with liner and bits of shadow that have lingered on my lashes. This is obviously not a problem if you dont mind the white formula getting dirty but I do and it gets on my nerves that I have to clean my brush before I put it back in the tube.

This brush is a nice big size and Its really dense. I like the results I get when I put this on afterwards my lashes are longer thicker and I cant say it curls my lashes because my afro lashes are super curly anyway. This mascara has given me the best results and I do honestly think these double sided mascaras work better than others. The results for me are amazing.
Pro's: It really lenghtens my lashes and they look really defined
Cons: The white brush gets dirty with eyeshadow and liner and its annoying!!!!

Everyday Minerals Foundation Review

Everyday Minerals may be my new favorite mineral makeup brand. Although they seem to think that there are only 5 dark skin tones in the entire world and 29 light skin tones. That's nothing new. However I love their foundations. I wanted to test their products after realizing that they actually bother to ship to the UK unlike other brands and that most of their products consist of only five ingredients instead of 30 like my other non mineral makeup. Anyway lets get onto the review and find out what I thought...
I brought two foundations in the colour Truffle (which by the way luckily matches me perfectly). The reason I brought two is because Everyday Minerals foundations come in 4 different bases. Now if your familiar with the brand you'll know what I'm talking about but if your not, you wont have a clue, so let me explain.

The four different bases are Original Glo, Semi Matte, Matte and Intensive.

Original Glo-Luminous with light reflecting minerals. Medium coverage. Normal to dry skin types.
Semi Matte-Moisturizing silk to satin finish. Full coverage. All skin types.
Matte-Oil free, Shine free. Naturally matte, Full coverage. All skin types.
Intensive-Perfectly matte with extra coverage. For normal-oily skin.

I brought the Semi matte and the intensive base and I think their both fabulous. Their creamy on the skin. My face looks fresh and dewy without me looking like I've got anything on. The intensive I use with a less dense brush and I use the semi matte with a heavier coverage brush. I honestly couldn't tell you which one is best I think they re both great. They both deliver different finishes. So all in all I'm a very happy girl!