sigma | beauty expert brow design

I won the wonderful Sammi's giveaway over on her blog Beauty Crush. I was well happy, as anything with brows I LOVE, and this amazing brow design kit is just wow! Also, I never really win giveaways, and out of over 2000 entries, that's pretty impressive! Sammi has an amazing blog too, so if you've

 never checked her out, or her YT videos, you really should! 

 I've always lusted over Sigma make up brushes, and have had my eye on the flat top kabuki brush that they do, as well as their whole range.

The brow kit comes with tools, such as scissors, tweezers (which are great!) eyebrow stencils, sharperner, and an angled eyebrow brush with a brow groomer on the end. Now, getting on to the best bits, there are two double ended pencils. The first one being a highlighting pencil, with the lighter end being a matte highlighter, and the gold darker shade being a shimmery finish.
I personally prefer the lighter matte shade myself, though I can imagine the shimmery end being really pretty on nights out. I also, used the matte shade on my face as well. It's actually really good.
The second pencil is the actual brow pencil, with a medium and dark shade, my shade being dark. It's such a lovely texture and so easy to apply on to the brows! I use this alongside using the five brow shades in the box. I use a mix between 'Natasha' and 'Valentina', and then lastly I use the brow gel, I usually use the tinted one.

Rubbish quality iPhone pic of myself after a long day of using the brow kit, but I definitely recommend it, it's SO good. And, I definitely would fork out for this, though I think before it does run out, I will look for cheaper ones!

Have you tried this? Do you know any alternatives?

Much Love

Rebekah 

xoxo

haul | recent make up buys

OH LOOK ANOTHER AVON HAUL!! Wait, no there's one Rimmel product, but still, oops. To be honest though, I couldn't not pick these items up because it was SUPER cheap and well I couldn't leave it there really. I ordered these all from the Avon Rep Brochure off my nana, where they get all the new products and offers, so everything was cheaper than introductory prices. It definitely would have been incredibly stupid of me to leave them. That's what I'm telling myself anyway! 6 mascaras for £12 though WOW. Especially when the RRP of them singular are £10. So yeah, definitely worth it!

Avon Mascaras are really good, especially the Supershock Max one and Spectralash. 

I haven't tried the other four, but definitely looking forward to.I have enough mascaras to last me a while now, along with all my others one in my make up storage. They are really something I seem to harbor and not stop buying, even when I have a perfectly new one at home.

I also got four eyeshadows, three of which are duo and one being a singular shade. I've already used the 'Sweet Temptation' shade. Yeah, they're okay. Nothing special. I just got them because they were really cheap. They're not densely pigmented at all, and you definitely have to keep building up the colour with your eyeshadow brush, but they're cute and good for even just a little bit of colour on the lids.

I needed some more pressed powder and Rimmel's Stay Matte is a definite favourite of mine, so restocked up. You can't really go wrong with this product, does what it says and I love it. Back to Avon, I purchased a nude blusher aptly named 'Cheeky' which again, bought because of the price. I wouldn't say it's a blusher I'd use everyday, or rush to use, but it's handy to have, and it does give you a subtle pinky nude colour to the cheeks. Great for simple and effortless looks! Ahhhh this foundation. I still have another new box of this unopenend, but I seriously LOVE this. I think I've gone through a few bottles in the past few months, but it's just great, and will always repurchase. Though, I think my skin may be getting used to it now, so I'm thinking about mixing it up soon!

Lastly, a nail varnish, a midnight purple shade called 'Decadence' Perfect winter colour. I love this. I put it on straight away. Two coats of this and my nails are super shiny and a lovely purple shade.

What do you think of these products? Ever tried any?

Hope you're all having a lovely weekend!

I am currently SO tired from work and college, 
early mornings are definitely not my best friend at the moment. 
I cannot handle them!

Much Love

Rebekah

xoxo

avon | supershock eyeshadow pencil

You guys should all know by now how much I love Avon, so of course here today is a product from Avon. I've said before, some of their products is hit and miss, but they really do have some great stuff, like today's featured product.

It is a dual eyeshadow pencil, with the light shimmery sparkly shade Moonshine and the darker shade Starry Night, which has a subtle shimmer to it. I really love this eyeshadow pencil. It's so creamy and SO easy to blend, it just glides on to the eye lids effortlessly. When applying this I usually use the pencil and just put Moonshine all over the lid and then take a blending brush and blend, then I add Starry Night in the crease, and blend some more. It's so good for creating a shimmery smokey eye. The Moonshine shade also is perfect for highlighting your eyes too.

If you're someone who love to create smokey eyes but struggle, I definitely think this is such a good product for that, it makes it so simple.The simplicity of this wonderful product is what I love, the colours just go together and really bring out your eyes. I love the shimmery finish. Perfect for an evening out! And, if you're out all night even better because the lasting power is SO good. I went out, and it hadn't even budged. Was well happy!

I have found myself reaching for this pencil quite often recently, so I can definitely tell I love it. I've had it for ages too, and then you rediscover a product and it's like wow I've been missing out! It's still available online here.

What do you think of this? Is it something you'd be interested in?

Know any alternatives to something like this?

Much Love

Rebekah

xoxo

happy days | little catch up

It's late I'm drinking coffee, that's a bad combination right there,

but that's just me down to a T. Forever drinking coffee, or any caffeinated 

drink and staying up way too late, and then complaining the next day!

As much as this sounds incredibly cheesy, but life at the moment is amazing I am actually so happy at the moment. Definitely feel the best I have ever felt in a long, long time. Even to just say I'm content is a massive understatement. Everything is just falling into place, things are shifting, amazing opportunities are arising. I've grown so much, and I for one never thought I'd be at this level of happiness in my life. I know I know, sounds so unbelievably cheesy beyond belief, and this has never been me, but I thought you know what, I'm gonna tell you all...

I started my Media Make Up course last week, oh it's so exciting! Of course I was so nervous, but all the excitement rules out the nervousness. Everyone is so incredibly lovely and I've made a bunch of new friends. I just cannot wait to get stuck in now, get my kit and build it up, all the photoshoots and charity fashion shows we are covering, building up my portfolio, creating different looks. I'm also so excited for the trip to Beauty Professional at the ExCel in London in February for 2 nights that we are going on. Exciting stuff. Just looking forward to the future and to where this is going to lead me.

I also got the job I applied for in the Topshop section of Outfit. Ah...clothes and shoe heaven! I started the other day and was eyeing everything up, thinking of the discount. OH I CAN'T WAIT.

Posts coming up on my blog soon include inspired outfit posts, the usual beauty and skincare stuff! I want to try and get more outfit posts in too, so watch out for those, also music I'm thinking of making a separate music blog, though still undecided. We shall see! I'm also blogging over at Bowler Blog which is a 'blogazine' featuring beauty, nails, outfit inspirations, celeb inspired posts. There's a whole team of us, I'm part of the beauty section. You should definitely check it out!

Bit of a jumbled post for you today,

 just thought a nice chat would be lovely, hope you're all okay!

 Do tell me what you would like to see more of!!

Much Love

Rebekah

xoxo

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oskia skincare london | what's in my handbag

For those who haven't heard of WIMH, it's a platform where it allows you to take a sneak peak into others handbags such a fashion, beauty and creative insiders, because who doesn't love to see the beauty essentials others carry around with them on a daily basis?! You can also upload your own handbag contents! Alongside this, you can create your account an request trys of products that are featured in peoples bags! Letting you discover the beauty products everybody loves, and trying sample sizes. It's a great way to share and discover beauty products, whether they are a cult product or something you've never heard of it. 

I've had various different samples from the requests I tried, such as Loreal mythic oil, percy and reed dry conditioner and bare minerals foundation and a mini kabuki brush. I think it's a great way to trial and test new products that you wouldn't normally try, or have the chance to! Especially fab because it's free. 

This weeks try was the OSKIA London Renaissance Mask, which has won 5 awards.OSKIA is a British high performance luxury skincare brand. The name is derived from the ancient English for 'delivering nutrients' and 'beauty'.With key actives such MSM, Passionfruit AHA's, Papaya Enzymes, Swiss Garden Cress Liposomes, Ribose. Best Anti-Ageing Mask - Celebs on Sunday Beauty Awards 2011; Best New Product - UK Beauty Awards 2011, Best Mask - Red Magazine; Top Beauty Find of 2010 - The Beauty Shortlist. This sample is 15ml, which as you can see from the photo's is a generous amount. Full size is 50ml at £48.50. Pricey indeed. I do love the packaging too, very luxurious, and definitely something that would look great on your dressing table I think.

The mask is a Nutri-Active Brightening and Resurfacing Mask, which is designed to increase cell turnover, boost radiance and packed with OSKIA’s trademark blend of beauty-boosting nutrients, as well as being deep cleansing, reducing pore size, blockages and spot formation and reducing the appearance of fine lines, imperfections and refines the complexion, as well as a vast array of other benefits it says on their website.

The product is a light pink colour at first, however turns white when massaged into the skin, the smell is just delightful, delicious even. You should apply to cleansed skin and leave for 10-20 minutes, before washing off, where your skin will feel SO much smoother. Trust me, it does.

Does this sound like something you would like to try?

Or, maybe you know some cheaper alternatives?

Much Love

Rebekah

xoxo