Super Smoocher - Crazy Rumours lip balm in French Vanilla

I've had this since this morning and although some may think it's too early to review this product, I'm going to. With some products you need to wait a week or two to see the results (Skincare) but with make-up, I think you can make up your mind whether you like a product within minutes.

I purchased this lip balm from Super Smoocher. Super Smoocher is home to natural lip balms of many brands and has free delivery on all orders. The free delivery is fantastic as this is what determines whether I make an online purchase. I ordered Wednesday afternoon, my lip balm was shipped Wednesday evening and it arrived Friday morning; pretty good!

My lip balm arrived in pink tissue paper with pink heart sequins inside. I love love love when companies do little things like this!

Onto the lip balm. Like with the other balms the site has to offer, this is 100% natural. The packaging is cute, almost vintage. It melts onto your lips and keeps them moisturised for a decent amount of time. The scent... I'm in heaven. French Vanilla is a mix of coffee and vanilla. Regular readers know my favourite scent is vanilla and although I don't like the taste of coffee, I adore the smell. This lip balm smells exactly like these two scents. My mum had a sniff and said it smelt like butterscotch, in which she is right. Me and my mum are crazy for butterscotch so maybe this is why I cannot put the lip balm down! Even if it didn't moisturise my lips, I would still constantly use it because it smells amazing.

The lip balm is £3.45, which I think is reasonable.

There are so many other scents I want to try! I've narrowed my list down to:

From Crazy Rumours: Mocha, Cola

and from Hurraw!: Lime, Grapefruit and Cinnamon tinted lip balm.

I definitely recommend the site and Crazy Rumours!

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Wink and Win with No7!

With the realease of No7's latest mascara, Exquisite Curl Mascara, No7 are holding a competition!

The star prize is a pampering weekend, including a makeover by No7 make-up artist, Lisa Eldridge. How amazing is that? They are also giving away 9 goodie bags each week.

To enter, all you have to do is upload a video or photo of you winking to No7's Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/No7) (Click the 'Best Wink' tab at the top)

Simple huh?

Get your entries in now as the competition closes 15th February 2011.

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Body Butter Collection + Reviews

I prefer body butters to lotions. Although my skin isn't dry, I like to give it as much moisture as possible. I actually only use these in the Summer when my legs are on show; the rest of the year I just smell them!

Left to right: The Body Shop Raspberry, The Body Shop Almond, Boots Extracts Vanilla, Body Treatment Cocoa, Palmers Cocoa Butter, Boots Extracts Cocoa Butter x2, Boots Extracts Mango, Boots Extracts Coconut, Boots Extracts Brazil Nut, Boots Extracts Honey.

All moisturise well, I've never come across a body butter that doesn't.

The Body Shop £12.50 for 200ml: The raspberry one smells absolutely divine! Like jam. I don't like the Almond one, it is nothing compared to the Boots Extracts Almond one that my sister has. I wouldn't pay full price for these because I don't like to spend over £10 on a body butter but when on sale they are a great buy.

Body Treatment Cocoa £1something for 220ml: You can buy this at Wilkinsons and it is very affordable! However, since purchasing my other body butters, I've noticed that this one doesn't smell as nice.

Palmers Cocoa Butter £3.22* for 100g: This smells so good (Like chocolate) and is affordable too. It moisturises well, the only problem being how greasy it is. This is a product to use in the evening when you're not doing anything as it takes a while to absorb into the skin.

Boots Extracts £7.92* for 200ml, £2.55* for 50ml: I absolutely adore this range and will choose them over The Body Shop any day. Not the cheapest but more affordable than The Body Shop. These are also fairtrade.

Favourites:

• The Body Shop Raspberry - Jam, yum yum.
• Boots Extracts Vanilla - Anyone who knows me or reads my blog regularly will know that Vanilla is my favourite scent so this has to be in my favourites!
• Boots Extracts Mango - Smells amazing! and isn't too sweet.
• Boots Extracts Brazil Nut - Oh my. I thought that the Cocoa Butter one would smell sweeter but no, this one definitely smells sweeter! It smells like toffee/fudge/yummy goodness. I think this one may just be in the lead with Vanilla! Now that's a compliment!

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*Palmers and Boots Extracts prices from Boots.com, correct at time of writing.

Nails Of The Week!

I wasn't going to show you my 'nails of the week' this week because I've used these colours/this simple design before. But here we are! You can never have too many swatches of nail polishes!

The pink is ASOS Paint in Blake and the blue is ASOS Paint in Lauren. I love ASOS Paints! That's why you see them on this blog a lot!

I filed my nails down today and they feel so much better. They look a lot longer in the photo than they actually are in real life.

Also, my nails were stained yellow, so much so a few were turning orange! I used an old toothbrush and scrubbed toothpaste on my nails for 5 minutes. I didn't think this would make a difference (There are tons of tips which don't do anything) but I thought I'd give it a go. I didn't see a difference until I started washing it off. It has made a huge difference! No more stained nails for me :)

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Someday Summary - Photos by me!

What to update you with this week...

• I had an English exam Wednesday and a Psychology exam today. English was hard! Teachers said it was a tough paper this year. I know I've screwed it up so that's another retake in the Summer! Psychology was OK. I'm glad I'm not confident about it because last time I was confident, I didn't do so well.

• I have a Falmouth University interview on the 16th February. This includes a group discussion. I am terrified! If I do it, I will be so proud of myself. Going to buy an outfit next week as I have no smart clothes. I'm thinking smart shorts and tights with a classic white shirt.

• I'm getting my provisional driving license photo taken tomorrow. I'm going to take extra care with my hair and make-up! Cannot wait for my provisional to arrive, can then buy alcohol and go in town
  (Have no other ID, boo!)... as well as learn to drive haha.

There isn't much else to tell you really. This week's photos are my own! I really like my new camera, it produces some nice detailed photos. I have used Picnik to create the effects. I love that website so much!

My Blue Nose Friends collection! Aren't they cute?

Puddin' (Yes that is her real name; she was chubby as a kitten!). She snores. And breathes loudly.

Mia, Puddin's mother. She is purrdddyy.

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Collection 2000 Extreme Coloured Lengthening Mascara - Review and Swatches

I've had these for months but never got around to reviewing them, sorry!

Top to bottom: Purple, Teal, Blue, Black.

Blue wand.

(Greasy bug eyes!) Top to bottom: Teal, Purple, Blue, all with 3 coats.

Price: £2.99

I love the packaging and of course, the price. That's all I like though I'm afraid. The formula is far too dry. It looks and feels like a mascara I've used for a few months and am about to throw away. I couldn't have received a bad one because all four are like it. Because of the drying formula, the colour pay off isn't very good and my eyelashes clump together. I have seen some positive reviews on them but I personally don't see anything good about the formula. It's annoying because I really want these to work! Look how amazing the blue on the wand looks; I want that colour to transfer to my eyelashes.

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Urban Decay Primer Potion Test

I received the Urban Decay Sustainable Shadow Box for my birthday and it came with a mini primer potion. I'd never used a primer potion before and didn't think it could make such a big difference!

The colours I have tested below are (From left to right): Half Baked, YDK and Twice Baked. These are my favourites from the set because they're smooth and pigmented (A few others contain glitter which I'm not found of.)

Top photo: The eyeshadows swatched with primer potion and without. As you can see, the eyeshadows with primer potion are more pigmented.

Middle photo: After wiping them off of my arm with considerable force. The swatches without primer potion used are nearly gone whereas the ones with primer potion are still intact.

Bottom photo: After wiping off with a facial wipe. Swatches without primer potion have disappeared but you can still see the primer potion swatches.

I am so impressed! I think I'm going to buy a primer from ELF as it will be cheaper than Urban Decay. If I don't like it, I'll purchase the Urban Decay one :)

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