Review: Maybelline Brow Drama Brow Mascara

I'm constantly on a look out for something new, quick and easy for my brows. For school especially, my make up effort is minimal so i cant be bother to sculpt my brows to perfection every morning. This is why I bought Brow Drama by Maybelline to test out whether it was worth it.

The product itself comes in 3 colours in the UK; Dark Blonde, Light Brown & Dark Brown.

When i first opened the packaging i was not expecting the brush shape at all. As you can see from the photos the brush has a sphere shaped end with a mascara brush end. My first reactions were that the ball on the end of the brush was to large for my eyebrows and i thought it was going to go all over my skin. However as the brush bristles are so delicate and gentle that no product spreads on any of my skin but all the hairs are still caught and sculpted quickly and easily.

 To truly show the length of the wear of the product i took photos in the morning when i left home and when i got back, in the same area of my house for the fairest amount of lighting.

8am

5:30pm

The wear is the main thing I'm very happy about, it sticks and stays all day and as its a coloured mascara the colour doesn't move either like some powders can do. Its also met all my needs as it is so quick, easy and simple - perfect for school ! So for now, I'm loving it.

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Laura xo 

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My Favorite Fall Trend

Recently in a lot of magazines, videos and on the cat walk I've noticed that there is a growing trend for the fall of heavy under eye make up. I really love this look, its so pretty and makes it possible to really show off the colour on the upper lid.

Its such an easy look which is possible with all colours of eye liner to match and extenuate any eye colour. So I gave it a shot.

To go along with the fall trend I chose to do a Gold eye look with a heavy black line under the bottom lash line. After a few experimental looks I found that this type of look is a lot easier with Gel liner instead of Pencil or Liquid. As pencil is, for me, quite harsh and insensitive for my lower lash line and liquid was too difficult to control between the skin and the bottom lashes on the lower lash line. Gel liner is also easier to blend than pencil or liquid so is easier to achieve a more smokey look.

Lining the waterline with a very black pencil will also bring the look together and give extra depth on the lower lash line.

I love this look. I love changing my make up look and stepping outside of the normal comfort zones that all my other friends seem to love to stay in. I am most defiantly going to be wearing this look out more regularly, I would defiantly recommend it!

Laura xo

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I MET TANYA BURR!

Down in Carnaby Street, London a new Benefit Cosmetics store has opened and to help promote the opening, Benefit hosted a meet up for Tanya Burr and any viewers. For those of you who don't know who Tanya Burr is, she is a beauty blogger, Youtuber and Professional make up artist who i look up too dearly. Tanya is the first beauty Youtuber i started watching and is now, one of the main reasons its my ambition to become a make up artist. Once I saw Tanya post the meet up details I jumped at the chance to meet her as Carnaby Street is a train ride away from me.

Can you spot me? Taken from Tanya's Blogpost www.tanyaburr.co.uk 

Starbucks, Pink telephone box and Wristbands

After running through London's main stations with my friend and a well needed Starbucks after school, we made it to the store. There was already a line on a very snazzy pink carpet of around 100 girls. We were lucky enough to get a wrist band giving us entry to the meet up, however, only a couple of minutes after the wrist bands were all given out and people were being turned away.

Waiting on the pink carpet in line

After a few shopping and waiting around our time had come to meet the lovely Tanya Burr. And there was no disappointment. She is exactly how her videos portray, greeting us with the same voice saying "hey guys" that I've heard for the last couple of years. She was so lovely, down to earth and even more beautiful in person. It was one of the best days ever and if your planning on meeting her in the future, don't be nervous she is so nice and will make sure you get free chocolate!

Taken from Tanya's Blogpost www.tanyaburr.co.uk

Taken from Tanya's Blogpost www.tanyaburr.co.uk

ME AND TANYA BURR

I would just like to Thank Tanya herself for meeting so many of us and Benefit Cosmetics and the staff at Carnaby street for organizing it! If you get the chance, pop in, they are so lovely and happy to help with any problems

Frankie, Tanya and ME!

Taken from Tanya's Blogpost www.tanyaburr.co.uk

Signed by Laura and for one time only, Tanya Burr xo

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HIGHEND VS. HIGHSTREET: Maybelline 24hr Colour Tattoo + Benefit Crease-less Cream

I'm a massive eye shadow girl, no matter what look i will try and include eye shadow in my make up somewhere however my only issue is i tend to always rub my eyes a lot, resulting in my eye shadow not lasting very long. Once creme shadows hit the stores claiming to be more long lasting than powder shadows, i was automatically sold. The question is, who is better in this department? High street or High end?

I currently own only 2 cream shadows Benefit Creaseless Cream and Maybelline 24 Hour Colour Tattoo:

Maybelline 24 Hour Colour Tattoo -
On and On Bronze

Benefit Creaseless Cream - Skinny
Jeans

Firstly starting off with the high end product, the Benefit Creaseless Cream. Whereas, the claim of being "Creaseless" is correct and the original formula was smooth, apart from that, i'm not overly keen on this product. To start, the pigmentation of this product, in my opinion, is nothing compared to the Colour tattoo. It took me about 3 coats to get the desired colour, also as you can probably tell from the photo. This product doesn't last all that long, mine has already started to dry out and fall out of the packaging and this makes it even harder to apply. Not sure whether this may have been a packing error as i haven't left it out without a lid on for a long period of time. At £14.00, i wouldn't expect any of these issues to happen however, since i bought this product Benefit have brought out a new Creaseless Cream WITH different packaging and a new formula, so the problem has seemed to be solved.

Now for some positivity! Feeling very disheartened by Cream Shadows, i reluctantly bought the Maybelline Colour Tattoo and will defiantly be purchasing more! The formula is so smooth and the pigmentation is unbelievable for a drugstore product (shown in image bottom right)! The wear of the product is also great, as i stated previously i tend to rub my eyes a lot the name initially drew me to the product as everyone knows tattoos to obviously be long wearing and whilst I've been wearing this, rubbing my eyes hasn't been a problem. This product sticks to your lids and will not move at all and at just under £5 its an absolute bargain and i would recommend it to anyone!

There it is, paying more money for something doesn't always necessarily mean you receive a better product. Hope this has been helpful to someone out there because if i had read something like this before, i would be £14.00 better off right now!

Laura xo

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Eos sphere lip balm review

I've been unsure about reviewing this product because so many people, celebrities and beauty bloggers included have raved so much about it. I bought my eos lip balm, expecting wonders, for my lips to be the smoothest they've ever felt and I would be sat wondering how I've ever lived without this product as people such as Miley Cyrus and The Kardashians constantly tweet about their lips balms. 

Yet somehow I kind of feel disappointed in this lip balm. Apart from the shape, I see the eos lip balm as an average lip product. The novalty of the shape of the product soon wore off as I put the product to my lips, after discovering that the eos was pretty average, the smell of the lemon flavour soon put me off. For UK readers, the best way I can describe it is the same smell as the lemon flavoured fairy non-bio washing liquid. It smells like I'm putting soap on my lips. 

Not sure if its just this particular flavour, but if anyone would like to experience the eos lip balm first hand. Don't get the lemon. Get the mint instead, at least that one apparently smells nice. I leave you with my best impression of Kim Kardashian or Kylie Jenner. 

Laura xo

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Sale Haul

I love payday. I love shopping. So when I get paid and the summer sales start I am in heaven! The other day I took a little trip into my local major shopping centre to spend a few pennies. And I thought, that I might as well share my purchases with the Internet so other people can see what is out there and if you dig deep enough you can find a real bargain. 

So this was my first purchase. As it has been really hot in England recently, I've needed to get a new pair of shorts. However, I'm extremely picky with my legs, so when I saw these I fell in love. These shorts aren't to short and aren't too long and I love them so much because they are so comfy and they were a bargain! £10 from river island! Go grab them!

So, on Friday I have a 90's party. I went into Primark and saw this top and instantly thought this was perfect and was only £6 and perfect for summer!

I've also been needing another skirt as I only have one black one at the moment! I saw this and instantly really liked it, I thought it would go with most things and could be dressed up and dressed down easily! Only £8 from Primark!

My friend actually found this top. It's from h&m and was only £5 in the sale! I thought it was just a really good attitude to give off and a perfect t shirt to wear to a party whilst my ex is there!

This one is also similar to the previous in the same aspect to the shape of it. This one and the previous one are both quiet long with long arm holes down each side so I would recommend a boob tube or a Bando with these types of tops! Nevertheless another bargains at only £3 also from H&M

Onto dresses, as it is summer I've been looking for smart/casual dresses that I could get away with at school! I saw a similar one online but only in grey, but I saw this one in newlook and I liked it so much more as it was not just plain and I like the pattern. 

This dress I love! I know I've said I love everything but I like the stripes on it because vertical stripes are meant to be slimming   which is perfect for summer! Also the elastic band round the middle adds a little bit more detail and shape to the dress! The back is also longer than the front so it seems longer so i can get away with it at school! 

I'm sorry if no one likes or read this post! I just thought, why not do a haul in written form instead of on a video! If anyone, anyone anywhere liked this, please like, comment, follow..etc...

 Laura xo

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