Smokey Eyes: Teal and Gold

Hey Everyone!

Hope you all are well :)

I'm back again today with another tutorial, an unplanned one at that! 

Catrice Cosmetics are revamping their stands with the addition of new products unfortunately that comes at the price of discontinuing quite a few of the range. Yesterday I frantically searched 5 different Catrice stands from Wicklow to Dublin in the search of my much loved ultimate colour lipstick '190 The Nuder The Better'. Alas, it was nowhere to be seen :( Gutted. 

While I was searching I spotted one of the most beautiful teal shades of eyeshadow I have ever laid eyes on…at €4.49 I had to have it!

So that pretty little shade was the reason for this tutorial, as you'll see I paired it with some golden tones, a combination of which I find really flattering.

Products Used:

Eyes

e.l.f. Eyelid Primer 'Sheer'

Inglot Amc Shine 08 (highlight)

Inglot Pearl 405 (antique gold shade)

Catrice Liquid Metal Eyeshadow '100 What Do You Sea?' (teal shade)

Catrice Skin Finish Compact Powder '010 Transparent'

Essence Eyeliner Pen

Essence Liquid Ink Waterproof Eyeliner

Ardell Natural Lash 117 Black

Urban Decay 24/7 Glide on Pencil 'Mainline'

Gosh Growth Mascara 

Face

Avon Ideal Flawless Foundaton 'Light Ivory'

Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer 'Fair'

Catrice Skin Finish Compact Powder '010 Transparent'

Sleek Contour Kit 'Light' (review here)

No7 Natural Blush Tint Powder 'Soft Damson'

theBalm Mary Lou Manizer

Lips 

Rimmel Lasting Finish by Kate Moss 03 

If you would like to see how I created this look then just click on the play button below! Hope you enjoy the tutorial :)

Thanks for tuning in!

Eimear x

Catrice Prime and Fine Pore Refining Anti Shine Base

Hey Everyone!

Hope you all are well :)

I'm not sure how or why it happens, but I always find that my expensive skincare and makeup items….run out at the same time. I mean it happens every time. Recently I came to the end of my Mally Beauty Mascara, along with my Liz Earle Hot Cloth Cleanser, Smashbox face primer AND my Estée Lauder Double Wear Foundation. As a broke little student I simply cannot afford to replace them all at once, I have to buy….books, you know? Actually if I did replace them all in the one day I'd dread to think what the cost would be. An amount I would probably lose sleep over anyway *sigh*

Instead of repurchasing my €31.50 Smashbox Photo Finish Primer, I decided to raid the chemist to see what was on offer in there. Bargain buys are my favourite buys! I ended up stumbling across this Catrice Prime and Fine Pore Refining Anti Shine Base Face Primer….an utter mouthful to say the least but I thought that'll do pig that'll do. It set me back a mere €4.49 so I knew I wouldn't be too disappointed if I wasn't happy with it. In the case a product doesn't work for me I always just give it to someone I know who would enjoy it, like my aunty or my friend Laura. That way its not a waste of money :)

I was a little surprised when I first squeezed some product out of the tube, to me it looked more like a moisturizer than a face primer. I squeezed out a pea sized amount and began to dot it around my face. Next I noticed the texture, it didn't have that nice silky silicone feel like my beloved Smashbox primer had. I found I had to use quite a bit of product to cover my face and I also had to work quite quickly before the primer set in place. First impressions…meh. I'm not overly fussed. I wasn't happy with the texture of a product, but did it shape up as an effective face primer?

As the title of the product suggest, it aims to minimise pores and provide an anti shine base. Ick the topic of pores, the only place that my pores are quite visible would be on my nose. It hadn't really been a problem until I started using pore strips, I think they were the worst thing to ever happen to my skin. As you can imagine I was hoping this primer would solve my problem. My pores weren't noticeably less visible, if at all. That was the first disappointment. With regard to anti shine, yes I would say my skin had a slightly more mattified appearance with the use of the primer..nothing major though. 

The biggest disappointment for me though was that it resulted in my skin breaking out. Unfortunately the formula just didn't suit my sensitive skin.

Overall I didn't really notice any beneficial difference to my skin when using this primer opposed to using none at all. Unfortunately Catrice but this is a thumbs down from me!

Have you tried out this face primer, or any others from the 'Prime and Fine' range? How did you get on? :)

Eimear x

Beauty on a Budget: Catrice Cosmetics

Hey Everyone!

Hope you all are well :)

I love finding budget beauty brands, it is one of the reasons that I set up this blog! I wanted to show my viewers and readers that you did not need high end makeup to create beautiful and flawless makeup looks, just because the makeup is cheap it doesn't mean the quality is. Sometimes I have found products from 'drugstore' brands to surpass products from the high end brands. 

I am known for bargain hunting, I will not dish out my euros on something pricey unless I have well researched the product and I know that it is good value for money!

Today's makeup look I created using all Catrice Cosmetics products which I gathered from Penneys or my local pharmacy. In total this entire makeup look cost me €31.73 to create, a little more expensive than my last two beauty on a budget videos but very reasonable still all the same!

Products Used:
Eyes

Eyebrow Stylist 030 Brow-n-Eyed Peas €2.49
Absolute Nude Eyeshadow Palette 010 All Nude €5.49
Volume Plus & Length Mascara €3.99

Face

All Round Concealer Palette 010 €3.99
Infinite Matt Foundation 010 Light Beige €6.99
Skin Finish Compact Powder 010 Transparent €4.49

Lips

Ultimate Colour Lipstick 190 The Nuder The Better €4.49

In total the entire look cost me €31.73.
A little bit more expensive than my previous two beauty on a budget videos, but a bargain all the same! I highly recommend trying out the mascara in particular it is definitely up there as one of the best mascaras I have ever used!
And all for €3.99 :)

If you want to see how I created this look, just click on the play button below!

Thanks for tuning in as always!
Eimear x

Haul: e.l.f, Catrice, Inglot and more!

Hey Everyone!

Hope you all are well :)

Today's blog post is going to be a haul as you could probably have guessed from the title.

Now I have always said to myself that I would never do a haul video, purely because I don't want to sound as if I'm boasting. Sometimes I feel haul videos can come across that way for example I spent "X" amount of money on this and "X" amount of money on that. That's just my own view on them I realise that may not be the intention but there you go...(digging yourself a hole Eimear haha)

Anyway, I decided it might be better to write it down in a blog post so I could show you all what beauty bargains I picked up, and good quality pictures of the products :)

So the first item I picked up was this e.l.f 32 piece palette. This is my first e.l.f purchase so naturally I'm very excited! I have been reading reviews about e.l.f products for a long time on Nina's blog. She is another Irish blogger/vlogger who is a fellow bargain hunter! 

I'll leave a link to her blog here, so you can check her out. 

When I saw this beauty in Tk Maxx for only €6.99 I had to pick it up! 

The next set of products I picked up are all from Catrice. My mam rang me to say that the pharmacy down the road from where we live had a sale on cosmetics. Selected products from Essence and Catrice were reduced to half price! This was around the 20th of August I think so I'm not sure if the offer is still on in the selected pharmacies. The first few products I picked up were eyeshadows. You have to excuse the packaging, they were riddled with sellotape and half price stickers haha!

Absolute Eye Colour

280 Heidi Plum

 Absolute Eye Colour

130 Sitting On A Volcano

                              

Absolute Eye Colour

Grey's Philosophy

Absolute Eye Colour

390 Top Of The Cops

Absolute Eye Colour

030 OMG! I Want That

                                  

I love the cute little names these eyeshadows have! I think eventually when I make myself a magnetic palette I will depot these eyeshadows and put them into that, just to save space.I misplaced my receipt but I'm almost certain these eyeshadows were €1.40 each, they were half price anyway, absolute bargain! I can't exactly remember how much the quad was either as soon as I find out I'll stick in the price!

I'm not a huge fan of blusher I usually like to play up my eyes with some colour and then add some bronzer to my cheeks. I like the main focus to be on my eyes :) So my next purchase is for my kit! I picked up these two gorgeous blushes. The coral shade will be lovely for summer, oh if I had of spotted it sooner! These blushes were half price too I think I could have paid €1.40 for these aswel! If not they were definitely under €2 anyway.

Defining Duo Blush

030 Pink Grapefruit Shake

Defining Duo Blush 

020 Peach Sorbet

So back to Tk Maxx with my next purchase. I actually bought these the same day as the e.l.f 32 piece palette. I've never heard of this brand before but when I saw the price I figured it was worth giving them a shot! I had seen these lashes sold separately in Tk Maxx before €5.99 each but when I was in there recently I saw they had a pack of four for €12.99. Absolute no brainer there so I picked them up! On the price tag it said they retail at €59.50, shocking! I haven't tried the lashes yet but they look like they are good quality lashes, cant wait to use them on my next night out!

i - lash

Black

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i - lash

Black

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i - lash

Black

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i - lash

Black

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Last Sunday I went up to Dundrum Shopping Centre with my friend Laura so she could get a few bits and pieces for college. Of course I couldn't go to Dundrum without visiting Inglot, and that's where I picked up my next few pieces :)
I got three eyeshadows in refill form. Soon they wont be selling the eyeshadows in the circle pans anymore so they are having a sale on the last few. I already have a 20 circle palette and that is why I picked up the eyeshadows in refill form just so I could pop the eyeshadows in there when my other ones ran out. As I said Inglot are scrapping the circle pan palette system so these eyeshadows were on sale at €2.50 each!

AMC Shine 05

D.S 504

Pearl 426

Inglot Duraline

The last item I had been meaning to pick up in Inglot for a long time and that is Duraline. This basically will turn any powder to a liquid so any eyeshadow you have now can be transformed to a liner. I also own the Inglot Gel Eyeliner, the duraline will be perfect to make that more fluid as it can dry out easily. This set me back €8, I used my Inglot MUA card.

And that brings my haul to an end! I hope this was helpful and maybe you got a few ideas :)
I'll do reviews on the products after I have had a good run through of them too! So far I am very very impressed with the e.l.f 32 piece palette to say the least!
Hope you all had a lovely day and I'll chat to you again soon :)

Eimear x