Pixi Sticks

Another bumper value pack from the wonders of TK Maxx!

I managed to pick up for just £8 three Pixi lip items!

Lip Blush in No 3 happiness, No 4 Love, and a Rose Lip treat in No 3 LipPeach.

The blushes are tints, that sell for £12.50 in their website and the Lip treat is £10.00

I love the cutesy packaging. Though some may see it as childlike.

The lip blushed are lip big felt tip pens! They are very well pigmented and stay well put.

These two colours are SUPER bright too.

The great thing about lip-tints is that they dont need re applying like a lipstick does.

Which is perfect for someone like me who cant be bothered.

The LipTreatment is like a light balm with a tint to it, very subtle and moisturising on the lips.

Once again, another AWESOME find in TK Maxx...!

Do you own any Pixi items? What do you think?

The Very First Lux Box

Well, here we have it the long awaited LuxBox!

After initially being told we would have it by the weekend, postie arrived some time Monday afternoon with my long awaited box!

The only reason I bought this was it was the FIRST box, which they should really be trying to impress with. and because they where offering a discount.

I actually bought two, but I have recently befriended a lovely french lady who has agreed to swap this box for La Boite à Beauté! An organic beauty box from France! (watch this space for the big reveal!)

So here we go....!

Standard Beauty Box packaging really...

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I like that the inside of the box is black, but again. no real changes or differences to others!

TADA!!!!!!!!!!!!

Inside we have:

2x1g BM Beauty Eyeshadow Pigments in 'Her Majesty' and 'Wolf Howl'

Eldora Lashes in H101 - I have 5 diff Eldora lashes...

Steam Cream - love this stuff...just like LUSH dream cream YUMMERS

Balance Me Wonder Eye Cream - love an eye cream

MOA The Green Balm - The 'Miricalous' Balm

So - 6 items, 2 full size (not that theres sample lashes I'm sure) pretty good your thinking....?!

Well...here's the killer.....

Apart from the Wonder Eye Cream, ALL these items have been in other boxes.

Now, I personally don't find it too much of a problem as I will use them ALL, however, that's probably because I have already had them, and know I like them.

So I haven't really tried anything new here.

The Eye Cream, I haven't specifically tried this cream but the Balance Me range has been featured in other boxes.

A lot of people like the items, and were upset when Carmine failed to let us all have the Steam Cream, so this should please some.

I think they have done well to get so many different variations of colours of the shadow...seems to be quite a few about and its also nice to have two..so you can create a look rather than plastering one colour...

Lashes where quite dramatic and definitely wont be to every ones tastes.
The rest is very easy going stuff. I'd say 6/10 for you  LuxBox!

All in all, though I am happy with the contents as I've just replenished stocks of items I'd have bought anyways, its a shame there wasn't really anything actually NEW......I wonder what next month with bring.....
I really hope my French counterpart likes it!

Did you get a LuxBox? What do you think?!

April 'Natural Beauty' GlossyBox

It seems like forever and a day since a GlossyBox last graced my doorstep, but at least it was worth the wait!
Since the death of Carmine and the so called 'merge' or less-merge-more-glossy-domination I was expecting this box to be thin on the ground with products and over stretched with all the Carmine converts.

This months box is a 'Natural Beauty' box. Themed boxes always go down well, and this didn't disappoint!

Glossy have changed the box and packaging for 100% biodegradable card  - bonus!

GOODIES!

First up the Ayuuri Body Wash, which is Full Size and costs £4.95 - mines in coconut, but there are other smells! Looking forward to this, even though coconut is not really my smell of choice, I'm open to new things! Lets get coconut crazy!

Caudalie Vinosource SOS thirst Quenching Serum - a really generous sized sample, full size costing £29.00 - I like caudalie, and I really look forward to this, I'm always liking new moisturisers.

Figs and Rouge organic lip balm - Ive heard loads of people rave about this, my one is the Rose Balm, which again, not a huge fan of rose but a lovely lady on BBS has agreed to swap for a yummy vanilla and cherry one! Eeep exciting! These are again full size and £3.29

Kai Perfume Oil - Shame that its half full, and not something I'm mega fussed on myself but the smell is pretty nice, if a little strong - this full size is a whopping £41! My vial is 3.6m but I'd say more like 2ml full.

The only make up item in the box is an Inika Eyeliner. Comes in a sleek black box with gold writing and is certified organic. Mine is in Peacock blue and I really like the shade. The swatch is holding its own on my hand still, and the shade is a well pigmented colour with a slight shimmer to it, but not overpowering. This is the 3rd full size item and costs £11.75  to buy.

Overall I am really impressed THREE full size items for a box I only paid £8ish for with a discount code!!

Well done GB you've redeemed yourself!

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Also, did you check out my home-made Louboutin nails?!?!

Eye Brow Tutorial

I've always been quite proud of my brows and think that they frame your face when maintained and treated with the love and care that they deserve.
Personally I have never been a fan of mega thin brows, probably as it just wouldn't suit me.
I'm all about caterpillars and mono brows!

I had a request to do a tutorial on Brows so here we go....!
Bear in mind this is how I do MY brows, everyone different!!
Items I use on a daily basis here...nothing over fancy at all!

First up...

Brush the eyebrows...just so all the hairs are going the right way, mine are mental in the morning..literally crawling over my face...

I use the A la Carte Brow ink in Taupe... fill the brow in so they look more fuller. You can shape them as well concentrating on the top of the brow, and elongate it too.n Think this is around the £20 but last FOREVER.

I then use my trusty Elf Brow Kit in medium. I Swear down this is the BEST brow kit I have ever used. I sold my HD brows worth over £20 in favour of this £3.50 kit! I use medium.

The waxy side keeps the brows in place and the pressed powder is slightly lighter keeping the colour warm. The brush applicator is PERFECT.

Finally (mostly on nights out) I use a highlighter under the brow in the arc. Highlighter of choice is the MAC strobe cream...delish espesh on the cheekbones too!

I took a full faced pic so you can see the difference...

Have you checked out the magic disappearing - reappearing glasses. Cool huh!?

NOTD Sunset Pastels

Perusing my new ASOS magazine I saw a pic of some delicious nails. Reading the 'how to' part it looked simple enough for a rookie like me to attempt...here it is!

1- Base coat, I used Models Own 3in1.
I never used to use a base coat, lazy me, but it REALLY help prevent chipping! And also I find the colour goes on a lot better and more even with this Models Own!

2- Base colour - I've used Barry M in Peach Melba. I have applied two coats.

3- The effect - Again a Barry M in Blur Moon. Take the brush and remove most of the polish from it, from the side of the nail, mid way down place a small amount of polish and sweep across to the middle of the nail which will thin the colour.

The great thing is that there's no precision needed as its just to two-tone the nail. The ASOS instructions say to apply another amount across the very top of the nail, but I haven't as like th effect as is.

4- On the ring finger I have free-handed a little birdie! Using the Models Own WAH nail pen in black.

5- Top Coat! By chance, my new Seche Vite arrived this morning so I've used that as top coat. Silky smooth and super-fast drying this has been raved about....watch this space for opinions!!

Overall super easy! Give it a go!! (Please exsqueeze my lack of tidying the nails up before posting pic!)

Car Booty Swag

I car bootied with a friend at the weekend - a good way to de-clutter and make some pennies with out the evil evil eBay fees! Be prepared for hecklers, early mornings and not wee-ing unless you have a buddy!!

Before even parking the car up we were hounded by 'hustlers'!
"got any mobile phones/perfume/jewellery?!"
I managed to keep my cool (just) before we shouting at some woman who wouldn't give me room to get out the car!

After setting up and 4 or 5 strong coffees, I decided to have a nose
round...

Here's what I found!

Strolling past a stall covered in make up, perfume and what-not, tdia huge peach bottle caught my eye...on closer inspection I saw 'Ojon' written on it.

How much did he want for this beaut?! I was expecting £5-10 but no!

£1!!!!!

After posting my find on Beauty Box Swaps, I asked if someone could look it up online as I was on my mobile.

It's the Revitalising Mist in 474ml, and a little digging later it came to light my find costs on the Ojon website a staggering £54! And it's completely sold out!!!

WOWZERS!

My second, and more modest find, was a delicate vintage pearl necklace. Slightly pinky pearls in colour, a cute addition to my vast collection of kitch jewellery!
This, ironically I managed to haggle down from £3 to £1.50! More than my Ojon!

Have you found any bargains recently? Would you go hunting car boots for such things!?

OPI Save Me

A new quick post on my nails....excuse the fact I'm not great at putting on polish - shakey jakey over here....ironic considering how well my winged eyeliners seem to be!

This polish I bought off a lovely lady in Ireland, who'd also added little cute extras and sweeties (YUM!)

The Save Me, from the Nicki Minaj collection, is a glitter girls dream!! Silver sparkles and turquoise band glitter in two coats its like a disco on my nails!

Usually I'm not sure I'm a fan of sparkly polishes as it can distribute unevenly, but the glitter content is so high in this polish its gorgeous!

Any who - decide for yourself! Its def a winner to me :)

Two coats without a topcoat - I'd suggest adding a top coat as the surface of the nail feels very uneven, but I was so tired I went to bed!