Soap & Glory Cheekmate - Cheek and Lip Stain

I don’t have too much of the makeup products from the Soap and Glory range but I could open up my own shop with the amount of skin care I have from them. I had bought the Cheekmate cheek and lip stain months ago when my friend asked me to try it out for her but I misplaced it even before I had a chance to open it and found it a week or two ago, but I figured better late than never.

I’m a bit sceptical when it comes to these kinds of stains, none of them have ever looked good on me, and they’re usually sticky and ruin the foundation when you put it on your face. Even though it looks like it’s going to be a sticky mess the formula is actually very creamy. I put a drop on my finger, dab it onto my cheeks and then blend it in with my small stippling brush. I get quite scared with these types of stains, sometimes they don’t blend or you look like you’re having a hot flash but luckily this actually blended out well and gave subtle rouge to the cheeks. I didn’t put too much on; it was nice just with a small amount and made it look very natural. I usually go for pinks so having red on the cheeks was very different for me and I liked it a lot, it’s always nice to have a change from your everyday colours.

 

You can also use this on your lips but I didn't love it. It's a bit sticky when it's dried on the lips and doesn't really put much of a colour on, just makes you look like you've been sucking on a red lolly for too long.

I've been trying to think of what it reminds me of as I write this post and it's just come to me, it’s like the fake blood you get in the costume shop at Halloween but just not as sticky on your skin. There's no taste or smell on it either which I’m actually a little disappointed about, I think I would have liked it better if it had a berry taste to it, it would probably make me use it even more.

 

It costs €10.00, it’s probably one of the better cheek stains I’ve tried before but I don’t think it will be a repurchase. It’s nice but it’s not a Holy Grail product, more like one of those last resort type products when I have nothing else to hand. As usual these opinions are my own, you might find it amazing but I just don’t think its €10.00 amazing.

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Love Sarah xoxo

Crown Brush Blush Palette

I have a few things from Crown Brush UK, I love their brushes and their palettes. I don’t think I’ve bought anything online from them but I do love to pick up brushes and palettes when I see a stand at a beauty show because they’re always that little bit cheaper. When I was in IMATS I picked up a few things from the stand including their 10 colour blush palette which retails normally for £14.99/€18.81 but I think I got mine for around £10-12.

It comes with a range of pinks, peaches and bronze colours in matte and shimmer textures. What’s great about the palette is that it can be used to contour with the darker colours as well as adding some colour to your cheeks with the pinks and peaches.

I use this palette a lot and I’ve used every colour in it. You don’t get too much product from one swipe of your brush to cheek but I think that’s a good thing as you can build it up to the colour you want, I hate when some blushes can leave you looking like Noddy from one swipe of blush.

Palettes like these are great for travelling, they’re sleek enough to fit into any luggage whether you’re going on short or long haul journeys and you don’t need to bulk up your makeup bag with single blushes.

This is definitely worth the price as it works out at £1.49/€1.88 for each blush, there aren’t much companies selling single blushes for that price.

If you want to find out more info on Crown Brush UK just head over to www.crownbrush.ie or www.crownbrush.co.uk.

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Love Sarah xoxo