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.

Thanks for reading.

Love Sarah xoxo

Soap and glory Archery Brow Tint & Precision Pencil

I love eyebrows, there’s nothing more satisfying for me than perfect eyebrows. I get some serious brow envy sometimes especially looking at the likes of Elizabeth Taylor, Jaclyn Hill or Kim Kardashian, their eyebrows are the most amazing perfect things I’ve ever seen.

For my brows I usually use a pencil, I’ve no particular brand I use, but I have the Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Powder Duo which I love and if I don’t use the powder I use one of the MAC shadows I have in my palette.

So the point of this post is to tell you about the new brow product in my life, the Soap and Glory Archery brow pencil.

This is a duo pen, on one end is a twist up pencil to shape the brow and on the other is felt pen to tint and fill in the brow. It only comes in two colours, either Love is Blonde or Brownie Points. Even though I’m blonde I have dark brows so I got the pen in Brownie Points.

Before and After

The felt part of the pen I love, usually I just fill in my brows with a pencil, which can be a bit harsh on your brows and depending on what pencil I’ve used it’s taken a hair or two as it filled them in so I love how the felt pen isn’t harsh. It’s also super quick and easy at filling them in.  The only thing that annoyed me about the felt part was that it dried out sometimes and you had to turn it upside down to get the tint to go back to the top.

The pencil part I didn’t totally love, it crumbled a lot. If you don’t have the pencil twisted back into the pen then the lid cracks it which really annoyed me and you think I would have learnt my lesson the first or second time that I did it but I’ve kept doing it so I’m sure I’ve lost a lot of product because of that.

The pencil cost €13.00, which I think is slightly more expensive than it should be but that could just be because I only loved half of it. It could also be in more colours, having only 2 in the range meant I had to go with the darker shade and sometimes my brows can look very dark after applying it.

So I didn’t love it but I didn’t hate it! My brows actually looked well when I used it so I suppose it wasn’t all bad but I don’t think I’ll be buying it again as I’ve been waiting till America to get the Anastasia Brow Wiz and Dipbrow Pomade, even though I can get them at Elysian Brow in town but I think it’s cheaper in the States.

So have you tried Archery? Let me know what you thought of it.

Thanks for reading.

Love Sarah xoxo

My Big Boots Haul

I was given a Boots voucher for €50 the other week and yesterday I decided to spend it. At first I didn’t think I was going to spend it all in one go but Sarah being Sarah I managed to spend €74 in total, I don’t even feel like I bought that much but I must have, but because I only really spent €24 I don't feel too bad.

In this post I’ll just be showing you what I bought and I’ll be doing a few posts from this haul over the next few weeks.

Here's what I bought: 

I bought 2 Collection Lasting Gel Colour polishes, these are €3.99 each but if you bought 2 you got them for €6.50. I got them in Raspberry 7 and Vixen Red 3. I’ve tried the Models Own gel effect nail polishes and didn’t think they were worth the money so I’m hoping these will be worth the price if not more.

 I got 2 of the Rimmel Moisture Renew lipsticks, I’ve never bought these before but I liked the colours that were on offer. These where €7.95 each and had an offer of buy one get the second half price. I chose 260 Amethyst Shimmer and 360 As You Want Victoria. I don’t think these are new but I do think they have just redesigned the packaging, but seeing as I’ve never tried them before they’re new for me.

Boots have finally started to fit permanent Sleek Makeup stands in their stores, it used to be that you could only get them in the Liffey Valley Boots but they are now in Dundrum and Jervis Centre too. I’ve a good few products from them already so I just picked up the Matte Me Gloss in 431 Fandango Purple as I haven’t tried the matte glosses before and the colour really caught my eye. The Glosses cost €6.49 each.

I love my volumising mascaras especially ones that are super affordable so I’m dying to try this Seventeen Falsifeye HD mascara. It promises “lash by lash separation, corner to corner volume and length for HD Impact” so I’m hoping it does exactly what it says on the tin (or at least box). Because it’s only new it has an introductory offer of €5.98, after it will cost €8.89 so if it lives up to the hype you still get bang for your buck. Silly Sarah was too excited though and just grabbed the first box she saw and ended up getting it in Brown/Black so it will be interesting to see what the colour is like when I get it out if the box.

Another mascara and another piece from Collection. This is the Colour Lash – All Day Wear Colour mascara, as the name suggests it’s a coloured mascara and I bought it in blue as you do. I’m not sure where I’m going to wear it but it only cost €2.69 so I’m not too worried if I only wear it a few times.

Bourjois where doing a 3 for 2 offer plus a free pair of glasses, I bought 2 of the Rouge Edition Velvet Matte lippies (€10.49 each) and one the new Color Boost Glossy Finish Lipsticks (€10.99). I’ve already bought one of the Rouge Edition Velvet Matte Lipsticks a month or so ago and I’ve wanted to buy more since, they have recently brought out a few more colours in the range that are a bit more darker than the ones they had on offer first. I chose 7 Nude-ist and 8 Grand Cru, I do love the darker colours. The Color Boost intrigued me, it says on the lipstick “comfort & Hydration with SPF15 for 10Hrs” it also says its waterproof and that’s the seller for me, I  can’t wait to see if this is true or not. I’ve a feeling the free glasses won’t suit my face but I haven’t tried them on yet but as my dad says “if it’s free, take it”.

I went over to the Soap and Glory stand to look at the new blush sticks that they have but wasn’t impressed by them, I looked around the rest of the stand to see if anything caught my eye (of course something did, I’m a makeup magpie). I picked up the Archery Brow Tint and Precision Pencil (€13.00), I’ve never seen a brow pencil like this, it has a tinted pen that you’re supposed to fill and shade your brow with and the pencil you use to shape your brows, it sounds very intriguing to me and it’ll be a bit different to what I’m used too. €13.00 seems a bit much for a drugstore brow pencil so it better do the business.

Finally I bought two Barry M polishes from their Aquarium Collection. They’re two toned which I don’t think I have any polishes that are two toned and I have a lot of polishes so I needed to get one for my collection. I got one two toned polish in 417 Arabian and a glitter polish in 412 Mermaid and they both complement each other. This was another multi saver offer of buy one get the second half price and they’re €5.99 each.

Hoping something caught your eye in this post and if you see anything that catches your eye and you want me to do a post about it before another product then leave a comment below.

Thanks for reading :)

Love Sarah

April Favourites

Well it's half way through the month so I suppose you could say I’m a bit late with this one but here are my April favourites (about time says you!)

I'm going to start off with the first product I have ever bought from Wet n Wild! They were only introduced to us in Ireland at the start of the year and every time I went to buy something from the stands in Pennys they had swarms of girls around them, it wasn't until I went to a Wet n Wild bloggers brunch a few weeks ago that I went out and bought this lipstick (I figured I better be wearing something from the line if I’m going to an event), it’s their Megalast Lipcolor and they are a matte lipstick and stay on for so long.

I'll be doing a review on these lipsticks soon enough so I won't mention too much on them other than the fact that the colour stays on for so long and that I have been wearing this colour for most of last month. I bought mine in 907c Mauve Outta Here, It's a lovely pinkie berry colour and even though its spring time I love darker tones.

Wet n Wild Mega Last Lip Color

I was queuing up in Boots in Jervis Centre one day and they had a little box of Benefit samples for €12. I love getting little sample sized products, for one, I love to use these when I’m going on holidays and two because I have never used the Benefit Porefessional *covers face in shame*. 

Benefit Stay Don't Stray

Out of the little box I have been using the Stay Don't Stray and the Porefessional most. The stay don't stray is a primer for concealer and eye shadow. I've been loving this for my dark circles and blemishes, it's a coloured primer with such a great coverage and colour that I've been using it as a concealer under my foundation.

Benefit Porefessional

I've been using the Porefessional everyday now and I will most definitely be going out to buy the larger tubes. I have terrible oily skin so my pores are gigantic, the Porefessional fills in every pore and doesn't clog them. It is going to become one of my staple makeup bag pieces! 

Soap and Glory Smooch Operator

I have had this bad boy at my desk since Christmas and use it every now and then, but it the last few weeks my lips have been getting chapped really so I popped this beauty on my lips and the hard skin instantly melted away and I had the softest moistest lips, I am using this daily now and my lips are thanking me.

Clinique Cheek Pop Blush in Plum Pop

Every blogger and their mother have this blusher by now, I got mine in March but have been using it nearly everyday in April. I got mine in Plum Pop. I love this colour, its a bright pink but goes on sheer and is build-able if you want a a stronger colour. They are €20 dollars each and I would have bought more but this is the last one they had in the store and I haven't seen them in any other clinique counter. 

Plum Pop

Cocoa Brown 1 Hour Tan Dark

And finally we have the holy grail in tanning, I love love love Cocoa Brown. The new darker shade is my favourite colour, it has everything you want in a tan. If you've been living under a rock and you have never heard of Cocoa Brown or have never bought a bottle then I implore you to go out and buy has many as you can! I love this so much I don't think I'd buy another brand in my life!!

So that's my very very late April faves! Enjoy this amazing day and remember to put some SPF on cos no one likes to look like a lobster :)

Love Sarah xoxo