SOAP et Dr Jart+ Water Fuse BB Cream | Review

A few weeks ago Dr Jart+ products were all 50% on the Boots website so I took the opportunity to try out their Water Fuse BB Cream. I am so glad I did! I have very oily skin with large pores and redness on my forehead and cheeks. This BB cream is oil free and claims to minimise the need for concealer or foundation.
I've still been using my trusty Benefit Porefessional underneath to cover my pores but other than that I found that I didn't need any concealer to cover the redness on my face. I don't really like to wear foundation anyway so this is a great alternative.
It also claims to control sebum (oil) and I found that wearing this all day, my skin was less shiny and looked a lot more radiant. When I first applied this it looked quite grey and pale on my skin, but it soon adapted to my skin tone.
One thing I definitely learned with this is that a little goes a very long way! This is now a staple in my make up bag and I use it almost every day.

Have you tried any of the Dr Jart+ BB creams?

SOAP et Ciate Mini Mani Month Advent Calendar

Being an avid beauty blog reader, I quickly discovered that advent calendars can be even more awesome than they used to be. When I came across this Ciate advent calendar, I KNEW I had to have it! Even so, I couldn't bring myself to spend £38 on it. Lucky for me I have the best girlfriend in the world, and she decided to buy it for me :D. This retailed at £38 at Selfridges, but I then read on someone's blog that QVC were also stocking it and at the much more wallet-friendly price of £31.50! So she bought it for me and here it is! Unfortunately it is no longer available, unless you have a look on eBay.

I had a bit of trouble with the delivery from QVC (they use Hermes - the same company used by ASOS). I was able to track the delivery and after a few days it says that the item had been signed for and was delivered. No one in my flat had signed for it so I asked my neighbours and they hadn't signed for it either. QVC were great about it, they didn't have any left at the time but luckily the team leader who was dealing with the issue found one and sent it to me straight away with a different delivery company! And here it is! The original one still hasn't been found, QVC are opening a case with the delivery company and hopefully they'll be able to sort something out.

It's not the first time I've had trouble with Hermes, they've left items on my doorstep a few times, in broad daylight, so I am going to avoid buying things from websites that use them.

I can't wait to start it on Saturday :D.

Have you got an exciting advent calendar this year?

SOAP et le NOTD | Nail Girls Silver Polish

A few weeks ago I wore my Nail Girls silver nail polish as an accent nail with Nails Inc Motcomb Street. Ever since then I've wanted to wear it on all my fingers but kept buying other colours which I had to wear! So, finally, this week I decided to test out this beauty on my hands and I am in love! It is so easy to apply, it doesn't streak at all and the end result is this gorgeous, foil-like silver on my nails. I have no idea what this colour is called as I got it in my October Joliebox and it has no name. However, I know Nail Girls released some metallic polishes in honour of the Olympics, so i assume this is a mini version of one of those.
I will definitely look into splurging on the Bronze and Gold versions in the future?

Have you tried any Nail Girls polishes?

SOAP et un giveaway

Robyn Mayday is currently holding a giveaway in honour of getting to 500 followers on GFC. I have been following her blog for a few months now and I'm so glad I do! One thing I loved about her blog the first time I cam across it is her blog design (I'm petty like that!). It just looks so cute.

I love her sense of style and her style and shopping tips. I know there aren't many of you here but if you happen to come by this post then you should definitely go and check her blog out :).

SOAP et le MUA Haul

MUA recently held a very short promotion in celebration of reaching 35,000 likes on their facebook page. The promotion was 35% off everything (for about 6 hours!) on their website plus free shipping. I've wanted to buy their Heaven and Earth eyeshadow palette for ages so I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to pick it up! The minimum spend was £10, so I filled my basket with products that cost exactly £10 altogether and spent a total of £6.50!
PS - excuse the crap quality of the photos, I had to use my iPhone camera.

The first 2 things I chose were 2 lipsticks in shade 10 (left) and shade 13 (right). Shade 10 is a nice dark, browny red with very subtle shimmer in it. I thought it was going to be more of a plum colour but nonetheless I really like the colour. It's also quite sheer which makes it easy to wear during the day time.
Shade 13, on the other hand, is a very creamy bright red lipstick. I wouldn't have bought this lipstick if it wasn't for the sale and I probably won't wear it until it starts getting warmer again but I'm glad I bought it. I wore it round the house when it arrived today and really like how it looks on me!

I also bought a lipliner in brooding plum. I love plum lip products at the moment, my favourite one being the Kate Moss Rimmel Matte Lipstick in 107, and I thought this lipliner would go perfectly with it. The lipliner is really creamy and I'm really looking forward to trying it out.

I also bought this gold glitter liquid eyeliner. I'm really excited to use this over Christmas! Its gold glitter in a clear eyeliner gel. It's packed full of glitter so it shouldn't be too patchy on the eye lid. I am a sucker for a sparkly party eye!

The one product which I might be disappointed in is this concealer. My concealer finished and I haven't bothered to buy a new one, so I decided to try one of the MUA ones. The colour is 'Radiance'. I'm not too sure what to think of it yet, I haven't tried it on my face. When I tried it on my arm it came out really thick and the colour was a bit wrong against my skin tone. Not going to say too much else as I haven't properly tried it yet!

Finally, the Heaven and Earth eyeshadow palette. I haven't swatched it as everyone and their dog has swatched this on the internet. The colours are gorgeous and I can't wait to try them all!


Did you buy anything in the MUA 35% off promotion?

SOAP et le NOTD | Nails Inc Motcomb Street and Nailgirls unnamed Silver

I picked up Nails Inc Motcomb Street free with this month's Glamour magazine. It's such a great A/W shade and such a bargain as Glamour magazine is only £2! It's a really really dark blue (which looks black in these photos cos of my crap lighting) which I decided to pair with this amazing silver from Nailgirls. I got this sample size polish in my first Joliebox last month and doesn't have a name, but it's a gorgeous bright, metallic silver and I think the two of them look really great together.

I love the formula of Nails Inc polishes. I used 2 coats for this but only out of habit. I could have easily stopped at one because over a good base coat this comes out exactly as it does with 2 coats. I've never used a Nailgirls polish before but I love the formula of this one so might have to pick up a couple more in the future!

SOAP et Instagram | Instagram Half Term

This week has been half term and as I'm a teacher, I've had a great time relaxing and having a week off. I've had lots of work too, but it's so great to be able to sit up in bed and do my work and not have to be at work by half 7! So I thought I would jump on the instagram bandwagon, and here are my photos from this week!

 Autumn shoes, nails and leaves | Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain Loves | Matching Christmas sheets and PJs :)

Wearing Revlon Just Bitten Balm Stain in 005 Crush | Stormtrooper keychain I bought for Jodie :) | Starbucks and Hotel Chocolat <3

 My beautiful Girlfriend and me | Jumping on the Lush Bubble Bar bandwagon | Wearing Kate Moss for Rimmel Matte Lipstick in 107

 First Gingerbread Latte of the year | Getting excited about Christmas like a saddo | Bought some photos from Prinstagram that I'm going to hang up somewhere