Review: Maybelline Lasting Drama Gel Liner Pen

Recently Benefit released 'They're Real! Push Up Liner' which has received lots of hype from many beauty bloggers. However I was not willing to spend £18.50 on a product that I knew I wouldn't be using daily and was unsure on how it would actually perform. One day I was browsing through Boots and came across this gel eyeliner pen from Maybelline. This pen is half the price and was actually released in stores before the Benefit liner, so I picked up in curiosity to see whether it would be worth trying out the higher end version. 

Long story short - I don't like it. Why? I found that it either dispensed too much product or not enough. The formula also crumbled away leaving black smears around the eye area. Although I can't compare it to the higher end version from Benefit, I definitely won't be giving it a try anytime soon. Some people may love this gel pen liner thing, unfortunately we just didn't click.

Hope you enjoyed,

Emma xox

Best of 2013 - Part 1: Makeup

Hi, so I know it is a little bit late to be posting this now...but here is the first part to my best of 2013. In this post you will be seeing the stand out makeup products that had become a staple for me in my rapidly growing collection.

L-R: Benefit - Porefessional, Rimmel - Match Perfection,
Garnier - BBcream

• Benefit Porefessional primer - was a daily essential for me in 2013, it instantly minimized any pores that I had and made my skin look flawless (every girl dreams of having flawless skin right?)

• Rimmel Match Perfection foundation - I still haven't found the perfect foundation for me...but during the cooler month when my skin started to get surprisingly dry this worked a dream - blends easily and lasted well on my skin with a little bit of powder.

• Garnier BBcream (combo - oily skin) - during the summer I wore this BB cream all the time, it has a good coverage without feeling heavy on the skin, it always gives a nice glow without being shiny!

L-R: Rimmel - Wake me up concealer, MAC - Studio Finish

• Rimmel Wake me up Concealer - I suffer from dark circles under my eyes and have trouble covering them up from time to time, however this concealer instantly covers and brightens.

• MAC Studio finish Concealer - whenever Iwant to brighten up under the eye area further this is the concealer I turn to, it even has SPF35 to help protect!

Soap and Glory - One heck of a blot

• Soap and Glory One heck of a blot - this mattifying powder kept shine at bay without 'caking' up my skin. It also has a good sized mirror inside which comes in handy!

Maybelline - 24hr colour tatto
(on and on bronze)

MAC - Woodwinked eyeshadow

Urban Decay - Naked 2 palette

• As you might be able to see I am a neutral eye shadow girl, this year I've really enjoyed the Maybelline colour tattoo as an eyeshadow base/primer as well as just a wash of colour  - it is long wearing and even waterproof! Woodwinked eyeshadow (a warm antique gold) is beautiful all over the lid; especially in the summer. Every girl needs at least one neutral palette.. the Naked 2 has 12 different colours to create a variety of different looks whilst still be neutral.

Maybelline - the falsies mascara 

(L-R: Rimmel - Scandaleyes eyeliner (nude, bronze, black),
 Bourjois - Felt-tip eyeliner (black)

• All of these eyeliners are easy to use and great for beginners. The Rimmel ones work really well in the waterline and last all day, they are soft and creamy..yet waterproof! The Bourjois felt-tip pen makes doing any eyeliner look so quick (I even managed to do both eyes in a few minutes..standing up!) the nip of the eyeliner is fine and not too flexible, the pen also always you to do both eyes straight after each other without drying up.

Back: MAC - Powder blush (desert rose, fleur power, springsheen),
Front L-R: Benefit - (hoola), Rimmel - Bonzer (sunglow),
Benefit - (hervana and coralista)

• So yeah..just a few cheek products. I love all of these products for a different reason; the finish, pigmentation and the staying power. The Benefit boxed powders are cutely packaged and are quite natural looking on the skin. I would say the MAC blushes are more pigmented however they are still very easy to work with and blend out. The Rimmel bronzer is beautiful in the summer and gives a golden goddess glow to the skin.

I still haven't decided what lip products were my favourites of 2013 so I haven't included any (sorry!) Also thank you if you managed to read through all of this I know it was a long post (oops). Let my know what your beauty favourites of 2013 were in the comments below and also what you would like to read on this blog!


Hope you enjoyed,

Emma xox

Benefit Beauties

Heey guys! I've recently purchased a couple of face products from benefit so I thought I would share my opinions on them with you now that I have been able to put them to the test :)

Benefit - Hello Flawless Oxygen Wow Foundation
Benefit - Fake Up Concealer

Now the foundation is a little bit steep in pricing...£25.50 and as it was my first high end foundation I was a little bit nervous to see how differently it would perform compared to my drug store foundations. I got matched up to Ivory "I'm pure 4 sure" and the colour matches my skin at the moment but will definitely need to go darker after my summer holidays. The coverage is light to medium which I personally don't normally drift to but...I LOVE IT it evens out your complexion yet feels extremely light on your skin which allows your skin to breathe  hence the 'Oxygen Wow'

Benefit Oxygen Wow - Ivory "I'm pure 4 sure"
£25.50

Again this was the most that I had ever paid for a concealer but yet again it hasn't let me down! I personally use this concealer under the eyes to cover and brighten my under eyes - I'm in the shade 01 light. It is nice and moisturising so would be great for dry skin but for combination skin types like me it still works perfectly and like the foundations it lasts all day with a light dusting of pressed power and makes a perfect base for the rest of your makeup!

Benefit Fake Up - 01 Light
£18.50

Hope you enjoyed,

Emma xox