The only thing I have to mention is for a higher-end nail polish, it's not much longer lasting on the nails than the likes of Barry M, nor does it apply any better, just something to bare in mind.
Have a fab weekend everyone!
-Thesparkleicious-
BEAUTY, FASHION & LIFE
8/31/2012
NOTD-CIAT'E Jelly Bean
First of all I want to just say that this is a stunning shade, it's really is. Jelly Bean is a lovely, bright pink with a hint of blue shimmer in it (the most tiny amount of shimmer, more of a blue sheen really).
The only thing I have to mention is for a higher-end nail polish, it's not much longer lasting on the nails than the likes of Barry M, nor does it apply any better, just something to bare in mind.
Have a fab weekend everyone!
The only thing I have to mention is for a higher-end nail polish, it's not much longer lasting on the nails than the likes of Barry M, nor does it apply any better, just something to bare in mind.
Have a fab weekend everyone!
Accessorize Color Intense Lipsticks
You can imagine my excitement when these beautiful lipsticks came in my post a few weeks ago. I was very kindly sent these by Accessorize and as shallow as it seems, could we just take a moment to adore the beautiful packaging? So girly and cute!
These color intense lipsticks are their latest addition and as the name suggests, they are super pigmented and incredibly long lasting, which unfortunately means they are also a tad drying, but nothing a good lip balm can't fix.
Smitten (No 5)- This shade screams me! it's a beautiful true peach color that I find so flattering on my coloring, and the perfect daytime "pop" of color.
Love struck (No 8)- This is a very "brave" shade. It's an absolutely stunning, bright, deep blue-toned pink, the type of shade you wear to be noticed. While it is a stunning color, I have yet to find an occasion to which i'm brave enough to wear it to, and it's not the most flattering if you have any red tones in your skin, but it is a beauty.
Love sick (No2)- This shade is a very deep brown-toned plum shade that will look amazing in winter. It's not the type of shade I would really go for as it's so deep, but it is a very flattering shade that would look amazing with pale skin and winged liner.
These are available in superdrug for the bargain price of £4.95, and while they may not be the most glamours or moisturizing lipsticks, everything about them for the colors, the packaging and even the names of the shades are just so fun, bright and girly that you just can't resist.
Have you tried these? what other items do you love from the Accessorize makeup line? do share!
These color intense lipsticks are their latest addition and as the name suggests, they are super pigmented and incredibly long lasting, which unfortunately means they are also a tad drying, but nothing a good lip balm can't fix.
The shades:
Smitten (No 5)- This shade screams me! it's a beautiful true peach color that I find so flattering on my coloring, and the perfect daytime "pop" of color.
Love struck (No 8)- This is a very "brave" shade. It's an absolutely stunning, bright, deep blue-toned pink, the type of shade you wear to be noticed. While it is a stunning color, I have yet to find an occasion to which i'm brave enough to wear it to, and it's not the most flattering if you have any red tones in your skin, but it is a beauty.
Love sick (No2)- This shade is a very deep brown-toned plum shade that will look amazing in winter. It's not the type of shade I would really go for as it's so deep, but it is a very flattering shade that would look amazing with pale skin and winged liner.
These are available in superdrug for the bargain price of £4.95, and while they may not be the most glamours or moisturizing lipsticks, everything about them for the colors, the packaging and even the names of the shades are just so fun, bright and girly that you just can't resist.
Have you tried these? what other items do you love from the Accessorize makeup line? do share!
-Thesparkleicious-
8/30/2012
August Favorites
Products mentioned:
ST MORIZ self tanning mousse (review here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fECMV70UP9Y)
*S&G sit tight intense xs
*Neal’s yard bee lovely hand cream (Be sure to sign the petition to help save the bees here http://www.facebook.com/NealsYardRemediesOfficial/app_300271273338164)
Cowshed moisturising hand cream
*CINQ MONDES roses petal rain
Botanics body brush
Loreal renewal lash serum
NUXE reve de miel lip balm
Bourjois healthy mix foundation in shade 54
REVLON lip butter in sweet tart
MAC lipsticks in viva glam gaga and impassioned
*Accessorize lipstick in smitten
Maxfactor lipstick in 825 pink brandy (and yes, it’s the same as the new one! So weird!)
Nail inc basil street
Sex and the city in charlotte
Maybelline 24hr color tattoo in on and on bronze
MAC eyeliner in I get no kick
Jemma Kidd define eyeliner in copper
Benefit eye bright
Bourjois sharpener
BE SURE TO ENTER MY GIVEAWAY BEFORE THE 4TH OF SEPTEMBER! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9HOv1jePDU
Products marken with a * are a PR sample.
-Thesparkleicious-
8/28/2012
My weight loss progress!
Weight loss. diet. Why are these words enough to fill 90% of us with dread?
Your probably wondering why i'm talking about weight loss when I talk about being happy with your body all the time and the truth is, while most of the time i'm OK with my body atm, I know I could be happier with it.I won't get it to things I have already talked about before, but as I have said I don't believe in attempting to lose weight unless your "feeling it". In my book, feeling it simply means you are feeling ready and motivated, even slightly excited about getting healthy and losing weight, as appose to the idea of no more pizza making you want to cry.
My weight has crept up over the past year, and while i'm not going to talk numbers here, not because i'm ashamed but because I think it prevents people from focusing on what this is about and I also don't want to encourage anyone to start thinking about their own weight in in comparison....not good idea. Anyway, I think my weight gain was due to a few factors such as my birth control and the boyfriend nights in which involve me cooking yummy and fattening meals for him, and them eating them myself (And then there is my crisp addiction, and my late night ice cream eating...but we won't go there.)And I have ended up gaining a pretty hefty amount of weight for my 5ft1 frame.
The majority of the cloths in my wardrobe don't fit me (none of my jeans) and it was starting to get me down because deep down inside me I knew my body, I know i'm NEVER going to be one of those girls who can eat whatever they like and stay slim, i'm just not. I knew I couldn't go on the way I was going, and that something needed to be done. I also find that working towards something is super helpful, and i'm going to a wedding in 2 weeks and I want to look good, and rock my size 10 dress. I have also spoken about this before but I find a looking at a photo of me when I was slimmer because I know it's something achievable to work towards. This is my photo of choice, this is what I want to get back too....
I have been on a "diet" as such, for just over a week now and on the first day I felt awful, but after I got past that part, I felt grate! I don't know how much I have lost because my scales are broken because they say that my 14 year old sister who is around 50kg weights 80kg but I can feel and see that I have lost it around my belly area (On a side note: Why does it always go off your belly and boobs? my belly is always semi-flat anyway, why does it not go from my arms and face?) I will film a video about what I have been eating but I have generally been sticking to cereal in the morning, brown bread with low fat cheese and salad for lunch, and home-made soup for dinner, and drinking plenty of water and green tea. I also been working out everyday, and feel much better for it.
I will keep you updated on here and be sure to watch out for my "what I eat" video if you like these kinds of posts.
Your probably wondering why i'm talking about weight loss when I talk about being happy with your body all the time and the truth is, while most of the time i'm OK with my body atm, I know I could be happier with it.I won't get it to things I have already talked about before, but as I have said I don't believe in attempting to lose weight unless your "feeling it". In my book, feeling it simply means you are feeling ready and motivated, even slightly excited about getting healthy and losing weight, as appose to the idea of no more pizza making you want to cry.
My weight has crept up over the past year, and while i'm not going to talk numbers here, not because i'm ashamed but because I think it prevents people from focusing on what this is about and I also don't want to encourage anyone to start thinking about their own weight in in comparison....not good idea. Anyway, I think my weight gain was due to a few factors such as my birth control and the boyfriend nights in which involve me cooking yummy and fattening meals for him, and them eating them myself (And then there is my crisp addiction, and my late night ice cream eating...but we won't go there.)And I have ended up gaining a pretty hefty amount of weight for my 5ft1 frame.
The majority of the cloths in my wardrobe don't fit me (none of my jeans) and it was starting to get me down because deep down inside me I knew my body, I know i'm NEVER going to be one of those girls who can eat whatever they like and stay slim, i'm just not. I knew I couldn't go on the way I was going, and that something needed to be done. I also find that working towards something is super helpful, and i'm going to a wedding in 2 weeks and I want to look good, and rock my size 10 dress. I have also spoken about this before but I find a looking at a photo of me when I was slimmer because I know it's something achievable to work towards. This is my photo of choice, this is what I want to get back too....
I have been on a "diet" as such, for just over a week now and on the first day I felt awful, but after I got past that part, I felt grate! I don't know how much I have lost because my scales are broken because they say that my 14 year old sister who is around 50kg weights 80kg but I can feel and see that I have lost it around my belly area (On a side note: Why does it always go off your belly and boobs? my belly is always semi-flat anyway, why does it not go from my arms and face?) I will film a video about what I have been eating but I have generally been sticking to cereal in the morning, brown bread with low fat cheese and salad for lunch, and home-made soup for dinner, and drinking plenty of water and green tea. I also been working out everyday, and feel much better for it.
I will keep you updated on here and be sure to watch out for my "what I eat" video if you like these kinds of posts.
-Thesparkleicious-
8/27/2012
The Best Cleanser For Your Skin Type
Dry skin:
*S&G fab pore hot cloth cleanser (Review here http://thesparkleicious.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/review-time-sopa-fab-pore-hot-cloth.html)
Liz Earle cleanse & polish hot cloth cleanser
Boots botanics organic cleansing balm
Combination skin:
S&G peaches and clean cleanser (review here http://thesparkleicious.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/review-time-soap-peaches-deep-cleansing.html)
Balance me pure skin face wash
No7 beautiful skin hot cloth cleanser (review here http://thesparkleicious.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/review-time-no7-beautiful-skin-hot.html)
Oily skin:
Yes to tomatoes trouble free facial wash
Visably clear 2in1 wash and mask
Products marked with a * were a PR sample.
-Thesparkleicious-
8/26/2012
My Top Body Products!
Products mentioned:
The body shop brazil nut body butter
DOVE supreme body silk beauty body cream
Vaseline aloe fresh light feeling lotion
*Good things soothing body lotion
Garnier bodytonic firming lotion
Bio oil
Juicy summer fruit oil
*S&G sit tight intense xs (Read my review here http://thesparkleicious.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/review-time-soap-sit-tight-intense-xs.html)
SPA find sculpted silhouette inchwrap super cellulite cream (Review here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxXYQoTs7mo)
*Good things soothing exfoliating scrub
*S&G pulp fiction foamy body scrub
DOVE summer glow
-thesparkleicious-
8/25/2012
My Top Face Brushes!
Brushes mentioned:
QVS stippling brush (Available in store in superdrug but not on the website) I seem to think it was £7.99. (Watch me using it here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szNdIHwgkbI)
Real techniques buffing brush and contour brush http://www.boots.com/en/Real-Techniques-Core-Collection-1403_1252038/ (My review here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL0yVJ83NTY)
MAC 182 http://www.maccosmetics.co.uk/product/146/1344/182-Buffer-Brush/index.tmpl
Blush professional brushes are available here http://www.blushcosmetics.com/tools-accessories/make-up-brushes/blush-professional-ultimate-makeup-brush-set-30-piece
(My review here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwahRBUsRQg)
The ASDA blusher brush (video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P-FD_n8uVA)
-Thesparkleicious-
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