Late to the Party

Models Own Make-up Mini Haul     We were recently in Leeds on a business/leisure trip when I came across a Model's Own store. I wasn't aware that Model's Own even had a make-up range, although I do own (and love) their nail varnish.   In store they had an amazing deal where nearly all products were buy 5 for £20. It didn't take me long to start adding items into my basket and it wasn't at all hard to quickly choose five items - in fact, it was pretty hard to actually whittle it down to just five - the product range is actually really impressive and very alluring!     The first item to catch my eye was the MyShadow Quad in Mediterranean Haze (RRP  £8.99). Using the top left pale matte colour as a base and then using a dome shadow brush with the pale, slightly shimmery blue; followed by the bottom right slightly shimmery dark brown over the lids and finally smudging the shimmery azure blue on the top right in the centre of my eyelids...

Naruko - Raw Job's Tears Supercritical CO2 Pore Minimizing & Brightening Lotion Review     The product   This lotion promises to target three main skin issues (according to Naruko's website ):   * Pore tightening - cleanses and tightens pores. Promising to repair large pores and rough and dull complexion caused by too much oil secretion; rids the skin of dead cell deposits.   * Fine whitening - the ingredients of Raw Job's Tears, polished Job's Tears, grape leaf essence, ethyl ascorbic acid and sodium ascorbyl phosphate brightens the skin and prevents melanogenesis.   * Oil-balancing - the ingredients of Evermat pore-tightening factor, hyaluronic acid, Tremella extract, saccharide isomerate and natural pine-extracted moisturising polysaccharide control over-production of oil.   I thought (and quite fairly, couldn't be blamed for thinking) that Raw Job's Tears was just a marketing name - because, let's face it,...

I thought it'd be fun/interesting to test out all the mascaras I owned to compare how they look and wear and which ones I'd buy again or steer well clear of in the future. I wore each mascara for the course of a day to really see how well they performed - I tried to keep my eye make-up similar each day and tested the mascaras without curling my eyelashes first. Below is a picture of what my peepers look like sans mascara. Oh dear! This is what I'm working with au naturel. I'm pretty uncomfortable looking at this picture. I think my eyes are looking quite expressionless when seen like this - which means that mascara really is an essential item or I actually am quite dead behind the eyes!     Rodial Glamolash Mascara XXL RRP: £24.00 Really liked this mascara - stayed put throughout the day with minimal under-eye smudging. Has a nice thick brush which separates and lengthens upper eyelashes and despite the size of the brush, is pretty good for the ...