GIVEAWAY: Mac Lipstick Of Your Choice

Just a quick reminder about my Mac Lipstick Giveaway, it close on Nov 30th so make sure you get your entries in quick!

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October Favourites

October Favourites

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Clarins - Toning Lotion Normal to Dry (review)

Liz Earle - Cleanse and Polish (review)

Soap and Glory - The Daily Smooth Body Butter

Sally Hansen - Hard As Nails Nylon Polish

Essie - Fiji (review)

Topshop - Big Smoke

Clarins - Skin Illusion Foundation

Mac Moisture Cover Concealer (review)

Revlon Lipstick - Black Cherry

Rimmel Kate Moss Lasting Finish Matte - 107 (review)

Mac Cremeblend Blush - Something Special (review)

Mac Paintpot - Groundworks

Rimmel Scandaleyes Liner - Nude (review)

The New Nude: Rimmel Scandaleyes Waterproof Kohl

Rimmel Scandaleyes Waterproof Kohls in NUDE and TAUPE - £3.99 each

High street beauty brands are on fire just now with a whole host of new releases for Autumn. I am particularly loving Rimmel, their Kate Moss Matte Lipsticks are amazing (107 review here) and these new Waterproof Kohls are another great addition to the line!

There are quite a few colours in the new eyeliner collection but the Nude 005 and Taupe 004 really stood out to me, having searched for a nude eyeliner for a while this is very welcome in my collection! They have a lovely creamy texture, well pigmented and blendable. They apply beautifully and stay put, the waterproof aspect means they literally last all day, even on the waterline! I like to wear the Taupe all over my eyelid, blended out with a fluffy brush and the Nude colour on my waterline, it's a great dupe for the Mac Chromograph pencils which are only part of the pro line. At £3.99 they are very reasonably priced, especially given the quality of them!

I think the other colours in the range would probably be much the same, so I imagine they are also wonderful products, but these colours really caught my eye.

GIVEAWAY: MAC Lipstick Of Your Choice!

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Hello lovely followers! I just wanted to thank you all for your kind support since I started in April, I reached 100 followers last week so I wanted to give something to one of you as a thank you!!

So, you have the chance to win a MAC Lipstick of your choice! You can browse the selection on the MAC website (here) I realise the Marilyn Monroe collection is popular just now but bear in mind they may be out of stock by the end of the giveaway!

***PLEASE READ BEFORE ENTERING***

All you have to do to enter is use the RaffleCopter below, it is compulsory that you follow by GFC (google friends connect - see sidebare) and leave a comment below with your email and the colour you would like, you can also tweet, follow me on twitter and follow on Bloglovin as extra points.

If you are under 18 please ask your parents permission as I will need to ask for your address if you win!

The giveaway is only open to the UK and IRELAND due to postage cost, apologies for this but I will be doing an international giveaway for Christmas so keep an eye out for that!

GIVEAWAY Runs until November 30th 2012

I will email the winner within 48 hours of the giveaway closing.

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English Rose: Bourjois Blush Rose Frisson 54

Bourjois Round Pot Blush in Rose Frisson 54 - £7.50

Bourjois round pot blushers have always been a bit of an iconic product, with their instantly recognisable packaging and cute domed shape. I recently purchased this one in the colour Rose Frisson 54. It is a pretty, soft rose pink that gives a lovely flush to the skin. It has a slight shimmer to it but that doesn't transfer to the skin. They are well pigmented but I have found a skin develops on the blush which needs to be gently broken up (I use my tweezers to gently scratch it) and I know this is not to do with oil transfer from my skin as I wash my brushes frequently. This is annoying but I can deal with it. It would make me reluctant to re-purchase but the colour is pretty so I could almost put up with it as they are not too expensive.

It lasts well on my skin, perhaps needing a touch up in the late afternoon but I think that is normal for a powder blush, if you're looking for long lasting try a cheek stain like Posie Tint or a cream blusher. The Bourjois also has a lovely rose scent to it and the packaging is very pretty, top marks for the magnet instead of a clip opening!

What is your favourite blusher?

Miracle Concealer? MAC Select Moisture Cover

MAC Select Moisture Cover - £14.50

A quick post for Saturday morning! I have found it really difficult to find a concealer that provides good coverage of under eye circles and blemishes that also doesn't dry up, flake or crease. I've tried a few of the high street concealer sticks and cream concealers but I always find them drying on my skin. So I went along to MAC with my dilemma and a lovely lady at the Edinburgh Harvey Nichols counter suggested this to me.

MAC Select Moisture Cover is a rich creamy concealer. It has the perfect amount of pigment for every day use, if you're looking for a complete mask-like cover this might not be up your street, but for a natural finish it is perfect. It does not leave my skin dry or flakey like others I have tried and blends in beautifully.

I have NW20, which is a perfect peachy toned colour for under eyes. I would suggest getting matched up in store for the best colour match as they have a brilliant colour range! I like to apply this with a small blending brush to get a light finish but it is definitely build-able, just remember to set it with some powder if you do this! And a little goes a long way, I've had this for 2 months already and I've barely used any.

What is your favourite concealer? I want to try the Bobbi Brown Creamy Concealer, is it worth it?!

Lazy Sundays: Beauty Tidy-Up

As far as  lazy Sundays go this has been a semi-productive one! I have skyped a good friend who has taken a year abroad, I went to the super market and I now have a pot of pea soup on the hob. My drawers have been a bit of a mess recently as I have just returned to Uni and could not be bothered sorting them out, but it was time! So I thought I would share it with you all. There is nothing fancy going on, everything just has its place and it will hopefully be a lot easier to get to things, but knowing me it will be a mess by next week!

Have you done anything fun with your Sunday? Let me know if you would like me to do a Make-Up collection!

GIVEAWAY: Mac Eyeshadow

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I will start with a massive THANK YOU to all you lovely people who have followed my blog, it means so much to me and I love reading your comments and checking out your pages too! I've reached 50 followers over night (51 now!) and so I'd like to do something to show how grateful I am for the support.

I am giving away a Mac eyeshadow in a colour of your choice, so I'll purchase the shadow once the competition closes, this also means you can choose whether you want a pot or palette version, as I know some people will have palettes that they are building up. I appreciate this is a daunting task as the selection is huge so I have picked out a number of popular shades and listed them below as suggestions.

Mac eyeshadows are probably my favourite, they are pigmented, very blend-able and come in the most incredible selection of colours and finishes. They are a little pricey but worth it! So I hope the winner enjoys them too!

The giveaway is open worldwide so everyone can enter, all you have to do is...

• Be subscribed to my blog with google friend connect (see sidebar for GFC if you're not)
• Tweet " I have entered @HollyS1992 's MAC eyeshadow giveaway at http://hollysbeautyreview.blogspot.co.uk/ " (if you have twitter)
• Comment below with your email address, the colour of eyeshadow you would like and whether you would like the pot or pan version.
• If you're under 18, please ask permission from your parent or guardian first.

Best of luck to everyone, the giveaway closes on MONDAY 2nd JULY, and I will choose the winner using a random number generator. I will then contact the winner for their details in order to post the eye shadow.

Colour suggestions (if you can't decide, here are a few of my favourites):

Nylon

All That Glitters

Shroom

Naked Lunch

Satin Taupe

Woodwinked

Patina

Espresso

Carbon

MAC Shopping Haul - 'In Extra Dimension'

I took myself off to MAC yesterday as I fancied treating myself to a few bits and pieces! Everyone always raves about how amazing the eye shadows are and every beauty blogger out there swears by them! I own a mineralise eye shadow from a few years ago and it's the best one in my make up bag so I was quite happy to buy before trying!

I was also looking for a cremeblend blush after hearing about them in Tanya Burr's videos (pixi2woo on youtube) so I bought one of those to try as well.

I love the eye shadows because they are so pigmented and application is like a dream. They go on like a cream and don't crease on your lids. They blend beautifully and stay all day long.

Havana is a beautiful bronze colour from the 'In Extra Dimension' collection. The shadow is baked so it can be used dry as a powder, or wet as a liquid (mix with fix+ on the back of your hand). It looks gorgeous blended into the crease with some Woodwinked on your lid.

Woodwinked, Cranberry and Satin Taupe are all fantastic too for all the reasons I outlined above however Carbon, whilst still a great black shadow, is a bit trickier to work with. It does not blend as well as the shimmer/metallic shades and does need a dark base underneath it to get the darkest black colour. I would however still recommend it but I'm on the lookout for something better!

The cremeblend blush is a beautiful formulation, it's so easy to blend in to your foundation with just your fingers. The colour Something Special is a soft, warm toned light pink. It looks very pretty on the cheeks and will be perfect with a little highlighter for spring/summer.

 

'Something Special' Cremeblend Blush

'Havana' Extra Dimension Eye Shadow

'Woodwinked' Eye Shadow

'Cranberry' Eye Shadow

'Carbon' Eye Shadow

'Satin Taupe' Eye Shadow

I hope the review was helpful! Feel free to post more questions below if there is anything I didn't cover. I'll do a few tutorials on how to wear the colours in the next few days!