Kiss My Sass Cosmetics

Sorry for the lack of blog posts at the minute, I'm about to buy a new camera so you'll be inundated with pictures in the near future! Hehe.

I've been investigating quite a few 'indie make up brands' and one I really liked the look of was Kiss My Sass Cosmetics. There is such an array of colours, and it's not just eyeshadows like a lot of 'indie' brands, there are mate eye primers, blushers, bronzers, highlighters, and lip glazes. I am  

so so so so excited for my package to arrive although I'm going to have to wait a while because of being in England! 

I will definitely review them and swatch them when they arrive!

Until next time

xoxo

Freebie Friday: 17/02/12 - 23/2/12

So, as some of you may be aware, I love a good freebie, as I'm sure like more than half the population does, so I've decided to do a weekly post of the beauty freebies floating around. I just thought it would be easier to have someone put them all in one place for you to save time and effort :)

If you would like more of these, comment below and let me know! (wow that rhymed muahahaha)

1) 2 Free Samples of Eucerin

Boots are giving away 2 free samples of  Eucerin Dermatological Skincare and Eucerin Replenishing Face Cream. Click here and hurry! I don't know how long they'll be available for.

2) Decleor Facial Treatment Sample

Like the Beauty Studio facebook page to request a free sample.

3) bareMinerals Deluxe Foundation sample

By visiting one of their stores, you can collect a free sample of their Deluxe Foundation. Click here for the list of stores.

4) Garnier BB Cream sample

Click here and then like the Garnier UK facebook page for a free sample kit of their BB cream. There are 230,000 to be given away. Hurry! 

5)Nivea Q10 Pore Refining Day Cream sample

Nivea have over 50,000 samples to give away. The samples are 1.5ml sachets and they're giving you a 2 day trial of them. Click here and then the image to the right that says 'FREE SAMPLES'

6)  Free £15 LUSH Facemask Workshop 

Fan of Green Tea? Pick up a promotional pack of Clipper Green Tea, enter the code found on the box here, and find your nearest branch and book! 

Facemask is worth £5.75 and the Skin Consultation is worth £9.25.

You have until 27th May to book, and make sure you take the promotional box of tea with you.

( Clipper Green Tea is available from Tesco, Waitrose, and Sainsbury's.

*pictures taken from various websites.*

It's my birthday! *UPDATED*

Picture taken from weheartit.com

Hi guys! I'm finally 18! I wont have time do any proper blog posts sorry! 

I'm going out for lunch with my parents and my boyfriend then having a party tonight which should be great! I'll update this later with any pics taken today :)

*UPDATE* Picture timeee!

My birthday cake my best friend made me! :)

Until next time!
xoxo

Free: EDEN Natural Nail Polish Remover Sample

Over on Innocent Nails I found the link to Fresh Therapies where you can get a free sample of their EDEN Natural Nail Polish Remover. However, this only applies to the UK.

I've just ordered mine, let me know if you order one too, or if you've already tried it! 

I've just got in from work so this is a quick post, I have work tomorrow and it's my birthday on Monday so I'll be rather busy! I'll try to get a few posts up soon.

Xoxo.

30 Day Make Up Challenge: Day 30

Here is the last entry of my make up challenge! Kind of sad to see it go :( it definitely got me into the swing of blogging again so I'm going to try and keep it up!

Products used:

E.L.F Complete Coverage Concealer
17's Single Eyeshadow in Ivory Coast

eBay unbranded eyeshadow palette in white, turquoise, dark blue, and black.

Barry M Intense Black Eyeliner
Rimmel Day 2 Night Mascara in black

How I did it:

1) I used the 2nd shade from the left of the E.L.F Concealer and used it on my under eye, and lid up to the brow.

2) I then set the concealer on the lid up to the brow with Ivory Coast.

3) I used the Barry M liner as a base colour by colouring in the outer and inner corner, totally missing out the middle section of the eye. I then blended, and used the rest of the product on brush of the lower lash line. I then patted on the dark blue where the black was used the turquoise on the inner portion and middle of lower lash line, blending into the darker colours. I went over the dark blue with the black, and blended out any harsh lines in the crease with the white.
4) I tightlined and lined my water line with the Barry M liner

5) I used a couple of coats of the Rimmel mascara

Hope you enjoyed!

xoxo

Lush: Mini Haul of Samples & Brief Review

I was searching eBay for some samples to try out, 

Here I got 10 samples for £5.34, which works out about 53p per sample which is great as they're good size samples.

Magic Mushroom bubble bar:

Smells of strawberry & vanilla goodness! You can get about two baths out of this sample.

 I already have this product in its full size so I'm giving this to my cousin to try out.

RRP: £2.45/100g

 Three Gold Rings bubble bar: 

Smells lovely and vanillary. Used half of this the night I got it and it definitely made my skin feel moisturised and smooth.

Unfortunately, this was just for Christmas, which is such a shame as this is a really lovely product! :( 

Tramp Shower Gel:

Unfortunately I really don't like the smell of this, which is a shame!

RRP: £4.10/100g

Snake Oil Scalp Bar: 

This is for dandruffy hair, you can really smell the lavender in it. I gave this to my boyfriends sister because she was telling me about her hair issues. She said it worked after her first use, although we found that on her hair it smelt a bit like organic dog food? Bit strange, but f it does the job, can't complain!

RRP: £4.50/55g

Sweetheart Soap:

Really love the smell of this, I can't explain what it smells like, but the internet says its Jasmine, Mandarin & Vanilla. There are some bad reviews of this soap on the Lush website, so it will be interesting to see how it works for me personally.

RRP: £3/100g

Pied De Pepper Foot Lotion: 

This is taped shut so I'm a bit worried to open it in case I can't close it again so haven't been able to have a sniff of it yet, however their website says it contains cinnamon and ginger, sounds nice and Christmassy. 

This has been discontinued, so lets hope I don't fall in love with this one and get disappointed! 

Lemony Flutter Cuticle Butter:

This smells so amazing, I used a tiny bit (a tiny bit goes a long way with this product because it's so thick) on my nails and cuticles and seriously the smell, it's so gorgeous! This made my sore dry cuticles feel nourished and moisturised, got a feeling this will be a repurchase! Although I can see this tiny pot lasting my quite a while.

RRP: £5.95/50g

Ultrablast Toothy Tabs: 

Quite frankly, I'm scared to use these, their website says they contain wasabi! Although reading the reviews say they don't taste that bad and give you good fresh breath. The don't smell inviting! Might just have to risk it.

RRP: £2.75/12g

Dirty Toothy Tabs:

Again, bit scared to use these too. Reviews on their website they have a bit of a strange taste, but some one did say they made their teeth look whiter. I'm currently using Pearl drops as my toothpaste and finding my teeth getting increasingly sensitive. Think I might have to take a plunge and just try them!

RRP: £2/12g

 Bubblegum Lip Scrub:

This is the one product I really wanted to try in Lush but thought it was a bit pricey. (I know I'm such a Scrooge!) I tried some the other day and seriously the taste, I could just eat it out of the tub. It makes your lips feel so smooth and then you can just lick it off and eat it after! It's great. Will really have to keep this out of the way of the boyfriend as he likes to bite my lip balms and eat them if they taste nice (weirdo!) and he will definitely enjoy eating this one if he finds it, lol!

RRP: £4.95/25g

That's the end of my mini haul and brief review! Let me know if you want anything reviewed in depth.

xoxo.

30 Day Make Up Challenge: Day 29

Here is the second to last entry! 

Products used:

E.L.F Complete Coverage Concealer
17's Single Eyeshadow in Ivory Coast

E.L.F Brightening Eye Quad in Day 2 Night

Barry M Intense Black Eyeliner
Soap & Glory's Thick & Fast Mascara in Black? 

How I did it:

1) I used the 2nd shade from the left of the E.L.F Concealer and used it on my under eye, and lid up to the brow.

2) I then set the concealer on the lid up to the brow with Ivory Coast.

3) I used the burgundy colour on the lid, and a bit in the crease, then blended up with the taupey gold colour, using the rest of the burgundy on the brush I swept some under the lash line. I then using the cream I highlighted the inner corner and slightly under the lower lash line. Using the black shade, I deepend the outter corner, brush some onto the upper lash line and under the outer corner of the bottom lash line.
4) I tightlined and lined my water line with the Barry M liner

5) I used a couple of coats of the Soap & Glory mascara.

Hope you enjoyed!

xoxo

The Versatile Blogger Award

 I was nominated for this award from two great bloggers, Claire from Poochy Tails and Amy from Pretty Powerful. Thank you both so much! It's such a great feeling to be nominated an award from both of you! 

Rules of the honour:

 1) Thank the person that nominated you with a link back

2) Tell 7 things about you

3)Pass this on to 10 newly discovered blogs and let them know they received the award.

So here are the 7 things about me:

1) It's my birthday in 8 days! Will finally be 18, so excited! :)

2) I have two dogs, Max who is a Shih Tzu x Bichon Frise & Mimi who is a Chinese Crested, I love them both so much.

3) I have a boyfriend called Jake & we've been together other four years now.

4) My job is one of them annoying people giving out samples in a Supermarket. It's not a bad job though, it's great meeting new people.

5) I love a good bargain (who doesn't!) and I'm always looking on eBay looking for something new to try, mostly when I have no money though!

6) My initials are MES, and I'm generally quite a messy & disorganised person, I don't know if coincidence or my parents cursed me from birth! 

7) I was about 7 weeks premature (I was supposed to be born in like april) and was diagnosed with Pyloric Stenosis when I was about 6 weeks old, I was lucky to be diagnosed when I was because I was really sick and could have died if it had been left untreated for much longer.

Now for my nominees!

1) Jessica Bow
2) Dolled Up Daily
3) Make Me Up Pink
4) Elliebea
5) Foxy Unique
6) CULTstyle

7) The Booky Beauty Lover
8) Miss Little Nail
9) Polish Lava
10) A Fairy Tale Cookery

Nice bit of variety there! Well done on you all having such great blogs!

xoxo.

Liebster Blog Award

I received this award from Miss Little Nail back in January (woops!) and have just got round to posting about it. Thanks you for giving me this award!

The rules are simple: to elect 5 "winners" with blogs and below 200 followers! 

So here they are! :)

1) Poochy Tails

2) Lottie Loves Beauty

3) Pretty Powerful

4) What Rebecca Said

5) Bellezza Babe

xoxo.

30 Day Make Up Challenge: Day 28

Hello :) here is the 28th entry.

(sorry about the lighting!) 

Products used:

E.L.F Complete Coverage Concealer
17's Single Eyeshadow in Ivory Coast

eBay unbranded palette in metallic pink & metallic turquoise.

Barry M Intense Black Eyeliner
Soap & Glory's Thick & Fast Mascara in Black? 

How I did it:

1) I used the 2nd shade from the left of the E.L.F Concealer and used it on my under eye, and lid up to the brow.

2) I then set the concealer on the lid up to the brow with Ivory Coast.

3) I wet a lip brush and used lined the upperlash line into a winged liner with the pink colour. I then lined that with the blue, and lined the waterline. Next, blended the pink colour underneath the lower lashes.
4) I tightlined with the Barry M liner

5) I used a couple of coats of the Soap & Glory mascara.


until next time,
love love xoxo.

30 Day Make Up Challenge: Day 27

Hello! Time for the 27th entry

Products used:

E.L.F Complete Coverage Concealer
17's Single Eyeshadow in Ivory Coast

eBay unbranded palette, dark metalic red, dark metallic brown, black.

Barry M Intense Black Eyeliner
Soap & Glory's Thick & Fast Mascara in Black? 

How I did it:

1) I used the 2nd shade from the left of the E.L.F Concealer and used it on my under eye, and lid up to the brow.

2) I then set the concealer on the lid up to the brow with Ivory Coast.

3) I started with the red and applied it just to the lid, blending into the crease slightly. The black was the use to darken the crease colour and below the lower lash line. The brown was applied above the black and blended out.  

4)I tightlined & lined the waterline with the Barry M liner.

5) I used a couple of coats of the Soap & Glory mascara.




I really hope you enjoyed this look!
love love xoxo.

30 Day Make Up Challenge: Day 26

Hello my lovlies! Time for the 26th entry!

I got inspiration from here.

Products used:

E.L.F Complete Coverage Concealer
17's Single Eyeshadow in Ivory Coast

eBay unbranded palette, dark purple, medium purple, gold.

Bella Pierre Cosmetics Pigment in Champagne (3)
Barry M Intense Black Eyeliner
Soap & Glory's Thick & Fast Mascara in Black? 

How I did it:

1) I used the 2nd shade from the left of the E.L.F Concealer and used it on my under eye, and lid up to the brow.

2) I then set the concealer on the lid up to the brow with Ivory Coast.

3)I used the dark purple on the inner and outer corners of my eye, and the crease are, trying to avoid the middle of the lid. I then used the light purple in the middle, blending slightly into the darker colour. With the gold, I patted the colour in the very middle of the lid, and used the rest of the product on the brush under the bottom lashes, in the middle. Then using the remainder of the dark purple I blended that either side.
4) I then applied some of the Bella Pierre pigment to the gold to add more sparkle.

5)I tightlined with the Barry M liner.

6) I used a couple of coats of the Soap & Glory mascara.




love love xoxo.

30 Day Make Up Challenge: Day 25

Hello my lovlies! Here is the 25th entry

Products used:

E.L.F Complete Coverage Concealer
17's Single Eyeshadow in Ivory Coast
Sleek's Au Naturel palette in Cappuccino

Collection 2000 Extreme Felt Liner

Barry M Intense Black Eyeliner

Soap & Glory's Thick and Fast Mascara

Eyelure Shape & Shade use Brow Pencil & Tamer in Medium

E.L.F Wet Gloss & Brow Gel
Cheap nail art gems from eBay.
Cheapy eyelash glue that came with some eyelashes from china (wouldn't trust it too near the eye, so there for used it on the lid)

How I did it:

1) I used the 2nd shade from the left of the E.L.F Concealer and used it on my under eye, and lid up to the brow.

2) I then set the concealer on the lid up to the brow with Ivory Coast.

3) I used the Cappuccino lightly in the crease, then used the Felt Liner to make a dramatic winged liner. Using the cheap eyelash glue, applied it in little sections. Between each section I applied the gems. The remainder of the crease colour was used below the lower lash line.
4) I tightlined with the Barry M liner.

6) I used a couple of coats of the Bourjois mascara, filled in my brows with the Eyelure Pencil and set them in place with the E.L.F Brow Gel.


Can't take full credit for this look! I used this video to base it on.
love love xoxo.

30 Day Make Up Challenge: Day 24

Hey guys :) here is the 24th entry

Products used:

E.L.F Complete Coverage Concealer
17's Single Eyeshadow in Ivory Coast

Sleek's Au Naturel palette in Cappuccino
Sleek's Me Myself & I palette in Black Box, Supernova, Chris De Burgandy & Simply Red

Barry M Intense Black Eyeliner
Soap & Glory's Thick & Fast Mascara in Black? (Got it free in Elle Magazine, bargain!)

Eyelure Shape & Shade use Brow Pencil & Tamer in Medium

E.L.F Wet Gloss & Brow Gel

How I did it:

1) I used the 2nd shade from the left of the E.L.F Concealer and used it on my under eye, and lid up to the brow.

2) I then set the concealer on the lid up to the brow with Ivory Coast.

3)I used Cappuccino as a base colour on the lid, blending slightly upwards into the crease. Black Box was then used to deepen the crease colour slightly. then brought underneath the bottom lashes. Supernova was then used on the lid over the Cappuccino.
4) Next, I wet an angled brush with a face wipe and used Chris De Burgandy as a winged liner,  
Simply Red was then used over the top.

5)I tightlined with the Barry M liner.

6) I used a couple of coats of the Soap & Glory mascara, filled in my brows with the Eyelure Pencil and set them in place with the E.L.F Brow Gel.


I really hope you enjoyed this look! I had a lot of fun creating it.
love love xoxo.

30 Day Make Up Challenge: Day 23

Hello! Here is the 23rd entry

Products used:

E.L.F Complete Coverage Concealer
17's Single Eyeshadow in Ivory Coast

MUA Heaven & Earth Palette in numbers 4, 6, 8, & 12 (click here for the eyeshadows with the numbers)

Barry M Intense Black Eyeliner

Bourjois Coup de Théâtre 2 in 1 False Lash Effect Mascara in Noir Exceptionnel (51)

Eyelure Shape & Shade use Brow Pencil & Tamer in Medium

E.L.F Wet Gloss & Brow Gel

How I did it:

1) I used the 2nd shade from the left of the E.L.F Concealer and used it on my under eye, and lid up to the brow.

2) I then set the concealer on the lid up to the brow with Ivory Coast.

3) I used 12 to do a winged liner. I then used 4 in the crease (blending upwards), below the lashline, and over the top of the winged liner. I then used 8 to go over the liner and to darken the outer corner. I applied 6 in the middle on the crease avoiding the liner, and abve the crease to blend out any harsh lines.
4) Next, I used the concealer from earlier on a angled brush underneath the wing blending down  , and outwards avoiding the winged liner. Then using the remainder of the product of the crease colours I made another wing underneath the concealer.

5)I tightlined with the Barry M liner, then I lightly swept it onto the top liner and both the wings to define them.

6) I used a couple of coats of the Bourjois mascara, filled in my brows with the Eyelure Pencil and set them in place with the E.L.F Brow Gel.


Hope you enjoyed this double winged look! Until next time :)
love love xoxo.

30 Day Make Up Challenge: Day 22

Hello my lovlies! Time for the 22nd entry :) 

Really beautiful blue smokey eye :)

Products used:

E.L.F Complete Coverage Concealer
17's Single Eyeshadow in Ivory Coast

eBay unbranded 88 palette? Turquoise, dark blue and a white/cream.

Barry M Intense Black Eyeliner
Collection 2000 Glam eyes glitter liner in Night Fever

Bourjois Coup de Théâtre 2 in 1 False Lash Effect Mascara in Noir Exceptionnel (51)

Eyelure Shape & Shade use Brow Pencil & Tamer in Medium

E.L.F Wet Gloss & Brow Gel

How I did it:

1) I used the 2nd shade from the left of the E.L.F Concealer and used it on my under eye, and lid up to the brow.

2) I then set the concealer on the lid up to the brow with Ivory Coast.

3) I used the Barry M liner where I wanted the darkest colour to be, so I lined the top lash line, and lined around my crease line, filling in slightly the inner and outer corner edges. I then blended, but making sure to leave out the middle of the lid. Using the Dark Blue shade, I went over where I put the black liner, again making sure to leave out the middle part of the lid. I also used the dark blue underneath the bottom lashes.
4) I applied the turquoise colour on the center part of the lid, blending slightly into the dark blue. I then concentrated more of the colour on in the inner corner. I then used the white/cream shade to blend out any harsh lines.

5) I tightlined, lined the top lashes and waterline with the Barry M liner, and then went over the top liner with the Collection 2000 glitter eyeliner, as well as running some of the product on the inner corner and underneath the bottom lashes

6) I used a couple of coats of the Bourjois mascara, filled in my brows with the Eyelure Pencil and set them in place with the E.L.F Brow Gel.


Hope you enjoyed this look! 
love love xoxo.

Feel Unique Box Feb 2012 & Brief Review *UPDATED*

Hello my lovlies! Look what arrived yesterday! 

( Don't worry I photoshopped my address out ;) ) 

I was so excited to open this! I've been waiting since January because I had a bit of trouble with the website and then my order went in too late! So I've had to wait until now but it has been worth it!

I also actually had the will power of not to open it like savage as soon as it arrived and waited until I could take pictures and stuff first (like I have done with lots of things and have then not been able to do such photo friendly blogpost when it came to it!) So proud of myself! 

This is it from the outside, you can see the little tab on the right hand side that makes it a little draw.

Totally love this as it makes  it so great for storage! 

I was tempted to type this all out but it just basically explains that this box is based around Valentines Day and helping you look / feel luxurious with the samples.

It has the shredded black paper inside, which no doubt I'll be able to reuse!

Here are the products: 

No.1)  Decleor Phytopeel Face Peel Cream

"This soft cream formula gently exfoliates & smoothes, whilst elimination impurities. A Perfect at-home peel that adds a healthy glow to lack-lustre skin. Use once or twice a week on face & neck, gently massaging in upward circular motions & allow to dry, Remove excess with a cotton pad."

I squeezed a bit of this product onto my hand and it feels so soft and lovely, the smell reminds me of that balm stuff, Vicks is it? Anyway, can't wait to try it out! 

Sample Size= £7.05 for 15ml.

(£23.40 for 50ml found here)

No.2)  Philip Kingsley Maximizer

"This Vogue Beauty Award Winner adds super volume, body, bounce & shine to hair that's fine & lacking life. It also helps prolong the life of colour treatments. Spray onto your roots for lift or throughout lengths before syling for overall volume & control or gently blow dry for maximum volume."

Really nice sized sample. Tried a bit out today and it works so well! Can see why it won an award!

I have very fine hair and it made my hair look so thick, it's great! 

However, it is a bit pricey for me, but if first impressions are anything to go buy, I would be tempted to buy it.

Sample size= £5.38 for 60ml

(£11.20 for 125ml found here)

Oil rubbed in

No.3) Nuxe Hulle Prodigleuse OR Multi-Usage Dry Oil Golden Shimmer

"A unique super activated formula to nourish, repair & soften face, body & hair in a single gesture. Thanks to its small golden particles, your skin glitters and reveals its beauty whenever you move. Apply on face, body & hair throughout the year, summer and winter alike for glowing radiance."

This has a very luxurious smell, it's hard to explain really, but I don't really know if I like it. My boyfriend liked it however, and when I poured some on my hand to show him the amazing glitter particles, he swiped it off my hand and rubbed it into his hands instead! (Bit worrying perhaps?) I did test a bit on my hands prior to that and I did notice how moisturised my hand felt. Really pleased! Definitely going to use this on my birthday! 

Sample size= £3.80 for 10ml

(£38. for 100ml found here)

No.4) Elemis Lime and Ginger Hand and Body Wash

"This fresh & exotic wash has a beautiful, rejuvenating fragrance with a deep cleansing formula that lathers into a super-rich, delicious formula for all over the body. Leaves your skin feeling fresh, clean, soft and nourished. Use in the shower morning & evening or as a hand wash throughout the day."

This is a great sample size at 100ml, plus I really love the smell of this product, can't wait to use it. The idea of it being a body wash but you can also use it as a hand wash is really clever! Although I'd end up washing my hands every five minutes just to smell it!

Sample size = £6.13 for 100ml 

(£18.40 for 300ml found here)

Leighton Denny High Performance Colour in Diamond Diva

"This expert & high performance nail colour is easy to apply, long lasting & chip resistant. The colour won't fade & keeps a high gloss shine day after day. Top tip: For the fastest finish, drip a little 'Miracle Drops' over the polish to speed drying time."

So in love with this colour! I have quite a few silver polishes but nothing quite like this. You can really tell it's high quality when applying as it applies beautifully. This is my first Leighton Denny polish and I can't wait to show it off! 

Sample size= £4.21 for 4.6ml

(£11 for 12ml found here)

Also included was a little freebie of the Jean Paul Gaultier Kokorico perfume. I didn't really like the smell but my mum liked it so I gave it to her (even though its a men's one!)

Sample size= £0.46 for 1ml)

£45.90 for 100ml found here)

Overall price of the samples in the box = £27.03

So can't believe that! At it only being £9.95 that's a real bargain!

All in all, I'm definitely pleased with this box, the samples are all something I'd be more than happy to use and try out, and no doubt enjoy! So so happy! :D

Hope you enjoyed this post, I will most definitely keep my subscription with them, can't wait for the next box!

Until next time xoxo

*UPDATED* I got an email yesterday saying that this will be the last box, but they have something else coming up. Pretty disappointed because I was definitely going to carry on with my subscription as I loved this box so much! :( Such a shame really, however I will be looking forward to whatever they have lined up. Looks like I'm going to have to get a subscription for another box for now! RIP Feel Unique Box!