Highlighter brighter than my future

Hello, 

I wanted to share this amazing find I got while I was roaming around the shops. Whenever I get to Superdrug I always check the MUA counters to see anything new they might have. They have super cheap make up and even if it is not good you don't feel that bad for buying it when it only cost you £2.

To my surprise I found this little germ. I swatched it at the shop an I instantly fell in love with this Highlighter. Not gonna lie I am not the biggest fan of cream products. I use a lot of powder products and sometimes the mixture of two don't blend as nice or maybe I just don't know how to blend them out. The point is I don't like them. 

When I swatched this at the shop I was blinded, literally. Well, maybe not. It was so pigmented and so creamy I couldn't wait to try it. With only costing me £3 and I can honestly say this is my holy grail. 

It is super bendable, so you can have your finish either sheer or very highlighting. It blends lovely over all the products; powder or cream. 

I am not gonna lie there was a time where I used to use it everyday and I can say you do tend to use up the product pretty quickly. 

I use this both ways - tap my brush into the product and apply it (gives nice sheer highlighting effect or for the small areas like the nose and cupids bow) or use it straight to the cheekbones which gives a very pigmented highlighting effect. 

If you are looking for a strong highlighter that the whole Instagram is going crazy for  I recommend this product! 

Your Izabele

xoxo

Infallible Sculpt

I saw this L'oreal Infallible Sculpt kit and I wanted to give it a go. I heard many people rave about the infallible range so I thought this one might be good too. I already had high hopes for it and it turned out to be better than I thought. 

It comes in two shades: Light/Medium and Medium/Dark. This one is in Light/Medium and it cost me £9.99. 

It is a weird texture, it is as if they had a powder product and they put water on it and let it dry a little. Confusing? It is a cream product but as soon as it goes on your skin it kind of converts into powder and it has a powder finish. Try the tester. 

The texture is so lovely. 

I love the darker colour. It is the right sort of brown for contour. It has the right amount of warm and grey. As this fades throughout the day you can still see that your face in contoured slightly but it still makes such a huge difference. 

The light colour is a little bit useless. It is not a full coverage. It means you can't use it instead of concealer. It is more like a colour corrector. The light shades sits in your cell lines and it kind of created this matte finish which is also lightening. To be honest I only used the lighter side once and I didn't like it. 

It doesn't smell of nothing and it has a little mirror as well. 

I am so happy about the brown colour and I have been using everyday for like a month now. 

What are your contour shades and products? 

Yours Izabele

Revolution Bronzers

I was buying my friend an eyeshadow palette for Christmas from Revolution and I came across this All About Bronze palette. I wanted to have a variety of bronzers so I thought this is the best option and it was only £6, which isn't so bad (from superdrug). There is also a contour palette like this one, which has darker colours. But what I really was after was an ashy colour I can use as contour. 

There are no colour names so I am going to follow the picture. It has 6 shimmery shades and 3 matte. I feel like the first two top ones are like a setting powder. The one on the right is very light but shimmery and I think it would be nice to set your concealer under your eyes and it will also brighten them. The one on the right is just a simple matte colour you can use as setting powder. 

The next line on your right is very light in colour bronzer. I suppose you can use as a natural bronzer it will give you a little shimmer and give some dimension to your face but not too much. The one on the left is the darkest orange in this palette. I used this one a few time and it is a fake tan colour but if you blend it properly you can work it. 

Third line from the top is my favourite. On the right it has this gorgeous gold shimmery bronzer. I feel like this is top holiday bronzer. With a tan this will look phenomenal. It is so so so pretty and when the colour fades you are left with gold shimmer. On the left is a nice matte bronzer with a little pink undertone - for everyday look.

The marbled brown bronzer on your right at the bottom has that everyday bronzer colour with some shimmer. The one on your left is just a pretty highlighter that has baby pink undertone but very sheer. 

These are pigmented but the colour fades. I love it. I love the big mirror and the colours and the fact that I have everything in there, powder, bronzer and highlighter. If I really need to save up some space I just take this and I have everything with me. I just love easy and simple products. 

If you are looking for something compact I highly recommend this and it doesn't break the bank. 

Have you tried Revolution? What is your favourite? Will you give this a go?

Yours Izabele

xoxo

So Susan Highlighter

This product was one of my least favourite from Golssybox. Not that there is something horribly wrong with it, it does what a highlighter is suppose to do, I am just not excited for it. 

I am becoming a fan of compressed powder highlighters, I find them a lot easier to apply and blend in. I notice that cream highlighters are stronger but they are so hard to blend in and once you do you loose half of the product so what is the point. 

I find it especially hard to work with products such a sticks rather than original circle packaging with a cream highlighter inside. Purely because you will use your fingers or a brush to apply the product. 

This highlighter is in a very pretty cream colour. It doesn't have gold shimmer I'd say it is more white/light pink shimmer which is really nice for young girls or very simple make up look. 

It sets nicely but it is movable after it sets and it is just a pretty highlighter. 

I also really like the shape of the pen it makes it easier to reach for corners such as brow arch or inside your eye. 

It's price is £15 for 1.8g of product and it is 100% cruelty free.

Yours Izabele

xoxo

December GlossyBox

As you may or may not know I am in love with Glossybox. I ordered my first November Glossybox box and then a few weeks later I saw that a new fancy box is coming for December too which I had to get. This one comes in special goldish/copperish box that say "Let it snow." with amazingly pretty ribbon that I used on one of my Christmas presents. 

It is a beauty box picked by Youtuber Really-Ree and I like what is inside the box and also you get 6 products rather than usual 5. 

Since I got this box in the middle of December and I am writing a blog post now, I got to try nearly all of these products. 

I really love this box and I really love all the products in it. Now I will give a blog post to each product and talk more about them .

Yours Izabele

xoxo

Highlighter

Light the cheekbones 

I love a good highlighter. My go to would probably be a MAC one however I do love this Benefit What's up highlighter. It is a cream product and I wanna call it a thick one. When you put it on you REALLY have to blend it in. It comes with a sponge on one end and product on the other however, I hardly use a sponge bit I always find it useless and it doesn't really blend that well. It has a strong golden glow so it is amazing for a sunny day as it will have like a tanned effect and it really highlights your cheekbones or anywhere else you want a lift. It is super glowy and it makes your skin look young and healthy, I think. 

This costs £24.50 but there is also a mini version which is £9.90 and it just comes as a chubby stick. Benefit is good for making the product normal size and mini. As the products aren't always the cheapest it's great that you can start with a mini before buying a original size. You have no idea how many beauty, hair and skincare product I bought that I absolutely hated. 

Personally I think this highlighter is a good investment as it really does highlight beautifully, But recently I heard that you shouldn't be wearing make up with golden undertones/sheen on a rainy day as it makes your face look dull. So experiment! 

Yours Izabele

xoxo

Make-up

MAC Collection

So I thought I would upload my MAC collection. I do not own a lot of MAC products but the ones that I own are my mainly used ones, and I think I have pretty nice collection. All the beauty essentials! (What else do you need? ;) )

 

1. MAC Face and Body foundation in C1 - C shades are  with yellow undertone however the undertone does not make you orange it makes your skin look like you have a little tan (however, don't forget to blend into your neck and your ears). Face and body doesn't have great coverage but the coverage can be build-able. The foundation leaves a dewy finish but it photographs beautifully even with the thinnest layer of foundation. (There would be a colour for EVERY skin colour.)

2. MAC Soft and Gentle highlighter - probably is the best highlighter I've even came across! Seriously it is so nice, It has gold finish but also have a hint of colour which is like brownish/pinkish. It could be worn with the whole shebang as well as on it's own. OHHHHH but it looks sooooo pretty on darker skin. (There are more bronzy colours as well as colours for lighter skin.)

3. MAC Black Track eyeliner - One of the strongest eyeliners  I have ever tried. And trust me I tried soooo many. I have really oily eyelids but this one stayed the longest on my eyes. When it sets, it sets for good. It also sets as mat, which I think it's always flattering.  (They also have more colour - browns can be for eyebrows if you mastered the art of drawing hairs.)

4. MAC Satin finish lipstick in Pink Nouveau - it's a satin finish, which mean it is a mat lipstick but it is very moisturizing. The colour is strong and stays pretty well (unless you are eating then you need to touch up.)  It is not for everyone but I like a bright lipstick and it brings out the blueness of my eyes as it has cold undertones. (Again toooons of colours and finishes.)

That's the end of my little MAC collection, which is loved by me very much.

Yours Izabele
      xoxo