Makeup Revolution Haul- Lips and Brows

Hey Guys!

So this is part 2 of my Makeup Revolution Haul- you may or may not have seen my previous post on the concealer palettes but this is the next part to that delivery! So Enjoy!

For a while now I have been struggling to get a colour to best suit my eyebrows, in a previous post I talked about my eyebrows and whilst I still love the Beauty UK High Brow kit (I actually re-purchased) it was difficult to blend the two brown colours to suitably match my eyebrow colour and even when I did get it, I could very rarely re-create it haha!

On other blogs, I'd seen Brow by I <3 Make up which is a part of the Makeup Revolution brand. This palette contains 3 colour powders and wax (which if I'm honest I still can't work out how to use properly!)

Online they have 3 different shades you can purchase- Fairest of them all, I woke up this groomed (this is the one I went for) and Bold is best. They are all very subtly different from each other just obviously getting darker. The slight transition means that these are great products for matching the powders to your perfect shade! 

What you can't see in the picture is that this compact palette has a small mirror in the lid which makes it useful if you are travelling and need to touch up your brows! The kit comes with mini tweezers and a mini angled brush which I don't really use, I used the brush to play around with the wax but other than that I tend to use the Body Shop angled brush as it allows for more control. 

Badly swatched but you get the idea.

At the moment these kits are £2.99 online and are usually £3.99 and in my opinion either way these are great value for money! They have a really great lasting power and don't fade at all during the day and I never notice if they transfer or not so you don't have to worry about smudging your eyebrows down your face. It is also really easy to apply and if you do go wrong you don't have to take all your surrounding make up off as if you use a cotton bud the chalky consistency allows you to easily remove the unwanted make up!

Right so that was brows, now lips!! 

I am a serial lipstick collector, I honestly think I own lipsticks/gloss that I never actually worn but swore to myself that I needed, so hey what the heck whats a couple more right?

First up I purchased the Makeup Revolution Amazing Care Lipstick in Electric Love. This lipstick says it provides 'Amazing Hot Colour with Argan Oil' 'High Shine, Intense Colour and Soothe & Hydrate with Argan Oil'.  As you can see there is clear layer over the colour and this is what is meant to hydrate and shine your lips so I assume this is what contains argan oil.

I wouldn't say the colour is really intense at all it gives you more of a barely there look which I actually really like, however, you definitely could build up a more intense colour. This product reminds me a lot of the Revlon lip butters but for a fraction of the cost. 

The only negative I have of this product is that when you apply it you get like a line of colour in the middle of your lips as the outside of the lipstick is the clear layer so you have to blend the lipstick a bit more so you probably wouldn't be able to apply this that well without looking in a mirror without risking striped lips haha but for £1.50 you really can't complain and it makes for a great daytime lipstick!

It's hard to see but I did swatch it, I promise!

Finally, the last thing I'm to talk about in this post is the I <3 Make Up Lip Geek. I purchased Marshmallow Kiss as I wanted a light pink colour for summer and boy is it pink! I love this product, it is really creamy and easy to apply, I wouldn't say that the lasting power is fantastic compared to some other lipsticks but it really does give you an intense colour!

My only criticism of this product is the lipstick tube, I hate it. It's really cheap and although its the same shape as a Mac lipstick the chrome pink makes it look like a kids play lipstick. I usually love all things bright, tacky and sparkly but this is an exception to my rule haha however as this lipstick was only £1.99 I can forgive the hot pink shell.

This really doesn't give the pink justice!

As I was writing this post I was listening to some very loud Disney music (sorry flat!) and I cannot tell you how hard it is to write a blog post, sing (badly) and listen to music all at the same time... lesson of the day I can't multitask very well haha!

Have any of you guys tried any Makeup Revolution products that you think I should try?

Smile Beautiful :)

Lydia xxx

Make Up Revolution Haul- Cover & Conceal

Hey Guys!

How have you all been?

I am currently entering the dreaded exam time as probably are many of you! (Internal scream) So I've been finding myself online shopping (a lot) to procrastinate whoops! I've been online shopping so much recently the staff at my university accommodation have commented on how many parcels I've been getting delivered and have even joked that I have an online shopping problem which I probably do haha!!

Anyway, on one of these 'shopping trips' I found myself on the Makeup Revolution website. I already own several of their products and I love them!

If you are unfamiliar with the brand 1) where have you been and 2) they are amazing value and remind me a lot of MUA.

Seriously though have a look they offer great products for pocket money prices and have some dupes to higher brand products!

I must admit I spent way TOO MUCH! but they had an offer on that if you spent over £35 you got £5 off and if you spent over £30 you get free delivery and unlike other websites you can use both promotions at the same time!

Here is what I ordered!!

As I said I got free delivery and the parcel was tracked which is reassuring and means I could guess when my parcel was likely to arrive! I was worried that during delivery that the powdered products would all have smashed up but when the parcel arrived everything was wrapped up in so much bubblewrap it would have been impossible to have damaged it! Snaps for you Makeup Revolution!!

I was so excited to open up these products I actually ended up ripping some of the boxes so please excuse any dodgy pictures! 

The first thing I want to share with you is the Cover & Conceal palettes. I already own the Light-Medium palette and it is crazy how close to my skin tone this palette is. I originally purchased it as I thought it would be a really good starting point to learn how to contour as it has 8 different shades to use in one! However this palette was too close to my skin tone to be dramatic enough. Saying this both myself and my mum (who bought the palette after seeing mine) have hit pan! 

I knew Makeup Revolution did two other Cover & Conceal palettes for different skin tones (Light and Dark) so I thought that they would be better for contouring, so at £6 each I purchased both.

As you can see there are 8 different shades in each palette and what you can't see is that behind the box there is a nice big mirror the size of the lid meaning that these are quite handy to have in your make up bag and to use as a mirror on the go.

Above is the light palette and it really does range from really really pale to a warmer tone closer to a medium colour. (Perfect for a pale beauty to contour I think!) I have (badly) swatched the colours as you can see and I used the Real Techniques Concealer brush to apply it. The concealer itself is creamy and offers a light coverage that you can build up for a heavier look and cover ; it is also relatively long lasting- around 4-6 hours.

Below you can see the dark palette which has been applied the same and is the same as the light palette in terms of texture and application. (I don't really know why it looks like jelly and wet in the picture, it also looks like this is real life where as the light palette doesn't but the product is exactly the same...hmmm strange hahah)

I'm going to do separate blog posts for each of the things I purchased as I don't want the post to be too long!

Have any of you guys tried anything from Makeup Revolution?

See you soon guys!

Smile Beautiful

Lydia :) xx

That annoying moment...

Hey Guys!

Last week at uni I went to my Biological Sciences Summer Ball! It was amazing, everything was so pretty and everybody dressed to impress and it was deffo fun having an excuse to get ridiculously glammed up! I've never felt so formal!!

At £35 the tickets were quite expensive and realistically the food provided really wasn't worth the money however it was very obvious we were paying for the location which was breath taking! None of my pictures really do it justice! The ball was held in The Palm House in Sefton Park! I was genuinely shocked by how pretty it was!

On arrival there was a red carpet and champagne reception with lots of photographers which made you feel almost famous! It led into what I can describe as a giant glasshouse decked out with fancy tables and sparkly centre pieces and fairy lights. Later on there was a buffet (Which was ok but nothing spectacular, especially for my chummy Harriet who's a vegetarian as there were no labels as to what the foods were!) After food was out of the way a charity raffle took place and then music and very drunken dancing !

I went to the ball with two of my friends; Harriet and Becky (the two glamorous ladies below) and I had such a good time! 

After a stressful two weeks trying to find a long dress that wasn't ridiculously priced and having delivery dramas! (I had to order the same dress 3 times to try and make sure one arrived on time!) I ended up being very happy with my dress and couldn't wait to get all made up!

Dress Link

So the night before I practised hair styles and my make up by using youtube tutorials and Harriet's advice! I used Zoella's Halo Crown for my hair and a black/gold smokey eye for my eyes! Of course, as my life goes on the first attempt my make up looked amazing and I was really impressed with myself and then when it came to the actual night of the ball it just wouldn't go right and didn't look as pretty as my first attempt and I didn't have time to take it off and try again! This is the most annoying thing that happens to me every time I practise something, though I know if I don't practise it will be a big mess as well... I just can't win ahah!

In the end I forgot about my slightly wonky eye make up and the fact that I should have left my hair straight and had a really amazing time with my friends, drinking too much wine and laughing too much!!

When was the last time you got all glammed up? Any tips on how to avoid my 'annoying moment'?


Until next time lovelies!!!

Smile Beautiful :)

Lydia xxx

P.s excuse the poor quality pictures, look at my previous blog post on that!

Someone please HELP ME!!

Hey Guys!

So once again I've gone quiet after promising I wouldn't...well this time I have a genuine reason and wondered if you guys could help!? 

What's really holding me back with this blog is taking/making photos look good. The App I used to edit all my pictures on got an update and for the life of me I can no longer work out how to use it! (I tried my best! Honest!)

I have to take pictures on my iPhone as I haven't got an sd card adapter for my computer yet so therefore my camera is useless... so my question to you lovely lot is what app can you recommend for me to use to edit my pictures?

Currently I have about 6 blog posts in my drafts waiting for good pictures to go with them and not my poor excuse of photos!!

Any advice would be gratefully received! Even if it's just tips on how to improve my photography!

Thanks in advance beauties!!


Smile Beautiful :)


Lydia xxx

Rose Gold Beauty!

Hey Guys!

For a while now I've been following the Real Techniques new release of their Bold Metals Collection. For ages I was admiring blog posts about them and how pretty they looked and how lovely they would look amongst my make up brushes haha! However, when I discovered the prices my heart dropped and they became a pipe dream as at £22 and being on a student budget I didn't think I could justify buying any of them.

But the other day I was in boots to pick up a prescription and on my way to the pharmacy I walked past the make up brush aisle and there in front of me were the most beautiful brushes I have ever seen... well before I knew it I'd picked up the rose gold loveliness and it was in my basket. Arguably it was £22 I didn't have but I thought hey what are student loans for haha! I purchased the rose gold flat contour brush though let me tell you I want them all! Just look how beautiful it is!! 

As you can see from the first picture there are 7 brushes in this collection- 2 for your base which are in gold - 2 for the finish in rose gold and 3 for your eyes in silver. 

The brushes are long and slender with a pointed tip and the brush fibres are super soft! I'm almost too scared to use it it's that pretty!

I got my brush from Boots for £22 but you can also buy them at Ulta if you're State side!

You all know I'm a huge fan of all the Real Technique brushes and my aim is to collect them all especially these Bold Metal beauties!!

What are your favourite make up brushes?

Smile Beautiful :)

Lydia x

I'm Backkkk!

Hey Guys!

So it's been a while... like months but so much has happened in my life since we last spoke! 
I got into UNI!!! WOOOO! After lots of hard work I got into the university of my choice and I can now proudly say I am a Biological and Medical Science student at the University of Liverpool.

This means that my life is now crazy busy! Despite the common misconception of students I rarely have time to do anything but study! So I seriously commend those who manage to blog everyday or even every week! 

However, I've now decided that I want to get back into my blog! One of my flatmates, Harriet is just as crazy on beauty products as I am and her enthusiasm and our conversations where we recommend products to each other made me want to get back to chatting to you guys!!

So watch this space! There's lots to come!


Smile Beautful :)

Lydia x