How To Make Your Own Lip Palette 💄

Hey guys!

So today's post is a bit different and it's a step by step guide of how to make your own lip palette. I find this to be an extremely productive way to make use of old, almost empty lipsticks. It's a fab way to use up the ends of them but in a way that takes up a lot less space than having a ton of almost empty lipstick bullets. I made mine using all Mac lipsticks that had under half a lipstick left, so that gives the added advantage of being able to bring the empty bullets Back to Mac to get a new lipstick!

So to make a lip palette you will need:

Lipsticks

A knife and a spoon

A lighter

Empty pans

A Z palette 

The brand 'Z palette' is available on beauty bay and that's where I get My empty pans and palettes, the pans are around €6 for 20 and the palettes range from €10-€18. You can find them here - 

http://www.beautybay.com/zpalette/

Step 1 - Chop the top off your lipstick. Make sure to get all the product out of the bullet, as there is actually tons of lipstick beneath the visible end of the lipstick. Place the product on the spoon.

Step 2 - Heat the bottom of the spoon using a lighter, making sure to heat the whole surface of the spoon and not just the part under the lipstick. The lipstick immediately begins to liquidise. 

Step 3 - Pour the liquidised lipstick into the empty pan carefully. The under part of the spoon becomes charred and black, this wipes off easily so make sure the wipe it off to avoid getting black particles in your pan.

Let the pan cool and then place it in your palette! Voila, the lipstick solidifies again and is completely usable with a lip brush. This method is so simple and is a fun way to store your lipsticks! Hope you guys enjoyed this post, let me know if you make your own!

Caoimhe x

Flawless Brush Review

Hey guys!

So I'm currently in the middle of my final exams for college - as in each one I do gets me that little bit closer to my degree. I'm up to my eyeballs in chemistry and so I thought it'd be nice to procrastinate a little bit and do a new post! Today I'm going to do a little review on the Flawless brush set. I picked this up in a local pharmacy just before Christmas because I needed some new face brushes and when I saw the price - I couldn't leave them there. The set is €25 and you get 6 high quality brushes and a makeup bag for that. Ridiculous! 

In the set you get 3 large brushes and 3 small ones. So I'll start off by talking about the large, face brushes. From the first time I used them, I have been obsessed. The one at the top of the picture is my faaaaaaaavourite, as you can see as its a bit more stained than the others. It's a flat headed brush with thick, artificial hairs and is quite like the Blank Canvas F20 which is €14.99 on its own. This brush is an absolute God-send for buffing foundation into the skin and when I use it I know that my foundation is going to be even and flawless for the day. The other two face brushes are an angled version of the first (just as spectacular but more of a back-up for me) and a thick, pointed brush. This brush is ideal for placing and setting concealer under the eyes, on the chin etc.

Next up are the small brushes which may be used as eye brushes or as detail brushes for the face. They are quite chunky so they're not ideal for fine detail on the eyes, but they're fab for blending shadows together or buffing one shade all over the lid. They may also be used on the face to buff in concealer in hard to reach areas! All of the brushes wash amazingly with no hairs falling out etc. You also get this cute makeup bag with the set which is identical to the bags that Mac released with their Christmas 2014 collection. Overall I think for €25 you cannot go wrong with this brush set, the quality is outstanding and such good value too.

You can purchase the brush set here - http://www.simplyfoxy.com/beauty/flawless-cosmetic-brush-bag-set/

Or at pharmacies nationwide!

Thanks so much for reading,

Caoimhe X 

January Beauty Buys - Part One

Hello!

So after a whopping 6 month break from blogging I am back! I've just been so busy, I'm now in my 4th and final year of college so I'm flat out.. But recently I've been wanting to get back to blogging. As my first post in 2016 I thought I'd do some recent beauty buys. I know it's right after Christmas and I probably shouldn't be buying so much makeup but I got a wee bit caught up in the sales, with up to 30% off how could you say no?? This is part one of my beauty buys for January because I am expecting a few more deliveries (oops) so I'll probably do a part two at the end of the month!

So first up I put in a little order on www.fuschia.ie . They were having 30% off everything after Christmas and I thought I'd treat myself. I hadn't tried Fuschia much before, but my mam got me some bits at Christmas and I am loving them so far. The packaging is gorgeous and I also love that they are an Irish brand. I got a sample of the moisture foundation in a gift set and I really liked it so I picked up the full size (€25) in the shade Buff. I also picked up a fluffy blending brush (€12.95) because I needed a good one. The hairs are natural and I haven't used it much but I will let you know how I get on! Next I got the Fuschia Try it Kit which I cannot recommend enough. The kit is €39 and you get 3g pots of their mineral foundation and translucent setting powder, along with a kabuki brush to apply and a sample of their mineral glow blush. I am loving both powders so far and am using them both on a daily basis. I just think this little kit is fab for trying out the products without investing right away. The full size mineral foundation (10g) is €45 on its own which is quite a lot if you weren't even sure if you like it yet!

So finally from Fuschia I got 5 individual pan eyeshadows, my mam got me the Fuschia Z palette for Christmas so I figured I may as well fill it up! The pans are €5.50 each which is incredible value for the quality. The shades I got (above) are Bisque, Butterscotch, Leah, Chinchilla and Oh My Orange (my personal fave)

Next up I put in an order at Meaghers Pharmacy ( www.meagherspharmacy.ie) and I picked up theBalm Mary Lou Manizer which was only about €16 in their sale! It's sold out now but the Betty Lou Manizer was still on sale last time I checked! I got this purely because of the hype around it and the bargain price. Then I got Nyx Tame and Frame brow pomade in the shade (Espresso) and a high voltage lipstick in the shade Stone. I hadn't tried either of these before so picked them up and am loving them so far. When you put in an order on Meaghers they also offer 15% off your next order when you review your bought product, and they have amazing brands
like Nyx, Glamglow and Bioderma in stock.

Finally I placed an order at Inglot, they were having 10% off on St. Stephen's Day and I couldn't resist. I picked up Inglot duraline, which I have been wanting for ages. I wanted it for my gel liners to prevent them from drying up, but have since seen tons of other uses for it. Duraline is €12, and it's a polymer liquid product which basically keeps your eyeliner fluid and makes anything you use with it last all day. It can be used to enhance pigments etc. I then picked up two lipsticks from the Black Swan collection in shades 436 (grey) and 437 (black). I am such a sucker for an unusual lipstick, I know I'm not going to get tons of use of them but I just love having unique colours in my collection and actually the grey one is quite wearable! Finally I got a set of travel brushes (€30) which includes 3 double-ended eye brushes and a cheek brush. These are the most adorable things ever, the whole case lying flat, opened is about the size of my hand. They are teeny tiny and perfect for popping in your handbag! 

So that's basically what I got! I can't wait to use all of these products more, and some of them are already firm favourites. Thanks so much for reading! Hopefully my next post will not take another six months! 😂

Caoimhe X