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Sunday, 9 September 2012

Charlie's Diary #8

NYC Goodies ♥ Tashing on ♥ ROAST ♥ Birthday Times ♥ Cocktails ♥ Nails ♥ Cookie Monster ♥ Caudalie Treats ♥ Winners!

My boyfriend has finally returned from New York, 10 days apart seemed like forever! He did spoil me though and bought me some pretty things back including a classic NYC keyring and some Urban outfitters Jeans. It was also my friends Birthday so we have been out being silly playing with moustaches and drinking cocktails. Of course after a night out a roast beef dinner is essential to sort you out. That cookie contained 400 calories...no joke. I also treated myself to some Caudalie products and won a raffle! You would have thought I'd won the lottery I screamed so loud.

That's it.

Hope you all had a good weekend!

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Friday, 7 September 2012

Benefit That Gal Brightening Primer

Benefit That Gal Brightening Face Primer - £21.50

"Our silky pink primer takes your complexion from dull to darling! Simply blend it on for the look of brighter, smoother skin. Contains light-reflecting pigments to help brighten all skin tones and raspberry & camomile to soothe skin."

I’m quite fascinated by primers at the moment, the thought that something can keep your make up in place all day quite excites me. Usually my days at work are quite busy and I don’t really get that much chance to re – apply my make up so if there is a product out there that will help me still have my make up on by the end of the day I’m willing to give it ago.

I purchased the Benefit That Gal Brightening Face Primer a couple of months ago after saving up my Boots Advantage Card points, hi freebie! This first thing that attracted me to this was the packaging, like all Benefit products it’s gorgeous and girly and will look fabulous on my dressing table. I read a few reviews and decided this was worth spending my points on.

For every reason I like this product there is a con to follow.

I wanted this primer to brighten my complexion and keep my make up in place all day. It brightens my skin perfectly; it gives my skin a healthy glow and my make up a nice dewy finish. It does not however keep my make up in place, which was one of my main missions.

Like I said I love the packaging, its right up my street but the product tube itself could be improved. It reminds me of a pritt stick that I used at school the way you have to twist it to get the product out. I don’t like that I can’t see how much product I have left and it’s not something you can cut open to get the last bits out of. I know that sounds a bit weird but when you pay so much for a product I like to use every last bit.

It smells amazing, a bit like strawberries and while I like this I know some people aren’t keen on putting scented things on their face so if not this might not be for you.

At £21.50 a pop I do consider this expensive and I don’t think I will be repurchasing. For me the main point of a primer is to hold my make up in place and even though I really like brightening aspect and look of the packaging, unfortunately this didn’t fulfil my needs.

Have you tried this primer? What helps keep your make up in place?

Wednesday, 5 September 2012

Avene Gentle Gel Cleanser

My quest for perfect skin is ever continuing. I’ve become such a skincare whore; I’m completely obsessed with reading reviews on cleansers and trying new things to generally improve my skin. When it comes to buying make up I’m a high street girl at heart but with skin care I don’t mind spending that bit more.

Back in May I did an Online Skin Diagnosis on the Avene Website and a couple of days later a little package of free samples arrived at my house, excited much!? I started using their Gentle Gel Cleanser and fell in love. After about a week I went down to Boots and bought the full size bottle, it was also 3 for 2 which was an added bonus so I bought a toner and moisturiser to go with it.

I have been using this every morning and I'm pleased to say it has been lovely to my skin, I apply this with wet fingertips onto my dry face and then rinse off. Just like the name states it is very gentle and leaves my skin feeling soft and clean. It’s also great for removing Make up at night time.

This cleanser does everything I need and I will definitely be repurchasing when this bottle runs out. It retails in Boots for £11.50 for 100ml, but make sure you look out for those 3 for 2 offers!

Have you tried any Avene products? What’s your favourite cleanser?

Tuesday, 4 September 2012

How Much is My Face Worth?

I have seen this tag floating around the blogging world the last few weeks and have actually been horrified at some of the costs, some even go as high as £200+! Imagine if you lost your make up bag with all of those products in, I certainly don't have the money to replace it all in one go. Never the less I think this tag is great fun so I'm hopping on the bandwagon, as a high street girl I hope will still be able to breathe at the end of the post.

This is the make up I wore for my friends birthday night out on Saturday night.