A Review - Clinique All About Eyes

I would just like to start by saying that eye creams are a definite must in my skincare routine, and I couldn’t imagine not using one. I like to know that every morning and night I am giving my eye skin area a little extra love and care. Now I am in no way a professional skincare expert but I like to think that I have tried so many eye creams (and there have been many) that I have the ability to tell the difference between a great one and a not so great one. So here I am writing this review to let you guys know about a great eye cream I have been using and loving…and just couldn’t live without. Enjoy. 

The packaging: The packaging I find to be really simple and pleasing to the eye. For someone who likes minimal and elegant things this definitely ticked the boxes for me. It comes in a little green box, and the cream itself comes in a small, clear tub with a metal lid which twists off. The whole packaging has very little wording and just tells you what you need to know about the product, there is no over exaggeration or explaining which I find some products tend to do. 

The Scent; Even though it does state to be 100% fragrance free i still find there is a slight scent to the product. Its not a displeasing smell, i would describe it as smelling very clean and pleasing, It has also never irritated my skin. 

  

The Application/Texture: This eye cream goes on like a dream! I apply a small amount under each eye and then massage it in using my ring finger. It just glides over my skin so easily; there is no sticky or greasy feeling. It also absorbs fairly quickly. I would say application takes no more than 2 – 3 minutes, if that!

The texture of the cream is just all around ‘light’. The cream itself is quite thin, which I think allows it to glide over your skin like I mentioned before. Its not thick or lumpy like some over creams I have tried. It’s cream in color, which I find is pleasing to the eye.

My Verdict; I originally bought this eye cream because my eyes were dry and uncomfortable. I also got it because I suffer from very, very black bags and I wanted to ‘sort them out’! Well I have been using this eye cream for the better part of a year now and can I just say that my eyes have never felt so hydrated! The chapped, tight feeling around my eyes is a thing of the past and the skin around that area looks and feels more bright and youthful. This little cream has been a lifesaver for my eyes and I feel it definitely has the right to call itself a ‘hydrating cream’ because it does just that! Now when it comes to my black bags I wouldn’t say that they have been completely diminished, but they are definitely brighter than they once were and I find them a lot easier to cover with concealer than I did before. So if you’re after an eye cream that will make your black bags disappear after day one (and if you find one please let me know) than this product isn’t for you but if your after a cream that hydrates and brings life back to your tired eyes than this wonderful product is for you!

Now this eye cream is a little on the pricey side at £26.50 for a 15ml tub, but you get what you pay for and your paying for a high quality, effect eye cream that works! I think the price is quite reasonable for how long the cream can last you and my cream can last me anything from 3 –5 months depending on how much you apply and like I said before you really don’t need a lot of this product for it to work.

To summarize I am so impressed with the quality and effectiveness of this eye cream that I wish I purchased it sooner but its safe so say that it will be in my skincare routine for many years to come! I would definitely recommend it to anyone to try for themselves and I have actually got my sister to start using it and she loves it just as much as me!

Thank you Clinique for making this amazing, wondrous product! I LOVE IT!!!

If you’re interested in trying this product you can find it here at Boots:

http://www.boots.com/en/Clinique-All-About-Eyes-all-Skin-Types-15ml_4177/

Or here on the Clinique website:

http://www.clinique.co.uk/product/1588/4769/How-to-Guide/AM/All-About-Eyes

Roschelle xx

*DISCLAIMER – I would just like to say that the opinions expressed in this post are entirely my own and I have not been asked to say them. I would never mention or review a product I didn’t love and have complete faith in, Thank you.

Tutorial - Work Hair & Make Up

Now I know that having to get yourself ready for work can be really un-motivating and a little depressing, because lets face it sometimes we just don’t want to go. So I thought I would show you a hairstyle and make up look that I use from time to time to jazz up my boring work routine. I have gone for minimal make up, with full coverage and put a twist on the everyday ponytail. 

How I achieved my make up look:

1.        I start off by applying my Rimmel primer to my problems areas this for me is my T zone and cheeks at the side of my nose. I also apply my MUA eye primer.

2.       Then I go in with my CC cream, now with this cream less is definitely more and I just apply that using my hands and then I blend it in with my Real Techniques expert face brush.

3.       Now its time for my concealer. I use two different concealers as I find its what works for best for me and its great at covering up my terrible dark circles. So I go in first with my B-Flawless creamy concealer and I then go over that with my Rimmel concealer. I blend them in using my ring finger and real techniques brush.

4.       I then use my loose powder just to set my makeup and I mainly apply this to my T zone and under my eyes.

5.       Using my blusher brush I apply the MUA blusher to the apples of my cheeks, I used a very small amount.

6.       Now I move on to my eyes and I go in with my MUA chocolate box. Now I use the lightest golden brown all over my lids and the purplish brown just slightly in my crease.

7.        Then I curl my lashes and separate them with a lash brush and apply my mascara.

8.       Then its time for my lips and I just use my MUA lip balm in Rendezvous, I think this is such a beautiful, subtle shade, which is perfect for a work look. 

Products I used:

♥  Rimmel lasting finish primer

♥   Bourjois 123 perfect colour CC cream

♥   Rimmel wake me up concealer – Ivory

♥   B-Flawless concealer - Light

♥   Natural collection loose powder - Translucent

♥   Natural collection Lash definition mascara

♥   MUA eye primer

♥   MUA trio eyes shadow palette – Chocolate box

♥    MUA mosaic blush  - English rose

♥    MUA power pout tint lip balm – Rendezvous

*I just need to say that I am SO impressed with the Bourjois CC cream, expect a post about that little beauty soon!!

  

 

How I achieved my hair (this style works best one 1 –2 day old hair):

 

1.        So the first thing I did was spray a little bit of dry shampoo, I used the herbal essence clearly naked 0%, and I also used the L’oreal studio line texture styling spray just to give me a little more texture and hold.

2.       I then sectioned off a small piece at the front of my hair.

3.       I then pulled the rest of my hair back into a messy/loose ponytail.

4.       Then I took the sectioned off piece of hair and separated it out into 3 sections.

5.       Then I braided it back across my head toward my ponytail.

6.       I secured it in place under my ponytail using hairpins.

7.        Once that’s in place and you like how it looks you then take a small piece of hair form your ponytail, making sure it lines up with your braid, and plait that all the way down securing it with an elastic band (I ran out of elastic bands, as you can see in the photo, so I had to use a hair band instead)

8.       You can then pull out any bits of hair you want and mess it up to your desired messiness.

9.       Then spray a little bit of hairspray; I used the Schwarzkopf got2b glued blasting freeze spray.

This routine should take less than 20 minutes to achieve, which is perfect if you have to be rushing out the door. I hope you enjoyed this post and found a new way to wear your hair for work and also maybe some new products to try.

Roschelle xx

Summer Nails

Its that time of year where the sun is shining, the tans are growing and the ice cream trucks are making a mints, thats right its summer! 

One of the things I love about the summer is all the new beautiful nail varnish colors that you can get and I have been obsessed with them all! When it comes to my nails I’m usually quite lazy, as I use my hands literally so much in job that they end up chipping after a day, so I didn’t see the point.

Not this summer there have been just so many gorgeous shades of varnish out there at the moment that my nails haven’t been bare in weeks! I have especially been loving the oranges, corals, blues and pinks. Basically all of them!

 

My favourite varnish’s are by Rimmel and Barry M, as I just find them to be such great value for money and the colours are to die for! Another great bonus is, if like me, your one of those really impatient people that hates waiting the minutes it takes your nails to dry Rimmel varnishes dry in 60 seconds!! So no more waving those tacky nails around and puffing out air like a fish! Result! 

It’s all about the bright colours and pastel beauties this summer and I have been embracing it completely, have you?