Maybe shes born with it...

Now I am a firm believer in cheaper mascaras being as good as the more expensive brands, and Maybelline Volume express is one of my favourites (slightly beaten by Volume express lift up). So when I saw they had launched a new Volume express I had to have it.

Its called The one by one and I think its about £8.99 ( I got mine with staff discount so the receipt says slightly less)

Its said to had a unique lash catcher brush, that 'catches and coats' each individual lash.

I have been trying out this mascara for a week now, here is a before and after:

Hummmm to be honest I cant quite make my mind up....Its a great colour, very dark black. The first coat goes on really well, so if you like it quick and natural looking its really good. But I like to build up mascara, and once you make that second coat its all sticks together. I tried twisting, I tried wiggling but the ends of the lashes still all stuck together (which you can see in the photo) and I couldn't get them apart.

My only advice is don't let this one put you off the whole range, I think volume express is a fantastic. Have you tried this mascara? What did you think?

Be still my beating heart...

No sooner had I bought my goodies from Chanel spring collection when a friend of mine sent me this picture of the summer colours.....

I DIE! To be honest its like in was designed for a 'bronzer obsessive', 'nude nail varnish loving' Chanel-aholic like me.

Its out in May and I'm counting down the days...

Just in time for my birthday (fingers crossed)...

Mac seems so be having about a million launches in the next few months, but the little girl inside of me is possibly most excited about this one:

Mac wonderwoman collection, released in the UK in March 2011.

Here are the 3/4 bits I will hopefully be getting my hands on...

Mineralize Skinfinish in Pink power

Penultimate Eye Liner in Rapid black

Lip glass in Wonder woman the bright red (far right) and possibly Emancipation the Pale neutral pink (2nd from left)

The mascaras look amazing too......

Have you been swooning over anything in this collection?

red red lips

How sexy is this MEGA glossy red lip thats all over the place this spring?

Its making me even more excited for the Mac/wonderwoman launch. Mac's bringing out the most amazing bright red lip glass called, funnily enough, 'wonderwoman' which launches in March in the UK!

If your after a slightly cheaper version have a look at the new and improved effect 3D glosses from Bourjois (£6.99).

No7 spring colours

I know the world and its wife has blogged about the new No7 spring colours, but I have bought them and therefore I talking about them haha! The whole collection looks absolutely beautiful, the packaging is amazing..... and trust me I rarely have a good word to say about No7!

I decided to buy the two new lip colours (bridget and grace) and a gel liner (in blue). My reasons for this were, one of the lipsticks shares the same name as my sister, I hate No7 nail varnishes (even though they were pretty colours) and I am a total gel liner aholic!

I'm really impressed with the lipsticks (£10), although I'd say they were more of a tinted balm by the way they feel. Bridget (bright bubblegum pink), shown below is a hard colour to wear and would look better with someone with a deep tan, but Grace (very light rose) is possible the best day lip colour I've bought for ages. They don't last very long, but this was kind of expected by the glossiness of them!

Swatch below, Bridget above, grace below...

Bridget on the lips:

Not really sure about the gel liner (£10), for some reason unknown to my conscious self I bought blue, which is a colour I never really wear or like, I just seemed stupid to buy my 5th black gel liner. The brush that comes with it is possibly the WORST brush I have ever seen...... I wouldn't even clean my shoes with it, put it straight in the bin....but applied with a better brush (even N07's larger eye liner brush, £6.64 is pretty good). The colour doesn't stay on the best but would be fine for a night out, or a smudgy smoky eye.

If your into your makeup packaging or pretty palettes I'd really recommend the eye shadow palette it beautiful just too colourful for me!

Bargin of the week...

Check out these beauties!

Platform Chelsea boots..... yes please! and they were only £20 from Matalan! They basically haven't left my feet all weekend!

How wrong I was....

I was recently introduced to pixi woo, (www.fashionface.tv ) by a friend from work, and basically spent a whole day watching their tutorials. I saw a few brushes that they constantly used and thought I would try them out. The main one I have used so far is the Mac 217 blending brush (£15).

Now to be perfectly honest I've never really "got" the whole Mac thing, Ive tried a few of their products and liked them but at my local store I find the staff rather unhelpful and abit intimidating so I've been kind of put off. However, I bought these brushes online and the service was bloody amazing, haha, really short sign up form and then they were delivered in 2 days, and all for about £3, which is cheaper than getting to my nearest Mac store.

The 217 brush its self is absolutely hands down the best thing I have ever bought from Mac, and certainly the best brush I have ever bought. Its used for blending colours together, and really good for blending darker colours into the crease line of the eye. The brush is really soft and hardly removes any colour so it spreads really well.

If you are trying to create blended or contoured eyes or looking for a good starting brush for your kit its most definitely worth the money. Watch this space for the other 2 brushes I bought...