Drugstore Mascara Edit:

Mascara is one of those products that even in the drugstore its still pretty darn expensive, something that annoys me to no end, mascara is one of those everyday necessities for most girls so in most cases it should be cheaper not the opposite! I'm actually a one type of mascara person, I'll buy one, use it until its done and then replace it (usually with a different one), the end but somehow over the past couple of months I've ended up with a few that I just haven't been able to finish so I thought I'd do a bit of a review/comparison post. 

Mascara Wands, left to right: Collection Longer Lash, Rimmel Scandal Eyes and Maybelline the Falsies.

L'Oreal Miss Manga Mascara: This mascara I featured in my most recent favourites (link here) and for good reason - it doesn't make my eyes look clumpy, it doesn't smudge and can be built up for wearing at night. Throughout the month this is what I've been wearing on a daily basis as it gives volume and length and makes my eyes look nice and defined - such a winner. It just makes me want to try more L'Oreal mascaras now. 

Maybelline The Falsies Volume Express Mascara: this needs absolutely no introductions, everyone I'm pretty sure has heard of or has owned this and with good reason - its such a lovely everyday mascara. I like the purple and blue colour theme going on (not being influenced by packaging at all) and the mascara brush itself with its curved shape is one of the easiest I've used. Its impossible for this to make your eyes clumpy and instead gives a nice length and volume, nothing too extreme. One of my all time favourites! 

Rimmel Scandal Eyes Lycra Flex Mascara and the Rimmel Scandal Eyes Volume Flash Mascara: I've kind of just combined these two because they're so similar, whilst shopping these were part of a free gift offer and I thought I might as well try them while I had them. Unfortunately we just didn't get on at all, they were really clumpy and I just didn't like the mascara once applied. I didn't want to waste them so now they're being used as a topcoat mascara for when my eyes need to be layered up or darkened a little bit more. 

Collection Longer Lash Waterproof Mascara: I don't even remember buying this one, it was probably a three for two offer or maybe just because I wanted a cheap waterproof mascara which works (and this surprisingly does). This one is very simplistic with a small and straight brush and a Halloween colour theme. Its a bit of an awkward one to apply, the brush it quite stiff and the bristles are really close together and it leaves my lashes looking thin and not that much longer than usual - its more of a eyelash tint for me, not really what I wanted but if you're looking for a really natural, cheap and waterproof mascara it might be worth checking out. 

Thanks for reading, Jenny xo 

P.s what are your favourite mascaras from the drugstore?

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FOTD;

I thought I'd share with you lovely readers my FOTD, I was only popping into town for a few things and it was just one of those days when I had little time and didn't want to spend hours doing a full face of makeup. It also seemed a bit wasteful and for this reason I opted for a fairly quick and natural look. 

For my base I experimented a little and mixed together my Wake Me Up Foundation in shade 100 - Ivory and my Bourjois Healthy Mix Foundation in the shade 51 to create a flawless base (I'll definitely be using this duo again in the future). I then used my Real Techniques powder brush to apply my Stay Matte powder just to make sure everything would stay in place and after that used the Rimmel Sun Shimmer Bronzer on my cheeks to give them a pop of colour. I then used my MUA brow pencil in blonde to fill in my brows and after touched them up with the darkest shade of eyeshadow in my MUA heaven and earth palette - I cannot express just how handy this little palette is. I usually just apply eyeshadow and mascara in the mornings and eyeliner on a special occasion but strangely enough today I decided to go without eyeshadow and apply eyeliner instead, weird right. The one I applied along my upper lash line was my Collection 24 hour felt tip liner in black and then I applied a black pencil along my lower lash instead. Then for mascara I used the new L'oreal Miss Manga mascara which really makes all the difference to my natural lashes. And for lips I used my Babylips in Hydrate to ensure my lips were moisturised and then my Rimmel Kate Moss Matte Lipstick in Shade 101 - definitely keeping the neutral theme going on. (oh and I apologise for the topsy turvy photos but the landscape photos of my face just didn't show the make up at all).  

Thanks for reading, Jenny xo

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Beauty Haul

You know you have a problem when you go in to Boots to buy the Stay Matte Powder and you come out with a heck of a lot more. There's so many amazing offers across all of the brands at the minute and I couldn't help but be lured in yet again oops. 

When I walk around the drugstore I tend to forget about why I actually went in and get distracted by all of the other amazing products instead - I really should start making shopping lists. Firstly I picked up the MUA eyebrow pencil in blonde, this may seem a little odd since my hairs now been dyed brunette but strangely enough it still suits and does all an eyebrow pencil needs to do and more. I then saw a huge stand in Boots advertising the new LOreal Paris Miss Manga Mascara, this and the numerous adverts on my t.v (I'll blame them) made me pop it in my basket. My lashes are quite short so I'm always on the look out for something which will both lengthen and volumize them so here's hoping. Once I've used it a couple of times I'll be sure to post a review letting you lovely readers know whether its been a success or not.    

Also Rimmel in particular has loads of great offers on at the moment and I was able to repurchase my trusted Wake Me Up Foundation in the shade 100-Ivory as my one at present is definitely on it's way out with it being my everyday go to foundation and all. Then I popped in my basket the famous Stay Matte Powder (the one thing that I actually needed) - an essential for every makeup bag. Whilst at the stand I realised that although the foundation is one of my favourites I'd never tried the Wake Me Up Concealer and with it being £2 cheaper than normal I decided this would be a good time to, picking up the same shade as my foundation 'Ivory'. Since I was going a little concealer crazy I also picked up the MUA concealer stick in 'fair', I remember buying this months ago and I haven't a clue where it disappeared to so hopefully this one won't do the same. 

Finally I decided to purchase one of the new(ish) Rimmel Moisture Renew Lipsticks. There was an offer in which these ever so popular lipsticks were only £4 something and when I popped in to the shops there were very little left, maybe I just picked the wrong day to go shopping. As there were so little I was only able to pick up one in the shade '180-Vintage Pink', it's the most amazing colour and it really stood out to me as a nice wearable everyday shade. I'm definitely going to purchase a few more of these and I'll be sure to write a little review when they've been tested out properly. 

So that's a couple of the things that I've picked up over the past week (I know its a lot but I got my student loan in and treated myself). Has anyone else been bought anything nice lately? Or any of the above products? Let me know :) 

Thanks for reading, Jenny xo