Clinique from the CCO

Howdy!

I really need to stop going to the CCO, I can't remember leaving empty handed anytime I've been there lately :S anyways!

Yesterday I went to get file dividers (sorting my uni file out three weeks in...I'm a great student lol) and of course had to have a wee nosey. On Monday night I read Yinka's review on the Clinique Moisture Surge and thought it would be worth checking out.

I can honestly say that lately my skin hasn't been too bad minus a dry patch on my forehead that won't budge but in general it's been good and not too dry. I could tell by putting a tiny bit of this on the back of my hand in the shop that it would be great for me, it's a gel and immediately makes your skin feel super hydrated and smooth :) win!

I think for a 50ml tub of the moisture surge in the CCO was approximately £23 but this set I bought was just under £20!

This is the wee set I got, 30ml moisture surge face spray - smells just like fix+, superbalm moisturising gloss in currant and 50ml of the mositure surge :) bargain!

Of course whilst in the CCO you have to check out the mac bit, I was good and all I picked up were the following two shadows.

On the left we have espresso which is just a matte brown and on the right we have talent pool which is a gorgeous bluey green colur ( as you can see from the swatches below). Talent pool is one of the starflash eyeshadows and is so so soft, hope that maybe one day I'll come across smoke and diamonds in the CCO as I missed out on it during the summer :( booo!

So that is all for tonight! Not too much to report in general! Ooh however, if you're from the Belfast/ Northern Ireland area as a whole and fancy a wee night out on Sat (17th) Gemma (ladybolan) and myself are for heading out and anyone is welcome to come along for a wee meet up! Just leave a comment or a wee tweet on twitter (I'm lovesgreyboy ...go figure haha!)

Thanks for reading and hopefully speak soon!

xx

Mac Style Black and Lush

Howdy :)

I had a few pennies to spend and the only thing that interested me was the Volcanic Ash Exfoliator (I did go back today to check out the feline eye kohl and it gives me the impression that it'll will sting my eyes so decided to pass!)

I tried out the VAE last night, I have some lovely pics I took upon application (sent one to Carlo and he said "you look like a big turd" charming...lol) but if you all really want to see them I suppose I'll let you...at some stage! The smell of the product is fine, didn't annoy me and now that I think about it I can't actually think of the smell at all. Quite gritty but felt nice on the skin and skin itself felt really smooth when I washed it off. This morning however is making me feel that it is too harsh for me :( my skin is quite irritated, sore and red :S so not sure right now but I am quite annoyed that it may have had this affect on me :(

So yup there we have the VAE and my back 2 mac lipstick (Front lit from the make up art collection), I don't "do" lipstick but this is just a nice goldy sheen to the lips which me thinks could look lovely with either goldyrocks or sugarrimmed over it :).

From Lush I received a sample of Skin Drink and Cosmetic Lad moisturisers as Celestial just sits on my skin and irritates me, I think I'm going to go for skin drink as the other smells too much like dream cream and I don't like that smell for my face lol!!

When I was there they were getting their christmas delivery - all the stuff looks amazing especially the angel delight (which I would happily just take one of the giant stars to have in my room as it looked class!) I picked up a fresher's pack - I know you can get three different kinds but the girls in the shop just told me the different things you could get so I went around and chose what I wanted:

(not pictured is a mini wee tub of skin drink that was included in the pack and rockstar as I used it last night!)

So we have a vitamin C and E toner tabs, I should coco, sugar scrub, a crash course in skincare and seanik solid shampoo.

So far all I have tried is the fresh face mask, I was a bit hesitant about doing it purely because of how stupid my skin is but it was lovely :) I can see why so many people are obsessed with these things! Skin felt tight when it was drying (I started to worry lol) but it was super super soft when washed off :) I just get annoyed at having to keep it in the fridge :S EUGH!!

Rockstar...honestly do not have an opinion about it at all. I don't feel that it left a scent on my skin but it did make my skin have that tight feeling that I hate when using soap (due to my eczema I haven't used soap in YEARS and now I remember why lol) and even though it was on my arms and legs, I just don't like that feeling at all.

Ooh I also bought yummy yummy yummy shower gel as I loved the smell of it but have yet to use it!

So overall Thursday wasn't as expensive as it could have been lol and I was pleasantly surprised by the lush goodies :)

Have a few other bits to blog about so there will be another one (possibly two blogs depending on how I feel ) tonight :)

Thanks for reading

xx