ELF: Eyes Lips Face HD Blush Showstopper

Hello there beautiful! I feel like I've been really neglecting my little blog these past few days and I've even missed two #bbloggers chat's on twitter, shame on me! Unfortunately sometimes life takes over and you just have to put blogging on the back burner. BOO. I do have a little more time to myself these coming days so I will try and schedule and write as often as I can. I'm currently looking for our first family home too, so if any of you lovely lot have interior design or make up storage posts please get in touch! (Email, Twitter or just leave a comment).

Today's post is about ELF HD Blush in Showstopper. I had a little spare cash floating around in a paypal account and decided to buy myself some new make up, I wanted to try something that I wouldn't normally go for and this really caught my eye. I do absolutely adore blush but always seem to go for palettes, powders or creams so this squirty bottle was something a little new to me. I'd never normally buy plum colour blushes, I'm very much a coral or pink girl but I do feel that sometimes I miss out of discovering some fantastic products for fear of the unknown. The colour doesn't look as Harsh once its been blended properly although it is still a really strong well pigmented colour. I would like to try more colours from the range,because as much as I do love this I feel it would suit my skin tone better in winter months. It does look more of a deep plum pink on the skin.

The Blush isn't the easiest of blushes to use. The tiniest amount goes a LONG way. If you do buy this use the smallest amount you can and build it up to get the desired effect that you want, otherwise that blob is really going to make you look clown like. I did squirt this onto the palm of my hand and use my Real Techniques Stippling brush and after a little practice I managed to get this to sit and look perfect and flawless. The product is very fluid and personally I feel it adds a little stain to the cheek. Its best to be quick with this Blush. I'm not so sure where the HD comes into it in my opinion Bourjois cream blushes photograph and wear better.

The packaging is really quite nice. Its plain and sophisticated. Its great that you can see the colour of the product through the casing. The pump works brilliantly and its easy to choose how much or little you want to dispense. This blush cost me £3.75 for 10 ml. It Isn't as cheap as some other blushes made by ELF but I think they have the pricing just right. I wouldn't pay any more for this as as its fiddly to apply but I feel that once its on, it deserves its price tag. Maybe a tweak in formula to make this a little creamier would be the answer. Overall a good cheap cream blush, good pigmented colour but a little monster to apply.

Anyone else got this blush? or a HD blush? What do you think?

Much Love
Amy
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FOTD: Face Of the Day, Natural Nudes

Afternoon everyone, I thought I'd share my FOTD with you all, I don't wear make- up everyday, (yes shock horror: a beauty blogger that doesn't always have a face of slap!!) but when I do, day to day, I like my make-up to look as natural as possible. For me, every day make- up is about enhancing your features, covering imperfections. Occasions make-up is where I'm more adventurous and will go whole hog, bright red lips, smoky eyes, bold brows.

Anyway, these are the products I used:

Tools: 
Real Techniques Foundation Brush
Real Tecniques Powder Brush 
Real Techniques Stippling Brush
Real Tecniques Buffing Brush 
Real Techniques Eyebrow Brush 
Boots No7 Concealer Brush
ELF eyes lips face Eyelash and Brow wand

Products: 
Benefit That Gal Primer
Mac Lipstick in HUE
Rimmel London Stay Matte pressed powder TRANSLUCENT
Bourjois Cream blush 03 
Benefit Boi-ing Concealer in 01
Yves Saint Laurent Touche Eclait Radiant touch
Benefit Browzings MEDIUM
Mac mineralize skin finish natural bronzer MEDIUM DARK
Chanel Vitalumiere in NUDE 10
ELF eyes lips face Make Up Mist and set

And finally, this is my completed look, I scraped my hair back to try and give a closer look of the final result. I hope you like it.

Do any of you guys use these products? I'd love to hear from you.

Much love
Amy
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Bourjois Little Round Pot Cream Blushes

Bourjois have produced blush in their pretty little round pots for at least 150 years and although its wise to leave a good thing untouched, Bourjois have reinvented their blush with a new innovative cream to powder technology. The little round cream blush pot has recently been to their collection. Being the blush lover that I am, since the release of this product, I've been dying to get my hands on them. There are only four shades at the moment and there is most definitely something to suit every skin tone. I'm a pink lady so rose tender is my favourite. I love the choice of matte and pearl finish too. Its a nice touch that the colour pot resembles the product inside too. 

The colours are as follows:

1 Nude Velvet - light delicate peach with matte finish

02 Healthy Glow - vibrant apricot with pearl finish

03 Rose Tender - soft pink with pearl finish

04 Sweet Cherry- deep brown-pink with matte finish

 

 

 

What really drawn me to these blushes was the claims that they provide a radiant, seamless, 'second skin' effect in a cream-to-powder formulation, some blushes can feel heavy and really sit on the skin which isn't to every ones liking. The texture of the product is amazing, They apply really easily, melting into the skin. There's no risk of sharp clown like edges with these blushes as they are so easy to blend. 

All of these blushes feel really light on the skin without being sticky. They might be silky soft but they don't slip off! This formula has cast iron staying power. 

The blushes come with a really handy little mirror in the pot. ideal for application on the move. I applied my blush with  Real Tecniques stippling brush and the finish looked perfect but they look just as well applied with fingers. 

If anyone was wanting to buy just one or two of these blushes id say go for one pink and one peach, but choose the depth of the colour dependant on your skin tone, so the lighter colours for pale. 

 

I bought my Blushes from Tesco whilst they had an offer on for 3 for 2 across cosmetics, and as  I had coupons and money off, I paid a tiny £14.00 for all four, so it pays to shop around. If you were to pop to boots you'd expect to pay around £7.99 per pot. 

I HATE product doesn't smell nice, (who would want to put something stinky on their skin?), and thankfully these blushes have a mildly floral scent. Happy days! 

Any other Blush lovers out there? Anyone thinking about splashing out on any of these lovelies?? 

Hope you enjoyed your Bank Holiday weekend, and thanks for reading 

Amy 

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