W7 Absolute Lashes Mascara Review

You know when you buy a new product but still keep reaching for the old empty one because its just better? Well that is this mascara, the Rimmel Lash Accelerator was a hard act to follow if I'm honest but still my opinion on this mascara isn't great. I'd been looking at W7's Naked dupe palettes on their website after I saw one in peacocks and was rather intrigued to see such an obvious benefit dupe on their homepage, so when I next saw it in store I knew I had to pick it up, at £4.50 I thought it was worth a try.

I had high hopes for it being a good dupe of Benefit's They're Real (which I am still yet to try) however this mascara has let me down.  The brush, whilst thin and perfect at separating the lashes so that each one is coated, I find it to be a little hard and scratchy if that makes sense? However it does well  It does add length and volume, however nothing special, its very average in this department. However it's main downfall is that as it dries, rather than smudging it has a tendency to sort of flake off. Which is very annoying as you can imagine. 

Overall this isn't one that I would recommend, so now I'm not sure whether to try the palettes, have you tried any products form W7? What do you think?

Benefit Minies

Anyone else get excited by the little travel minis of shampoo and stuff for when you go on holiday?

Well imagine how much I love mini makeup then. Benefit are one of those brands that I hear so much about and are so well liked that I've been wanting to try their stuff for ages, so when I saw a porefessional sample in Elle magazine, I knew I had to buy it. That was back in June I think, so when I saw a free They're Real Liner in October(?) I had to buy that too. I have to be honest £4 for a magazine is a little more than I would like to spend especially since Elle is about 50% adverts. However the most recent Issue was one I wanted to buy anyway because it was the feminist issue. It was so good, definitely worth the read, it was so inspiring and interesting and motivating.

Anyway onto the make-up, I really liked the primer, it was really good and I will definitely be buying the full size. It makes my makeup last far longer, gives a smoother base to apply foundation on and stops me getting shiny.

The liner on the other hand wasn't quite as impressive and definitely isn't one I'd be repurchasing particularly considering the price.   However it is very long lasting and lasted for a full 12 hours without smudging, the thing that let it down was the ease of application, I personally found it very hard. On the other hand if you learnt to apply eyeliner with this pen from the beginning and got used to it I think it would be far easier. 

I've seen very mixed reviews on the eyeliner, so what do you think?

June Favourites

1. L'oreal Telescopic Mascara- Definitely one of my all time favourite mascaras.
2. Heros Of Olympus Books- Finally got round to reading the second one and am loving it.
3. Vaseline- My lips have been so chapped at the moment and I tried using my Maybelline Baby Lips but they are seriously the most over-hyped product ever and I think that they are practically useless. So anyway I decided to try out the old classic and it has been working great especially since I have been flying.
4. Fringe Kimono-My current favourite piece of clothing, its the perfect summer piece and its so easy to just throw on and you instantly win in the style stakes. 
5. Metcalfe's Skinny Topcorn- I saw this featured on A Yellow Brick Blog a couple weeks ago and really wanted to try it and I have to say it is delicious! I seriously can't believe how nice it tastes considering how few calories it has in it.
6. Bourjois Healthy Mix Foundation- My favourite foundation to date , it matches my skin tone well, is light but gives good coverage and looks dewy but not oily on my skin as most foundations do. I also got it for £6 at the Birmingham Rag Market rather than £11 in Boots so I was very happy!
7. Neutrogena Oil Free Moisturiser-I have been using this for a while now, I've gone through 2 tubes of it and it's really helping to make my skin look less oily.
8. Benefit Porefessional Primer- I recently brought Elle magazine because this primer came free with it, I was very disappointed with the mag but definitely not with the primer. It lived up to all my expectations.