Beauty Brilliance- Oriflame Master Curl Mascara

As a girl who has always loved makeup I’ve slacked in the last couple of years and stopped making the effort.
In attempts to re-vamp the blog and add variety to my posts I’ve decided to introduce more beauty type posts and I’m starting off with my latest obsession- Oriflame Master Curl Mascara. 
I’m a bit of a Mascara fiend, although I always end up with the same brand and formula as I like a specific look and never seem to be able to get it with any other type.
I was offered a sample of Oriflame’s latest release and figured adding one more brand to my list of “tried and wasn’t right” wouldn’t hurt. As it happens this is one of the best mascaras I have ever used. That’ll teach me to write things off without giving them a chance!
The Press Release claims:

FOR FEMININE FLIRTATIOUS LASHES….. NEW ORIFLAME MASTER CURL MASCARA

Creating fabulous curvaceous lashes just became a little easier with the launch of Master Curl Mascara from Oriflame.

This new luxurious mascara will sculpt short, straight and subtle lashes into intense, full and ultra-precise ones that flick with the most perfect curl – at an impressive 43° angle*.

The innovative arched dual brush ensures that all lashes are coated evenly with the special curl-protect formula that cares for your lashes from the inside, as well as making them look Kelly Brook curvy from the outside for up to 14 hours**.

Oriflame Master Curl Mascara is rich in Vitamin E, which protects and nourishes eyelashes. Bees and carnauba wax strengthen the lashes and gives them vitality from root to tip.

Pack away those eye-lash curlers and get ready for flutter-able sky-high lashes with added curves.

Master Curl Mascara is available to purchase in the UK at a special launch price of £5.95. Normal RRP £8.95 from 28 September 2013 onwards.

Stockists – available through Oriflame’s nationwide network of Consultants. To find your nearest Consultant visit www.oriflame.co.uk.
Sounds impressive right? I did wonder if it was being over-sold here, as beauty products so often are (cynical, me?) but in the spirit of the blog and trying new things I gave it a go and the results were impressive.
One coat gave me lashes that usually takes two or three coats to achieve and I found the curved brush and formula of the mascara really easy to use. The pink packaging just helped seal the deal.


Sorry for the rubbish pictures (and smudged eye makeup) it was early this morning and that strange autumnal lighting.

So yes,
consider me a convert to another brand, adding range to my lash lengthening repertoire. I think the price is also pretty fantastic, even when it’s not on the special launch offer. £8.95 is in line with most brands you can get in Boots and Superdrug, perhaps less depending on which you favour.
In short, if you’re looking for a new mascara (or even if your not) this is certainly worth trying.

What’s your holy grail mascara?
Has anyone tried any other Oriflame products? They are a new to me brand.
xxx

Designer Dreams- the pink coat

A few posts ago I featured THE pink coat by Marks and Spencer but now I appear to have taken my lusting one stage further by letting myself browse on my-wardrobe.com
Behold this beauty from Valentino Red- a snip at £550, who needs to eat/pay bills/have a life any way?

I could never bring myself to spend that kind of money on an item of clothing, even if it is beautiful outerwear and even if I could afford it
but a girl needs to be able to dream every now and again right?
 I have in fact picked up the perfect grey coat in Next this year. My mission for my Winter coat took far less effort than ever before, there are SO many gorgeous pieces on the highstreet at the moment.
xxx

10 Years of ghd and Breakthrough Breast Cancer

Click here to view the full article
I don’t normally share infographics on the blog but this is a cause close to my heart and I know a lot of you lovely ladies use ghds,
it’s amazing to see companies work together with charities, raising vital funds and aiding the battle to find a cure.
Well done ghd, well done.
xxx

tartan- the other black

Dress c/o Spoiled Brat
Tights: Topshop
Boots: New Look
Black might be my key theme for the winter months but I can’t draw myself away from last year’s love of tartan either. The second I saw this dress by Neon Rose on Spoiled Brat I wanted it, and a few days later the lovely team there offered to send me one. Made up? I certainly was!
I can’t say enough good things about this dress, it’s flattering and comfortable and it’s got TARTAN on it. Winning combination. I also really like Navy against my skin tone and hair colour so yeah. I think I’ll live in this quite a lot and it’s perfect for this inter-seasonal weather.
Happy Middle of the Week folks,
half way through!
Once again I have a manic day ahead with my 7:15am start at work and an afternoon of organising myself and packing for the long weekend away. I’m not the world’s best packer so it will pretty much take me a few hours to decide, un-decide and decide again.
Thank you for the super amazing comments on yesterday’s post. They all meant a lot to me
(and yes, I know I bagged myself a keeper!)
((and yes, the Rook piercing hurt!!))
Have a good rest of the week and weekend
xxx

weekend outfits and bike love

 Short and sweet post today with my outfits from the weekend- purely because I liked them both
plus a sneaky preview on the fixed wheel bike the boy is building me- did I mention that he’s building me a bike?! I love it already and only the frame is done. We manage to snag a super rare French vintage frame for an amazing prize on ebay and he’s sprayed it hot pink then designed stickers to jazz it up a bit. The name of the bike is taken from my blog name- it seemed like a pretty girly yet apt name for a bicycle, don’t you think? I’m so excited to see the whole thing finished although it’ll be a good month or longer yet as we need to source the remaining parts and let things like the laquer set. I think it’s hands down the most romantic thing any one has ever done for me, although me learning to ride fixed wheel could be incredibly amusing- I’m rusty on a bike with gears!
Dress c/o Fashion Culprit, Jumper c/o Skip n Whistle (can you tell it’s a bike mad household?)

Mine. All mine.

Wearing top to toe New Look

I hope everyone has had a good start to the week, there’s a real Autumnal edge to the days now isn’t there? I’ll be off to work shortly, then in to town to get a new ear piercing (partly to keep Mum company as she gets her nose pierced and partly to reward myself for putting on half a stone at last…only a whole other stone to go!) Also getting quite excited about my upcoming few days away although I have a huge amount to do before that happens!

xxx