Madame La La - The Fake Tan That Actually Works? Honest Review.

Hello my lovelies. 

I hope y'all good and well!!

Anybody that knows me or has even seen me, KNOWS I am a pale face, Casper if you may. Ha. I like to think of myself as a true English rose *insert cry laughing face*. 

Even though I am quite low maintenance when it comes to my beauty regime - as in, I don't wear hair extensions, rarely wear false nails or lashes but mostly  I barely if at all really wear fake tan. 

I have tried quite a few brands of fake tan over the years and I haven't ever found a self-tanning kit that works for me. It smells like crap, it ALWAYS goes patchy and it takes forever to dry. I am all about the snap, crackle and pop, nobody got time to be waiting around for a tan to dry before you can get on with your day/night. The struggle is real. 

With all the drama's that have been going on in my life recently (I will fill you in at a later date with all of that) I have only just got round to finally writing my review. 

So, the brand Madame La La very kindly sent me their tan to try out. I have wanted to try it for quite a while now as their packaging really caught my eye. I love monochrome packaging and foil, it has an air of sophistication and is very Instagramable. 

Madame La La sent me their 'Self Tan Mousse' and their 'Bronzing Ball'. The bronzing ball, I will be completely honest... I didn't really get on with it as mine was quite dry and dragged my skin but I have a funny feeling I was using it incorrectly? 

The tanning mousse however I LOVE!!! It promises to give you a 'even, deep golden glow' in 3 hours. It claims to be quick drying, that it's infused with 'Coco Water, Aloe, Green Tea and Vitamin E'. This is to hydrate the skin. They state that your tan will look 'natural whilst adapting to your individual skin tone'. They also state that your tan will last for 10 days. These are all very big claims. 

This is how my tan turned out...

BEFORE WASH OFF

As you can see the tan is quite dark in these photo's - I put the flash on so you could see. Now, because I don't fake tan at all really I am not that good at the prep work before hand. EVERY TIME I tan I always find the bottom of my legs, basically my shins never keep the tan. It kind of rubs off which is odd but it's done this with every tan I use. Anyone know why? 

Anyway I left this on over night and then throughout the working day - these pics were taken on the night just before washing off. It looks pretty dark. I love my tan to look dark but when you wash this off you are left with a lovely natural glow - THAT ISN'T ORANGE!!! 

AFTER WASH OFF

You can see where you are applying the tan which makes it super easy to blend and it does just take 5 mins to dry once you have applied. There is no horrible smell with this either which is a total score. The second time of me applying it, I did find I had patches but that wasn't to do with the tan, it was down to the prep work beforehand and my application as I found it only went patchy in the areas I couldn't reach properly. The only only other thing I would say is that it didn't last 10 days for me but again I think that is down to me and not the product. If anyone has any good prep tips for applying tan please let me know :) 

It is super easy to apply, it dries really quickly, it doesn't smell and it does leave you with a lovely colour that isn't freakin orange. I love this tan and with Spring and Summer coming up I would totally recommend getting this. It's £30 for a 200ml bottle and I can tell you now it's well worth the money because I have a feeling it's going to last a good while too. 

Awesome brand and bloody amazing on social media too. They always interact and are super nice to talk to!

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HALLOWEEN MAKEUP LOOKS | Illusion Makeup | Skull Makeup | Pop Art Makeup | Cartoon Makeup

Hi guys. 

I hope everyone is well. 

I have decided to do a very quick Halloween post show casing all the makeup looks I have done for this Halloween. 

I hella love Halloween and Christmas and I love makeup and photography so I decided to go outside of my 'norm' and do some more theatrical pieces because I love getting creative. 

I hope you like the looks as much I loved creating them and it may give you some makeup inspo. I don't know how I am going to beat this next year but I will try. 

Oh yeah, guess what - I am/was so excited!!! I won HALLOQUEEN yesterday on Beauty Bay - I entered their Halloween makeup comp and I was yesterday's winner. I am SO happy. The amount of likes, shares and comments I have had over on my Instagram and Facebook has been overwhelming. I will leave links below if you want to follow :) 

All books have been created by myself and with makeup. It has taken hours and hours and I feel so blessed to of had so much love and positivity surrounding them. 

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THE PRODUCTS USED IN THESE MAKEUP LOOKS. 

Loreal Infallible foundation 
Too Faced Born This Way foundation
Nyx Cosmetics Jumpo Pencil in Milk 
Nyx Cosmetics White Liquid Eyeliner
Nyx Cosmetics Vivid Brights Eyeliners 
Soap and Glory Super Cat Eyeliner 
Collection Gel Eyeliner 
Morphe 350 M and 35B palettes
Sleek Contour Kit in Medium 
Vagas Nay Lashes - Grand Glamour 
Basic White Face Paint 
Primark Red lipstick - Matte 
Rimmel Exaggerate liquid liner in Extreme black and their kohl pencil
Makeup Revolution Matte eyeshadow kit.
Liquid Latex
Wig from Ebay 
Fake blood 


SOCIAL MEDIA 

Instagram - leluroxxblogger
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Twitter - leluroxxblogger 
Snapchat - blackeyedfox 

Until next time... 

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Lyric Pranking My Friends And Family | Was It A Fail Or Success?

Oh hello there guys :) 

I hope everyone is good?!

Long time no speak. Well actually it's been 1 week. Ha. I apologise for taking a week break from the blog. I haven't been well at all with a sickness bug that has been going round and also I have suffered really badly with anxiety. It was on an all time high. I had never been THAT bad before and I cannot say I enjoyed it much. 

The struggle was real. 

I may do a blog post on it soon actually because it's horrible feeling like you're on your own with something. I like keeping it real.

All that being said, I am on the mend now annnnnnnd I AM BACCCKKKK BITCHES!!! :) 

I am sooooo totally happy that it's this time of the year, like I feel this is when I am at my most happiest. My hayfever buggers off for a bit, it's all so cosy and you can over indulge in the nice things. Speaking of nice things, I am doing a couple of collabs with some awesome brands soon. One of which I have loved for a while now and it involves something for your home. That is all I am saying. 

In the words of PLL (Pretty Little Liars, if you did not know) 

"Got a secret, can you keep it, swear this one you'll save, gotta lock it in your pocket, taking this one to the grave."

Today's post I have mixed it aaappp a little bit, Calvin Harris has nothing on this mash up. :D 

I thought I would take it upon myself to do a fun post that has actually been circulating on YouTube, so I thought why not bring it to my blog. 

You obviously have guessed from the title what it is and that is right, I have been lyric pranking my friends and family. 

"Mwahahahaaha."

 If you're not familiar with the concept I will briefly explain it to you now. This is something that you take away and do yourself and man didn't I cry laugh throughout this process. It was hilarious!

So, lyric pranking is as it suggests. You find someone either a family member or friend (I would not suggest your boss, ha) and start a conversation off with them (even better if they message you first) using lyrics from a song. The aim is to see if you can keep the lyrics flowing as a conversation before they figure out what you're doing. 

It will make more sense when you see the screen shots in a minute! 

Now was it a success or fail? 

It was a half and half mix I'd say. One person I pranked really fell for it and I just could not stop laughing at his response, a couple of people were a little worried about me, "hahahaha" and a couple got it straight away and I was quite impressed be it a little disappointed. 

Anyway. Enjoy the following and if you're like me and love to have a laugh this will be so much fun for you. Just pick your recipients carefully. 

Lets GOOOOOO!!!!

Ha, so the below is the most hilarious. My friend Scott who I used to work with years ago got back in touch recently and I got him good and proper. I thought he would be a prime candidate for this prank as he is a little gullible. Ha, sorry not sorry Scott!! :) 

I decided to start the conversation off with Justin Bieber's 'Sorry' lyrics and this boy was hooked! :D 

This is how it went down... 

I got pretty far with the lyrics and it finally clicked when I got to the iconic part of the song! I was literally wondering how long I could go on for before I put the poor sod out of his misery. Scott, you're a babe!! And I really am 'Sorry'. 

Next, I decided to quote Awolnation's song 'Run' to one of my ladies Jess. This made me laugh as it could of gone two ways. She would of got it or she would just ignore me when I started to seem really weird. More so than usual. 

She didn't write back after my last message. So I waited a while and then gave up the ghost. She was worried. Ha ha. 

This is how it went...

Next, my friend Gathan got it straight away!! I thought I best quote a song that would be familiar to him but not familiar enough that he would get it. He got it and I was so peeved. Ha. He could of just played along. 

Kudos to him though! I quoted an MJ song and boom here were the replies! 

My friend Jack was up next and I think we met on Tinder yeeeeaars ago. I haven't spoken to him for a while so I thought why not! 

I started sprouting Plan B's 'Recluse' to him and he practically got it straight away. I mean COME ON... HOW RUDE!!! Ha. 

This next one cracked me up the most, it was the response on who this person thought I was meant to be sending the message to. This screen shot is from my good friend Arthur. We have been friends for yeeeeearrrs. He read my first message which was quoted from Gnash's song 'I Hate You I Love You' and ignored it. I thought 'oh gosh, he is totally going to think I am a weirdo' so I wrote the next line of the song hoping he would snap the bait. He did and his response was priceless to me. 

Literally insert crying, laughing face right here. He thought I was meant to be sending that message to my lad mate Jez who has totally ghosted me for almost a year. To be honest. I was really tempted to message him in these series of pranks but he already thinks I am in love with him and want to marry him and have his babies. TOTALLY NOT TRUE IF YOU'RE READING THIS!You're NOT all that :P But yeah, him thinking that as his first response made me LOL. 

Next up was my Auntie and she is an MJ fan just like me, so I started the convo off with 'Who Is It' lyrics. She got it pretty quickly too. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE?! I would of totally been fooled. Clever little eggs! Ha. 

   

Finally, was Hat!! I really confused the poor girl! I was quoting The Mirror Trap's song 'Pigeon Chest' to her and she was just baffled and then ignored me. RUDE! :D 

 And that was the end of my pranking session. Out of all of them I think Scott wins for the most dramatised responses and then Arthur's just full on creased me. 

Please, if you and your friends/family have a sense of humour, give it a go. It kept me entertained for hours and makes for amusing memories. 

I hope you enjoyed this post today and I have lots of gorgeous posts coming up soon for y'all. 

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10 Products That I Would Never Buy Again | Disappointing Beauty And Hair Drugstore Products I Wouldn't Recommend.

Evening my little bees!! 

How cray cray has the weather been in the UK?! It just starts to feel like Autumn and then... "Oh hello Summer again" in the next breath. It's soooo freaking humid right now, I cannot even breathe about it! We had a storm, what was it? Yesterday? And today has been so miss matched. It's giving me whiplash. Ha. 

I had an interview last week and got the job this week and even though I REALLY need a job I had to turn it down. It really sucks because when I went for the interview the vibe for me, was a little bit off. I was told things that weren't in the advert which really put me off and the money was no way near what was advertised so I reluctantly had to turn it down. 

I had an interview today and one tomorrow and have applied for more jobs. Come on, someone has to give me one surely? Lol. 

Please send me positive thoughts! :)

So, last Friday as per, I went food shopping and went into Superdrug to pick up some bits that bigger bloggers have been raving about for a while. This story is only going to roll downhill because when I got to the till (this is the gutting part) I paid for the items with my freaking bank card and not my voucher. The girl was talking to me and I lost my train of thought and then 'BAM' it was too late and the pin had been punched. NOOOOOOOO!!!! 

That really pee'd me off and literally set the tone for the products too. I picked up the wrong foundation, I was searching for my shade and ended up going to the other product without realising. I only noticed when I got home but this foundation had been raved about so much, I thought - 'it has to be good!' 

It wasn't, it was awful and it was the same with the other products too. It was a bad day in makeuphood! 

This is what has prompted me to do the post that I am today. Obviously we all have different views on products, products that I don't like you may love if you already have it. This is my opinion and I thought I would show you the 10 products that I wouldn't recommend buying. They have disappointed me massively, it's rare that I won't like a product but when I don't I think it should be shared, to advise others. 

Lets GO! 

These are the Revlon 'Matte Balm's' and the likes of Zoella massively recommended these. Now, silly me believed in the hype and started swatching them in store. On the back of your hand they look really good, nothing compared to how they sit on your lips. I was so disappointed as for me they were nothing like I was lead to believe. I was under the impressed that they were super matte and they really aren't, I should of worked it out myself as the word 'balm' is included. It came out a lot more sheer than expected and the colour payoff really isn't that great. I literally left them after the first try. I tried them again recently and NOPE. They don't get better. If you're looking for something super matte this isn't the one. 

Okay, so this is the foundation that I bought by mistake the other day, it's the Rimmel 'Wake Me Up' and I originally went for the one with the red top? I mistakenly picked this one up and thought - 'oh well, everyone raves about this, I am sure it's good'. I swear I think this is one of the worst I have tried. It is real light coverage, which I don't like as it really DID NOT cover my dark circles, it was quite thin and was a lot darker than the shade 'Ivory' suggests. It comes out on me quite uneven, it does give a nice glow which does wake the skin up but if you like a nicer coverage and have combi/dry skin this really is not worth bothering with. I cannot get on with it. I have tried layering the application too and it just looks cakey. Just no!  

Another product that can't do no wrong is the Maybelline 'Fit Me' concealer. Loads of YouTuber's have said this product is "amazing" errrrr no it's not! It's more watery than the tears falling from eyes after paying for this product and realising it's awful. Ha. It creases, definitely doesn't cover dark circles at all, just seeps into them and sinks into foundation if you're using it to lighten. 

See ya. 

Yep, sorry NYX but you appear on this list twice. I love NYX as a brand but some of the products aren't as they seem or just fail to impress me. Their matte lip creams are no exception, okay, so I have one of them but I am in no hurry to buy anymore. I am not too keen on the formula and I find that it applies cakey on the lips and isn't consistent in its application, it goes patchy. I am not totally sold on these at all which is disappointing as I really wanted to like it.  

Rimmell's new colour liners, it looked great when swatched,on the eyes, not so much. Maaayyynnn. The colour is okay, nothing to shout about and it rubs off the eyes quite easily as it's sitting on a base. Tried it for the first time today... I am left a little deflated!!!  

Oh hello NYX... We meet again!! I don't really need to say much about this as you can see for yourself what the issue is. LOOK AT IT!!! Errrr somehow I do not see the green on the packaging looking like that on my hand... I don't remember ordering Khaki guys!! Vile, bog of eternal stench colour (Labyrinth fans you will appreciate this). Don't be fooled ladies and gents!   

Models own... Never really tried their products, I saw these chrome varnishes. I was seriously deceived, I thought that the varnish was going to look like the packaging. It's called 'Chrome' after all. Why wouldn't I think that? Man, these come out horribly, you can see from the pictures. The gold, maybe I could deal but the copper one isn't copper! What even is that. It's a nothing colour. £5, more like a 5p purchase!   

I have never been completely sold on lip scrubs, I have dry lips most days because of the matte lipsticks I wear. I picked this Kiko lip stick scrub up and it's nothing special. Just because it's in a stick doesn't make this product any better. It's an 'okay' product but not worth the price in my honest opinion. It wears down awfully quickly and I have really been using it sparingly which means it's not worth it if you want to use it often.  

Oh my goodness, I think this is THE WORST product I have ever had the displeasure of putting in my hair!! It does nothing it states on the bottle, if anything it does the opposite. It tangled my hair, didn't dry any quicker, made it feel really dry and my hair dried unevenly. I felt like I needed to re-wash my hair after this!! I 100% wouldn't recommend this. If you like the feeling of matted hair, then carry on! :) 

Bastise, this is not the best product you have ever produced. My hair is fine but I have a lot of it and I need volume at my roots. I found this never did that for me, it made it slightly sticky, the roots proceeded to stick to my scalp and it felt really powdery. I love the rest in the range but really not a fan of this at all. It made me feel really uncomfortable all day.

Don't get me wrong, with me writing my honest opinions' about these products doesn't mean I don't love the brand and the rest of the products they produce. This post is simply to suggest what products I feel aren't at the top of their game. 

Let me know if you have tried any of these products and how you feel about them. Not everyone will agree with me and that's a healthy debate!!! 

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