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Evening amigos 

Today I have been trying to get my life in order... I would say that ended up not so successful. I have now started ringing round for jobs, has it really come to this?! 

I have been learning how to use Photoshop today and I am slowly getting there, I have downloaded a free trial of Creative Cloud and I love it. The thing is it only lasts for 7 days and I need to find a serial number crack so I can use it forever because there is no way I can afford to buy it. 

If anyone could help me I would be extremely grateful?!

I popped into New Look, Boots and Superdrug on Friday and bought some things. 

OMG New Look have some amazing things in at the moment and an awesome sale on right now too. 

I had a drama in the changing rooms though. Ha ha. 

I was trying on some black dungaree's which were in the sale. Could I get them over my thighs? NO WAY IN HELL. They were a size 10 so were big enough and I finally figured out why when I was trying to force my legs out of them... They were from the petite section. 

*face palm*

I really struggled to get them off. I totally had a Ross from Friends moment with the leather pants. 

Here are the few things I bought and the item below is totally my favourite and such a steal. 

New Look you did good man!!  

I am SO IN LOVE with this bomber jacket. I have been searching for one for ages and wanted a black one. This was hanging in the 'sale' section but was still marked as full price. I held on to it to try on. It's a size 12 which I liked as it was slightly oversized. I was sold whether it was in the sale or not. 

C'mon guys... How freaking awesome is this jacket. 

It is super sparkly with the sequins and it lits goes with everything. 

It was in the sale too. I checked when I went to the till and she was like "yep, it's £15 - do you want it?"

Errrr do I want it. HELL YEAH. MINE. 

This piece from New Look is beautiful... It's rare that I find something that really catches my eye. This one however is really unique and goes so well with an all black outfit. It really stands out. 

This was also in the sale for £5.

Okay, so the story with these is a short one. I originally had the Real Techniques 301 Contour brush and I used it twice and the head came off. Grr. 

I emailed the company to inform them and to get a replacement. For some reason their site is a .com so it would have to be shipped over to me. I though Real Techniques were a British brand... Sam and Nic are British aren't they? 

Anyway, they offered me a $20 code to replace the brush which means I would have to add money to it, pay for shipping and customs for a faulty product. No way mate. 

I then took it to Boots as that's where I originally bought it from and the lady was so lovely and replaced it for me for the two brushes above. I didn't trust the manufacturing of the contour so chose not to re-purchase.  

 

I finally got my hands on these Vagas Nay lashes. I cannot wait to use these in my next makeup look. 

Lets hope she notices that I have used them. 

Life would be made. Ha. 

This was a short haul, but seriously if you haven't been to the New Look sale yet, you need to before it ends. They have some super cool things on sale and I love the brand A LOT so buying their stuff is always a winner for me. 

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MAC Brush Cleanser Review | Is It Any Good For Spot Cleaning?

Hello guys. 

How was your weekend? 

How quick are these weeks flying by, it will actually be Christmas soon!!! That I am excited for, although if I don't have a job by then I am screwed totally. 

It was my cousin's wedding on Friday and it was such a beautiful day, she looks stunning and I cried when she walked down the isle. 

Ha ha, typical of me to cause a scene. I couldn't help it though, I am an emotional soul. 

Lets get down to business...

When I went shopping the other week I really needed a brush cleaner that I could use for spot cleaning. 

I wanted this because I wanted to sanitise my brushes to ensure that there was no bacteria on them each time I am doing my makeup looks and for when I use my brushes on other people. 

I have been searching high and low for Isopropyl alcohol. I had tried Superdrug, Boots and anywhere else I could think of but no one sold it. 

So when I was in MAC the other week I asked the lady what they use to spot clean their brushes as they are always doing makeovers on customers, or trying products out on them. That would require them to use their brushes so they must use something good. 

I was told that they have their own brush cleaner which I didn't know they had and that's what they use in between clients. 

 I was sold because it obviously was good as they use it every day.

It cost £12 for a 235ml. It's a good size bottle but not the biggest. 

When I first took it out of the packaging it just reminded me of nail varnish remover. It is pink in colour and I thought it would be clear for some reason.

I thought it would also have a spritz nozzle but it doesn't is has a pour out attachment which if I am totally honest, isn't the best. The product just leaks everywhere and when you push the lid back down it doesn't actually close properly, so you have to store it standing up. 

The first time I used it I tried it on my lip brush, I had used a matte liquid lipstick on the brush and wanted to spot clean it. 

I am not going to beat around the brush. It was awful. 

It didn't remove the product it just moved the product around the brush and clumped up. 

Safe to say I wasn't impressed at all. 

So, I decided to put the cleanser to the test by spot cleaning my eye brushes and then my face brushes which have the most product on them. 

I got a clean paper towel and poured the liquid onto the towel and proceeded to swirl one of my eye brushes into the cleanser.

It removed some of the product as you can see below. 

It did take a few goes after also spritzing the product onto the brush directly and then swirling again in the product on the towel. 

* I did end up decanting some of the cleanser into my own spray bottle in the end* 

I then carried on spot cleaning the rest of my eye brushes in the same manner. Some of the brushes cleaned okay, some of them didn't end up with all the product removed. 

I moved on to cleaning my face brushes, especially my foundation brush as it had most product on it. I knew this would be a challenge and I wanted to put the MAC cleanser to the test even more. 

Hmmmmm, not so great I am afraid. It took away some of the product off the end of the brush bristles but it just did a similar thing to what my lip brush did. I think the cleanser doesn't deal so well with liquid product on the brushes. It worked a lot better with the powdered product but that's as far as it goes.

It didn't touch the product further down the brush bristles at all so I don't think it would be great for deep cleaning either. 

I haven't tried this product for deep cleaning and the main reason for that is that just from doing the spot cleaning it actually uses a lot of the cleanser because it doesn't diminish the product on the first go. You have to repeat the cleanse a number of times before you notice a difference. 

 All in all, I don't really think it is worth the money for what you're getting. 

If the price was lower I think you could expect less but I think it's pretty steep in cost for what you're actually getting and how much wastage is apparent. It's not going to last long at all.

There have been a lot of mixed reviews on this product but for me it's a nope for the major players in the brush game. It's okay to spot clean the eye brushes and even then not all the product comes out but it does a pretty good job on those.

I hope you found this an insightful review and has given you an idea of how this product works. For me, I won't be buying it again.

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Makeup And Accessories Haul | NYX | New Look | Sleek | MAC | Primark

Oh 'hi' Monday we meet again. 

All the days roll into one for me at the moment because I am not working. Soon though, I will be dreading that Monday feeling and I will be right there with y'all!!

I hope y'all had a lovely weekend? I was meant to have an audition for The Voice on Saturday (just gone) but I ended up not going because my hay fever was being a right batch and decided to come on strong that day. 

Imagine the scene, I would be stood there about to audition for them and having to tell them to wait because I was about to sneeze or cough. Yeah I am sure that would of got me through to the next round. Ha. 

Hay fever lits is the life ruiner, I could be on my way to fame right about now but "OHHHH NOOOOOO!!!" 

Instead to cheer me up (even though I have no money) I went shopping to Merry Hill. I still have the Love 2 Shop gift card that I won with the L'Oreal competition so I have been using that to buy my bits and bobs. It soon goes down though, especially when you spend like £300 on 2 camera lenses and a ring light. Ha. 

It's needed and is an investment. 

So like I said, I hit up Mezza Hill with my hay fever nose, that was obviously training for a Olympic freaking run, and I proceeded to shop for the things I have been needing for a while. 

I will be honest with you, I was actually really disappointed with the Nyx stand in Boots because there was no one manning it, it was an absolute state... I mean testers all messy and in the wrong places and to top it off, there was hardly anything there. All the products I came in for weren't stocked. I wanted the electric blue Vivid Brights eyeliner, their glitter fix glue and some other bits and pieces. Basically, I went in with a list of around 15 items and come out with three. I was not impressed. If I was manning that stand it would look amazing!!

I also went on the hunt for some other beauty pieces and I managed to get my little mitts on them. 

Other than that, my main focus was primarily on getting an outfit for my Cousin's wedding which is this Friday and could I find an outfit that looked nice? 

Hell no, nothing fit properly, I spent AN AGE queuing to try things on and by the end of it all I gave up. Clothes shopping can be a right ball ache. 

I am such an Autumn/Winter fashion gal, I love the dark colouring, laying and cosiness. 

Ta'ra Summer. 

So here are the things I managed to pick up. 

Let me know what you think or if there is anything you think I should try next! 

I noticed a while back MAC had a discount on these palettes and I actually don't own any MAC shadows, so when I saw the colour spectrum of this palette I was like "mine". It's going to be amazing for Autumn.

Okay, so Fix Plus, I have never tried this before but I have seen so many people use it. I am not entirely sure on how many ways you can use this product but the lovely lady at the MAC counter said one of the ways she uses it is with metallic eye shadow to make it pop. 

 I bought this brush cleanser because I needed something to spot clean my brushes after use. I was trying to get some Isopropyl alcohol but no where freaking sells it. I am hoping this does the job of sanitising. 

*Update* I tried it and it's awful, I am sending it back. It just moves the product around on the brush and clumps it up. Quite disappointed. 

I got these free with my purchases to try out. 

As I previously mentioned, I went into Boots with a list of NYX products I wanted to get but most of it wasn't there :( So I bought two of the items off my list and the Vivid Brights colour was a substitute.   

I have heard that this colour is a dupe for Kylie J's KoKo K I think. Let's see shall we?!

I love this little bag from New Look, it looks a lot more expensive than it was and it's just big enough to fit your daily essentials in. I was thinking of maybe carrying my new lenses in it?

Wedding hair possibilities? These hair rings are awesome.

My pops keeps taking off my black, fluffy pom pom off my car keys so I will be putting this on instead. 

 I have searched high and low to get more of these lip pencils/crayons. My local Primark never stock this shade so when I was in Primark in Mezza I stocked up. I also bought a white liner for highlighting certain areas. 

I got these to help create some makeup looks :) 

 I already have one of these brushes but slightly smaller and not from Primark, so I wanted to try this bigger version to see if it's any good. 

So this is all I bought when I was out on Saturday, as I said there was a lot more I was looking for but it just wasn't about. 

I seriously need to stop buying things now until I get a job at least. Although there are some lovely things I want on Beauty Bay. 

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