A friend of mine used to work for Clarins and she introduced me to the brand, I became a massive fan of the Instant Smooth primer. I ran out of all the samples I had acquired and really felt like there was always something missing in my routine. 

Well hello, to the sunny weather! I dug out my gradual tanner to get a bit of colour in my life. Then realised my face was still awfully pale, I shy away from face tanners as I am so pale and none seem to work. Then browsing the Clarins website this little beauty just slipped into my virtual basket. Oh and it was love. This is the Instant Smooth primer with a self tanner that builds up after time. It gives such a nice glow of radiance and the colour isn't too much. It's a two in one products and you only need a very small amount as it goes a long way. Such a bargain in my eyes and even though it pained me to pay this much for something (I'm all about savings!) I don't regret it one bit for these summer months. The only downside is in the pot it does have the horrible fake tan smell but once it's on the face this goes! Definitely a staple for the summer months. 

Quick Empties Post

TAAJ Hand Cream- Loved this stuff, smelt amazing and it didn't leave my hands feeling sticky. Once I put it on and rubbed it in I could just carry on with what I was doing!

Clarins Eye Cream- This was ok, I didn't really notice much of a difference when I used it. But yeah I don't think I would purchase this.

Clarins toning body balm- Loved this, smelt amazing, can't say I felt anymore toned but I did really enjoy using this product.

The Body Shop Ginger Sparkle Body Scrub- Loved this, lots of grains in it and the smell was very christmasy!

WEI Eye Cream- I did quite enjoy this product but I don't think I'm old enough to see the results of an eye cream yet. But I did enjoy the consistency and smell.

Long Barn Lavender Bath Oil- I won this from the Lux Box christmas calendar- I loved this and found it very relaxing! I'd get this again.

Clairns Instant Smooth- I want this again! This was a sample and I loved it, my skin looked so smooth such a great make up base.

Maccadamia hair oil spray- Holy Grail- need I say more?

17 Doll'd up Eyeliner

Back last summer I saw that Clarins came out with a 3 dot liner, I couldn't believe how impressed I was with it, I rushed to buy one, and they had all sold out. I then thought did I really need it? (as I do with a lot of my make up purchases) and decided no, maybe I would buy the one from Too Faced. Anyway my fascination with these liners had died down.

Until I was in Boots looking for a new mascara. I'd never tried anything by 17 before and I saw that they had this offer on, where if you bought their new Doll'd Up mascara you would get a free eyeliner. The mascara was only £5- bargain. So when I got home I was so surprised to see that the eyeliner was a 3 dot liner.

I have tried this out a couple of times and I can't compare it to any others that have been on the market as I have not tried them. But so far I'm really liking this. I stopped wearing liquid eyeliner for a while and now I feel that this product is getting me back into it. You can do a variation of different lines from a nice subtle line close to the lash line or bold liner. It takes a bit of practicing to get used to this product as it is different but the results are really good. But the main winner factors for me is that its quick in the morning and the price! It's brilliant if you want to give something like this a go. 

Do you think you will try this product? Whats your favourite eyeliner out there?

Instant Smooth Crystal Lip Balm- Clarins

This appeared in my Ebay purchases and gosh isn't it stunning? The colour and the packaging just made me fall in love with this baby. I managed to snap this up for about £8. I have been using this every day since I bought it. The shade is crystal violet, yum.

From the picture you can see there is a lipstick centre with an outer balm. Now this is my kinda thing! I tried the Revlon Lip Butters and didn't get on with it. I tried the L'oreal twin and loved it! But my love for this Clarins lip balm has taken over! I've become a right sucker for Clarins products too.

I think these are limited edition also..shh! Grab one while you can :) you won't regret it!

Whats in my travel make up bag?

As you may of seen I went to spain for a week, and gee I wish I was back there! 
I thought I would show you what I took with me, however I didn't use it all as I spent most of the week make-up-less. I only worn some in the evenings if we were going out. To start you can briefly see my make up bag and this is a Clinique make up bag.

• Urban Decay Naked 2 
• Clarins HydraQuench cooling lotion
• Avon flawless finish foundation
• Benefit Porefessional
• Benefit Posie Tint
• Benefit High Beam
• Benefit dandelion 

As you can see by this photo all of the products except the naked palette are samples! Saves Room!

• Clarins tinted moisturiser 
• Bourjois bronzer
• Calvin Klien lipstick in shade first kiss
• 24 Hour colour tattoo in shade on and on bronze

• Barry M eyeliner in black
• Colossal Volume mascara
• False lash telescopic
• Elf eye make up remover pen

Fake Benefit number 2

So this is following on from my blog post that I made last week. This is another fake product I got conned into due to the price.
This is Benefit's lemon aid eyelid primer, you can also use it as a normal concealer. I think this product has been discontinued also. But anywhere here's the low down!

Admittedly I was very convinced by the packaging but it's good, so who wouldn't be? After doing some research online I come to realise mine was a fake. 

The product code is apparently on the wrong side of the box.

The consistency of the product- now I didn't think it was terrible but for something that is on the higher end of the scale I was expecting better results and it not being so hard to work with.

This isn't the best photo but there is no capital L for London and there is no space between the post code. Another give away for me was the fact that on the box with the ingredients list it said "Shea better" now I always thought it was shea butter! So yeah this made me totally convinced that this is a fake benefit product.


As I said in my last post I won't try and search for these deals on Ebay again. I'm a big lover of Ebay and this hasn't put me off the site but I think people need to be careful with what they buy on there, especially these fake products as you can't really guarantee what is actually in them! I have done these blog posts so others can see :)