Review | Rimmel - Brow This Way

First Can I just say Rimmel, I love the name. This is a pretty new to the market product. Brow gels are one of the many products loved by beauty bloggers. Yet personally, I'm yet to fall in love with one. I feel as though ones that promise me that they will keep my brows in place all day make me feel like my brows are crispy. I feel like those that promise colour either don't pay off or are just too messy. The Struggles, eh.

I had high hopes for this product after reading a couple of reviews. With it only being £2.99 and me being in massive splurge mode I went ahead and chucked it into my basket. Of course this was after I stood for around 10 minutes deciding which colour I was (always a nightmare in boots with the off lighting right?) Anyway, I got it home and I was actually quite impressed with the colour of 'medium blonde' considering I am more of a 'medium brown'


The formula of the product is actually really lovely. It doesn't make my brows feel hard and tough whist it still adds a nice amount of colour. I guess they look a lot more natural than my usually filled in brows. It makes my brows look fuller yet not too OTT. Perfect for those days where makeup is just minimal.

One thing I really aren't getting along with though is the brush. What a let down. It's like a miniature mascara wand. Probably if your a little more careful that I am this would work just nicely for you. I feel as though the wand just picks up too much product and I have to spend my time making sure it isn't overloaded. It's not for days where you have little time, which I guess it should be. I always find my self having to clean up my brows after. I have tried a lot to make this work for me but if any of you have any tips they are very welcome. I like the formula, I just wish I loved the brush equally. 

Do any of you have any suggestions for a new brow gel or one that's worked for you?

Antonia x

Review | Bourjois Rouge Edition Velvet

Browsing boots a few days ago my eye was caught by an adorably packaged little product. I'm sure all of you will have heard about them. The Rouge Edition Velvet liquid lipsticks *Swooooon*. Curently on offer in boots for 3 for 2, I bought my go to foundation the Healthy Mix Serum and then bought two of these little beauty's in the shades '08 Grand Cru' and '05 Ole flamingo!' I wouldn't have been right to just get one, so I bought two.  

I went for both very bright shades. They come in plastic packaging that to me seems pretty sturdy indeed. They have a little 'Bourjois' embossed down one side which I think is such a cute little touch. 

When I first tried these products I was honestly shocked by their pigmentation, it's insane. They glide onto your lips like an absolute dream. When I first applied mine I was looking in the mirror confused because they where supposed to be a matte finish. However, they apply slightly glossy and dry to a matte finish. Once they dry fully you can 100% tell why velvet is in the name. They are so smooth and well velvety on the lips. Such amazing quality for only £8.99, I think they actually beat many high end lipsticks that I have tried. Most certainly, I will be collecting all of these over the winter as they are not the slightest drying on your lips! 

Ole Flamingo - 05

Grand Cru- 08

Recommend me some new liquid lipsticks?

All my love x

Garnier | Micellar Cleansing Water

Cleansing waters, again i'm late to the hype. I've read review after review of Bioderma but never ever bought any. If any of you don't know what these relatively new 'Micellar Cleansing Waters' do. They remove all the makeup and day-to-day grime from your face without the need to rinse your face afterwards. I'm no good at science but i'm quite sure that the chemicals within these products break down the daily dirt from your face. I seen this product in Superdrug on offer for £3.32 and reached for its huge bottle with delicate pink details. It had to be mine. 

This product seemed perfect for my sensitive skin... Fragrance free, hypoallergenic, no need for rubbing and it soothes your skin too? Surely that's a lot to claim, Garnier? I haven't had this product too long so I guess this is kind of my first impressions. When I first tried it, it was after a long day, a full face of make up. Challenge accepted. I put it too the test by adding the product to cotton pads and began to wipe away my face. It perfectly removed my skin and lip makeup however it struggled a little on my eye makeup. Having not tried any other cleansing waters, I cannot tell you if this is the norm for me. I removed my eye makeup with my current eye makeup remover but fair play to Garnier because I am currently using a water proof mascara. My face did feel soft and refreshed after but I wasn't too sure about the 'no rinsing'. I really don't want my skin to break out. 

Containing 200 uses probably won't happen when i'm the owner of the product. Lets just say that i'm a little bit splash happy with my bottle. I think this product is worth the money, for £3.32 how can you go wrong? I'm 100% up for trying some new Micellar Waters if anyone can recommend me one?

Have a lovely day and thanks for reading,

Antonia x

Evening Pamper Routine

Evenings are actually my favourite time of the day. Now and then we just completely need to take the whole evening out to wave good-bye to the stress of the week. I'm no expert but I think it's very important to have a pamper evening every now and then to look after your self both mentally and physically. It's one of those nights where you use all of your most loved things and make your self feel special. No matter how much you're dealing with clear your mind, relax and just take a break from the world. Now Autumn is creeping up on us, I thought that it would be a very apt time to share my pamper evening routine.

Step One: After I have ditched all my things at the front door, flung my coat to the side and been to the kitchen for multiple snacks (probably crisps and Kitkats *slaps wrist*) I will drag my self up the stairs to the bathroom. Despite my love for makeup, after a long day there is nothing better than just wiping away your face of the day. As you all know, my current evening cleansers are all part of the range by body shop which I reviewed here. I go ahead and use either the cleansing butter or oil to wipe away all of the makeup in the skin. I find the smell of the Camomile is so soothing making me already feel relaxed. I then use some of the Camomile eye makeup remover on a small cotton pad and rest it on my eye lids to give it a little time to do its magic! I hate the feel when there's any mascara left in my eyelashes, it really bugs me. I finish off my face with a face cloth and wipe away anything that is still left on my face! 

Step Two: I run my self a bath and light a candle. Usually I prefer the shower but the bath just screams ultimate relaxation. My favourite bath product for this type of evening is the Twilight Bath Ballistic by Lush Cosmetics. I express how much I love it in a review which I did previously. I'm just going to say, it's BEAUTIFUL. It makes my skin all silky and soft, whats not to love? When washing my hair I currently am using the Repair and Protect Shampoo by Pantene Pro-v and the conditioner to match. It really suits my hair. Washing my hair is such a chore because it's so long so I tend to wash my hair every 2-3 nights. I dont really enjoy blow drying my hair so often enough, I just leave it to air dry. I just brush though it with my Tangle Teaser and add some oils or a mask if i'm feeling it.

Step Three: One of my favourite parts, skin care time! Before I touch my face I moisturise my whole body with the Soap and Glory Butter Yourself moisturiser while my body is still warm from the bath. I don't know if this is just be but I am that much of a cold person, in winter it takes ages for my moisturiser to sink in and sometimes it just wont rub in because my body lacks heat, weird. Also my nails take ages to set too because my hands are like icicles, off topic, sorry.  As you may have read in my duty free haul. I bought the highly recommended Moisture Surge Extended thirst relief cream. I love this moisturiser for both day and night time. Day time because it's lovely under makeup and night-time because it's oil and SPF free. Moving onto my eye's, I pop on the all about eyes serum, de-puffing eye massage all around my eyes in a circulating motion. To finish off I just pop a little Carmex on my lips and I'm all sorted.

Step Four: Time to chill and enter your own little world. I say enter your own little world, if you're anything like me you probably live in your own little bubble. I'm like an old lady when it comes to spending an evening in. I like to pop on my comfiest jarmies, stick the soaps on the tv and kick back a little. Of course there's time for cups of tea, lots of tea is essential. I spend my evenings in lots of different ways. I find reading my favourite magazines relaxing too or watching a disney film (it's a shame my bestfriend, boyfriend or family don't like The Little Mermaid or Frozen though, Damnit) 

How do you spend your relaxed evenings in?

Thanks for reading,

Antonia x 

*Side note: I found out that my grandad reads my blog. So... Hi Grandad if you're reading today, I really fancy some of those chocolate cookies from Sainsburys x*

The Body Shop | Camomile Range

Offer alert! Before I go into any detail about my new favourite cleanser, just all hold your horses. The body shop are a trusted brand loved by many! Until a little while ago I have never branched any further in their shop than their deliciously smelling body butters, which may I add are amazing! Pink Grapefruit is my fave! *dribbles*. For £23.00 at the moment you can get your hands on a massively hyped concept a 'cleansing butter' Camomile Sumptuous Cleansing Butter and some other goodies from the same range that total the price of £33.50. A deal you want to miss out on? I think not!

Finding a good cleanser for dry skin, it's a nightmare. I'm sure many of you agree. A new discovery of mine is The Body Shop Camomile range. I must admit, after reading blog post after blog post, I couldn't wait any longer to have them all to my self. I went in the shop mainly just after the Camomile Cleansing Butter but as I said before was sucked into a deal where I ended up with 4 things. I know I only pictured three but there's a muslin cloth that also came within the deal. It really is the ultimate cleansing kit.

Camomile Gentle Eye make-up remover: Removing water-proof make-up was never easy until this little beauty was in my routine! It lifts my eye makeup like a dream. If any of you have read my post about my new mascara love, you will know that I have been loving the Code Beauty VLM which is a water proof mascara. It even removes water-proof mascara, say what? This product isn't really scented strongly. It has a subtle sweet hint which I like a lot! The RRP for this product is £8.00 and readily available online at www.thebodyshop.co.uk.

Camomile Sumptuous Cleansing Butter: My favourite of all three! This cleanser, when you first look at it looks similar to Vaseline or something along the same lines. A little really does go a long way. I scoop a little out and massage it into my face. I must admit, I expected it to be a little greasy but its really not. As soon as it meets the heat of your skin it melts into a smooth, luxurious oil that melts all your makeup off like a dream and leaves my skin feeling so silky. Less pricey than other cleansing balms, this one only retails at £12.00! For more details, check them out here.

Camomile Silky Cleansing Oil: I must say, I was the most skeptical of the cleansing 'oil'. How could an oil fully remove your full face of makeup? However this product didn't half prove me wrong! I use one pump and massage it into my face. I then go onto use a wet muslin cloth (which also comes with the set, worth £2.50) to wipe away all the dirt from my face. I have only ever used this on my evening cleanse. I'm not too sure if I would use an oil cleanser on a morning. If you do, let me know in the comments! 

I'm loving this range! If you have tried any of the products above, let me know what you think!

What is your favourite Body Shop product/range?

Thanks for reading dolls,

Antonia x

The British Tag

Aloha chicks, I've seen this tag floating around the internet world for a little while now. It was created by the lovely Sammi from Beautycrush on YouTube. Ya'll can check out her video here, she's super lovely. I thought that I would do it for my blog too. Here goes...

1. How many cups of tea do you have a day and how many sugars?

I am a lover of tea. I seriously take it too the extreme. I take a flask to bed, does that say enough? Seriously though I drink anything between 4-10 depending on my mood. Thinking about that now,it's probably bad for me, woops. I don't take any sugars in my tea,ew. 

 2. Favourite part of your roast?

The yorkshire puddings, crispy with gravy *dribbles* If any of you aren't from the UK, Yorkshires are like the same mixture as pancakes but baked in the oven and usually eaten with savory accompaniments. I'm so hungry now, damn it.

 3. Favourite dunking biscuit?

Bourbons but I aren't really a fan of dunking biscuits because I always manage to end up with big chunks swimming around in my tea which is a little gross.

4. Favourite quintessentially British pass time?

This is turning into a whole blog post about my love affair with tea but my favourite quintessentially British pass would have to be drinking tea. Tea on a morning, Tea before bed, Tea before work, Tea at work... Tea right now.

 5. Favourite word?

My actually favourite word is flannel. I don't think that's very British though? My favourite British word(s) is 'Fairy Cake' I think they're just cupcakes in america, Fairy Cake is cuter.

 6. Cockney rhyming slang?

Cockney rhyming slang is so confusing. It's really clever though. I only know a few: Dog and bone- Phone, Apples and Pears- Stairs.

 7. Favourite sweet?

Haribo Strawbs! Not the little ones, the big ones. 

 8. What would your pub be called?

It would have to be something sassy or Disney themed, Such a hard choice.

 9. No.1 British person?

He's only been on this earth just over a year but my favourite British person is Prince George. He is the cutest thing I have ever seen in my life and his little cheeky face just makes me happy. 

 10. Favourite shop/restaurant?

I guess it's got to be Topshop. There's lots of amazing shops on the British high streets at the moment but Topshop is just one of those shops where you can always find something lovely.

 11. What British song pops into your head?

''CAUSE TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT, TWO BECOME ONE'' The Spice girls where my childhood.

 12. Marmite?

No, no, no. Well i'm saying no but actually I've never tried it. I just assume I don't like it, that's something I need to make into a resolution. I must try new foods, I'm a big girl now.

Thanks for reading,
I tag you all to do this!
Antonia x

Duty Free haulin'

Over the past week I have being enjoying my new duty free goodies which I treated my self too before jetting off for a sunny week away in Gran Canaria. I spend my week relaxing in the sun and mentally preparing my self to get my GCSE results which I collect tomorrow morning. As most girls are, in duty free I'm like a child in a candy shop. There's always so many things which I would buy if I had the money. Drifting through, I picked up a few bits which i'm going to share with you now. 

Mac Lip sticks (from left to right): 
-Rebel, Satin finish
- Saigon Summer, Cremesheen finish
-Ruby Woo, Matte finish 

Clinique: Moisture surge extended relief, 75ml 

Clinique: Moisture surge face spray, 30ml

Clinique:all about eyes serum, de-puffing eye massage 15ml

Clarins: bronzing compact (travel exclusive)

Rebel, Saigon summer, Ruby woo.

These lipsticks have being such long lasting lipsticks over my holiday. I generally love mac lipsticks and I think i'm going to be blogging about my whole collection. One of these lipsticks have gone with every outfit I took with me. With the heat, I was suprised that they lasted, however they did. Ruby woo, the only matte one I bought wasn't too drying on my lips either which was a bonus!

Finally, on the way home from my holiday I found this little beauty. It says on the box that it's travel exclusive. It has the most beautiful Egyptian design on it. It excites me that much it makes my tummy knot.  

It makes me a little sad now that summers coming to and end but I actually really adore autumn. I think it's the most beautiful season of all and I love buying big coats and cute little socks and boots. I'm thinking that I need to change my hair care routine now. I'm thinking of buying some things off Hairtrade. If there's anything anyone can recommend me that would be much appreciated. They sell some amazing hair goodies and you all should check them out! 

Thanks for reading lovelies,

Antonia x