L’Oréal Miss Manga Mascara

After being told constantly that my eyes look like cartoon eyes, and that I look like various types of women from Japanese comics, I decided to give 'Miss Manga' mascara a try. It seems as if it had been made for me! I love it when my eyes stand out, they're probably my favourite feature.

I love the bottle of this mascara as I love pink! Girly I know. I love the brush too, it's kind of twirly if you can tell in the photo. It separates your lashes in a cutesy type twiggy way, if that makes sense? So it gives your eyes a fluttery fake lash effect. I love this on my bottom lashes. I always apply my mascara on the bottom lashes with the tip of the brush! It works well with this because it's pointy.

The wand can bend whichever way you want it to. If you've ever used the 'get bent' Benefit mascara then it's kind of like that. It doesn't really stay in position for long, but if I bend it in the lid enough it kind of does. I don't know if it's supposed to stay but you can make it. It does help for applying, I didn't think it would but it does.

Before and after... As you can see, it's quite impressive. It takes less coats than usual, also it's less clumpy! With other mascaras I will admit, I use far too much of them to get the effect I want.

Overall I'd say this mascara isn't the best I've ever used but it is probably one of them. For the price it's absolutely outstanding. I really can't see a difference in this mascara than the ones from higher end brands. I will definitely purchase this product again!

Kelly & Sharon Osbourne's cosmetic line for MAC

As a huge fan of the Osbourne's show when I was a teenager, I was always obsessed with Kelly Osbourne's style. As an overweight eccentric teen, for years I looked up to her as an inspiration. I love her hair, her fashion sense and her make up looks.

One of Kelly's favorite lipstick shades is MAC's Candy Yum Yum, I got it after seeing it on her so often. It's a very bright pink shade, she wears so many dramatic make up looks and I expect nothing less from this collection. I think this line her and her mother Sharon have created is the collection I have most looked forward to... Ever. I literally stopped what I was doing when I saw the picture of the pretty pink tube on her Facebook page.

I am a MAC lipstick fanatic so I am expecting great things from the lipstick they produce. As we have seen before with the likes of Rihanna, Nicki Minaj and Lady Gaga, MAC have had some amazing celeb collaborations. By looking at the looks Kelly wears, I think that her products may be too colorful for some. I don't mind going bright on the lips but not so much elsewhere so if there was to be bright eye shadows I might not purchase those. I hope that Kelly's side of the collection will be daring and Sharon's side a little more wearable for my daily routine.

Get saving your pennies as this collection debut's on the 4th June.

Retiring from dying my hair.

So after about 12 years of dying my hair I admit defeat. I have said this many times now but I've had every colour under the sun (it feels like anyway) and I ended up hating them all and going back brunette... every time. Right now as I type this I have a hedgehog hairstyle. Blonde hair just wasn't worth the hair loss and tears.

During the back to brunette process a key ingredient is to dye your hair red. If you are ever going to take the plunge to platinum then please do remember dying your hair back to brunette is no easy task. As you can see above my hair has all fallen out at the back and I am left with spikes. I looked like Johnny Rotten last night.

Today my hair is looking somewhat back to normal at the front at least. I have had two semi permanent browns over it and it is still wishy washy to say the least. However it is on the mend!

With this blog post comes my warning, please do not bleach your hair as much as I do to impress others. For years I have fallen into so many hair trend traps with the hopes I will look better. At the end of the day, what you like the most is what matters. You have to be happy with your colour first, I hope I can take my own advice and stick to my brunette locks. It's better to have healthy happy hair over the sad excuse I have now. You will always have that person who thinks you look better blonde, red, black or even purple... But it's you who has to live with it.

Lush Holiday Gifts

So I haven't posted in a while due to it being the holidays and all. Also I haven't been feeling myself lately, slightly under the weather! However I got a few lovely Lush gifts this Christmas and I must inform you of them!

It's like tradition my mother buys me Christmas gifts from Lush, she usually gets me a gift set of all my favourites but since I already had some snow fairy in the bathroom she thought she would put together her own gift box for me. I am glad since she put together some really great products I might never have tried and now I'm addicted. If you haven't already then you should try them too! It's always good to get out your beauty comfort zone.

My favourite of all the products is this little shower gel called rose jam. I love rose scented things but often they can smell a bit like they were made for your nan rather than a girl in their 20s but this product is different it's very very sweet and includes lemon to spice things up a bit and I can not stop using it. I even use it as shampoo. I assume since you can use other shower gels as shampoo in lush this should be the same. It seems to work fine in my hair anyway.

Another product i got is one I've used before, fresh farmacy is one of my favourite face washes in the world. Whe I first used it years ago it dried my face. Since though, I've realised the less you use of this stuff the better it works. It helps keep spots and oil away.

Rehab shampoo is just really lovely, the smell isn't something I would usually pick but it helps to wake me up and helps me feel alert in the mornings. It really makes my hair feel clean and does it's job well! My hair has been super dry since I've been blonde and it does help using it along side my conditioners.

Hair doctor is an amazing product, it helps not only my hair but my scalp too. From bleaching my hair and scalp becomes so burnt, this helps to sooth your scalp whilst helping my hair feel more full and more manageable again.

I've been using Retread daily and it is a great conditioner, upon first use my hair felt super healthy. I've only had it since Xmas though and I've nearly ran out! I wish it was in a bottle instead of a tub because I think it would help me control how much I use.

Rock star soap is one of my favourite Lush soaps. It reminds me of snow fairy shower gel, it's very sweet and I love the way it feels on my skin. I am also a sucker for anything pink so the bright colour is also a bonus!

I have regained my Lush obsession this holiday period. I can not wait to get the biggest bottle of Rose Jam they sell as it is officially my new favourite Lush product replacing snow fairy.