BOTBP: Maybelline The Falsies Volum' Express Mascara VS. Maybelline The Mega Plush Volum' Express Mascara

Hey guys!

So for my first BOTBP, i thought it would be fun to compare two mascaras from the same brand which received a fair bit of hype around them. The two mascaras are The Falsies and The Mega Plush by Maybelline. 

The packaging of each mascara.

To start with, the packaging is really nice on both and they both share the same bullet-like shape. My favourite packaging is the Mega Plush because i prefer the bright green/blue colour than the dark purple colour of The Falsies. The wroting has started to rub off on The Mega Plush but i'm not sure if this will happen with the Falsies yet as i havent had it as long.

The formula of both products is fairly similar, however the falsies is slightly more clumpy, but dont take this as a negative, it is only slightly clumpy and it doesnt look clumpy on the lashes or cause your lashes to stick together in groups. 

The wands are very different for the two mascaras. To start with, the Falsies is a spoon wand whereas the Mega Plush isnt, which means that the Falsies supposedly adds more curl to your lashes (this will be addressed later). Also the Mega Plush has the new 'flexor brush' which means that the end of the wand can bend without breaking. This is supposed to help catch every lash, but i think that the design of the 'bristles' makes that work, as they arent all neat and separated, they point in all different directions so that you can make sure all of the lashes are coated. 

 

In the photo above i havent curled my eyelashes, to test the 'curling power' of The Falsies spoon applicator. Obviously curling is used to give the illusion of longer eyelashes, when actually just more of your lashes are visible. I think that The Mega Plush makes my eyelashes look longer, so i dont think the spoon applicator of the falsies actually curls, however it is a good applicator.

As you can see in the images above, the falsies does give a lot more volume, without clumping the lashes up, whereas the mega plush makes the lashes look very separated and spidery, which makes them look less black. 

Another thing i noticed immediately when using the mega plush was the amount of transfer onto the upper lid. This is really disappointing especially as eyeshadow comes first so when a mascara does this all over your eyeshadow, you have to either go out with mascara on your eyelid, or ruin your eye look. The Falsies does have a bit of transfer but it is right above the lash line so this could be disguised using eyeliner, which is what i often do when i use this mascara.

Overall i think the falsies does make your eyes look more open and nicer, and gives your eyelashes more volume, however the mega plush adds length. As i have long eyelashes already , i prefer the falsies as i want extra volume rather than extra length. 

When a photo is taken of the whole face, the eyelashes look fairly similar, but i still prefer the Falsies.

The falsies is £7.99 and i think the mega plus is £7/£8 however i got it at a trial price of £5.99 when it first came out.

Which is your favourite mascara? 

P.S i am very aware i need to go and get my eyebrows sorted out :)!!

Thanks for reading xxx

Drugstore only makeup routine!

Hi guys

Todays post is going to be my makeup routine, step by step in photos, using only drugstore products. I am aware my eyebrows are still horrid, because i have lost my tweezers and i'm waiting for my mum to take me to the salon to get them done :) 

I am not claiming to be a makeup artist or that i do my makeup perfectly this is just my hobby and i thought i'd show how i like to do it. I am not trained. 

1. Foundation

I have really bad skin in terms of spots and blemishes however i dont like to use a full coverage foundation. My favourite foundation so far is the Rimmel Wake me Up in 100-Ivory. I use a Real Techniques Expert Face Brush to work this into my skin evenly.

2. Concealer

I use concealer under my eyes and on my spots/blemishes to make them appear less prominent. I literally just dab the Miss Sporty Liquid Concealer in Light on the areas that i want to cover and blend it with my fingers.

3. Powder

To set my face makeup i use Rimmel Stay Matte Powder with a Kabuki which i dont know the brand of. This is because the foundation i used looks very dewy so i like to set it with this to give myself a matte look.

4. Bronzer

For bronzer i simply just work the Kelly Brook bronzer into the 'hollows' of my cheeks using a Fraulein brush.

5. Blusher

I then use a Rimmel Blush in Live Pink and blend that into the apples of my cheeks and slightly up my cheekbones.

6. Eyebrows

I take an angled brush and draw on my eyebrows using 'Mudhoney' by Soap and Glory.

7. Eyeshadow

I start my eye look by using a SUPER cheap 'multiuse crayon' from Savers. This was only 39p and it really helps my Maybelline Colour Tattoo's apply better!

I next use my finger to put a fair amount of my Maybelline Colour Tattoo in Eternal Gold all over my eyelid.

Next, i am using an eyeshadow 'box' which i got for easter ages ago. Im not sure where its from but the colours are beautiful and so pigmented! I am using a copper colour on the outer half of my lid, and blending it across into the gold.

Finally for eyeshadow i use an MUA shadow which i dont know the shade of as the sticker came off, and i work this into the crease. It is a great balance between the gold and the copper but on camera looks a lot more gold, whereas it is a bronze colour.

Finally i blend this all out using another Fraulein brush.

8. Eyeliner

For my eyeliner i use Maybelline Gel Eyeliner in Intense Black, sometimes i do a wing but i didnt today as it almost always goes wrong. This is just to open up my eyes and make my eyelashes look like they have more volume.

9. Mascara

Mascara is my favourite part of any look. I think it brings the whole look together, and if an eyeshadow look is really bold (almost stupidly bold) mascara really balances it all out so it doesnt look silly, and i just think that my eyelashes are my favourite feature so anything that enhances them so it's even better! 

10. Lipstick

 

For lips today i am using my BodyShop Lipstick in shade 66 which is a lovely orangey peach and it really completes the look.

Thanks for reading this guys i hope you learnt something and i appreciate that this is a long blog post but it was really fun to do!

BATTLE OF THE BEAUTY PRODUCTS: Intro

Hey guys!

Today i'm going to be starting a new 'series' of blog posts called 'Battle Of The Beauty Products' which i will upload regularly (every week or two weeks depending on how busy i am) on a monday, where i compare two beauty products of a similar nature, for example 2 foundations, 2 lipsticks etc, and finishing off the post by stating my favourite of the two and why.

Sometimes the products will be from the same brand, and other times they will be from different brands, for example today i'm doing two Maybelline products but next week i might compare a revlon product with a loréal product.

The first of this series will be up today and instead of typing out 'battle of the beauty products' it will be titled 'BOTBP: Name of Product 1 vs. Name of product 2' .

I hope you enjoy this series! Xx

REVIEW: Soap and Glory - Lid Stuff

Hey again everyone,

I appreciate that it was only a few hours ago that i did an eyeshadow review, but when i did that i swatched two different products so i could do one today and one tomorrow, however i am bored so i've decided to do the second review now. This is a review of Soap and Glory's 'Lid Stuff' priced at £10. 

This is a neutral palette and i have the one called 'What's Nude' including 3 matt colours and one shimmer colour, with the colours (clockwise) Vanilla, Pink T, Aubersheen and Mudhoney.

I tend to use all of these colours plus another eyeshadow to create a smokey eye look. The white shade 'Vanilla' has been great to highlight the browbone and inner corner of my eye, as it is super pigmented which is great as i rarely find a white or cream shade which is pigmented enough to make a difference. I dont always use Pink T, but if i do i use it as a base colour which is normally not really noticeable when the look is complete.

I use mudhoney every single day, even when i'm not doing a look with this palette, because i find it is a colour which looks great on my eyebrows. Although i have black hair now instead of my natural brown colour, black eyebrows look hideous when drawn on so i still use brown for my eyebrows, and Mudhoney is the perfect colour for me. The only down side to this shade is that when my eyebrows accidentally go out of line, i cant seem to wipe it away and redraw it without using makeup remover to get the mistake off, which i suppose is good for an eyeshadow because it shows that it wont budge out of place through the day, but for doing my eyebrows it is annoying. 

My favourite in the palette is Aubersheen, which isnt surprising for me as i love love LOVE shimmery and glittery eyes. Aubersheen is the perfect shimmery taupe / brown colour for my outer third and also looks amazing in the crease, but it is also the least pigmented of the four, as you will see in the swatches below. 

labelled swatches of the eyeshadow quad.

The image makes Pink T look like the least pigmented, however this isnt the case, it just looks that way because its so close to a skin tone colour. As you can see in the image Aubersheen is the most sheer but through using it i have learnt that it is really buildable so its not too much of an issue. You can clearly see that all four of the shadows are really pigmented and really beautiful nudes. 

The packaging is also very cute, and i always love soap and glory packaging because it all looks very 'jazzy'. Also, the palette itself is quite bulky, which i like but it wouldn't be good for travelling in my opinion.

I really do think that this palette is worth £10 because the colours all work well together so you could buy a whole eye look for a tenner, however i do like o use another shadow just to bolden it and brighten the look up as these are all brown and most of them are matt so i like to add something more to make my eyes POP! 

What's your favourite eyeshadow palette? Xx

REVIEW: Maybelline Colour Tattoo 24HR

Hi all,

I wasnt entirely sure what to do as my first beauty/fashion post, as i thought it should be exciting to entise you in, but i decided to do what i originally thought, and write a review for you. After rummaging through my makeup basket, i decided to review the Maybelline Colour Tattoos. 

Now, i have two of these, and once you've finished reading this you will have hopefully noticed that i much prefer one than i do the other. The first one i got a few months ago in 35-On and On Bronze, and my second i got a fortnight ago online, in 05-Eternal Gold.

Left - on and on bronze , Right - eternal gold. 

First of all, i really love the formula of these, they are really creamy, and easy/quick to apply. I have heard that they are similar to MAC Paint Pots, which I am looking to buy soon, and i was thinking of getting Bare Study, so if you've tried that let me know what you think? Anyway, if they're compared to MAC products by lots of people then you will already get the impression that they are good. 

At £4.99 i think they are amazingly cheap for the quality and quantity that you get with them. The colour pay off of both products is really good, however when swatched On and On Bronze is really shimmery but it doesnt look as shimmery when applied to the lid which was a real let down to the product. Also, the name of the product gives an illusion that you are buying a bronze eyeshadow, when in fact i see it as a brown / taupe colour, so you should swatch it before you buy it if youre thinking on buying this product. Eternal Gold however is really true to it's name. It is a beautiful shimmery gold, and it really is the brightest gold you'll ever see. It looks so pretty on the inner third of your eyelid, but i dont feel it looks as nice all over the lid on its own, whereas on and on bronze could just be slapped on by itself if you were in a rush.

I will insert photos of swatches below so you can see what the colours are like out of the pot.

The swatches of both colours I own.

As you can see the gold is a lot brighter, and the 'Bronze' is actually more of a light silvery taupe colour. Both swatches look extremely shimmery here, which I personally love, but if you're not into super shimmery eyeshadows, then i reccomend that you opt for On and On Bronze as it is not as shimmery as it is in the swatch when you incorporate it into an eye look, which was a disappointment  for me. 

Also, in the top image you can see that the packaging is really cute, the shadows come in adorable little circular glass jars which i think is really nice, and then the lid shows all the key information of the product e.g the colour, name of product etc.

Overall i love both of these and use them both on a day to day basis, but obviously Eternal Gold is my favourite of the two. Next i am looking to get the shade Pink Gold but i am still unsure as to whether i would wear it so i am holding off until i'm sure.

Have you tried out any of the Maybelline Colour Tattoo's? If you have then what do you think? Which colour do you prefer? 

Chloe xx

Get to know Me

Hi guys! 

Obviously it is going to take new followers a week or two of blog posts to truly know who i am and kind of see my personality, but i thought i would start off this brand new blog with some questions which are likely to be asked, so that they dont need to be asked!

Why did you start a blog?

I started this blog because i love beauty bloggers and also beauty youtubers, but when i tried YouTube out, lots of people at school found out quickly and were quite intimidating, so i thought a blog was a better way to start out, and i love all things beauty and fashion, it's one of my obsessions, so blogging about it sounded great!

Tell us stuff about yourself?

My name is Chloe, I am 15 and was born on 21st December 1997. Makeup is my favourite thing and i spend 90% of my money on it! In my free time I love reading blogs and late at night when i'm in bed i like to watch YouTube videos on my iPod.

What is your favourite makeup brand?

I think Maybelline is great for eyes, Rimmel is good for the face and lips, but overall i spend more money on Rimmel so i think that is my favourite, but i like them all!

What do you look like?

I look like this, this photo was taken the other day as i had just been to the hairdressers and had my hair dyed black.

Thank you for reading and i hope you follow me afterwards! 

Tell me a bit about you? Xx