Sigma Brush Cleaning Glove DUPE

You may have seen the Sigma Brush Cleaning glove doing the rounds in the beauty world, and while it's a great idea there is no way I would pay $39 for it. So I headed to ebay to hunt for a dupe and this is  my little find for only £2.75!

While this isn't as fancy as the Sigma one, it basically does the same thing. I've used this a few times now and I rather like it, it makes cleaning brushes easier and quicker. All you need is a little brush cleaner, I use baby shampoo with the glove as it gives a little lather. Wet the glove, put some cleaner on and swirl you brush around on the bumps, then I rise under running water and swirl again (under the running water) to rinse. Then I leave them to dry as normal. Works a dream.

I found the dupe on Ebay here - £2.75

P&P - UK:Free / Malta : £4

Color Wow Root Cover up - Medium and Dark Brown

Color Wow Root Cover up - £28.50* from colorwowhair.com

If you have coloured hair like me, you'll understand the aches and pains of fading colour and showing roots, so when I heard about Colour Wow I was intrigued, especially with the Root Cover up palette.

Root Cover Up comes in 4 colours - blonde, light brown, medium brown and dark brown, however the formula is designed with a variety of pigments and reflective properties to ensure the shades look natural. It is in a pressed powder format and doesn't contain any dyes or waxes - for me it's almost like an eyeshadow or blusher for you hair. The formula is non-sticky/greasy and super lightweight, you won't even know you're wearing anything.

 One really cool thing about this products, is the blonde palette actually lightens the natural hair to match your shade of blonde which I think is pretty cool, as there is no product that lightens roots without peroxide.

Here are swatches of the Dark brown (left) and Medium Brown (right) - Unfortunately my roots weren't a good example, I couldn't get a good picture showing the colour difference but I hope you still get the general idea.

There isn't a lot of difference between the two colours, I guess it does depend on your dyed colour and natural colour. But as you can see below, in the pan there looks a lot larger difference. If you have brown hair I think medium brown is a good choice as it will cover dark hair and lighter brown hair, the best part is the colour is buildable so you can make it darker if needed. I applied 3 swipes for taking the picture to give you an idea of the true colour.

Now onto the best part (well almost), so over the last week or so while I've been playing and testing this product, I've actually found it to be a multi-use product. I guess the most obvious one is to also use it to touch up your eyebrows, there is a mirror in the packaging so you won't have any problems on the go....and my favourite..You know when you put your make up on in the morning, and sometimes you accidentally get some foundation on your hair line?.....well I've been using this to cover it up! It works a treat, no more messing about trying to get it out...I now just cover it up, and it really does last all day.

I think this is going to be one of the hottest products this year. It's an all round winner - great pigmentation, easy to use, fits in your handbag/pocket and it's a multi-use product...what more could you want!

What do you think? Is this something you would use?

Color WOW Cover up is £28.50* from - Colorwowhair.com (US/UK/AUS)

and Victoriahealth.com (International inc Malta)

Lazer Hair Removal - Part 2

A few weeks ago a wrote a post about my consultation for lazer hair removal, and today I attended my first appointment.

If you didn't read my last post, I'm having my underarm area done. It actually took a lot less time than I imagined. I was in the waiting room longer than I was in the treatment room. 

So anyway, I went along to the clinic today and was treated by Dr. Corrina Wood, the last doctor I had seen for my initial consultation was off on maternity leave, but I didn't have a problem with changing doctors.

Prior to my appointment I was told not to shave 1 week before (as I don't have a lot of hair and they wanted to see the area where to treat). So I did as I was asked, and strangely no hair had grown in since my test patch!! Which was promising results for me.

Before we started the treatment, the doctor asked if I'd experienced any symptoms such as blisters, hyper pigmentation etc since my test patch, which I hadn't so I was good to go. I lay on the couch, arm in the arm while she got to work.

Each arm took no more than 5 minutes(if that). When the lazer started I was happy to chat away, however half way through - right in the middle, I'm not going to lie it did get little uncomfortable, but the "worst part" must of only lasted for 30-45 seconds. There is a cold air blowing to help sooth the skin, but she noticed I was winching slightly and stopped for a few seconds. Next when she done the other arm it seemed to hurt less and we didn't stop this time. So I was good to go within 10-15 minutes.

People often describe the pain as a rubber band snapping against the skin, I guess that's one way to describe it, but it does feel like a tiny electric shock(not as painful but it is repetitive)

Afterwards she applied some Aloe Vera to sooth the area and I was on way. Afterwards I didn't feel much to be honest, I just felt normal and went about my day normally. This is something I would have no problem doing in my lunch break, I just opted to do it on a Saturday as it was more convenient for me.

I'm booked in again for 6 weeks time, and will report back again. If you are interested in Lazer hair removal I would highly recommend the Persona Clinic in Ta'Xbiex(Malta).

MAC Carbon eyeshadow - swatches

MAC Carbon eyeshadow £10

MAC Carbon is one of those classic shades from MAC that all MAC addicts own, and I've finally got round to adding it to my palette.

Carbon is a matte black colour. It's rather well pigmented but not as much as I expected. Below is a swatch with 2 "coats". However it is very easy to build if you want a block black colour. I didn't use a primer here, so to make the black even more intense I'd suggest using a primer first.

Carbon is great to use as an eyeliner for your upper and lower lash line, it's easy to smudge to give you that smouldering eye look, or you can use it on the outer corner of your eyes to give you shadow some depth. If your looking for more of a crisp line, you can always wet your brush slightly first to turn it into an almost liquid liner.

What's your MUST have MAC shade?

MAC Coppering Eyeshadow

Mac Copper - £10

I've had the same 5 MAC eyeshadows for about a year and decided I need to experiment with some colour a bit more. While I didn't get the chance to try colours out in the shop, I had a look online and looked for some swatches and one of the colours I picked was Coppering.

While initially it looked quite orange at first and I wasn't sure about it, after I played around with it a little and swatched it, I soon realised it was this beautiful burnt orange or copper! I wouldn't normally pick orange as an eyeshadow colour, but it's good to try something out of your comfort zone.

Anyway, Coppering has a veluxe pearl finish, like all other MAC eyeshadow the texture is very fine and it's great to work with. The pigmentation is good, but if you're looking for a really vibrant colour I would suggest using a primer just to make it pop all that more.

I've seen some people wear this colour on it's own, but personally I think it make me look like I had tired red eyes. I prefer to wear this with gold and just a hint of black/dark brown in the corners to give a nice "sunrise" look. Here is a picture of how I wore Coppering.

What's your favourite MAC colour?

Miss Glossybox

Miss Glossybox £7

Glossybox UK have just launched their sister box - Miss Glossybox. What's the difference? This version is more purse friendly at only £7( + p&p) and contains high street brands as opposed to luxury brands.

I'm not one to turn my nose up at high street brands, and this new box is a welcome edition especially for teenagers and young adults.

The box is bi-monthly meaning you don't have to fork out every single month(only every second month). This would be a great treat to save up your pocket money for and I really wish something like this was around when I was a teenager!

Subscriptions start in May and available only in the UK and Northern Ireland.

Click here to sign up to Miss Glossybox today

China Glaze - Full Spectrum

China Glaze - Full Specturm - LookAmazing.com.mt €6.95* 

Another nail post today! I've really been experimenting the last two weeks with different accent nails.

Last week I got my hands on China Glaze in Full Spectrum, which is a silver glitter polish with a slight pinky/purple hint to it with flecks of gold,red, green and blue. Let me start of by saying WOW. I've never actually tired a glitter polish with so much glitter. Ok so I'm not a glitter fanatic but I do have a few from OPI and H&M, but when I saw those in the bottle I was hoping for nice sparkly nails, but them seemed to just clear polish with a little glitter mixed through. If that's what you're looking for great, but I was looking for LOTS of sparkle.

Full Spectrum is an intense glitter polish and you only need one coat, that's right one coat for a full coverage of glitter.

*TOP TIP* If you're struggling to remove your glitter polish, soak a cotton pad in some nail polish remover and hold it on the nail for 1-2 minutes. You'll find it comes off a lot easier.

This is a great polish for Christmas time (I know we're in April) or a night out to liven your hands up. I only painted my my ring finger, like I said I'm experimenting with different accents at the moment. But my hand was so sparkly I couldn't stop looking at it!

The polish was easy to apply. I've tried China Glaze quite a few times before and I've never been disappointed

 

What your favourite China Glaze colour?