FREEDOM Eyebrow Pomade Review

So were talkin' eyebrows...

This is my 2nd pot of the Freedom Brown Pomade and feel quite caught up on how this little pot of putty holds up to brow shaping and framing. 

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1. Price

BARGAIN ALERT BARGAIN ALERT!!

Previously £5.00 but now currently £2.50 on Revolutions Website. 

2. Colour Range 

Only 3 shades to offer (i believe due to the possible discontinuing maybe?)

Granite - Black (could be used as an eyeliner)

Chocolate - Dark Brown (My current shade)

Caramel Brown - A few shades lighter than chocolate (could work for a dark blonde) 

 3. Packaging

When purchased, your pomade arrives in a cute little cardboard box to then show your pomade in a compact, glass/plastic pot. Upon many times using, the writing can start to fade, but considering how many times my paws use this stuff, no wonder!

4. Formula

That first touch with your eyebrow brush of choice will feel a lot easier than the next few uses. After the first dip and the first layer removed, the product becomes a bit more stubborn, which means less slippage on the ol' brows. It's not super hard that you can't pick up any on your brush, but thick enough to not allow a messy application. 

After a while using the pomade you will notice it getting drier and drier, at this stage, each time before using i spritz a little setting spray to the pot to emulsify the product a touch. 

5. Application.

Thanks to the formula, you are able to glide the product onto your brow at your own pace. 

I've tried other brow products where you need to act fast before it dries up or conversely, have it practically dripping off my brow. This is a happy medium, I am able to glide the pomade onto my brow with applying a smooth application from the front to the tail end. 

It's also easy to clean up, if your hand slips and it ends up on your nose, no problemo, a quick wipe with a cotton pad or lets face it your finger (so much easier) and it's gone. 

6. Longevity.

If you were to wipe your fingers across your brows mid afternoon just after a yawn, chances are your gonna be one brow down. It's not glue, but it doesn't move with sweat and rain. Just as long as you try to go gentle when touching them, your going to be safe with your brows lasting as long as you need them too. 

7. Feel.

When applied to the brows, there's no tacky, sticky, heavy, clumpy feeling thank goodness!

AND BEST OF ALL no CRISPY brows!

8. Amount of Product. 

With 2.5g it lasts bloooooooomin ages!!

I had my first pot for 2 years+ and had to part ways when spritzing with setting spray didn't moisten it enough for me. Sad times. 

Where can it be purchased?

Right here on Revolutions website

Anything similar?

Although never tried, i believe the most similar if not same product has now been released under Revolutions brand name, with loads more shade options which you can find here  for £5-£6. 

Would I purchase again?

Absolutely. Although i have a faint feeling FREEDOM as a brand has submerged into Revolution so maybe there's going to be one day in the future i'll no longer be able to get my hands on it! 

*my brows go into meltdown*

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Thank you so much for taking the time out of your day to read my post and can't wait to chat soon!

Love, Emilie xx

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Cruelty Free

Vegan

Gluten Free

2.5g of Product

Lasts for YONKS

Last all day on the brows

Easy to apply

Compact

Creamy but not too creamy

Affordable 

Benefit Cookie Highlighter Review

Who even am I? A benefit boxed highlighter? I never thought i would see the day. 

A benefit highlighter goes passed my everyday budget to spend on a piece of makeup but as this was in a bundle from a left over xmas set a boots, i could not let it pass. 

Let's delve into benefits highlighter - cookie.

Did I know this existed until perusing boots website? No. Heard much about it? Nope. 

Do you need to hear about it? YES!! 

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1. Packaging

I love the uniqueness of benefit boxed products. The way they can stand out in your collection for all those circle and square shaped blusher, it just grabs my attention. 

Cookie, features a drawn model featuring the same shades of the highlighter, which is a cute touch. 

You might think a box blush would be flimsy but in fact feels quite sturdy. The open and close mechanism is rather satisfying. 

It opens with a smooth sweep and when closing, tucks in nicely with a hidden magnet, this will help if it ends up in a makeup from opening and smushing against your mascara. 

2. Shade

Benefit describe it has a golden-pearl... a soft gold shimmer. 

I do agree, but also would add that it has a peachy hue too. It's your classic champagne shade with a glint of peach in certain lights. Even it certain lights it could pass as an ivory silver tone. 

3. Formula

PIG-MEN-TED. 

As dua lipa would say...one touch is all it take, to take my breath away. 

A little intimate touch of the finger picks up the product effortlessly. 

4. Application.

Hard to work with? Even though its so pigmented, its so easy to work with. 

A little dab of the product can go a long way but can be blended out to a subtle hint on the skin. On the other hand, you can go HAM and build that baby up and shine to the heavens.

5. Look

It is so finely milled that on the skin it looks effortless, fluent on the skin. No chunky particles that give of an unnatural look. The butteriness of the highlighter glides over the skin making it look soft and silky. With cookie catching different shades in certain lights, i do believe this would suit every skin tone. With it having a silver tone, it would suit the palest of skins but with it having a peachy tone too, it would to the deepest of tones and all in between.

6. Longevity

Being so pigmented, it lasts on the skin until your doing your deep cleanse.

With it being so silky, the product almost melts and meshes with your bases products and locks in until it's time to remove. 

7. Amount of product

You receive 8g of pure delight. 

8. Extras

I've noticed benefit always go above and beyond with their fine details, when purchasing you get a cute little pamphlet giving you a demo of how to apply. 

A brush that fits perfectly inside the product. I don't keep this in the box itself, i find that when i go it has scrape against the highlighter, uplifting the product and ends up with product all of the applicator. I don't think it would be completely useful for blush, but for highlighter, its quite a nice shape for a dusting on the cheekbones. 

My favourite is the cute little mirror. Not one you could do your whole makeup routine in, but definitely one those mirrors you forget you have with you and then happily realise benefit have done you could and provided the goods. 

Where can I purchase and how much is it going to cost me?

You can purchase it right here... CLICK ME

for £27.00.

Anything similar? 

I have found an amazing drugstore dupe if your not wanting to splurge today... 

Wet and Wilds MegaGlow Highlighter in Previous Petals 

CLICK HERE

Would I recommend?

YES! Especially if you like to collect benefits boxed products. Albeit i know it's pricey, but the quality of the formula is outstanding & you really know your getting a highlighter thats going to last as long as you need it too and look natural, glossy and shining. 

THE LOW DOWN

unique but sturdy packaging

silky soft formula

pigmented

long lasting

unique shade with pearl, peach, gold/silvery hues

applies effortlessly

comes with mirror and brush

cute design 

8g of product

Thank you so much for joining me today, why not check out another post? You'll find some suggested below just for you :')

Lots of love, Emilie x

MAC LIPSTICK REVIEW IN SYRUP

After patiently collect 6 items from makeup to be empty, i took them on a little adventure to a MAC store where i was able to exchange them for a FULL SIZE lipstick. Waaaaaah?!

When you have 6 empty products from MAC you can do this thing called, BACK TO MAC. 

I presume it's a way of them being able to recycle the packaging as well as a great marketing strategy to lure customers to buy more to make up their total to get a free lippy. Genius! 

After many, many moments figuring out which lipstick to go for, i decided to opt away from the nudes and go for a gorgeous wearable everyday pink. 

Introducing... Syrup. 

No editing, just flash....

Hello my new little friend that i'm going to describe as my lip colour but that's a little bitter better!

It's the most gorgeous natural 'pink flush' shade that just washes over the lips.

This is only my second MAC lipstick and is a whole new formula from my Velvet Teddy. 

I must say, i love them both!

Syrup is a Lustre. It has that balmy look but with quite good last power. My favourite part about this shade is that as it wears, it tones down even more too such a gorgeous natural shade, it barely looks like your wearing anything, with just an added glint of colour to your lips.

Thank you so much for reading today's post & can't wait to chat soon.

Love, Emilie x

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Lustre Formula

£17.50 or FREE when you BACK2MAC

Natural, flush of pink

Great lasting power

Fades gradually to a sweep of a flush pink shade

3g of product 

Hotel Chocolat Lip Balm Review

I don't know about you, but when I stumble into (more like arrive into, after hunting the store down before i can head anywhere else) Hotel Chocolat, a thought runs through my mind every. single. time. 

''If only there were something that i can slather all over my lips that looks AND tastes like chocolate? hmmmm''

Low and behold *angels sing* there sat small, cute, wooden pots holding such a product.

Hotel Chocolat have only gone and brought out their own lip balm! 

Willy Wonka missed a trick here!

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1. Packaging

Wouldn't you just looooook! I'm going all heart eyed emoji over here.

I have never seen a such a cute and compact yet luxuriously rustic lip balm in all my 25 years. I've never seen any packaging like this being offered amongst the usual lip balm brands.

When you grasp the soft wooden pot in your hands, if feels so deluxe. On the top and bottom of the pot is a Hotel Chocolat simple yet fitting label for the info needed.

2. Price

Please oh pretty please don't gasp when I tell you this ok?

You promise?

Ok, this lip balm costs £7.00.

I shall admit, a wee bit of air passed through my lips when i saw the price but we are talking Hotel Chocolat. A fancy, lavish chocolate store that always deliver quality and per-ZAZZ.

(Unsure of wether this is a promotional offer or an ongoing offer but online at Hotel Chocolat they are offering 2 for £10 mix & match, perfect if your buying for a gift)

3. Scent/Flavour

There's 4 to choose from including:

Almond Chocolat

Peach Chocolat

Coconut Chocolat

Fruited Chocolat

4. Formula

If you have experienced biting into Hotel Chocolat's dizzy praline chocolates, you may remember the texture inside that was thick, yet silky and of course delicious.

I don't know if this was Hotel Choclat's intensions but scoop the middle of a dizzy praline out and you've got this lip balms formula.

If you've never had a dizzy praline, 1. your missing out on a treat! 2. The formula is thick but loose, when applied onto the lips it feels like an oil when warmed from the finger tips giving a luscious juicy lip look. 

5. Ingredients

In this particular balm, the natural blend of ingredients include almond oil and cocoa butter (what a combo) rosemary leaf extract and beeswax. All blended together to make a natural, vegetarian lip balm for us to slather on our puckers. 

Hotel Chocolat do emphasise that all of their products are made in a factory that handles tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, milk and soya so therefore may contain traces.

6. Feel & Look

The balm is a silky but rich formula that feels almost like a glaze on the lips. Applied to thick, it could feel a little much as a small amount can go a long way. 

Although the Almond Chocolat has a cocoa tint in colour, this doesn't particularly show on the lips, maybe a slight hue. But it does however give a juicy plump appearance and leaves your lips feeling softer and hydrated after first use. 

Where can it be purchased?

Both online and in a Hotel Chocolat store. 

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Thank you so much for taking the time out of your day to read my post!
What flavour would you choose? The fruited chocolat sounds very appealing for Christmas time, christmas cake lip balm anyone?

Can't wait to chat soon!

Love, Emilie xx

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£7.00
(2 for £10 mix & match online)

May contain traces of tree nuts, peanuts, milk, soya and wheat

Silky, soft, whipped like formula 

Vegetarian

Can be applied thickly for a great overnight lip treatment 

Gives a glossy, plump appearance to the lips 

Deluxe packaging 

4 varieties including Almond, Fruited, Coconut and Peach Chocolat. 

Hydrates and softens after one use 

Smells (& can confirm after ''accidentally'' licking my lips, tastes) delicious

10ml of product

Revolution Banana Light Powder Review

Let's delve into a puff of lightweight, finely milled powder and ponder of Revolution Beauty's gem of a product.

1. What is it and what does it claim to do?

This is finely milled baking powder and 7th in Revolution's loose baking powder range. 

It is claimed to be just like their original baking powder with the same unbeatable setting and brightening power. The product is claimed to prolong makeup, banish shine, brighten and balance skin tone. ( everything i want and need in a powder, can i getta hell yeah?!)

2. Price

Compared to other baking powders on the market, this comes in at a fraccccction of the price.

For 32g of product it costs just £5.00

3. Packaging

I was excepting a rather big tub from the pictures i have seen online but when it arrived, i was so surprised by its cute little podgy-ness. It's compact enough for travelling on holidays but not tiny enough to pop into a clutch for touch ups.

4. Shade

Within the 7 shades, this one is designed for brightening lighter skin tones. 

When purchasing this shade, i knew i wanted to try a banana powder after hearing many a good things about the benefits of brightening under your eyes, but was a little concerned about the yellow tinge. 

With the banana light, although it does have a touch of lemon colouring to the powder, that cannot be seen when applied... thankfully.

5. Application

 If you like to tip the loose product into the cap before applying, good luck.

It's rather tiny.

Upon finding this out, i opted to then use the back of my hand to sprinkle the product onto which works just fine.

I use a dry beauty sponge to pick and place the product on the desired areas of my face. Sometimes i bake, sometimes i just pat straight in. Either way is very easy to do with the sponge method as you can pick and place the product onto designated areas, rather than sporadically applying with a brush, if thats not your jam. 

6. Feel

When i bake or pat this powder straight into my skin i get the same outcome.

Silk.

It doesn't feel heavy one little bit.

7. Finish

It doesn't cake into my pores or rest onto the dry patches of my skin.

It absorbs any oil that has annoyingly escaped through since applying my foundation or when i touch up throughout the day.

I love how it glides over my makeup rather than just sits there.

Unlike some powders i have used in the past, it doesn't LOOK heavy either and doesn't look like a cast of dust over my skin which is da best.

Flashback? nu urrrr.

With it being a slight touch lighter than my foundation shade, it gives a subtle natural brightness under my eyes which blends in so naturally to the other products on my skin.

8. Longevity

As Revolution claims, it does hold my makeup in place. It doesn't hold it amazingly well with some foundations but i put my blame to them instead of powder.

I do sometimes have to touch up around my nose but when do i not need to do this? ( gee thanks sweaty shnoz!)

I love the fact it doesn't clog and cake up when re-applying to touch up. It just blends into the previously applied products and sits just as well as when first applied.

Where can I buy it from?

Right here... Revolution Beauty or Superdrug

What are the other shades and their claims?

Translucent – for all skin tones

White – for the fairest skin tones 

Banana Light – brightening for light skin tones

Banana – brightening for medium skin tones

Banana Deep - brightening for medium to dark skin tones

Lace – for medium skin tones

Beige – for warm medium skin tones

Peach - colour balancing for medium to dark skin tones

Orange – colour balancing for dark skin tones 

Deep Dark – for dark and deep skin tones 

Would I purchase it again?

100%

I may look into purchasing the shade 'lace' for the summer time when i might gain a little tan.

Thank you so much for reading my lovelies and we shall chat soon...

Love, Emilie xx

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32g for £5.00

Comes in 7 different shades

Doesn't have a yellow cast

Brightens

Locks in makeup

Non cakey look

Doesn't cake when applying touch ups

Works well with other products

Looks natural on the skin

Finely milled and light texture

No7 Maple Glow Palette Review & Swatches

Well hi there No7's autumnal, everyday, go-to, travel friendly palette that i got free with my purchases, it is SO lovely to have you ;)

Yep, for FREE! Right now in Boots, they are offering this beautiful palette for ABSOLUTELY NOTHING when you buy 2 or more products from No7 Cosmetics/Brushes.

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You can buy this palette on it's own once this offer has ended for £25.00. 

Here's what the outer packaging looks like in all of it's autumnal glory... 

This travel friendly and everyday use palette comes with 4 flattering eyeshadows, a bronzer, blush and 2 highlighters.

Charlotte Tilbury had a very similar product out which i would have brought if my purse had let me for £49.00, which had very similar shades to whats being offered from No7! 

The 4 eyeshadows are buttery and pigmented, offering different eye looks for many occasions with 2 matte and 2 shimmer shades. I can't wait to sweep that golden orange shade all over the lid as soon as Autumn hits for a burnt rusty eye look. Until then, i think the nude all over the lid with a smudged out line of the maroon shade will be perfect for a effortless day time look. 

The blush and bronzer offer great pigment but gives an option to build. So if your only wanting a slight bit of bronze to the cheekbones, a touch of the brush will add enough impact without being over the top, yet dipping in again will add the depth you need to create the cheekbones you desire. 

The matte bronzer is a caramel toned shade without the orange tones. 

The blush is giving me NARS orgasm vibes left right and centre. This blush though has a slight peachy undertone but still lets that golden shine beam through in the light. So pweddy. 

The 2 highlighters offer a spectrum of an angelic champagne hue to a golden goddess living it up in Santorini. 

The champagne shade offers a gorgeous light gold effect which will be perfect for all occasions. The bronze highlighter could be blissfully worn on top of a bronzed cheek and even swept across the eye lids too!

This palette is just glorious. I can see this being my grab and go for when i'm travelling as it has so many steps i need to create my makeup look in one palette, for a drugstore price... well done No7 <3 

You can get No7 Maple Glow Palette HERE

Thank you so much for reading and chat soon...

Emilie xx

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Pigmented

Buttery 

Perfect for all occasions

Nars Dupe

Charlotte Tilbury Dupe

Costs £25.00

Compact

Perfect for travel 

Eyeshadows - 0.8g

Bronzer - 2.8g

Blusher - 2.6g

Highlighters - 1.9g