Introducing Joan Collins Timeless Beauty | Makeup Spray and Dry Oil Body Polish

Hello everyone, today's quite an exciting blog post because I'm going to be sharing two products from a brand that is very new to me. Joan Collins Timeless Beauty, is a brand owned by the Dame herself. She created it with the vision of it being an international luxury brand. Within the range it covers fragrance, makeup and skincare! Today I'll be reviewing a skincare/makeup item and a body care item too.

“Beauty is not just for the young. I believe with a little care and attention any woman can look good through her 40s, 50’s, 70’s and beyond.” - Joan

When I received the email with the press release I was super excited to see that there was a makeup setting spray in this range, because if you're a long time reader of my blog you know that I love makeup sprays! I've been testing out both the Ten effects skin treat and makeup fixer*(£18.00) and the I am woman dry oil body polish* (£16.00) for a few weeks now and I'm ready to share my thoughts.

Staring with the Ten effects skin treat and makeup fixer (£18.00) this was the item I was most excited about and it has not disappointed in the slightest. Now I'm definitely one to ignore huge claims that manufacturers make, because often they don't live up to them. This particular spray has been claimed to:

Super Hydrates

Firms

Refines Wrinkles

Minimises Pores

Improves Tone

Adds pH Balancing Layer

Softens

Calms Redness

Locks Makeup

Cools

And aside from 'firms, refines wrinkles and minimises pores' I can vouch for the other claims! It's quite a strong spray, not really a mist but I don't mind that because I hold the bottle far enough from my face. I have been applying this before my makeup (or on no makeup days) and it instantly adds a glow to the face. I then spritz my beauty blender/mini primark sponges before blending in my concealer and finally I finish off my makeup by spraying this a couple of times. The result is a beautifully dewy, hydrated base which lasts a long time. I have been enjoying using this so much and the fact that it gives the skin such a glow makes it well worth the price tag for me!

It's also packed with beneficial ingredients such as rose water AND 'glycerin', which is the key to keeping makeup in place. If you've tried the Nivea mens post shave balm, glycerin is also an ingredient which is high up on the list and again it's what keeps makeup in place. I'm really finding it difficult to not use this spray these days, which says a lot!

The second item I've been trying out is the I am woman dry oil body polish (£16.00), which I have been LOVING! The skin on my body is very sensitive so I'm always a little apprehensive to use new products in case my skin flares up. I didn't have anything to worry about with this however, which again comes down to the great ingredients in my eyes. It contains kiwi seeds and avocado oil, olive oil and jojoba oil so it is super kind to the skin, whilst also buffing away dead skin and leaving my arms and legs feeling silky smooth! The granules of salt aren't too big or rough, again making it fantastic for my sensitive skin and you get a HUGE 300g, so its great value for money too.


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Introducing Joan Collins Timeless Beauty | Makeup Spray and Dry Oil Body Polish

Hello everyone, today's quite an exciting blog post because I'm going to be sharing two products from a brand that is very new to me. Joan Collins Timeless Beauty, is a brand owned by the Dame herself. She created it with the vision of it being an international luxury brand. Within the range it covers fragrance, makeup and skincare! Today I'll be reviewing a skincare/makeup item and a body care item too.

Lush Bloggers' Event & Haul

Hello hello, todays blog post is on the wonderful annual Lush event - honestly if you're a blogger and you haven't gotten in touch with your local store, you're missing out! They love holding these events and educating us bloggers on the beautiful new seasonal products. I was exhausted that day but very much looked forwards to attending and it was so nice meeting a couple of new people too! Seeing all the new halloween and Christmas products was great and I thought it was so nice how they had vegan snacks and non-alcoholic drinks for everybody to enjoy. The event always starts by passing around a Lush shower jelly and introducing ourselves, along with our blog/youtube channel. We then were given a quick tour of the store set up, followed by a 'spot the new release' sort of game, which was different and a more exciting way of seeing each product as a group. I managed to create a couple of GIFs I know I know, how fanceeh!

This is the Autumn Leaf Bath Bomb (£3.75) which I was simply mesmerised by...look at all those stunning colours! 😍 The colours are supposed to reflect the stunning autumn leaves falling onto the floor, although I love the more pastel colours in this version. The three main oils in this bath bomb are Neroli Oil for uplifting and toning, sandalwood oil for uplifting and soothing the skin and bergamot oil for uplifting and cleansing. So as you can imagine it has quite a woody scent, which isn't my personal favourite as I love sweeter scents. But I think we can all agree that it is BEAUTIFUL 🙌🏽.

Another bath bomb we were shown is this oblong shaped one, which try as I might, I just cannot find it on their website...so I'm assuming its an Oxford st. exclusive that we have in our local store too. Sorry I couldn't be much help here, but I just had to show you the pretty gif I made from it! 😍

Next up we have monsters' ball (£4.25), which is clearly a halloween exclusive! It has quite a fresh smell due to the ingrediant of lime oil, howevr I love that it also includes fair trade organic cocoa butter. This makes the bath so much more relaxing and the smell is fresh, with a slight gloral mix and it turns the bath a bunch of different colours from pink - blue. I love how it was still fizzing for a while after it was placed in the bowl and I think its the perfect autumnal treat!

On the left hand side we have butterbear (£1.95) which is by far one of the most affordable lush bath products! Although it doesn't look as exciting as the others, this bath bomb is one of the most comforting and contains very few ingredients. Amongst those we have fair trade colombian cocoa butter, ylang ylang oil and cocoa powder. I think this is one of the most moisturising bath products in the whole store - do pick it up if your skin needs some comfort!

Moving on to the brighter yellow and pink concoction, this bath bomb is called Never mind the ballistics (£4.25), which has a very sweet smell - not snow fairy sweet, but literally candy sweet! It contains the wonderful cocoa butter, as well as lime oil, sweet wild orange oil and fresh banana! Again its lovely for the skin and a real beauty to look at.

And finally one of the beautiful bubble bars: The magic of christmas (£5.95), look how pretty it is! I have to say I do love a good reusable product and I think you'll love this if you're into warm cinnamon scents. This product contains cinnamon leaf oil, Almond oil and sweet orange oil and has the cutest little bell attached to it too!

I hope you enjoyed those gifs, it is very cool to me that I can make them now relatively easily so expect more in the future ☺️. Now on to MY haul of products I picked up...

Firstly we have another reusable bubble bar wand, which does by the name of magic wand (£5.96). This version makes the bath water turn a hue of pink and of course has the classic bubblegum snowfairy smell, which I adore! I am a huge fan of sweet smells, so I had to treat myself to this.

I also picked up two bath bombs...with the first being Father christmas (£3.75), another repeat from last year. It again has the snow fairy smell and it also has a green centre - which means the water turns this colour! Lets be honest, I don't plan on using a whole one for just one bath so who knows how much of the colour I'll see - but I love the fact that this smell lingers and I think it'll make a good couple of soaks!

The final bath bomb I purchased is one I showed above: Never mind the ballistics (£4.25) which I'm super excited to use 🤗.

I also asked the lovely lush ladies to recommend me something for my very sensitive skin, after or before shaving. If you've been following my lumea journey, you'll know how much I despise shaving because my skin comes out in rashes and bumps. They recommended the Ambrosia shaving cream (£4.95 - 100g), which contains oat milk, cocoa butter and several oils. They all go a long way in ensuring my skin is comfortable and so far it has been working a treat! My skin is less irritated and feels super smooth to touch, making shaving less of a pain.

I also purchased the well known cleanser from Lush, which I totally forgot to take a photo of. The Ultrabland cleanser (£12.95 for 100g). Now it was a little pricy as you can see and perhaps I should have purchased the smaller one, but in terms of value for money this made more sense! This is a cream cleanser, so a little goes a long way and it is packed full of brilliant natural products, a few of them are: honey, almond oil and rose water. I love how nourished and clean my skin feels after wiping this off with a damp flannel, however I will be using another cleanser alongside this so I can keep using my vanity planet cleansing brush - as I've really noticed a difference in the lack of exfoliation with my skin! So, so far I'm enjoying it, but it's not my only evening cleanser in use.

The final thing I wanted to share with you all is the two samples we were kindly given. I was thrilled to get the Mr. Sandman dusting powder, which is a stunning golden/silver powder that you literally dust over your skin. I think its perfect for a special occasion and it also has a beautiful lavender scent.

They also gave me a small sample of a shower gel which'll be interesting to use!

What has caught your eye from Lush's recent collections?

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Lush Bloggers' Event & Haul

Hello hello, todays blog post is on the wonderful annual Lush event - honestly if you're a blogger and you haven't gotten in touch with your local store, you're missing out! They love holding these events and educating us bloggers on the beautiful new seasonal products. I was exhausted that day but very much looked forwards to attending and it was so nice meeting a couple of new people too! Seeing all the new halloween and Christmas products was great and I thought it was so nice how they had vegan snacks and non-alcoholic drinks for everybody to enjoy. The event always starts by passing around a Lush shower jelly and introducing ourselves, along with our blog/youtube channel. We then were given a quick tour of the store set up, followed by a 'spot the new release' sort of game, which was different and a more exciting way of seeing each product as a group. I managed to create a couple of GIFs I know I know, how fanceeh!

Beauty Haul | Becca & Kat Von D

Hello everybody! Today I have a haul post for you all and it will most certainly be the last one in a long while, cause I'm still about that #studentlife haha. This haul spans from August till now and I'm really excited to share it all with you.


A couple of weeks back towards the end of summer, I went to Birmingham to meet with a friend of mine, and of course I couldn't resist having a bit of a shop! It was wonderful to spend time with Hoodo and towards the end of trip I had some time alone and decided to hunt down the Birmingham Space NK store. It used to be in the bullring, however they have moved the store and its now about a 5 minute walk. Usually I'd just think, naaah I'll leave it and just sit on a bench and people watch till my train arrives. But it was SPACE NK - a store I rarely get to enter, because my nearest is in London. So I used google maps and followed the path till I got there and boy oh boy was it worth the searching and walked avec heavy bags! All the gorgeous brands that you don't find in a typical department store laid out, all the products I constantly browse through online and the best part? No pushy sales assistants 🎉 I was seriously in my element and could have spent a good couple of hours browsing. I had intended to purchase the Becca Champagne Split in Amaretto and Prosecco pop, because it sold out instantly online and I was told via twitter that it was only available in stores. However after a chat with the sales assistant there, I realised it would make a lot more sense to purchase the champagne collection palette, which I was sure would be sold out anyway!

The split pans cost £32 each are are available still from here. Like I said I was not expecting the palette to be around, so I was taken aback to see it there haha. The palette costs £48 and when you compare the amount of product you get in the palette (20.4g), to the amount in the split pan (7.93g), its a no brainer that if the palette is available...ya get the palette! 😋 What made me umm and ahh a little was the question...will you really use all the shades? At least by buying a split pan, you know you'll use it up, but again the value for money was just better in this case. Obviously it has been quite a few weeks since I picked this up, however if you are interested in picking up the palette, I'd recommend you check out your local store just in case. I wasn't expecting to find it, but I did so who knows ^_^.

On to the actual palette itself I've not had a lot of time to try it out properly, but upon swatching the shades they're the same gorgeous buttery formula that Becca produces. The packaging is beautiful, white and gold, with an excellent sized mirror which is always a plus. Although I was unsure about the size of the blush pans at first, they're more than enough due to how pigmented the formula is. You only need to tap your brush on the pan and you'll get enough for one use. I also already have champagne pop, it was a gift I received for my birthday this year which was another reason why I was keen on getting the split pan initially - however its such a beautiful highlighter that I know I can use it for years to come now I have two. Presseco pop, the golden highlighter, is utterly dreamworthy for warm skintones and I cannot wait to use it soon!

I just had to put another photo in here - as you can see you're given a clear sheet with the names on, but when I do lose this it's all good because they have the names written on the back. I'm most excited by Amaretto, which is the matte/satin blush that is more of a nude colour and reminds me of what I envisage NARS Madly would look like. However Rose Spritz is reminiscent of Sleek rose gold and NARS Orgasm, so again another shade I'm looking forwards to wearing. I'm happy to have a selection of the mineral blushes from Becca as I'm such a fan of the NARS formula, I rarely spend a lot on other blushers.

Moving on to another exciting release in the U.K - horaaaay we finally have Kat Von D! It only took the U.K a couple of years to get this brand haha. I was incredibly excited to hear at the start of summer that we would be getting KVD here and I started thinking about what products I want from her line. You probably already know that I am smitten with the Shade and Light contour palette (£36) reviewed here, which has recently been re-released in a refillable packaging but for some reason that version isn't being stocked in the U.K. Yesterday I hit pan on a third shade within the palette, which is a first for me as I've never gotten through so much product! So that in itself speaks for how great the product is, which has led me to have high expectations of the brand in general. Recently Kat has released the 'lock it' setting powder (£20 for 19g), which I didn't hear too much about before the brand came to Debenhams, but the reasonable price meant I wanted to give it a go. I have been loving the Coty powder for lightly baking, so I wanted to pick up a higher end version. I really like the packaging, its sleek and pretty compacy. In terms of a difference from the drugstore one, although this is a little more yellow toned than the coty and finer milled, I haven't seen a big difference in the performance of the powders - but I shall keep you posted.

I was really interested to try the newly reformulated and repackaged 'lock it' creme concealer (£20), however I just have to say I hate how expensive concealers are becoming these days. 6g costing twenty quid??? Thats a joke if you ask me, when the Kevyn Aucoin Sensual skin enhancers aren't even double the price but contain a load of product and last a couple of years. This is the primary reason why I don't often spend my money on other brands for concealer, cause often they're not worth the money. Its much more beneficial picking up an expensive longer lasting product, than a £20 one which only lasts a couple of months, making it even more expensive than the product with the £35+ price tag! I hope I'm making sense here haha.

Anyway on to the actual concealer, I guess I purchased it out of complete and utter excitement that KVD was available online and I picked up the shade Medium 17 - warm. The online swatches are sparse, so I was VERY lucky to get a shade that works well for me. Its brightening and inbetween yellow and neutral. I do use a corrector first - but I do this with EVERY concealer because my dark circles are just that awful. I'd describe the coverage as medium but you could build it up a little. The formula is creamy and easy to blend, I use a damp beauty blender and its quick and easy in the morning - definitely quicker than Kevyn! For this reason I have been using it almost daily and although I would prefer a full coverage under-eye for special occasions, I'm actually okay with this for a daily basis. So far so good, but the pricing for the amount you get still bugs me...and I don't know that I love it enough to repurchase at this point.

Finally I picked up two more of her everlasting liquid lipsticks. I already owned Lolita and Double Dare, so I added Lolita 2 and Bow N Arrow. These cost £16 each, pretty pricy but you get a decent amount in the tube and I do enjoy the formula. By the way the swatch style I've used, is totally inspired by the beautiful beauty with charm ☺️. So far I really like lolita 2, it is a stunning orange toned mix of brown and red and I've been leaning towards this kind of shade since discovering and falling for ABH Ashton. Bow N Arrow looks VERY brown in the swatch, yet on my lips its more muted and slightly more on the nude side. Look out for a collective review of these in a couple of weeks!

What are your favourite recent purchases?

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Beauty Haul | Becca & Kat Von D

Hello everybody! Today I have a haul post for you all and it will most certainly be the last one in a long while, cause I'm still about that #studentlife haha. This haul spans from August till now and I'm really excited to share it all with you.