AMERICAN MAKEUP BUYS | MAC HAUL

  

This post is WAY over due as I went to America over a month ago now, but I still had to blog about my amazing Mac finds as I am sure you girlies will appreciate it. When I walked into the shop me and Georgia were literally in heaven, we couldn't stop admiring all the makeup in there. We stayed in there for a good hour and came back like four times.

Above are all the MAC products I got for about $50 in Washington (that is approximately £35 in the UK). 

Here is the makeup I bought and how much it is in the UK:

♥ Red lipgloss - £15

♥ Studio Sculpt foundation - £24

♥ Studio Sculpt Concealer - £14.50 

♥ Bronzing Powder - £19. 

Georgia bought a load of makeup too as we just couldn't resist. For the rest of the holiday we were just buzzing about our buys. I just couldn't believe how much of a bargain everything was, I even facetimed my mum to tell her about it. 

Sorry for the lack of posts recently, I just don't have time to do many anymore because of sixform and work - its such a nuisance. Blogging is something I really enjoy and I just feel annoyed I can't indulge myself in my posts at the moment and share everything with you. Hopefully things will pick up soon as I have the Easter Holidays in 4 days wooo!

WAKE ME UP CONCEALER | BEAUTY WEEK #1

This is the first makeup product for my 'Beauty Week'. I bought this recently and have left it a short while before reviewing as I wanted to have a proper opinion and view on it.

This is what the brand claims:

'Rimmel Wake Me Up Concealer is our first full coverage concealer that visibly reawakens and illuminates under the eyes. Completely conceals spots and other blemishes. Instant anti-fatigue effect. With Peptides and a Vitamin Moisturising complex'

This item is priced at £5.99 which I think is fairly reasonable. However if you compare it to the price of the actual Wake Me Up Foundation (which is £8.99), then it is a little expensive just for a concealer. The bottle is quite bold as the bright orange top is a colour to wake you up in the morning; the packaging is very basic, just a plastic wrapper. 

  

I completely agree that it reawakens and illuminates your skin - I use only this concealer when I go to work and it really brightens up my skin, leaving a dewy fresh look and feel when I wake up first thing in the morning.   It also leaves your skin very moisturising which is a bonus, as many of the concealers I have tried make my skin dry and flaky. 

It covers my spots and under my eyes superbly, so I am really impressed! It can be applied and layered up to give you full coverage, but if you only use a small amount it looks really natural. 

I got the shade 020 True Ivory - there aren't that many shades to chose from which is disappointing, and the colours don't match your skin colour exactly. A lot of people with lighter skin find that the concealer looks orange on their skin because there isn't a wide variety of shades. (I don't have a problem with this as I have darker/tanned skin.)

The concealer applies very well; the wand makes it easy to apply and you only need a small amount. It feels quite heavy on the skin as it is a thick liquid, however I don't particularly mind as it does such a good job - if the heaviness of the concealer is the only disadvantage then hey ho it's not a problem!

It stays on for around 5 hours which is also impressive! Usually concealers just melt off my face, ecspecially liquid ones. You may need to touch it up if you are going to be wearing it all day, but it does a very good job at staying put on your skin!

Overall this is the best concealer (apart from my 17 concealer stick) I have used and I will definitely be repurchasing when it is empty!