Sleek Make Up Nail Polish

      First of all, I would like to say thank you to Product Testing UK for sending me this product to review and having an opportunity to blog for them :). 

      So the product that I was sent was a gel nail polish by a brand that I have not heard of before, which is "Sleek make up".  This was in the shade Waikiki, which was a coral colour.

     My first impressions were that it looked a great summer colour and I couldn't wait to use it. Especially with the lovely weather we are having at the moment!

     When applying this nail polish it does go on very thick, which is both a good thing and bad. It's good as it does cover the nails well, but then it's bad as I think that this makes the nail polish chip more easily.  When i used this nail polish I did apply two coats and I still thought that it looks a little patchy in places, but didnt apply another layer, as I thought it would defiantly chip quicker then.

     The nail polish had a great high shine finish, but I do think this nail polish is not really for me. I usually like a more full coverage nail polish. I must say that this nail polish did make my nails feel a lot stronger, which I thought helped a lot as I hate it when I break a nail! Don't we all  :)

     So overall I would say that this nail polish has both it's advantages and disadvantages. I would probably use again, but would try and apply 3 layers to see if the coverage was any better.

    After applying, the nail polish did start to chip the very next day, which I wasn't very happy with because I thought, with it being a gel polish. It would last a good few days without chipping.

     Thank you for reading, don't forget to comment below if you have any questions or follow me on Twitter
   Smileyxchloe

Seaweed & Aloe Eye Gel - Amphora Aromatics

First of all I would like to say thanks to Bloggers Required for sending me this lovely product to review.  I was very excited to be able to review this product, as I have never before used anything of this brand, also I have never used a eye gel. I have not really used any other form of make up remover other than make up wipes, so it is a very different experience to just using a wipe.

     To use this product you just apply this gel to the eye area, I usually just use one small pump to each eye. Rub it in circular motions for 10-20 seconds, then wipe off with a cotton pads.
     When first applying this product to my eyes, my eyes had a burning sensation, which I was a little worried about. But after using this product for a few days, the burning went down andIi figured that the product must heat up when removing the make up.
     Also when applying after the burning it has a very cool tingling sensation, which does last quiet a while. This to me is the only down side to this product, as I don't really like the tinging sensation. But then others probably do.
     This eye gel is very good, as it does two jobs at the same time. It removes make up and also soothes and cools tired eyes. Before using this product my eyes were very red and tired looking, but after just 6 days of using this product my eye are noticeably less red and they do look more refreshed and less tired.
     So if you have had a rubbish nights sleep, or suffer with tired eyes this is the product for you!
I have also compared this to my normal technique of removing make up and I will say this is as equally, if not better results. My eyelashes are also noticeably more soft which  is also a good thing.

     Overall I would say that this product has better results than a normal make up remover, but on the other hand is more time consuming than just a wipe. But if you use both eye cream and a make up remover you would save time, but personally I just use a wipe. So this product has its advantages and disadvantages. Also one good thing about this product is that it is made of natural ingredients, so you are not putting any harsh chemical onto your eyes.


     I received a sample sachet of Amphora Aromatics Lavender Gel and Tee Tree Gel.
The Lavender Gel is a Multipurpose gel which is soothing and antiseptic and the Tee Tree Gel is anti-fungual and antiviral gel.
    These two products are also made with all natural ingredients.
I have used the Lavender gel on a small burn that I have got on my arm, this seemed to soothe the burn and reduce the swelling. Would defiantly use again, as I hate it when you have a burn or cut and it goes all red and swollen. This product seemed to work very well, as I only applied it twice and the swelling seemed to go down very fast. The Lavender Gel could also be used for insect bites.

     On the sachet of Tea tree gel it says that it is for insects bites and erases fungal infection, but as I do not have either at the present moment, I could not use this for either problems, but I did use it on a spot on my forehead and after applying twice to the spot it did reduce in almost half in size and appeared a lot less red. I would not recommend this product for spots, as I am unsure if this is the correct thing to do with it, but it defiantly worked for me ! :)

To buy all these product and to see the results for yourself go to AAskincare  

This was my eyes after using Seaweed & Aloe Eye Gel for the first time. As you can see my eyes are very red.

This was my eyes after just 6 days. Almost normal colour and no redness. 

Thank you for reading and don't forget to comment below for any more questions or follow me on twitter. 

Smileyxchloe

No7 Instant Illusions Airbrush Away Primer

     Before this product I did not use any kind of primer and I thank the No7 assistant for recommending this product, as it is literally a life saver!

 Sick of make-up coming off your face on a night out? Never again with this primer.

When first thinking about a primer, my thoughts were, why would I need that? That won't work!

But I assure you it does! This is my no one essential for a night out. 

I apply this primer after I moisturise my face and you do not need to use much, as a little goes a long way. This also makes your face very smooth and even.  Your face will feel smooth and moisturised after using this product. You will also use a lot less foundation. Foundation just glides on your face and you use around half of the foundation that you would normally use. This will make your foundation last longer and saving you a few pennies. 

     This primer does not only just prime your face, but this product has light diffusing particles, which are designed to make your face younger and more flawless, as it puts wrinkles, fine lines and pores into soft focus. 

     I also think that when using this product with both a moisturiser and foundation, that my freckles are more covered than when I just use a foundation. 

Overall I love this product and would defiantly recommend it to anyone who would like there foundation to stay on all night long. I also use No7 Beautifull Matte foundation. 

This pictures shows me when using the primer.

This photo shows me using the same routine but without the primer and moisturiser 

As you can see my skin looks more glowing and more of an even skin tone than the bottom picture.

You can buy this product from Boots for £19.50, sometimes you can get a £5 off voucher on skincare, so if your not willing to pay full price, get it for just £14.50 with a voucher. 

Thanks for reading, any questions then feel free to comment below or on twitter.

Magic minerals JML

     As you may have seen on TV, JML are doing a compact powder, which is supposed to conceal correct and cover your face. So what JML are trying to do is make an affordable make up, which does the job of both a foundation and concelear. This compact foundation does not come in shades and is supposed to work for any shade of skin. Which I don't really understand, as there are a very different range of shades of skin.
When I saw this product advertised on the tv, I thought it looked great and for a reasonable price of just £9.99, I thought to myself, why not give it a try.

     When opening the compact, which the the brand name is "Jerome Alexander," who is a well known make up artist, I was curious to give it a try. This is not like a normal powder foundation, as it has different colour mineral shades within the palate. They are as follows, Pink, mint, lavender and yellow.
When first looking at this, I was a little worried, as I thought maybe that I would get patches of different colours on my face! but that wasn't the case.
So I have given the product a trial for around a month now and what I would say is, do not apply with the sponge provided. Use a normal powder brush and give your face a good few coats. This will give a natural coverage and does defiantly even out your skin tone hiding any red blemishes.
I do not think this product is magic, but it does luminate your face and makes pores look more flawless.
If a natural light-medium coverage is not your cup of tea, then this product will not be for you.
I use this product in the day time for work, which is great, as it feels light on your face and doesn't fade off though out the day.
I do also use this product if I want a heaver coverage, but usually I do my normal foundation routine, then use this just as a powder over the top. Just to give a more flawless look.
This product is not powdery, as it may look and I would say that it is defiantly not magic!
But I will continue to use this for work and to use as a powder over my make up.
Overall it is good value for the money, but do not think that the advertisement and the pictures advertised are accurate, as it is not both a foundation and concelar, it's just like other mineral foundations, except this has the different colour pigments within the palatte.

This is me with no foundation on and as you can see I have a lot of freckles, as the sun has finally made an appearance! I also have some red blemishes on my chin and red circles around my eyes.

This is me with just the magic minerals compact foundation on. This compact foundation has hidden some of my freckles and makes them look less noticeable, but you can still see them lightly. My skin tone looks more even and my face looks more radiant and awake. Also it has considerably hidden the red blemishes.

Thanks for reading 

smileyxchloe x

Love Me Beauty Box Review May 2015

So I was very happy this month when receiving my Love Me Beaty box, when I opened it, to my surprise I had two free gifts :)   Everyone loves a free gift, don't they! So not only had I got the 4 items in which I had chosen, but I had in fact got 5 items and a free make up bag. So needless to say I was very excited.

 The same as last month it came in a silver sturdy storage box with the logo on the top, which no doubt I will find  a good purpose for. This month I got two free gifts, I didn't get my products in the usual drawstring bag. I got it in a nice fabric make up bag saying "Beauty lies within," which was great and I will defiantly be using this to store some of my make up in. It's also great, as when it get's dirty I can just chuck it in the washing machine.

The items in which i choose this month were:

• Lord & Berry- Is this love ? Lip trio (purple shade) full size RRP £10.00   2 Credits
• Lord &Berry eye pencil and shadow (steel grey shade) full size RRP £11.00 2 Credits 
• NailsInc Gel Effect nail polish (uptown shade) full size RRP £15.00 1 Credit
• S5 purity Serum sample size RRP £7.33 1 Credit
• Welda Oat Replenishing shampoo sample size free gift

Lord & Berry, Is This Love Trio - When ordering this online, I loved the look of it, the cute packaging and the colours looked great (they looked pink). But when my product arrive, it wasn't pink, in fact it was purple. Purple is not my kind of look, so I was not very excited about trying it out because I knew it wouldn't look nice on myself. The first colour on the left, it was very creamy, almost like it had been in the sun for an hour, but it had no kind of texture. Also when using the brush, it digs a whole in the lip glosses, as it is a very hard ridged brush, which I hate having holes in my lip glosses! So the first colour is a shinny lilac lipgloss, not to bad if put on lightly. When putting two layers on to build up the colour, I did not like it. I will just stick to a light coat of this in future. The middle colour was a little more like a cream than a lotion, but the colour is hideous, will defiantly not use. Looks like I'm going to a fancy dress party. The colour on the right is also a creamy lipgloss which isn't too bad, same as the first one. it's a okay, as long as only one coat is used. when  I build the colour up, it's almost white, which isn't a good look?. Overall I thought the lipgloss would be great for my handbag, especially with the handy mirror, but wish that the colours would have been pink and not purple. 

Lord &Berry eye pencil and shadow. I loved the colour, as its something different to the average black eye pencil, but I do think I will be using it more of a eye shadow than a eye pencil. Great for a smoky eye look, which I do love. The pencil does go on very smooth, which is a plus. The sponge on the end is suppose to help you smudge the pencil, but I don't know if it was the way I was using it, but to me it just seemed to erase the shadow more than smudge. On a plus side its a great eraser! :)

NailsInc Gel Effect Nail Polish, as you may have noticed from my other blogs, I am a bit of a nail polish addict. I love to try out different colours and brands. And was plesently surprised with this nail polish, I know that NailsInc is a good brand, but have never actually used it before. This polish was a Gel polish, which has a great glossy finish. Also I would say that it lasts a few more days compared to some of the other polishes I have used. I will defiantly use this in the future, its a great neautural colour and has a good coverage! 

S5 Purity serum, Blemish prone skin. I have been using this since receiving my box and so far, so good.  I have been applying this to my face after removing make up at night, I usually do not apply any serums. So I have never really had much experience with one, I expected it to be of an oily consistency, but it was more of a runny moisturiser. It does seem to have reduced the pink patched in my skinny, and my skin feels fresh and healthy. Will defiantly continue to use and most likely buy the full size product. This product also does not have any harsh chemicals as it is 99.6% natural products. I think if I continue to use this serum on a daily basis that overall, I will have a blemish free face with less frequent breaks out. 

Welda Oat replenishing shampoo. Thank you Love Me Beauty for my free gift. I am always after a good shampoo to keep my hair looking health and in good condition. When reading the shampoo I found it was for dry and damaged hair. I was quiet excited to use this as a I do dye my hair often and have to keep on top of looking after the condition of my hair, as it does go quiet dry if I do not use a good shampoo and conditioner . This shampoo has a strong smell to it and i can't put my finger on what it smells like exactly. I have used this for the past week and it seems to be working well. My hair has not been dry and looks to be shiny and healthy looking. The shampoo doesn't lather up as much as a regular shampoo, so it does seem as though I have to use more shampoo than normal. But overall I do like the shampoo and if I continue to see the good benefits of this shampoo. I will be buying the shampoo in full size. And would love to try out the conditioner, so I can see full benefits of both shampoo and conditioner together. 

Overall once again I loved my Love Me Beauty Box! This months box was worth a great £44.00 plus the free gifts. I love Love Me Beauty, as its always great to pick your own products. I will continue to buy Love Me Beauty, as every month is like your birthday.

Don't Forget if your subscribing to Love Me beauty to use the PROMO code YAMQ39 to get an extra credit 

Thank you for reading! :) 

smileyxchloe xx

May Favourites

Today I will tell you guys about my products I used though out may.  I use these products on a daily bases.

These are the items that I am going to share with you, that I used though out the month.  

• Models Own-  HyperGel Purple Glare Nail Polish  - £5
• Models Own- Apple Pie, Fruit Pastel Nail Polish - £5
• Models Own - Ibiza Mix Hed Kandi Nail Polish -£5
• Models Own- Artsix Nail Polish Duo- Nude Jack -£5.99
• Models Own Gel Eyeliner Black -£5
• Sainsbury's Nail polish pads £1.00
• Mac -False Lashes Extreme Black Mascara - free sample

Models Own-  HyperGel Purple Glare Nail Polish

 I bought this nail varnish as I love the colour,    (At the moment I'm loving the pastel colours:) )

I also bought it, as it's a gel nail varnish, which I think is great and easy to apply. So when I use the nail varnish, I did need to put on two coats to get the full coverage. But I must say it did indeed have the glossy finish to it like the gel polishes. Great summer colour, Great price, lasted a good few days without chipping. So overall a great product.

Models Own- Apple Pie, Fruit Pastel Nail Polish

 I bought this nail varnish again as it is a great summer colour, also it claimed to be apple pie scented, which was a smell to die for. I wouldn't say that it smelt exactly like apple pie, but it most defiantly did not smell like a strong nail varnish. I also had to do two coats with this nail polish and it applied very good. Not too runny or too thick. The finish of the nail polish wasn't as good as gel polish, but was still a must for summer. 

Models Own - Ibiza Mix Hed Kandi Nail Polish

 This is a glitter polish, which you can never get enough off! I loved this nail varnish, as you can build up the amount of glitter that you want on your nails. If you only want a little bit, you just have to apply one coat, but if you want to cover your nail with glitter, you need a good few coats. So I will defiantly be using this a lot.

Models Own- Artsix Nail Polish Duo- Nude Jack

  I loved the look of this nail polish, as it is a duo polish so you get two nail polishes, one nude colour, which was great. On the other end it was a shimmer glitter, which is a very cute glitter, which you can apply over another nail colour and it makes it shimmery/glittery. Great polish and loved the idea of two polishes in one, as you can never have too many nail varnishes, can you! 

Models Own Gel Eyeliner Black

 I never used a Gel eyeliner before, so I was very excited to get this product. At first I thought maybe it would be a little hard to apply, as its just a pot of gel and a brush, but actually its not. Its great, I would say that its actually just as easy as using a normal liquid eyeliner. If not better, as you have more control over it and I thought that it was easier to get close to the eyelid and it didn't make the line too thick. I will defiantly be using this on a regular basis. 

Sainsbury's Nail polish pads

 I had to include this in my May favourites as I absolutely love these nail polish remover pads. They work really good, better than some of the more expensive brands. When I first bought these pads, I thought they would be useless and I would need to use all of them to get my nail polish off. But no, believe it or not, I only used one pad for both hands. And I must say that they smell amazing! Didn't smell one bit like nail polish remover, they smell very fruity, which was a plus!  Great for the money and will defiantly be using these forever :) 

Mac -False Lashes Extreme Black Mascara

 So when I brought my Mac lipsticks in the previous blog, the assistant gave me this free sample of mascara, which was great. I have always wanted to try out their mascara, but always thought it was expensive, I never got round to buying it. It does exactly what it says on the packaging. When using this mascara, around three different people have asked me if I was wearing false eyelashes, but actually I had just applyed this mascara. They made my eye lashes long and curly. Great for going out of a night-time, I wouldn't use it in the day, as its probably a bit much. But thank you Mac for the free sample, I will defiantly be buying the full size product when I run out. 

If you want to know any more on these products, comment below or follow me on twitter.

Thank you for reading, any advice or tips would be great  :)