laura mercier – Lily Pebbles

Finished Products #1

lily — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 11:25:00 +0000

Another video today… this time, my first empties video! I see a lot of people on Twitter asking what the point of empties videos are and why anyone would want to look through someone’s empty bottles. For me, these videos are for talking about what I thought of the product and if I’d repurchase it.

I hope you enjoy it and for more details on products, click to watch it on YouTube.

Lily xx

The best of 2011

lily — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 13:49:00 +0000

Blusher: SMASHBOX Fusion Soft Lights is the perfect blusher for me and looks really natural on. I wear this pretty much everyday for work.

Foundation: Chanel Vitalumiere Aqua has been my favourite foundation this year as it’s appropriate for so many different occasions. I wear the shade B20 Beige Tendre. It makes your skin look flawless whilst still looking natural. It’s also really easy to apply with your hands.

Face Primer: The Laura Mercier fondation primer is by far the best primer I have tried. I use it every single day and without it my makeup disappears after an hour. It’s light and fragrance free – without this primer there’s no point in applying any of my other makeup.

Eye Shadow: This year I was introduced to the new LOOK makeup range and have loved using the Triple Hit in La Luxe. The shadows are really pigmented and are the perfect everyday shades.

Concealer: The Bobbi Brown corrector wins hands down. Creamy, perfect colour match, long-wearing and easy to apply. This completely covers my dark circles and I couldn’t live without it.

Lips: This year I bought my first matte lipstick – MAC’s Chili. It’s a gorgeous deep, rust red which I’ve worn lots throughout the Winter. I also discovered Revlon’s Lip Butters and my favourite shade at the moment is 001 Pink Truffle.

Mascara: I recently bought the Makeup For Ever Smoky Lash mascara from Sephora and it beats any mascara I’ve used before. It makes my lashes look thick and long in only a few strokes.

Eye Primer: Far better than any of it’s competitors, the MUA eye primer makes my eye shadows apply much better and last much longer – and it’s so cheap!!

Eye Liner: Soap & Glory released their new makeup range this year and my favourite thing from the collection is the Super Cat liquid felt tip eye liner. It’s really easy to use and creates a thick black line that doesn’t budge all day.

Brushes: My 3 favourite brushes from this year are the Japonesque 324, MAC 214 and the Sephora airbrush concealer brush. The Japonesque brush is incredibly soft and picks up so much product, the MAC brush applies eye shadow perfectly under the bottom lash line and the Sephora brush is bigger than the average concealer brush making it really easy to blend in product under the eye.

Happy New year everyone! Hope you like my product round up – are any of these your favourite too?

Lily xx

Inside my makeup bag

lily — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:27:00 +0000

I thought I’d give you a peek into my daily makeup bag. These are my basic, essential products that I’m using at the moment. The blusher and eyeliner change regularly, but all of the others are staple products that I continue to buy again and again.

– My Osprey makeup bag that I got for my birthday last year. It’s a gorgeous soft leather with a lovely print inside.

– Chanel Vitalumiere Aqua in sable, Laura Mercier primer, Oilatum natural repair face cream, Make Up Forever HD powder.

– Guerlain Terracotta bronzer, Natural Collection blusher in Peach Melba.

– Bobbi Brown corrector and concealer in light bisque and beige.

– YSL luxurious mascara and Eyeko graffiti eyeliner pen.

These are my basic “make me look human” products… and then I also have a massive drawer full of extra goodies.

Do you use any of these products?

Lily xx

Beauty Haul

lily — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 10:12:00 +0000

Just some products I have been loving over the last month or so….

001. The other night I tried the new Chanel Aqua Vitalumiere foundation on one side of my face and the classic Vitalumiere on the other. To my suprise, and slight disappointment, the Vitalumiere was much nicer. Although the new Aqua Vitalumiere promises to be light-weight and more like a tinted moisturiser, I actually felt like it was heavier and more make-up looking on my skin. I loved the Vitalumiere though, and despite the bottle not being as nice as the Aqua Vitalumiere, I got it… and so far it has been great!

002. My SIGMA brushes arrived! Yay! Love them so much. They are literally the same as Mac brushes but ridiculously cheaper, even including the postage fee. Can’t wait to use them properly, they are so great. You can use the link on the right column to see/buy their products!

003. The Bobbi Brown corrector… finally an answer to dark circles! I hate my dark circles, they drive me mad and coverup doesn’t work, it just makes them look worse. This is one of the best products I have ever bought! The pink, salmon tone neutralizes the dark colour on your skin, and you can apply coverup on top or just wear it on it’s own. So it doens’t looked covered, it just doesn’t look like it’s there! Ah and it is so creamy! Love love love!

004. Arbonne FC5 eye cream. Yes, it is about time I used an eye cream. I think they recommend you start when you are 21… so I am overdue. This one is great though, really refreshing and I can tell it is going to last for ages, I haven’t even made it out the lid yet!

005. Loreal Volume Millions Lashes in Extra Black. I never use ‘drugstore’ mascaras… I have always gone for Clinique or YSL. But this month I am poor and you know what… this mascara is really good. I am very impressed!

006. Laura Mercier primer… pretty standard, everyone uses it so I don’t need to say much. We all know it is great!

I know I am not a ‘beauty blogger’ but this is “what I heart” *cringe* at the moment -so this is what I am writing about. Hope you all like it!

Thanks for reading!