Weekly Review...Garnier BB Cream...

It's that time of the week for the good old weekly review, this time it's the so called miracle product Garnier Skin Naturals Daily All-in-one B.B Cream.

 (Excuse the grass background, I felt like getting back to nature!!)

Consistency straight out the bottle

Blended in on the bottom part of my hand

I'm sure you'll all of heard of this product, there's been a massive hype around it at the moment. First of all, the stuff from the bottle....

Apparently it evens skin tone and boosts glow, blurs imperfections, smooths fine lines, gives 24 hour hydration, and has SPF 15 protection. I wasn't entirely sure how to wear this at first, and I certainly wasn't expecting it to be this thick and creamy. I tried it as a foundation but it didn't give the right sort of coverage for me, so instead I used it as a primer, with my Bourjois healthy mix over the top. The consistency is really greasy for me, I tried to use my fingers to apply it but it didn't really feel like I was getting much coverage from it. Basically, I wasn't too impressed. I've used it every day for a week and it just doesn't do much for me. I'll keep at it, and I guess for the £9.99 price tag it isn't too bad, but I just can't see where this miracle is happening. It may depend on your skin type and what sort of product suits you, and I would say give it a go as I've heard a lot of people really like it, but unfortunately not for me.

While we're on the subject of things that don't work for us, I'm going to tell you about my other disappointment. I heard everyone rave on about the Bourjois healthy mix foundation and thought I'd give it a go considering it was cheaper than my usual Mac Studio Fix Fluid and might be lighter on my skin as an everyday foundation. 

Consistency straight from the bottle

Consistency when blended

Oh dear oh dear oh dear. I wanted to love this so much, but unfortunately I didn't. I had to cake my face in powder and bronzer for it to last through to lunch time without looking like a newly waxed car, I hated how thin it was, and I couldn't get a good coverage when I put it on in the morning. I gave this a good three/four week trial using it every day, then went back to my Mac Studio Fix Fluid in NW22. I just want to take the opportunity to apologise profusely to my poor Mac Studio Fix. I will never turn my back on you again...

Consistency straight from the bottle

Consistency when blended

Colour, consistency, coverage are all 10/10. The only thing I have to fault is the smell which is a bit paint like, as I've heard many people say before. I don't even think the cost is that bad as it lasts so long.

Anyway sorry that wasn't a particularly positive post, we did end on a high though!!

Has anyone else tried the Garnier BB cream and had a better experience than I had?

Loves

xxx

My Amazing Weekend...

Well it pretty much started off with a spot of shopping on Friday lunch time where I picked up these beauties....

Just a few basics like dry shampoo (and yes, that there is the SHIMMER Batiste....it's basically just disco in a can!) and some clear nail varnish, but I also picked up the Sleek Pout Polish from their nude collection...

Which I do love the colour of but HATE the weird after taste you get after it's been on a while. I also picked up another of the Famous by Sue Moxley shimmer bricks, this time in rose pink. I've almost got the full set of these now, and no doubt this will come up in my August favourites because it's all I've worn all weekend!

I also picked up the Garnier BB cream that everyone's been talking about, can't say much about this yet as I've not given it enough testing but I will do a full review later in the week when it's had a reasonable trial! 

Friday night I went to a charity clothes swap for my mums friend who's doing a trek in Cambodia and raising money for the fund. I did quite well and came away with a dress and a necklace, which I'll feature in an outfit of the day post sometime this week! I went quite casual for it in an old Topshop stretchy dress, tights and flat black boots...

I especially love my hair in this one, I used my Andrew Barton wave makers I featured in a video a couple of weeks ago and just pinned it to one side with loads of extensions in. I think this is going to be recreated quite a lot over the next few weeks!

Anyway on to the most exciting part of the weekend! If you follow me on twitter you'll know I've been up to Lincoln this weekend for a Uni reunion with most of my old housemates. Basically it was one of the best weekends I've had for ages and was nice to get away from Leicester for a night!! It pretty much revolved around fatty foods, alcohol, meeting foreign men and tampons (the less said about that the better but put it this way, a tampon is NOT acceptable currency to pay for a drink in a bar....)

I apologise now for some of the following pictures the word 'messy' springs to mind....

And I do believe this last one about sums up the night...

Hope everyone had equally amazing weekends!

Loves

xxx

Confessions of a greasy, hairy orange (or something like that)….

When asked recently in a conversation with friends if I’d rather give up my hair extensions or my fake tan, I answered bluntly with ‘I’d rather die’. 

On reflection to this, I think I may have an answer. I think I could give up both. You may have seen my rantings on here recently about my hair extensions and my sheer paranoia about having to go out with my natural locks for everyone to see.

(The hair kit....)

I revealed my natural, extension-less hair to my boyfriend for the first time last week (in the dark, after a couple of drinks so he wouldn’t notice) and he didn’t run away in terror. I straightened my own hair the otherday and went downstairs before I’d got to the extension stage and was greeted with a ‘your hair looks lovely’ comment from my mum. I popped to the shop the other day (hair down and no extensions, large sunglasses on, joggers and my Uggs) and unexpectedly saw an old friend. First thing she said? ‘Wow your hair got long!’

So maybe it’s not all bad. I could save myself £40 a month, 15 minutes in the morning and at least 30 minutes getting ready to go out at night (oh no wait who am I kidding, I’d still wear them on a night out!) and with the summer coming up, I can avoid ‘sweaty neck’ syndrome.

As for the tan, again I’d save myself at least 10 minutes at (every) night, £30 a month, and my whites would remain white. My mum would also stop yelling ‘HAVE YOU SPILT FAKE TAN ON THESE SHEETS AGAIN I CAN’T GET IT OUT’ when I’ve had a St Moriz related accident. I would also avoid the good old Rimmel coming off on the sheets when I come in from a night out (although I do have dark sheets and black towels to avoid such things) and the nightmare of ‘shit it’s raining and my tan’s going to go streaky’. Or the worst still (and girls who wear Rimmel or any other similar wash-off tanning product will know exactly what I mean when I say this) you just step into the first bar and some dick who’s been on the ale since 5pm that afternoon spills his drink all down your arm and you end up looking like you have some weird sort of skin disease.

So really, on reflection, there’s not a lot of plus points to this whole tanning malarkey. Yeah OK so I look bronzed and like I’ve just stepped of a plane from Marbella, although I do sometimes have a tendency to go overboard and look like a greasy orange.

(The tanning kit....)

I like to think of it in terms of money (one of my favourite things, I won’t lie). So this £70 a month? That’s a spree in Primark. It’s a full tank of petrol and a bit left over. It’s a handbag from River Island. It’s two really decent nights out (where I DON’T look like a greasy orange). And if you add it all up for the year, it’s £840! We’re not talking small change here, especially for a girl in her first PR assistant roll on, lets face it, not the largest wage in the world. I could put this towards my Audi A3, or splash out on some designer shoes. It could even make a dent into the designer handbag list I have (hot pink Mulberry, you will be mine).

OK so I’m not going to end this post with ‘right that’s it I’m never buying Garnier Summer body again’, or saying ‘byebye hair extensions, into the bin with you’ but maybe I might start wearing the extensions less, limit it to nights out and once a week? And maybe I won’t tan EVERY night, just at the weekends?

Or maybe I won’t. (Can someone pass me the Rimmel and my tanning mitt please?)