Avons dupe for Benefits They´re Real

As well as the nail polish, Avon's new Mascara arrived also. Introducing SuperExtend Extreme Mascara.

 Avon says it lengthens lashes up to 87% and does not flake clump or smudge micro precision brush captures even tiniest of lashes. First thing I noticed was the brush! Nearly identical to Benefits They´re Real mascara, the only difference is Avon´s brush is slightly squarer.

Picture sourced from magicmakeup.co.uk

As you know I worked for Benefit over Christmas, They´re would always sell out in a matter of hours anytime we got in a delivery. Women everywhere were crazy for the hype, and yes it is a nice mascara it did nothing spectacular for me.(I must be the only person in the world!) My mother blessed me with long lashes ( I am forever grateful), so with They´re Real in did not give me any more length. I will say it did work wonders on ladies with short lashes but I have seen regular cheaper mascaras do that also! One thing I did like though is its precision brush on the top it was great for getting in the inside corners and coating the bottom lashes easily.

Avons Brush

But look this brush has it also and its great for getting in them inner corners! I am pretty impressed with the mascara it coats the lashes nicely and gives them a nice curl its not clumpy or gloopy in any way. There is been no flaking or smudging so far.

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As for the packaging its pretty basic which I like, just a solid yellow color and black writing. It would certainly be easy to find in your handbag!

SuperExtend Extreme Mascara will be launched in Brochure 7 at an introductory  price of €6.50 and will normally  be €13 thereafter. Benefits They´re Real is €24.50. 



You can order Avon from your local Representative , if you do not have one you can request one here!

Trends for 2012!

So spring is almost upon us even tho it does not look like it, so I decided to do a post on makeup trends that braced us during the spring summer collections. The thing to remember with trends is that though they sometimes seem unwearable on the catwalk they can be tamed down to fit the everyday women.

1. Bright Eyes!!!
All the dark,plain tones are out and neon is in! Grab the brightest eyeshadow you have and slap it on and your in trend!! In truth not the easiest look to pull off nor is it the norm for most girls. So how can you wear it without getting a few funny looks, put down your black eyeliner and pick up a colored one in cobalt blue or fuscia pink, it will totally give your everyday look a bit of a twist.

2. Eye Catching Lips!
From bright eyes to bright lips you either choose one or the other, not together or you'll just look like you had an explosion of crayon on your face! With more and more cosmetics brands bringing out different color lipsticks its easier to get your hands on a dramatic color. I personally love Illamasque range but even MUA cosmetics have a great range of bright colors! There is also this "wine stained" lips that we saw at Gurung, its not for everyone but if you dare go for it!

3. Smoulder Your Way Into My Heart!
Irish girls will be so happy with this trend, known for their love of the smokey eye this is right along their alley. All you need is a black kohl pencil ( make sure its soft) to create this look, I personally love Inglot pencil, but M.A.C do great ones as well.

Team your metallic nails with your smoulder eyes!

4. Do Not Put Away The Metallic Just Yet!
Metallic is still in! Well in nail varnish anyway ! In A/W11/12 we saw an explosion on metallic nail varnish everywhere and it seems to be sticking around. You can get metallic nail varnish every where now even in Penneys so there is no need to miss out!

5. Make Me Shimmer!
Illuminators are all in , the dewy fresh look is the look for the summer mix it in with your foundation or just apply it to the cheekbones and you have it! You want to avoid something that has lots of glitter as its about been shimmery not glittery! High Beam for Benefit is good, they also do Bathina for the body if you want an all over shimmer.

There is some other trends out there but these are my faves and you do not need to be on trend in every trend pick one to suit you and make it your own! You can be on trend but still be yourself!

A Little Hiccup!

One of the main things about been a blogger is honesty. And when things go wrong we admit it. I promised to take you on this hair journey with me and after having a hiccup I backed out of it yesterday in hope I could fix it and not have to tell you about it. Even if I had of fixed it I probably would be still telling you about this because as mammy's would say honesty is the best policy!

After my first bleaching that had some slight miscommunication problems ,most of my roots came out perfect and my ends of my hair came out pretty ginger! Not a good look! I bleached again to get rid of some roots that was missed and to try lift this brassyness. Again roots all perfect now but I was still gingery as you can see.

Luckily enough my hair was still in amazing condition even after stripping and two bleachings. I was told by professionals that my purple toner that I was putting in my hair anyway would hopefully cancel out my brassy bits , something to do with the color wheel and them been opposite sides. So I tried this, my roots are exactly the silver purple ombre I was looking for (so the hunt is kind of over) but the brassy bits are now more of a strawberry blonde as you can see.


















After a few hours of wallowing in my self pity, I came to the conclusion that it can be fixed and I will fix it. So in honor of my multicoloured hair I decided to do a tropical burst color tutorial for you today.

1. Apply foundation and concealer as normal and set with powder.

2. Apply a peachy blusher to cheeks, I used an eyeshadow but Benefit coralista will do.
3. Draw a cut crease using a purple eyeliner I used the purple shimmer eyeliner from elf. Using a similar color eyeshadow, blend the crease upwards to create the shape you want.
4. On the lid in the inner corner half apply a yellowish gold, I used one from my 120 palette.
5. On the outer half of the lid apply a strong orange, again from my 120 palette and blend with yellow in middle. The orange must follow the shape of the purple.
6. For a highlight I used Vanilla Ice from frontcover under the brow and blended with the purple.
7. Using a black gel liner create a flick and line the lower water line.
8. Apply mascara to upper and lower lashes. Fill in eyebrows with a dark brown or color that suits your hair.
9. For lips I just used a tiny bit of concealer and added gloss.

Some Surprise Finds!

Today has been a good day, not only did my E.L.F and Boohoo.com deliveries arrive but I found some things I had forgotten about. I have recently moved back into my family home after much reluctance but the cost of living is too high for a country in recession! I moved back into my old room which is literally full to the brim of things from my teenage years. Silly momentum's that should have gone in the bin years ago but really I have a little bit of a hoarding problem and I stupidly keep things and refuse to throw them out. I used to never throw out receipts that finally had to stop a year or two ago. As well as these momentum's was my mountain of bags and shoes that I had either left here after a visit or forgot I had even bought! I also had clothes since I was 15 clogging up my wardrobe thinking maybe I would wear them again or keeping them for my fat days! With all the stuff I brought back from my old place and my new Christmas additions I knew something had 2 change. So yesterday I began my conquest to conquer my hoarding! After giving 40bags and a black sack of mostly unworn clothes to Chernobyl Ireland and 2 sacks of absolute crap gone in the bin I am still not finished but it is mostly just organising and I have taken alot of tea breaks (i.e checking fb,blogging and escaping the house all day just to get away from the mess).

But during all this cleaning I have come across makeup I had taught was lost forever, brushes I taught had disappeared off the face of the earth as well as clothes I do not even remember buying! The best thing I had to have found was my Benefit Celebutante box, this Christmas just past it was the Tattle Tell All box. I had taught I had left this in England where I used to live and only had the benetint,highbeam and lip gloss from it. So I was delighted when I found it and realised I had never used the Dallas bronzer in it! Anyone who uses Benefits blushers and bronzer boxes will know they last forever this palette has a quarter of what's in a Dallas box so I should get some good use out of it and saves me 33.50 for a little bit longer. It also had their leggy and dandy brandy eye shadows in it as well as their lipstick 'no competition' a deep red color. So with a little spray of Beauty So Clean Sanitizer Mist these will be disinfected and ready to use again. Happy days!

Girls just wanted to wish you all a very Merry Christmas. And to apologise for not blogging lately I was doing some Christmas temp work for Benefit Cosmetics. I had a great time working for them and all the Benebabe girls in Dundrum House of Fraser were FAB!! Loads of new blog posts will be up from the 28th and I will be doing some giveaways in the new year swell. So keep reading and have an amazing Christmas and I hope sanity brings you some amazing beauty products! Xxxx

A Few Little Stocking Fillers- Part 1

I will be posting a few Christmas sets that I consider good value for money and great little stocking fillers. My first set is Benefits I'm Glam Therefore I am Christmas set.

Benefit are doing two €39.50 Christmas sets this year this one above and Tattle Tell All which more concentrates on the lips. This set is great because it gives you everything you need to create an evening look. So what does it include, firstly it includes a mini Girl Meets Pearl, a great highlighter for the night. Pearl in color it has pink and gold undertones wear under foundation or over this will give you that illuminating glow that we love on a night out. Glamming face powder is a limited edition blusher similar to their sugarbomb blusher but with out the peach and soft plum colours. This is a great blusher as its buildable where you can go as subtle or pink as you like. It also has four eye shadows that you will need to create a great evening smokey eye or just use the first two for a subtle sexy day look. These limited edition colors are Icy Lilac, Posh Amethyst, Pink Fancy and Precious Pewter all are very pigmented! It also contains a mini Bad Lash mascara in black which is great for creating them sexy luscious lashes and Life On The A List ultra shine lip gloss for a full sexy pout!! It also contains your blusher brush and a double ended sponge applicator.

So you see this set is great for creating a full evening look and can be used also to create a subtle day look either. The set is small so its great for fitting into your handbag on a night out or in your suitcase for travel on one those weekend aways. All Benefit sets come with instruction manual on how to apply their makeup to create the ultimate Benefit look, so their also suited for teenagers just starting out in makeup and need a little guidance.



I'm Glam, Therefore I am sets are available from all Benefit counters and online at Benefit get them quick though as their selling out fast!!