HOURGLASS VS ABH STICK FOUNDATION

Hellloooooo,

I wanted to do a quick little VS on here. Today I'll be talking about the Hourglass and the ABH stick foundations.

So in August when I was in the US I picked up the Hourglass stick foundation. I had wanted this for a while but I don't know why I wanted it. Like, no You Tuber said it was good or anything I just had seen it on the Sephora website and wanted to try it. Anyways, when I was in the store I saw it and thought ok why not, lets just try it.

I'm in the shade Buff which is pretty much the perfect match to my skin, I was matched in store so I should hope it is! When I first tried it on I literally just wore it to breakfast and thought it was nice but I wasn't sure if I was in LOVE with it since it was my first time wearing it. It was also incredibly hot that day so I was maaaajjjooorrrrlllyyy sweating which kind of made me think that it was the foundations fault, lol, stupid, I know!

After only wearing that foundation once that time then kind of being freaked out by the sweating I decided to try it again that same holiday but in the evening when it wasn't so hot. I should have mentioned earlier that this foundation is soooo full coverage for a stick foundation. It blends out as easily as a stick foundation probably can too! At this point though, I still was not IN LOVE with it.

I started using it quite regularly because I just thought it was so easy to use, it being a stick and all. Then I went back to my regular drugstore foundation and that my friends, is when I realised I loved this foundation. I genuinely try not to use it that much because I don't want to run out and you can get it here but its SOOOOO expensive!

LOL at how long this post has been already. So getting onto the other foundation. As you can probably already tell I clearly have a fave. After falling so in love with the Hourglass foundation I decided to get the ABH one. I was really lucky in that my Uncle who lives in New Jersey was coming to visit us so I could just easily order it to his house for him to bring. I was literally so blooming excited to try this foundation. I'd seen reviews and it seemed good.

To get to the point I genuinely wish I hadn't bought it. I've used it twice and whilst I'm typing this I'm thinking about how I'm going to give it another chance tomorrow. Anyways, this foundation is genuinely the most difficult thing to blend EVER. I literally cannot blend it. Ive tried with a brush and a beauty blender and with different moisturises and primers on but nothing works! I really really wanted to love this foundation but I just don't.

Like I said I think I'm going to give it another go before I completely decide that its the worst foundation I've ever used... bit harsh but its genuinely true.

If you want to see a video of me using this foundation so you can see what it looks like etc then let me know on my Instagram: @amberlouiserebeccas

MY LIQUID LIPSTICK OBSESSION

Ok so the title of this post is actually pretty obvious from my Instagram (@amberlouiserebeccas) but I genuinely am obsessed with liquid lipsticks.

Since I have this crazy obsession I've decided I'm going to film a video for you guys that will take about 15 days to film. Lol crazy I know. 

My plan is to wear a different brand of liquid lipstick each day and then film throughout the day giving updates on how good they are/if they're worth the price/ how they feel on my lips, all stuff like that. I'll probably come up with some sort of ways to rate them all so that you guys know which are the best. 

At the moment I have these liquid lipsticks that I'll be wearing and trying on for you: 

-Dose of Colours

-ColourPop

-Kylie Lip Kits

-NYX

-Jeffree Star

-Gerard Cosmetics

-Milani

-Lime Crime 

-Jouer 

-Stila

-Beauty Bakerie

-theBalm

-Ilamasqua

-Huda Beauty 

-Too Faced

Anyway, my job for you is to go to my Instagram (at the top of this post in pink) and comment on my most recent picture if there are anymore liquid lipsticks you'd like me to add into this video! I really want to try out the ones that you guys have had your eye on but aren't sure how good they are. 

I also want you guys to let me know what tests you want me to do in the video. For example I'll be eating with them on, drinking, wearing them for the whole day and by this I mean I'll be obviously living my day to day hectic life with them on. Let me know if there are any other 'tests' you'd like to see. 

In return for your help you guys have the chance to win a Kylie Jenner Lip Kit as my giveaway is till open and is open till Monday the 31st October. 

Thanks for your help loves xoxo

I MADE A TWITTER

Hello guys, I've given in and decided to make a Twitter. My username is @ALRSBeauty so go and follow me on there! Don't forget to subscribe to my You Tube which I upload to on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays! And finally remember to check out my Instagram- @amberlouiserebeccas

KYLIE JENNER LIP KITS

I am so excited because I finally decided to get me some Kylie Jenner lip kits. Even though it cost me £34.85 in custom fees at this very moment in time I'm too excited to care.

The kits that I got are: Kristen, Posie K, Maliboo, Kourt K, Candy K and Leo. I'm waiting to do a first impressions video of them all so I have tried them yet and it's killing me!!! In this video I'll be swatching them and giving my thoughts on them.

The video will be up on Monday at 4.30PM, BST. And good news guys, I'm doing a giveaway of a Maliboo lip kit!!

Anyway, hope you all have a great day xoxo

MY NEW INSTAGRAM

A few days ago my Instagram got deleted. I had to make a new one. My new one is now @amberlouiserebeccas , pretty much the same with just an s at the end. 

Go and check it out! xox

MY COLOUR POP COLLECTION

Today I decided to swatch all of my Colour Pop liquid lipstick collection and make a You Tube video. You can watch the video by clicking here.

I wanted to do a more in-depth review about what I thought of the Colour Pop liquid lipsticks. First of all I absolutely love the colour range that Colour Pop do. There is literally every colour under the sun to choose from and all of them are stunning. They're all so pigmented and go on the lips really nicely.

The price is obviously also a huge pro to the liquid lipsticks. They are sold at about $6 each so are soooooo cheap. Obviously with price comes quality. The biggest problem I have with these is how drying they are. I've got over 20 colours of the matte lipsticks and worn basically all of them for a full day and these are the ones that cause the biggest problems. If i try and top up my lipstick it just makes it look worse as well. Although they do have some problems, they're still worth the money!

If this happens to you I'd suggest making sure you use a lip balm before you put your lipstick on and that should help. I really do recommend these just because if you aren't wearing them for a whooolleeeee day they will be fine. I wouldn't recommend wearing them for dinner thought because that got quite messy for me although I've still done it again.

So thats basically my review, if you want to see my collection remember to click here.

Deciding to Commute to University

So as you remember a few weeks back I posted that I perhaps wanted to commute to university. I've now had to make that choice and I've decided that it'll be best for me to commute. With my anxiety being away from home is really hard and I just don't think its worth me being sad over.

I guess the reason that I'm writing this is to let people know that living in halls isn't a MUST. If you go to a uni close enough to your house you can commute...and you'll be saving a lot of money.

Anyway, I'll be updating you on how I'm finding it in a few weeks xox

My Makeup Wishlist

Soooo atm I've been buying so much makeup yet there is so much more that I want...ahhhhhhh. I have to stop spending money. I thought making a wishlist would make me stop so I can see everything that I want right in front of me. Then, when I have the money, I can gradually buy all the things that I want.

1. Modern Renaissance Palette.
I want this palette soooooo badly. It's literally out of stock everywhere at the moment but I am going to buy it the second that I can. That is one thing that I know I won't be able to control myself when I find out its back!! I mean, who can control themselves? ITS BEAUTIFUL 

2. Hourglass Bronzer.
Hourglass in the UK is so expensive which is one reason I don't want to buy this yet. Hourglass actually is expensive in the US too. It's just an expensive brand I guess. The bronzer is $50 and it looks amazing. I want all their other powders too but I'm just obsessed with bronzers atm (as you'll see). I'm waiting till my family go to Florida for them to buy me this so it's slightly cheaper.

3. Tarte Shape, Tape Concealer
Everyone is raving about this concealer at the moment and I want to give it a try!!!!!!! Again, its out of stock at the moment but the second that it comes back I'm going to have to get it!

4. Makeup Forever Stick Foundation
I really want to try this foundation. Apparently its so great and I love stick foundations at the moment. I love the Hourglass one and I've tried the ABH one. Perhaps I'll do a  blog post on them? Anywaayayyy, yet again I'm waiting till my family go to the US for them to grab this for me!

At the moment I can't think of anything else but I think I'll keep updating this page with everything that I want. xox

CHRISTMAS WISH LIST

I wanted to do a post on a Christmas wish list website that I use. It's not specifically for Christmas, I used it for my Birthday too, but since Christmas is next that's why I'm calling it that.

This website is sooo great and it worked really well for my birthday. You simply make an account, add the web address of the item that you want and then send the link of your list to your friends/family. They then are able to reserve whichever item they want to get you and can go straight to the link to buy it.

You can continuously add to it throughout the year if you want to. I've been adding since my birthday was over in August so I know that when I think of something I want I don't forget it (that tends to be what happens.)

The benefit of this is that you know you have told everyone what you want but you don't actually know what you're getting and who from. Its so simple and I've got my whole family using it now. Hope this helps you too!

Go check it out: http://www.dontask-dontget.com

Shopping for Makeup UK

So I thought I'd do a post about where I shop at most in the UK.

My favourite place ever is Feel Unique. They have so many different brands on that site which is soooooooo good. I'm actually just about to order another Urban Decay concealer from there lols.

Another brilliant thing is that its free delivery over £15 AND  I have a 15% off code just click on this link: http://referme.to/VmAfRNo

Happy shopping guys xox

Anastasia Beverly Hills Highlight Palettes

Recently I got the ABH Moon Child glow kit and the Sweets glow kit.

I wanted to do some swatches because these palettes are so unique (especially Moon Child) and beautiful.

This one is the Sweets palette. The shades in this are 'Marshmallow,' 'Sassy Grape,' 'Taffy' and 'Butterscotch.' Marshmallow is a pearly shape, Sassy Grape has a purple tint to it, Butterscotch is the bronze colour and Taffy is more pink. All of these shades are so different so you get highlighters that can work on so many different looks. This is what makes them so great, not to mention how pigmented they are! 

Here are the swatches: 

Moon Child is completely different to any other highlight palette I have seen. The colours are all more blue toned so I personally wouldn't wear them for an everyday look. Saying this they would be so good for a night out or to use for a dress up look. Again, they are incredibly pigmented as you can see. 

These palettes are definitely worth the buy. If you want one perhaps for day to day I'd go for the Sweets palette. However if you do like having that blue hue on your day to day highlight go for the Moon Child. 

Orrrrrr maybe just get both?