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      Hi! I am a marketing student who is obsessed with makeup, particularly duochrome and multichrome eyeshadows! I post new content every Saturday, so if you want to see more of what I'm loving, follow me here and on Instagram @lissiesmakeup.



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      Fenty Beauty Gloss Bombs

      Saturday, 30 May, 2020, 1:00 pm

      A couple of months ago I reviewed the Fenty Gloss Bomb in the shade Fu$$y, you can see from the picture above that I have definitely enjoyed using the shade. I think I've used around 3/4 of it in the past 5 months as I adore the formula and shade.

      I was curious about the other shades in the range so I decided to get a a set containing the shades Fenty Glow and Sweet Mouth. I picked up this set from Boots, one gloss usually retails for £17 and this duo retails for £27. I thought seeing as I love the formula so much I may as well buy the duo.

      Top to bottom: Fenty Glow, Sweet Mouth, Fu$$y

      I really adore the Gloss Bomb formula, I have perpetually dry lips and struggle to find lip products that both look and feel good. When my lips are going through a rough patch I can actually use this like a hydrating lip balm, that's how hydrating it is. They all have a pleasant scent of strawberry laces too which just adds to the user experience for me.

      Left: Bare lips Right: Wearing Sweet Mouth

      Sweet Mouth is a pale, shimmery pink which leans on the peachy side. It is not particularly opaque but did make my lips a touch lighter. While I don't tend to enjoy lip products that make my lips look lighter, this isn't too much lighter than my natural lip colour and it looks very flattering on me.

      Left: Bare lips Right: Wearing Fenty Glow

      I would describe Fenty Glow as a warm tea rose, with some small flecks of pink and gold shimmer. I can see why this was the first shade in this range, this shade will look incredible on everyone. I think this is my favourite shade out of the ones I have, it's so beautiful!

      Left: Bare lips Right: Wearing Fu$$y

      I have previously reviewed the shade Fu$$y, I thought it would be good to see the comparison of the different colours, This shade is definitely a "my-lips-but-better" for me.

      Overall I am really happy to have 2 more shades in this formula. While they are slightly sticky (like any other gloss) they are hydrating and add a sheer colour with high shine that enhances your lips. If you haven't tried theses glosses before, I highly recommend giving them a go. I love this formula so much I would consider trying other colours in the future!

      Thanks for reading and stay safe!

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      Depotting eyeshadows

      Saturday, 23 May, 2020, 1:00 pm

      I was looking through my eyeshadow collection today and realised I have a palette, the Dose of Colors x Iluvsarahii collaboration, which I never reach for. I think the main reason is that there is one shade that I know I don't find flattering on my skin tone and as there are only a couple more shades in the palette, I just don't open it up when I'm wanting to create an eye look.

      This palette holds a lot of sentimental value as it was a Christmas gift from my boyfriend, so I wanted to make sure I didn't damage either the packaging or the individual eyeshadows themselves. Luckily there was a gap in between the eyeshadow pans and the packaging so I didn't have to damage either. The main shadows I wanted to depot were Sunglow, Palmas and Wanderlust but I started by trying to see if I could loosen the glue of Poquito Mas (as this is the shade in the palette I don't really like) so if I accidentally broke the eyeshadow I wouldn't be upset. It moved quite easily so I moved on to the shades I wanted to take out.

      For those of you wondering, the pan size is the standard 26mm and the pans are magnetic so this whole process was super easy. The only tool I used for this was a metal spatula which I got on Amazon a while ago. Luckily I didn't have to use a lot of force to depot this as it was just a bit of glue attached to the cardboard but I was very careful and took my time depotting just in case.

      I can't decide on whether or not to keep the black glittery shade, Finders Keepers, while I do like it, I'm not sure that I'd reach for it anymore than I do right now as I don't really use black eyeshadow in general. I did however end up depotting the peachy shade called Loungy after testing it on my lid as it looked really nice.

      This is the result! I'm really happy now that I have them depotted and I think I'll use these eyeshadows more often now that they're with my other single shadows. I want to keep the original palette as I love the packaging and try and make it into a magnetic palette and use it for travel, it's nice and sturdy and having a mirror would be so useful.

      Thanks for reading and stay safe!

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      Tattoo Brow

      Saturday, 16 May, 2020, 1:03 pm

      I picked up this product a while ago thinking it was the Maybelline Brow Drama brow gel while I was at the airport. I was a bit confused when I opened the packaging before I realised my mistake but I thought I would give it a try now, seeing as I don't have anywhere to be in case things go wrong.

      The product claims to be "ultra-resistant... creating fuller-looking definition that lasts for days" and I'm not sure I necessarily believe that it will last for days, as surely this washes off, especially if you double cleanse(?) but I thought I'd give it a go and see how long it actually lasts on me.

      The instructions are also a bit vague, it just says to fill in your brows from the arch to the tail of the brow and then to lightly fill in the front of the brow before using a spoolie to comb through the brow hairs. It also says to allow time for it to dry.

      I got the shade Blonde, it's slightly deeper and warmer than I would normally go for (for reference, my perfect shade is Benefits 2.5). My initial thoughts when looking at the applicator is that is not precise at all. I think it would have been good it it has a flat tip so it could be applied for precisely on the tail of the brow. My brows aren't super skinny but after applying and then combing through my brows I had product all around my brows so I then had to clean up the edges.

      Left to right: Bare brows, during application, after applying Maybelline Tattoo Brow

      I could tell after a couple of minutes that my brows felt like they definitely had product in them but they weren't set down in place. I prefer feeling like my brows are set in place, while this wasn't the end of the world for me, I felt like I had to be conscious of not touching my eyebrows throughout the day. After applying this to my brows I did find it looked a little bit more intense then I normally like my brows to look. I tend to prefer a slightly more "hair-like" look than this. I also asked my boyfriend what he thought about my eyebrows (he didn't know that I was trying out a new product) and he described them as looking "smokey", so take that as you will.

      A couple of minutes after application of the Maybelline Brow Tattoo

      After applying eye makeup it did look less harsh but I was still unsure of how it looked. I think if there maybe was a colour slightly lighter and a bit more cool toned I might have liked it more. I think if you like a stronger more intense brow you might like this though.

      Maybelline Brow Tattoo after 10 hours of wear

      After about 10 hours, my brows looked ok but they were a bit all over the place. Any hold this product has was clearly not match for my brows. I did leave the house to go for a walk so I used a spoolie to put them back in place as I felt it looked a bit weird. Where I had applied more product, my brows had stayed more in place and as I hadn't applied much in the front of my brows I understand why it did hold up as well.

      Brows after 24 hours

      So I tried very hard not to touch my brows when I was cleansing my skin but I think most of the product disappeared by the time I was finished my evening skin care routine. I don't have a picture of what it looked like after cleansing but it looked pretty much the same as it does now 24 hours after applying it.

      Now, 24 hours later, I can still see some pigment under the arch of my brow a a tiny bit on the tail. I did concentrate most of the product there so I'm happy to see a tiny bit is still there. However, I'm not sure its enough for me to consider it being long-wearing. I didn't really expect it to hold up so I'm not disappointed but I could kind of see it coming at the same time.


      Final thoughts

      I've mentioned a couple of times now that I double cleanse and it's something I've been doing for years (although I do use better products now). I ALWAYS remove my makeup before cleansing, no matter what, as I wear makeup and SPF basically everyday. I think if you don't cleanse your skin as thoroughly or as often as I do, you might find that this lasts longer on you but for me, I don't think I can say that this a product that would make me change my routine.

      I think there may be a way to make this work for me, such as using a sharp angle brush to draw on hairlike strokes, however I'm not sure if this will last any longer than applying it the way it's described on the packaging. I will have to try it out and see what I think.

      Thanks for reading and stay safe!

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