The Bourjois Blogger Summer Party! #BourjoisSummer

L-R Em, April & Monica

Last week I was lucky enough to be invited by Bourjois to their Blogger Summer Party. The event took place on the incredible roof terrace of Global Radio in Leicester square. After a frantic afternoon at work I managed to get to the event, albeit 40 minutes late, and met up with two of my favourite bloggers - April & Monica.

I have to say, Bourjois really know how to throw a party.The Bourjois team had thought of everything. From the beautiful hydrangea floral arrangements, to chocolate fountains, lip swatch reading psychics and nail artists - everything was covered at this event.

One of the most exciting things at the the Bourjois Summer Party were the 'sneak peeks' we managed to get of some upcoming Bourjois product launches!

The Delice De Poudre Duo is a product that I was totally taken with. It contains a matte chocolate hued bronzer and also a beautifully light illuminating highlighter in one product. I love the fact that contouring is so mainstream now that there are new products and options coming to the high street every day! This is one which I'm excited to get my hands on and it's due to be released early august at the price of £7.99, which for a contour and a highlight is an absolute bargain.

Bourjois also had on display their new Delice De Poudre - Gold bronzing powder. It's billed to be a great bronzer with gold pigments, however If you're as pale as I am, it's probably not the product for you as I found it way too warm for my pale skin tone, so bear that in mind with this specific product.

Some of the other products which were beautifully displayed were the new Bourjois Contour Clubing Waterproof Eyeliners I'd had a brief glimpse of these at Graduate Fashion Week where I'd see Lans using them on the models. I love that these come in some quirky shades and I'm dying to try shade 59 - Dynamint.  There are so many great eye looks I can imagine being made with these pencils! 

There were also some other amazing products on display at the event, including some new shades of the Rouge Edition Velvet matte lipsticks, cream blushers and Effect 3D lip glosses. 

I really enjoyed the evening and it was great to see some familiar faces at the event, and meet a few new ones. To top it all off, not only did I get spoilt having a manicure at the event, I was also gifted the most gorgeous goodybag from the Bourjois Team and I can't wait to test out some products and review them for you guys. It was a brilliant evening, and I look forward to the next! 

I'd love to hear your thoughts on these new products, is there anything that caught your eye? xxx

Bourjois Nail Polish Remover, Hands & Feet Review!

I admit it. I'm a rubbish girl. My bag is full of junk and my nail polish is often chipped. So when a product such as the Bourjois Nail Polish remover for Hands & Feet* comes along, I feel like I know 'how to girl' again. 

When you live a busy life, or what I usually refer to as 'lack of life' constantly trying to juggle working a full time job as well as blogging consistently, managing your social media profiles and giving the time and effort deserved to those all important offline relationships with a boyfriend, family and if you have many left, friends -  one of the first things that can slack for me anyway, are my nails. 

I go through stages of painting my nails multiple times a week, to not wearing polish for months simply because of the chips that occur so easily and out of my sheer laziness, the effort that it takes to remove the polish as well as the slightly fragile nails that I find nail varnish remover leaves behind.

Bourjois have introduced a product that relieves so many of the factors that makes me loathe painted nails sometimes. The main bottle is filled with a sponge that you can dip your finger into. I like to use the erm, dip and twist method. That usually works for me and takes my nail varnish off so easily. However, they've also introduced the much needed Foot sponge! A small sponge fixed to the lid of the product which can be used as a handy sponge to remove any pedi polish and also stops you trying to shove your toes into the main pot... yeah, don't do that... It hurts.

The Bourois Nail Polish Remover* is one of those unexpected great products that actually works incredibly well. It doesn't have that nasty nail polish smell, and it doesn't make my nails feel like they've been soaked in paint stripper and brittle. It's a new firm favourite and because of it, I can look forward to painting my nails again. 

How do you remove your nail polish? Let me know in the comments xxx

A Backstage Pass to Graduate Fashion Week 2014 - Part #1

Last week I was lucky enough to be invited to Graduate Fashion Week by Bourjois who were the official make up Sponsors. I adore catwalk make up, It always manages to look so effortless and flawless, and when offered the chance to go backstage and see the artists prepping the models and designing the looks, like any Beauty Blogger I jumped at the chance. 

As well as being given that sought after backstage pass, I also managed to catch the 'University of East London' Catwalk Show. There were so many beautiful looks on the catwalk, here are two that caught my eye.

Leanne Bell

What I loved about this outfit from Leanne Bell, were the colours and how It spurred me into thinking how I could take inspiration from the outfit and transfer it to an everyday make up look. I'm envisioning Gold foiled eyes, with a hint of pink smoked out and a baby pink lip, I'd pair it with glowing skin and a bright highlight on the cheek.

Krasimira Ivanova-Stoyneva

This coat from Krasimira Ivanova-Stoyneva really stood out to me as a striking use of colour. To transfer this to a make up look, I'd go for a yellow and blue eye teamed with  a bold flick and a bright red lip.

I loved being able to go back stage and watch the make up artists at work. The head make up artist for the show was the amazingly talented Lan Nguyen-Grealis. Her station totally made my jaw drop when I saw all the products she had to play with! 

I arrived at just the right time as I managed to catch Lan demonstrating one of the key looks for a show to one of her team. I adored this gorgeous black smokey eye she created on the models.

The black smokey eye looked gorgeous on the pale skin of the models. I've always been a little fearful of heavy dark eyes with my pale skin but the use of the bronzer to contour and a beautiful highlight stops this look from washing out the skin. Instead of looking sickly, Lan has managed to create something that works perfectly and totally compliments the skin tone. I may just give it a shot and try to recreate it myself!

For the eyes, Lan used:

Bourjois Smokey Effect Eyeliner in Intense - Smokey eyes trio (Gris Party) - Bourjois Little Round Pot: Noir Fusain and Gris.

I absolutely loved my time at Graduate Fashion Week and I managed to pick up a few tips from watching Lan and the other artists work. To top it all off, I also managed to meet two lovely bloggers 

Lorna from Studs and Dreams and  Jade from Fairytalekiss

We had such a giggle at the show and I've a special step by step Get the Look post coming soon that the three of us as a little blogging journo team managed to capture together. So do check back for that soon.

Stay tuned for more exclusive posts from backstage at Graduate Fashion Week. xxx

Drugstore Base Products Haul!

It happened...The Boots 3 for 2 got me. I popped into Boots on my lunch break last week and of course walked out with a bag of products I hadn't gone in for.  This summer I'm going to be doing a series of posts on The Best & Worst Foundations for Pale Skin, so the 3 for 2 seemed a great place to start! 

Here's what I picked up:

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Rimmel Match Perfection in Ivory. Bourjois Healthy Mix foundation in 51 - Vanilla. Revlon Colourstay in 150 Buff.

Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer - Shade 1

Rimmel Stay Matte Powder - Translucent

Collection Sheer Loose Powder - Translucent

If like me, you're planning on rocking your pale skin this summer and not hitting the bottle aka Fake Tan, then make sure you stay tuned for my series of Pale skin Foundation posts which are coming soon! 

I'm going to be putting foundations to the test and finding out which are the best and worst for Pale Skin tones. From BB creams and tinted moisturizers, right up to full coverage foundations, My Pale Skin will be swatching and testing so you can choose the best product for flawless summer skin!

Have you tried any of the products in this haul?? Let me know in the comments... xxx