First Impressions: Anastasia Beverly Hills DipBrow Pomade.

DipBrow Pomade by Anastasia Beverly Hills is a product I've been lusting after for quite some time. If you're an avid reader of my blog, then you'll probably know that I've been using Eyeshadow as brow powder for quite a while as I struggled to get a product which matached my brows. I finally took the plunge and invested in some Dipbrow and thought i'd share my first impressions of it with you.

Product: Anastasia Beverly Hills - Dipbrow Pomade (Taupe & Medium Brown)

Price: £15.00 each

Shade Purchased:  Taupe & Medium Brown.

Packaging:  I have to say, I adore the packaging on these. The product comes in a thick glass pot with a black plastic screw lid which features the logo on top. These look and feel luxurious in every way. Has to be some of the best packaging i've seen in a while.

First thoughts: I've been using a taupe eye shadow as a brow product for a fair few months now and when I heard a taupe DipBrow was available, I dived straight in. Unsurprisingly, it's love at first swatch with these for so many reasons. They have the most amazing staying power - they do not budge when set. They are easy too apply - I use an angled brush to apply mine, however, if you are used to a powder product, it will take some getting used to as applying these as it takes a different technique to get them blended correctly and looking natural due to the gel/mousse type formula. I'm still getting to grips with them at the moment, but i'm loving experimenting how they look.

On first impressions I'm definitely glad I took the leap and ordered them online and I'm looking forward to testing them further before I give my full review on them.

 I'd love to hear from you if you've used the Anastasia DipBrow Pomade and your top tips on how you apply them! Let me know in the comments!

Em xxx

[Haul] My Weekend Haul!! 8/02/14

So, this weekend I was supposed to be dress shopping for a wedding next week, luckily i managed to pick up a dress... but i also picked up all of this! 

Grand total for this haul - £53.00 ($87.00)

I was so super freaking excited to find e.l.f products in a shop in London because you can't buy it in the shops in the UK. 

So girls, check out your local TK Maxx because they may have some hidden away on a shelf!

These are all the e.l.f  palettes i managed to pick up. The big 32 piece palette was £4.99 and the three smaller palettes were £2.99 each. An absolute bargain of a find.

The neutral and natural palettes are very similar in shades, but i'm not too worried, you can never have too many... right?

The Products

E.l.f 32 piece palette - warm shadows.

£4.99

I managed to pick this palette up from TK Maxx. It has lots of pinky shades which drew me to it as i'm getting into pink shades at the moment. I'm really excited to play with this and see what looks I can create.

e.l.f natural eyeshadow palette 

£2.99

I'm on an eyeshadow binge currently and i really liked how these colours are suitable for everyday wear, but with a little hint of shimmer!  i'm looking forward to trying them out!

e.l.f neutral eyeshadow palette

£2.99

This palette is very similar to the natural palette above, but these are warmer toned. They've got a nice pinky vibe to them and I'll probably incorporate these into my everyday look.

e.l.f Smokey eyeshadow palette £2.99

I love the purple shade in this palette. I'm seriously hoping it swatches that colour. I'm excited about this one. shimmery purple smokey eyes!

Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion
 £16.00

I've been meaning to pick this up for a while, and after picking up all the elf products, it was kind of a no brainer to grab this as well.  I swear every make up FOTD i see uses this, and I wanted to see what it did for myself. I had a play around with it at the Urban Decay concession stand in Debenhams, on Oxford street and swatched some of the Naked Basics shadows over it. Naked basics is my go to palette for work, and i feel like i know those colours so well. I couldn't believe how much this lifted those shadows and they're pretty pigmented alone.

e.l.f Natural mineral blemish powder & brush £2.99

I haven't a clue what to expect from this to be honest. I never tend to wear mineral products as i'm not sure they do much for me. But, for £2.99 it's a bargain, and i'm willing to put it to the test.

e.l.f Translucent mineral finishing powder & brush £2.99

Again, not a clue what to expect from this, i need a new loose powder, especially one for finishing so i'm really hoping it's good!

Real Techniques Blusher Brush
£7.49

I love amazon prime. I love how quickly it is to get things delivered. Ordered on thursday late afternoon, it arrived friday morning!
 I needed a new blusher brush as mine is a bit old and battered and i'm really into the RT brushes. They're such good quality for the money. This is the 3rd Real Techniques brush i've purchased.

NYX Blusher - Taupe
£6.00


I did it, i finally found NYX in the wild! I made sure I headed to Next in Westfields to check out the NYX display, it was in a very sorry, sad sad state; The staff at Next obviosly don't realise how cherrised some NYX products are! 

I managed to find a Taupe, and i'm super excited to try this product out for contouring.

LA Colours Lipsticks - 99p each!

L-R 
Pink-a-boo, Pink Parfait, Purple Passion

I don't really wear much lipstick, and I really want to get into more colours than my go to nude! so I picked these up at Westfields for the bargain price of 99p each!


So that's it for this haul, I'm really happy with what i've picked up, as I bought quite a lot of products for £50. I'll be reviewing each item individually over the week, so check back soon for updates, reviews and of course, swatches.