Review- Superdrug BB Cream

Hello!

At the moment, where I live is having an unexpected sunny spell. Although I am anticipating it changing and tipping down soon, I have been thinking about trying more summer appropriate makeup. One thing I really hate is feeling all hot and gross, and having a full face of heavy coverage foundation on. 

I decided to jump on the bandwagon, and try a BB cream! 

I'm sure you've all heard tonnes about BB creams, but if you haven't, I believe the gist of them is that they are a really light coverage cream, which moisturises, and often protects against sun damage.

 As they have a light coverage, they cover blemishes and even out skin tone, without feeling heavy.

Whilst in Superdrug recently, I noticed their new, own brand BB cream was on offer, so I snapped it up!

As you can see, this is way too orange for my skin. When will they create a BB cream for us pale girls?!

I was going to take a picture with this on my face, but I just looked too orange! On the plus side, it smells really nice (like sun tan lotion!), is really moisturising, and very easy to apply.

The coverage is really light, and if I were to wear it out, I would have to use quite alot of concealer under my eyes, on spots and around my nose to cover up the redness.

I wore this for about four hours before I took it off, and it showed no signs of wearing off, not that this product is very noticeable on the skin anyway! This contains some good ingredients, Vitamin C for a radiant glow, Hyaluronic acid to moisturise, caffeine to refresh the skin, and SPF 15.

The other thing I did notice was that in the photographs, the flash seems to make make the BB cream look shimmery on my hand. I'm not sure if that's just my camera, or the product. When I have more time, I will try it on the face again, and photograph to see if it shows up then, because that could be quite a big disadvantage to this product!

So overall, I liked this product, but I'd need it in a lighter shade! Although I would have to use quite a bit of concealer, I did like the finish, the coverage and how easy it was to apply. And the smell!

If you are slightly darker than me, and are after a really light coverage, I would recommend this.

Superdrug BB cream can be bought here, and instore for £8.99(currently £6.99!)

Does anyone have any recommendations for pale BB creams? Or super light coverage foundations?

Thanks for reading! :)

Haulin' #4

Bonjour!

Is everyone enjoying the sunshine?! I am now, but it annoyed me earlier as I had left early, and dressed for the cold/rain, which proved to be unnecessary! Ho hum.

I know I said that I was going to do some different posts, but I'm really excited about these purchases! 

MAC Studio Sculpt Foundation in NC15 and lipstick in Heroine.

The foundation (£23.50) is a repurchase, I believe it's the first foundation I've ever repurchased! It's not a total match, but it's near enough, and I love both the coverage and finish.

Excuse scabby nails!

This lipstick ( £13.50) was just too beautiful to pass by! I'd originally gone in to look at the lippys from the Hey, Sailor! collection because the packaging is super cute, but I wasn't actually sold on any of the colours up close. Heroine is from the Reel Sexy collection, which I didn't hear much about! I have quite a few purple lipsticks, but they're all dark red/purples, whereas this is more of a bright violet shade. Couldn't swatch this on my hand as it's covered in stains from trying them out in store! When I manage to get my hand back to it's normal colour, I will put in a picture of it swatched :)

In Superdrug I spotted their new, own brand BB cream, on offer for £6.99, instead of £8.99. Having not jumped on the BB cream bandwagon yet, I thought I'd try it out. There were no testers unfortunately, but I went for light!

I needed some heat defence, so I just bought the Superdrug one for around £3 (Lost the receipt, sorry!).

At the hairdressers the other day I'd read a positive review of the Fudge Urban sea salt spray (£6.99), which I thought I would try as a way of adding texture and wave to my hair when I can't be bothered to heat style it.

Hope everyone is well, and that you're all having fun in the sun! Thanks for reading :)

New Hair :)

Evening everyone!

So, after about 6 months of growing out my hair, I finally got it dyed :) I'd been saying I wanted it ginger for aaages, and the hairdresser I went to had so many different shades! In the end, because we couldn't bleach my hair light enough to go the blondey/gingery I had been thinking of, we went for a coppery red.

I'm still not used to it, and I'm not entirely sure I like it, however, now that I've put a bit of slap on, and styled it, I've become a lot more fond of it! :)

None of these pictures are particularly good, but you get the idea! 

So, ignore my pudgy/wonky fingers, and my terrible photography skills! I know four pics is alot, but I couldn't chose, it looks a different colour in each one! Obviously the top one is the best quality, and the colour in that is pretty much what I wanted it to be. In real life, It's a little more red..

Anyway, hope everyone is well! Thanks for reading :)

Wednesday Wants #11

Evening everyone!

Hope you are all well, and not getting too depressed by the weather! Isn't it awful...

Anyway, on a happier note, here are some things I'm lusting after at the mo :)

Pic belongs to ASOS

At £16 I'm really tempted to buy this ASOS Strawberry t-shirt, unfortunately they only have size 8 in stock! I'm going to keep a beady eye on it, and hope they get some more in :) I think this would really spice up a pair of jeans, and look super cute worn oversized with leggings! I waaaant!

Pic from essie.com

Next up is a product that I've heard quite a bit about on blogs and youtube videos, Essie nail varnish in Mint Candy Apple. The shop I work in recently got an Essie stand, and it is the first time I have seen them in the flesh! They all look absolutely beautiful, but this shade really stood out to me. It definitely looks better in real life than in photos! You can buy these from Boots for £7.99.

Pic from Models Own fb

Lastly, are the Models Own and Wah nail art stickers in Pow! I couldn't find these on Boots websites, but I've seen them instore. I love the design of these and think they'd look really cute as an accent nail :) I believe these are around £8 and they come in some other designs.

As always, feel free to link me to any wishlist type posts :) Thanks for reading!

Haulin #3

Evening!

I feel like the only posts I ever do these days are hauls! I have got a few different things coming up I promise! I'm gunna do a review of the Revlon Lip Butters and some skincare posts :)

Anyway,  these are a few bits that I bought a few weeks ago, but forgot to post about.

ASOS £16

River Island @ ASOS £17 (Sale)

First up, these two beautiful pairs of shoes! I had my eye on the top ones for a while (I think they were in a Wednesday Wants post at some point!), I think they're so cute, I love tropical prints! I'd seen the River Island ones in store, but couldn't justify £35 them as I didn't know what I'd wear them with. 

When I saw them on ASOS for half price, I just had to have them. I've still got no idea what to wear them with...

I chose the Style Saver delivery, which is free, and they arrived in 3 days! 

Superdrug dry shampoo, £2.99 for 2, Freederm Fast Track £3.19 (better than half price!), Rescue Oil £3ish from Savers.

This dry shampoo is amazing! I much prefer it to Batiste, as it doesn't leave any white residue in my hair, and smells really lovely and fresh. I bought the rescue oil hoping it might be able to help my acne scarring, and the Freederm as I needed a new spot cream. I haven't had chance to use them yet, but I will update you when I have! :) 

Hopefully that will be my last haul post for while! 

Hope everyone is enjoying their bank holiday weekend :)

Farewell Friday #7

Hello!

Got another empty for you this week :) 

Excuse my nails!

This is Marks and Spencers Essential Extracts Aloe Vera foam bath, £1 for 500ml.

I'll start with the obvious, this is an absolute bargain. I bought this about 3 months ago, and it has been used lots since then, so it lasts a very long time!

The scent is not something I would usually go for, as I tend to favour sweet scents, but this is such a beautiful, fresh, relaxing smell. I would also say it's a very unisex fragrance, both my brother and dad enjoyed using this!

You only need a tiny amount of this to create mounds of frangant, soft bubbles. This product is BUAV approved, so animal friendly. 

I would totally recommend this to anyone. There's no fancy frills, and the packaging isn't anything special, but for £1 you can't go wrong!

I am sad to see this product go, and I will be replacing it. I am very tempted to try the Cocoa Butter & Vanilla, and Peach and Almond versions!

Do you prefer fancy packaging on your products? Or do you love a bargain like me? :)

Haulin' #3

Evening :)

Accidentally had a bit of a splurge the other day..I blame Topshop sales!

To be fair though, I have recently thrown out alot of clothes I didn't wear, so obviously I needed to buy more! (Crazy logic)

Anyway, here's my loot :)

Love brand @ Topshop £15

H&M £12

Love brand @ Topshop £15

Topshop £12

H&M £12.99

H&M £14.99

Topshop £15

 So that was my haul! Anybody else nab any bargains recently?

Thanks for reading! :)