New in:- Chanel Matelassees de chanel ombres palette in Charming

I just got my new Chanel Matelasses palette in charming from Boots and I just had to share it with you all! I found out that Chanel would be doing another 5 eyeshadow palette a few weeks ago and I was so excited that this release would be available to everyone and not limited to select boutiques as the past couple of limited edition releases have been.

The last time one of these types of palettes were available or rather where chanel had started this type of eyeshadow palette was with the Chanel ombre perlees. (I can stick up a picture if you want me to)

I have my eyes on a couple of other items from this collection but didnt want to go crazy as im on a new shopping ban and no this palette is not breaking any rules, this is an essential must have for me! 

But for now I'll leave you all to enjoy some pictures of this palette 

(that I took on the new iphone 5s in indoor evening lighting. )

The palette should be up shortly on Boots and Debenhams and John lewis 

Will you be picking up this palette? 

Raspcherry

XOXO

New in :- Benefit little love potions

Im loving these gorgeous goodies from Benefit in dinky little travel sizes 

Since I have such a huge makeup collection its not economical for me to have full sizes of all the products I like at all times.

 sets like this make my life so much easier so in this way I can eat my cake and have it :) 

I know thats really cheeky but its true! 

The set includes the following items 

 -Its potent eye cream 

-High beam highlighter

-Posie tint stain 

-Stay dont stray eye primer 

-That gal brightening face primer 

-The porefessional face primer 

-Watts up highlighter

-Hoola bronzing powder 

-Hoola lipgloss

-Badgal lash mascara 

(alot of highlighting and brightening products!)

These products are going to make great handbag/travel products for me, they also make great trial products if you are unsure of buying the full size as the set is just under £30 which is near enough the amount for one benefit product which are usually around the £20 mark give or take. 

Currently I have my eyes on the complete Benefit flawless range which I have used items from in the past but im thinking of getting the whole kit and kaboodle - the Flawless primer, foundation, fake it concealer, and flawless powder. But Im just procrastinating since Im putting myself on a shopping ban as I need to use up current items before I allow myself to buy anymore products for now. 

(I'll see how long that lasts!) 

Which benefit products are you loving right now? 

Raspcherry 

XOXO

Soap and Glory goodies

As it gets cold again its good to treat oneself with some lovely beauty care products.
 Im currently testing out some soap and glory goodies which I bought from boots.

Here are some of the products that I have bought, I had to test out the great kisser lip balms

Theyre petroleum based but they smell great, the peachy one smells like apricot conditioner, really zesty, fruity, apricot. The coconut is lovely too, and vanilla has a pinky gold sheen think Mac rubenesque paint pot.

Im also really into handcream right now, probably due to the fact that I've really neglected myself over the past year (boo-hoo) The Hand food cream is not too thick and not too light so its ok to use during the day. its especially  great after being out in the cold/inside in the heating and after having hands in and out of water it also smells nice which is always a plus.

The Smooch operator is really hard and waxy as opposed to gooey, soft and glossy like the great kisser lip balms, Ironically I thought the smooth operator would be my night treatment but due to the surprising texture I feel its better under a lipstick during the day.

The Heel genius was a real surpriser i was expecting basically something the same/similar to the hand food but this foot cream is completely different, for starters its a minty colour, a very light gel-like texture and smaells lovely. I love that it contains fruit acids to gently slough away at any dead skin, between foot exfoliation treatments.  Also that it contains Allantoin which calms and soothes, now which busy girl or mum does not need that?

All products available from boots here 

Which soap and glory products are you loving? 

Have you tried any of these? 

Raspcherry 

XOXO

Bourjois happy light foundation is back with friends and family!

Bourjois happy light foundation currently available for £7.99 normal RRP will be £11.99

This must be one of the most best high street/drugstore product launches if not the best ever! 

im so excited that bourjois has bought back happy light foundation, this was my foundation of choice until they discontinued it. 

It applied nicely, looked fresh and non mask light, had spf15 (I think) 

and came in a tube so great for travel. 

but that must have been about 16 years ago!

I think the formula has changed somewhat and no longer has spf protection, the packaging has clearly changed and now has a pump dispenser, I think the tube was better although I love pumps but tubes are easier for travel and I think every brand should have one tube choice available for travel purposes. 

The coverage is quite light, and luminous, alot lighter that the other foundations pictured namely healthy mix foundation and healthy mix serum, I think that the 10 hour sleep effect offers the most coverage. 

There are two happy light primers, Im normally dry skin but recently ive had acne, and now, oiliness so ive opted for the matte primer which works quite well, ive used it under the foundation and mixed with the foundation. I still want to try the other primer also.

The healthy light concealer only comes in two choices I chose the more yellow toned one no 21 ivoire

You can see the other bourgeois items that I have purchased myself to try, I try to avoid buying high street makeup as it is so accessible and I build up a huge collection very quickly and when I have clearouts I tend to give away bags of new high street makeup free to family and friends which is actually hundreds of pounds of product, but its much easier than parting with products from Chanel and Dior for example.  

So a few years back I banned myself from buying drugstore makeup for this reason, but the high street has really changed and some products now are matching their high end competitors 

I have pictured some of my bourjois collection, I do have some more products, but they can wait until future posts, funnily the one item I do not have is my all time holy grail item which is the bourjois liquid eyeliner, and I have seen they have a newer version of it which looks fab, it has pink packaging and a rubber on the top too- yes a rubber, where makeup meets stationary lol!

Products pictured
 Bourjois delice de soleil bronzing powder no 14 olive tanned skins
 Bourjois blush no 41 healthy mix
 Bourjois eclat mineral radiance no 05 dore
 Bourjois healthy mix correcting concealer no 52 medium
 Bourjois healthy mix foundation no 53 light beige
 Bourjois healthy mix serum gel foundation no 53 light beige
 Bourjois 10 hour sleep effect foundation no 74 beige
 Bourjois happy light  foundation no 52 light beige
 Bourjois happy light matte serum primer
 Bourjois flower perfection translucent smoothing primer
 Bourjois happy light ultra covering concealer no 21 ivoire
 Bourjois healthy balance unifying powder no 53 light beige

Bourjois products are available here

What products from the bourjois line are you using ? 

Raspcherry 

XOXO

New in:- Clarins all about lips lip collection

christmas holiday limited edition special kit for 2013

Containing 4 types of Clarins lip products 

• Colour Quench Lip Balm 02 Peach Nectar 7ml
• Gloss Prodige 04 Candy 2.5ml
• Rouge Eclat 13 Woodrose 1.5g
• Instant Light Natural Lip perfector 01 Rose Shimmer 5ml

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Now im a really big fan of Clarins Skincare products especially the beauty flash balm face and the beauty flash eyes, to name but a few. 

but I realised earlier this year that I have not tried any of their cosmetic products ever!

So I picked up their splendours summer bronzer and eyeshadow kits which I will review and include a face of the day, look also. 

I had £15 debenhams beauty points and now that you can spend your points online I decided to try this new service out, unfortunately I learned that you can only make a full payment 

 using points, if they are available to cover the cost of the order, I usually tend to just use up the points that are about to expire. Anyway I bought the clarins all about lips kit to try out all of the different lip products.

I was very happy to receive this kit, as its very versatile as far as product type is concerned 

all of the colours are very wearable and they smell very nice. 

They come in a makeup bag which is very small and squishy so should fit in most bags including small bags I can fit in a small eyeliner, small mascara, small eyebrow kit or face powder compact and mini makeup brushes in this bag. 

The bag looks white but also has a very pretty shimmer going through it 

Overall Im very happy with this purchase.

Do you use any clarins lip products? 

Raspcherry 

XOXO

Review:- Dior Celebration Collection

Im absolutely loving these items right now 

they were special limited edition items for the christmas holiday season 

The dior eyeshadow palette is all inclusive it includes everything you need for a complete eye look 

Eye primer, Tinted brown eye gel,  three eyeshadows, an eyeliner and two applicators with huge mirror it comes in a velvet pouch with a mini mascara.

The lip palette comes with a lip primer/balm three lipsticks in baby pink, peach, and hot pink shades, a hot pink lip pencil (I think it should have contained a neutral, nude or spice  lip pencil)

The brush kit contains a powder foundation brush, a blush brush, eyeshadow brush, and a lip brush. the kit comes in its own brush case which has its good and bad points, the worst thing is the long ribbon thing to wrap around it, the good point is the extra storage within the roll, it even has a zipped compartment to hold small products. I love that it has a powder foundation brush rather than a liquid foundation brush as previous sets had, because you can always use your fingers to apply a liquid foundation if needed but you are more likely to reapply powder foundations or setting and blotting powders on the go.

I purchased the items from debenhams and boots theyve probably sold out by now but Dior do amazing collections all the time so its worth keeping an eye out for them if you like any of these items. 

any thoughts?

Raspcherry 

XOXO

Review:- Mac Glamour daze holiday collection 2012

I think I did really well this past christmas and did not purchase too much from this collection 

Items purchased 

Devine desire quite coral exclusive set 

Primped out eye look bag sensual peach 

innocence frost lipstick 

in the limelight pearl nail lacquer

Small vanity blush

Easy manner blush

Mac innocence l/s -I love peachy coral lipsticks theyre so pretty to look at and also very complimentary on my skin tone

In the limelight n/p Im obsessed with minty nail polishes and have a crazy collection that i will share with you very soon 

Sensual peach kit features an eyeshadow duo in mulch which is a frosty chocolate brown with gold shimmer in a velvet finish and is macs top selling eyeshadow (last time I checked) I already had this in my mac 15 eyeshadow pro palette but I dont mind having another in this duo, since I love neutral brown beige duos.

 The other eyeshadow in this duo is dazzlelight which is a champagney light baby peach in a frost finish. I've never used these two colours together before but I like the effect it gives I use dazzlelight all over and the mulch in outer corner of the lid and on the outer v it gives a perfect day to night look. this duo reminds me of my favourite chanel duo of the moment chanel sable emouvant 37 although they are not exactly the same but you can get a similar finish.

 Opulash is an OK mascara, I already had it and was using it at the time I made this purchase its nice for volume and thickness but i did not feel it was what I need as I have voluminous, straight, short stubby lashes I need length and curve more than anything. so Ive back to mac my old one and will use this in the future.

I was glad to get stubborn brown powerpoint  eye pencil in this kit as I like the pigmentation and intensity of the powerpoint pencils I have a few in the shade feline which gives good colour and works on the waterline however these pencils do not have great staying power the colour quickly spreads down so these are best used blended out with a cotton bud or brush.

I have quite a few of the limited edition short brushes from mac but do not mind having another 275 brush as they are versatile to give colour on the lid or intensify the crease or even use as a highlight if you are starting out and looking for one mac eyeshadow brush I suggest this one or the 239 brush.

It was nice to get the bag in this collection however I do agree with Temptalia when she says that the bag should atleast fit the items that came in it.

Devine desire quite coral kit 

this kit was an exclusive edition and only available on www.maccosmetics.co.uk 

It contains 

In a heartbeat cremesheen lipstick which is a soft peachy coral shade abit more coral than shy girl which is abit more beigey peach.

Born to love blush in a frost finish this is like style blush but without the gold.

Its nice that mac put in a little 129 brush but i do feel that this brush is not as good quality as other 129 brushes that I have had in kits before but its not totally horrible by anymeans infact its very soft so nice to use on my sensitive skin, this brush works well with all powder products such as blush, bronzer, loose and pressed powder

Pure flattery is a very nice peach coral lipglass  and works perfectly with in a heartbeat and innocence lipstick.

I really like the mac technakhol liners although theyre not as pigmented and as soft as the powerpoint pencils they're great handbag items as they do not require sharpening and they also qualify for back to mac. Photogravure is described as a brown black colour and you can see in the swatches that it is darker than stubborn brown. so this is a great shade to have if your always changing from brown to black eyeliners.

The kit comes with a nice case that has a mirror and a pocket and a removeable plastic insert that holds the makeup items, I plan to use this as a jewellery box, which i may use for travel also currntly im using a chanel purse as my travel jewellery case. 

 

Products Swatched 

Born to love blush 

In a heartbeat l/s

pure flattery l/g

Photogravure e/l

Innocence l/s

dazzlelight e/s

mulch e/s

stubborn brown e/l

The first thing I grabbed from this collection were these two beautiful blushed in 

Easy manner is a pretty peachy pink but it shows up more baby pink on me similar to well dressed blush.

Small Vanity is a neutral almost plummy blush with a brown beige undertone great on medium tones and to enhance the contours of the cheeks.

Ive also swatched easy manner and small vanity next to born to love for comparison purposes.

I love these products Im getting alot of use out of these products and do not regret purchasing any of them
theres probably still some items from this collection floating about on the mac website in the goodbyes section and in the CCO's.

What did you buy from this collection ? 

Raspcherry 

XOXO

New product launch :- Garnier BB cream and swatches

Garnier miracle skin perfector

Daily all in one BB cream

Garnier has launched its BB cream in the uk 

this is possibly the second bb cream in the UK 

the first being mac prep and prime bb cream (review coming soon)

But i really feel that this is more of a BB cream

since its more of a multi tasker 

Garnier claims that this BB cream or Beauty balm :-

-Evens skintone

-Adds glow

-Blurs imperfections (sounds like a camera mode)

-Smoothes fine lines

-24 hour hydration

SPF15 uv sun protection

It is also affordably priced at £10 - £11

Im really quite happy with this product 

to me it is a tinted moisturiser 

and i feel its a perfect match with the tinted eye roll on for a simple makeup routine for a busy person or mum on the go 

It is quite a fluffy moussey texture and it does feel refreshing and hydrating on the skin 

It comes in two colour choices 

-light

-medium 

I hope they introduce a dark for much darker skins

The light looks like mac nc25 bobbi brown warm beige 

and the medium looks like mac nc35 bobbi brown warm natural/honey

I would recommend light for fair to light medium skintones such as nc20 to nc30

and i recommend the medium for nc30 to nc40 

although it is a tinted moisturiser so yo can probably get away with using this product beyond my shade recommendations 

coverage is light to medium similar to a tinted moisturiser 

I hope this review has helped 

XOXO

Comparison :- Mac Rubenesque Vs Improper copper

I know alot of people have been waiting for this 

so here it is Mac aintpot in Rubenesque and Mac cream colour base in improper copper 

both are permanent in the mac collection 

I have swatched them both side by side 

paintpots are more cream to powder where as cream colour bases are more liquidy

to the naked eye they both look similar 

but since rubenesque contains a gold pearl it shimmers more gold and improper copper shimmers more peachy toned 

I often wear improper copper as a blush applied with my fingers and it gives a nars orgam effect 

and is quite similar to the nars orgasm multiple -maybe ill do a comparison of these two next ?

and I wear rubenesque from lash line to brow with my fingers either alone for a quick look or as a base, currently ive been using this daily under my too faced natural eye palette

Eotd/ fotd to follow soon 

XOXO

My Babyliss beliss hot air styler

Model- Babyliss BE liss ioniceramic 800 hair dryer

I have had this a few years now, i originally bought the larger version which is shaped like a hairdryer which is specifically for longer length hair but I found it to big and chunky to use and I kept hitting myself on the head with it so I gave it to my sister (who has even longer hair )

and I bought the model for shorter hair which is the one that I am reviewing now

It is light, easy to handle, and great to use in my thick, long curly hair

you can adjust the end styler and make it a really tight setting so that it can straighten your hair but I dont like the pull on my hair and my hair getting caught in the comb bit so I leave it on a medium setting

which is Ok since I always go over my hair with my GHDs

My hair is quite long as you can see in my profile pic it comes down to the middle of my back 

This hair dryer is easy to handle if you always do your own hair like me

I have been let down by hair dressers so many times that I now even cut my own hair

The hair dryer has a filter on the back end

and also has a swivel cord just like the one on my GHD's so I dont tangle and strangle myself with my own hair dryer

I really like and trust baby liss hair tools

I think they produced the first retailed hair straightener with the steam attachment which was my first ever hair tool !

I thought Id put in a picture of the long hair version in also since this review also covers the be liss 1700w which also comes with a changeable diffuser attachment

Which hair dryer do you have ??