Revlon Colourstay - The Results!

I've mentioned that I was trying out a new foundation and know that some of you are interested in how I found it so I thought I'd bare all and show you in this picture heavy post.





Please be warned some of the images you are about to see may be disturbing ha ha!








































This is me in all my bare faced glory. I took these to show how well this foundation covers and still looks quite natural. I've got a mixture of acne scarring, red spots that have scabbed over, bumpy spots, you name it I've pretty much got it. It's hormonal and only affects my jaw area fortunately but it does affect my confidence so make up is essential if I'm going to go out of the house.


So here we go. Nothing but a dab of moisturiser...


I've applied the foundation all over my face with a dampened cosmetic sponge, then used the sponge to stipple over the areas where I need more coverage. This foundation doesn't rub in well so stippling is the way to go.


Swatch comparison. The "Fresco" shade (far right) was apparently my colour match at the Estee Lauder counter. I said I was sure I was more "Shell" so I walked away with a sample of each. Fresco was so hillariously orange I think that the woman was matching the foundation to my spots rather than my skin? Shell was much better but still a bit orangey. The Revlon colour was perfect and I've also shown my concealer which is the best I've ever found and is only about £5 in superdrug. You can see how fair and cool toned it is (far left).




Me Me Me Concealer - Superdrug. It's a liquid concealer, blends beautifully and is reasonably cheap. I use it under my eyes, to conceal spots and under my brows as a highlighter. It's amazing.

Concealer now applied, It now looks like I have lovely fresh clear skin, oh I wish! I love how the coverage is great but still allows my freckles to show through.


A teeny bit of powder and blusher gives a healthy glow!


My new mascara £2 Primark. Is supposed to be like Benefit's Bad Gal and it is great at lengthening and thickening. The colour is very black and the tube being, for want of a better word - squidgy allows you to get to the bits you normally wouldn't be able to. My only complaint is that it does crumble a little so you need to keep an eye (lol) on it!





That's better! Ready to face the world!

I couldn't resist this shot with Dylan and one of our cats, Abby playing on the bed.

I hope that's given you an idea of the coverage and the colour. It's not the easiest to apply but once you have a knack it's straightforward enough and I don't think it's much diferent to any other long wear formula in that sense.
It certainly stopped any shine breakthrough which is really something for me. I don't feel like I'm wearing heaps either and it doesn't crack or sit in my lines as much as others have.

So I'm really pleased. It was about £10 but I had a £2 voucher for Revlon at Boots which made it a little cheaper. Compared to the Estee Lauder Double Wear I'd say it's not quite as good in terms of coverage and you do use slightly more due to that but at half the price I'd say it's still better value and since the colour is a better match for me I'll be sticking with this for a while.

Although I'm open to any other suggestions. If you've found "the one" please let me know.

Vicki xx

A Twinkle in my Eye.

I've been getting a bit more experimental with my eye make-up recently and have managed to beg, borrow and steel some new colours to play with, but I was majorly coveting a multicoloured palette.

It was to great delight that I spotted these beauties in Internacionale, reduced to half price in the sale AND on a "Buy one, get the second half price" offer. The two came in at a very reasonable £2.70.

The first is more shimmery muted shades while the second has pretty high pigment considering the price. The photo of my hand demonstrates this, each blob was just a quick swirl with my finger then dabbed on. I'm looking forward to stepping out with some spectacularly colourful eyes so watch this space.

My outfit today conversely features very little colour:

Boyfriend Jacket - Primark via Car Boot Sale £1

Nude top - 10p jumble sale

Cream lace top worn underneath - 10p jumble sale.

Denim jeggings - £3 Sainsburys Sale.

Boots - Primark £15.

The two bracelets were gifts, the cream bangle was part of a huge bundle from the Topshop Sale for £1 and the necklace is the one I made myself.

The subtle details that make this outfit more interesting didn't really photo well, the chiffon frill down the top, the lace peeking out at the neck, the gorgeous detailing on the necklace's ribbon, but these little things made it just as interesting as my rainbow palette anyday.

Do you wear colour on your eyes? I'd really like some suggestions to ease me in gently!

Little Miss Nautical

Ahoy there shipmates!

I'm so in love with anything nautical at the moment, and today I was in the mood for this stripey batwing jumper from Tesco. I also wore a short red mac when I went out this morning which really set the outfit off.

I have been resisting temptation to indulge in any more Asda jewellery, I'm wearing the swallow earrings *again* and the bow necklace from Valentine's Day, but I think I may have to pay the haberdashery stall in town a visit to pick up some buttons and ribbon for a spot of customising.

Taking inspiration from rope knots I added this fun braid to my hair. It's a simple three strand plait, but I held one strand and slid the other two up to bunch it up a little, then secured it under the rest of my hair with a couple of grips.

I couldn't let pancake day go by without posting a few shots of Dylan in the kitchen, so here he is demostrating how to make Chocolate, Blueberry and Yoghurt pancakes. Yummy!

What did you have on yours?

Oooooh, oooh, ooh Babylove!

Last night was "Babylove", a fundraising event to raise money for St Johns Hospital Neo Natal Intensive Care unit. My friend who organised it had her little girl very early and knows all too well what important work they do there. The hospital rely heavily on donations to provide care over and above the very basic that the NHS can fund.

The evening was a huge sucess, eveyone who attended enjoyed it thoroughly and most importantly they raised £1,800 which is enough money to buy the hospital three special care incubation units!

The dress code was "smart party" which is always a tricky one. After much deliberation I bought this Yumi dress from USC, it was £13 in the sale down from £45! I love the carousel print and the frilly layer that peeks out underneath. The Carvela shoes were from TK Maxx and were a bargainous £16. I had intended to wear normal black tights but found the shoes kept slipping off but the footless tights solved the problem perfectly and gave a party feel to my look.

At the last minute I realised that the hot pink nail varnish I was planning on using wouldn't work with the open toes (too much pink) I knew navy would look fab so I mixed electric blue with a dark plum to get the perfect shade to match my dress. I would have been even more smug had I not smudged a fingernail while doing my hair!

I decided to go for a really full on eye make up, I kept the rest of my face neutral and understated but went to town on the eyeliner and applied lashings and lashings of black mascara for a dramatic effect.

When are you next dressing up?