Primark Pro Brushes

So Primark are at it again, making some super affordable makeup dupes, and with their new PS Pro makeup line launching I popped in to the Tottenham Court Road  branch to pick up the product I'm most looking forward to try out. If you have Instagram then you have probably seen the new Artis oval makeup brushes and plenty of dupes winging their way around. Now as student I don't have much money especially now its come to the end of the year and my loan has all but ran out. But all hail Primark as they fight in our corner to provide us with all the products we need.

I picked up two of the new PS Pro oval blending brushes to try out, the ones I got were, as I remember the smallest and medium sized brushes.  The reason I was so excited to try these brushes because I love buffing and stippling brushes, for me I feel that the more densely packed brushes work best for my skin when it comes to applying makeup. These brushes brushes come in clean and simple packaging, the handles are plain black with the PS Pro logo, they can feel a little flimsy but they should hold up for your blending needs.

On to testing, I tried two different foundations, one is a Topshop Foundation in the colour 1.0 and also No.7 Beautifully Matte Light Foundation in warm ivory. I also used two different concealers, Maybelline Dream Lumi Touch in 02 and No.7 Instant Radiance in shade 10.
I used these two foundations because the No.7 is my favourite foundation whereas the Topshop foundation, although it matches my skin tone perfectly it doesn't blend easily into my skin and I wanted to see if these brushed would help.


The brushes worked well with the No.7 foundation, they gave my skin an even finish, they blended well to give a smooth finish, although they didn't work well when it came to covering blemishes. When it came to adding more layers they didn't seem to give a fuller coverage more like it sponged up more of the product.

When it came to the Topshop foundation, the brushes did exactly what I thought it would. Like other brushes and sponges iv used it took a whole lot of blending to get a layer down because it seemed to just spread around my face, but after a few layers and a lot of blending these brushes managed to give an even finish to my skin but once again didn't leave enough product to cover my blemishes.

Overall I really like brushes for giving a base for my makeup and for the price which was £2.50 for the small and £3 for the medium. I plan to continue to use them and hopefully will be stocking up on some more soon. So if you have been wanting to give some of these brushes a go, I do recommend these for starting out.

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Paisley & Pinafore | OOTD June 2016

Hey guys I hope your summer has got off to a good start,  here is one of my current favourite outfits, my wardrobe is slowly collecting more pinafore dresses and my paisley shirt has been staple in my wardrobe for a while now.

Outfit:

-Shirt, AX Paris (New Look) - £20

Khaki pinafore dress, Primark - £10

This is one of my favourite 'throw on and go' outfit, its so simple yet the shirt brings a lot of added detail. The dress is faux suede, comfy and lightweight, I know these colours aren't super summery but I love it anyway. 

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May Favourties | 2016

Hello again, I'm sorry I didn't write an april favourites but it was because I was so close to my university deadlines that I completely forgot about it, but with out further ado here is my May favourites.

Beauty & Hair:

-Bioré Deep Cleansing Pore Strips

-Vasanti Brighten  Up Enzymatic Face Rejuvenator

-The Body Shop, Clay Mask

-PK Prep Hair Polishing Balm

-Olay Complete Hydration and SPF

Puriskin Resurfacing Cream

Fashion:

-Boohoo, Stained Glass Floral Bomber Jacket

-New Look, classic pair of dark wash high waisted skinny jeans 

TV & Film:

-Lucifer 

Music:

-Busted, in concert

-James Bay, Chaos And The Calm

-Ed Sheeran, Multiple

Food:

-Dairy milk chocolate

-Iced donuts 

Place: 

-Holland Park

-Kensington

Thank you for reading.

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