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I have been trying different products from Rimmel and I have to say that I have never been disappointed. They are offering a great range of quality products some them and that's why I couldn't wait to try the Wonder'Lash Wake Me Up Mascara With Vitamins and Cucumber Extract.

This mascara is presented exactly like  the Wonder'Lash With Argan Oil reviewed here, only this time the color is a beautiful bright green. The tube is quiet big, that couldn't fit in tiny drawers but I still think it's pretty and I like it.

Formulated with cumcumber and vitamins, not sure which ones, this mascara conditions lashes and provides the eyes that wide awake look with clump free volume, lift and length. It also has a fresh cucumber scent that doesn't irritate my eyes which is a serious plus point along with the fact that I don't notice any cruchiness on my lashes. It also holds the curls all day with no smudging or flaking.

The Wake Me Up Mascara's wand is cleverly designed in an hourglass shape to curl, separate, lengthen and volumize the lashes. I'm not the kind of girl to put coats upon coats of mascara, I always stop at 2 and oh man! I was already in the moon with this mascara!!!!

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| 1 Coat Applied |

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If you are looking to replace your mascara, I don't think you'd be disappointed with this one.

Hi Lovelies,

Recently I've practicing a new makeup technique; the colour correcting... And as always, I never like to take the risk of going crazy on something so I decided to pick the Wet N Wild Coverall Concealer Palette for a little whirl......Let's take a closer look.

This palette has 4 shades; pink to brighten, green to neutralize, nude to cover and white to highlight. I actually love the diversity in colors of these concealers which make them useful for many purposes. In fact, the green is supposed to counteract redness and the pink covers blue circles under the eyes. Unfortunately, as many of you, I was thinking for years that only the nude shade is able to do the job until my recent hut a concealer.  In fact the nude shade in the wet n wild palette is way darker than my skin tone while the pink and green are my most used as they cover up really nicely my redness, dark spots and circles.

The highlighter in the other side is very suitable for the brow bone and the cupids bow. I personally never used it for the cheek bones just because I prefer to use a powder one for most of the time.

The concealers are easily blended and very cream. I've noticed that when I choose to set it with a powder, it becomes extremely cackey and I can’t hate anything more than this in makeup.... Not having an oily skin, I actually skip this step.

This specific palette, I believe has been replaced by the Coverall Correcting Palette as I can't find it anymore online nor in their stands. But for fair skinned folks and those dealing with redness and blemishes, if you come across this little wheel, go for it. And for its price, you can't go wrong with it.

Thanks for reading and hope that was helpful.

Hi Y'all,

As fall-winter season knocked the door already, it's time for me to adjust my skin care regimen to something tick and hydrating. To start off, I decided to give the balm/butter "technology" a try; and of course I had to grab The Body Shop Camomile Sumptuous Cleansing Butter, which I will be reviewing today.

For the newbies in my blog, I'm obsessed with anything related to camomile. This cleansing butter, is basicaly my second product I use of this range from TBS. My first was the Camomile Waterproof Eye & Lip Make-up Remover and this stuff is simply AMAZING.

The Camomile sumptuous Cleansing Butter is described to be "an indulgent make-up remover for the whole face. It gently and efficiently melts away make-up and impurities, leaving skin feeling clean, refreshed and pampered. Gently melts away make-up, leaves skin feeling clean and petal-soft, removes all types of make-up and suitable for sensitive skin and contact lens wearers". And that's exactly what it does, however I can't confirm the last 2 points as I don't belong to any of these categories.

This cleansing butter comes in a light weight and secure tin, making it compact and easy for travel. At first glance when I opened it, I could only think of coconut oil in terms of texture and colour.

Verily, the camomile cleansing butter has a waxy consistency that melts at touch into a luxurious oil, with a calming floral scent where I detect camomile. It feels lovely on my dehydrated skin and it's ideal for a good soft face massage.

I'm sure everyone has gone trough the pain of removing the waterproof makeup. Well, not to worry gals, just name the most stubborn makeup product and I promise that it won't stand a chance.  A tiny bit of the product is needeed at a time which makes a little goes a long way.

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The only down about this product, well you can't have it all, is the low amount of the camomile, but to its defense, this is just a cleanser that should be removed after few seconds.

Saving the best to the last, this cleansing butter, removes effortlessly my makeup without leaving my skin dry or tight and without the greasy residue I get from using the coconut oil. This stuf is great! My skin feels so soft and hydrated after using it. It's so gentle that even when I use it on my eyes, it doesn't sting.

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As I've said in an earlier post, nothing beats cleansing wash and water, so I always go for a double cleanse. On the second step, though, there is no trace of makeup to report.

In fact, The Camomile Sumptuous Cleansing Butter is definetely a good treat for colder and drier winter season. It's an absolute delight to use, super effective and luxurious. I LOVE IT!!! And for a fact, I officialy add it to my list of holy grail products.

Hope you enjoyed this review... Stay Tuned!!!

Hi Ladies,

This post is especially for those ones suffering with their curly or simply frizzy hair (like mine). For quite a long time I hated it. I had all kind of thoughts on how to fix this freaking thing to have it under control instead of that electrified hair. By the way, let me give you a hint of the background; I’ve got fine wavy hair and frizzy on top… Not that bad however years back it was seriously like s*#@. How I fixed it? That’s a long story that I will talk about later. 

Every time I went to the beauty salon, I wished and prayed that my hair would remain for the rest of my life as beautiful as it looks when the beautician was finished. And of course that  never happened. The worst thing was my total conviction that I will never be able to do something about it, and will never afford all these sprays, creams and whatever it is which anyway will be wash out the next day… Gosh that was a complete nightmare until I finally found my ass savers; The John Frieda Frizz Ease Secret Weapon Finishing Crème and the Frizz Ease Heat Defeat Styling Spray, which I picked just because of the countless reviews in the bloggers community raving about how awesome their products are.

I’ll start off with the Heat Defeat Styling Spray, as per my order of application. The reason why I picked this was to make sure that my hair doesn’t fry after straightening. Again, my hair was a big mess, you wouldn’t want to see it. I normally spray it all over my dry hair, just before blow drying and since I started using it, the dry ends are completely gone, my hair looks healthier and straightens with total ease and also helps it remain smooth and shiny throughout the day.

Coming up to the secret weapon finishing crème, which I think is discontinued, I have to say that I’m kicking myself for not using this wonder earlier. It is a smoothing crème meant to be used after styling your hair with a concentration on the ends. As it’s called, it’s indeed a  secret weapon, to a healthy, silky and shiny hair, giving it that salon look.. Believe me, definitely the same look§.

This crème works beautifully on immediately calming the hair, excluding that greasy feeling thanks to its lightweight formula and let’s not forget to mention the cute scent it has.  

Being so amazed about these 2 beauties, you wouldn’t believe that I never had a look at their ingredients. And to my big surprise, it contains paraben ….. What the hell??? It’s no secret I’m in love with this John Frieda combo; certainly they secured their spot in my hair care routine. However I should start looking for a ‘healthier’ products to replace it. 

I’ve had this stuff for ages now and I think I’m just beginning the second half of it. It’s dirt cheap for what you can achieve with. If it’s not for the paraben, I would highly recommend them but for those who don’t care about this part, both products are worth trying!

Hope you enjoyed! Thanks again for your reading!

Hello helloo,

After being impressed by their BB cream (here) and concealer (here), I couldn’t resist trying some other product of the Rimmel London brand. I decided then to give the all new waterproof Wonder’lash Mascara with Argan Oil a try. 

The wonder’lash mascara with Argan oil was the first one I picked and tried, among other products that I’ll review in future posts, and that’s for the first obvious reason that it’s infused with this magical oil and honestly who wouldn’t???? The second reason is the so beautiful packaging that is hard to resist; a blue metallic finished tube. 

It’s a waterproof mascara that helps the lashes to look full, as mentioned in Rimmel website,  and smooths them to not clump. Its ultra flexible brush hugs the lashes to define them from root to tip. However when applying this mascara there is no drama noticeable. Instead it’s giving the lashes definition and a natural soft look that you will certainely say “Did I really just apply any mascara???”. From the other side, stiff and crunchy lashes have no place here, just feathery ones thanks to its light oil based formula. And for a waterproof formula, it still comes easily off at the end of the day. 

Even though this mascara does not give that false lash effect, I nevertheless think it’s a great one to have for a no-makeup look or simply for everyday use. 

This should do for today! Thank you so much for stopping by. 

Hi Beauties,

Now that finally Wet n Wild cosmetics is here in Dubai I thought of sharing another product review.  For almost a month or maybe more, I honestly can’t remember, I’ve testing out some of the Wet n Wild CoverAll Line; the cream foundation and the primer, which I picked randomly just to find out the quality offered by this very affordable brand. 

Coverall Cream Foundation 

I got this tube a while ago, and thinking of its cheap price I didn’t raise my expectations until I decided to try it just out of curiosity. According to Wet n Wild, it’s a long day wear  that provides moderate to full coverage, it has a lightweight texture with satin-matte finish and contains the VisiBright complex which reduces the appearance of wrinkles and rejuvenates the skin. 

Coverall Primer 

I’m really stunned at how this little beauty pick feels on the skin, it actually performs as any  high end primer would. It provides an amazing moisture which prepped the skin well giving my makeup a smooth base to adhere to. 

Overall, the coverall primer coupled with the cream foundation makes me in heaven despite their cheap prices. There is in fact plenty of quality here nevertheless there are few minuses to note… Well you can’t have it all. As I mentioned earlier, the packaging is not the perfect  one and I wish Wet n Wild would work on it just because the quality provided is amazing.  The second hiccup is the fact that it has no SPF, which makes them not convenient in hot summer days.

Apart from that, I definitely recommend these beauty gems and I deeply hope that they  would get the respect they deserve. 

Hope you enjoyed and thank you for reading!

Hello Everyone,

I’m so excited to post this short review. For those who follow my blog or my instagram would know by now that I’m a lavender addict and today I’ll be talking about two products I grabbed at first glance once I spotted the word “Lavender”. It’s the Avalon Organics Exfoliating Enzyme Scrub and the Facial Cleansing Gel.

The exfoliating enzyme scrub incorporates ground walnut shells and fruit enzymes to provide a brightened, refreshed, not irritated or stripped dry skin. Nevertheless, exfoliating can sometimes be quite drying, however this product leaves my skin so hydrated due to the oils it contains. To make things better, this scrub is so gentle and packed with great ingredients, it consists of 70% organic content and it is paraben free. This product claims to brighten dull skin and smooth uneven skin and that’s so far what it’s been doing. Another great thing I’m amazed about is the lovely lavender scent which is very spa-like and relaxing. 

Likewise the facial cleansing gel uses organic oils based ingredients, lavender, chamomile and white tea to cleanse, calm and protect the skin. It is sulfates and paraben free thus it makes it a very gentle yet effective cleanser. It always provides that extra clean feeling without over drying it which makes it suitable for normal and oily skin types. From the other hand, the lavender scent is simply gorgeous and helps to destress. 

Ever since using these holy grail beauties, I have noticed a difference in my skin. It is more balanced and illuminated. I’m so happy with these products and I highly recommend them.

Hope you guys enjoyed this post … Have a great day :)

Hi Guys,

Dupes, who doesn’t like them?… I personally do. Especially when you get less expensive products with amazing quality. What more can you ask for????  The UK brand Makeup Revolution seem to have a wide range of obvious dupes for high end or inspired ones to some extend for drugstore prices, even cheaper! 

Today I’ll be looking at the blushing hearts I got, in shades peachy keen heart, bursting with love and candy queen of hearts and the summer of love bronzers in shades love hot summer and hot summer of love. You may have noticed that the packaging is extremely similar to the Too Faced Blushes but I don’t own these so I can’t really compare them. 

The Too Faced sweethearts blushes were since their launching in my Wishlist but every time I was in the state of “Go Girl, get it” I simply couldn’t justify the price of $30. Therefore when I spotted the blushing hearts I was caught by the packaging at first and I had to have them. 

I was so excited to be receiving them, I mean who wouldn’t?? You can only look at these and instantly think how damn cute they are! They look stunning and are beautifully presented; a huge heart shaped containing three baked shades. They are very pigmented and shimmery and only the tiniest bit is needed on the brush. 

I will start with the triple baked bronzers. I won’t lie, at first the names were a bit confusing to me as they are so similar; hot summer of love and love hot summer. Still I love the colours, it sort of already has a builtin highlighter which helps achieve that sun kissed look. 

Bursting with love is the darkest pink set out that provides such a natural colour with its very light lavender shade that can double up as a highlighter, followed by a cute baby pink then a bright pink. 

Candy queen of hearts is a gorgeous combination of pink and peach colours. It features a blue pink, a light orange coral then a darker coral shade. It delivers a light sparkle of colour with a lovely radiance and a healthy glow.

Peachy keen heart is my favourite at the moment with its gold, peach and bronze shades. I love to use it when I want a really bronzed up look especially with its added shimmer hint. 

Both blusher and bronzer feel soft and buttery with a great pigmentation that shows up on the skin right way without layering.  Although being shimmery, the particles are not noticeable on the face as they don’t highlight any imperfections or clog enlarged pores which makes these products wearable and they last 5 hours or a bit more. 

Another great thing about these blushers and bronzers is that you can technically use the shades separately or blended which gives room to play with highlighting, contouring…etc. 

I’m so impressed with this brand. I can’t seem to find any fault with the price, packaging or quality of their products. I definitely recommend the blushing hearts blushers and summer of love bronzers; at £4.99 each, you can't go wrong!

Hi Beauties,

Few weeks back I popped into the nearest pharmacy for some skincare finds and as the pictures show in my instagram I got few of them and of course, for those who know me by now, would already guess that I picked them Paraben Free.  Today I’ll be reviewing the Grace Cole tea tree & witch hazel foaming facial wash and the body scrub.

The foaming facial wash asserts to “envelop your skin in a rich lather effectively sweeping away everyday impurities an keeping your skin looking smooth and radiant.” Tea tree is known for its anti-bacterial benefits whilst witch hazel keeps the skin clear and both of these ingredients are widely used in spot treatment.

This product is so gentle on the skin and washes off very easily. It’s also non drying and leaves the skin clean and refreshed. One of the things that amuses me is the light scent of tea tree, maybe because of witch hazel addition, and as I’m not a huge fan of it that makes it just perfect. 

From the other hand, the body scrub has a clear gel like formula with tiny particles. It claims to “rejuvenate, refine and smooth the skin. Its rounded microbeads stimulate the skin to remove dead cells and reveal radiance.”

It’s a very mild scrub that could be used daily. It leaves the skin fresh and smooth because of its gel formula I believe. The smell is also not strong, yet it is soothing some way. 

For anyone with blemish/acne/problem skin should definitely give this affordable range of products a try!

After a deep thought I’m sure I would be repurchasing the foaming facial wash. Unfortunately I like my body scrubs to be thick to feel the “real exfoliation” some of you might disagree but this is just my opinion. 

Hope you guys enjoyed!