Review | L'Oreal Paris Infallible 24H-Matte Foundation

Happy Bank Holiday Monday! Suprisingly we weren't cursed with the usual 'black bank holiday cloud' which hovers over the UK for the day - it was actually quite nice. The same can't be said for the weekend though. Going on a night out with a plastic bag over your head as you couldn't find your umbrella isn't the best look but yeah, cough, who even does that? *insert guilty face here* 

Moving swiftly on, I couldn't not give my two cents on a foundation which has made me so happy recently. I know, how sad, but if you're reading this then you must be as sad as me too when it comes to make-up. *high-five*

I never usually try out lots of different foundations. The usual scenario is I buy a foundation and end up using it for months because I think I love it when really I just like it. Don't get me wrong, I really really reeeeeeally like my MAC Studio Fix and my Bourgois Healthy Mix but now I have tried this new foundation, I am actually certain I've found the one. I love matte finishes so I think when I saw this in Boots and saw the 3 for 2 offer and have seen lots of people rave about this foundation aaand saw it was only £7.99, I couldn't leave it behind. 

The L'Oreal Paris Infallible 24H-Matte Foundation advertises itself as being 'lightweight and non-cakey.' I have to be honest, I did wonder at first how good this was going to be as I find matte foundations can be quite cakey if you aren't careful of how much you apply. I have to say though, I'm so impressed with this foundation - personally I haven't found it to be cakey in the slightest. If anything, it feels almost silky on my skin!

Annoyingly I picked up the wrong shade at first - I think I was in denial of how pale I actually am. *face-palm* At first I got the shade 'vanilla' which is the second lightest shade, however, it was slightly too orange for me *sob* so I went back and bought the shade 'porcelain.' This shade is perfect for my skin tone which is so bitter sweet as I would love to be just one shade darker! Please British sunshine, come out and give me some colour! Anyway, here is a before picture of me facially naked looking extremely grumpy and tired haha...

...and here is an after picture with the foundation applied *insert 'oh look at me, I don't know how to pose' picture here*

And just for good measure, here is another picture on a night out at the weekend where I had the foundation on...

I love the matte effect it has on my skin - even after a few hours on a night out it stayed pretty much matte all over my face. In the above picture I had been wearing it for about five hours and it was still the same as it was when I applied it. I love dewy foundations but after a few hours I find  my skin can look too shiny (never a good look!) hence the reason why I love matte foundations so much. The staying power is amazing and as long as you only apply a bit at at time, it is really easy to blend into the skin. I can't get enough of this foundation at the minute, I'm even tempted to go buy another whilst it is £7.99! 

Has anyone else tried this foundation or the Infallible primer?

I'd love to know!

Love Leah x

A Little L'Oreal Treat Never Hurt Anyone

As a beauty lover, I don't think there is a better feeling than when you walk into Boots and see those three beautiful words flung around the shop. 3 for 2. Oh, the elation! So, of course, I couldn't just ignore this lovely offer Boots were giving to me. That would be rude and silly and just unnecessary, right? Anyway, I've wanted to try the new Infallible 24H-Matte foundation for a while now and what a perfect time to try it.

I also decided to try out the Voluminous mascara and spent around 10 hours (a good ten minutes) choosing a lipstick. I am absolutely loving all three products so far and if you'd like me to review any of these then let me know!

                                               

Have you tried out any new products recently? 

Love Leah x

Review: L'Oreal Paris Colour Riche Collection Privee

I feel like I haven't blogged in FOREVER! I've been so busy with finishing my degree that I've had no time to myself to do anything productive other than battling with my dissertation, essay writing and exam revision. Finally I've reached the light at the end of the tunnel and have finished uni forever which is the strangest yet most liberating feeling ever. Hopefully this blog post isn't too boring but I want to talk about a lipstick I have been LOVING recently and by loving I mean wearing-it-every-day sorta loving...

*drum roll*

L'Oreal Collection Privee by Eva in the shade Eva's Nude (Barely Golden). 

Slightly confused at first as the shade on the packaging simply says Eva's Nude as seen here...

...yet when I looked online, the shade is apparently Barely Golden nb2. Don't know what that's all about but the shade is definitely EVA'S NUDE in the Boots store unless I'm completely mis-reading this. 

Anyway! I picked this up in Boots a couple of weeks ago (3 for 2 wahoo!) after constantly passing this collection and debating whether to treat myself. I have a ton of nude lipsticks and my way of thinking was 'do I really need ANOTHER plain old nude lipstick?' The answer clearly was yes, of course I do. So glad I did! This shade is a gorgeous peachy, nude tone and it actually smells like talc powder which I didn't think I'd like but once I smelled it in the shop, I immediately loved it. It smells like it belongs a high-end brand and is SO creamy and lovely and mmm - can you tell I love this lipstick?

I have found it lasts for hours and doesn't fade quickly like a lot of drugstore lipsticks so high-five to L'Oreal for that one. At £8.19, it is quite pricey for a drugstore lipstick when a lipstick from MAC can be bought for £4 extra but this really does level with the quality of brands such as MAC and I really recommend it. 

Has anyone else bought a lipstick from this collection?

Love Leah x 

Bourjois and L'oreal Liquid Lipsticks

So it looks like liquid lipsticks are soon to be the new make-up craze this year and I can't wait to try them out! I have a select few lip stains which I really love (mainly ELF) so when I saw that Bourjois (one of my favourite brands) and L'oreal (a new favourite of mine) have brought out a new collection of these liquid lippys, I was mega excited! 

As I've mentioned before, I really love red/purple lip shades - I feel really confident in wearing them and just feel better in myself when I have a bold lippy on! I know a lot of people aren't comfortable wearing them (for example my friend insists darker lipsticks don't suit her) but I strongly believe red or purple coloured lipsticks suit everyone. It's just being confident enough to wear them. If you don't feel confident wearing them then you are automatically going to think they look awful on you no matter how much you want to wear it! 

So, here is the perfect excuse to try out colours you wouldn't usually (and in my case, buy even more make-up which I don't need). 

Described as 'colour shots', Bourjois have released a collection called the 'Bourjois Rouge Edition Velvet Lipsticks' - you can find them here. I'm so excited to try these out! Anything described as having 'intense colour' and I'm sold. Has anybody else tried them yet? They are priced at £8.99 so you're standard price really for Bourjois however I do hope they are worth the money.

L'oreal have also released their collection 'L'extraordinaire by Colour Riche' which again are priced at £8.99 - you can find them here.  There are five 'statement shades' and 4 'subtle shades' - I already have my eye on 'Fuchsia Drama' and 'Ruby Opera'. 

Lip products are my absolute favourite make-up products to buy so well done Bourjois and L'oreal, you have made me very happy. Now all that's left to do is buy them and try them out ha ha.

Love Leah x

L'oreal Paris Foundations

It shocks me to even write this..... (prepare for shallow make-up confession) 

I have never tried ANY L'oreal foundations.

*gasps*

I don't know why but I haven't. I suppose it is because I have always been a loyal buyer of the Bourjois healthy mix foundation and also the gel foundation so whilst I was scouring Boots yesterday, I had a sudden 'I'm going to buy a different foundation moment!!!' Yay! 

So off to the L'oreal section I go. Straight away I see they have a 2 for £15 offer on selected make-up products. (You can see what they have in the offer here). I then see the new Nude Magique Eau De Teint foundation and immediately I'm sold. An offer and a raved about foundation?! Of course I'm going to get giddy. The one thing I absolutely HATE about buying foundation is deciding on the colour. I just take forever. I have pale skin so I take ages umm'ing and ahh'ing over whether it is going to make me look orange - even the lightest shades can often make me look orange. *sigh* The trials and tribulations of being pale!

Anyway, I'm rambling now. I got this foundation in the colour 100 porcelain which seemed to be a perfect match. I've not properly tried it out yet but I'm pretty confident it will be the right shade and I can do a review on this once I've worn it. 

Has anyone else used this foundation? It seems to be really runny in the bottle - like you shake it and if you shut your eyes, it sounds like you are shaking a glass bottle filled with water. Slightly wary of this considering the bottle is TINY - only 20ml - but I must admit, it's so cute.

So, continuing with the theme, I picked up the L'oreal True Match foundation in the colour N1 Ivory. I've been wearing it all day and got so excited using it for the first time this morning. This colour matches my skin PERFECTLY so I feel like the Nude Magique foundation will be a match too as these two colours (porcelain and ivory) looked the same on my hand. I find this to be a medium coverage but is easily buildable without looking cakey. I always like to have a good amount of foundation on and it really did make my skin look flawless. *woohoo!* I've heard lots of people raving about this foundation and now I can see why! Of course, this is only the first day of wearing it so I don't want to say too much about how I love it and how marvelous it is as who knows, I might suddenly grow a strong hatred for it by next week?! You never know. But what I can say is it has lasted all day and only a slight amount on my chin has worn off. So two foundations for £15, both originally priced at £9.99. A fiver saved - can't be bad! 

Let me know what you think of the L'oreal foundations! I'd love to know!

Love Leah x