Pixi Beauty On The Glow Blush Review

   If there is one product in makeup that really scares me, its blush! I am always too afraid of putting on too much. Anything cream base scares me too, I've got more into cream contouring and naturally blush is the next thing. When the Pixi On the Glow Blushes arrived on my doorstep, I couldn't contain my excitement! 

The Pixi Beauty On the Glow Blush tinted moisture stick collection comes in 3 different shades - Juicy (deep orange), Ruby (red) and Fleur (pink). These tinted moisture sticks come in a beautiful compact design, which makes them easier to carry with you whenever you may need to. I love this compared to a traditional compact, as that always breaks.

These blush sticks are packed full of goodness.

• Ginseng which balances and restores your skin.
• Aloe vera has the ability to soothe the skin
• Glycolic Acid which will hydrate and rejuvinate your skin.
• Vitamins which nourish the skin.

                                           

                                             

As you can see from the swatches, all the blushes are highly pigmented and full of hydration. They are very glossy on the skin.  The blush formula is so silky and smooth which makes the application really easy. I prefer applying some to the back of my hand and stippling on to the cheeks. I've seen videos where people apply straight to their face but when I tried that, all my makeup started moving around and it wasn't pleasant. 

With my oily skin, these don't last well unless I set them with a powder blush on top. The hydrating and silky formula is like butter which sinks into my skin and gives me a colourful lift of colour but doesn't last long. I believe you can use these on your eyelids and lips too, which makes all the shades really versatile. 

I wouldn’t be able to choose a blush shade from the Pixi collection as my favourite, as they are incredible.

I didn’t expect to love the apricot shade Juicy as much as I did. I knew I would love the shades Fleur (soft pink) and Ruby (crimson red) but Juicy is the one! 

Have you tried cream blushes before?

 

February Favourites! ♥

I'm going to be doing 'Monthly Favourites' from now, if you're not familiar with this then it's just basically my favourite products (beauty and non-beauty) from the past month. It is going to be something I am going to be trying to stick to! 

Beauty Favourites! 

First thing is the blushes and a few eye shadows from the MUA palette. You can read a full review and view swatches here. I have been loving these blushes so much recently, they are really complementing my skin tone and have a nice (not too overpowering) shimmer to it. I am also loving the eye colours 'Grape' 'Chocolate' & 'Cookie' these three in my opinion are the most pigmented in the palette and look great on their own and together. Definite favourite for this month!

The next thing is my models own liquid  eye liner which I briefly talked about in My Models Own haul which you can read here. Just like I said there, I hate using liquid eye liner - I don't have a steady hand when it comes to drawing a neat line, however this eye liner is different. I don't know what it is!! It just comes on 

perfectly every time and is also very easy to remove unlike many liquid liner which take forever to remove! 

The next  - a nail polish! Got to got to have a nail polish in!! This one is by NYC which I think is a very under-rated brand in my opinion  They have a lovely range of nail colours and this colour has been my Favourite for this transition from winter to spring. It is a really nice deep plum/purple colour that looks amazing! I only applied 2 even thin coats to my nails - however more can be applied to build up the colour, it was very long lasting and looked fab! 

This is more random! HAIR GRIPS! Oh my jelly babies, you guys.. i don't honestly know where I would be right now if I didn't have any hair grips in my world. These small things are such life savers. Trust me - my bad hair days cope with these. I have the 200 pack from pound land which have lasted me a long time and a of a really good quality! 

We are never ever ever getting back together! I love love love Taylor Swift, she is just amazing! Her style, her music, her make-up, her hair! LOVE it all! I am also loving her perfume 'Wonderstruck' the first of her two perfumes she has. This smells so fresh, sweet  and fruity at the same time that it makes me fall over, I could bathe my self in it! It also lasts for such a long time after you put it on - amazing!

Random Favourites! 

My song of the month has to be .. 'What About Us' by The Saturdays! The girls are back with a new song after being in America for a while - which is being shown on their new series on E! 'Chasing The Saturdays' which I also adore. The song is just so catchy and the girls look amazing in the video. 

At the moment and probably forever and ever! I will love the programme Hawaii Five-o. Now I know in the US the series is in front of us here in the UK. So please NO SPOILERS PLEASE. I love the programme and I look forward to watching it every week. 

And that's it for this month guys! Comment below telling me your February Favourites!

Models Own Review ♥

Hey everyone!!! First off all i want to say a huge, big thankyou for getting my blog to over 1000 views! I don't usually look at views ect. as i'm not really bothered - but this is AMAZING! thankyou!! Today's review is of a bunch of models own products that I picked up at the Clothes Show last year, however didn't really get to look at them properly. So I decided to take them out of the bag and use them!

First up nail polishes! I have heard a great deal of positive about the models own nail polishes! I constantly see them on my tumblr, and instagram dashboard! At the clothes show you got to pick two shades to have in your goodie bag! These are the two i picked, I don't really go for the glitter based polishes as I prefer to put glitter on as a top coat. But it was a different story with these, i fell in love with them! 'Scarlett Sparkle' looks amazing over a red polish or even two coats of it by its self look amazing too! The second 'Pinky Brown Bettle Juice' (love the name!) is a deep purple colour with glitter and looks amazing for a night out! The models own website allows you to view each polish in their collection! 

The next thing is the lip products, the first is their lip gloss and the second their lip balm. The lip balm is very moisturising - it doesn't feel heavy on the lips but makes them feel soft all day! The lipgloss is a gloss that is very sticky, i personally don't mind lipglosses that are sticky as they give a nice finish to your lips and have a better pigment. These products can't seem to be found online I'm afraid :( 

The next few things are eye products, however I also included the lip liner in this section as I also had the eye liner...wierd I know! The first is the pro-eyeliner, oh my golly gosh ..you guys! I hate liquid liner, as it never goes on properly for me, however I don't know what it is with this but,this just works a treat! I can hold the bottle perfectly and it draws a line in one stroke! The second is the pencil liner, which I adore, it gives such good colour where as many pencil liners don't these days! It also is such a smooth thing to apply! The lip liner is my fav! The colour is one that I would never ever have thought of buying however, I just had a different liking to this colour on me! I LOVE IT!  

MUA 'The Artiste Collection' Palette Review ♥

I have a unhealthy addiction to MUA make-up! The Superdrug based brand is definitely my go-to make up brand! I've never had a problem with their cosmetics, they are always of a good quality and excellent pigment! Here is a mini review of their  'The Artiste Collection' Palette; I got it for free from my local Superdrug - as I spent £6 or more on the MUA products! This palette by MUA is their first combination palette - eyeshadows, blush, bronzer and a highlighter.

This is the front and back of the palette, it is a very decent size (handbag size) which is what I prefer as I hate  palettes that are just far too big and are a pain to pack with you!

The eye-shadow's in the palette (top row) are as followed, each one has a extremely good pigment in them. I have dark skin and even colours like 'Chocolate' and 'Cookie' showed up on my skin tone. I especially love the colour 'Mocca' its very shiny, party like! These eye-shadow's are also very creamy based, meaning that when I put them on my eye they are much easy to apply.

The set also includes - 2 very brightly pigmented blushes 'Primrose' is not just a pretty name however also has a tiny little glitter hint to it! Which makes it flawless for the skin. The bronzer is a great addition to the palette as it a very nude bronzer  for every skin tone. The highlighter is soo pretty! It has a nice shimmer to it and is very soft for the skin.

 'The Artiste Collection' Palette is amazing overall! It has your everything you need to transform your look, if you are having a busy day! The shadow's have amazing colour in them, and the blushers, bronzer and highlighter give the palette a nice twist! You even get a nice, small brush to sit inside!