Okie Dokie, it’s the end of the month! Hasn’t January felt SO long? I think it’s because everyone got paid earlier in December and you end up having to make one pay check last around 5 weeks. I think that’s why people get January blues. Anyway with February the month of LUUURRVE coming up people should start cheering up again! Anyway lets see the 3 things that summed up this month!

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Ahh This is so nice I had to repeat it! (twice. Sorry I couldn’t help myself!) A perfect mineral foundation for us pale faces! Just click the picture and it should take you straight to my review of it!

HATE

Don’t worry I don’t hate my cat… much. I hate the fact that I haven’t had a solid nights sleep ever since we got him. I. AM. KNACKERED. He’s worse than a baby because I’m pretty sure babies don’t run around ALL night leap onto your chest, chew the wires, eat the wicker basket (yes you heard EAT) whilst sounding like a heard of elephants. He sleeps ALL day and pisses around all night and first thing in the morning. In fact after all that time pissing me off he’s asleep right now. Thing is though I wouldn’t mind so much if we 1) didn’t live in a flat where banging around could cause a problem 2) the entire flat wasn’t open plan. Even the bedroom although its upstairs doesn’t have a door it’s just upstairs and we have slats that overlook the living room so we can hear everything he gets up too. I probably wouldn’t mind if he was cuddly and sweet in any way. He’s not. It’s a very rare occurrence that he wants to be anywhere near you, he will bite you and kick you if you try stroking him. He’s a bloody freak. When we picked him up from the vet when he got  his ding dongs lopped off, he was the only one pawing to get out and wowing, the other two who were in before him were sat nice and calm, I thought he was supposed to calm down? Although the vet said when he gets home all he will want to do is sleep and rest and won’t be interested in food. All Tovey did was run around like a mad man and meow at the cupboard for food. I think he hears how cats behave and does the opposite. He even quacks at birds how normal is that?

Debate

Dying my hair. I keep swinging back and forth ever since I dyed it light brown (it does sorta blonde in the light) I’m just not sure I like it. Some days I do, some days I don’t. So I’m being indecisive on whether I should go brown again.

OKie Dokie, I have a slight confession to make to you… I have started using foundation again. I know, I know I made a big statement about not using them anymore, and I didn’t for a month and a half, but it didn’t make that much of a difference to my spots that I was getting (which I found out was hormonal, so not sure what I’m supposed to do about THAT) but I am still on the wagon for dimethicone (read about my war on dimethicone click here) because that does give me bad outbreaks.Ever since I have been looking for a foundation that DOESNT contain this ingredient. So that brings me back to this little discovery.

Lily Lolo is a british mineral makeup brand found online at www.lilylolo.co.uk, Normally though this wouldn’t overly excite me except for the fact that they cater to us VERY pale girlies. You know how much we struggle to find shades that are pale enough, and are sick of going to counters where they say they do and its slightly orange, its a pain. Anyway after wanting to try a mineral foundation for a while now, and bare minerals looking a bit dark for me so I never shelled out a small fortune for it, so when I found about this brand I was straight on the computer.

Sadly though I did NOT discover this. Actually before a couple of weeks ago I had never heard of Lily Lolo before, I heard about this from my Dad’s wife Claire because we had been talking about mineral foundations because I have wanted to try them for a while but she, like me, is quite pale and we can never find pale enough shades for us. She found this brand on their website and recommended it to me after finding very pale shades on there.

I have to say I was quite impressed with the website as the foundations are quite cheap! Mineral foundations your normally looking between £15 – £35 this is priced at £12.49 for really quite a big tub you get 10g of product in it and after a quick check with the ingredients list (dimethicone free! and its vegan friendly) I quickly ordered it, along with the concealer (review at a later date) and it arrived quickly a few days later (and I didn’t pay delivery)

My first impression of this foundation was “GOD it’s quite pale” that would probably be because I ordered the palest which is porcelain. Normally the past shade is always too dark, and I don’t trust the swatches online so I automatically ordered the palest but in this instance they are really quite accurate so I would be careful you don’t accidentally order one TOO pale. This actually turned out to be a pretty perfect shade for me, but if your not quite that pale theres the next shade up blondie that was perfect for Claire.

Sorry about my cats foot there…he’s very nosey and was in EVERY shot. Typically now he’s gone to bed… anyway. One thing I liked was the size of the lid, I know people complained that Bare minerals lids where too small for pouring product in it, but this one is nice and big, the product comes out easily enough although it does take some practice not to make a huge mess of it. I think I have got foundation pretty much all over my flat (and its driving my fiancé crazy). The tubs holes are quite big on this product so it comes out easily enough. Although I have to say I struggle with their concealer ones. The application is the same as bare minerals that swirl and buff method (or whatever its called) I didn’t find this particularly hard to do but if your unsure Lily Lolo do provide a video on their website for you to follow.

I was quite surprised by the texture of the foundations as it’s a powder but when you buff it in it’s really creamy. I like that because I got worried how much coverage a powder can really provide, This I would say is about medium cover, its covers redness and evens out your skintone but if you have a particular angry-looking spot it’s not going to do a lot against it. (you need concealer for that) Despite that it’s quite light on the skin and is not at all cakey. It also stays on ALL day, its surprisingly long lasting but I do find that it can rub off easily (like when I hugged Ryan with a black jacket on…he was NOT impressed) so as long as your not rubbing your face on your boyfriends clothes it lasts for a really long time. Overall I am really pleased with it. I think I may order their blushers, and eye colours as I am quite impressed with price and range. Will be sticking to this foundation I think!

5/5 - I think I may have found the ONE

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Hello my Lovelies! here is the foundation Studio tech, mac promises with this foundation that it smooths out fine lines, creates an even finish and is easy to blend. Well…
positives first I FINALLY found a colour that blends perfectly with my skin, so now MAC is my new favourite for the colouring it’s just perfect unlike some other brands I tried where the palest was just too dark for me. Just a few negatives it doesn’t quite live up to the promise  of blending easily… it’s actually a bit TOO blend-able it moves around a lot it takes a while to figure out how to make it a line-less finish on your face once you perfect it thought it has excellent coverage on your face, not enough to cover up angry spots but not too thick and  cakey as long as you don’t put too much on your face. For me though I might try the other MAC foundations too see just which is the best fit for me, this foundation is just a tad slippery for me and no amount of perfect primer can stop this from moving around on your face just even a little and it will end up even the finest of lines.

3/5 for me keep practising MAC you’ll get better at this, your colours are top notch!

if you want to buy this you can go to Debenhams or their website.

T.R.E