Rimmel London - Rapid Ruby

 

 

 

When the colder season's come in I like to wear a lot of darker shades on my nails such as deep reds, purples, browns, greens, midnight blues and black. It's just nice to tone it down after the Summer too.

The nail polish is by Rimmel and is one of their 60seconds polishes in the colour 320 'Rapid Red'. Personally I think they could of given it a better name, but hey ho! It's a deep shade of red kind of like a true blood red if you know what I mean? 

Quite lot of people say that it's an exact dupe of the colour by Chanel - 'Rouge Fatal', but I don't own this shade to give you my own opinion I'm afraid. If that's the case though it's a hell of a lot cheaper at just £3.69 a bottle for 8ml. Usually on 2 for £5.00 in Boots as well.

With an easy and quick application, how can you fault it?

 

Pro's

• Gorgeous shade
• Easy application
• Dries really quick
• Cheap as chips to buy

Con's

• I hadn't had this bottle that many months and it decided to go gloopy. I've never experienced this before with any of my Rimmel nail polishes. So I'm going to put it down to a dud bottle and see how I get on with my next one.
• It's not that long lasting, especially without base & top coat. (This could be due to me chipping them typing on the keyboard though).

 

But it's so cheap and such a gorgeous shade that I don't mind a tiny bit of disappointment.

There's some gorgeous Revlon and Essie colours in at the moment too. I think that's what I need to have a splurge on next time.

 

What's your favourite A/W nail polish?

What nail polish brand is your favourite?

If I were to answer that one it would have to be a toss up between China Glaze, Nails Inc. & Essie.

 Oh & I apologise for the fuzzy phone picture too.

Chanelle Jade

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MAC; Naked Lunch, Woodwinked & Charcoal Brown

 

Oot Ohh!

I've been ordering from that dreading place called MAC again, oops.

I did need some more seen as though I don't have many & I really enjoyed my last purchase, it kinder brought me back for more.

What I need next is one of their refill palettes. Seen as though the collection is finally starting to grow, yippee!

 I've not included a make-up look with these shadows in this post, as I thought I could save that for another day.

 

Naked Lunch

What type of eyeshadow finish is it? Frost

What shade is it? To me it's a peachy, champagne colour

Would you purchase it again? Definitely!

 

When I wear this eyeshadow I feel like it makes my eyes look more awake if you get me and I have to have a second glance in the mirror when I walk past. That made me cringe typing that haha! I meant at the eyeshadow itself and not at me of course.

 

'Naked Lunch' looks so pretty when applied all over the lid of the eye, it applies a light amount of colour and shimmer. You can probably tell in the swatches included in this post.

 

Woodwinked

What type of eyeshadow finish is it? Velvet pearl

What shade is it? Medium bronze with a mild orange undertone

Would you purchase it again? yes, yes, yes!

 

I like to pair 'Woodwinked' with a vanilla, or yellow based light shadow. That's if I'm not wearing it all over the lid. Mind you I always change how I wear this one, like today I'm wearing 'Naked Lunch' with 'Woodwinked' blended into the crease.

 

Charcoal Brown

What type of eyeshadow finish is it? matte

What shade is it? A beautiful matte brown ashy colour

Would you purchase it again? couldn't live without it... so that's a yes!

 

I use this eyeshadow mostly to fill in my eyebrows, it works like a dream. It's the perfect colour for my brows. Previous to this shadow I were using a Rimmel eyebrow pencil, but I felt like it made my eyebrows appear to harsh (like slugs had been drawn on my face). This shadow when applied with a flat brush makes them appear more natural. It also works beautifully as a crease colour, you can build it up to get a darker effect for a more smoky eye look.

 

Overall I am really happy with my new MAC eyeshadows and the last one's I posted about too. They are all must haves to me and I will repurchase if I ever hit pan (which I hope that's not for a while). I think I've built up some kind of addiction to MAC over the last few weeks. I've already got some more shadows waiting in my favourites/basket ready for my next purchase. I also really like the look of the MAC paint pots, but I haven't tried any before. Are they as good as every makes out to be?

 

Now I'm in need of some neutral matte eyeshadows as I don't have many in my little collection.

You know for those days where you don't want to wear anything shimmery and you want to tone it down a tad. Matte's always look nice on a your vintage inspired make-up looks too, so I'm desperately after some.

Does anyone know of any must have MAC matte eyeshadows?

Let me know in the comments below please dolls, thank you <3

 

Chanelle Jade

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The questions I answered about each eyeshadow are my own opinion.

You may think different to me, but I go by what colour or shade the eyeshadow is through my own eyes and on my own skin.

Crown Brush Review

 

 

 Crown Brush

So I've finally got my hands on some Crown Brushes... Yayyy!

As I've purchased a lot of new eyeshadows recently (yes, I have some more coming up this week).

 I realised that I were desperately in need of some new eye make-up brushes, as I hadn't treated myself to any in so long. Now as I was doing a little look into some bloggers favourite brushes, I noticed a lot of you had mentioned 'Crown Brush' and I've heard really good things about them over the last few months and how they had some really good MAC dupes.  

 

So I thought I'd purchase 3 brushes to test them out :)

and this is what I chose...

 

 C433 Pro Blending Fluff

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The 'C433 - Pro Blending Fluff' is well known for been the 'MAC - 217' dupe.

Let me just say girls it's one for your make-up jar!

The brush itself is made out of white goats hair, which means you can use it with powders and creams without damaging it, woohoo! It's perfect for blending and applying eyeshadow. The brush also has a tapered tip, which is a bonus when contouring smaller places of the face, like the nose for example.

 Quite a few people have mentioned using this for applying their concealer as well, I'll have to give it a whirl and see how I get on.

 

This brush was just £6.09 and this is so cheap compared to MAC - 217 which is £18.00.

 

C441 Pro Blending Crease

 

The 'C441 - Pro Blending Crease' is also made out of white goats hair, which means you can also use this with powder and cream products. When I first looked at the brush I thought hmm.. how am I going to use that? did your mum ever tell you 'don't judge a book by it's cover?' Exactly! I haven't stopped playing with it since opening it. As it has a longer brush tip to it, it's perfect for getting in the crease of the eye and blending out that shadow.

 

This brush was just £3.99 an absolute steal!

 

C431 Precision Pencil

 

 

 

And this little gem is well known for been the '219 - MAC' dupe. I've been after a good precision pencil brush for so long and couldn't bring myself to pay silly prices for one. Seen as though I've never had one or used one before. You never know how you're going to get on with a new brush, right?

The brush itself is used for precision shading on the lid, in the eye crease or along your lash line. These brushes create great smoky eyes, especially with a bit of eyeliner.

I like to use this brush to apply my highlighter or eyeshadow to the inner corner of my eyes too, as it's just the right size.

 

I can't believe this brush was only £4.39 as well and the one from MAC is £20.00.

 

 

I really like about them is the packaging. The white hairs, black handle and silver ferrule makes them look expensive, clean & classy.  

Overall I really like my Crown Brush brushes and I can't believe the quality of them for the price.

 

 

What's your favourite Crown Brush?

or what's your favourite make-up brush brand?

 

Chanelle Jade

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I cannot compare any the of the brushes mentioned to the MAC dupes that have also been mentioned. Due to not owning any MAC brushes, as I can't justify spending £20.00 on one make-up brush at the moment. This is going by other peoples reviews of these being MAC dupes.

 

If you'd like to purchase some new make-up brushes, check out their website.

www.crownbrush.co.uk