Benefit They're Real Mascara

I'm always a bit sceptical when it comes to mascaras that claim they enhance your lashes up to 10X and then when they have a before and after I just think it's been photoshopped or they're fake! So when Benefit brought out their 'They're Real' Mascara I wasn't bothered by it and when I saw the price I was just put off, the mascara is £19.50 and it was when I was starting to feel more confident about wearing make up so obviously didn't want to spend that much on a mascara.
Benefit claim that this mascara Lengthens, curls, volumizes, lifts and separates lashes, which is a lot for one product to do and for them to claim it does.

So when I saw a magazine, that cost £2, had it as a freebie I thought I would get it, it was the '4.0g Net wt. 0.14 oz' which is the smaller size, I don't know if you can buy the smaller size anywhere.

So when I got home I was really excited to see whether it really did do what it said it does. I was really pleased with the results because it really does separate, lift and curl your lashes. My lashes didn't go clumpy, the mascara stayed on for ages, where as some slips down under your eyes. I don't have really long eyelashes but when I wear this mascara my eyelashes just look so much longer and separated and fanned out. I think it looks like I'm wearing really natural looking fake lashes.  
I did find it hard to get the right look and get my lashes perfect but after I had mastered that it was easy, but I find its like that with every mascara, you have to get the right technique to get the perfect lashes. 

The only thing I don't like is the brush, which is stupid because its the main part, but the bristles are really long (obviously, so the lashes separate) but I managed to keep poking my eyes if I got too close to my lash line. 

The wand brush is a bit scary when you first look at it, because the bristles are much longer than other mascara wands, but thats so that you can get the perfect lashes, which I think I do get with this product. 

I have now run out, which I'm really upset about, but I have kept it because I will use my everyday mascara and then use the Benefit They're Real wand to separate my lashes.
This is definitely a 'splurge' product but 100% worth it.
You can get They're Real Mascara from most places, here are a couple of links 
http://www.benefitcosmetics.co.uk/product/view/theyre-real

http://www.debenhams.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/prod_10701_10001_123901000399_-1

http://www.feelunique.com/p/Benefit-Theyre-Real-Beyond-Mascara-8-5g?q=benefit





A mascara I find almost as good but a lot cheaper,  is the 'Collection No Clumps'- This mascara is really good if you don't pile it on, I use this first and then my everyday mascara to build up, but only when its dried because if you're lashes clump up the bristles aren't long enough to separate your lashes. The bristles on this wand brush aren't as long but they still work and for £2.99 you can't go wrong really. I would definitely recommend this even if you weren't on a budget! 
You can get this from any drugstore that sells Collection Make up :) 

 http://www.superdrug.com/eye-make-up/collection-no-clumps-mascara-black/invt/713759&bklist=


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Thank you
Immy xx

Superdrug Haul

Hello, I have a little 'Haul' for you today,

I went into town to send some clothes back which meant I had to go to the post office -Great Story Bro! 

But since I was in town I had to go into superdrug and I was pleasantly surprised with their deals on their hair products. 

I came out with 3 things, 2 herbal essence's shampoo and conditioner and a herbal essence's leave in conditioner. Herbal essence's is my favourite hair product, its not too expensive but I think that it feels like a high end product!

The shampoo and conditioner are from the 'Hello hydration' range and the leave in conditioner is from the 'Bee Strong' range. All of the herbal essence's products are better than half price right now in superdrug, which is amazing!! 

Both of these products are normally £3.79, which is still very affordable but in the sale they were both £1.86 Bargain I think!

I then picked up this, the leave in intense cream for £1.96, when normally its £3.99! Im really pleased with these bargains because recently I don't feel like my shampoo and conditioner is really hydrating my hair and I just felt like it needed something different to try and make my hair feel less dry.

Herbal Essence has been a favourite hair product of mine for such a long time, it really does what it says it does as well as makes your hair feel hydrated and looks shiny and healthy, even the ones that don't say they're for hydrating your hair etc, they still do. Also they smell really good.

Anyway I hope you find some products you like in the half price sale!

Im sorry if it doesn't seem like a very good 'haul' but I've never done one and Im just sort of working out what I find easiest to write about etc :) 

Thanks for reading 

Immy x

Homemade christmas gift ideas for the family.

Hello, so because its been christmas I have decided to do a post about the homemade christmas gifts I made for my family members, I always find it easy to buy gifts/presents for my parents but when it comes to the grandparents I never know what to get and I don't want to get things that they don't really need, so this year I decided I would make something for them.

I decided to make Mince pies, Chocolate Truffles, apricots dipped in chocolate and some ginger bread christmas shapes, when I made them all I put them into jars lined with fabric. I thought this was going to be really simple and there would be loads of time to do it all but I didn't really think about timings and that I had to do a load of other stuff during the day.

I found the recipes I used on the internet so will post the links below :)  

Truffles- I actually used the recipe from the Green and Blacks chocolate recipes book but found the recipe here   http://www.organicukfood.com/recipes/detail/micahs-truffles/120 

Chocolate dipped apricots- So I didn't have a recipe for these but they where pretty straight forward. I actually saved some of the cream and chocolate mixture from the truffles recipe, I literally just covered one half of the apricots in the mixture and let it cool in the fridge. I must add that the mixture wasn't really runny as I had let it cool for a bit in the fridge, also when I put them in the fridge one side of the chocolate stuck to the plate and came off when I took the apricots off of the plate.

Mince pies- For the mince pies I had a jar of mince so used that, because I was being lazy haha, and then for the pastry I bought it, also to save time as I didn't have much time left, but I used the just roll short crust pastry, I then cut out the size I wanted for them and filled it with the mince then cut out different christmas shapes for the top and then 'painted' milk over the top then put them in the oven for about 10 to 15 minutes on a 180 degree heat, once they were cooked and cooled I sprinkled a little bit of icing sugar over them :) 

Ginger Bread- I used the ginger bread recipe from the bbc food website

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1300638/gingerbread-men

I didn't have ginger bread men cutters so used christmas trees and snowmen cutters that I had. 

I didn't manage to a photo of the finished product, with the jars, but these are what the 'treats' looked like. Also Im sorry my presentation isn't the best, but it should give you an idea as to what they looked like :) 

I hope you enjoyed this post, I would've posted this earlier but I was really busy over christmas! Also these don't need to be just christmas presents you can make them for birthdays, easter etc :) 

Thanks for reading, 

Immy xx