Truelythevs: April 2015

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My hair I would say is not too long nor too short so it's somewhere around the middle I guess. ( I recently got it trimmed over the Easter holidays by my mother).

This was requested by the girls from Gold&Hearts, you can check them out here. They are an amazing duo and I absolutely LOVE their blog, so definitely check them out!!

A lot of you may know I have really thin hair for as long as I remember whereas my sisters they have beautiful thick hair. I regularly straighten my hair so I do take extra care with my hair to ensure I keep it as healthy as possible.

I use the Remington Pro Ceramic Wide hair straightner (when I purchased the product it was £49.99) and I've used this for many years. I love the fact it does have wide plates so it makes it easier to straighten my hair, quite honestly everyone loves it whether it be family or friends. It heats up super quickly which is a bonus when your in a hurry and the maximum temperature at which it heats up to is 230°C.

The renewing moroccan argan oil gives your hair a glow and reduces split ends. I bought this last year and I have to say I don't really use it on a regular basis - maybe every two weeks? But this is amazing and the smell really is divine.
I apply two or three pumps onto my hand and rub it into wet hair and I ensure I apply it from the middle down so I avoid roots. I do after blowdry my hair and it does leave my hair super smooth and fabulous!

The Dove Advanced Hair Series Oxygen moisture hair lift was introduced by my sister. I use this product quite often because I do have thin hair so I find my hair is flat most of the time. This product does what it does, it provides my hair with volume and it doesn't really stick to your hair nor make it greasy as such. It does leave my hair feeling fuller and not lifeless.

These are the two shampoos I'm loving at the minute, seriously they are both as amazing as each other. They tend to leave my hair really soft and really smooth to touch and again they smell really great. I can't really fault either of these products but I do switch between these two every so often.

So there we go, that is my daily hair care routine, let me know what you guys think!

You can find my on Instagram here.

Product details

Dove Advanced Hair series Oxygen Mositure Root Lift| Boots| £3.49

OGX Renewing Moroccan Argan Oil Shampoo | Boots £6.99

OGX Renewing Moroccan Argan Oil Weightless Reviving Dry Oil | Boots £6.99

TRESemmè Moisture Rich Shampoo| Superdrug | £4.99

VO5 Smoothly Does It Heat Protecting Styling Spray| Boots | £3.14

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Finding makeup to fit my skin tone is mission impossible, honestly.

Foundations/ concealers are either too light or either too dark meaning I can never find 'the perfect one.'

Do you ever notice how amazing the makeup looks in store and when try it at home it's the total opposite?

That is the story of my life.

So you may have noticed in my previous posts, I bought the Clinique beyond perfecting 2 in 1. This is a concealer and foundation combined which comes with the angled tip applicator and it gives you the perfect coverage.

The beyond perfecting foundation and concealer is highly pigmented and it does give you a flawless coverage no doubt about it. It is lightweight which is beneficial when applying to areas under the eyes.

For me personally, I really love it on some days and the other days I really don't like it- so in conclusion I have handed it down to my little sister.

The main reason why I decided to give it away was because I felt it was too orange on my face no matter how little amounts I used. I'm just looking for something that would give me that natural look rather than making it blatantly obvious I have makeup on. You could say it maybe wasn't the right shade for me unfortunately so I'm still on the hunt.

Steps I took:

1.I took my MAC pro longwear concealer NC45 to cover blemishes, dark circles under my eyes and around my lips using the real techniques concealer brush. The reason why I love this brush is because it's angular and allows you to conceal in areas where you may miss giving it a precise coverage.

2. I took my chisel cheeks contour kit by BarryM and used my real techniques face expert brush ( as I didn't really have any other suitable brushes with me at the time) to contour my face. You can check out product details here. The contour kit comes with a highlighter, bronzer and sculpter with instructions on what to do which is extremely handy!

The kit itself is really great for it's price and it really does contour well so I would recommend it to anyone wanting to get their hands on one!

3. I used the maybelline master smoky black eyeliner pencil to shade in my eyebrows ... yes the old fashioned way.. purely because I don't own an eyebrow kit but it still does the job for me.

4. I lined my lips with the maybelline colour drama lipstick and mine was 'Light it up' and applied the wet'n'wild sugar plum fairy lipstick. Okay I have to say I ADORE ADORE ADORE this lipstick. It is one of my favourites of all time.

It applies really smoothly and it looks stunning on!! The sugar plum fairy as the name suggests is a plum colour, lasts for quite a bit 3-4hours and totally inexpensive!! One of my best buys!!

5.To finish off, I applied my MAC Kohl power eye pencil and lined my upper eyelid and the bottom of my eye to finish off the look.

so what did you guys think?

Product details

Wet'n'Wild lipstick- sugar plum fairy| Amazon| £2.34 (excluding delivery)

Clinique beyond perfecting foundation+concealer| Debenhams| £25.00 (30ml)

Real Techniques Expert face brush| Boots| £9.99

Real Techniques concealer brush| Superdrug| £7.99

Real Techniques Stippling Brush| Superdrug| £10.99

Maybelline colour drama lipstick| Superdrug| £4.99

MAC Kohl Power Eye Pencil| MAC| £14.00

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