Shiseido Shimmering Eye Colours

I've got two of these beautiful Shiseido Shimmering Cream Eye Colours, both given to me by friends, two different friends and I have to admit I've been struggling to write about them!

The reason being I don't love them as much as I thought I would!

I have Pink 302 and Silver 810. The texture of these are extremely soft and silky and they certainly swatch beautifully.

I didn't manage to get any photographs of these on my eyes unfortunately.

These claim to not crease but I found they did and the more you pack on the colour the more creasing I got after two or three hours, so I tried to wear them sheerly, but they just wouldn't really show up on me and I still got creasing. I also found that the beautiful shimmer did travel a little bit over the course of a wear.

I could try setting these with powder but I think that would defeat the purpose of the shimmering dewy effect.

Beautiful colours, beautiful textures but for me they didn't quiet live up to the claims and at £20 pop Id hoped for more.

Change of Plans and Dior Addict Ultra-Gloss

Sooooo... I'm not going on holiday after all, the reasons aren't very exciting so I won't bore you all but I now will be around this coming week to publish comments etc. We're just going to do lots of day trips instead.

So here's a spontaneous blog post for you.  Dior Addict Ultra-Gloss Glow in 463 Pretty Rose from the recent Garden Party Spring collection. I didn't buy this and nor was it sent to me by PR's, this was a gift, just for clarity's sake and in the interests of full disclosure.

Sooo, Dior Addict Ultra-Gloss Glow in Pretty Rose is not a totally sheer shade although it is so close my natural lip colour when on you could be mistaken for thinking I was wearing a clear gloss.

It's actually a very pretty salmon pink shade. It's very shiny, not at all sticky and although I'm not convinced it does actually plump my lips as I think it promises, it certainly helps to give the impression of full plump lips.

For me, the perfect gloss. These are £20 each and I'm not affiliated with in any way but do recommend  http://www.escentual.com/

I'm Off

I'm off to Cornwall tomorrow so just thought I'd let you all know that I've scheduled a few posts, but not daily ones but that if you are kind enough to comment, it may take me a while to publish it, as there's no internet where I'll be...well there is, but it's a bit slooooooowwww...

So hope everyone has a lovely week, hope the weather holds out and I'll see you next week!

Malibu Suncare

 I have to confess I was sent a range of Malibu products AGES ago but as the weather was so vile for so long the products just sat unloved waiting for even a hint of sunshine. And then the sun finally appeared thankfully and I've been giving the products a good go.

I want to start by saying that this range is very competitively priced making them very purse friendly so far as sunscreens go.

My personal favourite items are the SPF30 Dry Oil Spray (not pictured) which is £5.99 for 200ml and a little goes a long way but I also love the same product in the aerosol which retails at £9.99 but is currently £7.99 on the Malibu website. I just like the oil, I find it so much easier to apply. The benefit of having the aerosol over the spray is that you can spray it continuously rather than having to keep spraying repeated squirts, its just a matter of preference really.

On the children I'e been using  the SPF30 Lotion Spray Aerosol. Personally I prefer a higher SPF for my children's very fair and delicate skin, but thats not to say the SPF hasn't done a fab job, there's no hint of redness or sunburn on my kids, but then I do limit the time they spend in the sun.

All the products are waterproof.  The only item I've not tried at all is the Aloe Vera After Sun Gel Spray Aerosol. Simply because there's been no need. Am off to Cornwall next week though so I'll be applying it religiously after each day out!

All products available from http://www.malibusun.com/home, Superdrug, Matalan and wide range of other stockists!

*Disclosure - PR Samples*

A-England Iseult with Paul & Joe Pixie

This is the last of the three A-England polishes I bought a few months ago. Iseult is a pretty pale pink with a fine shimmer but not at all frosty. It's not exciting in anyway but it is lovely. I do so tire of wearing brights that it can be lovely to put something on that's a little subtler.

Then while I was wearing it my Paul & Joe Pixie polish arrived from the summer collection which is a beautiful holographic silver glitter... I'll show you that in more detail in a future post for now though, here's my manicure of last week (as it will be by the time this post goes live!).

Super pretty and fresh. I found Iseult a little tricky to apply streak free but I was happy with the finished result.

All bought and paid for by my own fair hand.