SUMMER PROOF BEAUTY || Anastasia Beverly Hills - Dipbrow Pomade in Dark Brown...

I am going to do a short series of Summer Proof beauty products, here is my first product...

I absolutely love this brow product by Anastasia Beverly Hills, I had the blonde colour last year but soon after started wearing my hair darker so I got this colour - Dark Brown - it is quite a neutral brown, great for medium brown to dark brown hair.

I chose this over the Brow Wiz because you get so much more product in this than you do with the Brow Wiz Pencil by Anastasia.

Pomade - 4 grams - £15.00

Brow Wiz - 0.08 grams - £15.50

I got my Dipbrow on Beauty Bay as they offer 11 different shades ranging from blonde to granite and free tracked delivery on orders over £10.

I really like the luxurious looking packaging, a glass container with classy black lid and metallic writing; I also think the logo is really cute.

I took this photos in direct sunlight so you can get a good idea of what the colour looks like and below you will find swatches on my hand and what it looks like on my eyebrows.

I use the Wing Liner Brush by Zoeva to apply it because it is thin but firm so you can create a clean lines with it, I then use disposable mascara wands (cheap off eBay) to soften the edges and blend together, especially near the front.

I have a scar in my right eyebrow which this covers really well and it stays on all day long, even through sweating at the gym.

If you're going to spend money on a good brow product it definitely has to be this as it will last a really long time. Well worth the money!

Hope you found this useful, any questions ask in the comments and I will get back to you asap.

Coco

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2014 Favourites || Beauty...

I haven't been blogging for very long but boy what a year it has been!

In this post I shall write about a few of my favourite beauty finds of 2014 and I shall try and keep it short and sweet..

Firstly I would like to talk about my hero against my oily t-zone - milk of magnesia!

You need very little of it and all I do is spread it evenly on the parts of my face that get oily/shiney. Then I use a hair dryer to dry it because most of the time I haven't got the time to just wait around and let it air dry, you will be left looking partially like a ghost. After that I put a silicone based primer like the Maybelline Baby Skin on top which gets rid of the whiteness. And carry on with the rest of my make up routine. You can see step by step pictures in this post here!

This new found product keeps me matte all day long and I don't have to carry or touch up with powder any more! 

My favourite brand I found out about and bought many products from is Makeup Revolution.

I did an introduction post here! They basically are the best brand for high quality make up and having a vast range of products to choose from. I especially love their eye shadow palettes which are super creamy. pigmented and really easy to blend! My haul post you can read about here. They regularly have deals on so like them on Facebook to keep up to date.

After testing out a few subscription boxes from the UK, I decided I wanted to venture further afield, so after some research I found Wantable. The best make up subscription box service I have tried. It is a bit more expensive than the one based in the UK but for the extra money you get full-sized, high end products. They also do other boxes; Accessories, Initmates & Fitness.

You can find my November & December boxes linked here!

I have loved every product I've received from them so far!

This here is my new favourite foundation, L'oréal Eau De Teint. As soon as I tested it on my hand in Boots and felt the consistency of it I had to have it. It doesn't have much coverage but it is build-able and is enough to perfect/even out my skin tone for a naturally flawless look. I have oily skin and I use this with my milk of magnesia base which I mentioned above and set it with Rimmel Stay Matte powder and I have great looking skin all day long. My review on it is here.

After seeing many, many tutorials on perfect brows that last all day I had to buy this Anastasia Dipbrow Pomade. It comes in quite a few different shades so I'm sure you'll find one to suit your hair. I have the colour Blonde but have recently dyed my hair a darker colour so haven't been using it, I will be purchasing the colour Medium or Dark brown. Then when I'm in between hair shades I can mix them to match my hair colour & do ombré brows. It really does last all day long, it has held up against accidental eyebrow itching and a sweaty forehead. You can read my blog post here but I'm sure as soon as I get the other shade there will be another follow up post on a step-by-step guide about how to use it.

I have 3 Beauty Gurus that I have been loving this year all linked below. 

Nicole Guerriero...

Lizzie...

Nikkie...

All three ladies are super beautiful and do amazing tutorials/reviews on make up. I love watching their videos because they are all very smiley and easy to watch. They do tutorials from the very basic, how they apply foundation, to step-by-step bold eye looks + everything in between.

And that concludes my beauty favourites of the year, I'm sure I've forgotten a lot of other things but these are the ones that really stood out to me.

Hope you all had a great year & a happy new year!!!! Thank you to everyone who has read my blog so far! Much love to you all!

What products have stood out for you this year? And what are your thoughts on my favourites?

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Anastasia Dipbrow Pomade...

My brows like most people are nowhere near perfect, I have a scar in one and have started growing them back after over plucking for years.

This year I started having HD brow sessions, where I let my eyebrows grow then have them tinted, waxed, trimmed and threaded to perfectly sculpt them. There will be a proper post about HD Brows coming soon.

Onto the Dipbrow - BEST product I have ever used. 

I have the colour Blonde which is a perfect neutral shade with no red or ashy undertones. So really good for any shade of Blonde and Light Brown hair.

Obviously these two pictures were taken on different days, having 2 colours of make up is probably not the best look.
Eye shadows are from the Makeup Revolution Palette.

The brush I used is from the Ecotools mini essentials brush kit. The small angled brush thin yet firm, perfect for creating the perfect brow shape. I only got the Dipbrow recently and still need to perfect using it. What will help is having my 3rd HD brow session so will have a good base to start with and can fill in the sparse areas and my scar. I have oily skin and the pomade stays on amazingly all day, even it I forget and itch my eyebrow it doesn't move. Not that I need it but I sometimes use the Maybelline Brow Mascara to set my brow hairs into place.

I shall be purchasing a darker colour, medium brown, as I have recently dyed my hair dark brown and will use both the colours of Dipbrow to create an ombré brow look. 

The pomade is £15 and you get 4g/0.14oz or product and due to it being so pigmented you barely need any. So I definitely think it is worth the money and should last me a very long time.

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