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It seems these little bright tubes of goodness have caused quite a stir, and rightly so! They are like a cross between a gloss and a lipstick – the sheer colour and shine of a gloss but the staying power and comfort of a lippie. I’m not a big fan of lipgloss, especially the gloopy sticky ones but I love the way they make less then perfect lips look amazing with no effort. As you can imagine, these sounded right up my street, especially the much-hyped Beehive.

L-R Hollywood – Beehive – Belle
I was lucky enough to recieve Beehive & Hollywood in a competition giftbag from 17 =)
Beehive is gorgeous, and definately one I would’ve purchased myself. The perfect pinky nude that goes with absolutely everything and I can imagine looks good on most skintones.
Hollywood is not one I would’ve picked but I’m glad I have it in my collection, it gives a rosy stain rather than a scary full on statement lip!
Belle is v.similar to Beehive IMO. It’s another very easily wearable shade, slightly more pink but just as gorgeous.

Swatches in the same order:
Beehive – Hollywood – Belle
What I love most about these is the fact they don’t …

Please excuse the gay title, we all know 50 cent is sooooo ‘04 =P
A quick EOTD using the new Boots 17 ‘Dolly Mixture’ candy coloured eyeshadow trio…

How pretty are the colours! I found them v.easy to work with, silky soft and easy to blend. I know my blending skills suck ass but even I managed to make it look half decent lol
The trio costs just £4.99 and at the moment Boots are running a free gift offer when you spend over £6 on 17 (see previous post). Well worth it IMO.
I’m also on a bit of a ELF kick (hardy ha ha) ATM, since learning some of my HG products are made by companies that test on animals I’ve had a bit of a re-think, and am no longer purchasing products that I know to be tested on animals… But thats a story for another day!
So for this look, I curled my lashes with my ELF curler, primed my eyes with my ELF (£1.50 range, not studio) primer, applied the shadows with my ELF shadow brush, a quick slick of the ELF liquid liner in plum and a few strokes of my ELF mineral infused mascara and …

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I know I don’t come on this shiznay that much anymore, I’m sorry =(. I’m just so busy with my work and stuff, and you all know how long it takes to write out a blog post… Edit pics…. Fannying about making sure you got your facts right (before some shitbitch puts you in your place…) Etc….
Anyway! I went into town today (just because the suns out it does not mean you can parade your manky feet and cellulite rippled thighs around in flip flops and hotpants!) URGH. Grossness. I popped into Boots to get a Barry M nail polish in pale pink as my nails are looking kinda rough right about now, and really don’t need anymore dark polish. I have been a good girl and kept them naked, bar a few coats of Sally Hansen nail strengthener. They don’t seem to be looking any better but meh, I think I might go for a professional manicure when I get paid to sort them out and get some proper products. Anyway, I got sidetracked  by the 17 stand as they were giving away a gorgeous lil free gift and I’m such a sucker for free …

.Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hahahah I always do this, I really am a noob. Was going through the Boots.com sale (well whats left of it) and saw this awesome lil kit =D. 17 eyeshadows aren’t bad in texture and pigment but they come off really easily which is why I stopped wearing them as they would be nothing by 11am. Anyway, for some reason I bought this makeup chest and it arrived yesterday =D.

It was reduced from £30 to £12 so it was somewhat of a bargain! It contains 17s best selling colours aswell a few exclusives for the case:

17 Solo Eye Shadows – Viva Diva, Mardi Gras, Punky Purple.
17 Glitter Eye Shadow – Gold Digger, Spirit, Heartbreaker, Superstar.
17 Trio Eye Shadows – Metallic Toffee, Moody Blue Dark Shade, Smokey Quartz dark and light shades.
Limited Edition for Gift only: 17 Eye Shadow Smokey Green, Newt, Total 19.5g.
17 Pressed Powder Natural.
17 Blush Powder Bramble Frost.
17 Shine on Lipsticks Sweet Sizzle, Watermelon Crush.
17 Lasting Fix Lipstick Blondie.
Limited Edition for gift only: Very Berry, In the Nude 24M.
Limited Edition for gift only: 17 Glitter Liquid Liners Silver and Blue, 2 x 3.6g.
Brush Set.
Eyelash Curler.
Cosmetic Sponge.

I know this was a mistake, I’m really trying to …