My Good and Bad Buys of the Week #1

This week I have done bit of a collective haul from several places, not all of them good.


Maybelline Colour Whisper

Yep, it is just as good as the others. The colour sort of reminds me of when you wear a red lipstick and then you wipe it off and it has stained your lips, which I love the look of. I wore this to a music night with a purple liner and thick eyelashes and it just looked super vamp; it was great. This isn't an effort to match with other colours, it is just an easy product to work with. 

45 Who Wore It Red-er
 (I am not wearing any other makeup in
this picture - sorry not sorry)

★★★ Three out of Five Stars 

Soap and Glory Sugar Crush Body Scrub

I am a bit late to jump on this wagon but oh my golly gosh!

This smells absolutely amazing, it's lime with crushed brown sugar, almond oil and macadamia grains. I cannot get over how good this smells. It is difficult to come across Soap and Glory in Australia, the only place I know of that sells Soap and Glory is Kit Cosmetics. My closest counter is an hour bus ride into the City to get to Myers so naturally I don't get to experience these things on hand very often. I do most my makeup shopping online so I was a little cynical about it at first, I had read lots of reviews and always thought there was a bit of exaggeration in the description of how good this is. But it's not an exaggeration, this is the best smelling product I have ever come across, and that includes all the Body Shop products. It was slightly awkward to use, I feel that I have to use quite a bit to get as it doesn't really foam up or spread well. 

http://www.kitcosmetics.com.au/products/soapglory/sugarcrushbodyscrub/ 

★★★★ Four out of Five Stars

Revlon PhotoReady Perfecting Primer 001

My first impression of this primer was pretty good, it made my skin super smooth with a lovely matte finish, I also found it very moisturising. I used this first for a 3 hour music night, which I mentioned previously and it made my foundation (Rimmel Wake Me Up and Estée Lauder Double Wear Foundation) look rather nice. However it doesn't prolong the wear of my foundation, in fact I would say it might even shorten the life of my foundation. I would maybe use this again for a short date or going out for dinner, but for school or work life I would turn to other products. I was rather disappointed because I have heard such good things about the Revlon PhotoReady Foundation and I love the translucent powder from the same range, but this is just a bit of a fail for Revlon.

I will add that I like the packaging, the pump is very handy feature, I apply it with a small sponge so it is easy to get the right amount. It's a little too big for my drawer where I keep all my makeup- but that isn't something I can really complain about as that isn't Revlon's fault. 

★ One out of Five Stars