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I'm no good at these things - but here goes.. I'm a 22 year old beauty blogger from Birmingham UK! To start 2017 off I am currently working on this new blog, I stupidly can't access my old one so please bare with me whilst I post all my old content onto here before putting out new content for you lovely lot! Thank you for all your support! Instagram : Beautyblogger94_ Twitter: BeautyBySarah__
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Friday, 6 January 2017

First impressions

Bell's CC Cream testing/review *BEAUTYCROWD*
Hey everyone, so a few days ago I received an e-mail from Beauty Crowd saying that they would love to send me the Bell CC Cream for me to test and try out so I can review the product on my blog for you guys, which obviously I couldn't thank them enough for giving me this opportunity!

So as I was trying it out, I thought that I may as well create a look and do all my makeup too.

I really hope you enjoy this, and please feel free to let me know what you think :D
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Whilst in the shower I exfoliated my face to get rid of any dry skin,
I gently pat my skin dry and I went ahead and applied garnier's moisture nourish for dry to very dry skin.

I left that around 5 minutes, just so it settled into my skin.  Once it had settled I went onto primer, I used the PRO MATTIFY from Freedom.

Once again I left that around 2-3 minutes to settle onto my skin..

So now onto the product this post is mainly about, which Beauty Crowd very kindly sent out to me.

The next product I used was the Bell CC Cream, as you all probably know CC creams are amazing for people who suffer with redness and correcting the skin tone, I usually get a bit of redness on my nose and on my cheeks.

I applied dots evenly all over my face, then I used my ELF flat top powder brush and stippled it into my skin, which even with my foundation I personally find it gives off a more flawless finish. As there was still redness showing through, and it didn't look or feel cakey I continued to add another layer, but instead of making it a full 'two layers' I decided to focus on the main problem areas.
So where there was any redness showing through still I stippled the CC cream into my skin.

Next I took my lasting perfection concealer from collection, which is my holy grail concealer!
I applied it under my eyes, down my nose any redness showing and my chin.
To blend that out I like to use my ring finger and slowly dab it in.

So after that  gave  the CC cream time to settle on my skin, I would say it has a semi-matte finish. Due do me having quite oily skin, and this product also being one of Bell's products I used my real techniques cheek brush and applied Bell's fixing matte powder all over my skin.
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So to complete the look I went on to use these products, I started off by applying Benefits stay don't stray all over my eyelids. I then went onto using mua's bronzer to contour as it's the perfect shade! I then used Freedom's Pro Glow Pink Cat on the apples of my cheeks.

The highlight I chose for this look is Cindy Loumanizer  to highlight my nose and just above my blush on my cheek bones.

Now for my eyes, I used my real techniques eyeshadow brush, and Urban decays crease brush.
For this look I picked out Freedom's Pro Shade& Brighten Mattes  Kit 1.

With my realtechniques eyeshadow brush I applied the very first shade on the left in the palette,
I used that all over my lid, and for my crease I used the darkest shade and blended it into my crease with my urban decay crease brush.

To finish that off I got the highlight in the palette and applied it under my brows and blended that in.

For my eyeliner I used freedoms liquid liner, and for mascara I used Milani's Grandissimo Lashes.






Once all my make-up was done I sprayed freedom's fixing spray onto my face to help my make-up stay in place.


< So here's the finished look!!
So my first impressions of the Bell's CC cream were amazing!!

It's not full coverage but it can build to medium without looking cakey.

It goes amazingly well with the Bells fixing matte powder,
I love love love it!
It's probably one of the best CC creams out there!

I highly recommend this product,
Mine is in the shade Porcelain,
which I was scared at first and I never find CC creams pale enough.

There's 4 shades
* Porcelain
*Nude
*Sunny Beige and Toffee.
This product is £6.95 for 30 ml :)
I will put the direct link to this product below so you can hopefully purchase one of your own!
http://www.beautycrowd.com/products/bell-hypoallergenic-cc-cream-makeup

I hope you enjoyed the look I created, if you want me to create more looks in the future contact me on Instagram which is BEAUTYBLOGGER94_

I just want to say a big thank you to Beauty Crowd for giving me the chance to do this,
and I want to thank you guys for reading my blog - I really appreciate it.

- Sarah. xoxo

Freedom Makeup -


Freedom Makeup - Swatches/prices/first impressions!

Hey guys so as promised here are my swatches, details about the products and my first impressions.

I am happy to say that I'd seriously recommend this company to everyone :).

Hope you enjoy!

         

                                                   



Mono  Eyeshadow
Base 202 and Base 203
They are £1 each, 

For a base shade I didn't expect there to be much colour pay off..
I gently swept my finger across each one and well... 
                                          They are both super pigmented, which for £1 is perfect!
                The formulation/texture was super smooth and felt a little bit creamy.
                From now on these will be my holy grail for a base!
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Mono Eyeshadow - Nude 209 - Also £1
This is the perfect nude shade for your crease,
It's easy to blend and has the perfect creamy texture, the formulation to this eyeshadow is amazing. 

I can't wait to use this as a crease shade!!




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Mono Eyeshadow Gilded - from left to right;
Gilded 216, 217, 218 and 219!
They are also £1 each.

As you can see from the swatch... it's amazing.
You can tell from the picture how crazy the pigmentation of these products actually are.
There's actually no fall out, also some eye shadows at this price that have shimmer in them actually feel gritty, 
Freedom REALLY know how to make super smooth eyeshadow products!! Such gorgeous colours. 
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PRO MATTIFY - Primer
First of all this costs £4 so to get 25ml of product that is just amazing, as most primers you get less.
They have two different primers, they have this one which is aimed more at people who suffer from oily skin, like myself, or they have the Pro Prime which is aimed more for dry skin as it claims to moisturise and make your foundation last longer. It's just a clear colour and I slowly rubbed this into my hand it felt super matte, but a nice smooth base at the same time, I am                                                very excited to try this out!
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Pro Shade & Brighten Mattes Kit 1 - £2.50
These mini palettes contain 6 eyeshadows,
and one highlight. Perfect for taking in your bag.

As you can see for a matte palette they have strong pigmentation, the first three shades don't show up that well on my hand in the picture 
( due to the fact I'm so pale ) BUT believe me the pigment is amazing for all of these shades!
They are quite smooth and would be perfect as an everyday natural eye look!


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Pro 10 Eyeshadow Palette - Smoulder
I'm not sure on how much this palette actually costs as it came free with the offer they had on.
None of the less it's such a great palette!
I'm not one for using bright noticeable colours but i'll be using these creating different looks thats for sure! Maybe in the crease? Who knows! :)

They don't have shade names, but the first 5 shades from the left of the palette are the top row, then the last 5 shades from the palette are on the bottom row. Highly recommend this palette (if they still sell it) super pigmented and perfect formula. 
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 PRO MELTS - £3 each!
L-R Jammy Dodger & Sugar Fix.
I wasn't sure how I felt at first (before opening)
But once swatched and applied the pro melts to my lips I was blown away with the pigment and how they applied! 
Freedom say it's meant to give that high definition intense finish as these are classed as a melted lipstick formula lipglosses!
I can actually agree with their statement.
Although they are a lipgloss, after a few minutes it does have the finish of a lipstick, so it's not too glossy which is great as we all hate our hair getting blown onto our lips by the wind ;) ! So for £3 I'll be making sure I get some of the nude shades next time as well.
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Blush Professional Pro Blush -   3 - True Loved.   £1 each

I think this is the  perfect pink/peach shade,  great pigment and I really stand by and support their statement on this product. 
They claim that it's 100% Build-able & Blend-able!
Also that it gives a nice professional natural finish..
All of those are correct, I've never found a company like this to be so accurate with their claims on products!

Excited to try this one out! 


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Pro Glow Pink Cat - £2.50 
 Pressed Powder Translucent 101 face power - £2 

So I'll start off with the Pro Glow Pink Cat Blusher,
I completely love the pattern, the 3 different shades in this just makes it the perfect blush!
Super blend-able and smooth, it's not powdery either..
Which as we all know some blushes are quite powdery.
As you can see in the swatch it's such a gorgeous colour.
I would highly suggest this!   

Now as for the face powder, I got the translucent shade due to being so pale, I'm thinking it may be a bit too yellow toned for my skin, but hopefully once I have used it to set my concealer or foundation it may be okay! Great coverage and it's actually very smooth, I'll have to do a make-up look with these products and let you know how I get on! 


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Pro Line  Ultra Black, liquid eyeliner. £1.50

My first impressions of this product wasn't so great.
It took me around 30 minutes to open the eyeliner.
No matter how much strength I used it just wouldn't open, it was like the lid was jammed or something.
But after not giving up after 30 minutes I eventually got it open, maybe I got a bad batch who knows?
It's still a little difficult to open but at least I know it's not going to leak in my make-up bag anytime soon haha! Now as for the smell, I can't work out what it smells like but it's not pleasant, maybe it's a bad batch again? I don't know, please feel free to let me know if any of you guys have used this before? I'll still be giving it a go irrespective as liquid liner has been my holy grail for many many years now and I'll at least give it a go! 
 It's got good pigment though so for £1.50 I can't complain.
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P.S I also have their Pro Fixing Spray which costs £3.50 I am yet to try this out.

So after nearly 2 hours of writing out my honest first impressions, I hope you all enjoy the read!
Being a beauty blogger is what I am passionate about, so  I am very thankful for all of you who are taking the time to like my posts or even read my blogs - I didn't think anyone would read my posts, but it's amazing to see that they have reached people from all across the world.

So once again thank you so so much for your support!!

To purchase their products please go to  www.freedommakeuplondon.com
Also subscribe to get 20% off your order, and for any news of new products or offers!

If you'd like to contact me I will link my Instagram and Facebook below :)

www.facebook.com/BeautyBlogger94              - My Instagram is   BEAUTYBLOGGER94_



Freedom Haul July 2015


Freedom Makeup London Haul!

Hey everyone so as most of you already know I'm a complete sucker when it comes down to makeup!

So when I found out about a newer company called Freedom... I just had to check out their site!
I was browsing around their website and I was shocked at how amazing their products look, 
At the time they had an offer on where if you spend £15 or more you get £15's worth of products free.

So I went ahead and ordered some things, I was so shocked but pleased with how quick the delivery was, it was all wrapped up safe in a load of bubble wrap! ( Love popping it haha )

So I thought with this post I'd just show you what I purchased, and list the items below then tomorrow's post will be a lot more detailed, with close ups of the products, swatches, and the prices of each item.




Pro Fixing Spray
Pressed Powder Shade 101 Translucent
Pro Glow Pink Cat 
Pro Mattify Primer
Pro 10 Eyeshadow Palette Eye - Smoulder 
Blush Professional Pro Blush 3 - True Loved
Mono Eyeshadow Gilded 216, 217,218 and 219
Pro Melts - Sugar Fix
Pro Melts - Jammy Dodger
Pro Line Ultra Black
Pro Shade&Brighten Mattes Kit 1
Mono Eyeshadow Base 202 and 203
Mono Eyeshadow  Nude 209.


- So that's all the products I ordered, 
Tomorrow there will be a part 2 of this like I said above.

Can't wait to do swatches for you all, it's going to be exciting!

If anyone would like to keep up to date on when I'm going to be posting things,
or when I come up with new ideas for my blog please feel free to contact me on Instagram! 

My username is BEAUTYBLOGGER_94

Feel free to follow, or even ask questions!

You can purchase their products on their website which i'll link below,
Also if you subscribe to their newsletter you'll get sent a code for 20% off!
 www.freedommakeuplondon.com

Thank you for taking your time to read my blog,
It means a lot to me.

- Sarah xo.