Treasure Every Moment: Laura Mercier

Monday, 28 July 2014

BEAUTY: Laura Mercier Just Bare Mini Lip Glace Collection

When Space.NK.apothecary had a sale recently, I just had to have a quick browse before heading home from work. With brands like Laura Mercier, ByTerry and Rococo - there were some great bargains to be had.

I picked up this Laura Mercier Just Bare Mini Lip Glace Collection for £12.50, it's the perfect collection if you haven't tried the Laura Mercier Lip Glace's before, which I hadn't. You get a selection of nude shades, just in cute mini sizes.

The shades included are: Bare Naked, Bare Pink, Bare Baby and Bare Beige - a nude for every skin tone and style. I guess that was a slight downfall of this collection, the range of nudes includes brown shades and pink shades. Personally, I'd always go for the pink shades, so the brown shades were slightly wasted on me. Having said that, I did enjoy trying the brown shades and was pleasantly surprised, I still wouldn't choose them but I will wear these ones. Which type of nude do you prefer?

I've been looking for a lovely nude lip gloss to wear on my wedding day but after trying some cheaper brands I just kept being disappointed. The texture of the glosses would be sticky, not pigmented and didn't last any time at all. The Laura Mercier Lip Glace were almost exactly what I was looking for - the texture is creamy not sticky, they're well pigmented, as well as being buildable and they last hours not minutes. My favourite shade is Bare Baby (the second from the left in the photo above). It's pink but not too baby pink, it makes my lips look natural but better, if that makes sense? These lip glace aren't too shiny, so if you like a bit of shine on your lips then I'd recommend layering them with a shinier lip gloss.

All of these shades (except Bare Beige) are available in full size too from Space.NK for around £19.50 each.

Did you pick anything up in the Space.NK sale?

Feel free to leave me a comment :)

Helen x

BEAUTY EDIT: Long Lasting Products

Long lasting beauty products are vital for any special occasion, you don't want to spend ages doing your make-up perfectly only to find it sliding down your face a couple of hours later! I've trialled so many products in readiness for my wedding, as of course all of the beauty products I use on the day will need to withstand tears (of happiness hopefully!), heat, stress and a whole load of other things. It needs to look as good as possible in photographs yet not over the top in real life. It's a fine balance, which I hope I get right! I thought I'd share with you a range of long lasting products I've found, ranging from high end to drugstore, so there's something for everyone.

NYX Loose Pearl Eye Shadow in White Pearl

NARS Sheer Glow Foundation in Deauville

Rimmel Natural Bronzer Powder

Daniel Sandler Watercolour Blush in Flush

tarte Amazonian Clay 12-Hour Blush in Adored

2true Lip & Cheek Tint in Shade 2

Chanel Irreelle Ombre in 28 Camelia

Laura Mercier Mineral Cheek Powder in Coral

theBalm Mary Lou Manizer Luminizer

Laura Mercier Bare Nudes Mini Lip Glace Collection

Benefit World Famous Most Glamorous Nudes Ever

Eylure Shape and Shade Brow Pencil and Tamer

Eye of Horus Jewel Amethyst Pencil

Maybelline Falsies Mascara Waterproof Black

Rimmel Scandal Eyes Waterproof Kohl Liner in Black

Rimmel Wake Me Up Concealer

NYC Browser Brush-On Brow Kit

Maybelline Super Stay 24-Hour Powder

Urban Decay All-Nighter Make-Up Setting Spray

byTerry Ombre Blackstar in Frozen Quartz

Maybelline Matte Maker Mattifying Powder

Bobbi Brown Creamy Concealer in Sand

If you know of any other long lasting make-up products then I'd love to know about them :)

Helen x

WISHLIST: Sephora Beauty

Unless you've been on another planet you will know that Sephora is now delivering to the United Kingdom! Now there's no need to beg anyone you knew that was going to the continent or America to get you a list as long as your arm of beauty products! Us Brit's can now sit in the comfort of our home and make lavish Sephora orders and wait with anticipation for it to arrive (after paying the rather expensive £6 delivery flat rate charge). A month ago I came back from Florida and get this - I didn't step foot in a Sephora store!! There just weren't any where we were, even on the main shopping strip in Miami Beach. However as part of our honeymoon we're going to New York, so I thought I'd start putting together a beauty wishlist from Sephora. There's no way I'm going to America again and not at least stepping foot in a store! I have noticed recently that since becoming a beauty and lifestyle blogger I am a lot more interested in buying lots of different make up products - I never used to be - I blame you all :)

^Nars Sheer Glow Foundation $45 - I have wanted to try this since I started watching YouTube video and every second beauty YouTuber uses it!^

^Laura Mercier Foundation Primer Oil Free $33 - I've read so many good things about this primer and I wished I had bought it America now, as it would be a good primer for our wedding day.^

^tarte Amazonian Clay Airbrush Foundation $36 - since watching Essie Button's review (see here) on this foundation I've wanted to try it, as a lighter option to Estee Lauder Double Wear or Revlon Colorstay Foundation.^

^Stila Set & Correct Baked Powder Trio $34 - I don't really know much about this product but I'm a sucker for beauty products that look unique. This claims to 'colour-corrects, brightens, primes, evens skintone and sets makeup with a flawless, satin-like finish'. Sounds good to me!^

^tarte Maracuja Creaseless Concealer $24 - I bought a tarte gift set when I was in America and it included a little jar of Maracuja Oil, which I've been applying at night and it's worked wonders for my skin. This concealer sounds perfect - it doesn't crease! I always struggle with concealer creasing just under my eye so if this is the one to stop that, it's on my wishlist.^

^Clinique Cheek Pop Blusher $21 - I first came across this range of beautiful blushers on Liza's blog - GlamBeautys (a fantastic beauty blog you should follow if you don't already!) - the shades are very 'me' and isn't the product design just the cutest?!^

^Bobbi Brown Shimmer Brick - Bronze $42 - I love the concept of this product, as it's so versatile. You can either use a big, fluffy brush and apply it like a bronzer or use an eyeshadow brush and apply which every colours you like to your eyelids. I think the pearly white shade would make a lovely highlighter too.^

^Guerlain Météorites Powder For The Face in Clair 02 $60 - now I know this is ridiculously expensive so I probably will never own it but it's just so pretty! I love the Moroccan/pastel designed packaging and the illuminating properties of the pearls make the most flattering, flawless illuminating powder. I've swatched this product so many times but the price tag keeps putting me off, it would look nice on a dressing table though....^

^Sephora Moonshadow Baked Palette - In the Nude $27 (value $50) - I just love the combination of shades in this eyeshadow palette. You could create so many different looks - purple, pink, bronze, golden, silver, pearly. You could also use the lighter shades as highlighters and lightening the tear duct area.^

^Sephora Retractable Waterproof Eyeliner $13 - I really struggle with my eyeliner creeping down my face throughout the day, I've never tried a waterproof eyeliner so this could be the answer. Do you struggle with this and have you found any solutions?^

^Lancôme EFFACERNES Waterproof Protective Undereye Concealer $30.50 - again with the whole watery eye issue a lot of people have, including myself, this could help to solve the issue. As I know how emotional I'll be on our wedding day I should probably get some waterproof undereye concealer before the wedding - do you have any to recommend?^

^Bite Beauty Deconstructed Rose Lip Gloss Library $49 (value $165) - there are 12 vibrant shades of lip gloss, one for every occasion. As I've recently been experimenting with different lip products I think I'm starting to settle on lip gloss being my favourite lip product.^

Which are your favourite picks from Sephora?

PS. Sorry if this post has in anyway enticed you to make a Sephora order!

SALE: House of Fraser High End Beauty Event

It's pay day and I'm at home all day with the online shopping world to try and avoid. It's going to be tough! I just spotted that House of Fraser have a beauty event sale on with some good discounts on high end beauty products. These discounts end TODAY (Friday 20th May 2014) so I thought I'd share my findings with you lovely people...