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...

^Urban Decay Naked 3 Palette WAS £37 NOW £33.30^

^Clinique Moisture Surge CC Cream WAS £28 NOW £20^

^Benefit Rockateur WAS £23.50 NOW £18.50^

^Elizabeth Arden Flawless Finish Perfectly Nude Make Up SPF 15 WAS £28 NOW £20^

^Laura Mercier Pout Perfection Lip Trio WAS £31 NOW £27.90^

^Yves Saint Laurent Your Eye Must-Haves Gift Set WAS £25 NOW £22.50^

^Yves Saint Laurent Touché Éclat Radiant Touch WAS £25 NOW £19.99^

^Yves Saint Laurent Anti-Cernes Multi Action Concealer WAS £23.50 NOW £21.15^

^Nars Cosmetics Sheer Glow Foundation WAS £31 NOW £27.90^

^Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion - Original WAS £16 NOW £14.40^ 

^Guerlain Meteorites WAS £37.50 NOW £33.75^

^Nars Cosmetics Radiant Creamy Concealer WAS £22 NOW £19.80^

^Nars Cosmetics Contour Blush Olympia WAS £30 NOW £27^

^Bobbi Brown Shimmer Brick WAS £32 NOW £28.80^

^Nars Cosmetics Illuminator WAS £22.50 NOW £20.25^

^Benefit Watts Up Soft Focus Face Highlighter WAS £24.50 NOW £22.05^

^Urban Decay Electric Pressed Pigment Palette WAS £38 NOW £30^

^Baylis & Harding Ice Cream Collection Sweet Temptations Trio WAS £6.50 NOW £3.25^

^Dior Miss Dior Eau de Parfum 100ml WAS £96 NOW £77.50^

^Benefit CORALista Blusher WAS £23.50 NOW £18.50^

^Origins Drink Up Intensive Overnight Mask 100ml WAS £22 NOW £17^

Righty, I'm off to probably make a purchase I shouldn't....

Feel free to leave me a comment :)

Helen x

Eyelashes and Mascara's...

As I explained in the Clinique High Lengths Review post (see here) I always thought that mascara's couldn't ACTUALLY make your eyelashes longer, have more volume or thicker BUT it seems they can! Who would have thought?! So since finding this amazing fact out I have started trying out loads of different kinds of mascara's. Each new mascara that comes to market seems to claim a brand new attribute it can add to your eyelashes, but really how many different ways can our eyelashes be enhanced? So I decided to try all the mascara's I have and take a photo at the same angle to try and see what a difference each mascara made to my eyelashes.

As a reference these are my natural eyelashes with no mascara on...

The results are here to see plain and clear - no enhancements, no photo shop, no false eyelashes. I hope this helps you make an informed decision when buying mascara's and enable you to see the different looks a variety of mascara's can achieve...

Maybelline the Colossal Volum' Express Mascara

Maybelline

Maxfactor False Lash Effect Mascara

Collection 2000 Skyscraper Mascara

Benefit Bad Gal Lash

Bobbi Brown Extreme Party Mascara

Clinique High Lengths Mascara

Maybelline the Falsies Volum' Express Mascara

There is defiantly a difference between my natural eyelashes and with mascara on. There are also slight difference between these mascara's but not as much as you may think there would be. This selection of mascara's range from high street prices to more expensive prices, therefore showing the results within a range of budgets.

What do you think?

Can you see any big differences?

I'd love to hear what you think :)

Clinique High Lengths Mascara Review

Last year Clinique ran an offer, in which you could swap ANY mascara and receive a sample size Clinique mascara, how brilliant! I exchanged an old, empty 17 mascara and chose the '01 Black High Lengths Mascara' to try out. It totally transformed my view on mascara, I had always thought 'how can a mascara really make your eyelashes look any different?'. As I had this attitude I never tried other mascara's out, but this offer from Clinique gave me the perfect excuse to try another mascara.

Well, the 'Clinique 01 Black High Lengths Mascara' opened my eyes to how different mascara REALLY can make your eyelashes look longer! It makes my eyelashes look so much longer than they actually are, without any clumping. It doesn't give volume, so if that is what you look for in a mascara this isn't the one for you. As I fell in love with this mascara the sample size soon ran out and with a £16 price tag I certainly wasn't going to spend that much on a mascara! However with some hunting around, including Duty-Free and outlet stores I managed to find it for approximately £13 in a beauty outlet centre in Swindon. Still quite expensive, so with my birthday coming up I asked for it and was lucky enough to receive it! And I've just received my second Clinique mascara for Christmas this year! If you get a chance to try this mascara out I'd highly recommend it!

Have you tried Clinique High Lengths Mascara?

What did you think?