Leona Lewis Live Stream Gig Event at The Body Shop

Tonight I was lucky enough to attend an event in The Body Shop on Grafton Street. I headed along with my college buddy Serena, we braved the miserable snow to get into town on time. The Body Shop recently announced Leona Lewis as their new brand activist and I couldn't have chosen anyone better myself. I'm a big fan of her music and she's just a down to earth girl like the rest of us. The event itself was also celebrating the launch of her new cruelty-free makeup and fragrance collection for The Body Shop. We were treated to a live stream performance from the lady herself and it was brilliant. She sang two of my favourite songs, Trouble and Bleeding Love. I really enjoyed the live stream gig and Leona looked stunning. Her new collection from The Body Shop consists of two shimmer palettes, the fragrance White Musk Libertine, a blusher brush and a four gorgeous shades of lip gloss. My favourite product of the bunch from the collection is the Bronze Shimmer palette. The packaging is beautiful, it contains such gorgeous neutral shades. The palette itself is for the face but I think you'd get away with using this on the eyes too during the Summer months. This whole collection is going to go down a storm once it hits stores. I know I'll be first in line.

Before the event started I had a good look around at all the lovely products that The Body Shop have to offer. I've always loved their range of products and I blog about them quite a bit on here. Six months ago, The lovely store on Grafton Street got a revamp which has made browsing even easier. The layout is beautiful, I personally love it  as everything has it's own special place and is sectioned into makeup, skincare, gifts etc. Another exciting launch from The Body Shop that is making a overdue comeback is the Brazil Nut product line. I love this range so I was so excited to see that it was being relaunched in the new packaging. The product itself used Community Fair Trade Brazil Nut Oil so it's always good to hear that something is given back. The Body Shop has also launched the new Vitamin E BB cream that I had a good look at tonight. Surprisingly I haven't hopped on the band wagon for this craze yet but after seeing this product it may have changed my mind. It's very natural looking and it gives a lovely glow to the skin. Keep your eyes peeled you may see this on the blog after payday. Lastly the brand added a few new products to their ever popular Honey Bronze range. I love the bronzer from this collection, it's perfect for everyday and it comes in a couple of different shades. New products coming soon from the Honey Bronze collection is a new Bronze Shimmering Dry Oil  shade and a gorgeous Shimmer Lip Balm. The latter is definitely on my Wish List!

The new Leona Lewis collection launches in stores on Thursday 4th April (not too long to wait!) while your there checking out the new products why not sign the Cruelty Free International pledge. Throughout the month The Body Shop will be hoping to get one million signatures to end animal testing worldwide. If you can't make it into a store you can also sign the pledge online here. They already covered Europe now lets make it the world, every signature counts!

What do you think of the Leona Lewis collection for The Body Shop?

Laura<3

Lush Emotional Brilliance

I don't remember the past makeup collection from Lush, so I couldn't wait to get my hands on some bits from the range  latest Emotional Brilliance*. If you have gone into any store recently you would of seen a big colour wheel with a array of different shades. You can get a personalised colour reading with a sales assistant, first you spin the wheel and pick three shades that stand out to you. The first shade symbolises your strength or weakness, the second, your subconscious need and the third, your talent.The colours you choose may be different on certain days depending on the mood your in at that current time.  I really like the concept and I haven't seen anything like it yet. The colour and mood then corresponds with one of the products in the range, there are thirty in total and they are all vegan. Lush also released some supplementary products to complete the new collection which includes a mascara, translucent powder and two skin tints. I was sent a selection of goodies from the range to test out a bit over a month ago, some of the shades wouldn't be the ones I'd choose at first glance but it's not about that range. The range determines the shades by the emotion your feeling at the moment, the ones you should be wearing to fulfil a need. I haven't yet got a  colour reading but I want to pop in to get one soon.

I'm going to start off with my favourite products from the range and there are a few. The cream eyeshadow is one of them, I got sent Sophisticated (to have style) , it's quite a neutral shade that I'd be drawn to on any day. The product itself isn't the most pigmented after blending but I think it would look gorgeous as a base colour along with some other eyeshadows. Before I go on I'll have to mention the Emotional Brilliance packaging, I LOVE IT! It reminds me of Alice in Wonderland with the tiny little labels and it's such a nice touch. A problem people might come across is trying to get the product out when the bottle is coming to a end. I don't see this happening for a long time though as you get a very large amount. At €17.95 these are a little bit on the pricey side, on the same par as MAC so it remains to be seen whether I would repurchase it. I absolutely adore the three new supplementary products in particular the Skin Tints. Both can be mixed with moisturiser or foundation or used aloned to give you a gorgeous glow. Charisma gives you a gorgeous bronzed glow while Feeling Younger works as a light reflector, perfect for under the eyes and a cheekbone highlight. A little bit goes along way with both these products so for €14.95 I can see myself picking up more when I run out. Emotional Brilliance Translucent Powder was always going to be a winner for me. It doesn't make my skin look over powdery and dry looking like some can. I have quite oily skin and I've found it works really well, it's also translucent so I see it suiting all skin tones. I've been using this over my own foundation as I've yet to try the Lush Colour Supplements which I've heard amazing things about. As this is a loose powder I've been putting a tiny bit in the lid and apply it with my Japonesque Travel Luxe Bronzer brush. Being quite a dense brush, it picks up all the product nicely and all I have to do is tap off the access. Now onto the bits that I didn't get on so well with. I know the range is all about the emotion behind the colour but that's the reason why I probably won't use the next two products. The quality especially that of the lipstick (Passionate-feel strongly) is great as it's longwearing which everyone wants. The eyeliner (Fantasy- you're allowed) is beautiful also but wouldn't be something I'd wear everyday because of the shade maybe on the odd night out but that's about it. I have mixed opinions on the Eyes Right mascara, I like how it only contains one perservative while many brands on the market have 4-6. Wheatgrass is also one of the key ingredients which conditions and nourishes the lashes, exactly what my lashes need at present. The only problem for me is the brush, it's so small. It gives you a natural look but I like when my lashes look bold. I've been using this on my bottom lashes and it looks really well so there's something that you can use it for. All in all I was super impressed with the supplementary products and I can see them being really popular it's all to do with preference at the end of the day.

Here's a quick FOTD with all the products mentioned above in action.

Have you tried anything from the Lush Emotional Brilliance range?

Laura<3