The Lo Down - Benefit Cosmetics Haul from Cloud 10 Beauty

 Hey Guys and Dolls,

Cloud 10 Beauty is the site I go to for all my beauty products, it has such a good range to choose from. The now stock Morphe products so I know I'll probably be buying more products soon. As you all know I love Benefit Cosmetics. They always bring their A game when it comes to new and exciting launches.

I was recently on Cloud 10 Beauty and I saw a offer they were running, basically when you spend €40 or more you get two deluxe sized samples of Roller Lash mascara and their moisturser, Total Moisture Facial Cream. I've tried the latter and I love it as a night cream and it's a generous size sample, the mascara on the otherhand is a product I've wanted to try for ages so I'm excited to give it a go.

Now on to the main products I purchased. As you all know I was a huge fan of Dew the Hoola so when I saw there was a liquid version of their Dandelion blush, Dandelion, I had to put it in my shopping basket. I've actually used this for the first time today and so far I really like it and I'm super impressed. I haven't seen this in counters in Ireland so I'm guessing it might be exclusive to the Cloud 10 Beauty website. When I first got the product I thought the pump was broken so I contacted Cloud 10's customer care team and they were beyond helpful. I actually got it working in the end so I'm happy out. I also bought one of the new They're Real Double the Lip lipstick. I got the shade Juicy Berry which I thought was something different and I hope it looks good on me. I haven't tried this as of yet but I'm definitely going to try soon. They sound really intriguing as it's a lipstick and a liner in one, if there good I'll definitely be picking up more as the shade range is great plus the packaging is to die for.

Of course once I review these products I'll be posting a review post and I'm sure that will be very soon.

Laura<3

London Calling!

Tomorrow I'm heading to London for the weekend for IMATS. The time has seriously flown by, I remember mentioning it on my blog a while back and I can't believe it's here already. I've never been to London before, it will only be my fourth time visiting the UK. I've been to Manchester three times to visit the Paddy's family, for concerts and of course shopping! It's one of my favourite cities, the people are lovely and there is so much to do. I'm definitely going to take a trip back there during the Summer and maybe take in a United game which I know will make the boyfriend happy indeed.

I'm flying over to London tomorrow evening with Paddy. He won't be coming along to IMATS with me but if you see him in Kensington on Saturday definitely say Hi. I was going to fly over on just for the day with the sole purpose of attending IMATS and go home that night. After checking out the flights Paddy and I decided to make a weekend out of it so we're having a little holiday too. I'm just taking a break from packing my bags and its a definite fail so far. I got this lovely Benefit Cosmetics Passport cover in Brown Thomas. The lovely sales assistant gave it to me when I bought one of their amazing Creaseless Cream Eyeshadows. I love the new packaging in their new colour range, it's so pretty! I know I'm only going for a weekend  but I also seem to overpack. This always seems to be the case for every holiday I go on. Does this happen to anyone else?

Being my first time at IMATS I don't know what to expect. I got a Press pass for the weekend so you'll definitely see some coverage on here in the coming weeks as well as posts on what I go up to in London. I'm sure I'll be taking a lot of picture whilst I'm there! Have any of you been to IMATS before? I'd love to hear what you thought of it. I'm really looking forward to checking out all the exhibitor stands, I know I'll definitely pick up some products from NYX and Make Up Forever. I love NYX blushes and lipglosses so I want to pick up a few more shades. I also want to listen to some of the Keynote speakers on the day, I always find these sort of talks really interesting and informative. The talk being given by Ruth Crilly and Caroline Hirons on The Power of Social Media sounds really great so I'll be sticking around for that. I'm looking forward to meeting some of you beauty bloggers too, if you see me on the day come say Hi. I'm meeting up with Jade from Beauty Butterfly on the day. I love her blog so if you haven't checked it out already go do it!

There's so many places I want to visit whilst I'm in London, I've gotten so many great suggestions from you guys already. I'm going to have fun trying to fit everything into four days. Considering that my flight departs Dublin Airport on Friday evening it really only leaves me with three days but I'm not going to think about that. On Sunday I'm going on a boat trip along the River Thames with my boyfriend and his Sister which I'm really exciting. I'm hoping that the weather forecast is good for over the weekend. I better get back to packing or I don't think I'm ever going to get it done. I literally dug out my suitcase yesterday and clearly no one has used it since I went to Manchester last year, it's seriously dusty!

What are your favourite spots to visit in London? I'd love to hear them!

Laura<3

28 Days of Kisses - Day 16= Rimmel Apocolips Lip Lacquer in Celestial

Today was spent shopping with my Mom and Pops in town. We went in super early this morning before it got super busy, no one likes searching for parking including me. My Mom and I headed to New Look while my Dad went to his favourite book shop, Hodges & Figgis. I think it's way better than Easons too so I always pick up my books there. As a extra birthday gift my Mom picked me up some new clothes in New Look. I love this store and I do get the majority of my wardrobe there. They have some really nice bits at the moment plus it's not too pricey either. For a poor student like myself this is a key decider when buying stuff in shops. After having a good old shop around, we went for dinner in a gorgeous Italian restaurant on George's Street. I can't for the life of me remember the name of the place but they do such amazing food, I love it! I'm always so full after this dinner so I left my new purchases with my parents and I met my boyfriend Paddy to go on a big walk. As I've said in previous posts the weather has been pretty good here the last few days so I didn't want to take it for granted. Who knows next week the rain could be back bucketing down again. After we finished our walk we went to the Savoy to see the new Die Hard movie. I love Bruce Willis, for me he is the King of Action movies. I've seen all the Die Hard movies and I really enjoyed this one too. I'm going to do one of my "A Trip to the Movie" posts soon as I've been to see Flight in the past week too. 

Now to what I was wearing on my lips today. Rimmel Apocolips Lip Lacquers have been raved about on loads of blogs over the past couple of weeks. I only picked up one shade from the range called Celestial, a really nice rose pink colour which I've been using a lot. It's so wearable and I think it would suit just about anyone. This product is super easy to apply and does last a good while on the lips. That said if you drink a lot like me throughout the day, you may need to touch up. Out of all the shades available Celestial was the only one to really catch my eye when I was in Boots, I just don't think the other shades in the range would do anything for me. How I wish I could rock some fabulous bright lippies! Since then I've seen Luna and Galaxy in a lot of reviews and they both look really nice, hopefully Rimmel will still be on 3 for 2 come payday. Sorry the flash is on in the picture above, I've literally only walked in the door less than a hour ago so it's pitch black out.

Have you jumped onto the Rimmel Apocolips band wagon?

Laura<3

New Lush Face Mask

What do five Lush empties get you, surprisingly one of their face masks. I've been using products from this brand since before I started blogging. My Auntie Val first introduced me to them and ever since I've been in love with their goodies. I was surprised that I didn't know that you could bring back empties, I would of had alot of free face masks by now if I did. I've one tried one so far, Brazened Honey and I loved it. Here's the pots I used up, you probably have already seen them in past empties posts.

I have a tonne of Lush empties at home but I wasn't a 100% percent certain how their policy worked so I decided to take six pots in with me to start. It turns out you can bring back any empties, even mini sizes from gift sets but you can't bring back sample sizes, which would seem pretty obvious. I actually went to the store on Wednesday and they were all out of face masks, shocking I know. Everyone must be giving themselves a little pampering with Lush face masks it seems. They said I could leave all my empty pots there if I wanted which was so nice of them. This was the handiest option for me as the weather hasn't been the best at present in Dublin, the last thing I wanted to do was to drag them around town in the rain. Today I popped back in to the store and thankfully the had the full range of masks back in stock. The sales assistant who was looking after me was so lovely, she knew everything about the masks and went into depth about each one. She definitely knew her products, we finally narrowed my choices down to two masks, Love Lettuce and BB Seaweed. I finally decided on the latter, which I haven't heard too much about but I can't wait to see how I get on with it. This mask is said to give a deep cleanse so it's good if you've been out in the elements (RAIN) so I thought it was a great one to try next. I've seen alot of Love Lettuce reviews so I'm going to pick that up on my next trip to Lush.

Have you tried Lush face masks? What's your favourite?

Laura<3

OPI Mini Makeover Magic Kit

When working in a shopping centre it's hard to not look around the shops in my opinion. Innocent window shopping instantly turns into sneaky purchases here and there, which results in me leaving shops laden with bags.

One of my recent sneaky purchases was the OPI Mini Makeover Magic Nail Kit. I've seen this in the past whilst shopping but the price was ridiculous. When I seen it for this price (€21.50) I was sold.

ChipSkip Nail Lacquer Chip Preventor

Original Nail Envy Nail Strengthener

RapiDry Top Coat

Expert Touch Lacquer Remover

Expert Touch Nail Wipes

I've heard really good things about the polishes in this set, Nail Envy in particular. I know the full size bottles can get so expensive plus I would never get through them, so I'm happy with the minis. Maybe if I find one of them good I may fork out on the full size. That's rather unlikely as it would have to brilliant in my books. I really like the floral case that everything comes in. I will be using this to store my favourite mini OPI polishes when I'm travelling. I'm glad I got this kit and I can't wait to see what Nail Envy is like.

Have you tried any of the polishes in this kit?

Laura<3