Boi-ing Concealer Review

Hey guys,

Recently I'm having a bit of a dilemma with concealer, nothing seems to be covering my dark circles anymore and if I'm being honest it's really frustrating me. I've spent about £83 since the start of August trying to find a concealer that works - Soap and Glory Kiss Ass is no longer kick ass for me, YSL Touch Éclat did sweet FA, my MAC studio fix was going 'gritty' under my eyes... literally nothing was working anymore. So I did some research and saw that the Boi-ing concealer was supposedly 'industrial strength' and I heard some really great things about it, since it was just payday I thought a trip to the Benefit counter was needed!

I got the Boi-ing concealer in shade 01 - the woman at the counter was really helpful and sorted me out straight away. She applied it to my circles and the difference was bloody brilliant. I couldn't believe it! It's quite thick I find, but that doesn't really bother me - all I need is good coverage and Boi-ing certainly does that.

Below, you can see the difference with my dark circles - a before and after. I took these pictures in natural lighting so you can see the difference.

Ignore the lack of eyebrows I hadn't put them on yet. You can see how dark my circles are under my eyes, it's definitely something I'm very self conscious about and I can never leave the house without concealer or some form of coverage under my eyes. I feel like I did bad in a previous life and so was cursed with dark circles in this life!

Voila! The difference is crazy. I feel very confident whilst wearing Boi-ing concealer. I apply it first thing in the morning and it literally does last me all day, I don't need to reapply or anything. One thing I will say is that if the concealer is cold, then it's pretty tough to apply so it's best to warm it up a bit first (it does say that with the information on the box). All in all, I'm pretty chuffed with this concealer, it does the job and so far it does seem to be 'industrial strength'. Jade got a Boi-ing concealer the other day and she's chuffed with the results - her exact words ''I put it under my eyes and I was instantly like whoa''. It's not too expensive either, it's definitely affordable and it seems to last people for a long time which is an added bonus because there is nothing worse than having concealer that lasts for say a month, I read somewhere that someone wore Boi-ing everyday and it lasted them nearly six months - SIX MONTHS?!? That's madness! 

Will I buy this again? Definitely. Do I recommend this product? Certainly. It's fantastic for what it is.

I hope you enjoyed this post! Let me know in the comments what you think, have you ever used Boi-ing? Did you like it or was it not for you? Remember to follow me on Bloglovin, Twitter and Instagram for updates about my blog and general life. Thanks for reading and I'll post again soon,

My MAC Experience.

Hey guys,

So I'm back after taking a week out from blogging - had major bloggers block and it was freshers week at uni so I just wanted to really let my hair down - if you have me on Snapchat or Facebook you will know what I mean. 

Today I want to write about my recent MAC experience at MAC Meadowhall. I've had two very different experiences at this MAC counter in the space of a month. The first time I went, I walked out with tears and totally embarrassed and enraged. I don't want to go too in depth with this because this post is a positive post but a particular worker was extremely rude and belittling. Some of the workers were running around like a headless chicken trying to keep all their customers satisfied. This was a Saturday, in August at around 1-2pm so you can imagine how busy it was. Anyway, I complained (naturally) to avoid similar situations happening to others and the manager was absolutely lovely and offered me a complimentary hour with the experts - something I was NOT in any way, shape or form expecting - all I was expecting was a sorry if I'm being honest and it was an incredibly kind gesture. I did say that it wasn't needed because I don't live near Sheffield so it will be a trek to get there and such. I then felt bad about complaining because of how lovely the manager was being to me on the phone. 

Anywhooo, I phoned up to book this hour with the experts - no problem. I arrived at Meadowhall hungover and questionably a tiny bit tipsy from the night before (paint party and three hours sleep is not a good combo) so I definitely looked a little bit worse for wear when I arrived at the MAC counter. I was greeted by one of their workers called Lindsey (I may/may not have spelt this wrong) who was really friendly and bubbly. This perked me up a bit because I was kinda dreading going back to MAC for obvious reasons. Lindsey was really chatty and made me feel very welcome and very at home, asked me what look I wanted - giving me tips and tricks for makeup, the lot. After the hour was up I felt like everything I ever knew about makeup was one big lie, I actually knew nothing and Lindsey opened a whole new world of make up tips and possibilities to me!  

(Now I'm sat here typing away singing A Whole New World at the top of my lungs, good job my housemates aren't in...)

Lindsey created this lovely everyday look with a pale-brown-taupe smoky eye effect and it looked beautiful. She showed me how to contour, how to make my brows look natural, the best place for highlighting - everything! She tried a more dramatic look on me with some pencil liner under my eyes - but I could feel my skin itching and swelling from the pencil liner so I asked her to take the line off and she was so good about it. I felt like a pain in the bum for asking her to take it off but my skin was already starting to react to it so not good. I was so pleased and impressed by Lindsey that I bought three quarters of the things she used on my face! In particular the eye shadow palette was amazing - she used it for my smoky eyes, contouring and highlighting! 

This time round with MAC I couldn't fault them or their customer service - all the workers that were in this time round were genuinely lovely and pleasant people. So as an afterthought, although my experience first time was horrible, this time round has completely changed my perspective on MAC and their team. I was completely put off buying their products after the August incident but as you can tell - that has been reversed. 

Ps - the eye cream is beautiful. It makes such a difference to my dark circles under my eyes.

 A huge thank you to Lindsey for making my MAC experience so good - I doubt you'll ever see this but if you do then thank you! MAC Meadowhall are super lucky to have such a passionate worker as you! Also a big, big thank you to Jade for coming with me and letting me drag her out of bed at silly o'clock whilst still a bit tipsy *monkey emoji* 

So that's it for today, let me know what you think. Have you had a MAC experience similar to mine - good or bad? Let me know in the comments! Thanks for reading again as always, don't forget to follow me on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Bloglovin for updates about my blog and my everyday life. Or if you just want to see pictures of my cats then that's cool too! The products above I will do individual blog posts for when the time comes, so keep your eyes open for that!  Thanks again, 

September Beauty Wishlist!

Hey guys!

So this is the first time I've ever made a wish list and I don't think I've done too bad a job!

1. Max Factor Lipfinity Long Lasting Lipstick - Always Elegant -  £8.99 (Boots)
2. Barry M Speedy Nail Paint - Dragster - £3.99 (Superdrug)
3. Bold Metals Collection by Real Techniques - Tapered Blush - £24.00 (Boots)
4. Sleek Shimmer Blush - Rose Gold - £4.49 (Superdrug)
5. Benefit Cosmetics the POREfessional Primer - £24.50 (Boots)
6. Smashbox Photofinish Foundation Primer - £25.50 (Boots)
7. Urban Decay Matte Revolution Lipstick - £15.50 - (Urban Decay)

I've had the Sleek blush in the past and I loved it, but I used it so much I just fell out of love with the product. But having a years break from it, I really want to get back into Sleek makeup. I need to start seriously budgeting my make up (holiday, house saving and what not) because I do have a large majority of high end products because they feel better on my face and don't give me rashes. Like I've said 1000000 times on here already I have pretty sensitive skin. 

Barry M Speedy Nail Paint is a winner for me recently, I have a couple of these already but in their summer collection and l.o.v.e.d them!

The lipsticks just looked beautiful and matte lipstick is just my absolute fave!

I need a new primer and a good one at that, I'm stuck between these two at the moment!

I'm just a Real Technique hoarder... 

What products on here have you tried? Do you like them or did you not get on with them? Let me know in the comments what you think!

Real Technique - Bold Metals Collection - Flat Contour 301 Review

Hey guys,

I can't believe it's September already, where has the year gone? Soon it'll be Christmas and New Years! It's time to get snuggly with blankets and hot chocolate binge watching Netflix! (yay!)

So, I'm a huge lover of the Real Technique brushes - always have been and I always will be. I did a review not long ago about the bold metals collection foundation brush - you can check that review out HERE! Today I'm reviewing the 301 Flat Contour Brush! Ps. Apologies for the quality of the pictures - I'm not good at editing or taking pictures on a proper camera so I'm waiting until I'm back at university so my amazing housemate can help me out :)

So this brush comes in rose gold - their other brushes for the bold metals collection come in silver and gold. I'm a huge lover of rose gold - I think it's beautiful. I've been wanting to try contouring for a long long time but I always look like a twat with a capital T when I do contour, I can never get it blended in just right! So when I was in Boots the other day, I got the smash box contour trio (I will provide a blog post on this soon) and decided I had better get a contour brush for it because that's obviously what it's for... (obviously Katie). I remembered that Real Techniques did a contour brush, so I snapped this up and I'm glad that I did. I did one side of contouring etc and blended with my fingers - I looked so gross and dirty. I then did the other side with this brush and holy moly - I couldn't believe it!  The difference was crazy!

The brush itself as always never let me down, super soft and so easy to use. I had to remember to not be so heavy handed with this brush because there is such a fine line with contouring you either end up looking fabulous or like you've fallen into a pig pen.

Just look at how pretty the brush is please!

Sam and Nic Chapman never fail me, their brushes always go above and beyond for me.

All in all, I'm chuffed to bits with this brush, it's definitely helped me with contouring and contouring does make so much difference to your face, although it is alot of effort so I will only really contour when I'm going out or for meals and such. But it's worth every bloody penny!

I hope you enjoyed the read today, tell me below in the comments what you think - or if you just fancy a chat then hit me up below! I have a brand new blog design by the lovely Aly - if you fancy a new design etc then check out her website: http://www.aleelilydesigns.com I promise you will not be disappointed!

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