Pür Minerals Event

Pür Minerals Event

So I've had this draft ready for a while now. A while back I attended the Pur Minerals event in central London. I got to meet the lovely from Abi from Handbags & Gladrags and Steph from Nerd About Town. The event was held in their store near Baker Street which I believe is their only actual store in London. I usually find their products in all Marks & Spencer stores. It's funny because I have actually written a wish list post in the past (like over a year ago), featuring some of their products that I've now got to try out!

So I was kindly greeted by Sweet Abi as soon as I reached the store, and offered a nice glass of champagne and offered some of their generous selection of food.

I then got a little tour by one of their lovely representatives, telling me loads of information about all their products and how to use them. In the picture above you can see the lip crayon (see me wearing it here on my Instagram) and to the left you can see their Pur Minerals Big Blink Mascara with Argain Oil- this is a great mascara and I've been wearing it daily for a while now. Reviews are coming but check out how long this made my lashes here, on my Instagram.

From Swatching it, their CC cream seemed very nice!  I believe it comes in four shades and has got a very high SPF. You can also see their pressed powder in the picture which is amazing! I have been trying it out for a while now, and it is soo covering. Unfortunately it is a little light for me so I've been correcting it by using their bronzer on top. Check out this makeup video tutorial where I am using this powder and the bronzer, oh and also the mascara actually. 

I was obviously drawn to these just because of the leopard prints lol! These are a few of their sets/ gift sets. The Pur Minerals Bare it All, Pur Minerals Show Off, and Pur Minerals Geo Wild Set, I've linked them all to the M&S website, where you can also see the ingredient lists. 

Their clay mineral mask (which I've tried once, my face felt SUPER cleansed), and the Pur Minerals 5 piece start now kit . This contains the powder, bronzer and brush that I used in this makeup tutorial. 

I enjoyed this event so much that in the end, I didn't realise that everyone had left except for me and Stephanie lol!

Have you tried anything from this brand before?

xx


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Side Swept Flat Twist- Out on Straightened Natural Hair

Side Swept Flat Twist Style- Out on Straightened Natural Hair

Update, I now have a video tutorial for this look, I'd love if you subcribed to my Youtube Channel here as I'm gonna be uploading more videos :

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Hi Guys! Here is a fotd from a while back when I had straightened my hair, and put it in loose flat twist over night to get this soft curls look.

 In this hair tutorial you can see how I achieve this hair style on blown out hair but I also do it on hair that's been stretched using no heat as well. I don't think there is any wrong to use heat on your hair if it's once a week or once a month or so, the reason I've been doing it often lately is because it's the only way you can see my hair's true length! & I am getting impatient, I've been dealing with shoulder length hair for way too long now. 

For this looks I am using (the links are for my blog reviews of the products):

• Sleek Face Form (Blusher, Highlighter and Contouring Powder)
• Calvin Klein Pink Lipstick
• DHC Liquid Eyeliner
• NYC Loose Powder
• Collection 2000 Concealer

What do you think of this look guys?

Feel free to link your latest FOTD in the comment section & I'll have a look

xx

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Bargain Leave in Conditioners for Curly, Natural or Transitioning Hair from Beautiful Textures, African Pride & Skala

Bargain Leave in Conditioners for Curly, Natural or Transitioning Hair

So since going natural I have been forever searching for the perfect leave in conditioner. I have preivously reviewed the Cantu Shea butter leave in conditioner and the Curls Souffle leave in conditioner. What I mean by perfect is affordable, fairly natural ingredients and preferably quite a big jar so I don't have to keep repurchasing.

Here are four leave in conditioners which I know are readily available in the UK as well as the US. None of them cost more than £5. I choose to link the products from Paks Cosmetics websites and show their prices, as they ship to the UK, US & Europe (I am not affiliated with them in any way) .

Skala Jaborandi Leave In Hair Styling Cream, £2.99 for 300g/10.6Oz: 

Overall this is definitely okay and has quite a lot of slip and moisturises my hair. However it has a really weird smell, the only way I can describe it is like an old lady's perfume. No offence to them but that's not the way I like to smell lol. It has a lot of interesting ingredients like Egg Yolk and Pollen extract but I can't say if these are really good for your hair or not. I used this whole bottle up and it was great for twist outs and similar styles, but I won't repurchase because of the scent.

Ingredient check:

Mineral Oil (/)

Silicones (/)

Propylene/Butylene Glycol: (√)

Parabens (/)

Glycerin* (√)

African Pride Shea Butter Miracle, moisture intense "Bouncy Curls Pudding", £2.99 for 425g/15Oz:

This is my favourite out of all of them, just because it is affordable, it works, it has got great ingredients and it smells amazing! This is the last one I bought out of all of these and I have since repurchased it 3 times I think. Keep in mind that there is one product that looks exactly the same as this, with almost the same ingredient list but the title for the other one is "Leave in Conditioner". I believe I have used both but I didn't know they were different and the ingredient are almost exactly the same. They both have great slip so they are great for detangling and doing twist outs and braid outs.

Ingredient check:

Mineral Oil (/)

Silicones (√)

Propylene/Butylene Glycol: (/)

Parabens (/)

Glycerin* (√)

African Pride Olive Oil Anti Breaking Formula, Hair and Scalp Strengthening Leave in Conditioner, £2.49 for 355 ml: 

This is my least favourite. I actually got it by accident and it is the only one I have not actually used up, because I don't like it. This one also has a product very similar to it, but the formula is completely different and does not contain Olive Oil. If you look at the ingredient check below it literally contains all of the so called "bad" ingredients. The main issue for me is the mineral oil and i can't say for sure if it is actually due to that, but this really doesn't do much for my hair and is kind of sticky.

Ingredient check:

Mineral Oil (v) plus Petroleum

Silicones (v)

Propylene/Butylene Glycol: (v)

Parabens: (v)

Glycerin* (v)

Beautiful Textures Tangle Taming Leave in Conditioner (for mixed textures), £3.29 for 355ml: 

This is definitely the best for detangling so it definitely lives up to its name. It has got great slip and smells amazing. The only reason that this isn't my favourite is because it is slightly more expensive than the African Pride Bouncy Curls Pudding. Another plus is that it comes on a bottle and not a jar which is much more useful.

Ingredient check:

Mineral Oil 

Silicones (v)

Propylene/Butylene Glycol: (v)

Parabens: 

Glycerin* (v)

Here are the full ingredient lists: 

Skala Jaborandi Leave In Hair Styling Cream Ingredient List || African Pride Olive Oil Anti Breaking Formula, Hair and Scalp Strengthening Leave in Conditioner || African Pride Shea Butter Miracle, moisture intense "Bouncy Curls Pudding || Beautiful Textures Tangle Taming Leave in Conditioner 

Have u tried any of these?

And what is your favourite leave im conditioner?

Xx


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* I haven't added Glycerin to the ingredient because it is considered a bad ingredient by some, but I am hearing more and more of some people (mainly in the US) avoiding Glycerin during certain seasons depending on the climate.

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Anna Lou of London Bespoke Personalised 18k Gold Plated Sterling Silver Jewellery

Anna Lou of London Bespoke Personalised 18k Gold Plated Sterling Silver Jewellery

So I when I visited the Handpicked Media London Fashion Week suite, Anna Lou was one of the brands I was introduced to. I found it really interesting that when Anna started her brand she was selling her jewellery at Portobello Market, which is a place I often go to. If I remember correctly she was then discovered by the store Harvey Nichols - which is pretty cool!

Anna Lou has loads of different styles to her jewellery, but my favourites were the simple, classic gold pieces (which you can see more of here, in my Handpicked Media Suite post) . Luckily for me, Anna kindly offered us bloggers our own personalised piece of her Bespoke Jewellery. Bespoke jewellery is a range where she offers personalised silver, gold plated or rose gold plated jewellery. I'd say these are perfect now for gift season! :)

I choose to just put my own initials on one side, and my star sign (pisces) on the other sign. If you go on her website, you can choose different style fonts, individual letters or whole words for your piece of jewellery.

Even though I love jewellery, I don't own that many pieces as I tend to be stingy with buying it, resulting in jewellery that just breaks after a while. I would definitely recommend the bespoke range as they are good quality jewellery and perfect every day pieces. I haven't taken mine off since I got it!

What do you think of the piece I chose?

What would you choose if you got your own personalised jewellery?

xx

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Body Shop Showcasing event at Amber Bar

Body Shop Showcasing event at Amber Bar

Way over due with posting this post, but here you go. A while back I attended the Bodyshop Showcasing event at the Amber bar. Although I had to arrive pretty late and leave kind of early (due to work) I still had a good look at all the new products and got loads of informations from the Bodyshop representatives there. Unfortunately I only managed to get pictures on my iPhone so apologies for the not so amazing pictures!

The BodyShop Honeymania products

Fairly new limited edition (I believe) from the Bodyshop. These all smell super yummy and they contain fair trade honey. The range consists of a Body butter, Shower gel, soap, bath melt, lip balm, body scrub and a perfume. Find the Bodyshop honeymania range here. 

The Christmas Limited Edition products

This is the Christmas range for this year. I believe the different scents are Cranberry, Vanilla and Ginger Bread- the Ginger bread I am sure of, and it literally smells like Ginger Bread dough- so yummy. My second favourite has to be vanilla just because I like those kind of scents. The gift set contains the ginger bread products and comes in a really cute little gift box. I was saying to the Bodyshop lady how much I love their gift boxes, is it only me who always keeps the boxes for storage? I don't believe these are on the website yet, but I stand to be corrected. 

The Goodie Bag

I got this Bodyshop Moringa bodybutter and Bodyshop  Eu De Toilette Grapefruit perfume. God, I already love Grapefruit (eating) but this is Not a perfume I would choose to buy, just because I didn't know how much I liked it. I've been literally obsessed with this perfume, pairing it with the body butter, and it is just about finished now. Also, I was pleasantly surprised with the Moringa Body Butter I knew it smelled nice before because I've had friends wear it which made me ask what perfume they were wearing- because this is pretty fragrant! However, I don't usually go for flowerly scents so I love the fact I got to try this. We also got a Body scrubber thing :) 

What is your favourite Bodyshop product? 

x

I literally always have tons of their products and I've used so many. Check out all the Bodyshop products I've reviewed before here.

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