First Impressions - NYX stay matte but not flat

Oh Hi guys!

Been a while hey! But today I’m bringing you a first impressions review.

This NYX foundation has been out for a little while so yes I’m a tad late to the party but as I always say, better late than never.

I’d heard so many good reviews from others as well so I literally couldn’t not try it.

So I was amazed to find out how many shades it comes in - 30 to be precise. And within those shades there seems to be a colour for everyone. As always when ordering online it’s hard to judge what shade you need so I did buy a couple and ended up mixing my perfect shade. I mixed together ivory and medium beige. The size of the tube is 35mls which I great as foundations tend to be 30mls. And with a price of £6 you really can’t complain.

So for the part your all waiting for what did I think about it...

I loved it!

It applied really nicely and the coverage was fantastic. Although you wouldn’t really need to, it was also buildable without caking. It wears really well and I didn’t find my skin to look shiny hardly at all throughout the day which is another bonus. My skin type is combination so being oil free this is perfect for this skin type. However I’d love to hear if your skin type is dry and what you think about it as I feel it could work for you too. I feel this could quickly become a new favourite foundation.

Mrs T

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Sleep Serenity

Do you sleep well?

For me, I'm pleased to say that it is quite rare that I struggle getting to sleep or even staying asleep. Don't get me wrong, I still need my routine to relax me to let me drift off into a slumber.

Hubby however went through a spell struggling to get to sleep and I'd heard this pillow mist was good so decided to give it a shot.

It's scented with the typical flavours that are said to be relaxing, lavender and camomile. Now usually for me I stay away from lavender as I just can't stand the smell, but, I have to say this one isn't too bad. I'm not sure if it's because it's mixed with the camomile or if it's just not that strong.

Anyhow soon as I got it, that night I sprayed it on mine and Paul's pillows.

What I did notice was that it wasn't overpowering when laying down. Bonus! As usual for me I drifted off pretty well. In the morning I asked Paul if it helped him and he wasn't so sure. He reckoned it still took a while to drift off.

I think basically for us it just gave us that fresh sheet feeling every night. Would Paul recommend it after further use.. unfortunately not. However I've found it does make a good room spray! Multi use product!

Mrs T

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'Aloe Vera'

Oh hey!

Today's review is probably a random product to review seeing as summer is over, BUT I wanted to share it with you all anyway. And those of you off to sunny destinations over winter might like it!

Enhancer is what it's called. Doesn't give many clues away as to what it is does it. Well it's an aloe vera gel that I have found to be the BEST after sun lotion you could need.

I did naughtily get a little burnt over the August bank holiday as we had a day out on dads boat. Stupid but literally didn't realise it was as hot as it  was, so we all pretty much came home glowing.

Anyhow, I always use this product if my skins feeling hot to touch from a day in the sun. It instantly cools the skin and really moisturises and the same time. Why I love it more than alot of other after sun products?..

It doesn't leave skin sticky. I bloody hate that! Clothes sticking all on you and feeling like your clothes are getting more use from the lotion than your skin! Haha!

It's from the company Nuskin which is a network marketing company so no doubt someone on your Facebook is selling the products! Failing that you can visit their website - https://www.nuskin.com/en_GB/products/nuskin/face_care/moisturizers/97110308.html

Cost is around £18 for the 100ml tube.

I literally can't be without this product when I've caught the sun

Out 5 I give this 5/5

Mrs T

xxx

Girlz Only

Welcome, welcome!

I've decided to give 'Blogtober' a go. 

31 days, 31 quick fire reviews.

I want to review as many different products without all the long chatter in between. I want them to be straight to the point. Letting you know if I think there worth it or not!

Today's product is a dry shampoo from 'Girlz Only'. I've had this a whole so for the life of me cannot think where I exactly brought it but after googling you can get it in Tesco and I'm now pretty sure that's where I got mine. The price in Tesco as of today is actually just £1. Can't beat that price either hey. It lasts ages too.

I'm normally very much a Batiste lover and especially having darker hair loved that they done the one for dark haired girls, to save any white powdering looking hair.

That brings me only nicely to exactly why I LOVE this dry shampoo:

-No white residue left in hair✔️

-Hair is not left looking dull✔️

-Hair doesn't feel full of product✔️

-Great fragrances✔️

-Gives hair more volume✔️

Totally converted to this brand from now on!

Marks out of 5, I'd give this a solid 5/5

Mrs T

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SophX Palette

I feel like I've been waiting ages to write this review!

We've been teased with this palette for ages before finally being able to get our mits on it!

Incase you've been hibinating and didn't know, Makeup Revolution has done a collab palette with sophdoesnails and well,... it's bloody beautiful.

It recently launched on the Tam Beauty website and of course I had to get my hands on it straight away.

Delivery seemed quicker than normal, but hey I'm not complaining! And it literally turned up at exactly the right time. I'd just sat down to do my makeup and there was a knock on the door. Good timing Mr posty!

So straight away I ripped open the packaging giving myself a paper cut in the process, and  I just stared lovingly at the sight of the palette. Seeing it in the flesh was so much prettier!

Again the palette has a great mixture of matte and shimmer shades. Perfect crease shades too. It will suit all skin tones. This palette is one I would take on holiday with me knowing I could create so many looks. You could keep it totally nude and natural or bright, bold and colourful.

As always the shadows blend out beautifully and have very minimal fall out. I say minimal as the purple shade did seem to have a little but not enough to worry about.

   I'm totally addicted to using this palette right now. I    think I'm going to do a week in makeup with this palette. Use it everyday for 7 days and create a different look and share it with you. Not sure it that will be via blog posts or a YouTube video yet!

If you haven't already subscribed to my channel I would absolutely love you to - https://www.youtube.com/user/LauraBeautify

But honestly as always Makeup Revolution.. you did it again! Amazing palette at an affordable price of £10. £2 more than most palettes but so worth it!

And of course a massive congratulations so sophdoesnails for helping to create such a brilliant palette! It's something I only dream of doing right now, but who knows. Maybe one day you'll all be seeing a palette by Mrs T! Dreams do come true..

Mrs T

xxx

'THAT' yellow dress!

Hey hey!

Yes.. that's right.. I'm bringing you a fashion post! Not my usual post of late but something I enjoy doing every now and then.

So yes.. THAT yellow dress. I feel like everyone should know about it. But if you don't follow 'jessontheplussize' on instagram you probably won't. And if you don't follow her, you should. 

Jess is my all time favourite fashion inspo right now!

I basically just want to be her. Haha! She has more body confidence than I've ever known and looks fantastic in everything that she wears. She proves you can be a big girl and STILL keep up with the latest fashion trends.

Any how, back to the dress. I first saw this dress on Jess' instagram and I really liked it. It's from the River island plus range, which to be honest I hadn't really ever looked through. As much as I liked the dress and thought jess looked fab in it, I just wasn't sure I'd like it on me. Firstly I'm not a dress person and secondly I'm not really a yellow person either! 

I pondered about it for a while then thought 'Nah I'll leave it, can't be bothered sending it back if I don't like it'. Then.. it was on sale.. £12 down from £39. How could I say no!

Dress arrived, I tried it on and actually really liked it on me. I love the 3/4 length with the side splits and the neckline is super flattering.

It's one of those dresses you can wear on an everyday basis, to work etc or you could dress it up with heels to look smarter. That's what I had in mind as I just don't normally do dresses. Especially not as an everyday outfit. But pairing it with my converse I actually really liked this look.

They did have this in black too which would look really nice dressed up. Here's the link http://fave.co/2xRkh0L

Hopefully it may come back!

I'm definitely stuck in a rut with my clothes. I typically always reach for jeans and vests/jumpers. But slowly broadening my horizons and starting to buy different items. So expect some more fashion posts, including more dresses.

Mrs T

xxx

Primark Master Eye Palette

Good Morning lovelies!

It's been a hot minute since I posted my last blog. I've been waiting to give this palette a good go before writing this blog post!

Hands up who's tried Primark makeup?🙋🏼

I know I have and I know I haven't always loved what I've tried. Especially when it comes to eyeshadow palettes. BUT this little beauty just caught my eye. The colours looked incredible.

I'm a sucker for warm toned palettes for a start but have really enjoyed wearing more pinky tones too. (However if you've seen my new hair, pinks not quite my colour now).

My past experience with a Primark palette was that it wasn't very pigmented. There luckily was a tester so I swatched just one shadow and couldn't believe it. It was SO pigmented that that was it. The palette was in my basket.

This picture is with the flash on. So you can really seen that there's a great mix of mattes and shimmers, which I love in a palette as it means generally you can do a whole look only using the one palette.

On first use of the palette the colours I used, again, were all super pigmented and blended out really nicely. Luckily I'd decided to do my eyes before my foundation on this occasion, and quite frankly with this palette, that's a must.

The fall out is ridiculous!

However the finished look was lovely and what's more, it lasted all night with no creasing. I used my concealer as a base which I always use. I had thought it might fade really quickly but no, no touching up is needed.

I've annoyingly lost the picture from when I first tried out the palette but used it this morning to show you me wearing the palette.

These are the colours I used to create this look:

So for £6 this palette is by far SO WORTH IT! And I will definitely be interested to try other palettes again now. I can deal with a bit of fall out when the product lasts and looks so great.

Primark.. you have definitely upped your makeup game!

Mrs T

xxx

Bee Venom Face Cream

Heyyy!

I follow this makeup artist on social media called Fern Howe. (Her instagram is fern_makeup). Fern's work is amazing and she's recently been a regular makeup artist for the likes of Katie Price, Stephanie Davis and Bianca Gascoigne.

And there's one particular product I've noticed she always uses for a completely flawless base.

Bee Venom!

I'd never heard of Venom Skincare before. But the more pictures I saw the more I felt I NEEDED to try it.

So I googled it and for a 50g  jar it's £45! Now I know that's pretty reasonable compared to many high end creams but for me, a drugstore lover, I thought 'Wow, can I really justify spending that on a face cream?'.

Baring in mind I am totally in love with an Avon day/night cream at the moment...

Anyhow, time passed and I saw Fern post a status with a 20% discount code for the cream.

£9 off.. how could I resist! £36 is acceptable right?

Well I decided it was so I went for it.

Delivery time was around 3 days which was great. 

Claims

·  Firms and tightens fine lines and wrinkles

·  Increases production of collagen

·  Long lasting hydration and moisturising

·  Revitalises the skin and rebuilds the skin barrier

·  Reduces negative effects of sun exposure

·  Clean and clear skin

·  Fights spots and acne breakouts

Application 

On trying this for the first time I really liked the consistancy of the cream. It felt super hydrating and moisturising without feeling like a thick heave cream. Having oily/combi skin I don't always enjoy a cream that feels heavy on my face.

Smell

I wasn't sure what kind of scent to expect and still to this day I couldn't describe it. But it has a pleasant scent.

Overall thought

I definitely feel as if this worked really well as a base before makeup. Even to the point of not needing to use a primer. It was like a 2 in 1 product for me.

In all honesty most of the time I've been unsung this in the mornings only BUT when I have used it morning and night my skin stays clean and clear.

This picture was taken with just natural day light. Skins looking flawless!

Is it worth £45.....?

I'm not entirely sure I could justify spending this all the time however when there's 20% off I definitely would.

Website - http://www.venomskincare.co.uk/

Instagram - venomskincare

Mrs T 

xxx

New brows!

Hey hey my beauties!

Sorry for being a little MIA recently. Life has been its normal hectic self, and also I've had a few products that I've been waiting to use for a few weeks before writing a blog on them.

So today is all about brows. Those of you who know me, will know I LOVE me a new brow product.

My friend Hannah does Avon and told me about a new gel brow product that they have coming out and asked if I wanted to try it. Of course I said yes.

There's 4 shades to choose from and I choose soft brown. I based this choice on what I already use by Freedom. The retail price of this is £7 which is a good price as these products last so long.

Application

On first application I really liked the feel of the formula. It's really creamy and glides on.

Colour 

The shade is a tad dark for me, however I didn't mind. Plus once I change my hair at the end of the month it will match fine. I may buy this in the blonde shade too anyway.

Lasting power

 My biggest test for this would be how it sets and last for the day. The Freedom brow pomade is the only other product I've used similar to this so I compared a lot to that one as I really like it. But just like the that one, the Mark perfect brow gel pot lasted so well! Didn't smudge at all.

So based on all of that I'm really enjoying using this product and for those of you who like a pomade brow product, this is definitely recommended.

And for anyone who loves Avon I'll add Hannah's online store link here, where you can order from if you wanted:

https://www.avon.uk.com/store/hannahmariashop

Mrs T

xxx

Top Tanning!

Who doesn't love a tan!!?

I know I do. They just make me feel fab and look healthy.

I'm lucky that I naturally tan really well, however this year for most of the sunny days we've had I hid away. In fear of getting those awkward tan lines that would show on my wedding day.

So I faked it!

My favourite type of tan to use is a mousse. I find I can apply them a lot more evenly and they generally have a fab guide colour to help.

For years I've been absolutely loving Crazy Angels Golden Delight tan in medium. I get mine from capital (beauty wholesalers) for around £10.

What do I I love about it? 

It smells so good! None of that funny fake tan biscuit smell. Haha! It applies evenly and best of all it doesn't cling to your dry patches. (Knees, elbows etc).

The colour with this tan is really good and fairly dark for a medium shade. I wouldn't personally want to go any darker.

I took some photos for you to see the results:

Before

After 

After

If you didn't know better you'd think I'd been away hey! I only tanned my legs this time round as my top half has tanned, but as usual my legs stay super pale. (Apart from my

Sandal tan as you've probably noticed! #fail). My only problem with this tan is it doesn't dry quick enough for me. I normally like to tan in the mornings then shower it off in the evenings. But as it takes a good while to dry it's best applied in the evenings when your just chilling out at home.

Out of 5 I give this tan a strong 4/5.

Mrs T

xxx

Brighton Mini Moon

Hey hey!

Hope everyone's doing well. I wanted to just do a short blog post about our "mini moon" we recently had to Brighton.

I can totally see why people LOVE Brighton! We both fell in love with the place.

If you haven't been you really need to. Especially if you have kiddies as it's perfect. 

We only spent 2 nights there and so wish we booked longer as there's so much to do. Being a seaside town we weren't sure what it would be like and wondered if it would just be one of those cheesey U.K. seaside holidays but definitely not. 

We spent time at the marina which is just beautiful with lots of fab places to look round and eat/drink at. There's also so many pretty gardens to look round too.

Paul's not one for shopping (unfortunately haha) so we didn't walk round all the lanes and the town much. Let alone the HUGE shopping centre. So if your a shopper and fancy a girly weekend away Brightons where it's at.

We were so lucky with the weather and felt like we were in Spain. However our travelodge was a sweat box. No air con with windows that hardly open = a hot sweaty mess haha! 

All in all it was just lovely to spend a few days away together as we haven't done that in so long. And having just got married it made it seem all the more special.

Mrs T

xxx

Post Wedding blues???

Morning Beauties!

Post wedding blues! Is it a thing? Have you had it? Have I got it?

Obviously when planning a wedding, that is all you talk about to EVERYONE you see! And the one question they all seemed to ask is 'What are you going to do with yourself after the wedding?'. The nearer the wedding got the easier my answer was. I was simply looking forward to a time when I didn't have to make decisions, search a hundred shops for one item and any spare money I had could be spent on me again haha!

I never understood when people said that they felt lost after the wedding or completely deflated.  I could still only see excitement afterwards, not sadness. Your starting a new chapter together what's more exciting than that!

Well let me tell you.. I suprised myself!

On Sunday after THE most amazingly perfect day, I'd woke up, and was just pottering around the house and all of a sudden I just burst in to tears! Yep I know.. what the hell!!!

Tears just kept rolling down my face. I wasn't sad though. I was the happiest I'd ever been. Paul then woke up and walked in on me and was like "Whats the matter? Why are you crying?" 

I couldn't give him an answer, just told him I didn't know but they weren't sad tears. 

The few weeks running up to the wedding we had had A LOT of unexpected stress, so the fact that everything got sorted without it affecting the wedding was just pure relief. And that's what I put the tears down to. Along with the fact that I just couldn't believe everything went perfectly well. I obviously believed something would go wrong. 

Since that Sunday though, I definitely haven't had wedding blues. I've just felt proud and enjoyed being a wife.

I'd be really interested in hearing from any of you if you did have wedding blues.

Mrs T

xxx

Plus Size Positivity

Plus size positivity is a topic I see frequently throughout social media nowadays. And I'm not normally one to jump on the band wagon however recently I've made a few discoveries that I'd like to share!

Yes I am plus size! Have I accepted it like all these other positive plus size role models...?

My answer is simply no! 

For someone who's always been the 'big girl' in most circumstances, I feel I've just adjusted to it. I was always the girl who just made jokes out of the name calling and never let it get to me. But guess what.. it always does in the end.

But I've grown up!

Don't get me wrong I haven't 100% accepted my body and will be carrying on losing weight. But I've found a confidence from the clothes I wear.

You CAN be plus size and still look and feel HOT!

And it's easy to achieve..

Simply wear what the f#$k you want!!

Own your style. If you like it wear it, if it makes you feel good, wear it and if it accentuates your favourite feature.. bloody wear it! 

The years I've wasted worrying if I look ok is ridiculous.

I know when I first went to try on wedding dresses and was dreading it, thinking, 'oh god, white or ivory is going to look awful on me'. But I tell you what, when I found THE dress I felt amazing! I even made a comment to my mum saying I can't believe how good I feel in this colour. And yes of course I wanted to lose weight for the wedding like most brides but due to a very hard 18months leading up to it I only managed to lose a stone. Much less than I'd wanted. But I can tell you this... I felt bloody AMAZING in my dress and that's all that mattered.

 This past weekend I've been in Brighton on our 'mini moon', and normally when the weather is hot I would NEVER be seen wearing shorts in the UK! Only ever abroad when I know I won't bump into anyone I know. Silly hey! But this weekend as it was SO DAMN HOT I donned my shorts and headed out for the day. Cellulite and all, and guess what.. I didn't care, and nor did anyone else. 

All you have to remember is no matter what size someone is, we ALL have hang ups about our bodies. Even the guys.

So basically what I'm trying to get across in this blog post is just be you and love the way you look. Don't worry about what you look like naked, no one sees this other than your partner and guess what.. they still love you!

So love yo'self

Mwah

Mrs T

xxx

Hello! Hola! Bonjour!

Hola!

Welcome to the new and improved blog!

Yes that's right! I'm blogging (again!!). Track records have definitely proved, how shall we say it... 

not great!

But for some unknown reason, since getting married I feel like a completely new woman! Any one else? Just me? Ok haha!

I just don't know what it is but I definitely feel different. Some would even say more grown up. (If that can even happen).

Whatever it is I feel ready for it. Ready to take on new challenges, ready to take the plunge and try new things and just ready to properly get on with life and enjoy it.

I'm currently in Brighton, on our mini moon, in THE hottest travel lodge room ever!!!

Some would say a random time to start a new blog, I however see it as the perfect time. I had the urge and I went with it!

I can't tell you where this blog will lead, or what content it may cover. All I know is it's just going to be me! Real life!

I've added a few piccys in below from today, and will love you and leave you for now!

Mrs T

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Top - Primark 

Sun glasses - Primark

Necklace - Links of London 

Top - George Asda