Flowers on Sunday

For the past few months I have been using Urban Decay’s Brow Beater in my daily makeup routine. It’s a microfine, retractable eyebrow pencil which also comes with a spoolie brush on the other end for taming and shaping brow hairs. I paid £16 for the pencil in House of Fraser, which seems to be the standard price everywhere. Last week my Brow Beater ran out unexpectedly (I go through eyebrow pencils quickly...) I don’t live close enough to any stores that sell Urban Decay to just nip out and buy one, and I couldn’t wait days for one to be delivered, so as a short-term fix I headed into my local Superdrug to see what they had on offer. I was having a peek at the recently rebranded Revolution Pro bay when I spotted something quite familiar looking: Revolution Pro make their own microfine eyebrow pencil, also complete with a spoolie brush at the opposite end. I’ve been a big fan of Revolution Pro’s eyeshadow palettes, so for £4 I was keen to check out their Microblading Precision br...

Around this time last year, I kept seeing the term ‘subscription box’ everywhere. If you’re not familiar with subscription boxes, they do exactly what they say on the tin: you subscribe to a company and they will send you a box of surprise goodies, usually once a month, depending on the box. You can get all sorts of subscription boxes, from beauty, to clothing, to food (Graze is probably the first one I remember seeing). I was really interested in subscription boxes and after doing a little research I decided to go with Birchbox, as it had really good reviews and seemed to be reasonably priced at £10 a month (plus P&P at £2.95). Just some of my boxes. On signing up on Birchbox’s website, they ask you a series of questions about your skin, hair and personal style. By answering these questions, you can be sure that where possible, each box will be tailored to your needs. You see, not everyone receives the same products; while most of them might be the same, they’ll try an...

Hi everyone, This is an in-depth and comprehensive review into a selection of products from The Ordinary that I purchased to try and combat cystic acne. This post is in no way sponsored or funded by The Ordinary and this is an impartial view based solely on my experience. I have always suffered with my skin. I first got acne as a young teenager, mostly appearing as lots of bumps and spots on my forehead, then later on my T-zone, as well as around my mouth and chin, though never on my cheeks. As I grew older my acne got much better and while I always had spots, for the most part it was limited to just a few at a time. I was always lucky enough to not have any scarring, either. At the beginning of this year my skin became a lot more oily than usual. I started breaking out quite badly and the whole lower half of my face was beginning to become covered in spots. This included my chin and jawline, something I was not used to. These weren’t the type of spots I usuall...