Dainty Doll - Copacabana Eye Shadow bblogger | beauty | blogger | blue | bright | copacabana | cosmetics | dainty | doll | eyeshadow | face | makeup | nicola | review | roberts | wff | whenflowersfall

Hey beauties!

When it comes to eyeshadow, this shade isn't something I would usually go for. It became part of my collection thanks to it being part of a little pack of Dainty Doll items I picked up in TK Maxx a few months ago. It also contained a blush and lipstick, but with the packet being well sealed, it was difficult to figure out what the colours were before purchasing.

On first impression, I wasn't all too pleased with the shadow. Upon swatching it's seemed very chalky, but the pigmentation was pretty great. I had mixed feelings and it ended up just sitting in my stash barely used. Until Monday.

I felt like doing something a little different and reached for the brightest colour I own. You can see the look I created with it here. 

The shadow is very soft and easily blendable. It also surprised me with very little fallout. As you can see in Monday's post, the colour is vibrant, just as it is in pan. It's so strong that it will not budge entirely unless you use a proper eye make-up remover. I discovered this after a 12 mile bike ride, and the blue was the only thing left on my face. 

As with all Dainty Doll products, I like the sleek and simple packaging. It seems pretty hard wearing, but I can't help but feel that the lid was made to include a mirror. Does anyone feel that way?

As far as I'm aware, Dainty Doll is pretty tricky to get your hands on, so keep your eyes peeled in your local TK Maxx, or even on fragrancedirect.com. They had a few bits last time I had a gander. 

I think I paid around the £8 mark for the three items, so if you can grab yourself a bargain, I definitely recommend it. 

All in all, I like the overall performance of this shadow, I just wish I could come up with some other ways to wear it. Maybe the summer will bring out some crazy blue trends. 

Do you have an Dainty Doll recommendations?

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Jerome Russell BBlonde Hair Lightening Kit* bblogger | bblonde | blonde | bright | care | colour | hair | hair dye | hair lightening kit | jerome russell | light to medium brown | review | video | whenflowersfall | youtube

Hey beauties,

You may have seen in yesterday's hair care post that I mentioned that I had spent an evening going blonder. 

That was thanks to the lovely Dannielle over at Jerome Russell. I had been thinking of going full on blonde and getting rid of my highlights for a little while, and when she emailed me asking if I would like to try out one of their products, of course I said yes! 

For the past four months or so, I have been using the Jerome Russell BBlonde highlighting kit. It's the best kit I've come across in my many years of hair dying, so I figured I'd give the hair lightening kit a go to try and lift the darker patches in my hair. 

After telling Danielle about the length and thickness of my hair, she sent me three boxes of the lightener for use on light/medium brown hair. My natural colour (regrowth) is a very dark mousey blonde, and the other patches in my hair were a brown shade, so I thought this would be the perfect kit.

I set to applying the product to my hair and ended up using a good two and a half boxes worth of product. I probably could have gotten away with two, but I wanted to make sure I hadn't missed any patches. 

The kit says to leave on from anywhere between 20-60 minutes. I gave it only 10 minutes after I had finished applying and massaging the product through my hair and then rinsed. The shampoo included in the kit works well to help remove all of the bleach from the hair. I then followed up with a hair mask as I knew my hair would need the extra moisture. After years of hair dying, I like to take extra care not to create any excess damage. 

If you would like to see the results and my over all thoughts on this product, I recommend you watch the application and review video below. If you don't have time to watch it right now, then all I shall say is wow. This product is just as amazing as I thought it would be. 

Just like the highlighting kit, this is a product I will most definitely be using again in the future.

I have since followed up with the blonde shade of my dreams and I honestly don't think I would have managed it without this kit first. If you are looking to dye your hair a pastel or maybe even a crazy colour, this would certainly be a great kit to use before hand. 

The kit is available for light/medium brown hair & medium/dark brown hair.

It sells for £5.99 in boots and you can find it online here, along with the highlighting kit I keep on mentioning. 

If you give this kit a go, please let me know what you think of it. I think it's the perfect product to try if you can't afford a pricey trip to the hairdressers. Just always make sure to read and follow the instructions carefully. 

Hope you guys are well!

Sam

xoxo

Tutorial - Going For Gold bright | cosmetics | eyes | going for gold | gold eyes | inspired | make up academy | makeup | MUA | olympic | palette | tutorial | undressed | whenflowersfall | yellow

Hi my lovelies!
A couple of days ago I posted this tutorial on my youtube channel and I thought I would share it with you guys too!
I absolutely love this look and how it turned out, although I'm not one for bright yellow/gold eyes, I really think this works so, so well.
Below is the image I worked from and I think I got it as spot on as I could have done.

Image - Google
I'm sorry this is up super late, with all the Olympic ceremony fun last night and family visiting today, I had today forgotten that I was meant to get this post up.
Now I'm off to crawl into my pit with a huge food baby and a ridiculous headache.

Hope you guys are having a good weekend! I can't believe that this time next week it'll be August!

Monday Make-up #021 blush professional | bright | colour | cosmetics | elf | eyes | eyeslipsface | hypnose drama | lancome | make up academy | makeup | matte lip colour | mermaid | mermaid eyes | monday | monday makeup | MUA

Hi lovelies!

You probably all noticed that yet again I did not do a MM last week. This is plainly due to the fact that any make-up I had put on my face would have melted off in minutes, hence I didn't really bother, and I'm not too sure how many times you guys would want to see my bare face.

Now the weather is back to its normal English-ness, I present to you my mermaid eyes. This look started off with just some super simple green eyeliner with a bit of a wing. I then grabbed my Blush professional colour palette and just kept adding more and more colours. At first I thought I may have over done it a bit, but looking at these photos I actually falling in love with the bright eye. The mascara I used was Lancome Hypnose Drama in Extreme black.

I kept the lips simple with an ELF matte lip colour in natural and I added some gloss with the MUA love hearts lip balm in Sweet Lips. 

Let me know if you like this look, I may be inclined to film a tutorial for it as soon as my new brushes come. 

W7 The Cheek Of It Blush - Perfect Pink blush | bright | cheap | colour | girly | perfect pink | pigmented | pink | review | the cheek of it | think pink | w7 | when flowers fall | whenflowersfall

Hello Lovelies!!

If you read my last review on the "the cheek of it" blushes, you'll already know I am on the hunt for the three other shades in the collection. 

I came across the shade 'Perfect Pink' in my local factory outlet shop, they suddenly have a complete section with cheaper brands and discontinued lines from other drug store brands. 

In pan the colour is incredibly bright and I even had to question myself on whether I would actually use this blush, but seeing as I really wanted to try the other shades in the collection (and it was only £2) I bought it anyway.

Just as I thought it would be, the colour is very pigmented and very bright. I think it would look amazing sheered out with very simple eyes and lips. I think I'll definitely be using this more in the summer, so it won't get lost in the back of my collection for long.