Review: Collection 2000 Lasting Perfection Foundation

Last week, I drove up to visit the ever so lovely Shen, and of course we only had one thing on our agenda. Shopping. Whilst out Shen mentioned she wanted to try the Collection 2000 Lasting Perfection foundation, and I thought, hey I'll try it out too. (YOLO)

If you read my blog regularly, you may already know that I am after a long wearing foundation that stays in place all day, so I was interested to see if it lived up to the 16 hour wear claims.

I really like the packaging of this bottle. It feels like frosted glass and a pump is always good in my books. One thing I don't like is that there was no seal around it, and many of the bottles had already been used, so be careful with that.

Nothing // Just the foundation

The colour match is pretty accurate for a high street (drugstore) foundation (there are six shades to choose from), and the coverage is very much medium-high. 

Now I wasn't a massive fan of the concealer, but this foundation impressed me. I wouldn't say its my favourite ever one, but it is pretty good. I didn't feel the need to powder up my skin, but after a few hours I noticed my skin got a bit greasy round my T-Zone.

I wouldn't recommend to for dry skin as it did cling to ceartain dry areas of my face, and started collecting ever so slightly.

It lasted pretty well, but not amazingly, considering I only had it on for around 7-8 hours.

Overall I'm impressed, but not blown away with this foundation. Maybe it will be a grower, but it won't be a negative item in my collection.

Have you tried this? What do you think?

Laura xoxo

Throwback Thursday: Collection (2000) Mosaic Glow

Today's throwback Thursday is focused on this product from Collection (2000.) It is their Mosaic glow which is a cross between a highlighter and a bronzer.

As you can see it is a golden colour with some shimmer in it. I think it is perfect for a slight contour and gives a nice warm glow.

It is a shame that it is now going into winter as it gives the perfect golden glow.


Have you used this product?

Laura xoxo

Porefesional - Worth the Hype?

If you read my post yesterday, then you will know that, although I think the Porfessional from Benefit is good, it is just not worth the money. I also said that I found something that I think works just as well, and thought I'd share this post with you today, as I didn't really wear anything worth showing you this week, and many of you said that you would like to see this post.

Now, I don't know if this sounds stupid, now that I'm showing you, but I find this much more cost effective than the Porefessional, so thought what the heck! 

At the same time as purchasing the Porefessional for my Worth the Hype post, I also bought the much spoke about Collection (2000) Lasting Perfection concealer. Now, for spots, this really did not blow me away at all, and I hated it for under the eyes. But I refused to give up on it. I remember reading or hearing somewhere, that is is great for filling in pores, so one morning, before applying foundation I patted it into the pores around my nose and it filled them perfectly.

Collection + Primer // Porefessional

I did this on top of concealer, then one morning thought, I wonder what would happen if I mixed the two together, and lo and behold, it made the same sort of paste as the Porefessional. It is slightly thicker, but the idea is still the same. I think any primer/concealer formula would work the same. I like mixing it on my hand and applying it with the Real Techniques (surprise, surprise) Foundation Brush from The Core Collection.

(These aren't the best pictures, but you get the idea. I couldn't find the right light to really capture it)

As you can see, the effect is pretty much identical, and this is a whole £10 cheaper.

So I'm not necessarily against the Porefessional, but just don't find it worth the money, and definitely think this is much better.

What do you think? Am I mental, or have I found a winner?

Laura xoxo

New FOTD

I've had a lot of different ideas of what to title this post, lazy day face, new face or everyday face. But it's not exactly something I do when feeling lazy, I don't have an 'everyday' face, so new face it was. My spending ban has been well and truly broken, and I wanted to show you some new products I have. Quite a lot of them have already been reviewed by lots of people so I thought I would just show you them in a FOTD.

So a mixture of old and new products, and I thought I would give a quick review of new products I'm trying:

MUA BB in Light - I bought this because I had read quite a lot of positive things about it, and it was only £3 (such good value!!) It doesn't give me enough coverage to wear it daily by itself, but I love using it as a primer, it really evens out my skin tone, and helps my foundations blend in and look more natural. For a more in-depth review check out Zoe's!

No7 Vital Enlightening Highlighter Powder - I love this product! I am so glad I bought it. It was the last one left and I got it for around £8 I think as I used my No.7 voucher, but would happily pay the £13 for it. It is such a lovely creamy powder, and a gorgeous golden tone to it, rather than a pinky tone that quite a lot of powder highlighters have. Hollie's review is really good!

Maybelline 24 Hour Tattoo - 35 - On and on Bronze - I don't need to say much more than, these bad boys are worth the hype! Check out Lily's review and Sophie's too!

Gosh Eyeliner in 015 Pure Natural - I really like having bright, and awake looking eyes, and find that white liner is slightly too obvious and over powering, and have been looking for a flesh toned liner for a while, I then found this. I really like it, I think it really opens up my eyes and as it's waterproof it stays put all day. That my friends, is what the call 'good times.'

Collection 200 Shimmer Shades - 2. Blushalicious - I had seen Lily blog about the bronzer shimmer shades, and then saw this in Boots, and wanted a shimmery blush for summer, it also looks great underneath my Benefit Hervana blusher to make it pop. It has a simple shimmer to it, and think it will give a lovely flush in the summer. 

So here it is on my face:

MUA BB

Bourjois Healthy Mix Foundation

Soap & Glory Trick and Treatment - Under Eyes

Rimmel Hide the Blemish - on Blemishes

Loreal True Match Powder

MUA Eyebrow Pencil

Maybelline Colour Tattoo

MUA Shade 20 eyeshadow - upper lash line

Gosh Eyeliner - Lower Water Line

No.7 Lash Adapt Mascara

Sleek Contour Palette Light - Bronzer as Contour

No.7 Highligther

Collection 2000 Shimer Shades

Belle Lipstick

What do you think of these products? Have you tried any of them?

If you would like more in-depth reviews just let me know!

Laura xoxo

Bonzer: Contouring

When I first started blogging, I did a post on Bronzers. It wasn't the best, I was new to blogging, and bronzers for that matter, however I've decided to re-do that post with my new Bronzer collection, and show you how I use them for contouring.
With all these looks I have used my Real Techniques Contour Brush from The Core Collection.

Bronzer 1: The Bourjois Delice de Poudre (The one that looks like chocolate)

Excuse the annoying hair!

The first with flash, the second without.

I really like this bronzer. It' quite dark in the plan, but I think it gives quite a complimentary tone. It contains a slight, slight glimmer, which only shows in the pan. I really like using this bronzer. It does contain a slight scent, which I'm unsure is breaking me out, however I'm not 100% sure. Really like this bronzer. 

Bronzer 2: Collection 2000 Shimmering Mosaic Glow

You can't really see this bronzer in the picture without flash, which is good as it means that it gives a subtle contour to my cheek, but not too much. This bronzer gives a lovely colour when all mixed together and looks really lovely. It quite an inexpensive product too so definitely worth looking into.

Bronzer 3: Sleek Contour Palette in Light

Again this bronzer is very subtle, and I didn't really like it at first use, however it has really grown on me recently. I really like the slight bronze/shadow effect it can give, without being overpowering. The highlighter it comes with is also really good.

So these are the bronzers I'm using at the moment. When I lift my spending ban I'm definitely going to look into the infamous Laguna and Hoola bronzer. 

Do you use any of these? Any other recommendations?

Laura xoxo

Side note - This video is really helpful for contouring: http://www.youtube.com/user/MakeupByTiffanyD?feature=g-u-u#p/u/10/fmI98U8OiB8