And on Serene Beauty today....

Yep, I'm advertising my other blog :P But I'm doing a series of posts in the next month with my favourite products and you can ask me about them ect ect.....It's called I love my.... and here is a preview of the first one.

"This is our new feature, I love my... run by Beth. Each week, we will show you our favourites out of a category. In the coming weeks, we will be doing:
Haircare
Skin treats
Bath favourites
And much much more!
Now this week I will be showing you my favourite everyday skincare products, yes I am a bit of a Clinique girl but Bliss is my other cult brand! To see the picture, just double click on it and I have labeled them and added the prices. If you've been wanting to try anything or find out how good it is, just drop me a comment and I'll do a review feature within the week (hopefully) to give you an idea of weather it's for you or not. And if there's anything that you're not too sure about, just ask and I'll answer any questions about it! Enjoy my I love....My skincare products!"

There's your preview, it doesn't matter where you reply (if you do) but I have got my next ones ready and waiting to be posted but I will make it a weekly or more often thing.

Serene beauty blog!

This is mine and my best friends beuty blog, dedicated to beauty. We'll be getting it sorted a bit better soon hopfully. It'll have review videos and makeup tutorials and lots of other beauty goodies! Check it out at http://www.serenebeautyblog.blogspot.com/!! That's

us above, and I'm on the right, Emilys on the left :D

Dior Gloss Show

Who can resist a trip to the beauty counters in Debenhams? Me neither! I was there yesterday and whilst I knew I didn't need anything, I just had to buy something! Has it become and addiction, buying from these designer makeup counters? Yes it has. I am a Dior lover, clothes and makeup and having succumbed to the cult of Dior show mascara and loved it, there was no harm in trying some other Dior backstage makeup. I found this in the sale , nothing wrong with it, just in the sale. It was £12 down from £17 and it is the Dior Gloss show lip gloss. It has an amazing amount of holographic glitter in it which is not grainy at all. I chose the lighter colour, Alessandra mauve over the more bright colours. Now don't take one look in the pot and say no. They look much less strong and pigmented colour on the lips than they do in the pot. Mine appears as a pink/purple with silver glitter flecks in it. These don't look super wet glossy on the lips, but the glitter does all the work. For an even more spectacular effect, I added a Lancome Juicy Tube over the top of this which made it wet look glittery gloss. Get your own here!

Lancome Baragin!

We all Love Lancome, yes, no? Well I do for sure, I'm a Lancome customer constantly and have over £170 worth of their cosmetics. One thing that I've found in the past years ladies is that you can't go wrong with a Lancome mascara. 1. Pick up any Lancome mascara 2. Try it on 3. Be wowed.

So yesterday whilst in Boots, I saw that Lancome was having a sale with all its giftsets, I picked up the L'extreme one and bbought it for £12! In a giftset when the mascara is £18.50 alone! I would have got Hypnose or Virtuose but they didn't have any. Now this is a fantastic mascara. Not as much volume as Hynose and not as much curl as Virtuose but great for £12.50! I'm off shopping tomorrow to search for a hypnose one!

New feature:Advent calendar beauty!

I saw a similar idea on Kiss and makeup before and thought how good it was! This is simply a countdown to Christmas with this seasons hottest beauty finds! We're on the 4th now and from here we will begin, think of how fast Christmas will be here with all of these beauty products whizzing past day by day!

4th December...
Todays fantastic item is Too Faced's Fantastic Plastic collection! It is..

Plastic fantastic surgery alternative by Too Faced
Lash injection mascara; for a dramatic false lash look
Wrinkle Injection; a silicone-based primer to fill in wrinkles. Lip injection; increases circulation for a super gloss pout.

All packaged in a super cute pink Too Faced box. This present would make a lovely stocking filler for a lady in the family, maybe even a teenage neice. I do love the lip plumper and have heard rave reviews of the mascara so this would be a fantasticc set for me. hehe
Come back tommorrow to see what the next beauty item is.

Clinique superbalm-mango tint

I finally went for it. After months of debating weather to get this so called super-product, I gave in and bought some...
Price: I got two 5ml ones for £3.70 on ebay which I think is fantastic value because from Clinique counters, it's £10 for a 10ml tube.

Packaging:The packaging is just a clear tube with a slanted applicator. I find these hygenic and compact without hacing to add a lip brush ect. into your bag. The clear tube with classic Clinique C on it looks simple and classy and also helps you see the colour from the outside. I found the tube hard to squeeze product out which I don't normally find with lipglosses.

Texture:The texture of this gloss/balm feels a lot more like a gloss than a balm when applied to your lips. It feels cushiony and soft when you rub your lips together. The lipgloss doesn't dry out fast on your lips and feels "there" and really glossy for about 2 hours. It ddoes fade after about 4 hours of wear but doesn't leave dead bits of skin on your lips, they just feel very soft.

Colour: The colour in the tube is an orange colour that you wouldn't choose normally and would be scared to put on your lips!But it just goes on looking clear/peachy and enhancing the natural colour of your lips.
I will re-purchase because it's not as sticky as Lancome JT's but has just as much staying power and feels 10x better on your lips. Overall. 10/10 (yes I know I've given everything I've reviewed high scores, I've just got lucky in choosing good makeup/haircare/bath stuff) My new Holy Grail lipgloss which is moisturizing, cheap and clossy oh and non sticky!!

Estee Lauder gift time at Selfridges & co

Yes it's that time of the year, back to school, back to work and skin back to its normal washed out colour. All the beauty counters luring us in with "that just back from holiday skin" or "new autumn colours" buy two and get free products offer. Well me being on Selfridges mailing list, I get all the offers before they are out (and this is out already because my mail bx has been left closed for a while) and this is one to watch out for.

Buy two products, one of them being a skincare one and get this bag full of all its goodies free. I have to admit, I'm a sucker for these types of offers. But having just bought some Clinique moisturizer, this will be an offer I'm (sadly) left out of...

Get your Free Gift with two or more Estèe Lauder purchases, one to be skincare, exclusively at Selfridges. Available from 16 August to 1 September.

Make this your season to shine with today’s most wanted colours, skincare you love and more. Transform your skin with the absolute luxury of Re-Nutriv.

Ultimate Lifting Creme (7-day supply) and Re-Nutriv Hydrating Cleanser. Then, design one look after another with a full-size Pure Color Crystal Gloss, a compact of 4 Pure Color EyeShadows and a limited edition MagnaScopic Mascara and Lash Primer Plus Duo. An elegant tote and matching cosmetic bag complete this fabulous gift.

One gift per customer, while stocks last.

Bliss Ray of hope. The magical slimming suncream!

Bliss have their first ever online sale today! a 48 hour sale... So me who loves a bargain, browses through the website to find this. A suncream that makes you look slimmer? Yes a slimming suncream and It's up for grabs at £15 instead of the usual £25.

Bliss themselves describe it as "Want the ‘outside’ skinny? This new water-resistant broad spectrum sunscreen actually helps you fight fat while lying on the beach! With exclusive sun-activated spheres that release fat-attacking caffeine molecules when you need them most— while bearing the better part of your birthday suit in the sun—in a non-greasy spray formula of hydrating antioxidants and aloe. " So slap on your factor 20, look slim and prevent those sun induced wrinkles. In a handy spray bottle, this will also help provide a more even coverage. Take a closer look here.

Sally Hansen-Diamond Strength Diamond Shine Top + BasE coat

How many years has Sally Hansen been around for now? Is it a brand old enough to be called retro or vintage? I sure think it is. Today I walked into TJHughes and saw a box of Sally Hansen nail products, needing a top coat I picked up a Sally Hansen one (for name see title). Its claims seem to be everything I've dreamed of! 10 days of chip free polish.. You heard right 10 days!!! It costs about £8 in boots and I got it for £1.50 which is a great price to try a product at.

Well today I used it as a base coat then put on 2 coats of Nails inc. orange (thanks Madoka for showing us orange can look great!) coloured nail polish which goes by the name of Malibu. Then sealed it with 2 coats of the diamond strength stuff. I can see one result already, it intensifies the nail colour making it look more vibrant and fresh. Get it from here.

I'll report back when my manicure is taken off to see if this is a really worthy buy.

Fi from SFF gave me an idea today, this quiz was great to take and after trying different combinations of answers, I realised that there were loads of wacky results, but this was the real one for me! Try it and post your results here, see if your makeup style is like mine!

Your Makeup Look Is

Pale Lips with Big Eyes A little classic, a little retro - you look fantastic in this high fashion look.

What's" Your Signature Makeup Look?

The Body Shop Body Butters and Scrubs *2 for £20

The Body shop is a natural, colourful shop with smells that nearly knock you flying as you enter through the door. It has been open for years with products that are a firm favourite with all the family.
At the moment, one of my favourite Body shop products is the ever famous Body Butter in the smell Shea. It's rich, thick and comforting to put on as a bedtime lotion. If you are not one to go for thick textured body products, this isn't the one for you but it's packed full of natural ingredients to help nourish and moisturize your skin, leaving it silky smooth for up to 24 hours.
Get yours now whilst it is on offer at 2 for £20 instead of £12 each. And with the body butter and the body scrub in the offer, your skin will be the smoothest it's ever been. But hurry up, the offer ends on 7th August. Buy it here.

Splash vs save

When I flicked through the Avon brochure, my eyes lit up when I saw their Daring Curves mascara. My lashes lack curl and at the time it looked great, £8 for two products when the mascara was £7 on its own! But after looking back on the internet (eBay) I saw pictures of the brush, slightly spirally. Deja-vu struck, where had I seen it before? So I ran to my mascara section of my make-up box and yes! I knew it, I did have a mascara that looked similar. Lancome's Hypnose...

Price:Lancome came in at a shocking £18.50 compared to Avon's £7

Packaging: Both look pretty similar, (Lancome is on the left picture, Avon on the right) with the curved bottles as you can see.

Brush: Again, the brushes are very similar to one-another but Avon's brush is made out of bristles that aren't as soft as the Lancome one.

Application: These mascaras are quite tricky to apply for the first time because the bristles are all different lengths so it feels like they will touch your lid but once you have got used to it, you can master the art of mascara in seconds.

Performance: Now I definately prefer the Lacome one because it doesn't clump and lifts your lashes by about 50% more than the Avon one. I have the lancome one in black and the Avon one in brown so it is unfair to judge on colour but I give...

Lancome:9/10 Avon:5/10

Here are two pictures of me wearing the mascaras,

Lancome on the left and Avon on the right