Hello everyone,

  So recently I purchased Benefit's new Roller Lash Mascara whilst traveling on holiday in duty free, thinking it looks amazing and I've seen great reviews so why the hell not?! Well It certainly didn't disappoint.



As a massive fan of the 'They're Real' mascara making my lashes look incredible their new mascara definitely tops it, making them look insane!





With my lashes being fairly long anyway this mascara works amazingly well for me.   I have been receiving many compliments of family and friends, which is always a good sign.   I honestly can't find any flaws to the Roller Lash mascara...

I find it to last all day on me - and beyond, It's black as black can be, the wand separates lashes just enough with adding a lovely curl without even curling before hand, adding even more length plus 0% fall out onto my skin.   Also strange one, this mascara seems somewhat waterproof, not fully but don't worry ladies enough for a little cry, so let it out and nobody will ever know!



Although this Mascara is a little pricey, you really do get what you are actually paying for here! Amazing product, a well loved and trusted brand, and look at the beautiful packaging (as always with Benefit products) you really can't go wrong! Give it a go and tell me what you think!

Benefit Roller Lash Mascara - £19.50 at Debenhams 

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Hello everyone,

 So for the longest time I have been constantly searching for the perfect purple/pinky lip colour...and I have finally found the one!




MAC Flat Out Fabulous along with MAC Magenta Lip Pencil = utter summer lip perfection without a doubt!

Plum/purple tones work well with the Retro Matte finish of this lipstick and the boldness of the colour.   Also it really seems to suit my skin tones, as I think it would on many others too especially a dark complexion.   Many people have been asking me what I'm wearing and that they love it so much, compliments are always good things!   This lipstick is also very opaque so often only one coat is needed which is brilliant for my purse to hear.   With the colour pay off being ever so great, you'll never get lost with this lipstick on!




The colour match of the Lip Liner is also almost identical.   A Lip Liner is for sure needed with this Lipstick, great staying power, however it is matte so obviously it has the tendency to bleed...never a great look.   And being such a vivid colour that you can't miss in a hurry, I wouldn't recommend risking no Lip Liner.




Especially for the summer this is perfect, with a dramatic winged eyeliner to go with the 'Matte Retro' theme, and extra long lashes.   The lasting power is 10x better with the Lip Liner added underneath, but only a few hours extra so obviously every time you eat/drink etc check and top up.




Overall I am completely in love with the look this lip combo gives me, please comment below if you know of anymore purple lip shades I may like!

Lip Liner - Magenta - £12.50
Lipstick - Flat Out Fabulous - £15.50      current prices at Selfridges
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Love Abbey xxx
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Hey everyone,

So I recently came back from my holiday in Fuerteventura, here are a few coastal photos from my day at the beautiful beach...



The sand was perfect, am I the only one who likes the feeling of sand in-between my toes? Im such a beach bum at heart.

Hello everyone,

So today I'm going to share with you my most memorable and treasured perfume, that I will probably keep in my collection forever.   Dun...dun...dun...which is my beloved Flora by Gucci in the scent Gorgeous Gardenia!

Lets just take a moment to appreciate how pretty it looks...

Hey everyone,

Now I love nail polish, like I have a serious addiction and have waaaay too many! but there's always room for more haha! So I thought I'd share with you my top 5 summer picks...

My Five summer picks every swatch is at the bottom of this post

My personal fav to start off with is the Leighton Denny I love Juicy, which is the perfect summer shade, not at all neon but just bright enough.   This also looks great with a tan.   Not at all shimmery, the perfect redish-pink that everyone should own! I am a big fan of the Leighton Denny formula's because the are so amazing quick drying, no chipping, sooooo shiny even without a top coat definitely high performance and I recommend.



My next pick works so well over the 'I Love Juicy' shade as well as on its own, and it's Ciate' Pinkaboo.   I would describe this as shimmery holographic pink confetti-ness, so special and rare that it was my holiday toe nails for this summer.   Again I very good staying and only needs 1 coat.   Plus who doesn't love a Ciate' bottle?



My first pastel/nude pick is Essie's Fiji, which also looks amazing with a tan on holiday! However the only problem I have is the formula, now I haven't tried any other Essie shades but the formula of this one is quite bad...but the colour definitely makes up for it! It's like a muted strawberry milkshake colour.   It needs a least 3 coats maybe 4 which is quite bad for a higher drugstore nail polish being quite thick so with the 3 coats can often look clumpy and nasty.   But apart from that amazing!



My 4th pick is another nude however this time an incredible formula being the Nails Inc Sau Paulo Streets which is a collab with InStyle magazine, so if you can get your hands on this special definitely snap it up!   Such a stunning colour that you will always look put together with and effortless.   It's an all seasons shade.   The formula as I said is incredible and lasts for miles longer than 7 days, and with only 1 coat is wow just wow.



I have saved another fav for last, being Barry M Hi Shine in Blueberry.   THE ultimate sky blue polish, which I think I may over wear but heeeey its pretty so its an excuse haha!   Also the price makes me very happy and I can use it and know if it runs out I can easy repurchase it.   But the Barry M has a great colour range including glitters, matte's, shimmers, sand effects, metallic's, hi shine and the norms.   Staying power is awesome very similar formula to the Nails Inc polishes, so you can't go wrong really.

swatches of every colour, all very unique!

Love Abbey
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So today I thought I'd share with you three of my best dupes that I have in my collection right now...


Also Technic's High Lights Liquid Highlighter being a dupe for Benefit's High beam face Highlighter.

Then last but not least The Body Shop 02 eye-shadow, being a pretty close dupe for MAC's Nylon eye-shadow.

So to start off with The 'Look Beauty cheeky trio palette'.   I picked this up before jetting off to spain in February as I wanted to keep the amount of makeup I was travelling with very light, and this being the perfect handbag size was right up my street! I picked up the shade Peach Melba suggested for medium skin tones, and I have to say all the shades are very pigmented.   The trio includes a Matte contour shade, a rosey gold ish shimmery blush (but not too shimmery) and a beautiful highlighter shade.   Now a matte bronzer is often hard to find in the drugstore but I definitely recommend this.   Now onto the dupe, The urban decay naked flushed palette in the shade 'streak' costing £22 and the look beauty palette costing me £3 massive bargain.

sorry that they are not perfect, I have been using it.

It also gives a fool proof of 'how to' on the back if your new to makeup.

The only problem is I think this product has been discontinued since February, therefore I could only find this one for £12 available from superdrug.

not sure why I swatched it twice!

still in the old packaging

      

also not sure why it doesn't have a name?

However the only similar colour I could find on their website was 101 golden girl which I hope is almost the same as I haven't tried and tested their new eye-shadow range.

Hey everyone,

I've been using this product for about 3 weeks now and I am really loving it so far.   I wanted to try this product as soon as Ingrid aka missglamorazzi mentioned it in one of her videos as she too has oily skin.   Now when I say I have oily skin I mean really oily and I've never understood why? Therefore I thought this would be my miracle product, so when I recently went on holiday I picked it up in World Duty Free.

The packaging feels very substantial, looks like glass however I think its just cloudy hard plastic.   I also love this due to the fact that it has a pump, so it distributes all the product you need and has a stopper so you will never waste product.   One pump will easily do your whole face.   The pump also locks which is great for traveling.



Next we have the luxurious scent, now I know some people don't like scented face products but you will love this! It is very fresh with a hint of lemon due to the lemon extracts and angelica.   The consistency is a matte cloudy cream formula.

I have found that it works okay for me, not brilliantly but nothing does on my skin so that was kinda expected, although if you find you just have a very oily T zone it would work amazingly with you.   You can apply this as a moisturizer, a face mask or a primer.   In the mornings I opt for the primer but sometimes I will use it as a leave on overnight face mask if I have had a particularly 'shiny' day. I found that if I apply it around 9am I have to again powder at 12pm.   It is very mosturizing and not at all drying on my skin, so it doesn't stick to any dry areas (if any haha!).

In the bottle you recieve 50ml of product which would easily last you a while,
I think this product is a must for summer and I have definently found my BB cream to last longer.
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love Abbey x
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