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What I bought from Wish

Hey guys,

I'm back with another blog post (I swear I'm doing an intro for Youtube or something. I never know how to start a blog post so a 'hey' seems comfortable to me.) 

I felt like I needed to explain that because if it's bugging me slightly maybe it is to everyone else who reads my content. Who knows.

Anyway....

I don't know if everybody has heard of Wish but basically they are this shopping app where you can buy a ton of different stuff (Clothes, makeup, tools, etc) and a lot of products you get dirt cheap or just pay postage costs for. It's a safe site; You can pay through PayPal (I find this a must for me when purchasing to be honest) and it's straight forward to navigate the app too.

Wish is pretty much like Aliexpress and Alibaba in terms of quality and prices. You get what you pay for and sometimes you get lucky and get an absolute steal and other times you don't. But it's fun to have a browse and pay a few pounds for some stuff to try out. 

So I purchased a total of seven things from Wish which cost me a total of £7.80. The postage cost me an additional £7 as the items were from individual sellers but it was still pretty darn cheap. 

I tried to look for just beauty related products and they had a heck load of makeup but I just wasn't comfortable with purchasing anything like that as they seemed to have a lot of fake makeup on the site and I'm just not comfortable with trying out fake makeup. I have nothing against those who know what the risks are and choose to use fake makeup but it's not something I would want to do and certainly not put that out there on my social media and blog.

So, yeah, it was quite hard to find products that weren't actual makeup items but I managed to find a few things and did have to buy some other random bits too.

I got myself a pack of beauty blending sponges. These came in a pack of four. These cost me £1.

I also got myself a powder brush. It's a big brush with a gold handle. It feels pretty sturdy and the bristles are really soft but for the price it is pretty flimsy. The bristles are that is. It also cost me £1.

I also got some of these shadow shields for your eyes. I'm pretty crap at eyeshadow but am learning and these seem to be handy to use, especially to catch fall out from products and to help with blending as I'm not the best at adding dark colours to the outer corner of my eyes and blending it out so I'm going to start using these to practice with. These also cost me £1 for a pack of 30.

Another product I purchased was a heart shape sponge which is supposedly meant to remove hair from your body. I tried this out and it's an absolute waste of time. It does absolutely nothing. This only cost me £1 too.

These were pretty much the only beauty related products I could find at the time on the app. 

I purchased this surprise box thingy which you get a surprise necklace. I wasn't expecting much for £0.95 but this came. Ummm, I would never wear anything like this, regardless of whether I'm into that kind of thing. It's just not me. For £0.95 I really can't say much. It would have been nice to have got something else but oh well.

Another item I got was this cute scented candle. It doesn't actually smell nice at all but it's a really gorgeous design and they have loads of different ones. They were advertised as bigger on the app and are about the size of a lighter but the candle is still really pretty. It also cost me £0.95.

The last thing I got (and which is probably my absolute favourite thing I bought) is a cute storage basket/box. They have loads and loads of different colours to choose from and I really love this pastel green colour. The lid does seem to be a slightly different colour but it's still really pretty. The basket cost me £1.90.

So that is everything I purchased which they are not all that bad for the price and then of course some things are just an absolute waste of space. As I said though, you really do get what you pay for and for the price it's fun to try stuff out. I could have made this more interesting if I purchased a load of makeup but I'm just not into the whole fake makeup thing.

If you have purchased off Wish let me know what your experience was and what stuff you got. 

And if you read my blog posts frequently please say hello as I don't actually know if anybody is reading much of my stuff and how accurate my stats are. I would really appreciate that.

♥️

Glossybox unboxing - April 2018 UK box

Hey everyone,

I'm back with another Glossybox (April's box) unboxing post.

I'll just start by saying I was really pleased with how quickly I received this months box. If you read my last Glossybox post on March's box then you'll know I didn't rate the box all that well. From a late delivery, no dispatch email being sent, to repeat products and bad smelling products, I wasn't that impressed.

I will mention that the information card (On what products you get in your box) makes perfect sense too. As one of the boxes previously there was a lot of confusion  caused on how many products, and what products, you should have received. This is what the product card shows by the way. 

So I'll just say a little about Glossybox again. The box costs £10 with £3.25 postage and you always get five products with three usually being full sized. There are different subscriptions you can choose from as well.

Anyway, so

The first product in the box is an 'Unicorn Marshmallow Foamburst' by Imperial Leather. It's a limited edition body wash  infused with marshmallow extract.

I know some people have been really bummed about receiving this product just because of the retail price and because it's usually easy to get in most supermarkets and drugstores. I'm obsessed with shower gels and love trying new ones out but sometimes I can tend to use the same product all the time (Habit and all that) and usually end up buying the same shower gel every time I run out so getting a different one in my Glossybox is always exciting.

The second product in the box is a 'Fat liquid eyeliner' by Eyeko London.

To be honest I'm not really a fan of eyeliner and I know I received an eyeliner in a box previously so I may just give this one away to a friend or family.

The third product I received was a 'Matt effect transparent loose rice powder' by Affect Cosmetics. It says it's a combination of mica and rice starch which gives a perfect matte finish.

I'm really glad I received this product just because I've been meaning to buy a new setting powder after the one I had was, well, shit so I'm really looking forward to trying this.

The fourth product in the box was an 'Angled brush' by Glossybox themselves.

I never find I have too many brushes so I'm always happy to get a new brush and I'm looking forward to trying a Glossybox product too.

The final product is a 'Baked blush - Light Beige' by Karl Lagerfield + Modelco. It says the luxurious pressed powder and micronized colour pigments deliver a sheer, natural radiance that lasts all days.

I absolutely love this blush. It's a really gorgeous subtle pink blush and doesn't look chalky or glittery. I think it'll look really pretty as a highlighter. I'm excited to try it out.

Here are the five products with their Rrp.

1. Unicorn Marshmallow Foamburst - Limited Edition - Imperial Leather - Rrp £3.15 - FULL SIZE

2. Fat liquid eyeliner - Eyeko London -Rrp £16 - FULL SIZE

3. Matt effect transparent loose rice powder - Affect Cosmetics - Rrp £9.35 - FULL SIZE

4. Angled brush - Glossybox - Rrp £5.50 - FULL SIZE

5. Baked blush - Light Beige - Karl Lagerfield + Modelco - Rrp Launch date yet to be released

I'm really happy with this months box. Apart from the eyeliner which I'm not too keen on I'm really happy with the products I have received and am really looking forward to trying each product out. 

If you have received this box let me know what you think.

♡♡

Korean Foundation Series - Reviewing Etude House Double Lasting Foundation

Happy Easter everybody

I'm back with another blog post on (And my last) the Korean Foundation Series. This week I've been trying another foundation from the brand Etude House. If you read my Korean Foundation Series posts then you know I tested out their play 101 stick previously. This is their Double Lasting (liquid) foundation which supposedly is a dupe for the Estee Lauder Double Wear foundation.

*Just to say this is not a claim made by Etude House but rather by those who have also reviewed the foundation.*

*Credit from Google images.*

Like every foundation I test out, I always wear it for at least a week if I can just so I can really try out the product. I also always 

prime one side of my face and leave the other side unprimed to see if it makes a difference with how the foundation sits. I also always try to wear the foundation for a minimum of 6 hours as well, and I usually like to try a beauty sponge and a brush to see if there is also a difference in the application by which tool you use. And finally, I also use a setting spray and try to miss one day without it to see if that also makes a difference.

You can also buy this foundation directly from the Etude House website and they do have a guide on how to find the right shade for you. Usually I buy the full size product of a foundation when I try it out just because that's what is always available but I was lucky to purchase samples of different shades because I wasn't sure on which shade I was so I haven't got the full sized product myself.

Anyway,

So a little about the foundation - it boasts a 24 hour lasting power. Though to be fair nobody is going to wear foundation straight for 24 hours so I don't know if their statement is true. But I'm assuming they mean it will last a long time with little change from the beginning of wear?

The foundation is also a spf34. The product comes in a glass bottle and you get 30g of foundation. The foundation is full coverage and they say the foundation provides the same coverage as 'double coats of a normal foundation with a single application.'

I definitely found this was a full coverage foundation and honestly a tiny tiny amount went such a long way. It did so good at covering my redness and scarring but not so great on some of my breakouts so I did apply another layer which definitely concealed my breakouts better.

The foundation does have a strong perfume smell which I found smelt really good. However, I know some people are really sensitive to perfumed foundations so this might not be for those of you who don't like that kind of foundation.

The double lasting foundation has supposedly a magnet fit effect and adheres to the skin without looking heavy or cakey.

I agree it felt very light weight on the skin but it definitely went really cakey. I've said probably in nearly every Korean Foundation Series post I have done, most of the Korean Foundations I have tried really aren't good for dry and dehydrated skin and I have found with my own reviews, it really doesn't matter how well you exfoliate and moisturise it's not the best for certain skin types.

As for how well the Double Lasting Foundation lasted? Well pretty good actually. If it wasn't for going cakey it would probably look pretty damn flawless, say, eight hours later. Places where it didn't go cakey on my face it looked pretty damn amazing that period of time later on.

I've tried the Estee Lauder Double Wear foundation before and I probably wouldn't say this is a dupe. It definitely didn't act the same as the Double Wear foundation does on my skin but I will agree there was some similarities in the coverage and texture.

I also should mention that I noticed no difference in the primed and unprimed side of my face nor with using the setting spray and without. I've found this to be common in the Korean foundations I have been reviewing so I don't know if it's the products I am trying out or the type of foundations I am reviewing.

I also found a foundation brush applied the foundation better.

The shades I tried was No2 Pure which is a neutral shade. I tested this one out first which was slightly too pink so tried PO3 in the shade Light Vanilla which is a pink base. This did seem to match better but was still slightly pale.

If you've tried this foundation before let me know what you thought of it.