Review - The Body Shop 'Born Lippy' Lip Balms.

The Body Shop's 'Born Lippy' lip balms. 

Now I have had plenty of these in my lip balm collection over the years and I can honestly say I always forgot about them and probably ended up losing every single one I had! 

However, my mum bought these for me for Christmas in a gift box that was shaped in a lolly (how cute?!) So I have decided to try them all out and share my opinions with you lovelies. I hope you enjoy...

This one has to be my favourite. It is the flavour Raspberry. The scent is quite refreshing and not too sickly. When I put this on my lips it's not 100% in your face and you can't smell it too strongly. I don't think these lip balms are very pigmented but this one just makes your lips a bit more pinker and give them a glossy effect. If you are a fan of subtle raspberry scents & a lip balm that is light on the lip and nothing too vibrant this is probably perfect for you. You can check this product out here. 

 This is the Satsuma Shimmer lip balm. I have to say I thought this was going to be my favourite because I love anything that smells like citrus fruits. I was so disappointed when I took a whiff of this scent. It is way too sickly for me, if I smell it more than like 3 times I begin to feel sick. If you are a fan of super strong citrus scents you might like this but for me, I will be giving this to either my sister or mum! I will say it looks very gentle on the lip even though it does have glitter in. If it was less smelly I would definitely use this. You can check this out here. 

Watermelon is by far the worst one for me. I can actually say I hate the smell of this. It reminds me of when I was younger and I had a sickness bug, but when I was poorly with the bug I wore a watermelon scented lip balm. I seriously think it put me off anything that smells like watermelon for the rest of my life! I haven't actually used this on my lips so I can't tell you how it looks but according to The Body Shop website it claims to leave soft pink colour and glossy finish.

You can probably see someone has been using this but it actually is my mum. She loves it! You can check this out here.

Next up is the Passionberry flavour. This to me just smells like blackcurrant juice. I don't mind this one, I wouldn't pick this one out of the others (excluding watermelon) but I don't mind it. It can become sickly after a little while so I do leave this one out. I thought this would leave a purple tint on my lips but I don't think it does. Maybe if you put loads on it might but I only use small amounts at a time and in my opinion it just leaves a glossy finish, no colour. You can check this out here.

Last but not least... 

This is the flavour Strawberry. I also really love this one. I think I prefer the sweet berry scents, as you can see I have used this one a lot! It is definitely my go to lip pot out of all the others. Again, it isn't sickly, I can apply this 2 or 3 times a day and it doesn't bother me. Yay! This leaves my lips looking lovely and red with a high shine finish which I love. I would recommend this to sweet berry lovers like me. 

Overall, I think some of the Born Lippy lip balm flavours could be made to smell a lot nicer, however some of them smell amazing and leave lips looking wonderful. One thing that bothers me about these products is the texture. I am more of a lipstick girl rather than a lip gloss girl. I don't really like anything sticky on my lips. (I do realise that can be read in the wrong way but I strongly don't mean it to be haha). I think I will only continue using the Strawberry and Raspberry ones and give the others to my sister and mum. They are a great present for somebody if they aren't as fussy as me... Another thing, the price is really good, only £2. 

Thank you so much for reading guys, 

What's your opinion on Born Lippy lip balms? 

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Love, Melissa Victoria x

What's In My January Make Up Bag

Hey guys, today I am doing a beauty post for you! As you can probably tell by the title this is my January make up bag contents. New year, new face is my motto. Hope you enjoy... 

The make up bag itself was actually a Christmas present from my dad (obviously) from Victoria's Secret. I must say when you work for VS you see so many products you want that when you get home that is all you can talk about, when I first saw this I loved it and mentioned to my family that I would like it. This is a limited addition make up case as it is a fashion show product so they are only around for a limited period of time. I am lucky I got first dibs!

Bourjois Volume 1 Seconde Mascara - This mascara I have to say has been in my make up bag since I started blogging last year. It is by far my favourite mascara and believe me, I have tried many!

My eyelash curlers are actually from Primark for £1 and they are also the best I have ever owned. 

Sleek Brow Kit in Light - Again, this has been in my make up bag since I started blogging, but what can I say? It is such a great eyebrow kit and has lasted for ages! You seriously can't go wrong it keeps my eyebrows looking fuller, shaped and darker throughout the day.

Now, some new additions to my new make up bag -

MAC lipstick in 'Girl About Town' and Kiko lipstick in the colour 515 'Orchid'

These lipsticks in my opinion are the best sort of shades to kick start a new year. We are still in Winter and these darker shades of purple and pink are just right. 

Swatches - 

Top - MAC Girl About Town

Bottom - Kiko Orchid

L'Oreal Super Liner 'Perfect Slim' (full review here) and Rimmel Kohl Eye Pencil -

The L'Oreal Super Liner is my ultimate eye liner. I adore this product and this will be in my make up bag forever! It creates the perfect cat eye for day and night time. 

I only use the Rimmel Kohl Eye Pencil if I am going to a special dinner with family or friends. Throughout the day I don't really use it as I think it can make my make up look a bit to heavy. However, at night time it gives a little something extra. 

Rimmel 'Wake Me Up' Concealer in Soft Beige and Collection Cover Up Stick in Light and finally Simple Kind To Eyes Corrector Pen -

For the Rimmel Wake Me Up concealer I don't use this everyday nor the Collection cover up stick. I only use concealers if I really feel I have to. For example, I had to work New Years Day this year and after New Years Eve, using concealer is a necessity haha!

A new product to my January Make Up bag, the Simple Corrector Pen. I absolutely love this product as any mistakes I make with my make up, for example if I go a little to high with my cat eye flick this simply wipes it away and basically corrects it! It is seriously a gift from god.

That has brought you to the end of this blog post...

I really hope you enjoyed this post and has given you some ideas for the perfect face this month! 

Please don't forget to follow me on all my social media links which are located on my side bar. 

Have you got anything new in your January Make Up Bag? Feel free to leave comments! 

Love, Melissa Victoria x

L'Oreal Super Liner 'Perfect Slim' - Review

Hey guys! So I think I should update you on why I haven't been posting for a whole month... basically my old Sony laptop decided to break on me so I was left without any laptop for around 3 weeks. Lucky enough my family decided to get a MacBook Pro as they were getting annoyed with my old Sony laptop breaking. Therefore, I am back and now with a MacBook Pro... Yay! 

Today, I am going to kick off my blog with a review.

The product I am going to review as you have probably seen by the title of this blog post is the L'Oreal Super Liner in the colour 'black intense'.

Over the last month I have been using this product religiously. I love it. I have been looking for a really great eyeliner pen for absolutely ages, I think I have tried nearly every drugstore liquid liner but this one is by far the best. 

It has a really good quality nib which can make different sized lines on top of your eye to make a cat eye or just to give the eye more definition. 

This product is really easy to use for eyeliner beginners and it even makes it easier for people who are brave enough to attempt the cat eye effect. Coming from me who really is useless at doing flicks I have found this is the perfect one to make them look perfect (almost). 

I do know some liquid / pen eyeliners can make the skin around the eye sting but honestly this is amazing. It glides over the eye smoothly with no trouble at all. I am definitely going to be re-purchasing this product over and over, also I used to think L'Oreal products could be quite pricy but this eyeliner wasn't too bad, I believe it was around £6.99.  

Links to the product mentioned - Click here

I recommend this product to every girl who struggles with creating the perfect cat eye effect. It works wonders. 

That is the end of this post, I hope you enjoyed it guys, 

Thank you for reading, 

Love, Melissa Victoria x

August favourites.

Hi guys, today I am going to be blogging about things I had been loving in the month of August. Otherwise known as my August favourites! 

Overview of the things I have been loving!

I am going to be starting off with my make up/beauty favorites. So number one, I have been absolutely obsessed with this concealer from Rimmel London. It is the Rimmel 'Wake me Up' concealer in the shade 040 Soft Beige. A quick swatch picture coming up.. 

I know I have said in My everyday make up routine post that I don't wear foundation or concealer. However, recently I have been developing dark under eye circles which are a real pain in the butt! So I explored all the different ways of getting rid of them including putting cucumber on my eyes but none of them worked. I came upon the last solution which of course was wearing concealer, I really did not want to start using concealer but that has now changed! It has done me proud, I just simply dab a bit under my eyes and smoothly rub it in with the tip of my finger and they disappear, it's like magic!  I would recommend this concealer to every girl who suffers from bags. 

The next thing I had been loving in August was this chubby stick from Rimmel London also! It is the 'Rimmel Lasting Colour Rush' in the shade 600 I'm on fire. A quick swatch of this product.. 

Personally, I think this colour is great for summer. It will brighten up your face no matter what, even if you aren't going out anywhere special and just popping to the shops, simply apply this and you are ready to go! Plus, I don't know if they all do, but this one smells amazing!

Sticking with my beauty favourites, I am going to be doing a 'Perfume of the month' and a 'Nail colour of the month'. So to start off, my perfume of the month is the Marc Jacobs - Eau So Fresh. I have mentioned this perfume in some of my posts before including my 'First ever haul blog post!' I used this every single day in August and I am still incredibly in love with it! 

I do realise this perfume is on the pricey side, but I can honestly say it smells amazing and brightens up your day! 

Now on to my favourite nail colour of the month... It has to be Barry M in the colour 'Mango'. Usually, I am not a fan of orange coloured nail polish's as I have very pale skin and it washes me out. However, as I had been in Italy for 2 weeks I actually had a tan in August so this colour was perfect. I do currently have this colour on my nails so here is a picture of it on... 

It definitely is a summer colour, but I know it is getting into the colder seasons so maybe keep this for a sunny week!

For the last product in the beauty category, in August I really enjoyed using the Simple 'Kind to Skin' cleansing face wipes. 

I have very dry skin and especially on my eyes. I have been searching for the right facial wipes for months until I came across these ones. I used these every day in August and I saw a big difference in my skin. I will say at the start of this month I have found a new love for the L'oreal face wipes so I will be sure to mention those in my September favourites. 

Moving onto my non-beauty favourites... I will start off with my favourite book in August. The book I loved is 'A Gift to Remember' by Melissa Hill. 

I started reading this book during my holiday in Italy. I instantly got addicted to it and simply just could not put it down! I would recommend this to every teenage girl who likes romance and just girly books in general. 

Now for TV series/films. Oh lordy... before I start on this, I will warn you I have been staying up until 2:00 am every night watching these box sets and I am ridiculously addicted.

 The Vampire Diaries. In August I have been obsessed with The Vampire Diaries, I can honestly say, when I was on holiday I had withdrawal symptoms from it. I am in love with all the male characters, especially Ian Somerhalder who plays Damon Salvatore. Anyhow, that is my TV series/film favourite of the month. In one month me and my mum have gone through 3 seasons each with 23 episodes. That says it all really doesn't it! Some of the episodes do scare me but nothing major! So I would recommend them to anyone who is a Twilight fan and is 15 and over. 

That guys is the end of my August Favourites, I am thinking of doing a September/Autumn look book and show you outfits that I will be wearing this month. 

I hope you enjoyed finding out what I had been loving August and stay tuned for my next blog which I think is going to be an Autumn inspired haul! 

Thank you for reading guys!

Love, Melissa Victoria x