Barry M Matte Nail Paint

Barry M in my option are one of the best brands for nail polish. Their Gelly Shine ones are my favourite for formulation and lasting power so when I saw that they had brought out a collection of matte polishes I grabbed one straight away. These have been out for over a month though before I even noticed them in Boots. They only had a choice of 5 colours - I hope they bring out more. All bar one of the colours weren't something I usually went for, so I decided to just go with what I love and bought the red one in the colour Crush.
I love the matte finish, it looks so sleek and classy. When you first apply the nail polish, it looks really shiny but very quickly dries to a matte finish. I do find that I need two coats of this to get a really good solid colour.

I've worn the polish on both my toes and my finger nails, on my toes its lasted so well - not even a chip and I've had it on for over a week. On my finger nails though, well it doesn't last very well.
I applied it one night before I went to a club with my friends and when I woke up the next morning it was all chipped. I was a little disappointed by this, since I wasn't doing anything excessive. Holding cups and dancing like a loony toon. I think I'm going to need to find myself a good matte top coat, maybe that will help it last longer. Since having to reapply nail polish every day is a bit of a hassle and not really what your wanting.
All in all though, the nail polish is really nice and considering they only cost about £3.99 they are worth trying out.

Have you tried these, how did you get on with them?

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MAC matte lipstick - So Chaud

At the end of August I decided I was going to go into the MAC store and buy myself a lipstick. Although I do already have a MAC lipstick, I'm pretty sure it is a fake, that's what happens when you buy from eBay I guess. I've been lusting over them for long enough. When I went in I was a little shocked at how busy it was, usually when I've been in there's only been one or two other people. Not this time, the shop was full. I struggled to get one of the girls that worked there to help me with finding what I was after. When I did get ahold of one, she was really nice and helpful.

When I went in I wasn't 100% sure what lipstick I wanted but new there were three that I really wanted. The MAC girl kindly applied the lipsticks on me one after another so I could decide which one I liked best. We all - the MAC girl, my mum and I - decided that So Chaud looked best.
I love red lipsticks, but I have lots of red lipsticks, so So Chaud was perfect for me. It is an orangey red lipstick, so still what I love but slightly different to what I usually go for.

 The lipstick is beautiful, I really can understand why people have lots of these. I would love to have more but the price of them just won't allow me to keep buying them - it's why I've not bought one sooner.
Although this is a matte lipstick, it doesn't cling to the dry patches on my lips like some matte ones.

Apologies for this frightful picture, its the only one I could take that best showed the colour of the lipstick. I lightly applied this with a lip brush so I could get a nicer finish, I am really bad for going over the lines. The lipstick if a little drying, if you put a good lip balm on before hand I don't think you would have much of an issue with it. 

What are your favourite MAC lipsticks? What lipstick would you recommend? 

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Rimmel | Stay Matte Pressed Powder

For a fair few years I have used Rimmel Clear Complexion pressed powder, recently I have been having a really hard time with my oily skin and this powder wasn't helping me. I was in the market for a new one, since the one I was using was all broken and fiddly to use.

I had decided while shopping to buy the Stay Matte powder as it would be perfect for my oilier than a chip
pan skin. I picked it up in the shade 001 Transparent, since I'm lazy and couldn't be bothered trying to find my shade( it was also the same shade as the Clear Complexion one). Its described a "a long lasting pressed powder", I do think it keeps my skin looking shine free for a fair few hours. I'd say about 6-8 hours after putting this on my skin begins to get shiney and oily and just plain bad. It does say "Up to 5 hours natural shine control" so I'm not annoyed by how long I get, in fact I'm quite impressed.
Because of my skin my make-up never stays very long, I think this powder helps my make-up stay on my skin so much longer. I used a big fluffy brush to apply this after my foundation and concealer. I think finishing my face off with this has probably helped set it.

For £3.99 this is a total bargain, you couldn't ask for a better product for this price. This is a total god send product, anyone with oily skin should head out and buy this wee beauty.

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