Benefit Dandy Brandy Velvet Eyeshadow Review, Swatch & Pictures

Benefit Velvet Eyeshadow in Dandy Brandy

What Benefit say:

These velvet eyeshadows glide on light as a feather & the gorgeous shades look fabulous on everyone! Glide on bare lids for a dose of sheer, velvety colour or layer over creaseless cream shadows for even richer colour.

 

 



This eyeshadow its really soft and easy to blend, Its very pigmented and nice & sparkly too!

I really love this colour, its a bronzy goldy brown. I sometimes blend this with a pink eyeshadow and it goes a gorgeous deep purple.

I don't find that this settles or creases and lasts a day at work which is around 7 or 8 hours although it could do with a little touch up to keep the colour strong.

I may have to be a bit naughty and get another colour I love this so much. I really recommend these, this is definitely my favourite eyeshadow by far.

 

Have you tried these eyeshadows? What did you think?

 

 

Benefit Erase Paste Concealer Review, Pictures & Swatch

Benefit Erase Paste Concealer Review & Swatches



I brought a sample of this from ebay in shade 1 but this was a bit to light for me so i took the plunge and brought the full side in shade 2 hoping it would be a better colour match for me (risky risky), luckily it was allll fine :)

I find this concealer very creamy and thick but i don't think its my favourite for under the eyes. Saying this, i do opt for this if i look really tired. I layer it on with MAC moisture cover (review here) or YSL touch eclat as i find these are more moisturising and you can just pat those on. With the erase paste i have to sort of work it in a bit more to blend it in.

I find that this is great for right in the corner of your eye where it touches your nose (hope that explains it enough lol) as it covers my very bluey purple shadows well. I just set it with a little MAC powder to keep it in place - HG powder alert! (review here)

This tiny pot was quite expensive at £19.50 but you don't have to use much at a time so i guess it does last a while. 

The pot is a pain in the ass though, you do get a little spatula to scoop it out with but you have to go raiding through your make up bag trying to find it - I do have a naughty habit of just shoving my finger in instead of using the spatula- oops :)

I would buy this again its not a horrendous product and i see it lasting a long time.

What do you think of this concealer? ♥

 

L'occitane En Provence Shea Butter Dry Skin Hand Cream Review & Pictures

 L'occitane En Provence Shea Butter Dry Skin Hand Cream

I got this as a free sample with my Debenhams order but as i really liked it I thought I'd do a little review on it :)

  

What they say:

Enriched with 20% Shea Butter, this super-creamy hand cream penetrates quickly to protect, nourish and moisturise hands. Honey, almond extracts and coconut oil are blended with shea butter to create this extremely effective care. The rich texture is rapidly absorbed to leave the hands soft and smooth with no oily traces.
Apply day and night as needed.

It is a really thick cream and to be honest a little blob doesnt get you very far - you do have to be quite generous. It smells gorgeous, it smells a bit like baby powder (if you dont like the smell of baby powder you wont like this - obvs)

 

It's not the easiest cream to rub in as its very thick but once its on it does feel very soft and silky but not greasy at all. It doesnt irritate my dry bits either which is a bonus (and rare for me!)

I much prefer this to my Liz Earle Hand Repair (review here), I could be bordering on saying this could be holy grail material - bold statement i know :)

I've had a little research online and its £18.50 for 150ml which is more expensive than i thought it would be but i do quite like it so i probably would pay this to be honest. They do a mini version which is 30ml for £8.00 which doesnt sound such a scary price - I will definitely be repurchasing this :)

What is your favoutie hand cream? ♥