MUA Out There Plumping Lip gloss Review ♥

I hadn't tried MUA products until recently, but they are so reasonably priced that I couldn't resist. I usually stay clear of very cheap make up as I find that the quality is quite poor. MUA make up however, offers amazing quality make up at a great price. I was lucky to win some MUA goodies in a recent blogger giveaway, and this MUA lip gloss was one of them. 

The lip gloss in Pink Sugar is absolutely gorgeous. It's a deep pink, with a lovely, light shimmer to it. It's a little sticky, but applies really well. I found that the colour translated really well from the wand to the lips, and I needed just one coat to get the desired colour. 

 It also tastes great! I sometimes find this a problem though, as I tend to lick it off! (oops!) It has a lovely, sweet smell to it but nothing too sickly and overpowering. I'm surprised at how good the quality is- it lasted a good hour on my lips before I thought I wanted to reapply. Although this doesn't seem a long time, I always find that most lip glosses disappear or smudge off easily. This gloss had good staying power, even on windy days! 

 It's such a beautiful colour, and so beautiful and shimmery when the light hits it. I can't believe how amazing the quality is. The lip gloss is meant to make your lips have a plumped appearance, and although I couldn't say that they do, the gloss does make my lips lovely and tingly!

MUA is available from Superdrug, or their website at £2.00.

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Elizabeth Arden Bronze Beauty Boxset

I recently purchased an Elizabeth Arden bronzing set, including a Bronze Beauty bronzer compact, a Pink Clover eye shadow duo, a High Shine Lip Gloss in Berrylicious and a blusher brush. The set is meant to create a beautiful, bronze, goddess look, and let's face it....that is not going to happen naturally with the weather at the moment. I just look so pale, so I thought I needed a little beauty perk to try and make me look bronzed and sunny.

The bronzing powder duo is lovely. As with many bronzer duos, it has a more shimmery, highlighting powder, and then a shimmery bronzer. I absolutely love the compact too. It's quite light, but gives the impression that it's really heavy. I think it looks really glamorous too...especially the gold edges.
The actual powder is a little too shimmery for the day time look, which I was a little disappointed by, so I'd probably wear this on a night out or to give me a little glow if I was on holiday. The powder's quite thick which means you don't have to use much when applied with the Elizabeth Arden blusher brush. It looks lovely on the cheeks though, and on the brow arch. It's quite subtle and not a powder which gives a caked-on appearance. It smells lovely too...

I love the blusher brush...it's perfect. The size makes it perfect to put in your handbag, and it's really light. The actual hair of the brush is so soft, and works really well in blending the powder and giving an even coverage. I've used brushes in the past that don't seem to sweep even amounts of powder on the face, so you're left with what looks like a blob of blusher on your cheek...not a good look!

 The Pink Clover eyeshadow is equally s lovely. I use quite a lot of gold or bronze eye shadows, so this is quite a different colour for me to use. It doesn't actually say how to use the eye shadows in terms of blending, creating a smokey eye or just using individually. I haven't actually used them yet, but I've done a swatch and the colours have a slight shimmer, which I quite like.

I'm a massive fan of this lip gloss. It really is high shine, and perfect for a more glamorous look. It lasts a good two hours before it starts to glide off as well, which really impressed me. It's a dark, shimmery pink in colour, and looks so complimentary when worn with the bronzer....which I guess was Elizabeth Arden's intention.

The best part though, is the price! The box set was purchased from Tkmaxx, and had an RRP of £24.99, which I think is already very cheap; however, the lovely sale had it reduced to £12.00! What a bargain!

Collection 2000, oh really?

Collection 2000 brought out a new set of lip glosses a few months ago in a range of six shades, and I bought Rock Steady 3 as I thought it was nice and natural. The best part, it was only £2.99 which I thought was super cheap! I'm a bit of a make-up snob sometimes, and seem to think the cheaper the product price, the worse the product...sometimes I have lovely surprises though, and I think this was one!

The lip gloss is meant to be long-lasting, six hours to be exact, which wasn't the truth, really. However, the product did last a good two hours, which really did impress me. It's a little sticky, but not as sticky as some lip glosses I've used, which I always find a huge nuisance, especially when it's windy! I really love the colour, it's really natural but still leaves the lips with a little tint. I find the smell of the lip gloss a bit sickly, but I've heard many say they think it's lovely, so maybe that's just me! 

I've had the product a while now, and it seems to be going quite far, so £2.99 is a bargain if you're after a natural, inexpensive gloss!

Love, Sophie Olivia x x