Rachel Sarah XO: sleek

Hey guys!

So last night I went on a bit of an online shopping spree, this time, I went a bit crazy on the DVD's.

There's this amazing seller on Amazon called 'zoverstocks' and they sell used DVD's on there for 1p with Amazon's standard £1.26 postage price.

Admittedly, the majority of these DVD's are ones I've owned previously and lost, like Mean Girls, or ones I've already since but don't own on DVD. (I'm trying to expand on my DVD collection.)

I also bought a few make up bits that I've been missing from my collection for quite some time.

1. Bride of Chucky: 1p (+£1.26 shipping)

Bride of Chucky has been one of my favourite films for a long long time, but I've never actually owned it on DVD, it's just always a film that if it's ever on Sky Movies, I will watch it every time. The Chucky franchise are my favourite films in general and I'm trying to get them all on DVD.

2. Mean Girls: 1p (+£1.26 shipping)

Mean Girls is everyone's favourite movie, let's be honest. I've owned it on DVD for years now but recently I lost the disc and I gave up looking, so I just bought it again and for £1.27, you can't really complain.

3. American Beauty: 1p (+£1.26 shipping)

I've never seen American Beauty before actually, but my mum's been recommending it to me for ages now, I did actually buy it for £2 from eBay a few months ago, before realising that I'd bought the Region 1 version which isn't playable on any UK bought device unless you hack your DVD player or whatever, so I bought it again, but this time I made sure it's Region 2.

4. A Bucket of Blood (1960) / House on Haunted Hill (1958) / The Ghoul (1933): 98p (+£1.26 shipping)

I absolutely adore black and white horror movies (well, I just love horror movies in general) but the awful make up and special effects just amuse me so much and I bought this purely for House on Haunted Hill, but it actually worked out more expensive to buy that by itself and then I found it in a boxset with two other black and white horror movies. I was in my element, haha! Plus, wasn't Vincent Price just gorgeous?

5. Fight Club: 1p (+£1.26 shipping)

I've only seen Fight Club a couple of time but it's basically a classic and it needs to be in my collection, so I bought it, that's all I can say really.

6. Drive (2012): 73p (+£1.26 shipping)

Drive is also one of my favourite films (I have a lot of favourites ok) and I own every other Ryan Gosling movie on DVD except for this one so I had to buy it when I saw how cheap it was.

7. Burt's Bees Pink Grapefruit Lip Balm: £2.49 (free shipping)

I've recently ran out of the Beeswax Lip Balm by Burt's Bees and it's safe to say that it's my favourite lip balm, I can never find Burts Bees lip balms in any of my local drugstores, so I resulted to ordering it online, turns out it's about £1 cheaper aswell! If I like the flavoured lip balms, I'll probably buy the mango flavoured one next.

8. Sleek Face Contour Kit in 'Light': £4.67 (free shipping)

I saw this has been reduced from £6.49 to £4.67 and I just had to buy it, I'd be eyeing up the face form kit for ages and I wasn't sure whether it was worth it, since I rarely wear blush, so when I ran out of the contour powder and highlighter, there'd be this little blush left in some huge pointless packaging, so I thought I'd buy the contour kit and the blush seperately. I'm excited to try it though.

9. Sleek Blush in 'Rose Gold': £3.23 (free shipping)

As I said in the above post about the contour kit, I bought this blush seperately as I adore the colour but I know I won't get as much use out of it as the contour kit and the packaging would be a problem if I bought the face form kit so. It's a gorgeous colour and from the reviews I've read, it's a perfect colour for pale people like myself.

Let me know any movies that you recommend, whether they're on DVD or Netflix. :-)

That's all for now,

Rachel. xo

15:59 2 comments

Hey guys!

So this post is going to be my current beauty favourites. I feel like when I do my monthly favourites, I don't really mention many beauty products. I suppose this could also be interpreted as a 'what's in my make up bag' since these are the things I use pretty much everyday. I actually got to use my DSLR this time round so yey for high quality pictures!

MAC Lipstick in 'Candy Yum Yum'

I absolutely adore this lipstick! It's pretty hard to wear sometimes though. It's such a vibrant pink, practically neon, my dad reckons it would be 'Cyndi Lauper's lipstick of choice', he reckons I look very 80's wearing it, hahaha.

W7 Brow Bar

This is my favourite eyebrow kit, the kit itself is so versatile, all of the shades work perfectly as eyeshadows aswell as brow powders. I use the dark dark brown one now that my hair is black. It comes with a little brush but I threw that away because I didn't like it. The powder stays on your eyebrows all day with or without eyebrow gel.

Burt's Bees Beeswax Lip Balm

This is maybe the best lip balm I've ever tried, even beats Carmex (sorry Carmex!), it's very minty and you can feel it when it's moisturising your lips as it tingles, haha. I'll never use another lip balm again.

MUA Luxe Velvet Lip Laquer in 'Kooky'

The MUA Luxe Lip Laquers could be considered an exact dupe for the Lime Crime Velvetines, similar pigmentation and very similar shades. Kooky is a dark purple shade, pretty wearable if you want a lipstick that's a bit 'out there', very dark though and extremely matte, so matte that you can just feel the skin on your lips starting to flake, so I usually pair this with my Collection Little Mix lipstick in 'Perrie' and it goes perfectly and stops my lips from cracking.

Seventeen Phwoarrr Paint Concealer

My favourite concealer ever, perfect for under the eyes and because it is a thick, heavy duty cream concealer (similar to that of MAC Studio Finish concealer), it hides blemishes super well, I've done a full review on this product here.

Seventeen Miracle Matte Loose Powder

I have very dry skin as it is so rarely use powder, but if I ever do choose to wear powder, I will always go for this one. I don't know what it is about it, it applies so seamlessly and it doesn't look powdery on the skin.

Rimmel Match Perfection Foundation in 'Light Porcelain'

I absolutely adore this foundation, it is a radient foundation so not one for the oily skinned. I love it purely because most drug store brands will have their lightest shade which is usually 'Ivory' and it's always just too dark for me still (I have like Snow White pale skin, it's ridiculous) but this is a shade lighter than Ivory and it matches perfectly (get the pun?)

Nivea Daily Essentials Rich Moisturising Day Cream for Dry & Sensitive Skin

This is the moisturiser I wear underneath make up, so I need a fairly light moisturiser and this does the job perfectly, it definitely does a good job of keeping my face moisturised for a fair few hours, if I'm not wearing make up, I'll usually opt for a night cream all over my face (yes, that's how dry my skin is). I also did a review of this too (here)

Real Techniques Core Collection

I absolutely love every brush in the collection but these two brushes stood out the most for me (left - contour brush. right - buffing brush.) The contour brush gets right into the hollows of the cheekbones to create a precise line and is perfect for blending, I also use this for blusher and highlighter and sometimes my powder too if I'm feeling lazy. The buffing brush creates the look of pretty much flawless looking skin and applies liquid foundation especially well, it's so easy to blend with and it's an all round great brush!

Sleek I-Divine Vintage Romance Palette

This is such a perfect palette, you can create really natural looks with it and also dark, smokey looks, it's a pretty versatile palette although it does only have one matte shade (top far right copper shade), but never the less, I've been at least two shades on my eyes every day. See my full review of this palette here.

Simple Spotless Skin Quick Fix Cleansing Wipes

Yes, yes I know. 'Rachel, using facial wipes is bad for your skin, ermahgerd that's so lazy you don't even properly cleanse your face ew gross ermahgerd'. I like using cleansing wipes to get the base of my make up off so foundation, concealer and eye make up, I'll then go in with a proper cleanser and get all the remaining muck off my face. Plus, I've noticed a difference in my skin when using this, it really is helping with vanishing and preventing spots, these wipes are great!

Well, I hope you enjoyed that and please, embrace the high quality pictures, hahaha.

Tell me below what your current beauty favourites are!

That's all for now,

Rachel. xo

10:39 11 comments

Hey guys!

So I've been admiring this palette for so long, the colours are so pretty and very wearable. I usually wouldn't even wear purple's but because they're pretty dark and glittery, I think it'd be easy to incorporate them into a smokey eye. I ended up buying this palette with my Christmas money as I just couldn't resist it any longer. Also, apologies for the not very great image quality (stupid iPhone.)

RRP: £7.99 from here and here.

As you can probably tell, all of the eyeshadows are shimmery except the top right colour 'Propose in Prague', which a matte light brown colour, perfect for contouring the eye socket.

It comes with a double ended sponge tip applicator, which I've actually found a use for lately, when my eyeshadow brushes are still a bit damp from cleaning them, sponge tip applicators work perfectly for packing the colour onto the lid, not brilliant for blending though.

The palette comes in the gorgeous (not very practical) matte black plastic casing which gets dirty after one use of the palette. -.- One thing that is brilliant about the packaging, the mahoosive mirror that comes with it. The mirror is the same size as the bottom half of the palette, so it's perfect for a weekend away and all you'd need is this palette for your eyes and mirror.

(L to R) Pretty in Paris, Meet in Madrid, Court in Cannes, Lust in LA, Romance in Rome, Propose in Prague, A Vow in Venice, Marry in Monte Carlo, Honeymoon in Hollywood, Bliss in Barcelona, Forever in Florence and Love in London.

COME ON, CUTEST EYESHADOW NAMES EVER, RIGHT?

Obviously as this is a Sleek palette, it's highly pigmented and is so worth the £7.99. The eyeshadows are so creamy, but not in a 'ew these a so clumpy and just fall out' way, it's feels like putting on a cream eyeshadow but when it's on your eyes it looks like a powder eyeshadow. The colours are practically opaque after one swipe too.

I absolutely adore this palette and I will definitely be buying more Sleek palettes in the future. I think my next investment will be the Sleek Face Form Kit.

Tell me what Sleek products you own and what your favourite one is!

That's all for now,

Rachel. xo

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