Ciate Dolls House Collection

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Second of the 3 sets received in my Ciate goodie bag from the Clothes Show was this adorable Dolls House Collection set, full of porcelain finish pastel polishes. They are so cute! 

I absolutely adore the packaging of Ciate polishes, and these mini's of course are no different. Little curved bottles which fit perfectly in your hand (or inbetween your knees if you're like me, haha!). The box of these is super cute too, a pastel townhouse looking style illustration with little window cut-outs so you can see the polishes inside.

The 5 polishes inside are Dollface: a nude pastel beige, Paper Doll: a soft white, Baby Doll: pastel coral-pink, Poppet: pastel lilac and Sweet Pea: a soft pastel green.

So far I have tried out Paper Doll, the white, and it's gorgeous. They dry very quickly, however do need quite a few coats to get rid of the streaky effect (as it does dry so fast!). I didn't put a topcoat on as I wanted to see the porcelain effect, however it chipped very badly and flaked off - even when running my fingers through my hair! I am yet to test it out with a topcoat, which hopefully will keep it in place a lot longer!

I can't wait to wear these through winter (I'm still loving soft colours!) and through spring of course!

Have you tried this collection?

Ellie x

Rimmel Fix & Perfect Pro Primer

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I know this has been out for a while but I've only just got my hands on it so I thought I'd share my opinion! I still haven't found my perfect primer (well actually, Porefessional comes pretty close but I really can't afford to be spending £24.50 on a primer) so I'm stuck hunting for my perfect affordable primer.

I have fussy, dry skin - which is sometimes normal - which makes it a pain to find a primer that suits it on an everyday basis. Rimmel Stay Matte primer just stuck to my skin and made it mega hard for me to blend in my makeup and Maybelline Baby Skin I find too slippy, although it does create a nice base to apply makeup on.

The packaging is very basic, just a plastic tube - a style many brands choose to package their primers in. I like this packaging, it's just easy and I find it easy to get the perfect amount of product out which means no wastage.

The product itself is what I'm really excited about. I think I have finally found my perfect budget primer! It is fairly thick in texture and covers very easily. It's super smooth, but not slippy like Baby Skin. My makeup applied so easy on top of it, and here I am 12 hours later still with my makeup still in place! I am just so impressed with this.

I will definitely be repurchasing this, thank you Rimmel!

Have you tried this primer?

Ellie x

Merry Christmas!

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Merry Christmas everyone! Just a short message to wish you all a fantastic day, I hope you have a fab day and get everything on your wishlist. Remember to take the time to appreciate your family, friends and everyone around you, and also how lucky you are as not everyone gets to be so lucky at this time of year.

Enjoy your celebrations and I look forward to seeing all your post-Christmas writings!

Have a good one!

Ellie x

Barry M Gelly - Mustard

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Quick snippet of a polish I'm sure you've all seen and heard about during autumn, but I've only just managed to get my hands on it and couldn't wait to share! This shade is so gorgeous, a deep yet rich yellow was perfect throughout autumn and I still feel it's wearable now. I've been loving mustard colours in accessories recently and this is a perfect addition to that.

I feel that this could be quite a universal colour too, which is fab. I love sharing things that I know will benefit a wide range of people.

Ellie x

Rimmel Kate Eyeshadow Stick - Rose Gold

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I finally picked up the Rimmel London Kate Shadow Stick in Rose Gold. This product was so super hyped and I wanted it so much, and I'm so glad I finally gave in. This product is super gorgeous, lasts all day (or night) and is so easy to apply.

The packaging is the fairly standard makeup pencil packaging, but I don't mind that as it is different from other eye products I own. I also like the fact the lid and base of the pencil is coloured so if you have multiple of these you know which colour you're picking up!

The colour itself isn't rose gold, more of a copper but it is still stunning. I love how easy it is to apply and blend out, plus it literally does not budge until you want it to. Just what you need in a drugstore cream shadow!

Have you tried any of Kate's eyeshadow sticks?

Ellie x

Ciate Minis

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The last Ciate post from the Clothes Show now I promise! During the show Ciate had a deal on their minis, 15 for £10 or 7 for £5 - bargain, right?! I decided on getting 7 as I had already bought loads, plus I got an extra mini topcoat!

From top row to bottom row, left to right: Confetti, Miss Mistletoe, Speed Dry topcoat, Sass Pot, Candy Floss, Boudoir, Tickle My Fancy, Pepperminty

Confetti - tiny holographic silver glitter

Miss Mistletoe - red, pink and gold sequins

Sass Pot - deep purple with fine shimmer

Candy Floss - bright bubblegum pink
Boudoir - bright true red
Tickle My Fancy - rich teal with fine shimmer

Pepperminty - bluey mint

Miss Mistletoe, Confetti

I genuinely love Ciate, it's one of my favourite ever nail brands. Everything about it is right up my street, the cute packaging, the wear-time, the colour range... I couldn't recommend them any higher if you haven't tried them out already!

Ellie x

Barry M Aquarium - Treasure Chest

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Another Barry M snippet today, this time it's from the Aquarium Collection! I've wanted Treasure Chest since this collection was released but only bought it from the Clothes Show as it was on offer. It's such a gorgeous glitter, it would pair so well with a lot of my polishes and of course all glitters look fab around this time of year. Treasure Chest is a glitter polish consisting of gold and pink flakes. 

Ellie x