Soap & Glory Archery Brow Tint and Precision Pencil

Hey!

This review has been a long time in the making. This is the Soap & Glory Archery Brown Tint and Precision Pencil. The product is described as a really fine pen and pencil that are long-wearing. You can fill in gaps in your eyebrows using the brow tint and then use the pencil to give your eyebrows shape.

The pencil is twistable which is good because it means you can control how much length there is in the pencil showing and what you use. It comes in two colours: 'Brownie Points' for brown hair and 'Love Is Blonde' for blonde hair. As someone with dark brows, I use 'Brownie Points' and it is a good match for my medium brown eyebrow colour.

So how do I use it? Well, first I use the pen side to darken my hairs. When in sun my hair gets natural blonde highlights, and that works the same for my eyebrows. So I will use this to darken those blonde hairs and also if I get any foundation on any hairs it works the same. The product description says to use it to fill in gaps in my eyebrows but I find that this doesn't look very natural on me. Instead, I find the pencil side much better for filling in gaps. I will then use the pencil to fill in gaps because I have got some quite sparse hairs, more specifically in the beginning of my eyebrows. This I find gives a much more natural look and doesn't look obviously drawn in. 

The only issue I have had with this is that when I first got it, for the first month the pencil kept splitting in half from the top whenever I used it. It was annoying and meant I was losing some of the product which I could have used. Annoying as that was, it stopped doing it after about a month which was good.

I have been using this for a long time now, probably nearly a year, and it is still going strong. So worth the reasonable £10 price tag!

Overall I love this eyebrow product and it is a staple in my everyday make up routine. Without it, my eyebrows now feel naked and bare. It works for all kinds of looks too. If I want a 'no make up' make up look I can use just this alone in my brows so they look like natural, full eyebrows. If I want a harsher look, I will use more of the product and/or set the eyebrow hairs with my Benefit Gimme Brow! which is an eyebrow gel. 

I would recommend this to anyone who has sparse hairs/gaps in their eyebrows and to anyone who is new to filling in their eyebrows. It is difficult to mess this one up.

What do you use on your eyebrows? Let me know!

6 Uses of Cotton Buds for Make Up

Everyday that I do my make up, I will use a cotton bud to help me. In fact, I have 6 ways of using a cotton bud in my  make up routine and I thought I would share those 6 uses of cotton buds for make up with you. 

1. To Smudge Eyeshadow. If I am using eyeshadow, particularly for a bolder eye make up, I use cotton buds for two reasons. If I have accidentally gone too far up or too far outwards with my eyeshadow, I will use a cotton bud to take some away. This may also involve a drop of Garnier Micellar Cleansing Water to help get it off. Also, I use a cotton bud to help to blend eyeshadow. If I am blending eyeshadow in my crease, sometimes using a cotton bud can be easier than getting out a blending brush.


2. To Remove Mascara. You know when you're doing your mascara and you accidentally smudge a bit on to your skin, or if you sneeze and it just goes everywhere? Yeah, that happens to me all the time. To fix this, I wait until it has completely dried then I use a cotton bud to swipe it and the mess comes right off. I use a dry cotton bud otherwise it just makes the smudge worse. It is a pretty quick way of fixing the issue! I also do this if I end up with a clump of mascara on my eyelashes.


3. Wrinkles. I must admit, I've got a fair few deep set wrinkles around my eyes. I always experience the problem of make up, foundation specifically, building up in my wrinkles and making them more obvious. To fix this, I swipe a dry cotton bud gently through my wrinkles to take out the build up of product then gently smooth it over with my fingertip to take away any harsh lines. Try it, it works!


4. Eyebrows. I ALWAYS end up with foundation in my eyebrows and it makes them look paler. It even affects the way my eyebrows look even when I try to cover it up with tinted eyebrow products. To fix this, I apply my Garnier Micellar Cleansing Water to a cotton bud and swipe it through my eyebrows. I go from every angle imaginable to make sure there is no foundation left in my eyebrows. They're then ready to be filled in.


5. Lips. Whilst my cotton bud is still wet with make up remover, I will also swipe it over my lips. Again, I'm messy at applying foundation and will end up with the typical foundation lips. This can be a pain as it can cause rolls of foundation to form on my lips and make any lipstick look a bit yucky. So before I apply my lip product, I will use the cotton bud to take off foundation on my lips. Clever huh?


6. Piercings. Sticking with the messy application of foundation, when I am blending it towards my ear I can occasionally get some foundation on my tragus piercing. If you don't know what a tragus piercing is, google it. It is a cartilage piercing but is by wear your ear meets your face if that makes sense. Anyway, I will use a cotton bud to get any foundation on it off.


So there you go! My 6 uses of cotton buds when doing my make up. You can now tell I am kind of messy when it comes to applying make up. 


What do you use cotton buds for? Let me know!

Boots Haul!

Hello BumbleBeas!

Seeing as it was my birthday last week I received some birthday money. Of course I was going to go shopping! I didn't actually get much as most of the things I want you can only get online but I picked up a few things.

1. Impulse body spray: Vanilla & Peach

I was originally going to get a Natural Collection body spray as I love them but I saw the Impulse ones were on a major sale so I couldn't resist. Vanilla & Peach sounds very nice to me!

2. Cocoa Butter Formula Eventone Dark Spot Corrector

I used this last year until I finished it and I felt it made an improvement to face so I decided to buy it again. I don't want to say too much as I am definitely going to write up a review of this soon but let me say if you're looking for products to treat either dark spots, age spots, post-acne scars (like me!) or sun damage on your face then you don't want to miss my review!

3. Revlon Colour Burst Matte Lip Crayon: Shameless

I have wanted this for so long you have no idea! I already have one of these lip crayons so will be doing a full review on them soon but this is a lovely deep purple colour and I adore it! Review coming soon!

4. Benefit Gimme Brow!

I don't normally buy myself more expensive make up brands but I have always admired Benefit. I decided I may as well treat myself to something from Benefit as it was with birthday money so I ended up getting this coloured brow gel. I will be writing up a review soon!

So that's it! Have you used any of these products? What do you think? Let me know!