S.W. Basics

S.W. Basics is a Brooklyn based skincare brand that uses only natural and organic ingredients.

At S.W. Basics, they make their products from scratch using only whole, high-potency ingredients. For us, less isn’t just more; less is everything. They've found that if they stick with only absolutely essential ingredients and don’t add a bunch of extra stuff, they don’t need to put a hundred things into their products. Using fewer ingredients means more potent skincare. They don’t water it down with cheap synthetics or exotic fillers. It also means that their products are more likely to be safe even on the most sensitive skin. That’s why everything they sell only has 5 ingredients or less. And they still make you look amazing and smell pretty.

Maybelline Babylips Electro Ireland

Maybelline Babylips Elecro neon-tinted balms are launching in Ireland and the UK at the end of the July! They have fab colours but these are balms so the colour is not smack bam in your face. If you love Maybelline Babylip balms, You'll More then likely love these.

I don't know about you but I'm excited to try them! Although I'm on a spending ban till September. These are on my least of "To Buy" list.

L'occitane: Take a whiff of citrus

I have a little weakness for L'occitane . I always have, I think it's because my Mam always bought their products and so I tend to drift to certain brands she's bought over the years. I love their products but I especially love their Verbena range.

Italian Bags Purchase

Just back from an amazing trip to Italy and of course I did a bit of shopping in between my site seeing and what not! I picked up to Amazing Italian Designer bags and I love them! I picked up a fab Furla bag and a Tosca Blu bag.

Catrice me up baby....

Catrice is not a brand I would go for first. But recently I have purchased a few items from them and have been pleasantly surprised. As anyone who knows me would know I'm addicted to lipsticks and so in the past the only things I've bought from Catrice has been Lipstick. Its very hard to get a lipstick wrong ha-ha So recently I bought a couple of lipsticks and some bronzer.

 

I was pleasantly surprised. I love the lipsticks, they are bright, Long lasting and glide onto your lip like you would like any good lipstick to do. I'm well impressed.

Ultimate Shine Gel Lip Colour

                                           

030 Orangina
€4.49

Whispering sweet nothings: the Ultimate Shine Gel Lip Colour units colour and shine. Its particularly light gel-like texture offers long-lasting care and medium colour-dispersion to ensure silky, smooth lips with a gorgeous shine. Chapped lips are a thing of the past, the present is looking bright and beautiful!

 

Ultimate Colour

                                          

050 Princess Peach
€4.49

 COLOR COUNTS

Highly-pigmented, rich shades with perfect coverage and shine, plus a smooth, creamy and long-lasting texture: color at its most beautiful – that lasts for hours. Available for the first time: two matt nuances is coral-pink and orange-red. And: a beautiful pink-nude shade.

Sun Glow Shimmering Bronzing Powder

                                          

010 Shimmering Bronze

€5.49

SUN DANCE

The Bronzing Powder creates a perfect summer tan. The velvety soft pressed powder with fine shimmer pigments ensures a fresh and radiant complexion. With an amazing 3D embossment and two perfectly aligned bronzing colours that blend perfectly. That’s what summer looks like.

 

This Bronzer is amazing, I love that its not to dark but not to light either. Its a happy medium.

 

Multi Colour Blush

                                           

060 Strawberry Frappucino

€4.49

FANTASTIC FOUR
A refreshed look with just a few strokes of the brush – with four perfectly aligned shades each to create soft, natural-looking accents. For the special radiance – not just on your cheeks.

 

This blush was a little to light for my liking although would be nice as a highlighter with another blush on top.

 

Defining Blush

                                          

040 Think Pink
€3.99

 

                                          

030 Love And Peach
€3.99

 

CHEEK CHARM  

The ultra-fine, highly-pigmented powder blush with vitamin C and E spreads easily, sets fresh accents, emphasizes your cheekbones and models the contours of your face. Top marks for a perfect finish.

 

I'm so into Blushes its nearly as bad as my Addiction to Lipstick but not quiet ha-ha but these two blushes are great. They do the job. But I have had way better for less the price. That's not to say I don't like them. I do but eh.... there is a hell of a lot better out there.

 

Sun Cream and After Sun

I'm of on Holidays this week YAY! First time in a good few years. I usual tan very well but I always use Sun Cream because like all girlies I don't want wrinkles. The weather here in Ireland has also been amazing the last week or so. I did some research to see what would suit me and my skin. I wanted a foundation that would have an SPF but also that wouldn't melt of my face in the heat. I was recommended Benefit Big Easy Liquid to Powder. Also I decided to purchase the Aldi Lacura Suncare and Maybelline Baby Lips Lip Balm. I've been using Hawaiian Tropic Aftersun Body Butter Exotic Coconut for years.

NYX - Now in Ireland

So I'm sure at this point you all know that NYX is in Ireland. Yes it launched here this month and you would be excused if you hadn't realised this because even though its been launched here, its not in many places of yet and some of the places it says it's in, it's not. So if your planning a drive to your nearest location maybe give them a quick call first. I listed below the stocklist. I decided last week to take a drive over to Neighbourhood Pharmacy, Santry.