I went on a little makeup updating shopping spree bout 2 weeks ago and got myself a new foundation, mascara, bronzer, Maybelline Mineral foundation, exfoliating scrub and with my mascara i got a free No7 eye pallet.
I was really pleased with this free pallet as its really good quality and came with a double ended eye brush (one end for blending). The foundation i bought was the Revlon Colour stay foundation in Nude for normal to oily skin.

The foundation is great, lovely coverage and isn't greasy at all because its for normal to oily skin, when i was sampling the foundations though i must say i tried the one for dry skin and it was really oily and the oil pored out before the foundation did which i didn't like as it was all greasy over my hands urghh!!.

The mineral foundation i bought because i wasn't sure what it would be like as u hadn't ever used minerals before. It comes with a kabuki brush which compared to kabuki brushed Ive felt before was quite ruff on my skin. I'm not too sure about this product yet as i think the coverage is good but i cant really tell as it takes me several applications to get the coverage i like. So I'm not sure if that is what your supposed to do or what but it doesn't seem to cover unless Ive been applying it for 10 Min's. So i wouldn't really recommend this foundation unless like have been doing i apply my liquid foundation first then go over it with the mineral powder to set it a bit. Doing this achieves a Matt finish and stays on all day.

The bronzer works lovely over the top of both of my foundations, its a Rimmel compact powder bronzer. It gives me a really nice healthy glow and because I'm sooo pail really lifts my completion.

The exfoliating scrub is the Boots own range and it was £1.39 (bargain) . It is great leaves my skin feeling sooo smooth also i get really dry patches around my nose and nostrils and when i apply my makeup it doesn't look very good around my nose as it exaggerates the dry patches and looks awful. So you can image how happy i was to have all my dry patches gone and my makeup looking really smooth and fresh all over my face.

The mascara on another level is amazing . IT makes my lashes look really healthy and long, or should i say Extravagant lol :D , At first i wasn't too keen on the brush because its a square plastic brush, But once i had gathered how to apply it correctly on my bottom lashes without making a mess it looked really pretty and opened my eyes up loads.

Ive posted pictures above of each product, hope u enjoyed reading :)
x SLJ x

Craig and I purchased a JML halogen oven from ASDA the other week for £58. We were so chuffed with it because we haven't had oven food since we moved house and had been living on microwave meals, which for a week or two were yummy but after 4 months were just blahhh!!! ...before we could try it out our house cat Jodie (i stress the words house cat as she is a total baby and has NOO cat instincts lol), took a liking to it as well (pictures above).
Anyways the oven is great! cooks very well but you do have to adjust the cooking times to a normal oven as its halogen lit and will cook much faster.
There are two things which i haven't liked with the oven but i would still say buy as its so quick and easy to use and clean.
1- The oven comes with tongs to help you get the trays out of the oven which are hinged with a plastic handle. Craig being Craig (neat and tidy) put the two trays and the tongs in the oven once it had cooled down after the 1st night of use. I didn't realise they were in the oven the next day and set it to a 200 degrees preheat. after 5mins came back to put my food in the oven and realised i had melted the tongs handle. (silly me). -so be careful when tidying up and don't preheat your tongs lol.
2- The ovens lid is where the heat comes from so when you have finished cooking your food , you take the lid off and get your food out...only thing is where will you put your scorching hot lid? on your kitchen top? NOOO as this will seriously melt your kitchen surfaces. We have resorted to using a metal fruit bowl as a stand lol. So this is a fault with the design as it could be better with a hinged lid or a stand for the lid.

Happy cooking if you get a JML Halogen oven!
X SLJ X

For my birthday i was v.lucky and my amazing Bf whisked me away for a long weekend in PARIS! It was Fantastic. And YES! we went to the top of the Eiffel Tower which was awesome.
As well as seeing ALL the sites in Paris , We also took half a day walking down the Champs Elysee, which is the biggest shopping street in Paris which is packed with mega shops and celebrities. We enjoyed Hagen-Daz ice cream despite paying 25 euros for 2 medium pots and a coke lol. Paris AI!. As i live in the UK we ha vent got a Sephora anymore so before we had even left for our holiday i defiantly knew i couldn't not visit a Sephora store. i had explained to my bf craig how big they are supposed to be but i don't think either of us where expecting it to be as huge as it was. I was a child in a toy store. After sampling most of the big brand we left as i was a little disappointed that they didn't sell the By Lauren Luke pallets :( which i defiantly wanted to buy whilst there.
The whole holiday was breathtaking and emotional as its such a beautiful place. Thanks Craig for another amazing memory with you :) love you loads xxxxxx
Everyone HAAS to go to PARIS!!
X SLJ X

At the beginning of summer i bought two bright nail polishes from Rimmel London range. They were from the I <3 Lasting Finish range. I think i payed £2.88 each for these at Boots.
The colours where bright orange and yellow. Actual name on polish (left to right)
050 Tangerine Queen and 055 Sunshine.
The Consistency of the polish is beautiful it goes on the nail very smooth and the colours are awesomely bright. I had to do apply 2 coats of the Tangerine Queen for the colour to really POP! and 3 coats of the Sunshine because it was quite thin and the colour needed to be layered on to get the full colour!
The polishes defiantly lived up to there name as it didn't chip for about 5 days of wear which is really good because i was in school at the time and i would paint my nails on the Sunday night and it would last until the Friday when i had finished a week's school. I had been painting and sewing that week as well so it definitely was hard wearing lasting finish polish. :) 5* recommendations on these polishes.
X SLJ X

hiya,
I went to Asda a few days ago and to my suprise ASDA George have launched a cosmetic range. I was so excited to see this as they had most general cosmetics for face, eyes, lips and nails, And this is when i became v.happy...they had some lovely colour nail polishes and they were only priced at £1 a polish :O. So me being me had to buy 4 lol. (ive got a little obsession with bying nail polish as you will find out ).
The nail polishes were quite neutral shades as i had baught a few bright shades the week before. The colours were Light Grey,Lilac, Metalic Purple and Smirf Blue( only way to describe it lol)
The actual names of the polishes were (left to right) -37 RainCloud,34 Be Mine, 41 Mysterious and 9 cloudless sky.
I love the colours on my nails but they did tend to chip after about a day of wear but im not sure if thats becasue of the formula or my base/top coat. :s
Give them a try and tell me what you think becasue it might work better with a different base/top coat.
X SLJ X

Hey !!!
This is my first post !! woooo :) This is me , Sophie Lou J!
As this is my 1st post its nothing special but ill be posting some reviews on nail varnish later 2day. I used to be a bad nail biter until about a year ago and now I'm obsessed with growing,filing and painting my nails :) Hope you like my reviews to come.
x SLJ x