Eco Tools. Bamboo 6 Piece Brush Set.

Hey guys, I hope everyone is having a great weekend so far. A long awaited post from me, Eco Tools make-up brushes. I bought these from eBay for under £4 (bargain!) a couple of months ago, and have been using them ever since. Recently I have seen many bloggers blogging about these brushes. They have been around since 2008. I have many make-up brushes by different brands, but these are by far the best I have used!

The pack comes with 5 make-up brushes including a blusher brush, lash/comb brush, concealer brush, eyeshadow brush and an angled eyeliner brush, also comes with a cream fabric brushes pouch to store them in. The brushes are full sized. Eco Tools is known for their earth friendly beauty - bamboo handles and they use 100% cruelty free hair.

On the back of the plastic packaging is a guide to what each brush is used for. I really like that it comes with a reusable brush roll to keep your Eco Tools brushes in, great for travel use as I just store all mine in a pot at home.

These are my favourite brushes, the bristles are so soft, they are easy to clean and the price I paid is amazing. Once these get 'tatty' I will for sure be buying more, eBay or rrp price! (As I got these on eBay as apposed to in Boots, with a £10+ difference in price people question whether these are real or not, I assure you they are, just for some reason far cheaper online!)

RRP: £15.99/6 brushes & pouch. Buy at Boots.

Do you have these brushes or use other Eco Tools brushes? What are your thoughts on them? Let me know!

Lizzie xo

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GOSH. Smokey Eyes Palette. 03 Plum.

Hello guys, I am so sorry for the lack of posts! I have a review of a gorgeous newly released GOSH eye palette I won from 'beautyliciouslove' a few weeks ago. I have never tried a GOSH product before so I was pretty pleased to have won something from the brand. Available in black, brown and plum but I chose the plum shade palette as I hadn't owned a 'plum palette.'


Consisting of 4 shades in a striped pattern, 1 - a soft lilac colour, almost white. 2 - a silvery lilac colour. 3 - a soft ash purple colour. 4 - a plum purple.

You can either create a subtle smokey eyes look using 2 of the colours or for a dramatic smokey eyes look using all 4 colours and building up - using (1) just under my eyebrows for highlight, (2) on my eyelids, (3) in my crease of my eyelids and (4) in the outter corners, for a new plum smokey eyes look. There is a little plastic sheet that states all that, if you're unsure. Most wearable for winter days due to the shades but amazing for a night out anytime!

Packaged in a square, slim-built palette that feels much lighter than other palettes, a sleek look and expensive feel with a transparent window to view the shades.

This is one of my favourite eye palettes and it is great quality for price! One small thing is they could have included an applicator, as it feels like you have to use your finger to apply it. (Although many people never really use the applicators that come with make-up, haha)

RRP: £7.99/8g. Gosh cosmetics can be purchased in Superdrug stores.

I promise to do a smokey eyes look using this palette and will post a photo on my instagram, follow me - lizzzziem

What do you think of this palette? Let me know!

Lizzie xo

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Update.

Just a little update to say I haven't posted in 10 days, not that I didn't want to (I still have loads of blog posts to put up) I haven't had any internet, but today I have it back so expect many blog posts to come! When I first started blogging, I blogged almost every day, as you do when you're a 'newbie' but now I don't, (I have a job now too) I want to blog when I really want to and can and not just for it to be a chore. Hope everyone still enjoys my blog, few changed to it soon also. (and I gotta catch up on all my fave blogs, posts!!!!)

Lizzie xo

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NOTD. Diagonal Glitter Gradient Nails.

Hey guys, how is everyone's week so far? I have recently bought lots of nail polishes and abandoned my old ones, so on a sunny day I grabbed a pink and a glitter nail polish and started painting my nails, this is what happened...



Firstly I painted them in a bright pink shade, Nails Inc - OMP! And it only needed 1 coat as it was quite opaque (review of this polish soon!) then decided to create a bit of art by using glitter nail polish over the top, Models Own/Hed Kandi - Ibiza Mix (review here) on top in a gradient kind of way, but diagonally. I think it looks so nice and even got complimented at work! It definitely makes plain pink nails look better. It was so quick and easy that next time I paint my nails I am going to add glitter on top in this way!

What do you think of my nails, will you be trying it out for yourself? 

Lizzie xo

(((I now do 'grouped' photos as you can see and have a poll on the side of my blog whether people prefer it or not and many say they like it but honestly I don't anymore, so I am wondering if people would want me to post my photos on their own like on most peoples blogs without being grouped together, yes or no?! I would be very grateful if you could answer this either on the poll, commenting below or tweeting me on twitter; @lizzzziem. Thanks! Also do you think the text on my blog should be bigger or not?)))

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This Week // 4th - 10th



1st Line;
flag up for jubilee // jubilee buffet // jubilee marble effect nails, review on my blog // jubilee bunton

2nd Line;
new duo-chromed accessorize polish in shade aztec // chocolate scented facemask // ben & jerry's karamel sutra core // the best tropical juice ever

What did you get up this week?

Lizzie xo

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Ombre Lips.

Ombre hair, ombre nails, now ombre lips!! Having seen Karla from MUA post pics of her fabulous 'ombre lips' here, I reallyyyy wanted to try it out myself! I am no way a make-up artist and have really thin lips (next time I have to pout, Karla says!) so I failed many times! I honestly don't like these much but I wanted to show you all how it went.


The first top ombre lips I used a pink lipstick on my top lip line then in the middle tried to use a orange lipstick if you can notice, haha. The bottom lip I used gold lipstick in the middle and a purple lipstick to outline on my bottom lip.

The second top ombre lips I used pink/orange lipstick on the top and bottom lips and then used a darker pink lipstick to outline on the bottom lip.

The bottom left ombre lips I just used a purple lipstick on my top lip and a pink lipstick on my bottom lip. This could have worked better if the colours were stronger!

The bottom right ombre lips was a crazy 'lets-use-loads-of-colours' look, haha. I used blue and green eyeshadow (yes eyeshadow! works well on lips if you don't have that shade in a lipstick!) in the centre then purple and pink to outline. Do you like this one or is it a no-no?!

I promise to do more 'ombre lips' looks as I really love the idea, and to keep getting better and better at it, so keep an eye out for future posts on these!

What do you think of my ombre lips? Do you like this look and will you be trying it out for yourself? Let me know and if you do link me up below, I'd love to see all yours!

Lizzie xo

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NOTD. Jubilee Marbled Nails.

Hello to all my lovely readers and my new readers! I hope everyone had a good Jubilee weekend!? I did, and have been SO busy lately that I have not been able to blog, catch up on my fave blogs andddd join in with the '#bbloggers chats!' I have many posts that I have already photographed and put together but just need to be written, such as; duo-chromed accessorize nail polishes, ecotools bamboo make-up brushes, REN creams, face scrubs, hourglass mascara, fake tattoos and so much more!! I thought I would give you a little blog post of some nail art/notd I did to get into the Jubilee spirit the other day...


I have seen marbled nails everywhere recently, mostly from Karla who experiments with marbled nails all the time, I kind of got put off by doing it myself as I tried it once and it was veryyyy messy and had no patience but I caved in and did the marbled nail art for the Jubilee! I was surprised at how easy and quick it all was, meaning I will be doing marbled nails a lot in the future!

1. I picked out Jubilee nail polish colours - blue (barry m - cyan blue) white (rimmel - london clouds) red (sally hansen - runaway red-y)
2.  I filled a bowl up with water, poured a few drops of nail polish in, and used a cuticle stick to swirl it around to mix and form a marble effect in the water.
3. I then dipped my nails in really quickly and an amazinggg 'marble effect' appeared. It did get very messy around my nails and on my fingers and I thought it wouldn't come off!!!
4. But..... After a quick clean around with nail polish remover it all came off and my nails looked fab and really 'jubilee-fied.' Yay.

I am so happy with the result, overall it took about 10mins! I can't wait to do the marble effect with other colours like; green, yellow and pink soon. Ooohhhh!

What do you think of this nail art? Will you be trying it for yourself? Let me know!

Lizzie xo

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This Week // 28th - 3rd


1st Line :
little haul // nails art, review soon // ice-cream & sprinkles // peter pan collar

2nd Line :
nail wheels from hing kong // new peace ring //  inspo board // yum, orange choc

3rd Line :
butterfly pancake // benefit freebies in glamour mag // jubilee nail polishes, review soon // owl ornament collection

What have you been up to this week?

Lizzie xo

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Monthly Empties // May

Hi everyone, where has the sun gone?! Finished a few things up last month but I'll only show you 6...



Radox, Brazilian Fusion, Shower Therapy. So this was on my last 'mothly empties' but as you can see I bought another one and used it up! May end up re-purchasing this again, haha. 7/10. RRP: £1+/250ml

Schwarzkopf, Gliss, Shampoo. Have been using this shampoo since forever, I do always switch shampoos but this is my 'hair-is-feeling-dull' shampoo so I use it whenever that happens. I try many shampoos a month so this won't get bought this month I'm afraid. 7/10. RRP: £1+

Dove, Beauty Finish, Deodorant. Just an average deodorant, I don't see the difference. Not buying again. 4/10. RRP: £2+

The Body Shop, Tea Tree Oil, Facial Wash. Just a little travel sized one, but omg I love this. Tea Tree Oil is a fave of mine so I loved using this, and it lasted a long time too! I would definitely re-purchase, but I am using Metique facial wash with Tea Tree Oil at the moment, so this has to wait a bit. 8/10. RRP: £2/60ml

Garnier, Simply Essentials, Toner. I used this everyday since I got it, it really is so good on my skin. Just refreshes it and cleans it well. I was going to buy this again but I decided on a different one. 7/10. RRP: £3

Garnier, Bamboo Flexihold, Hairspray. Just an average hairspray, nothing special. Smells nice though. Probably won't re-purchase, I need to try Elnette! 4/10. RRP: £3

What are your thoughts on these products? Let me know!

Lizzie xo

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