5 Things to Buy This Summer

Hello! I'm Kayla from Microscopebeauty.com and I'm guest posting for Parie today! With summer fast approaching these five products are musts for the warmer months.

Summer makeup is all about minimalism in my opinion. Keeping things simple during hot days means your makeup will stay on and you can get outside to enjoy the weather faster. The Stila One Step Correct ($36) does wonders at evening out your skin tone and brightening things up. If you're looking for a really natural look, this stuff is perfect to smooth over your face and call it good. It's also amazing under foundations and tinted moisturizers. 

If you want a bit more coverage than just a primer, the NARS Pure Radiant Tinted Moisturizer ($42) is the perfect light base for the warmer months. Plus it has SPF 30 to help protect your skin from the sun. It provides a nice dewy finish to the skin without making you look oily or sweaty. It's as good as everyone says.

For a nice flush glow you're going to need to get the Tarte Amazonian Clay 12-Hour Blush in "Peaceful" ($26). I've never had a blush look so natural and provide the perfect wash of color. I love using this on days where I'm going for a "no makeup" makeup look. It also can be built up for a more noticeable look. It also lasts for ages so you don't have to worry about it disappearing when you're out and about exploring.

For lips it's nothing but the Bourjois Colour Boost Lip Crayon in "Peach on the Beach" (£7.99). These lip crayons are the most moisturizing crayons I've ever used (and I've tried my fair share). "Peach on the Beach" is a lovely light pink shade that is incredibly pigmented and lasts well on the lips. 

For nails you're going to need to pick up Essie's "Mojito Madness" ($8.50). I call this my "grass green" polish and it's the perfect eye-catching shade for summer. It's opaque and has a lot of dimension to it. I'm not one for green polishes, but this one is just lime enough to avoid making your fingers look like green beans.

What are your must buy products for summer? Be sure to stop by my blog microscopebeauty.com and say hi!

xoxo Kayla

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The Lip Product Addict TAG||With EmilyPlace

Good day fellow lip stick addicts! Over the last few months I have recently become very obsessed with lip products and can't help my self when it comes to buying them. I am still sticking to nudes and finding it hard to move along but its all down to preferences. This tag was originally created by Amelia and you can check out her video with Estée here, you've probably seen it already! Today I thought I would do the tag, and this post is a collaboration with Emily from EmilyPlace. Make sure you go and check out her blog, her version of this post and everything else as well as giving her a follow on bloglovin'..the both of us have become really good friends all because of blogging! Awww! 

1.Favourite balm/treatment?

I think everyone has cheated some point in this tag and I have definitely! The first thing I love as a balm is the Nivea Lip Butter in Caramel Cream, this stuff smells amazing and I love that it gives your lips a slight shine and leaves them feeling super soft and silky. The other is a newer one in my collection, this is the Balance Me limited edition tinted lip salve - sheer raspberry this stuff is great for those natural days because as well as smelling nice they also hydrate your lips and give you a glossy finish.

2. Best eye-catching red?

Okay, so I have realised that I am not a big red girl! I seem to have more pinks of all different shades rather than reds, but I managed to find one from MUA that shows up more pink in the swatch below than it actually is. I have declared my love for MUA lipsticks in Shade 10 time and time again because you can not go wrong for the price.

3. Best luxury & best drugstore?

I also don't own many luxury lipsticks, but then I think that any lipstick no matter what the price can be classified as luxury. My one true love is this one from YSL that has no name and could be classed in the category above as it is this lovely deep red. For drug store I have so many it was hard to pick just one, but I have to give this one to the Kate Moss Rimmel Lipsticks because the formula and colours of these things are amazing and the nude one is now a everyday lipstick of mine and I have bought it twice!

4. Best MAC lipstick?

Okay, so...I don't actually own a MAC lipstick! I never have and hopefully will after posting this because I think its about time. So many people recommend shades on twitter, which makes my life easier. But I have never wanted one if you get me!

5. The most disappointing?

I never thought I would be answering this question, but I think it has come down to one disappointing product that I really wanted to love. I love the revlon lip butter's I think they great value for money and the range of shades are crazy. However, the lip butter in Crème Brulee  is just awful. I thought the nice sounding name and colour on first look would be amazing, but I thought wrong the colour is awful on my skin tone and I hate the little gold specks inside its just eurgh! 

6. Liner - yes or no?

I own two liners that I would be happy with re-purchasing but for me liners are only ever for special occasions and nothing else. The BYS lip liner in Natural is the perfect lip liner to use under any nude lipstick when you want it to be a little more show stopping. The other time I like to line my lips is when I wear a red lip (not that often like I said before) but when I do I go for the Models Own lip liner which is not available online, as I got it at the Clothes Show. Amazing formula and great colour.

7. Best gloss?

I own so many lip glosses I could open a little shop! But my favourite has to be the Tanya Burr lipgloss in Afternoon Tea perfect everyday lip gloss, as well as looking amazing on top of other lip colours. Her whole line smells amazing and applies like a dream on your lips.

8. Something extra!

I had to mention these beauties in this section, these are the Revlon Matte Balms in Sultry and Elusive.  I like the lacquers as well but the matte ones are the way to go, having two at the moment does not please me! I am really wanting to purchase more of them because they are the best things that have ever been invented. Ever. I adore the way they glide on your lips, the staying power is right up there with the ysl lipstick and they are super pigmented!

Hope you enjoyed reading, and let me know if you need to become a part of Lipstick Anonymous!

A Bit of Rough|| Review

I always seem to be reviewing beauty items, so I thought I would do something different and review this exfoliating cloth today. Something that has become part of my everyday shower routine. At first I was always using a loafer and it meant replacing it constantly because I was using it to its end, this cloth is a little different it lasts much longer and trust me works a lot better! 

There are so many uses for this cloth, it seems as though tanning is the main one however as someone who doesn't use fake tan I thought it would be a better idea to find out some more uses and boy there are lots. My main use has been using it after I have had my arms and legs waxed, there are always so many little stubborn hairs and this cloth helps to get rid of them slowly. I also thought initially that it wouldn't work without a special sort of soap but I have been using it with my Soap and Glory Sugar Crush Soap and it works amazingly well! It also really gentle to use on the face and isn't harsh at all, and it works well with your everyday scrub. It's also huge and you can get to your back and everything this is pure genius!

Real Techniques vs Ebay Brushes

Well, nearly a year ago I bought some Real Techniques ( RT) from Ebay, you can find the whole review of those brushes here - several types on this blog I have used these brushes and talked about because I just love them. Recently, I got the actually RT core collection which comes with the brushes in. So, I thought I would compare both the fake and the real versions of the buffing brushes, of course their are differences because no one is legally allowed to copy something exactly. But I always get asked whether it's worth it to splurge or save! 

Left Dupe| Right Real

Design - This was the first thing that shouted out to me, at first view you can see the size is the biggest difference. Not only the Dupe being much longer in length but it is also much wider, in some ways I actually prefer the thicker handle as I find it much easier to handle and control. The other thing with the design is the colour of the brush, the dupe is more copper and the real is much more golden which I like a lot better. Then we have the bottom of the brush, no idea how I didn't realise this at first because of my silly eye sight..but in fact the dupe has a metal bottom and the real has a rubber bottom which is much more comfy to use. 

Brush - Then there's a difference in the brush. Both are really soft and apply your makeup perfectly. You can see the dupe on the left below is much smaller than the real on the right, I don't see this as the biggest problem because any size is perfect because you make it work for you. The brushes are also different colour, the real one is black and then white and the dupe being brown and then a off white. 

Application - This really has been mentioned all the way through this post but there isn't much to say to about the application. I have found that both brushes work really well for me and both are just as good as each other. 

Overall| I honestly can't choose between the two, I think the Real Techniques will be your best purchase because they last for ages and are the original ones. But the dupes are just as long lasting and mine have lasted me nearly a year and still going strong. Price wise buy the Ebay ones because they are much cheaper, quality wise I would go for the RT ones because they are fit for purpose.

Hope you enjoyed!