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6 Sept 2011

Current Skin Care

Posted by Rebecca

After what seems like a lifetime of suffering from and failing to tackle my blemish prone skin, I feel as if it's currently better than it has been for a very long time. At the end of July I finally decided to visit my GP regarding my skin, she prescribed me a solution of erythromycin and zinc acetate. This is a 'watery' solution that comes in a small bottle with a sponge top, to be applied twice a day. My doctor recommenced changing my skin care to using just a tea tree face wash. So I took her advice and visited my local Superdrug after the appointment. I picked up the Tea Tree and Peppermint Foam Face Wash and began using it immediately. After a week or so I felt as if using a face wash alone wasn't quite enough to fully clean my skin and so I headed back to Superdrug and picked up the matching cleanser & toner and the moisturiser. I've been using these consistently for over a month now and have seen great results. In the last week and a half I've had no new blemishes, which is pretty amazing for me. I'd highly recommend checking these out if you have blemish prone skin too. They're very reasonably priced with most items being £2.99 (the whole range is currently on offer - 2 for £3.99). This is probably the cheapest and most effective range I've used for many years. The list of products I've tried over the years is never ending. All the popular things - Liz Earle Cleanse & Polish (worsened my blemishes a lot!), Oxy, Clean & Clear, Clearasil, Neutrogeona....I could go on.




Have you found any great skin care products recently? I'm looking for a new eye cream at the moment, any suggestions?

Thanks for reading.



1 Aug 2011

Blog Sale!

Posted by Rebecca

I'm sorry I've been MIA for a while. I've been job hunting, going back and forth between my uni flat and home and other boring activities! It's looking like I may be moving home for bit after just finishing uni and so I've been sorting through all the things I've accumulated over the past 3 years. It turn out I have A LOT of make up, more than anyone needs. So I've  begrudgingly decided to let some of it go. I still love most of these products, but just have too many or similar items. So...
  • It's first come first serve, leave a comment with your email address, if you don't want to leave it below you can email me on makeupconfidential@gmail.com
  • Prices are show below with P+P after for UK, for shipping overseas please contact me
  • Combined P+P available and discount for those buying more than one item
  • Paypal only, I will invoice you as soon as I receive your order
  • Payment must be made within 24 Hours
  • Items sent out on the day or the next day after payment is received
  • Offers welcome
  • No Returns
1. Michael Kors Very Hollywood Eau de Toilette 50ml (usage shown) & Body Lotion 100ml (50% left) 
    Both Items Together - £15 plus £3 P+P


2. Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturiser SPF20, 30ml, shade nude. Brand New and unopened as shown. This is     a light shade, I would guess around MAC NC20 -25. 
   £8 plus £1.50 P+P   SOLD




3. Avene Cleanance Skin Care Set. Cleanance Toner 200ml (usage shown), Cleanance K Gel Cream 40ml (50% left) & Cleanance soapless cleanser 200ml (usage shown) I know there is only a small amount left but I though I may as well include it. This is perfect for if you wanted to try out the line, this is for oily blemish prone skin.
Whole Set £8 plus £2 P+P



4. Neutrogena Visibly Clear Pink Grapefruit face wash 200ml (usage shown) & daily scrub 150ml (more than 80% left, only used a few times)
Set of both - £4 plus £P+P


5. Bourjois Healthy Mix Foundation Shade 51 Light Vanilla 30ml (usage shown, only used around 5 times)
£4.50 plus £1.50 P+P


6. Lancaster Beauty Variations Illuminating Compact Powder, 23g, more than 65% left.
   £3 plus £1.50 P+P


7. Lipsticks, usage shown for all, most have been used less than 5 times, L-R.
    Relvon Lipstick shade 075 Peach £2, MAC Cremesheen in Modesty £4, Models Own Lipstick in Coral
    Pink £2, Barry M lipstick Shade 101 £2 plus £1.50 P+P for each


8. Mac Lipgelee in Resort Life 15ml (used a couple of times) , from the Venemous Villain Collection, was limited edition
£6.50 plus £1.50 P+P


9. MAC Eyeshadow in Sweet Lust, 1.5g, used around 8 times
   £4 plus £1.50 P+P


10. Chanel Eyeshadow in 60 Ivory, 2g, more than 50% left, in original box and velvet pouch.
      £9 plus £1.50 P+P


11. Benefit Bad gal eyeliner £2 SOLD and it stick concealer £2, usage shown. £1.50 P+P each


12.  Nail varnishes, usage shown for all items. £1,50 P+P for each item unless buying more than one.
       L-R
      Barry M Blueberry I/C £1, Barry M Mint Green £1, China glaze Towel Boy Toy £2.50, China Glaze Turned Up Turquoise £2.50

L-R
OPI Got a Date to Knight £3.50, OPI Flit a Bit £2.50 SOLD, Nails Inc Shoreditch £2.50



13.  Bourjois Illuminating Touch, 97 Rose Essentiel, 1.5g, only swatched a few times small brush also included.
£3 plus £1.50 P+P



Thanks for looking! If you have any questions or want to make me an offer for multiple products please leave a comment.


14 Jun 2011

Makeup and Skincare Tag

Posted by Rebecca

I was looking online for some blog tags, and this one was quite popular so I decided to do it. Hope you find it interesting...

Skincare

How many times do you wash your face daily? 
Twice, morning and night.

What skin type do you have?
Oily and blemish prone.

What is your current facial wash?
Avène Cleanance Soapless Gel Cleanser

Do you exfoliate?
Not at the moment

What moisturizer do you use?
Avène Cleanance K, sometimes I use Oilatum natural repair if my skin is feeling dry.

Do you have freckles?
No

Do you use eye cream?
Yes, Clinque’s All About Eyes.

Do you or did you have acne prone skin?
I do have blemish prone skin, maybe not quite acne.

Did you ever have to use Pro-activ?
Nope

Makeup

What foundation do you use?
No7 Intelligent Balance mousse (sadly discontinued now), but I have just purchased Bourjois Healthy mix foundation to try,

How about concealer?
Collection 2000 Lasting Perfection and a Lacura concealer pen under the eyes,

What do you think of fake eyelashes?
I don't use them very often, but I think they can look nice sometimes.

Did you know that you are supposed to change your mascara every 3 months?
Yes, but I don’t really stick to that

What brand of mascara do you use?
A mix of Collection 2000 Big Fake False Lash Effect and Prestige My Longest Lashes at the moment, I change brand quite a lot though.

Sephora or MAC?
Well if we had Sephora here I’d chose that.

Do you have a MAC Pro-card?
Nope

What makeup tools do you use in makeup application?
Foundation brush, concealer brush, blusher brush, eyeshadow brushes, kabuki and eyelash curler.

Do you use make-up base/primer for the eyes?
I use Urban Decay Primer Potion, no foundation primer.

What is your favourite eyeshadow (colour or shade)?
Hm too hard to pick one, usually neutral colours; I’m loving my Naked palette right now.

Do you use pencil or liquid eyeliner?
Liquid liner on the lid and pencil under the eye and in the waterline.

How often do you poke your eyes with an eyeliner pencil?
Um not very often!

What do you think of pigment eyeshadows?
Too messy, I’m far too clumsy to use them.

Do you use mineral makeup?
Not at the moment, but I have use Bare minerals in the past.

What is your favourite lipstick?
Way too hard to pick at the moment maybe No7 Nude Rebellion and Estee Lauder Wild Blossom.

How about lipgloss?
The Barry M ones at the moment.

What is your favourite blush to use?
Benefit’s Georgia.

Do you buy your makeup on ebay?
Haven’t yet.

Do you like drugstore makeup?
Yes definitely.

Do you go to CCOs? (Cosmetic Company Outlets)
I’ve been a few times, there aren’t many in the UK

Did you ever consider taking makeup classes?
Not really

Name a makeup crime that you hate?
Too much bronzer

Do you like colourful shades of makeup (lipstick,eyeshadow) or neutral ones?
Mostly neutral shades.

Which celebrity always has great make up?
Hm hard to pick again maybe Jennifer Aniston and Leighton Meester, they usually look really natural.

If you could leave the house using just one make up item, what would you use?
Foundation.

Could you ever leave the house without any makeup on?
Not really, I like to have at least foundation and mascara on.

Do you think you look good even without any makeup on?
No, I hate my skin.

In your opinion, what is the best makeup line?
Um another hard one for drugstore I’d pick Maybelline and high end Chanel or YSL.

What do you think of Makeup?
I love makeup, it gives people confidence and can be very creative.

That was pretty long, I hope you managed to make it all the way through. I tag all of my followers with blogs to this :) Or anyone reading. Please leave your version in the comments if you have already done it so I can read. 



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