You can pretty much guarantee that when one of the higher end beauty brands brings out a product it won't be long before one of the drug store brands bring out a dupe for it! Nails inc brought out the magnetic nail polishes and Barry M were not too far behind with their offering, Clinique brought out the chubby sticks and Revlon were not far behind with their Just Bitten Lip Pencils.

Now it appears that it has happened again... queue Maybelline and their newest product the Baby Skin Instant Pore Eraser.


Now on first look at the name and the claims of this product, you cant help but notice the similarities to Benefits Porefessional. Heres what Maybelline says about it:

"Maybelline Baby Skin provides a matte finish and leaves the skin fresh and protected. The gel texture in Baby skin instantly helps to vanish pores and makes the feel light"

Now I am an absolutely massive fan of the Benefit Porefessional and have been using it for well over 12 months but at £24.50 its not exactly pocket friendly; although in fairness it lasts well. As soon as I read about Maybelline's latest offering on Lily Pebbles blog I knew I had to try it and when I spotted it on offer in Boots at a price of £7.99 and an offer of buy one get one half price, 2 instantly fell into my basket!

Now I only picket this up on Saturday so I have only used it once but so far so good. The formula is silicone based one and glides on in a very silky fashion you become to expect from such formulas. I love how cute the packaging is, bright and colourful and is nice and compact. You get 22ml of product (the same amount as the Porefessional) which for £7.99 and considering how little you need, I think this is a total beauty bargain!

I cant wait to continue to try this product and can see it becoming one of those products that is going to become a must have in make up bags all over the country!

Have you tried this?? What do you think???

I haven't done one of these for a while so I thought I would share one with you today. I am afraid the actually picture of me isn't that good - I always seem to struggle to take a good picture of myself. Anyway enough rambling, here it is...

As you can see you can't really get a proper idea of it but you can get the general gist.. basically I went for a really simple face and a nude coloured eye. Here is the products that I used:

• Rimmel BB Cream in medium 
• Benefit Porefessional 
• Soap and Glory Kick Ass Concealor
• Soap and Glory Trick and Treatment 
• Rimmel Stay Matte Powder in Sandstorm
• Topshop Cream Blush in Acting Up
• No 7 Bronzer 
• MUA Eyeshadow Primer
• Urban Decay Naked Palette - Shades Virgin and Sidecar
• Maybeline Masterpeice Liquid Liner 
• Benefit Bad Lash liner 
• Rimmel Accelerator Mascara in Brown 
• Mac Mineralize Skin Finish in Soft and Gentle
• Bourjois Rouge Addition Lipstick in Rose Tweed

Brushes:

• Real Techniques Buffing Brush 
• Real Tecniques Delux crease brush 
• Real Techniques Powder Brush 
• Real Techniques Contour Brush 
• Real Techniques Shadow Brush 
• Lauren Luke Blending Brush 
• Real Techniques Blush Brush

Firstly seriously how many Real Techniques brushes do I have! Although to be fair they are amazing and affordable which is why I love them, plus the quality is great. I am really loving the Urban Decay palette at the moment. It has been my go to palette every day since I brought it I think - my other shadows will probably be feeling neglected. I am also loving the new Rimmel Mascara. I will do a separate review on both of these but so far so good :) 

OK so this post may be a little late but I wanted to share with you my favourites of 2012...

Its called Let there be bright gift set. It contains the moisturiser which the girl at the Benefit counter had used which is the Triple Performing Facial Emulsion, it's oil free and contains SPF 15. When she used it on Saturday I felt like such a small bit went a long way. Also in this set is the It's Potent! Eye Cream which was part of the free gift I got in a small sample size and I really liked it. These were the 2 products I was actually looking at on the Benefit counter in Boots when the lovely lady told me about this gift set. The 2 products mentioned retail for £23.50 each and the gift set is £39 and you get 2 full sized versions of the above products. You also get a Total Moisture Face Cream Deluxe Mini and The Porefessional Deluxe Mini. So not only did I save myself £8 but I also got 2 other free products too. I love the mini Porefessional as it will be perfect for taking on weekends away etc or keeping in my handbag. I am also excited to try the Total Moisture Face Cream. It appears like it is a deeply moisturising cream for extra dry skin and I always get a dry part on the side of my nose on the bridge where my glasses sit so I cant wait to try this out.

I will keep you updated on how I am getting on with these products! Have you tried any of these products? Which are you favourite Benefit skin care products??

So here we are... another weekend and so another haul video. I seem to have starting using make up more probably over the past 12 months. Up until then I would just chuck a bit of foundation and some mascara on and have done. But over the last 12 months, or probably since I started writing this blog, I have been getting into experimenting with make up and trying different things. I have always been pretty much a high street affordable kind of girl, Im not talking cheap and nasty but like affordable stuff like Rimmel etc but today while in town I got a few bits to mix up my usual and brought some higher end bits too.


I like smack bang in the middle of 2 towns which I think I have said before, one slightly smaller and another one which is bigger and has more shops. I dont tend to go to the bigger town as its slightly further and is usually rammed with people. However me and mum went today and had a mooch round. So here is what I brought...

 I shall keep you updated on what I am thinking of all these beauty products :)