Look What I Found: No.7

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While sorting out the loft my mum came across this little skincare gift set (oooh excitings). It consists of a headband with the No.7 logo in gold, a facial shammy, cleanser and toner, eye makeup remover plus they included a day and night cream.
Unfortunately the cleanser and toner were for normal to dry skin, so I gave them to my mum along with the headband, I've already got one.
First I tried the Day Cream; the consistency of it is VERY thick and very creamy. My first thought was oh no this is not for my skin type, luckily my mum has dry skin so out of the kindness of my heart, and I gave her the Day Cream and the Night Cream.
So I've kept the facial shammy and the eye makeup remover. Many of you may be thinking "What's a facial shammy, Livvy", well I didn't know so I looked it up and basically you just put your cleanser or scrub etc. on it and buff your face. However the head of the shammy is a dense sponge, so this means that the product just sits on top of the sponge and when I used my scrub, when I put it on my face the scrub just squished out on to the sides and didn't really help, in fact it was pretty rubbish so that was disappointing :(
Ending on a happy note, I was pleased with the Eye makeup remover. It didn't make my eyes uncomfortable, which is a big thing for me as I have sensitive eyes. Also it removed my makeup well; I didn't have to rub hard, which is excellent. Although you've got to remember to shake it, because it's two separate parts, it's a bit like that mouth wash you've got to shake and it mixes into a different colour.

Overall I was kind of disappointed with the set, but as it was probably from quite a while ago, I wasn't really expecting much. 

So many people won't find this interesting, but if you do please leave a comment below saying and if you want me to do any specific blog ideas, I'd love to hear them.

Love Livvy xx

What are the different primers???

As someone who uses a primer on a daily basis, I thought I would share some of my research with you guys.
There are many types of primers out there, all with different price ranges and specialities. You have foundation primers, which can either mattify and moisturizer your face, some are even tinted to even out skin tones. There are eyelid/eye shadow primers which help even the clour of your eyelid, reduce oiliness but mainly they help with longivity of your eye makeup and intensifying the colour. Two rarely used primers include mascara primers and lip primers.

So recently my friend asked me "why is this make-up green??" (she's only just started using make-up, it's soo cute i've been teaching her stuff). I thought I would do a little post explaining what different primer colours are:
Green counteracts redness, so for rosacea, spots or general redness (like me).
Orange counteracts blue, e.g. under eye circles
Lavender makes skin appear brighter and corrects sallow skin
Pinks will help to brighten up your complexion

Urban Decay Primer Potion - £15

Some popular foundation primers are Benefit The Pore-fessional £23.50, Laura Mercier Foundation Primer £21.43, Smashbox Colour Correcting Primer £25.00.
Popular eyeshadow primers include Urban Decay Primer Potion £15, Two Faced Shadow Insurance, £16.50. Although most brands do primers that work just aswell and are alot cheaper.



Smashbox Colour Correcting Primers - £25

Benefit The Pore-fessional - £23.50










Hope this helps
love Livvy
xx