Review: Bourjois Healthy Mix Serum Gel Foundation

This is Bourjois Healthy Mix Serum Gel Foundation.  I bought this today in Boots when I went to buy the normal Healthy Mix Foundation.  I'd never seen this before, and hadn't heard of a 'gel' foundation either.  It was at an introductory price of €11.50 but is normally around €15 I think.

Swatches:

This foundation is quite sheer.  I didn't notice the coverage guide on the back until after I'd bought it. I normally wear foundation with good coverage I was a bit scared of this, it was 1 on the guide, 1 being the lightest coverage.

I tried it on and I quite like it so far.  It's quite moisturising I think, and looks really natural on.  It gives a nice even colour but you would need concealer with this too.  It feels light on the skin and I noticed that this goes a bit further than the usual Healthy Mix Foundation, so you don't need to use as much.  It has a slight fruit fragrance which I don't mind, I think it's better than the chemical smell off of some foundations (e.g I think MAC smells like facepaint).

I haven't worn this properly yet so I don't know about how it wears, according to the bottle it lasts 16 hours (they never do though) so I'll see if it lasts for a day of school tomorrow. 

Apart from this I like it so far.  The colour is a good match for my skin too.

 I'll update tomorrow with the results :)

 

Update: It lasts ages! I was really scared about the sheer coverage because normally I don't wear sheer foundation but it was fine.  It lasted all day (I did top it up a little but I normally do that anyway).  I wore this foundation at school today and to the gym and it lasted through that too lol.  Overall, so far I'm happy with this foundation.

ASOS Competition!

Here's the outfit I put together for the competition on ASOS.com.  It's called Purple&Leather. 

Please vote for it! http://fashionfinder.asos.com/womens-outfits/purple-leather-103043

Red Nails: No7 Stay Perfect

Recently I wanted a really bright red nail varnish and bought this one from No7.  It's No7 Stay Perfect nail varnish in 'Devil's Delight'.

As you can see it's a very bright red colour and it has a high shine finish.  I liked it a lot although it does chip easily.  I think it costs around €9 but I'm not sure.  I love this colour though.

Back Again :)

I haven't posted anything in ages because school started back a few weeks ago and I've been really busy, but I'm going to be posting again soon :)  I also finally started doing proper drawings for my portfolio, hope I get it done in time.

Art Stuff :)

Went shopping for art materials for my portfolio today, that's all the stuff I bought in the photo.  Finally got a big A2 sketchbook, art notebook, A3 sketchbook and A4 cartridge paper.  I got a charcoal sketching pencil too, haven't used one before but thought it could be good for my portfolio.

I was about to buy a €5 60ml tube of white paint (rip-off) when I saw these.  They are Reeves acrylic paint (70ml), and only cost €2.50.  I already use Reeves paints and am pretty happy with them.  I tried out the white and pink colours.  The white is quite thick, which is good, but the pink is a lot more sheer.  I think that it's just because of the colour.  Anyway, overall I think these are really good for €2.50.  There were lots more colours too.  I hadn't seen these anywhere before.

Anyway I decided that I'm going to start my portfolio properly now even though there's only one week left of summer.  I've started the mind-map section of the brief (finally lol) and it's actually kinda fun :P

Shopping :)

Tuesday was my 18th birthday :) My party is on Friday though so I went shopping for shoes to go with my dress..

The shoes are from New Look and cost €35.  I also bought loads more things, including the bag in the photo which was €5 from Pennys (Primark)

Birthday party outfit so far..

So after a lot of going around shops in town and looking online too, and finding absolutley nothing, I bought this Rare dress from ASOS today. 

It cost €70 (so it's my birthday present to me, haha).
It's supposed to be here on or before next Tuesday (which is my birthday..eek) so I hope it gets here in time.  I'm not sure if I'm gonna wear it on Tuesday and then at my party the week after, yet but I hope it gets here quick. 

I was going to wear gold shoes/accessories with it but as gold shoes seem to be kinda hard to find (lol) I think I'll get some cream ones instead.  I have cream shoeboots but I want to buy a new pair of heels instead because I wear the boots all the time.  Haven't found any so far though.  Also, I think I'll wear a skinny gold belt (if I can find one..) around the waist to break up the red a bit.

Hope it looks okay...