Wunderbrow Review

I have never really had great brows. I went through the awful few years of overplucking (I think we've all been there in our early teen years-cringe!) and it took a long time for my brows to grow back full and natural looking. I guess it just shows how times change and that what is 'cool' changes all the time. It used to be all about the thin brows but in the recent few years celebs like Cara Delevingne influenced us all to grow out them brows as bushy as we can! I have got my brows in a good enough shape and thickness now but they will never be as full looking as I want them to be. I also have pretty light coloured brows so I have to fill them in hardcore for them to look half decent.

I discovered this product whilst browsing Amazon a few months ago and have used it lots since! I believe I purchased it for £19.95 (which is the price it is still at now). It is something that will last a long time and I know I will get many uses out of it for this pretty reasonable price. It comes with a tube of brow gel which contains a blend of hair like fibres and an extra wand to brush the fibres through your brows thoroughly. It is so simple to use once you get the hang of it. The first time I used it, I must admit was a little scary. I think the key to a good application is to always start with a tiny bit of product and build it up gradually to achieve the look you want and make sure you brush through your brows with the clean wand to distribute the product evenly.

I also like to use an angled brush to get a more precise application.

This product claims to 'last for days'- I would say it would only last for days if you didn't wash your face as thoroughly as I obviously do. I found that it would last two days but on the second day is definitely less noticeable that the first. I do really like this product overall as I don't have to fill in my brows as much when I have used this. It definitely makes my brows look much fuller and better shaped. However, in places where there is no hair, it won't stick as it just rubs off the skin. 

If you have light brows that perhaps don't match your hair colour or brows that are a little sparse and not as full as you'd like, I would definitely reccomend this product!

What is your No.1 favourite brow product?

Abbie x

Polaroids

I recently got some photos printed at boots as it had just been a busy few months of holidays and my 21st birthday. I wanted to start sticking pictures that were of memorable times into a pretty scrapbook as I did one a few years back after a trip to New York. I've always loved the idea of having photos to hold and see in the flesh rather than on a phone, camera or laptop. I know there's such thing as the Icloud now, but when I have my own family, I'd love to show them all the pictures from my years growing up and all my happy memories and what's to guarantee that something might go wrong with all this technology we have now and all our photos would be gone.

After getting these printed, I saw another beauty blogger upload a picture to Instagram of their new polaroid style pictures from a site called LALALAB. I much preferred how these looked and the quality of them looked super good. The ones I had printed in boots were a little dark and the colours were a bit strange. Anyway, she had included a code which entitled me to £5 credit. The vintage style prints are £0.29p per photo so I got a fair few for the £5 credit. Once I started looking through my camera roll, I couldn't stop adding more and more pictures because I came across so many that made me smile and think back to happy memories. I ended up going slightly over the £5 credit but that was fine as I got lots of photos and only spent about £3 of my own money.

You can get all kinds of gifts and different style prints on LALALAB which is amazing as they do canvases, posters, collages and other little bits that would make beautiful gifts. They are very reasonably priced and from all of the pictures and reviews i've seen from other users that have ordered things like canvases, all their prints are amazing quality for the money you pay.

Overall, the app and website were both really easy to use and the delivery time was pretty quick. I will definitely be using LALALAB again and ordering more photos because they are amazing and I am so happy with how they have turned out!

Abbie x

Rimmel Volume Colourist Mascara

This product intrigued me. Every girl wants lovely dark lashes right? I naturally have quite long lashes so have never felt the need to get extensions or anything but I have always been interested in getting them tinted but not ever got round to it.

This mascara drew me in when I saw that it not only gives volume but also tints your lashes as you wear it. It says results can be seen after two weeks of wearing the mascara every day. Unfortunately, I never made it to the 2 weeks as I just didn't get on with it. I didn't find it gave my lashes any volume at all, so that was disappointing. I also found that after an hour or so of it being on, it had transferred under my eyes so I was sporting the 'panda eye' look very well! Usually, this would just be a slight negative for me, but as it is a tinting mascara and obviously has dyes in it, this smudging and transferring stains the skin so I was left with panda eyes for a good day before it began to fade. Honestly, I looked like I hadn't slept for about a week!! The dye actually shows up quite green when it is mixed with water (to try and wash off). A friend of mine also used this mascara and when walking in the rain ended up with green all down her face!

I would have normally given a product more time to decide if I like it and give it a chance but this is a big no for me as I can't see it getting any better!

Have you tried this mascara? What do you think of it?

Abbie x