Look Beauty: Brow Perfect Kit

So, yesterday I decided to buy the "Look Beauty Brow Perfect" kit after seeing it in a video on Sprinkleofglitter's YouTube channel and I thought it looked great. I'd been looking for a good brow kit for some time and I thought this one looked great. So, when browsing in Superdrug I decided to pick it u. It was  £7.99 and considering how much is included, I think that's a very reasonable price! The kit contains...

• x4 Eyebrow Stencils
  
  
• x1 Fixing Gel
  
  
• x7 Brow Shades
  
  
• x1 Mini Tweezers
  
  
• x1 Double Ended Precision Applicator

The packaging

It also has a really large mirror!

There is also a pull out draw at the bottom, which holds the stencils.

Overall, I really do like this brow kit, but I think I'm still going to look for another one in the future. The brow powders are all a bit too warm toned and they look quite un-natural on my ashy, taupe brows. However, I LOVE the brow fixing gel that comes in the kit, it is perfect in every way! It keeps my brows in place all day and although at first it feels a little weird as it seems to almost, harden your brows but once you get used to it, you don't even notice. The tweezers are also great as they are very strong and firm which means they can easily pluck eyebrow hairs quickly ad easily, despite their mini size. The double ended "precision" applicator is not so great. It's very thick so its difficult to use when you have quite thin brows. It's also too firm, and the bristles are made from a very hard plastic. I can really say too much about the stencils, because I'm not really one to use stencils, I tend to just follow my natural brow shape instead. Although the brow shades aren't great for me, I still will continue to use the kit and I think its defiantly great for travelling seeing as it has pretty much everything you need for your brows.

Thank you for reading!xo

bareMinerals Balance & Boost duo (review)

So, I've been buying/trying a lot of bareMinerals at the moment as I love the company and their policies, oh and all the products are great haha. My most recent purchase from them is the limited edition Balance & Boost beauty duo. The set includes an apricot tinted mineral veil in a really nice little compact, with a mirror. The other part of this duo is the little buff and go brush. The mineral veil is supposed to brighten your complexion, due to the apricot tint. I don't really know if I agree with this though. I like the mineral veil to set my makeup and that's all I really use it for, but I know its great if you have more oily skin as your makeup will stay matte for a long time but as I have dry skin I don't use it to mattify my skin. I do think it kind of blurs my makeup together giving my skin a more flawless look. Also, this container is like nothing I've ever seen from bareMinerals. Instead of having the holes or the new click, lock and go sifter it has this strange metal flap type thing that opens when you close the lid. It's difficult to explain but basically once you re-open the container there is product on the flap.. This makes it way less messy than the regular containers so it's perfect for travelling or for having in your bag for during the day touch ups. And talking of touch ups, the buff and go retractable kabuki is great for applying the mineral veil. It's very soft! I don't think this would be good at applying the mineral foundation though as its synthetic, and I personally can find synthetic brushes apply products such as foundations very, very sheer. But for something like mineral veil, it is perfect:) the brush is also very travel friendly as its small and retractable. However I have to be honest, I still do prefer the original mineral veil rather than the tinted one! I think the original mineral veil seems to actually make more of a difference to my skin, the tinted one doesn't seem to do much but I still really like it as a final setting powder.

I bought this from boots for around £22, in bareMinerals boutique
its £29 so I recommend going to boots!

Sorry it's difficult to see the opening "mechanism" :(

This looks really orange when you actually see it, but the camera doesn't
really show the true colour.

6g of product, when usually its £20 for a regular pot of mineral veil
and its £19 for the buff & go brush on its own, so when buying this duo
(if you buy it at boots) you're saving around £17 by buying both!

I can't believe how compact this is..

To my surprise, this brush is pretty dense!