Bourjois La Creme Des Levres Lip Cream review

from left to right - 01 Beige Veloute, 02 Rose Voluptue, 03 Rose Doux, 05 Rose Moelleux, 07, Praline Dolce, 08 Brun Onctueux

If you don't already know, not only am I an avid blogger, I'm also an ebayer. Basically I buy makeup in bulk and then sell it super cheap. How cheap you ask? 99p starting price (no I don't make a profit, I'm starting out and need positive feedback so I'm being kind). Oh am I good aren't I ;) these past few weeks I've been selling Bourjois' La Creme Des Levres Lip Cream which is now discontinued so the only way to buy it is through ebayers like me or in bulk. Because I'm selling them here, I thought I'd do a review alongside to show what I think of them - truthfully.

The back of the tube says "shiny, nourishing and light texture' which I can't deny. It's much lighter than a gloss, almost balm-like but a little more glamorous. If that makes sense, haha! For a start they're not glosses, they're creams. Most of you will be thinking 'what's the difference?' and yeah I guess some of you wouldn't be able to tell the difference but for beauty junkies like me, there is a big difference. I usually find glosses to be fairly gloopy and sticky. 'Slime-like' if you will. Lip creams are, well, creamy. You don't get that stickiness that you can get with many glosses, that's why I personally prefer creams. If you don't like glosses but love balms, and just wish that they had a more pigmented colour (which balms rarely do), you'll love the BLCDL (oo, an acronym, get me) Lip Cream.

Bourjois brought out the La Creme Des Levres Lip Creams back a few years ago but for some unknown reason were discontinued, to many peoples dismay. I honestly do love these creams, mainly because I've always wanted a pigmented gloss but could never find one, they always looked rich in colour but once applied were almost clear. That's where the Bourjois Lip Creams come in, they're well pigmented, more than you'd expect. 

All of the lip creams feature an almond scent/flavour which I adore. Have to keep stopping myself from licking it off though... My favourite colours in the range have to be 05 Rose Moelleux (soft orange) and 03 Rose Doux (bubblegum pink).

This one gets - ♥♥♥♥

Have you tried the BLCDL Lip Cream? 

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How To: do a Fishtail Plait

For this week's post I thought I'd do my first ever hair tutorial! If you're a regular reader of my blog, you'll know that i'm a lover of hair. For those of you that don't know, i'm a Saturday girl at a hair salon, so although i'm not a professional I have picked up a few tips and tricks. One of the big hair trends this year has to be the fishtail plait. It looks fairly complicated but once you learn how to do it it is actually really simple! This look is perfect for these autumn/winter months as it looks great topped off with a hat - especially a wooly bobble hat. Good luck, and happy plaiting!


Step one:
Sweep your hair to one side and split into two sections.

Step two:

To create the 'fishtail effect' you need to take small pieces of hair from the sides of your main sections, like this.

Step three: 

Bring the small section into the middle between the two sections and then copy with the other side, pulling tightly so to keep the plait looking neat.

Continue steps two and three until you end up with a completed fishtail plait.

And voila! You're done. See, wasn't too bad, was it? ;)

You can also backcomb the roots of your hair before you begin plaiting if you want more of a beachy, laid-back kinda look.

what's your favourite simple hairstyle?

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Lee Stafford's Wonder Spray review

It usually takes me around half an hour to blow dry my hair 'cause I have a lot of it and it's pretty long. Because of this, I've always put off blow drying my hair and therefore rarely straightening it. I know blow drying is bad for your hair, but as long as you're not doing it every day it's fine, but I'd maybe do it once a month if that.

When I went to Home Bargains (if you've never been in you need to) a couple months ago I saw that they had a load of Lee Stafford stuff but at a fraction of the price. I picked up a few products but the one I was most excited to try was the Wonder Spray which promises to reduce the time it takes to blow dry hair and also helps de tangle hair. Now if you know me you'll know that I'm a huge fan of Lee Stafford's products, and so although I had my reservations about the spray, I did believe that it could work. And boy, does it work.

Like I said before it usually takes me around half an hour to dry my hair, so I expected that the spray would maybe reduce the time to around 20 minutes. I was shocked that after 4 minutes, yes 4 minutes, my hair was completely dry. This spray cost me like £3 and yet it does that! I am so pleased with this product and intend on buying more. Home Bargains probably won't sell it again but I know Boots do, and I'm more than happy to pay full price. 

The back of the bottle/can (I don't really know what it is) says that it's 'full of extra special ingredients to improve the smoothness of the surface of the hair and reduce friction, for easier combing and detangling of wet hair. With added heat protection to protect hair up to the heat of 220'C. It also contains a little bit of hold to keep your style once you have blow dried it into place!' And it doesn't lie! Not only did it help reduce blow drying time dramatically, my hair seemed less frizzy than it usually does when I blow dry, and it did make combing my hair easier. Plus it has the typical Lee Stafford scent that lasts and makes your hair smell b-e-a-utiful!

If you're a busy person like me and don't have the time or the effort to blow dry your hair, but wish you could, I'd highly recommend this Wonder Spray, RRP'd at £6.19 at Boots.

this one gets ♥♥♥♥♥ - I can't fault it!

What's your favourite Lee Stafford product?

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