Lancôme have really changed their positioning recently, targeting the younger customer especially with this new mascara ‘Monsieur Big’. A good mascara that lasts all day without it flaking all over your face and volumises lashes with just one stroke. Monsieur Big promises thicker looking lashes up to 12x more volume and I was really impressed after the first application. The large soft bristles do immediately lengthen lashes, whilst separating them and coating them with black intensity. I have been using this mascara daily and feel more awake as soon as I put this on. I have been using this mascara now for a few months and it has not clumped like some of the other luxury beauty brands.

Beauty Pie is the latest beauty subscription box which allows you access to luxury cosmetics at factory prices, meaning that you are buying the very best makeup at a fraction of the price. Sounds good right? In order to access these incredible prices all you have to do is sign up to Beauty Pie for just £10 a month. There is a limit of £100 a month ( retail price) which allows you to buy about 4-6 products in total. All of the products are designed to be identical to best selling beauty products on the market. 

Too Faced Cosmetics is a new addition to my makeup collection and now one of my absolute favourites! I was most excited to try out the ‘better than sex’ mascara as I find that using a great mascara really transforms your look from day to night and I am yet to find a mascara that doesn’t clump after a dozen uses. My first impression of the mascara was from the packaging which I thought was really premium. The mascara wand is encased in a metallic pink bottle and embossed with the name. I tend to judge a mascara from the first use and applying it for the first time was quite amazing to see how much product coats the lashes with just one stroke.

I have to admit before I received these products I wasn’t sure about Mary Kay cosmetics as it reminded me of Avon (similar idea of door to door selling) and I didn’t know what sort of quality to expect, but I was actually quite surprised when I received them! When I read that these were matte lipsticks, I thought they would immediately make my lips look all dry and the lipstick would go crumbly, but I was totally wrong. Mary Kay have used gel microsphere technology to create rich, true stay colour that lasts all day without leaving your lips looking or feeling dry. My absolute favourite shade was the crushed berry lipstick for its colour intensity, perfect for this time of year. The lipstick glides on like a balm and gives a creamy matte effect which I really liked. These lipsticks come in 8 shades and available to buy here for £13 which I think is really reasonable. The clear-top window is actually very useful when you have a lot of lipsticks in your makeup bag and looking for a particular shade!