Korres Korres and more Korres.

So as you'll probably have guessed by know im a bit obsessed with checking out the latest beauty discounts in TKMaxx and my last trip proved to be one of the most exciting yet!

I found a few Korres products hidden in the back shelves and boy i was a happy girl.

I ended up with the Body Butters in Japanese Rose, Quince and Guava and also the Shower Gel in Japanese Rose.

I am a massive fan of these body butters and i use them most nights, maybe switching it up for my Soap and Glory every so often. I think the Japanese Rose smells he best.

These moisturize so well, they spread well and evenly, they sink in fast and don't feel sticky. My skin feels soft and supple all day until the night when i reapply. The smell also lingers nicely on the skin but not in the overt way.

 

The Body Butters retail for £12.50 and the Shower Gels £7.50 (Prices from Lookfantastic.com). In TKMaxx the Body Butters were £4.99 and the Shower Gel was £3.99. So in total tha'ts a saving of £26.04!!! I'm going to go to the other TKMaxx near me and see if they have any of the Mint Tea products as they are my all time favorite.

Anyone else had some great TKMaxx finds? 

Lorna xxx

Pretty 'Punch Studio' Trinket Soaps :D

Just a warning first that this post is basically pretty pictures.

These little beauties are something i stumbled across in TkMaxx the other day and how glad i am. They are just so beautiful that i got both of these because i couldnt choose between them, and it was a hard task to get it down to these two because there was so many designs.

 Now this photo is pretty dark but its so i can show off the sparkles better.

I really like this one as it opens like a little treasure box with a little magnet.

This one is my favourite though, between the little birds, the glitter and being a little book im totes in love with it.

These soaps smell absolutely amazing, slightly floral but zesty at the same time. Ive not tries them yet as i dont really want to open them.

Im definately going to go back and get a few more for little extra christmas pressents as they were only £2.99 and look so much more expensive.

On the Punch Studio website there is a lot of other products you can buy that all have similar decorative packaging.

Okay i know this isnt much of a post but i have a few lined up so there will be a better one up either tonight or tomorrow morning (maybe both if your lucky).

Lorna xxx

NOTD #2

I have had this on for a about 5 days now so excuse the chips in the photos.
Now this looks like a colour that a lot of bloggers such as Lily from What I Heart Today have been talking about recently from Butter London Bossy Boots but alas it is not as im a little on the poor side at the moment. This is actually Essie Navigate Her, which to be honest is very very similar as far as im concerned. Essie is slightly more minty and less pistachio-y. And it has (an old purchase) Butter London Tart With a Heart over it for a bit of sparkle haha.

 Butter London Tart with a Heart doesnt show up to well in the picures and in all honesty it doesnt show up in the bottle well either. I might put a photo up of it on its own later because it is suck a beautiful colour.

 Now as i said and i'm sure you can see, this chipped quite a lot (the photos were taken after two days of wear) which is not very good wear but keep in mind i did not use a base of top coat. I have since reapplied with my Seche Vite and its holding up better.

Now the reason for this lovely close up of my finger is because i want to point out the lumps on my nails. This is because i was a very bad girl and took my acrylic nails off myself and little bits are still left. Just wanted it put out so that you didnt think i had desiesed nails or anything. haha

Well i think its pretty anyway, and its far enough away from pastel that it looks nice and autumnal.

What do you recon?

Lorna xxx

Elf Haul - Part 1

So as you may have seen on an earlier post i recently got a MEGA haul from E.L.F as they were doing an offer that if you spend over £50 you got £25 off. So i got £50.50 worth of things and it only cost me £25.50. That's basically 50% off which is amazing!!

Now as you can see i got a lot of things so i'm doing this post in 2 parts. Part one will be the eye shadows, eye primers and the blush/bronzer set and Part 2 will be the rest.

Bottom to Top: Sheer /// Sheer blended /// Pearl /// Pearl blended /// Champagne /// Champagne blended

These are the three eye primers (they can be seen in the group pictures as the three lip gloss shaped tubes. They are from bottom to top:

• Elf Mineral Eyeshadow Primer - Sheer - £3
• Elf Eyelid Primer - Pearl - £1.50
• Elf Eyelid Primer - Champagne - £1.50

As you can see these are very different and i tend to use different ones depending on what eyeshadow i'm putting on. I use the mineral sheer the most, i looks great under daytime eye makeup, nudes and simple. The pearl i use for nighttime, going out looks (not a dark smokey eye as its white and bright) that have a fair bit of shimmer in them and i use the champagne for a dark smokey eye.

I think that the mineral works best as a primer, it definitely has the longer staying power although they all work incredibly well for the price.

Blush /// Bronzer

This is the Elf Contouring Blush & Bronzing Powder - £3.75.

I do quite like using this for when im contouring but i need to be very careful with it because it is a very warm toned bronzer and you can end up looking fairly orange. The blusher is a pale pink shade that works well on pale, minimal makeup days and while it does have a shimmer through it it is not over the top.

It comes in a lovely little compact duo with a mirror.

These are the four duo creme eye shadows and they are all £1.50 each . The consistency of them is lovely very creamy but not thick and they are so pigmented you only need a tiny amount. Below are closer up pictures.

Left to right this is The Butter Pecan Duo and the Black Licorice Duo.

 I really love the licorice duo for starting a smokey eye for a night out and the butter pecan duo is great for day time (its a bit less red than it looks in photo)

From lest to right this is the Olive Duo and the Berry Mix Duo.

 Ive only used the brown shade of the Olive duo as of yet and i love it however iv been using both of Berry Mix quite often. (the darker of berry mix is less red and more purple in real life).

L-R Night Owl Heavily Swatched /// Night Owl Lightly Swatched /// Baked Brown Heavily Swatched /// Baked Brown Lightly Swatched

This is the Elf Glitter Eyeshadow and the Elf Studio Eyeshadow Pigment.

From the top pictures the glitter shadow is in the circular white packaging and the pigment is in the small square tub.

• The Glitter is in the shade Night owl  - £2.50 
• The Pigment is in the shade Baked Brown - £3.75

I love the pigment shade for everyday makeup, its just such a perfect colour to go with blue eyes and the glitter looks good for a night out.

So this is part 1, part two will include the eyebrow kit, body shimmer, eyebrow tint and tame, clear brow and lash gel, HD under eye setting powder and the brush shampoo and daily cleaning.

What are your Elf faves?

Lorna xxx

I bought myself a early christmas present - Benefit Sexy Little Stoyaways

I ive not been feeling great reacently and it was payday so i decided to treat myself to a little bit of everything from Benefit :) 

I first heard about this when Fee from Makeup Savvy did her Christmas Beauty Gifts post and i have been lusting after it since. 

Image from Bloomingdale's as i couldn't be bothered talking a photo with my shite camera.

It contains:

It's potent! Eye Cream 3g

Bad Gal Lash 4g

Stay Don't Stray 2.5ml

Ooh La Lift 2.5ml

Chacha Tint 2.5ml

Sun Beam 2.5ml

The Porefessional 7.5ml

Hoola 3g

Bella Bamba 3g

"That Gal" 7.5ml

This all for £25 from Boots.

I especially cant wait to try the It's Potent Eye Cream and "That Gal". I'm also thinking that Hoola might be quite good for contouring? Whats your thoughts about it? 

Im quite happt i have two mini Sun Beams now as i got the free In Style one last week. 

I use the They're Real Mascara on days im not using L'Oreal telescopic or for a night out so im hoping Bad Gal lash will live up to it.

Short post today but im really not that well (forgot to take my medication this morning) haha

Anyone else buying themselves christmas presents this week?

Lorna xxx

P.s I'm pretty sure ive convinced the Fiance to get me the Selfridges Advent Calander so fingers crossed for me and watch this space.

Product exchange???

Hi. So this is a little bit of an unusual post, but i was wondering if any of my readers from outside the uk (mainly the US) would like to do a product exchange of things we cant get? Like products available in the us that i cant get in the uk and vise verse. There are some things i really want but can only find at extortionate prices on ebay or would have to be on holiday to get. If anyone is in the same position and would be interested either leave a comment or email me at lornalouise.beautyandkittens@gmail.com.

Lorna xxx

NOTD #1

So this is my first every Nails of the day. I have only just got my French Acrylic that i got for showing my ring off off and decided to start trying out some of the pollished ive been buying and unable to use.

I decided to go for Essie Bahama Mama and Barry M Rose Quartz Glitter. 

   

These photoes are all a few days old but the polish is still not chipped at all. This is without a base of top coat (i was in a big rush).

 Because my camera is still not fixed i have had to use my phone and the photos are not the best quality but the colours are truely lovely.

Bahama Mama i think is actually i bit richer and purple than the photo, its one of my favourite polishes already. Some essie polishes (bikini so teeny anyone) get glupey and lumpy but this is not one of them, this glides on perfectly. 

Rose Quarts is not as thick as some glitter polishes but still gives great coverage (on mine it is only one coat of it) and its a nice mix of big and small glitter peices. Its a perfect glitter for bahamma mama.

 Anyone else loving these colours? What are your go to autum/winter colours?

Lorna xxx

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