If you read my last post you’ll have seen I got the No.7
advent calendar for my birthday last week! No7 products are a staple of my make
up bag, I don’t think I could live without seeing that gold, sparkly mascara
tub sat waiting to make my lashes pop. After week one of opening the many doors
I thought I’d share with you what lovely goodies I have gotten so far!
On day one I got Protect and Perfect Intense advanced serum.
So for anyone who doesn’t know what this is, it’s an anti-aging product. Now
again, if you read my last post you’ll understand the irony of this, if not, go
have a read! I’ve never actually used a product like this so I didn’t quite
know what to expect but I will say I was pleasantly surprised by what I found.
It is a really light serum, which I expected to be really greasy but in fact
it’s the opposite. It spreads really well and almost instantly sinks into the
skin and because its so light and spreadable you only need the smallest blob. As I’d never used this product before I had to ask a few people how best to use it, all over like a face cream or target specific areas. The verdict I came to was to use it on specific areas that are likely to develop wrinkles over the years. This means I’ve been using it around the eyes and on my forehead for 7 days now and I think I’m starting to see a difference. The skin around my eyes seems a lot brighter over the past few days which is great.
Moving on to day two now here I got the day cream from the
same product range. I decided to use this every morning after cleansing my face
but before applying my make up. This product, again, is super light and spreads
so well. It has made my skin less oily through out the day, I’ve found my
makeup has needed less touch ups from oily skin. I’ve found a blob the size of
a pea on each cheek really is enough to cover the entire face. It has UV
protection and SPF 15 which are amazing tools against skin damage. It also
smells amazing, well slightly like sun cream but I love that smell!
Day three came and this was a mascara. People who know me will
confirm I give people lash envy in the era of lash extensions, I regularly ask
where I get them done (compliment right, people would pay for lashes like mine!)
This means that I do have to spend a considerable amount of time on my mascara
when putting on make up, it takes a good few layers and sometimes several
mascaras to get the look I like so I am very fussy when it comes to mascara. I
was so excited to try this out that I decided to just go with however it turned
out and to only use that mascara. I have to say, personally I was disappointed
with the results. It got the lengths and the colour was perfect but it seemed
to make my lashes clump together and no matter what I did I couldn’t seem to
get them to separate once they were together. This mascara is called
exceptional definition and I feel like if I already had my staple mascara on as
a base it would very much live up to this name. I’m thinking of getting my mum
to test this mascara as she has more naturally spaced out lashes, lets see if she
has any better results!
Behind door number four lay the gift of the perfect base, a
primer. When it comes to primer I swear by Porefessional by Benefit and I didn’t
really want to try this product in case it was better. After giving it a go
however I found it worked just as well, its thicker than I’m used too and I found
I needed a little more that I would with my regular primer but I liked it. Dare
I even say I preferred it on the day or a rather bad outbreak. As its thicker
it helped conceal the spots better than my usual primer does. 
Day six was a tad disappointing to start off with, after the
range of skin products I’d had so far, but once I got it out I was so impressed.
What is ‘it’ you ask? A new eye-shadow brush. The handle is a tad short but the
brush itself is so soft and blends out product so well. Perfect for blending
out that glittery smoky eye look at the Christmas doo, #InstaReady!
Last but certainly not least came a lovely eye-shadow, in the colour of Matte Mocha. Its
fairly dark and has the slightest shimmer. When I saw the shimmer I wasn’t too
sure how I felt, eye-shadows that aren’t meant to be a glitter shadow can
sometimes be a bit too much when they have a shimmer but it really makes the
colour stand out. I was pleasantly surprised by how pigmented it was when I tried
it (with my new brush of course). It worked well as a stand alone shadow or
mixed with other products for a fuller eye-shadow look.
So after week one I must say I’m so happy with everything so
far! Lets see what the next week brings!
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