Are you more Highstreet or Highend?

I have been flicking through magazines to try and lull me off to sleep as I have a dreaded nighshift tonight. But instead of making me sleepy its just made my brain work harder.

This is an idea I have been toying with lately, I know when I sometimes read magazines (I wont name any) I see that they just give you the highend option, and if you are like me, I haven't got pots of money to play round with as I am still a student (I qualify in 7 months).

So I thought to these highend products that the magazines are spilling out, I would try and give a highstreet money saving option. We all love a cheaper option, to save money on other little luxuries such as shoes and dresses :)

Metallics have been every wear clothes, nail polishes and eyeshadows. I have been lusting after metallic eyeshadows, I have a number of gold shadows, bronze shadows...........But no silver. Here is my Highend option, Cristal Boreal eyeshadow is a dior product, as part of their Christmas 2009 looks. Its priced at a steep £19.50 for a single shadow.

Now for the Highstreet option and it comes fro L'Oreal. Here are what the L'Oreal say about their mono colour appeal shadows:

"Colour Appeal is a super smooth eye shadows designed to provide long lasting colour in a silky smooth formular. Also it doesn't crease."

This little gem will set you back back approximetly £3 - £5 a steal really.

Lip balms are a love hate relationship for me I have a tough time finding one I truly like. Highend is a Lip conditioner by Mac £10.50.

"A protective emmolient balm formulated with SPF 15, a sheer wash of colour and an all natural sheen. Conditions lips, locks in moisture. Contains almond oil, shea butter, avocado extract, wheat germ oil, vitamins a and e."

So what would be a worthy highend opponent? Sleek Pout Polishes

"Pout Polish contails an SPF 15 to protect your lips from harmful rays. Highly conditioning Pout Polish contains shea butter, almond jojoba and avocado oil to deeply nourish your lips so you can pucker up in confidence."

Have you noticed that the ingrendients are very similar to that of Mac's lip conditioners, but at £3.91 you can say no!

To finish off this post another Mac Product, in the form of theirLiquid Eyeliner. Priced at £13 its not too expensive and is a good product. Simple packaging makes it versatile.

The highstreet product is from a brand I dont really know W7, I havent heard much about them. The only place I found this product was on http://www.magicmakeup.com/. The liquid eyeliner cost less than 75% of Mac's product. This little recession busting beauty product costs a very cheap and cheerful £1.97. I know I cant believe it either!

I hope this little post has helped you, It was alot of fun to write.......I cannot believe how many beauty bargains there really are out there.

A xx

Beauty Judge and Sanctuary Bath Relaxer

Hello Girlies,

I have a secret to tell you! Ever heard of Beauty Judge!? Well you will have by the end of my post :)

Beauty Judge is a website dedicated to beauty reviews, and the honest truth. Whether a product you have used is brilliant or utter rubbish they want to know!

I recently won a competition on the website for the free product of the day. Mine was a Bath relaxer from Sanctuary. Here is my review on the product:

I was so lucky to win this product in the free product competition (Thank you so much Beauty Judge!). Before using the product I thought I would do a small bit of research into the product on The Sanctuary website. The product retails on the website for £4.99. This is what Sanctuary have to say about their product:

"The perfect bath time retreat for sublime relaxation. Emerge from your bath with delicately fragranced, satin soft skin."

The product is delicately fragranced without being too heady like alot of other bath products on the market. Your pour this product under hot running water and it sits above the water as it is an oil based product. When your using this product in the bath you can feeling it working immediately, your skin is being moisturised. The oil sits on the skin, and can feel slimy but this is the nature of any oil based product. There is no need to moisturise after the bath as the almond oil within the product has already done this for you. I recommend this as a once a week treat! It is very oily, but a real indulgence. Just be careful when getting out of the bath as will be slippery :) Thanks again Beauty Judge for sending me this lovely product xx

I urge you to take a visit to the website click here

A xx