Review: ModelCo Lip Enhancer Illusion Lip Liner

Hello lovelies,

I have to say I've never been that particularly fussed about lip liners. They never seem to match closely enough to the lip colour that I want to wear or they dry out leaving you with a different coloured ring around your lips, which is never going to be the look anyone's going for.

However, my opinion may have changed, thanks to the ModelCo. Lip Enhancer Illusion Lip Liner, the name's a bit of a mouthful!

The texture of this lip liner is lovely, it's not comparable to the ones I've tried before. It just glides on, you don't want to feel like you're pulling at your lips, this is so soft and smooth. I've found previously that the vast majority of lip liners tend to bleed into whatever lip colour you're wearing, this stays put and actually looks natural.

The lip liner comes in one shade: a nude. You might think no way is a nude lip liner going to suit me, but ModelCo claim that one shade suits all. Most of us will have pink lips and regardless of the lip colour that we wear, it eventually wears off and our lips turn pink. Because this lip liner has such good staying power and pigmentation, the lip liner maintains its colour and means that lighter coral shades are easy to wear without turning pink.

Lip Enhancer Illusion is the perfect size to fit into any makeup bag and contains an inbuilt sharpener in the lid for convenience. To sharpen, all you do is leave the lip on and twist the pencil.

I think this could possibly become my holy grail of lip liners, the colour is perfect, the texture and staying power are great. It's an essential in any girl's holiday makeup bag.

ModelCo Lip Enhancer Illusion Lip Liner is available from Boots for £14.00 or in the current August edition of Glamour magazine for the grand old sum of £2.00

Magazine Freebies #1

Just a heads up on some of the freebies that are available with some of the magazines currently. I find these a great way of trying out new products that you may think are out of your price range or aren't too sure will work for you! 

1. Glamour magazine: £2 - This months contains either a free ModelCo Mascara worth £16,  Lip-gloss worth £16, Eyeliner worth £15 or a Lip Liner worth £14.

2. Red magazine: £4 or £2 in Tesco - 15ml sample of Elemis Pro Radiance Illuminating Flash Balm worth  £9.60

3. Elle magazine: £4 - Rodial Brazilian Tan in choice of clear, light and dark, worth £13.50

4. In Style: £3.90 - Neal's Yard Power Berry Moisturiser worth £12

5. Traveller magazine: £3.99 - Neom Hand Cream 50ml worth £15

6.Essentials Magazine exclusive to Sainsburys : £2.99 - Dirty Works Body Butter worth £4.99 

Which one will you be buying this month?

Primark Collaboration with ASOS

For some reason, I think this has missed everyone's radar, the best kept secret!

I've read that Primark are gaining an insight into the online market through collaborating with ASOS, this will be a short term trial with a limited number of items available.

Currently, there looks to be about 20 or so pieces that have been specially selected for the online market. It's unlikely that we'll be seeing the super bargains that are available in store but am I am the only person who finds shopping in Primark super stressful?

The collection can be found here

This gives me an insight to what's available in store and I can pick the pieces that I want to try without leaving the comfort of my own home. I really hope that this is a forecast for an online Primark and hopefully only good things will come from this!