Review | Soap&Glory Puffy Eye Attack Turbo Boost Hydragel

Its a fact of life I think, that we all suffer with dark circles, puffy eyes and bags due to our sleep patterns and life styles. And in my opinion my dark circles are not as bad as some but they are definitley visible along with a deepish line indicating a little bit of eye baggage. So I thought it was high time I try to make them a little bit less noticeable. 

My efforts at concealing them with concealer/foundation are sadly rejected by my face. It always creases and under my eyes end up looking worse that it was before and more noticeable. So when I came across this on sale I thought I would give it ago.

Information

Brand | Soap & Glory

Product | Puffy Eye Attack Turbo-Boost Hydragel

Price | £12.50 but I got it for £6.25

Size | 14ml

Packaging | Pink cardboard box with a white plastic tub inside, both embossed with the Soap&Glory logo

Would I repurchase | No

Ingredients

Aqua (Water/Eau), Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Coco-Caprylate/Caprate,PEG-8, Aluminum Starch Octenylsuccinate, Dimethicone, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Polyacrylate, Hydrolyzed Rice Protein, Glyceryl Stearate, Hydroxyethyl Urea, Ethylhexylglycerin, Hydrogenated Polydecene, Cetyl Alcohol, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Sclerotium Gum, Sodium Hydroxide, Caffeine, Disodium EDTA, Trideceth-6, C12-16 Alcohols, Glycine Soja (Soybean) Protein, Panax Ginseng Root Extract, Superoxide Dismutase, Glyceryl Acrylate/Acrylic Acid Copolymer, Sodium Benzoate, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Palmitic Acid, Gynostemma Pentaphyllum Extract, Ammonium Lactate, Sodium Hyaluronate, Oryza Sativa (Rice) Starch, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Punica Granatum Bark Extract, Tocopherol, Sodium Dextran Sulfate, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Cucumis Sativus (Cucumber) Fruit Extract, Sophora Japonica Flower Extract, Oryza Sativa (Rice) Bran Oil, Potassium Sorbate, Xanthan Gum, Propylene Glycol Dicaprylate/Dicaprate, Ascorbic Acid, Citric Acid, Citrus Nobilis (Mandarin Orange) Fruit Extract, Prunus Armeniaca (Apricot) Fruit Extract, Prunus Persica (Peach) Fruit Extract, Nicotiana Sylvestris Leaf Cell Culture

What it claims

"Loaded with anti-dark circle and anti-puff BOTANICAL PEPTIDES, detoxifying OXYGINSENG™ TECHNOLOGY, HYPER HYDRATORS and COOL-CUCUMBER-X™, Soap & Glory™ Puffy Eye Attack™ is a fast-acting, de-bloating, skin-firming, collagen-boosting GENIUS IN A JAR!"

• Tackles dark circles and puff
• Firms, tones, rehydrates
• Boosts collagen production
• Helps kick-start stagnant undereye circulation
• Cools, soothes and moisturises
• Perfectly balanced for all skin types

So the product itself is scent free and a gel like consistency. A little bit of this goes along way so its been lasting me very well. I've been using it for approximately 2 and a half months now both morning and night. At first impressions the gel is very nice to apply, its cool and blends in very well. 

As a makeup base for under eye it fails. Every time I apply a little bit of concealer or dab some foundation anywhere near where I applied this, it rubs and beads up and I'm left with little white blobs around my eyes that I have to try and sweep away with a brush.
As for its Puffy Eye Attacking yes my eye puffyness diminishes but I believe that is to do with fully waking up and the fluid draining from around my eyes.
My dark circles haven't changed much. I wake up and I have dark circles. When I go to bed they are still fully visible, but maybe ever so slightly less dark.
Under my eye area does feel moisturised which is good as that always helps in combating the signs of aging. But I think all in all I'm pretty disappointed in this. I recently looked at some reviews on boots.com about the product and near all of them raved about this product. So clearly it works well for some people, but sadly it hasn't worked well for me, so its a definite no repurchase.

Have you tried any eye creams that work wonders for you?
Any concealers that won't crease up?

Have a great day!

Jeni x

Bonfire Night!

Remember, remember the 5th of November

Gunpowder, treason and plot!

Yup its Bonfire night y'all!

So throw on a coat, grab your scarf and go set fire 'guy'

Oh!

&

watch some pretty, sparkly fireworks!

I put together a little eye look inspired by the super pretty awesome fireworks.

It 'aint nothing too fancy but there's sparkle's

Products used:

+ Soap & Glory Its About Prime Eye Shadow Underbase in Bright Light

+ Natural Collection Eye Shadow in Snowstorm - All over the lid

+ MUA Glamour Days Eye Shadow Pallet: 

Purple from the mid 3rd of eye out to the corner

Blue last 3rd of eye

Light Gold inner 3rd

+ George Velvet Eye Shadow in no.28 Paparazzi - Outter V

+ NXY Liquid Crystal Liner in Crystal Pewter - Lining top and bottom lash line

+ Revlon Colour Stay Liquid Liner in Black 

+ Natural Collection Eye Shadow in Midnight - to line water line

+ Maybelline NY The Falsies Flare Mascara in Black

This look was much more sparkly in the flesh, the Crystal liner is sooo spraklicious!

It didn't turn out quite as I had hoped but hey! I'm no make-up artiste!

Hope you like and have a fantastic bonfire night!

Jeni x

Happy Halloween!

I

Love 

Halloween!

But sadly I have no Halloween party to go to

&

I'm a tad old for trick or treating!

So I decided to put together this dark, vampy look.

Which I sort of love!

I've never been good at selfies!

My eyes are dark and smokey but I used a pearlesant white shade to add a soft glow.

I used brown to create a depth in the outer hollows of my eyes and a black shadow to line my upper and lower lashes and my outer V, gently smoking. I thinly lined my eyes with liquid liner, carrying the liner out rather than into a cat-eye flick.

To finish a slick of mascara to the top and lower lashes and lining my tight line with my liquid liner.

I used a dark red lip liner and dark plumb lipstick on the whole of my lips and a deep red lip gloss to in the inner section of my lips to add a lil something something!

For nails I've been rocking a black & white crackle look that kinda looks like skulls..maybe!

List O' Products:

+ Boujois Healthy Mix Serum Gel Foundation in no.52 Vanilla

+ Natural Collection Cover Up Cream in Fair

+ Maybelline Fit Me Pressed powder in no.125

+ NXY Eyebrow Cake Powder in Blonde

+ Soap & Glory It's About Prime Eye Shadow Underbase in Bright Light

+ Natural Collection Eyeshadow in Snow Storm

+ Natural Collection Eyeshadow in Asteroid

+ Natural Collection Eyeshadow in Midnight

+ Revlon Colour Stay Liquid Liner in Blackest Black

+ Natural Collection Lash Length Mascara in Black

+ Rimmel Lasting Finish 1000 Kisses Lip Pencil in no.063 Black Tulip

+ Collection Gothic Glam Lipstick in no.2 Scorned

+ NXY Mega Shine Lipgloss in no.133 Burgundy

+ Barry M Nail Paint in Matt White

+ Barry M Nail Paint Instant Nail Effects in Black

Hope you like!

Happy Halloween!

Jeni x

Soap&Glory's Slim Wear Review | Oil Cleansing Update (week 5)

Hi Guys!

Today I'm reviewing Soap & Glory's Slim Wear Peptide Balm,

But before I crack on with that I'm just going to update you on my Oil Cleansing journey.

I didn't update last week simply because not much has changed. 

However this last week and a half my skin has become super-duper oily :( 

So much so my boyfriend keeps commenting :( bad boyfriend!

So I think what I might do is up the amount of castor oil I'm using in my oil mix and see how that goes, hopefully dry some of the excess oil out?

What ya think?

Cross fingers anyway!

Right on to the SlimWear!

I bought this on offer at Boots for £5 for 190ml. 

I trawled the boots website to find the full price, price but couldn't find it on there so maybe its being phased out?

I've been working hard since May to get my thighs in to shape and I think I'm doing pretty well but as a womanly plight I do have Cellulite - major boo!

So I saw this and thought I'd give it a go.

Everything it says sounds pretty promising and I was quite excited about giving it a go.

The big thing it does mention is that its not a miracle and that diet and regular exercise is a must- fair enough I think!

It comes in a squeezey tube and the cream its-self is a mint green kind of colour.

The scent is interesting! Its quite strong smelling which I imagine is the Peptide in it. However overwhelming I found the scent grew on me as I used it.

So I've been using this Slim Wear - "An Amazing Puff-Draining Peptide Balm that firms, contours, smoothes and reduces the Appearance of Cellulite" for little over a month now, So what do I think?

Honestly not what I expected or hoped for! 

For the first 2 weeks I used this Morning and Evening hoping to see a difference. After application skin does look more plump but only because of the rubbing and massaging-in of the product - I get this from massaging in regular body creams. And thus the effect wears off.

A month on I don't really see much of a difference. All I was really hoping for is maybe my skin to look a bit more firmer and maybe if I pinched my skin slightly the cellulite wouldn't be so prominent. I didn't expect it to be gone. But this just doesn't work sadly in my opinion. Its the sort of thing that if you want it to work you will see a difference because you want to see a difference, if that makes sense. 

I think that truly the best way to banish cellulite is with hard work and a clean diet - but I did hope this would help a little bit! Silly-Rabbit!

Anyway I'm going to carry on and use it up, the tubes almost empty but I won't be buying it again!

What do you think of cellulite creams? Do they work of you?

Know of any that work?

Let me know!

Hope you enjoyed!

Have a lovely Thursday!

Jeni x

New Goodies #1

Hello world!

So over the last week or so I've picked up a few new makeup goodies and have been trying them out. 

So cutting to the chase here's what I've bought & what I think!

B. Precise Gel Eyeliner in Chocolate 012 £4.66 - Superdrug

Barry M Touch of Magic Lipstick in 324 £4.49 - Superdrug

Barry M Khol Pencil in Bronce 28 £2.99 - Superdrug

Soap & Glory Supercat Carbon Black Extreme Eyeliner Pen £6.00 - Boots

(my arm looks really dirty but its just fluff from our new towels...lovely I know)

Barry M Touch of Magic Lipstick

 

I first heard about this from the latest issue of DARE the Superdrug magazine, and knew I had to try this!

On application this lipstick feels smooth, silky and moisturising. It has a waterproof formula with nourishing aloe vera. Your lips natural alkali level determines how pink your pout will go! Its such a nifty little lippie. Every time I've used it my pink has been a different shade. From a deeper red/pink to a bold bright pink. I've also noticed the colour seems to mature the longer its on your lips so it might start our more red and gradually become pinker. This lipstick lasts for hours (it boasts up to 8) and once the lipstick has worn away your left with a pretty stain that you can either top up with more of this magical lipstick or highlight with a dab of Vaseline. I love using the Rosy Lips Vaseline to touch up, probably one of my favourite lip products.

B.Precise Gel Eyeliner

I've been on the hunt for a nice brown eyeliner, sometimes black feels a bit harsh. So I thought I'd give this ago. With the eyeliner you get a decent size brush included. I was a bit apprehensive considering the last B. eyeliner I tried was an epic fail in my opinion, and found this to be a bit hit and miss. I love the colour, though I was hoping for something a bit darker without having to layer it up. It has little light reflecting particles which give a pretty touch. It does stay on pretty well, but in doing so I have found it a bit tough to remove. It does add extra depth to otherwise dull brown eyes which is nice. I don't really like the formulation I think its a bit crumbly, and I wouldn't say I love this but I wouldn't say I hate it either, its just ok. 

Barry M Khol Eye Pencil

Again this came about on my quest for a brown eyeliner, though its not brown. This is a nice soft pencil which glides on with ease and lightens up my eyes a touch. It does smudge out quite easily so you do have to be careful not to rub your eyes. But I'd say its a nice pencil. 

Soap & Glory Supercat Carbon Black Eyeliner Pen

I've been on the hunt for the perfect liquid/pen liner for a while so I thought I'd give this a shot. 

In the shop when I swatched this baby on my hand the line was beautiful and dark and so I was sold! However the first time I used it I was disappointed! The line was more of the washed out black I've become accustomed to with the pen liners. Not to be dissuaded I carried on using it and found that the black did get dark the more the pen nib was used, I guess it just needs to 'warm-up' a bit. Its not a bad liner and am fairly happy with it, I just want one that is dark black like the package promises!

If you know of any good ones please let me know!

Thanks for reading & have a great day!

Jeni x