Soap & Glory Hand Food

Hand cream is one of those things that everyone uses at some point in their life. With the freezing cold spring that we've had in the UK, my hands have taken a right battering, so I've been on the search for a decent hand cream.

So,step forward the Soap and Glory Hand Food which is available in 50ml (£2.50 Boots) and 125ml (£5 Boots).

The packaging claims that the Soap and Glory Hand Food is a non-greasy hand cream, which I do agree with to some extent. However, I do feel that it does leave my hands feeling slightly tacky. In spite of this I do feel that this is great for soothing those wing chapped hands. It smells fantastic due to the shea butter, macadamia oil and the marshmallow that it contains.

However, I feel that for the price you can find other hand creams that provide you with the same nourishment. Having said this if you're a sucker for quirky packaging, like I am, then this price won't phase you. All in all this is a great quality hand cream which will relieve those wind chapped hands.

MUA Brushes

On the 27 November 2012 MUA launched there own line of brushes after listening to many requests from there customers who are fans on the brand exclusive to Superdrug. With the help of the international make-up artist, Karla Powell, MUA have created a collection of brushes that range from £1.50-£5.All of the brushes in the collection have synthetic bristles and claim to be 100% cruelty free. Unfortunately these aren't available in any Superdrug stores and MUA aren't planning to sell them there in the near future(sob).But I braved the website to get my hands on some.

E3-Blending Eyeshadow Brush



This brush is fantastic it has a brilliant fluffy head which is obviously perfect for blending and only sets you back £1.95. It has a long handle compared with many of my other brushes (I know there isn't a picture of this but I forgot so just take my word for it) which,in a way, isn't really necessary. Also, the size of the actual brush head isn't too large and can quite easily blend right into the crease of your eye lid.

E2-Eyeshadow Contour Brush



This brush is the perfect brush for contouring your eye due to it tapered bristles and the medium angle that it has. If you feel the need to buy any eye brush from MUA I would recommend this one purely because it's angled enough to define your eye but it can also blend and be used to apply colour all over the lid.

F2-Foundation Blending Brush

I was very sceptical about this brush, which buy the way is actually called a stippling brush on the MUA online store, and I'm still not sure about it now. The head of the brush is actually very small which I wasn't expecting but that allows you to get to all of the small areas of your face. This is probably my least favourite simply because it is designed to look like a stippling brush but has the characteristics of a buffing brush, it is just rather inconvenient when you a stippling brush but pick this up instead. All this brush needs is a little re-designing, hint hint MUA.



An Introduction...

Now I'll be honest I'm new to this whole beauty blogging malarkey, apart from a few occasional post on my sports blog, you could say that I'm a complete amateur.

I love all things beauty and make-up related, as well as watching and writing about sports, hence the blog title. My main passion is drugstore cosmetics, so you won't find many high-end musings here. In fact I can't guarantee when I'll post or what it will be about as I am a (very) busy student. So watch this space!