Creme Eyeshadow Revolution

When I was younger and first started experimenting with makeup, I always used to love creme eyeshadow; it was fun, colourful and easy to apply.

However, I found that it never used to stay on my eyelid for very long. After a mere an hour, it would crease and move further and further up my eyelid, until it was nearer my eyebrow than my eyelashes.

As a result, as I got older, I moved onto powder eyeshadow, which I found far more effective and lasted much longer than creme eyeshadow.

That was until I discovered Estèe Lauder's Double Wear Stay-in-Place ShadowCreme. This product is revolutionary to the creme eyeshadows of the past and a must have for all the makeup fiends out there.

The ShadowCreme is guaranteed to last up to 15 hours and won't budge until you take it off with makeup remover.

It's also extremely easy to apply, all you need to do is sweep a layer of Shadowcreme across your eyelid, with your fingertips or shadow brush, (if you want a more dramatic look, do this a couple more times) and voilà! You now have stunning, flawless eyes that will last for hours!

Despite it being slightly pricey at £16.50 per pot, it's definitely worth every penny. Not only will the pot last a fair while, but it really does what it says on the tin...you won't be disappointed!

Tried and tested by me, this product is an amazing way to achieve stay perfect eye makeup for an entire day!

Horse's Hair Brush

Last year, I bought this Andrew Barton hair brush from a beauty sale at one of the magazines that I was working at.

As it was the merchandise of a professional hairdresser, I thought it would be a decent brush, one that would last me a fair while.

When I got home I was dying to try it out (as I am with all new beauty products), but to my disappointment it was really not very good.

It felt as though I wasn't even brushing my hair properly, it only brushed the top layer of hair, leaving the undersides still feeling tangled.

The bristles on the brush are extremely hard and sharp and constantly seemed to be scratching my scalp.

On Andrew Barton's website, he claims that this brush is designed "to enhance your hair's natural beauty and shine."

He also deems it to be "kind to your hair with softer, more flexible pins to help reduce hair breakages."

http://www.andrewbarton.tv/hair-group/products/brushes/

All of this sounds fantastic, until you get the product home and try it out for yourself!

I have even tried to get rid of the brush twice. Once to my sister, who refused to take it, and the second time to a friend, who commented that it was more like the brush she uses on her horse, rather than a hair brush for humans!

So I think that says it all really, an epic fail by professional hairdresser Andrew Barton!