Spring Cleaning Blog Sale

Spring cleaning meant yet more to clear out which equals another blog sale

- It is first comment first served based on comment time 

- Please pay promptly within 24 hours of invoice 

- Please leave paypal address below or comment and email me at iheartcosmetics1@gmail.com


Items will be despatched as soon as payment recieved and will be sanitised and bubble wrapped.

Postage is £1.50 first class to the UK and for multiple items if much heavier will be more. Outside the UK cost will be more, please be aware.

30ml Orgasm Illuminator - used 3x £6

30ml Eve Lom Intense Hydration Serum - used 2x £25

Nanoblur fullsize - used 4x £8

Fashionista Saturdays Purple Me Up Magnetism Nail Lacquer - used 1x  - £3

OPI Nail Lacquer - Come to Poppy - used 1x £3

Sephora by OPI - Leaf Him - Usex 2x - £3

Girls with Attitude Double Take English Rose Lashes

Double Lashes £7 for all three pairs

Jemma Kidd Makeup School - Crushed Jewel Creme Duo #1 Lolite - New £9

Chanel Illusion D'Ombre with Brush - Used once - #84 Epatant - £12

Mac Eyeshadow in Shale - used 2x - £5

Rouge Bunny Rouge eyeshadow tantalizing lovebird - used 3x £7

Rouge Bunny Rouge eyeshadow veiled lyrebird - used 1x £8

Korres Eyeshadow in Bronze Brown - used 3x £4

Nars Duo in Surabaya - used 5x - £8

Bella Pierre eyeshadow in Cocoa - used 2x £4

Smith's Strawberry Lip Balm and Rosebud Salve - Brand New £5 each

Burt's Bees Super Shiny Natural Lip Gloss - used 1x £3

Mini Girls Meets Pearl unused £2

Edward Bess lipstick in Secret Desire - Used 4x - £8

Mac Cyndi Viva Glam Lipstick  - Used 5x - £5

Good Luck

SpaRitual Spring 2012 Water Collection Undercurrent Sw atch

Today's blog post is a swatch of the gorgeous SpaRitual's nail varnish shade Undercurrent which is from the  Water Collection for Spring 2012.  The polish is a stunning super shiny cream cobalt blue and  to show you guys! Not only are the polishes in this collection gorgeous but 20% of the proceeds from the collection are going to a great charity called Surge, if you want to learn more about them their website is http://www.surgeforwater.org/

The formula of the polish is great and the picture above is 2 coats with OPI's topcoat.  I am not sure how long it would last, as I am using acetone on nail clients all the time I can't wear nail varnish for appointments but I was really impressed with the application and colour.  If you've never used SpaRitual's polishes you can find them and lots of their other gorgeous products here https://www.sparitual.co.uk/  I have a bottle of the infinitely loving oil and OMG it is to die for!  The polishes are vegan and cost £8.50.

Overall I'd give this 9/10. I have to say it was a bit odd using nail varnish it's been so long since I used one as I always use Shellac or Artistic Colour Gloss!

Polish provided for review by NSI

I have had the most awful day

I won't bore you with all of the finer details but there is no beauty post today. I found out my granddad has cancer of the blood and had an awful appraisal at work, you know one of those chats you have with someone and they start saying things and you think - is this really happening, are you actually saying these things? Am I in a parralel universe?


Well it was a day like that. If I drank much I think I would be drowning in a bucket of wine right now, unfortunately I have no wine so I just feel like shit :(

Current Obsessions

I have been so busy lately that makeup pics have been lacking for which I apologise.  Proper reviews and swatches are to follow but here are some new things I have been obsessed with this month.

First up is one of the new YSL Voile de Blush's in shade no 2.  This blush is the ultimate sheer wash of gorgeous coral colour for a bit of colour in your cheeks.  This works well with all olive skin tones or if you love fake tan like me! The consistency is a gel and it is totally non sticky and so sheer and gorgeously easy to apply.  Pricey but I love it soooo much! I want the other colours asap.

Clinique - Age Defence BB Cream SPF 30

I was sent this BB cream to test out and have it in shade 1 which is great for when I am not fake tanning.  I have to wear a high SPF at the moment due to the laser treatments making the skin very sensitive to sunlight.

I have very dry skin and find this perfect.  It gives a natural tinted moisturiser coverage that is sheer but evens out the skintone.  

It has a very natural coverage

Shade 1

Please note it is a chemical sunscreen so check that the ingredients don't break you out at the counter before buying, try a little on the jawline.  I love the coverage and I don't find it as greasy as other Clinique foundations although I don't think this will be that good on oily skins as it is meant as an age defense product and is therefore quite a moisturising feeling cream.  I would definitely repurchase this and I prefer it to the Mac BB Cream.  This BB cream has a thicker k consistency,and more coverage than a bog standard tinted moisturiser. I only neded a touch of concealer but my dark circles are huge. The finish is matte but there are optical diffusers in the product apparently which does give a more natural finish. 
You can get it here on the Clinique website and it costs £25


Finding a perfect pump dispenser for liquid facial products

I really hate mess and wastage with facial products like liquid eye makeup remover and toner etc. So I decided to test out my Mac eye makeup remover in one of my pump bottles I use for my nail tech liquids...obviously I washed it in the dishwasher first to remove any chemicals.  It works perfectly! Just pop your cotton wool circle onto the top of the pump, push down and the pad is saturated with the liquid but not too much so it is sopping wet. I love this!

You can get them on ebay or I get mine here >  Pump Bottles I hope this is handy for you, you can use them for all sorts of things, even nail varnish remover just make sure to label it different to your cleanser bottle!

My teeth!

Holy cow these are some damn white teeth, obsessed! Have had so many people tell me they are going to go to smile studio in London to get them done too, are you going to get it done while it's £200 discount? Let me know! I'd love to post your before and after pics with mine.

I still have a few more sessions of the whitening at home kit to do too! Wy10 is such an amazing system and am so chuffed and grateful to Dr Chan and http://smilestudiolondon.co.uk/

So what have you been obsessed with???

Philips ReAura-skin rejuvenation laser session 3

If you read my blogs about my first and second sessions using this device   then you may have wondered if I had yet managed to use the laser properly with one full time slot on each cheek AND my forehead.  Well I am please to say that yes, I have finally managed to do it! I'll take a bow now!


It took approximately 6/7 minutes per section and my skin went just as red as before and I had the usual amount of stinging and pain.  I do find it funny that the amount of people who have said to me 'ooh you shouldn't do it any more' or 'oooh it can't be good for you'.  To be honest I just carry on as I was kindly sent this device and I agreed to review it and review it I shall as that is what I feel that my blog is about, trying products that I think people will be interested in buying to see if they are worth the money.


Since I have been using the laser, as the manual says, my skin has got quite dry and peely for the days after using it, not peeling as so that someone looking at me can tell, but when I put my makeup in the morning my BB cream looks smooth (I'm using Clinique BB cream as you have to use a high SPF) but a few hours later it has started to look slightly 'bitty' on close inspection and it's bits of skin starting to peel.



Now obviously I can't really comment on the effectiveness of this device after only 3 treatments but I personally think that I can see a difference in my skin and that my freckles seem much less visible.  I am interested to see if they disappear completely.  The annoying thing is that this treatment does make my face feel quite itchy, I have found myself rubbing at my face and had to stop myself but grr I just want to scratch! I shall continue to update each time I do a treatment.  Next one is due on Sunday.  Let me know if you have any questions.

Minx Nails for Sale

If anyone is interested in buying these they are £9 each inc uk postage (£3 for overseas postage) or £30 for all four inc Uk postage (£4 for overseas postage). Usually only available to nail techs but I realised that my collection was a bit tooooo big!

PayPal or bank transfer pls first come first served.

They are gold lightening, burgundy chrome orange chrome and pink and purple swirl. The one in the clear packaging is the older style packaging the black is the newer style.