BODY SHOP COLOUR DROPS REVIEW

Hello all,

As you most likely know, cream contour and highlight is a massive trend at the moment and as I am basically a vampire so it's very hard for me to jump on the band wagon without becoming an orange mess! However I have found the answer to all my prayers! 

The body shop have a newish product called the Shade adjusting drops which can alter the shade of you foundation or concealer to makes them lighter or darker and I absolutely love them!

The drops come in two shades, darkening and lightening, and they are £10 each, which I think is a reasonably good price as they are very good products.

Both of them have the little pipette pump thing, (I don't know the technical term) but it makes the product really easy to use, as you can't add too much! However the actual pump doesn't pick up more than a drop, so it can be annoying and tedious to keep putting it back in and out.

As you can see in the picture the lightening one is a stark white, and it is very pigmented. It's also quite thin so it won't make your concealer or foundation extremely thick or cakey. 

To create my perfect highlighting shade, I use a foundation as it's thinner than my concealer and I personally prefer a thinner layer to highlight as I don't need that much coverage on top of my normal concealer.
I like to use a small pump of foundation (this one is the l'oreal true match) and a single drop of the white colour, I then mix them together (with a brush or my finger) and once they've blended them out on the high points of my face it makes a really nice highlighted look!

Similar to the lightening one, the darkening one is very pigmented and has a thin consistency. I love this one especially as it is the perfect shade of brown (believe me there's a lot of shades) as it's a cool tone rather than a warm tone, so it is the most natural looking for contour. 

Again, I like to use foundation as it's thinner and easier to blend out!
I use a small pump of foundation and then one pump of the shade enhancer, mix, and it created the perfect contour shade for me, which is a very cool tone shade.

The reason I love these so much is because they would work for anyone and everyone! If you have darker skin and want to highlight, but don't want it too bright then this would be perfect as one drop would slightly lighten your matching foundation! It's great for everyone!

So here's my overall review of these products:

Pros:
*easy to blend
*easy to use
*create perfect shades
*work on all skin tones
*great it you fake tan and need to alter foundation shades to match

Cons
*The pipette pump is a bit awkward to use if you want more product
*Can make your foundation/concealer very thin - which would be a problem if you wanted this to lighten your foundation to match your neck.

Finally here is how my crazy contour face looks when it's all on!

I hope you enjoyed this post, let me know what your favourite way to contour is!

Thankyou for reading!

Fern :) 

JUNE FAVOURITES

Hello all,

Summer is in full swing! And by that I mean it's the 3rd of July and it's already rained for 2 days... welcome to England! Anyway another month's gone which means it's time for another monthly favourites!  

Vent app

First up is this new social media app I have been loving! It's called Vent and it's similar to twitter except you can add emotions and feelings to it, making it really personal and everyone on there is so nice and friendly! Also it's great for us emotional teens or if you just need to rant away your emotions, as it always helps to share your feelings or problems with other people! 

check it out with this invite link: VENT

Beauty Blender

This month I have also been loving my new beauty blender! I don't even have to explain my love for this as it's so easy to use and makes your skin look flawless! So obsessed! 

Collection Mosaic bronzer/ NYC sunny bronzer

This month I have been loving these two bronzers to warm my skin up with before contouring. This makes you look so naturally glowy and tanned and especially makes us vampires look more human! The collection one is really glowy as it has a shimmer through it and looks very pretty and the NYC one is matte and helps you looked nice and bronzed!

The body shop shade adjusting drops

Again, vampire problems mean I can't cream contour very easily, so these shade adjusting drops have been saving me! They are amazing and just mix with foundation or concealer to make the perfect shades! I love them and have been using them none-stop!

Milani Baked blush - Rose d'amor 

I'm not much of a blush person but I adore this blush so much! It's a beautiful natural pink with some shimmer through it, and it looks stunning! I think it just pulls every makeup look together and gives your skin that extra ba-boom! Perfect for the summer!

Teen Wolf

I am so obsessed with this show! I watched the first two series when it originally aired in the UK however it is now available on Netflix so I had to re-watch it and I'M OBSESSED! I'm IN LOVE with all the characters and I neeeeed Netflix to have the rest of the series on! I need seasons 3,4 and 5!

Daredevil

Me and my Dad have been obsessed with Daredevil as well! It's Marvel, so right up my street and it has crime and law mixed in as well, not to mention a very attractive lead *winks* so I am obsessed! Deffo need to get cracking on season 2! 

NYX brow gel

I am a huge fan of eyebrows, I love filling them in and I believe there is nothing greater than a strong brow! (obviously there's greater things I'm just kidding....) So this brow gel is AMAZING! It's really thin so it's easy to use and it's so creamy you can't so wrong! I think this is a perfect dupe for the ABH dip brow pomade!

NYX Lip lingerie "satin ribbon' / primark  lip liner

My go to lip combo this past month has been this nyx liquid lipstick and this nude primark liner. This is a match made in heaven! This liner is so creamy and looks amazing under the lipstick, as they're so similar it makes application so easy and this combo id bullet proof! I can eat a whole burger and it will stay on! (tried and tested) 

Thankyou so much for reading! I hope you enjoyed! Let me know what you've been loving recently on my instagram @foreverfern_

Thanks again!

Fern :)