Review- Benefit They're Real! Mascara

Hey everyone!

Okay, so I am a tiny bit apprehensive about doing this review as I think I may start a full on beauty community riot when I say...I don't like....Benefit's They're Real! Mascara

GAAAASP! Yes! I said it!
Before you all get out the curling irons and powder brushes ready to destroy me, hear me out...

It's not that the product is bad (it isn't by any means) it's just that it didn't meet my expectations from all the hype that it has received.

Let's get into detail...

Packaging:

Benefit always has cute packaging for their products and even though this isn't the cutest I've seen from them it's still pretty fierce. I love how simple it is. Just a nice muted silver bottle with the name up the front in pretty fonts. Plain, simple, but amazing.

Long lasting?:

As far as I can tell this mascara is pretty long wearing. It doesn't leave smudges all under your eyes or flaky fall out all down your face so it's all good.

Does it meet it's explanation?:

And this, unfortunately, is where Benefit has fallen down with this mascara. Don't get me wrong this mascara definitely gives a decent amount of length to my lashes but I would in no way say that this makes me look like I am wearing false lashes. Maybe I got a bad one because everyone else seems to swear blind that this is a miracle mascara but I really can't see it. If all you're looking for in a mascara is to get good length then this is a great mascara but I HAVE to have volume to my lashes otherwise I don't feel like my face is complete. So although I'm pretty sure that I'm just an eyelash snob who has to have big, bold lashes I don't think that this mascara delivers on it's false lash promise.

Overall:

So overall this is actually quite a nice lengthening mascara and I do sometimes use it as a first coat for my lashes. Benefit, I have to say, not a half bad product. I would recommend it.

Two thumbs up from me!

(I swear there is no rhyme or reason to this thumbs up/thumbs down system haha)

 

Bye bye beauties!

xoxo

Workout!

Workout, workout, workout!
It seems recently the world has been taken storm by a craze of going to the gym, getting fit and lowering those dress sizes.
And I too, unfortunately, have become a little sucked in to the craze (as much as I usually try to steer clear of any kind of exercise haha)

So basically the story starts late December 2013, that time when we're all thinking about our New Year's resolutions and how much we're going to better ourselves in the New Year.
Well, I got to thinking 'What could be my resolution?'
Then, as I struggled to walk up only one flight of stairs it hit me like a tonne of bricks...
(Okay maybe this isn't exactly how it happened but lets just say this is a metaphor?)
'Jogging!' I thought, 'Yes, jogging will be a swell idea for a resolution, start doing it once a week and see where the regime takes you.'

So, as you can imagine I was most impressed with myself when I actually went ahead and went jogging on the second Saturday of the year (I was away on the first Saturday so don't judge me!)
It was actually very satisfying to get out there and jog, admittedly I had to stop every minute or so but apart from that I feel it went quite well.

And that's how it was born, my first ever successful New Year's resolution!

Leave a comment about whether I should do more fitness posts?

Loves and hugs!
xx