Queen of Turquoise: Primark

Thursday, 8 July 2010

FOTD- Primark style!

By Primark style I mean- "Oh look, I used 2 Primark products at the same time!"

L'Oreal Telescopic mascara

Everyday minerals "Weekend getaway" blush.

Band of Bold blue chunky eye pencil and some carazy liquid lipstick... (Onto the story I know you've been waiting for..! Or you know, an insanely long ramble...)

Primark had a load more make up products in the store than last time I went, although for some strange reason they seem to have 99 of each product... Which I feel is a little OTT! Anyway, this rather snazzy lipstick lookalike caught my eye as it sat prettily in it's packaging, despite the fact it looks a little like something that a 7 year old would own

Anyway, I bought it, and once at home ripped (hence why you don't have any pictures of it..) off the packaging to quickly try it out.. Oh dear. I read on the back of the annoying plasticky thing they used to trap the lipstick that you twist the base for the liquid lipstick to come to the top.

Now let me explain, the top is made out of something resembling the material that they put on some (only the special ones'!) teddy's noses.. it may feel soft on the bear's nose.. not so much on lips! Obviously I twisted the thing too much- NOTHING WAS COMING OUT!- and so I ended up with a hysterically large amount of this rather thick "liquid" lipstick on the top of the weird flocked tip, and let me tell you, once it was on my lips (which took some doing, the applicator is useless, the lipstick just smooshes into it, instead of onto my lips! and then smudges and drags it's way across..) I looked like a 5 year old who's got into her mum's makeup... Or a clown.. The applicator is crap on this thing, rubbish at smooth application, it drags, it leaves all product on one side of your lips, and beyond the lip line border... Pah. I'll have to try and recreate the situation and take a picture for you ;)

I have however discovered a way to use it without looking like a clown, you got just the watered down version in the above picture, where I used a little of the lipstick and attacked it with a lipbrush of vaseline, but it is possible to use it as a proper lipstick (albeit still with a little vaseline attacking..)

Primark's make up is worth buying purely for the entertainment it gives!

Rachel xx

Tuesday, 6 July 2010

Priimaaark!

I think yesterday was the first time I've ever been into Primark and come out without buying any clothes... (I bought some tights, socks and a nightie, which my mum insists are clothes... But they're not really!)

Instead I managed the cheapest Primark visit in a long while! That was probably down to the state of the store... An absolute mess yesterday! Which is actually unusual in our store as it's been refitted recently and since then they've managed to keep it amazingly tidy, none of that rooting around on the floor trying to find your size in the mass tangle of tops on the floor(!) However it looked like it had been ransacked yesterday, I've no idea why, maybe it's down to the reductions.. (Seriously.. Primark, cheaper than normal?!)

I was looking for a bikini as well, but seeing as my usual size 12 top half (12-14 in Primark!) and 10 bottom half need separates, and the fact that my last (now too small) Primark bikini top was a size 16.. The sets that they had around weren't really an option, plus it was all stringy ones, which, as anyone with any boobs will know, are utterly useless if you actually have boobs. Nightmare! (Don't even get me started on bras in Primark.. A whole section of A-D sizes, and there are just 5 DIFFERENT STYLES for D+ sizes.. Gah!)

Ahem, anyway, onto the pretty pictures!