Rimmel London Clear Complexion Clarifying Powder: Review

Hello!
Sorry it has been so long since my last post (I don't actually have an excuse as to why I haven't posted) so lets just ignore that factor as today I will be reviewing my new transparent powder!

Please feel free to recommend any drugstore products that you have found to be amazing.

To start of, I should have bought this powder before, rather than waste my money originally on the collection one (oops!) as it is much better; which I expected considering its Rimmel!

The packaging is very simplistic and very easy to fit into my makeup bag, which is rapidly getting harder to close- which obviously means I have spent too much money on makeup these past few months. 

My only concern is that the plastic top may break if something accidentally prods it (fingers crossed that doesn't happen!) and that I won't be able to cover it back up.

The base colour of the packaging is very cute as its a pastel green/mint, but it would look even prettier if Rimmel did coloured powders with a different base colour each time, eg. Medium could have a pastel pink color- just to make things fit in together, rather than being anomaly's.

Now, on to the powder!:

After all the raving reviews I had heard on this, I definitely knew what I was buying. The powder itself is not heavy and does not leave a caked residue, and can easily be rubbed off any item of clothing. Moreover, because the powder is so light, I wasn't that surprised to see that it didn't stay very long, (probably only an hour) despite what the packaging said as it claimed to stay on for 5 hours- which seems a bit surreal. I don't necessarily mind that the product doesn't last 5hours but would at least expect it to last more than 1 hour as here I am, reapplying it once again.

Despite that, I was generally pleased with the purchase as it was only £3.99 at my local boots and wasn't likely to leave me loathing it.

Thank you for reading, I will be back with another post soon.

~Jade

What's in my Makeup bag:

Hello!
Today, I thought I would do a what's in my makeup bag blog post because my makeup collection has grew slightly- keeping in mind that I only started wearing it in march!
I will not be reviewing ALL of the products in this post because I have a feeling it would be extremely boring.

So this is my makeup bag, which is from the Body shop a few years back, it is perfect for travel, however doesn't give much space so I will not be using it for long

The Products I use are:

Showgirl Barry M mascara

No7 powder brush/ blush

Natural Collection shade Mermaid

Natural Collection shade White Opal

Collection Lasting Perfection powder

Collection Eyes uncovered palette

Collection white eye crayon

Collection Lasting Perfection concealer

Real Technique brushes

New Look base shadow brush

When I got this powder, I didn't realise I picked up the wrong shade and was confused to why it was very orangey. It doesn't stay on my skin very well and is VERY powdery. I personally wouldn't buy this again so please leave some suggestions for some transparent powders.

This concealer is the right shade, however, it builds up an orangey tone to it when applied to blemishes and doesn't blend very well at all, I am currently looking in to buying a seventeen one as I find it very difficult for concealers to made my skin tone. This concealer is very thick and I find it easier to blend with my finger, rather than a brush (I have been told not to use my finger but brushes don't cut it for me)

I LOVE this eye crayon! It is very brightening on my eyes, and is good for lining and can be blended easily- to give a pearly impression! I would definitely recommend this as it is very smooth and the colour is perfect for brightening your eyes and could be passed off as an eyeshadow, despite it not having a powdery texture (which I really dislike about eyeshadows). I would wear this any day.

I hope you have enjoyed this post, I am sorry it is short, but expect a better post next week!

Collaboration: Baking With Maddie & Jade

Hello!
As promised, myself and Maddie are doing a monthly collaboration and this is our first one.
We decided to bake Double Chocolate Muffins, considering we are soo advanced in baking! This was a challenging process, but the end result was worth it...
Please feel free to comment any suggestions for our next collab!

The ingredients you will need are:

30g of Cocoa powder
140g of Self raising flour
1/2 tsp of baking powder
50g of light muscavado sugar
170g of milk chocolate (roughly chopped)
2 eggs
6tsp of milk
80g of lightly salted butter (melted)
80g of plain/dark chocolate (roughly chopped)

This recipe will make 12 muffins.

METHOD:

The first thing you will need to to do is WASH your hands (because everyone does that...) and then preheat your oven to 190C/375F/Gas mark 5. After that, you then need to line 12 muffin cases on a 12-sectioned tin.

Next, sift the cocoa powder and flour and baking powder into a mixing bowl and then stir in the light muscavado sugar and the chopped milk chocolate.

In a separate mixing bowl, beat together the eggs, milk and butter (melted) with a fork until you see a smooth consistent mixture.

Once you have completed that step, you will need to pour the wet mixture into the dry mixture and gently fold using a metal spoon.

As soon as the mixture has been folden, spoon the mixture into the cases, making sure they are level with the top, and place them into the oven to bake for 15minutes. (Make sure the muffins do not burn)

Once 15 minutes is up, place the muffins on a cooling rack for 5-10 minutes. Then, break up the dark chocolate and place it in a heat proof bowl, and then place it over a saucepan with hot boiling water.

Finally, drizzle the melted chocolate over the cooling muffins and volia!

We hope you enjoyed this collab, please leave a +1 and a comment if you did.

The Next collab will be on Maddie's blog next month!

Maddie's blog: http://lifestyleblogger2001.blogspot.co.uk