Storage on a Budget!

So if your anything like me your always looking for cheap but chic ways to organise and store your things. 

These are just a few ideas for you that I'm currently loving right now. 

1⃣ Make up Brush/Pen Holder.

I cleaned out a coffee jar for this and added some glass beads in one and some black plastic beads in another, cheap as chips! I also added some pretty floral tape to the opening of my pen holder. I think it looks much better with it, what do you think? :-)

2⃣ Display Box/Tray

I use this to store my notebook, pen, and coasters! This is actually a frame that I use as a small display box. 

3⃣ Jewelery Storage

This is a heart shaped tin that I got some lip balms in at Christmas. I use it to store my favourite jewelery and jewelery that I plan to wear the next day. I also store my home-made leave in conditioner in here too ;-) 

4⃣ Storage Box

This was a gift box that I once received. I painted the lid to match the colour scheme in my room and I now use it to store my hair extensions! 

You can decorate any kind of box you like and use it to store whatever you need to :-) 

This is a great way to hide clutter and things that don't have a place in your room!

5⃣ Lipstick Holder

I got this graduated acrylic lipstick holder for €4 on eBay! Just search 'acrylic lipstick holder'

There are so many small acrylic storage boxes on eBay that are super cheap, can't go wrong with that :-) 

You can also use this to store lip liners, eye liners, roller ball perfumes, and anything else that will fit! 

Hope you guys enjoyed this post, don't forget to check out my other posts for some D.I.Y storage tutorials using cardboard! :-) 

Love & Hugs,

Lora xo 

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They're Real Push Up Liner Review

So last weekend I went to a Benefit Master Class and just had to have this bad boy! 

I've heard so much about this eyeliner, good and bad! I just had to give it a go ;-) 

Before I begin I must admit, I do have some really good eyeliner days but I also have some seriously shocking eyeliner days too :-P 

But 90% of the time I will have liquid liner on with a nice flicked out wing so I'm not a complete novice at the whole eyeliner thing so keep that in mind ;-) 

The Packaging 

The tip itself is actually made of rubber and is flexible! It makes it so easy to move it around your eye and to get a thin line with!

To get the product out you have to twist the end of the tube a couple of times... I say a couple, it literally took me 20 twists the first time before I saw any product 😂 

Also, if you twist too many times during your application, the product does tend to build up on the edges of the tip and you have to wipe it away. This happened to me several times on my first application. Bit of a waste there. 

This is the absolute state of my finger after using this liner on just one eye...

The Product 

The product itself is quite thick, not at all watery like I was expecting. It's kind of like a mixture between a liquid eyeliner and a kohl pencil. It's jet black and comes out completely matte, which I LOVE.

The Application 

It applies so smooth and the rubber tip makes it so easy to get a really fine line and curve it to the natural shape of your eye.

The only trouble I had on my first application was that the edges of my liner didn't come out as crisp as I'd like them to be because of the excess product on the sides of the tip. 

Here is a pic of my first application...

As you can see, the edges are not as crisp as I'd like. Unfortunately this happened to me every time I've used it to date, which has been about 4 times... I'll get the hang of it one day 😆

The Removal

This product is notorious for being hard to remove, Benefit even have their own remover for this one! 

I used coconut oil to remove it and although it took a minute or two, it started to come off :-) 

I finished off with a light cleanser and the there was literally no traces of liner left :-)

So basically, it's hard to get the hang of if you've never used anything like this before but I do love it, like a lot ;-) 

Have any of you guys tried this liner? Leave a comment below or follow my Instagram @loraforever3 :-) 

Love & Hugs, Lora xo 

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£1 Me Now Matte Liquid Lipstick Review

These lippies are £1 on eBay, with free shipping! Lots of sellers are selling these lippies all over eBay so if you want to check them out just search 'Me Now Matte Liquid Lipstick'. 

I only got one of these colours, it was number 18 from the seller welo-lee. 

The reason I got this colour is because I was told that it was a dupe for Lime Crime's Cashmere! 

Another thing to note is that I live in Ireland and it took 2 whole months for it to get to me. 

On closer inspection and some help from my Instagram girls, we have found that it looks more like a combination of Cashmere along with Kat Von D's Lolita. What do you guys think? Let me know in the comments below :-) 

ANYWAYS! 

Here is my review ;-) 

Packaging 

The packaging is too cute! It's like a little test tube bottle so it doesn't stand up straight. 

Application 

The applicator is doe foot, but unlike other liquid lipsticks, there isn't an excessive amount of product on it. The perfect amount comes out on the applicator :-) 

Also, the product takes about a minute to dry so you do have a good amount of time to play around with it and fix it up.

Once it's dry it's still quite tacky, but not sticky if that makes any sense at all.. Like even when my lips stuck together and I pulled them apart the lipstick application stays perfect!

So, to combat the tackyness I like to pat some translucent powder onto my lips using a brush. No lipstick comes off onto your brush so don't worry about that ;-) 

The powder gets rid of all stickiness and the product actually never feels like it's drying out my lips. It does alter the colour slightly as you can see from the picture below.

 

Longevity 

No joke, these last aaaaaall day, all day! Although through eating and drinking it only started to fade in the centre of my lips. I havnt worn this lippy for longer than 6 hours but come on, 6 hours is a long ass time for a lipstick to stay on for! :-)

Removal 

These are suuuuper hard to get off! I tried water and a cleanser and nothing budged!!! I had to use coconut oil and a loooot of rubbing to get this bad boy off my lips 😂 

Overall I actually prefer this lippy to my ABH Pure Hollywood both because of the colour and the longevity! The colour of this one just suits my complexion more and it also just lasts so much longer, and it's so much cheaper!! Can't go wrong  with that in my eyes girlies :-) 

As always you can leave a comment below or connect with me on Instagram or Twitter via @loraforever3 :-) 

Love & Hugs, 

Lora xo

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