Bobbi's Bubble

So I'm a complete sucker for Benefit products at the best of times, but there was literally no chance of me letting this absolute beauty sell out before I could get my hands on it. The Benefit Cheek Parade palette contains five full-sized blushes and bronzers - three old favourites and two completely new products! It retails for £49.50 so you're basically getting five for the price of two as they usually sell for around £24.50 each (this is how I'm justifying it to my bank account anyway). In the set you get the best-selling Hoola bronzer, the new Galifornia blush, Rockateur, Hoola Lite and Dandelion blush, as well as a brush to apply the products with. I've found the brush is a great little multi-tasker; the tip is fantastic for getting a sharp, clean line for contouring and the flat edge works really well for putting blush over the cheeks. The packaging for this product is also so cute and what's even better is the big mirror you get in the box. It also com...

Contouring has always terrified me. I tried it once a few years ago with a very cheap bronzer and a very big fan brush and just ended up looking like I'd had a dodgy spray tan (I've never trusted a bronzer since). Since then, I've avoided contouring like the plague and have spent ages lusting after those chiseled cheekbones that you plastered all over make up gurus' social media pages. UNTIL NOW! Ok, that was probably very dramatic but I am so excited over this contour kit and the fact I now have the ability to at least do the basics when it comes to contouring! I really like Sleek products, they're super affordable and a lot of their stuff easily contends with some of the more expensive brands out there. I happened to buy their Face Contour Kit for a friend's Christmas present a couple of years ago and she really loves it, especially the highlight shade. They also do a cream contour kit, but being a virgin when it comes to this, I figured it was best...