Tomitago - Beauty Elixir

Hey everyone!

Today I want to share with you my first impressions of the Tomitago Beauty Elixir. We received this 20ml of the elixir at the #DEISEBLOGGERS event in August. We actually got so many things and I'm finally getting around to giving this a go!

So first of all I love the packaging. I know it's the product that's important but I really do like how it's presented, it's just so simple yet effective. This 20ml can be bought online for €18. http://www.tomitago.com/store/p8/%221%22_Beauty_Elixir_%2820mls%29.html

So secondly, the smell. It doesn't smell bad at all it just sort of reminds me of tea tree oil even though there's none in it! But either way it's a fresh scent which I do like.

This can be used as a serum, an eye cream and a moisturizer. The beauty elixir is an all in one product, I love multi purpose products as it cuts down time on my skincare routine and saves me buying a separate product for each area on my face.

This is a short blurb from their website that explains the product perfectly: 1 Beauty Elixir is a unisex product and 100% chemical free.It eliminates the need for separate eye serum,face serum,eye cream,day cream,night cream and primer.ONE product does it all.

My first impression of this was that I honestly wasn't used to the oily feeling of this product, I didn't think I would like it on my skin. Bare in mind this was just as I was warming it up in my hands, I hadn't applied it yet.

But I was wrong and this product has made my skin feel luxurious. It is an oily product so my face does feel super oily but in a good way! It really feels like it's getting all the moisture it needs and I cannot wait to see how my skin is in the morning! 

I will keep you posted on how I like this product. This type of all in one product is new to me so I'm hoping I wake up in the morning loving how my skin is. Tomitago is an Irish brand that's made locally enough! Pilltown to be exact! Always great to support local business's and Irish in general.

Anyways I shall let you know how I like this in the morning but so far so good! A brand worth checking out.

Thanks for reading!Xx

Artdeco

Hey everyone!

Today I wanted to tell you a bit about the makeup brand Artdeco. If you have me on Snapchat then you know that I absolutely love the contour palette from Artdeco, I use it on myself and clients all of the time!

This palette is amazing, it has an under-eye powder for that highlighted look, a blusher, an amazing strobing powder which is just out of this world and then 3 contour/bronze shades.
As I said, I use it all of the time because it has everything you need for a perfect cheek area. We got this palette at the #Deisebloggers event! The girls from the Artdeco stand in Denbenhams,Waterford just went above an beyond to bring this amazing product to us, thank you so so much! You would have seen me use this palette in the majority of my makeup tutorials and clients are always like what's that!? This palette costs €37.50 which is a bargain because you can buy the shades singular and it would cost you about €60 or more if you were to 'build' it yourself.

As mentioned if you're in Waterford city you can pick this palette up in Debenhams but for my local, Dungarvan readers, Hallahan's Chemist beside Ulster Bank are ordering in a few palettes so I would grab them while you can. They're not in stock yet but I will of course let you know when!

If you're on the paler side I would pick up the COOL palette and if you have a bit of a natural tan or always wear fake tan then I would recommend the WARM palette.

As I said Hallahan's Chemist, Dungarvan have ordered in the contouring palette. They actually have the whole stand of Artdeco in store so I would suggest you pop in for a look yourself! The lads inside are so lovely anyways but even nicer as they gave me a few bits to try out and to let you all know what the brand is like.

I'll start off by saying that the stand has everything! You can buy a full face from the stand so whatever your needs are you'll be able to pick up something. Nothing annoys me more than a stand with only half the products available. Artdeco, in my opinion, is a high quality brand but in the middle with its prices. So like a foundation is €25 from Artdeco but it's comparable to MAC yet it's a tenner or more cheaper than a MAC foundation. I think for the quality of the products, the price point is more than reasonable. I'm never a makeup snob but more often than not, you pay for what you get with the exception of a few hidden gems. So this brand screams high quality yet good price point to me. I can see why they give an Artdeco kit to students studying makeup.

So as I said I'm just getting to play with these products now so I don't have a proper review for you but reviews will follow during the week. As mentioned I have had the contour palette with a few weeks and I have been using it and I love it but I only just got these next few bits. If you cannot wait for the blog posts you can pop over to my Snapchat: liljodibubz because I post on that like everyday!

But anyways the lads thought it would be good for me to try products that you may use everytime you wear makeup which I agree with. There's no point in me showing you these crazy things that you'd only apply for a special occasion and the likes! So I was given this foundation to try out. It's the rich treatment foundation and costs €25.

I actually got a sample of this foundation at the #Deisebloggers event but I only tried it out once before and I would like to wear it a bit more to see how much I really like it. I must say that I did enjoy it the first time I tried out the sample of it but I will keep you posted. As you can see it claims to be waterproof so we may put that to the test too. This foundation comes in 9 shades.

Next up is mascara because again, if we're ever wearing makeup we're going to mascara every time too. So I got the All-In-One mascara I believe this costs about €16. As you can imagine this mascara claims to do it all hence the name. We will put this to the test!

I don't know about you but I have really oily eye lids so I need an eye shadow base, even when I'm not wearing eye shadow because my eyes just crease and it's not a good look. I can't wait to try this out. I'm on the hunt for a new favorite eye shadow base as my old favorite got discontinued! This costs about €10 for a good sized pot of it.

And last but not least I got the camouflage cream concealer which as you can see claims to be waterproof and also covers tattoos. This reminds me a lot of the one from Catrice so I'll be comparing it to that when I get a chance to play around with it. I believe this costs about €11.

So lads as you see I got some lovely bits to try out and I can't wait! You all know I'm open to any brand and this one is a fairly new to me. Hallahan's Chemist in Dungarvan is the only chemist that stocks Artdeco so definitely pop in for a look. They also have SoSueMe and Real Techniques so well worth a pop in store!

I hope you enjoyed this post and let me know if you have tried anything from the brand! Their lipsticks look savage I have to pick up the nude shades.

Thanks for reading!Xx 

New Product Alert!

Hey everyone!

I'm sure you're aware that bloggers get press releases sent to them constantly! Well today I received an email about this new product which I think you'd all love to hear about too. Now I do not have this product but I have something similar and that is why I feel the need to share with you all.

If you have been following me for a while then you know I am gone skincare crazy! I want to do the best for my skin to keep it in good nick. So I have the Cleanse Off Mitt which is owned by Jennifer Rock AKA theskinnerd on snapchat. This mitt is designed as a pre cleanse so what it does it removes every inch of your makeup just by adding water. As I said I have this mitt myself and use it every time to remove my cake face. 

However, if you follow theskinnerd then you will know that the mitt is constantly out of stock. Which is why I want to bring you an alternative! As I said I just got this email today and felt it would be fantastic to share with you all.  

I am truly in love with the cleanse off mitt and I'm sure any mitt by any brand is great too but I only know of these two! Here is a picture of the cleanse off mitt that I have..

http://cleanseoffmitt.com/ link to buy: https://www.cloud10beauty.com/skin-care/cleanse/makeup-removers/cleanse-off-mitt.html 

But as I said, this is always sold out. So today I'm bringing you a slightly more expensive alternative but I really do like the idea of these mitts and how they perform. And all you need is water, it couldn't be easier.

This makeup removing mitt is from GLOV and this will be stocked in Shaws stores and certain pharmacies nation wide! There is a square mitt which will cost €16..

http://glov.me/

And there's like a mitten shape available for €14..

I just felt the need to share these products with you because I do believe in them and there is a science behind it all. Imagine the amount of wipes you go through a month even? We all know how bad baby wipes are for your face! These mitts can last up to 3 months and as I said all you do is add water.

You can clean these with just some soap and water and they're good to go again. I use mine all of the time to remove my makeup! I must actually show ye on Snapchat and Facebook what the mitt can do!

So lads if you ever see any of these types of mitts I would highly suggest you pick one up. It will benefit your skin so much and save you buying wipes all the time!

Hope you enjoyed this post and let me know if you have any of these mitts or know of any other brands!

Thanks for reading!Xx

The Instagram Tag

Hey everyone!

So I was tagged by the lovely Emma from Face on Fleek to do the Instagram tag! I will leave her post here - https://emmagibbfof.wordpress.com/2016/09/05/instagram-tag/

This just involves a few questions about my Instagram profile! So if you follow me over there then you know I post pretty much everyone on my Insta. Selfies, before & afters, client photos and even products that are up on here for review! My Instagram is a mix and match of everything beauty related so let's jump right into the tag.

1. What's your Instagram username?

Same as my Facebook, it's jodirochemakeup I just thought it would be easier to keep them all the same so you can find me easily haha!

2. How many times do you post a day?

I think only once or twice a day but sometimes I could post like five a day. It depends really!

3. What is your most liked post?

Oh probably this before & after. It got so many likes and comments, I didn't know if it was a compliment or insult hahaha!

4. How many posts do you have on Instagram?

Not that many actually haha 897 at the mo!

5. Out of all the filters on Instagram what is your favorite?

Well seeing as this is about my makeup Instagram profile, I don't use filters on this profile. Whatever photos I take I just take and upload them but if a client sends me a selfie and it seems like different quality than my usual posts well that's obviously because they have sent it to me and I can't do much about that haha but my Instagram is filter free.

6. Favorite image you have captured?

Well considering it's mostly selfies I can't pick one hahaha too vain.

7. Do you use a camera or phone to take photos?

I use my phone which is an iPhone 6.

8. Do you edit pictures?

I use the app layout to like create mirror images and swap them around but that's the only type of editing I do to my photos. As I said before this is a filter free profile hahah.

9. Who is your favorite Instagram user?

That's too hard for me to answer but I follow pretty much every single Inglot MUA so any of those!

10. What's the very first picture you uploaded?

After all that scrolling it's a client selfie of Bernie! Too cute!

Thanks so much to Emma for tagging me to do this! Really enjoyed this tag & I hope you all did to. Be sure to go check out Emma's post which I have linked above!

I'd like to tag:

Lisa- Cuddles and Contouring

Rachael - Rachsbeautique

Denise - Holy Chic

Thanks for reading!Xx

Update number one million...

Hey everyone!

I feel like I'm constantly writing updates and apologizing for being so absent on the blog but I really need to tell you what I've been up to before I just start lashing out the blog posts again ahah!

So basically, many of you may know that I had exams at the end of August. So at the start of August I had to begin studying! As you may know we held a bloggers event at the start of August too so that was a lot of work as well.

So yeah I had an event and then 10 days to cram 12 weeks worth of knowledge into my little brain. That's exactly what's been happening with me. I had been studying and had exams 22-27 not to mention doing clients in between!

I finished my exams on the 27th which was a Saturday, I went out for my friends 21st and then the following day I went to Cork with the girls for Jeanette Cronin & Gemmaleigh's makeup master class. I have been so so so busy with debs season then and also regular clients! I can't complain.

Life has just been so crazy and hectic the past few weeks but once college starts on Monday, I'll have a routine and be all back in action!

Hope you can all understand where I'm coming from and be sure to stay tuned, I have a tone of product reviews coming for you.

Thanks for reading!Xx