Chloe Luckin

I love doing reviews but I knew that I did a lack of review videos, and I just always try different products. So I wondered, what about sharing my First Impression of these products with everyone.
     I've seen a lot of videos of reviewers using Fridays as their designated day for doing these review so decide I would hop on the band wagon and do Fridays as my first impressions days. There are so many new products I would love to try out, and if I didn't like them, I could always return them back to the store, or give them to some friends or family members who would actually like them if I didn't. Obviously I would give other people my mascaras or pencil eyeliners, they could get an infection!
     I decided just after Christmas I would do these videos, so my subscribers could easily know that I was doing a new review every Friday of new products.
     I received a Soap & Glory Thick and Fast mascara for Christmas, so decided that was to be my first video. I then saw a new foundation in my local drugstore so decided to try that out too! (it said that it was full coverage and I needed a full coverage foundation really bad.
So here are my first two first impressions videos. See if I liked them or didn't.

Enjoy,
Chloe :)

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As many of you know, I'm a complete bargain hunter and I refuse to pay obscene amount of money on beauty products, when I can most of the time find a cheaper alternative. and i know that a lot of you don't have much money to spend. So I thought I would share with you all my favourite beauty products under £10.
     The majority of my beauty products are under £10 anyway (unless you count my Benefit and Elizabeth Arden products), and there are many that I believe to be amazing products and I completely 100% trust and love!
     From time to time, I do find newer products which I feel are better to change up my routine, but when I find a product I love, I stick to it! And here, I've managed to narrow down my favourite go-to products which are all under £10!

So here are my favourite products under £10 and I hope you enjoy them, and everyone should give these products a go because I feel these are absolutely amazing!

Enjoy!
Chloe :)

Since I've bought some new make-up palettes, I've been doing a lot of different looks with my eyes. So when it came to New Years Eve, I thought I'd try one out to show you all in a tutorial.
     The look for new years eve was bold lips and rose gold eyes. For this, I used some great drugstore make-up from brands such as Benefit, Rimmel, MUA, Eylure, Eyeko and Soap & Glory!
    
This is my completed look from my instagram (sorry the eye shadow isn't that clear)

As most of you know, I wear eyelashes almost everyday, and I'll try any that you recommend to me.
     I'm in love with Eylure lashes, they're my favourite, and I was super excited when someone recommended using Eylure Individucal Eyelashes. I've always wanted individual lashes doing, because I'm sick of sometimes having part of my eyelash unstuck throughout the day, but didn't want to pay over £100 to have them done. Also, I'm going to America next month, and don't want to have to bother applying false lashes everyday!
     I picked these up in Savers for only £1.99, as opposed to Boots which are £5.99. They only had the brown coloured ones, but as my lashes are brown anyway, I thought I'd try them out!

What do they say?

How do you do them?

 Results!

As many of you who watch my YouTube videos will know that I have recently gone from bleached blonde to brunette. it was a very hard decision for me to make, as I've been bleached blonde for 3 years and I absolutely loved being a blonde for those three years..

So why did I go brunette after loving it so much?

The first factor, was that my hair was getting a lot thinner from all of the bleaching, and my roots did not go blonde with just a toner or a regular hair dye. So bleach was my only option.
     I also hated the fact that my hair was refusing to grow. I'd take hair skin and nail supplements and id constantly be putting on leave in conditioners in my hair overnight, but the breakage was still there and it wasn't going to budge until it was cut off. I'd been trying to grow my hair for a good 2 years after I got the beautiful Frankie cut (Frankie from The Saturdays asymmetrical cut) and it was just refusing to grow just below my chin.
     Another reason, was that was hair was getting like straw and it was vile and was never shiny, no matter how much serum I would be putting in my hair. It was never going to go shiny and healthy, no matter how much products I would out in my hair in the hope of doing what it promised and to give me "healthier, stronger, Thicker looking hair". Nothing worked. And I tried a lot of stuff!
    Some problems with my hair colour last year, and earlier this year, sort of gave me the inkling that I should definitely not keep bleaching my hair.
     The first happened last year when my friend suggested me to buy some purple shampoo. This tones your hair so all of my brassiness and golden tones come out of your hair. Because my hair was so porous, my hair and my new micro ring hair extensions turned turquoise. Not impressed! I didn't know what to do, so texted my mum's hairdresser, and she suggested to keep washing with head and shoulders, tomato ketchup. After about 4 weeks, it all came out and I was happy as a hippo again :)
     The other one happened this year on my holiday to America. I was having a shower after being in the swimming pool, and didn't want to get my hair wet. So, as anyone would do, I tied my hair up. The only problem was, I used a fluorescent pink hair band. How was I to know that if my hair got a little wet around the hair band, the colour would run into my hair and my hair extensions? Not the best idea.
     Maybe I should have thought about going brunette sooner?

So what colour must you use to not get the green or orange colour?

I've read so many stories from many different places on the internet that you have to go to a professional otherwise your hair will turn out disgusting and vile!
     I also heard that if you put a colour on that has reds in it, it will turn your hair orange and if you have ashy colours, it will turn your hair grey, and if you have natural colours, it will turn your hair green.
     I also heard stories from so many different places that you MUST have a dye with red in it for it to work, and that you MUST have a natural colour and it will turn out the colour on the box.

I have to say, that I know the answers because I have tired it out myself, and after that, my mum's hairdresser told me I was completely correct.
     The answer to the first statement is a complete lie. Of course it will look better if it's professionally done, but it will not look disgusting if you do it yourself. I refused to pay £30 for the hair dresser to put colour on my hair that's just going to fade after a few washes.
    
And the answers to the other statements?
     You should definitely not get an ash colour. The reason? It will turn your hair grey or green! It doesn't matter which type of ash you get, or what colour it is on the box. It will not turn out that colour. It will go between different shades of grey.
     You should definitely not get a natural shade of brown. Anything with the word "natural" in it. Be prepared for hair with a tint of green, or green hair.
     You MUST get a colour with red or golden tones in it. Anything that says the word "golden" or "red" or "copper", or any other names for red, will not turn your hair orange.

The reason for this? Bleaching takes out all of the colour pigments in your hair. You're basically working on a blank canvas, so you must put back the colours that it has taken out. Adding red tones will help to add the pigments back in your hair for the colour to work.

What did I do?

because I knew about having to put red tones back into the hair, I made sure that I went out and bought a hair colour with a red tone.

My colour of choice?
     Schwarzkopf Color Mask in colour 665 - Light Golden Brown.


I loved this hair colour. It looked beautiful, but with not too much gold. It was the perfect colour and because I have pale skin, a warm colour works best next to my skin. I knew as well, that the colour was going to go a lot darker on my hair because of the pigments, and I didn't want to get medium brown, is the case it would go very dark brown. I think I got in on sale for £4.50 from Boots.
     I put on the dye, making sure I read the instructions carefully and fully. I mixed all of the pots together, and slapped it on my hair as if it was a hair mask you use to nourish your hair every week. It was strange because it was very thick and I'd never used a dye like this. The instructions say to leave it on for 25-35 minutes. So I left it on for 25 minutes, because it could go darker if I left it on for the full 35 minutes.

The Outcome

I absolutely loved the outcome of my hair. It was darker than on the box, but after a few washes, its faded to roughly the colour on the box, with what looks like a few blonde highlight! There is absolutely no green in my hair whatsoever. and I even dyed my bleached clip in hair extensions with this, and they haven't got a green tint either, just a lovely golden tone.


There are a few photos of before and after dying brunette, and there's also the video from my YouTube channel underneath so you can see the true outcome on video.

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I hope my blog post helped you out. And let me know how you're dying experience went!

Chloe :)

BEFORE with bleached hair

AFTER now brunette

                                                                        

Hi guys,
     I've received a lot of positive feedback from my YouTube channel, I've decided to create a new blog for hair and beauty.
     I love beauty and hair, and I love testing out new products that everyone suggests to me, (as you all know if you have seen my YouTube). Because I don't have enough time to record all of these tests on video, so thought I would create a blog so I could share all of my products out with you all.
     If you have any products you wish me to try out, just email or message me on here, or on my YouTube channel.
     On every post, If I am testing out products, I will write all about the product, the promises, and my review (as well and pictures and sometimes videos). My blog wont just be about trying new products, it will also be about beauty, hair and how to's.
     Check out my posts, YouTube and become a subscriber (on YouTube) and a follower on here :)
Thanks guys,
Chloe :)