You may of seen me mention Fragrance Direct in a few blog posts as it's one of my most frequently visited online shopping sites. It offers an extensive range of products, from lots of different brands at discounted prices and who doesn't love a beauty bargain?! They recently contacted me to ask if I'd be interested in taking part in a Beauty Blogger NYE challenge. What this entailed was choosing five products from their website which came to £15 or less and create a NYE look with it. The final looks would then be shared on Facebook and the winner gets £100 credit to spend on whatever they like from the site. I've never taken part in a make up challenge before and it meant I got to try a few new products of my choosing, so even if I don't get a single vote it's still been fun!
The five products I chose were:
Korres Wild Rose Foundation SPF20, WRF2 - £3.50
I couldn't believe how discounted this product was and I've heard great things so I decided this would be my base covered. It offers a beautifully luminosity to the skin and surprisingly the coverage can be built to pretty much cover all sins. It does flash back so you'll end up with a lighter complexion, but you'll have no flaws in sight.
NYC Metallic Eyeliner, Liquid Gold - 99p
This was a lot more yellow gold then I expected so I end up smudging a little along the lash line for a little extra shimmer.
Rimmel Glam Eyes Quad Eyeshadow, Sun Safari - £1.99
This pretty little quad offers a vanilla shade with shimmer, a pink toned pale shimmer, a copper and a deep bronze. I used the lightest champagne shade in the inner corner, the copper shade all over the eyelid and then built up the deep bronze in the crease and underneath the lower lash line.
Girls Aloud Party Lashes, £2.49
These are super pretty fluttery lashes. They did have a few little gem stones on the outer corner but I trimmed them off as I thought it might be a little excessive with the bold eyes and lips!
Rimmel Apocolips Lip Lacquer, Eclipse - £5.50
This is amazing, super pigmented, easy to apply, long lasting, glossy finish and a beautiful vibrant vampy colour. I tend to opt for more vibrant colours on nights out as they need less touch ups!
I love all the looks the other girls created so be sure to have a browse through the photos! If you did want to vote for my NYE look, no pressure, then follow this link and just like the photo!
If you have a twitter account and joined in any of the #bbloggers chats recently, then you'll of no doubt seen that Fragrance Direct had added Dainty Doll to their stocklist and the products were all massively reduced in price. Being a beauty obsessive, I wasn't going to miss out on such an offer and placed an order immediately, all the items I received were as new and I've been overly impressed with the quality.
I purchased three lipsticks in total, two were 'BabyLove' which is a milky, pale nude and the other 'Couture' a deep, burgundy lipstick. All were well packaged, pigmented, creamy and relatively long lasting. At £1.99, you really can't complain. I also picked up two powder blushers in the shades, 'Orange County Girl' - potential Nars 'Orgasm' dupe?! and 'Hippy Shake' a gorgeous, pale pink with shimmer. I love the simple, chic packaging of the compacts and they all come with mirrors for on the go touch ups.
I've recently gone on a cream blush purchasing extravaganza so I couldn't decide whether to pick up another from Dainty Doll but in the end I decided why not?! The cream blushers were only £1.99 so I picked up 'Billion Dollar Babies' - a taupe, brown that adds a nice glow to your cheeks. My final purchases were the Eyeshadow Base in 'Frankie Girl' - similar to 'Soft Ocre' by Mac but with a powder finish and the mascara/eyeliner duo which was the only disappointing product for me as the mascara was dried up and the eyeliner was slightly watery and took a lot of effort to build up an opaque line.
If you haven't heard of Dainty Doll before, then it was created by Nicola Roberts from Girls Aloud after she became fed up with the lack of offerings for pale skinned girls. So, not only is this like perfect for fair skinned ladies - but also women of colour too, as I've tried and tested it on my (fake) tanned skin.
There's still a few products on the Fragrance Direct website, with prices ranging between 99p - £2.99 it's a bargain not to be missed. Especially since not long ago these Dainty Doll products were selling for £11+ in Boots!
Products to purchase - Powder Blushers, Cream Blushes, Eyeshadow Base and Lipsticks.
Product to avoid - Mascara/Eyeliner Duo 
