This months Cosmopolitan has a great freebie from the brand New CID. I've not tried anything from this brand before so decided to buy all 3 shades to try. (I gave the mascara a miss because I have lots of others on my stash).
The 3 shades are (from left to right): Strawberry Soufflé, Rose Tint and Plum Cordial.
Here they are blended:
I think they need blending a tad more, but I ran out of hand! I would say less is definitely more if using these as a cheek tint!
Strawberry Soufflé is a red colour. I never wear red lip colour because I don't think it really suits me, but I thought for £3.70 it was worth a try.
Here it is applied to my lips:
Rose Tint is the most natural colour of the three. It is a pinky, coral colour and I do like it.
Finally, is the shade Plum Cordial which is quite a vibrant pink.
This is the shade I decided to try out for longevity and give a full review. Above is a photo of it first applied.
This is after 4 hours, I had a couple of drinks and a snack but not a full meal.
As you can see, it has faded a little in the middle of the lips but I think it held up pretty well.
This is after 11 hours, 2 meals, several drinks and no touch ups:
There isn't much left and my bottom lip looks pretty dry but there is some staining left on my lips. However, my lips weren't dry the next day but perhaps when I use these tints for any length of time I shall apply a little balm over the top.
I used the Rose Tint shade for a blush but the camera couldn't pick up the colour, hence no photo. I was impressed with how long the colour lasted on the cheeks, though.
The lip and cheek tints come in a crayon formula and they do smell and taste quite waxy. The smell reminds me of how cosmetics smelled years ago but I don't find it unpleasant.
You don't need to sharpen these crayons because the bottom of the crayon twists to push up more lip product when needed.
Overall I am pleased with these lip and cheek tints and I am looking forward to trying the other 2 colours on my cheeks. I have not been able to find them online to suggest a RRP but at £3.70 with the magazine I think they are well worth the money. I think the 3 shades are all very different too. Grab them whilst you can!
Have you tried these tints? Did you like them?
Thanks for reading.
Enjoy the rest of your day.
Take care,
CJ xx
Well, it looks like it's another great month for freebies!
First up is Cosmopolitan priced at £3.70 and out now.
There is a choice of 4 items from New CID - a black mascara or a choice of 3 different shades of lip & cheek tint. Collectively they are worth £60.
They only had 2 of the shades of the lip & cheek tint in my local shop so I chose the shade Plum Cordial, swatch above. It looks a little bright for me but I've yet to try it on my lips or cheeks but will do a review in due course.
I've never tried anything from this brand before so I thought I would give it a try.
UPDATE: for a review and swatches of all 3 shades, see my post here.
Next there is Harpers Bazaar, out now, priced at £4.20.
This comes with the choice of 4 L'Occitane fragrances worth £8 each.
I didn't buy this but I peeked at the fragrance names, although our shop only had 2.
They were Jasmine & Bergamote and Thė Vert & Bigarade (green tea and bitter orange).
Elle magazine, priced at £4 has a little skincare set from Malin & Goetz worth £10.
This travel sized set comprise of a grapefruit cleanser, vitamin E moisturiser and a lip moisturiser.
I'd not heard of this brand before so I passed on it because I have so many skincare samples already. Now I have looked it up online, I am tempted to go and buy it!
Have you tried anything from this range? Is it good?
Red magazine, also priced at £4 has a free Rodial lip balm worth £19.
I did pick this up but then thought better of it because I have numerous lip balms already and returned it to the shelf.
Again I have never tried this brand before so again I am tempted to return to buy it! Argh! These magazines know what they are doing don't they?! Have you ever tried this lip balm?
The August issue of Instyle magazine comes with a free gift of Neal's Yard hand cream worth £10.
I didn't go for this because I have several hand creams in my stash and to be honest I rarely use the ones I do have.
Marie Claire, priced at £3.90, has the choice of 2 items from the Balance Me range, collectively worth £25.
The free gifts are the Cleanse & Smooth Face Balm 25ml or the Moisture Rich Face Cream 40ml.
I have heard that this magazine is available at WH Smiths for just £2.50 this month but, because I don't have one local to me, I cannot verify this. However, if you have one locally it may be worth trying there first.
Finally, we come to Glamour magazine. This months free gifts are from Clinique.
There is a choice of a High Impact mascara, Dramatically Different Moisturising Lotion or 2 Chubby Sticks in the shades of Super Strawberry or Woppin Watermelon.
I was thrilled to hear of this freebie so set off to buy both shades of Chubby Sticks. After driving to no less than 4 supermarkets and 7 newsagents and rifling through a hundred or so Glamour magazines with the mascara and lotion attached, I could not find the elusive Chubby Stick. I am so disappointed because this was the only freebie I really wanted this month. Never mind, there are worse things in life than not owning a Chubby Stick! Were you lucky enough to find one? I hope so.
Well that's it for the freebies this month. Please let me know in the comments if I have missed any. Which freebies did you go for this month?
Thanks for reading and enjoy the rest of your day.
Take care.
CJ xx
