TheCosmeticCrave - Craving all things beautiful!

Current Foundation Favourite - Chanel Vitalumiere Aqua

2012-08-08T22:34:00.002+01:00

Hi everyone! I thought I would share with you my new favourite foundation. This foundation may not seem like a surprise, as many other bloggers favourite this foundation too and rightly so, because I have been reaching for this constantly since I got it. I first heard about this foundation from Fleur on her YouTube channel Fleurdeforce and it made her skin look beautiful without looking like

Happy 1st Birthday The Cosmetic Crave!

2012-07-30T22:57:00.000+01:00

Photo Source I am a bit late in posting this but on the 27th of July I created my blog and uploaded my first ever post! which you can read it Here.Blogging had been a huge learning experience for me and I have discovered a lot of new things from makeup products, career opportunities and meeting new people! Over the year I have noticed my views and comments grow and the same people on each

Oskia London Get Up And Glow!

2012-07-25T22:21:00.000+01:00

...Radiance, Energy & Protection Booster If many of you are like me and would love to wake up all fresh and glowy every single morning but instead, often find yourselves waking up with tired dull skin that needs a bit of life injected back into it. I first heard about this product from the wonderful Ruth Crilly at AModelRecommends who always has amazing skin! So when I saw her mention this

Loreal Professionnel Super Dust Volume and Texturising Powder

2012-07-22T21:54:00.000+01:00

Transform into your super hero alter-ego with L'Oréal Professionnel Tecni.Art Super Style Heroes Super Dust, reworkable POW'der for volume with a matte finish.These Hair dust type products have become quite popular for adding that tousled voluminous look to dull everyday hair. When I was sent this product I was quite happy as I have never tried a hair powder before apart from the Batiste XL

Chanel Natural Finish Loose Powder Review!

2012-07-18T16:34:00.000+01:00

Hello lovelies! Hope all is well :)Here today I have the 'Chanel Poudre Universelle Libre Fini Naturel' but to keep things nice and simple we shall call it 'Chanel Loose powder'. I have the shade '30 Natural translucent 2'. I'm not really a powder kinda gal as I have normal to dry skin which can sometimes become oily in the T-zone but nothing that really concerns me. I thought I would try a

Bohemian/Hippy Photoshoot!

2012-07-14T21:42:00.000+01:00

Hey guys hope you are all having a great weekend and not letting this typical English weather get you down. If you do live somewhere nice and hot, please feel free to make us all jealous!I was joking DONT!Well despite this rainy weather, a few weeks back I did a photoshoot with a friend who is studying photography at university and the theme was a summery bohemian hippy look, so I thought I

Dior 002 Amber Diamond Highlighter!

2012-07-12T21:50:00.000+01:00

Used with or without foundation, Dior's oil–free Poudre shimmer all over face powder is designed to blend beautifully with the skin's natural tone for an even and smooth finish. It's been specially formulated with mica micro–particles to reflect the light and leave the skin looking extraordinarily radiant. Add a bit of sparkle to your make–up regime and dazzle all day long. (Taken from

Get SOLEIL TAN DE CHANEL For a bargainous price!

2012-07-11T19:34:00.000+01:00

Chanel Soleil Tan De Chanel-Bronze Universel has definitely made its way to be one of the top must have bronzers. This bronzer is incredibly flattering it comes in a creamy gel based formula that is velvety smooth to ensure that it is easily blended into the skin to give that luminous bronzy glow without any harsh lines. This bronzer comes in the perfect shade to suit all skin tones without

Bioderma Sensibo H20 Review!

2012-07-10T17:04:00.000+01:00

Bioderma has become one of the most talked about products in the whole of the beauty community at the moment and has received many rave reviews. I first heard about this product from Lisa Eldridge who is a makeup artist and she also has a YouTube Channel. She always raves about this product as well as many other beauty bloggers. I have always wanted to try this product and it had been on my '

Caudalie Beauty Elixir - Worth All The Hype?

2012-07-09T18:44:00.002+01:00

The Caudalie Beauty Elixir has made its way across the beauty blogging community over the past few months as THE current beauty MUST HAVE! A lot of people swear by this product, including miss Victoria Beckham herself who admitted to using this product after applying her makeup to help it last longer and to give her skin a 'dewy' finish. It seems that everybody has jumped on the bandwagon (

Guest Post 'Fighting For Beauty' By Jackie Clark

2012-03-08T19:37:00.000Z

Hi Folks just a quick blogpost today as I am so busy trying to get all of my work done to be handed in for may, ONLY 2 MONTHS LEFT! and then regular blogging will resume. I was contacted via email by a lovely lady called Jackie who wanted to do a guest post on my blog on a very touching subject which is mesothelioma cancer, she wanted me to post this article to show how all women can still feel

What In My February JolieBox UK

2012-02-25T17:35:00.000Z

This is my first box from JolieBox who were previously known as Boudoir Prive. I was never subscribed to Boudoir Prive but decided to give them a go when they changed over and I saw the first box that everyone received from them, which made me instantly want to subscribe. JolieBox took a break through January to get the switch over and everything sorted, so nobody received a box in January. The

The Tangle Teezer!

2012-02-10T18:07:00.000Z

Last week I finally cracked and ended up buying a Tangle Teezer! I have heard so many people raving about this hair brush but I held back purchasing it because I wasn't sure whether I actually needed this, I mean it isn't even that expensive but I already had a hairbrush that worked just fine so did I really need to spend extra money on what looks like some sort of horse groomer? The answer is I

Nars Luster Blusher!

2012-02-07T16:58:00.000Z

For me, Nars blushes have got to be the best out there followed by a close ones from MAC and Benefit. You can never have enough blushes especially if they are as beautiful as the Nars ones and I am an absolute sucker for them. In my collection I currently own Orgasm, Laguna, Sin, New Order and now LUSTER. I first heard about this colour from Beauty Crush and as soon as I saw the swatch me being

Ilamasqua Product Haul And Review! Cream Blush/Lipsticks

2012-01-31T18:23:00.004Z

I had recently made a purchase on the Illamasqua website and since then I have been using these products non-stop! I purchased three cream blushes and two lipsticks I hadn't tried any of Illamasqua's makeup before so I made a pretty brave decision in spending all this money on them. I have been wanting to try some illamasqua makeup for ages as I have heard great things about them especially the

Benefit Coralista Blush Review!

2012-01-23T19:51:00.000Z

Hi guys! I'm back after quite a long break from blogging there goes one of my new years resolutions already, but I have been caught up with college work as I only have 4 months left so everything is pretty manic at the moment! I just wanted to show you my latest purchase, this isn't a new product on the market and most people probably have this if they are obsessed with blushes like I am. This

The Urban Decay Naked 2 Has Landed!

2012-01-11T22:22:00.000Z

The Urban Decay Naked Palette 2 was released in Debenhams on Friday, this was part of an early release on their beauty Facebook page. The link to buy this palette got leaked about an hour early and there was a mishap about the link being a scam which left a lot of beauty bloggers upset in fear that they have given their bank details to a scam site when it was in fact the legit link to the real

My New Years Resolutions!

2012-01-02T21:19:00.000Z

Hopefully you can all read my not so neat writing but I decided to pin them up on a board in my room so I have them up to look at for motivation, otherwise I would just forget what resolutions I ever made and they wont get done! I also wanted to write so many more resolutions and I could have easily gotten carried away but if I wrote to many out then I would never stick to them or get round

Getting Ready For NYE! Part 2 Happy New Year!

2012-01-01T23:33:00.001Z

Happy New Year everyone, hope you all entered 2012 happy and positive I know I did! I got in the house at 7am this morning and woke up at 4pm, I'm already ready to go back to bed but not before I do this post about my makeup, hair and outfit. Ideally I would have liked to of taken a lot more photos than I did, but again I found myself rushing about. I had a lot more planned for this post such as

Getting Ready for NYE Part 1 Pampering!

2011-12-30T21:29:00.000Z

Its coming towards the end of 2011 and New Years Celebrations are 2 days away. It has been quite a good year for me I have learnt a lot and met some lovely people this year, so I want to enter 2012 with all positiveness for the year ahead. I will be going out on New Years Eve with my boyfriend and some friends so I want to make sure that I look my best! Today I decided to have a little pamper

Boxing Day Sales Haul

2011-12-27T21:20:00.000Z

I managed to wake up early enough to get down to the boxing day sales. I have never been to the boxing day sales before so I was quite excited to spend some of my Christmas money on some bargains. I didn't end up buying that much because they were just crazy, everyone was pushing and shoving and crowding the sale racks whilst throwing clothes about. Also most of the clothes that I wanted never

Christmas events!

2011-12-27T19:12:00.000Z

I did plan to do this post much sooner, but unplanned expectancies occurred which took my time plus I went to the boxing day sales which was absolutely manic and I came home very tired indeed. So here is a few pictures from Christmas day including the lovely presents that I received and a quick out fit and makeup of the day! This year we did something a little different, we had Christmas dinner

1 More Sleep To Go!

2011-12-24T11:50:00.000Z

I have only just started getting into the festive mood a few days ago, It started when we had all of Christmas decorations up and we were all sat by the fire drinking wine whilst watching The Grinch. When I was little I would be excited for Christmas at the start of December, maybe even earlier and I would get about 3 hours sleep because I was so excited! As i have grown up Christmas has started

New Bourjois Little Round Pots And Eye Pearls!

2011-12-22T18:53:00.002Z

Another Bourjois post today but these have been in my 'Stuff to review pile' for a while now and needed to get round to reviewing them. I have never tried Bourjois eye shadows before but I have heard a lot about them so I was excited when I got the chance to try these out at the #HPMSocial event a few weeks ago. I was sent the Bourjois Little Round Pot Intense 05 which is a gorgeous teal colour

Bourjois Volume Glamour Max Mascara!

2011-12-20T18:01:00.000Z

Hi everyone! not long left until Christmas! I have finally broken up from college which means that I can blog a lot more which I am happy about because I have been trying out quite a few new things and I have a stack of them to review but haven't had the time. So the first thing that I have is the new Bourjois Volume Glamour Max Mascara which I have been testing for the past week or so. It