September favourites!

Welcome to Elegant Ageless Beauty, I’m Teresa.

So it’s that time of the month again, so to speak, time for another monthly favourites post where I share with you the products that I’ve been loving during September, I’ve new favourites and a rediscovered favourite and some that are always in my favourites posts. First up is my most repurchased product, ever and it’s a nail treatment.

The Rimmel London Nail Rescue. I have used it for years, ever since I stopped wearing acrylic nails. It really has “rescued” my nails, I use it each time I do a manicure as my basecoat, but every couple of months I do use it as my treatment. If you would like to read how I do use it I have a review HERE.

This  is the B.Skincare Restorative Facial Oil, I  rediscovered it this last month, and I’ve fallen in love all over again, it’s from Superdrug on the High Street and I think it’s fabulous, I do love facial oils! I only use it at night-time twice a week under my night cream when I feel my skin needs a bit of a “pick me up” You can check out my review HERE.

Next, I have an eyeshadow brush that I think is just about the prettiest I have ever seen! It’s filled with Swarovski crystals, yes REAL Swarovski crystal! I love it not just because it’s so pretty but also because it’s gorgeous to use, I love the weight, it’s so comfortable to hold. The bristle holds onto the product and then blends over the eye beautifully, a really superb eyeshadow brush! My review of this and four more makeup brushes is HERE. If you would like to see.

I really have found my new “hero” in a concealer. I was later than most people to discover the Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer but now I’m so glad I have joined that party because it’s fantastic, and it will always be a repurchase for me that’s for sure. Check out my review HERE.

Lastly my beautiful Gold Bee Venom Mask by Heaven Skincare! I have mentioned in previous posts that 80% of the products I review, I purchase myself while the other 20% I have had sent to me for review or I have won as prizes on Twitter. This was a prize that I won on Twitter in celebration of Heaven Skincare’s 21st Birthday. I was so overcome when I got that DM telling me that I was the Twitter winner, I did have a cry I shall admit. I never thought that I would ever be able to have something so luxurious, so prestigious in my life. I really am very lucky. I have reviewed the Gold Bee Venom Mask HERE.

So that’s what I’ve loved over the last month, thank you for stopping by today.

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Leonhardy VP Crystal Make up De Luxe Brushes..

Hello lovelies welcome to Elegant Ageless Beauty, I’m Teresa.

I am such a lucky blogger! I have been sent some seriously beautiful makeup brushes to try. Oh my gosh I have never seen such prettiness and sparkle in a makeup brush! I have been sent 4 brushes to use and review here on EAB, and they were sent to me from Germany by Total Partners, where they have been handmade by Leonhardy VP. and yes that really is Swarovski crystal in the handles! The hair is a very high quality synthetic, and yes they are cruelty free and also  vegan and vegetarian friendly too.

I’ve been sent a powder/blusher brush, eyebrow/lash brush, eyeshadow brush and lip brush. I’ll go through each one in turn and tell you how they worked for me and how they washed too.

This gorgeous powder brush is such a pleasure to use! I expected it to be quite a heavy brush with all that sparkly Swarovski crystal within the handle of the brush, but it’s not, it’s so lightweight and really ergonomically friendly. It’s 19cm long (approx 7 inches) from base of handle to tip of the bristles, so a really great size too. I used the powder brush for my loose powder and my blusher. With both it held onto the product until I applied to my face and blended out great. There was no shedding of the hair which can happen in brushes right across the price ranges. How did it wash? Perfectly. I used a solid brush cleaning soap, and warm water, but I was extra careful with all of the brushes when I washed them just because of the beautiful crystals within. This has dried beautifully, very soft and it didn’t shed any hair at all.

The flat eyeshadow brush is again very soft. It’s a great weight to use and really lovely to hold, 16cm (approx 6 inches) long. It held onto the product until I tapped off excess and applied to my eyes. It lays down colour and blends eyeshadow perfectly. It didn’t feel scratchy on my eyes and it didn’t shed any hair either. The eyeshadow brush washes perfectly and dries back to its original shape and softness.

This has got to be the best lip brush I have ever used! I have 3 lip brushes in my collection and they are rarely used because they are too small and they don’t flex on the lips when applying lipstick. This beauty is fabulous, the brush head itself is pretty big for a lip brush. It has a super point to the end to create a cupids bow, it flexes on the lips when applying lipstick, and it spreads the colour beautifully, I think I even used less product too! Again the brush cleans really well and without loss of any hair. It dries right back into shape.

The eyebrow/eyelash brush has a different look to the other three. Yes they are Swarovski crystals inserted into the handle! The eyebrow brush combs through my eyebrows perfectly distributing the eyebrow powder I had applied. I used the comb to go through my lashes after applying mascara to help separate them. I purposely used a mascara that goes clumpy on me to see how the comb worked. It was great, it got rid of the clumps and separated my lashes great. Washing and drying was easy, the clumps of mascara were easy to remove, and it dried very quickly.

The brushes with the Swarovski crystal filled handles can at the moment only be purchased from Swarovski flagship stores in Vienna, Innsbruck and Crystal World Austria. They do retail at between 59 – 79 Euro. A complete set of 6 brushes in a genuine leather case which retails at 189 Euro is available. The black  brushes with 3 crystals can be purchased from 10 – 15 Euro. All of the Brushes will be available from an online store in October this year and they will be in various Crystal Colours, hair type(Synthetic and Natural) and Brush head Styles, there will be 11 styles to choose from. For now if you aren’t in any of the countries I’ve mentioned and you wish to have these beauties in your life, you will find the Total Partners website HERE. where you can purchase from the online shop in October.

Thank you for stopping by today.

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