I was an extremely lucky girl for Christmas, I got a lot of thoughtful and beautiful gifts and I am so greatful. One gift that I was SUPER excited about was something I had hinted at Adam to get me since it had been released and the man did good, because as soon as I saw a little rectangular present laying there I knew I had finally gotten my hands on the urban decay basics 2 palette. I still feel a little emotional about it now.
LOOK AT HOW BLOODY BEAUTIFUL IT IS. I genuinely felt a bit choked up looking at it because it is just such a wonderful little palette. If you aren't into your neutral shades then you'll probably look at this like its just another palette (like Adam did) but to me, it is like angels have crafted it themselves. Each shade is super pigmented and very wearable, I find that I can create both daytime and evening looks with this palette. I was concerned it wouldn't be very show stopping for evening looks, but this little beauty proved me wrong. I used skimp, cover, primal and undone and created such a good smokey eye; I was very proud of myself.

TOP- L-R: Skimp, Stark, Frisk, Cover BOTTOM- L-R: Primal and Undone

I have to say that my favourite shades out of all the five are stark, frisk and primal as I use them basically everyday now. On their own or with some black winged liner and it just works and looks effortless.
It's the perfect travel size compared to my naked 3 palette and because of that it is becoming a very firm favourite of mine. For £22 I will definitely be purchasing this for myself again as I cannot be in a world without this palette.

Have you tried the urban decay basic palettes?

 So I introduce to you lovely people Rimmel's 9-in-1 BB cream.

 "Rimmel's 1st 9-in-1 skin perfecting super makeup 9 in 1 results: primes, moisturises pores, conceals, covers, smoothes, mattifies, brightens, and helps protect. Lightweight, ultra comfortable formula instantly gives a flawless, 100% natural finish. SPF 25". So to start with, I actually agree with all of the above. If I'm honest when I read the back and it said all this amazing stuff I snorted a little, with the skin I can have on bad days I didn't believe that all of this was true. Maybe half, but not all of it. Boy was I wrong, it blurred and evened out any problem areas and any redness. At the moment I have a lot of scarring around my mouth and this beauty sorts that all right out!

 When I first put a few bits on my face (just a heads up, you don't need much at all!) I was worried it looked quite dark, but when I used the real techniques buffing brush and just blended it all out I was so shocked with how natural it actually looked. It match my skin tone so well as I have quite orange tones in my skin and I found this suited that to a T. It is so lightweight on my skin I actually forget I have anything but concealer on my face and it smells so fresh, like moisturizer (duh...) and sun cream, it may not be to everyone's tastes but I love it!

This is exactly what I've been looking for, it's affordable at around £6-7 and it's perfect for letting your skin just breathe, I imagine it could actually be quite good at building as well. The only criticism I would have is that the colour range is pretty poor as they do light and medium, so not much of a wide spectrum there Rimmel. I'll forgive you though for making my new lover.

Have you tried any BB creams? Whats been your favourite?

 I'm quite fussy with mascaras in that I want something that looks fairly natural, I naturally have very long dark eyelashes so I don't necessarily NEED mascara. I want something that just adds a little extra something the what I already have, so if you look clump, thick and fake then you are not going to be finding yourself in my makeup bag! If I'm honest I'm not actually overly keen on the packaging, I don't really like the colour and the writing on the tube. I think it just looks a bit tacky and I think that it totally misleads the product itself which is fab. I think if collection did a less pre-teen packaging with their items and made it a bit sleeker then they'd be on to a serious winner because their products are A+++++.
 Now when you first look at the brush you probably think "oh, well it's not really anything special?" hold on a sec my friend. I for one like my bristles to be a little bit firmer so that I feel they don't hold all the clumpy bits of the product, but this wand works extremely well at separating all of my lashes whilst coating them evenly leaving a natural but extended finish.

I find that as soon as I've applied this to under my eyes, they instantly feel a lot less irritated and cooler which is such a relief on my face. It actually contains cucumber extracts and a range of multi-vitamins, which explains why it's so soothing on the skin. I apply it in the morning and I instantly feel so much more awake, and considering I get up at half 5 during the week it is definitely a life-saver! I suffer quite badly with dark circles under my eyes and I feel this has slightly helped with that? I think I'm probably just going a bit crazy but I just find that the skin under my eyes looks far less loose and tired, I actually look a lot healthier!

If you're like me and suffer with irritable eyes, this is product you really need to try! Just last night my eyes were red raw and streaming something fierce, so I just popped this on underneath my eyes and they felt far less painful which was amazing for me as sometimes I can really suffer. In most shops it's sold for about £4.99 and on amazon its £3. I think for the size of the roll-on I'd be slightly put off, but because I've seen a genuine difference in my eyes and it actually helps me with pain I get on my eyes, I will absolutely repurchase this without a second thought!

What are your thoughts on simple products? Have you ever used their revitalising roll-on?