My names Beautyh2t and I am a beauty a holic and proud!  I love all things beauty, health, hair and skin care which is why I go by the name of beauty head- 2 -toe! So  you can imagine my excitement when the lovely people over at Superdrug got in touch to say  I had gotten to this stage of being a summer insider.  Free makeup showing up in the post you say? I almost knocked over the poor postie grabbing it out of his hands!

I pretty much instantly applied a little of everything in the package and went to work  like a happy little beauty guinea pig, multi coloured nails and all! But for all you Superdrug lovers I thought It best to calm down, try out all the products for a few days and give you the low down on some of the fab products available online and in store this summer.

NYC is a budget friendly line that I have to admit I have never really spent much time looking at before,often just passing by to look at more expensive brands, however it is certainly one I will be going to look at now.  I was lucky enough to receive 5 of their nail varnishes, the 3 on the left here from their ‘In a New York Colour Minute Quick Dry’ range and two from their ‘Long- Wearing’ range and I have to say i was more than impressed! Both sets have a fab long bottle neck which I find means the varnish lasts longer and there is far less waste. The consistency is quite runny which means you can build up the colour to how you want it and you can easily paint the nail in a couple of strokes. I tried out all the colours and it is such a great range for the money, particularly when I found out how amazingly quick drying these really were, they are definitely the easiest applied and best drying nails varnishes I have tried in a long while which equals a happy, manicured me!

In the above shot I am wearing left to right; 139B Plumberry, 247B1 Prince Street, 221B1 Spring Street, 238B1 Moma and on the thumb is the stunning  140B Empire State Blue. I have worn the hot pink one (Moma) now for 4 days and its only now starting to show slight tip wear which is amazing for such a budget brand, I cannot wait to get to my local Superdrug and discover all the other colours!

Handily I was also sent a bottle of  ’Sally Hansen Nail Shine Miracle 10 day Top Coat’ that I needed considering I now plan on painting my nails so many different colours in the coming sunny months, I tried it along with the Empire State blue and it performed amazingly. I am going to use it on my toes too as with the tootsies on show all summer they need to look their best and without having to re apply all the time. It is goes on so easily, dried really fast and gave my nails such a good shine- love it!

Now the other half of my package was all about the eyes, someone out there must have read my mind as right now my major beauty crushes are mascara and nails and I was lucky enough to be sent 3brand new mascaras to test out. Look out lashes, prepare to be glammed up!

Left to right I received:

• NYC City Curls- Curling Brush Mascara
• L’Oreal Volume Million Lashes
• NYC Sky Rise- lengthening Mascara

So after running them all through my fingers for an embarrassing amount of time I set about the one my eye was drawn to first, the gleaming gold packaging of the L’oreal Volume Million Lashes-I am like a magpie when it comes to packaging!  Currently £7.99 in Superdrug I would say this one is  worth the money,the anti clump wiper for the brush ensures the wand coats all the lashes without pulling them together with excess product, a must for beauty on the go in summer time!

This mascara gives the lashes a great fullness and really made my eyes pop and in only one coat, it lasted the whole day and was mess free to apply, all that and it looks good on my dresser- a big thumbs up from me! I then moved on to the other two less expensive Mascaras, not expecting them to live up to the performance of the L’Oreal, but how I was wrong! I have now moved the 2 NYC mascaras right into my daily routine ( yes I will admit I wear 2 mascaras a day- cringe).  For the price of these well packaged sleek beauties they are well worth picking up, both the curling and the lengthening ones do the job perfectly, giving a great natural finish that wore so well over the day. Easy to both apply and remove I found these fab and will work well for you if you are looking for a little extra length to open up your peepers or to curl the lashes for that summer flirty look.

Thanks so much Superdrug for the chance to share my thoughts and for fuelling my beauty obsession, and thank you all for reading, if any one else has used any of these products then let us know which ones you love in the comments below. I Love to hear what everyone else is trying out.

Happy summer everyone,

Bx

Written by Beautyh2t – one of our trial Insiders! Find out more about our Insider Challenge here