Full face of ESSENCE COSMETICS! SO affordable! 💰
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AI GeneratedThe creator tests a full face of affordable Essence makeup, praising the base products and specific \"hidden gems\" like the highlighter and setting spray. While she notes issues with strong artificial fragrances, poor brow gel performance, and powder flashback in photos, she finds the brand generally effective for daily wear. The video also covers her personal philosophy on skincare and cosmetic procedures.
You know I don't often wear pink but how cute is this jumper?
It's from Goose and Gander. They've
really got a lot of cool stuff at the moment.
Not sponsored but they did send this to me very kindly.
I'm so sorry that I missed last week.
I had a crazy week with the toddler but we are back
to testing the cheap makeup brands.
Today is a full face of Essence. I've been wanting to do
this for so long and I've had this stuff for ages now
so let's just let's just get into it. Let me
know which brand you want to see next. Most
of the stuff I ordered from Boots, a couple of bits I did
pick up in Primark and they're a couple of bits
that I've used before and in some of the bigger
boot stores you can get Essence as well
and some of the bigger Primark stores too but most of the
This stuff was around £5 or cheaper.
It is one of the most affordable brands out there.
I believe it's a sister company to Catrice.
The first thing I'm going to start with
is the Milky Glazed Glass Skin Spray,
which has got rice extract and glycerin in it.
It says you can use this to prep your skin all throughout
the day for a refreshing hydration boost.
So it's a glowy, milky mist,
which I think is probably similar vibes to maybe like the Road one.
Ooh, the mist still feels pretty nice.
Wait, what? Oh my gosh, it smells of coconut.
Also, hello, who invited you to the party?
No one invited you.
Okay.
Ooh, that's a bit too fragrant for me.
It smells very coconutty, but like quite artificial coconut.
Mmm.
Wow, that's giving a very nice glassy glow though.
All I've got on at the moment
is the Haru Haru Wonder Milky Toner thing,
but I thought I'd use this as like a mist.
Oh, that feels really nice.
Definitely feels hydrating.
The spray on it is a little bit stronger than a super fine mist,
but it's sprayed very evenly, so I quite like that so far.
For my primer, I went for the Jelly Grip Hydrating Primer.
This says it's a makeup gripping and refreshing primer,
free from silicones and alcohol.
Okay, cool.
It does have castor oil in it though, which is kind of random.
Don't know how acne-friendly castor oil is.
If anyone has any intel on that, let me know.
Why does sometimes it take forever?
Oh wow, it's definitely a lot more runny than something like
the Elf one or the Milk one,
which I assumed that it was supposed to be a dupe of.
It feels more liquidy, a lot more liquidy.
It almost feels like a serum actually.
Again, it's got quite a strong scent.
I don't mind in a product, but I don't love it for skincare products.
Lip products give me all the scents,
but when it's something that's going on my skin,
I'm a bit like, I don't like anything too heavily scented.
It kind of smells like...
Hand wash.
Top two ingredients are water and glycerin though.
Yeah, it feels hydrating
and it does seem to be drying down a little bit.
Tacky.
Pretty good. You know what, I like the feel of that.
I like how it feels serum-y but then it's sort of dried down.
Doesn't feel heavy, doesn't feel like super thick.
That actually feels really nice.
So far so good, just not the fragrances.
Then for my foundation, I've got
the Silky Blur Hydrating Longwear Foundation.
I got the shade 115. I have no idea if this is gonna match me,
but I guess we're about to find out.
Lightweight formula with prickly pear extract.
Blurs pores and imperfections for a flawless, natural, matte finish.
Medium to buildable coverage. Shake well before use.
That I can do.
It feels like a medium kind of thickness.
This is definitely going to be a tan shade for me,
which I still have a little bit left on my neck.
Do any of these products have a mirror?
I feel like probably not. No, they don't, which is fine.
I know that Essence, I think it's a European brand, right?
We used to have it in a shop called
Wilko. Okay, I think, is that oxidising already?
Yeah, we used to have it in a shop called Wilko
and then Wilko closed down.
And now it seems to be in Primark and Boots. Let's see how it covers.
Oh wow, okay, cool. Pretty good coverage.
I thought this was going to be a good pale shade for me,
This looks a very similar shade.
To my NARS foundation, which is in L4 or 4. Is it called L4?
So definitely, definitely, definitely not a pale shade.
Looks a little bit on the orange side, but I'll bring it down my neck
and try and make it work. Wow. Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow.
Hang on a second. Oh my God. I think this foundation was £5.50.
Wow. Wow. That looks gorgeous. If I just zoom you in.
It's got such a nice finish especially
with those products underneath it. It looks glowy but not
too glowy but that's actually sitting
so nicely especially around my nose. That's often the place
where I kind of notice foundations the most whether
or not they look good or bad. If it sits
well on my nose I know that we're on to a winner
and that looks so incredibly smooth everywhere on
my face. I really really like how that looks.
The shade is definitely off and I will bronze up my
neck. I don't want to get that on my nice new jumper though.
I'm really impressed with that so
So far out of the different affordable brands that I've tested,
Like Catrice, Primark, the Boots own brands.
This is the nicest budget foundation that I've tried so far.
That is really, really nice.
Then for my concealer, I have tested this one before.
This is the Essence Silky Blur Concealer.
And by complete...
Opposite contrast this concealer is almost white. This is the shade 20.
It's the hydrating long wear silky blur concealer
I really like the doe foot applicator.
It's like a flat pointed triangle shape,
but it gets a lot of product on there
It applies really nicely
You know what?
I'm actually gonna use this to lighten up the rest
of my face where it's a bit dark and hopefully we can kind of even
It out you see what I mean like this is almost
white if you've got very very pale skin
This is lighter than a lot of other
drugstore concealers taking my paw paw
Blender which if this looks a little bit green
I promise you it's not mold, it's
from my Halloween makeup looks and I've washed
it thoroughly but it still has a bit of like a green
tinge. I like this concealer. I think the reason I don't reach for it
super often is because it's very light.
I was going to get a different shade but
the other shade that I was after was out
of stock on the Boots website and I
haven't been to a Primark in London recently that's got all the
Essence stuff. I would definitely like to get my hands on a
better color match. Okay actually
that's drying quite quick where I've put it on
Let's do my forehead.
Yeah, actually, can you see how that on my forehead
has kind of dried a little bit?
Maybe do it bit by bit.
But actually, the finish of the concealer is very nice
and it has pretty good coverage.
So I do like that one.
Those spots are in the most annoying place.
I don't know whether it's my hormonal acne making a return
because after having a baby,
I didn't have a spot for like a year.
Whereas I used to get hormonal acne
like every three weeks, every three, four weeks in my cycle.
But I always used to get them on my cheeks here.
So I'm like, is it that?
Or am I, you know, reacting to a bronzer?
Products that I've used recently.
I don't know, because I've got two here, and last week I had two here,
which makes me think that it's a product that I'm using.
On these spots, let's put a little blob of that,
and then I'm actually as well,
just so that they don't look crazy light, I'm going to put a blob.
A foundation.
I'm just going to dab it in with my brush.
Although, I mean, realistically, I'm about to do cream bronzer,
and it's probably going to come straight off, so.
It's such an awkward place to cover spots.
So far, I've really liked these base products.
I'm very happy.
Then, for my bronzer, I've got this teeny,
teeny, weeny, teeny, weeny, weeny, weeny, weeny.
Contour stick, bronzer stick, Baby Got Bronze,
and Cinnamon Spice.
I think there was only two shades.
That's the thing about these really affordable brands,
their shade ranges are generally a bit ----.
You probably get about one gram of product.
5.5 grams, I take it back.
Let's see, oh wow, that looks pretty creamy.
Oh, actually no, never mind.
It's got a bit of like a grip to it.
Let's do my usual application
where I take some on my brush and then dab, dab, dab.
on my face.
Why does that also smell?
You don't need to add a scent in a cream bronzer.
Like, why does it smell like hand sanitiser?
Don't get it.
It smells like a fruity hand sanitiser.
How bizarre.
Okay, this definitely isn't as creamy as I thought
when I first put it on my hand.
But I kind of like that it's not too oily.
Because sometimes cream bronzers
are really oily, but this one's more of a matte.
finish but I mean it's definitely
blending nicely with the other products
isn't it? I might just have to leave the spots today
because that's so awkward to
cover. Maybe I'll add a bit of powder
foundation in a little bit but yeah this
isn't as slippery as other cream bronzers that I've tried but it still
definitely is blending nicely. This might
be better actually if you've got oily
skin. It's got like a bit of drag to it
if that makes sense when you go to blend
it out.
Can you see how like it's not a super slippery one? Fine, I like.
Also it's definitely a warm bronzer
but it's not super orange which is good.
I am very excited for this one. It's the same size,
it's the Baby Got Blush and this is the shade Tickle Me Pink.
Let's have a look at the blush.
I wonder if it's a similar kind of texture.
Okay yeah, the formula feels the same.
Almost a bit waxy, I think that's what I was trying to say.
Let's have a little look. Okay, it's very natural.
Let's try and take up a bit more on my brush.
Maybe I should have gone for another shade.
I liked the look of the shade, but actually compared to the
product itself. It's not that pigmented is it?
Okay this is the first thing that is a bit
disappointing. I'm having to put on quite a lot
to build up the colour. I don't mind sometimes if a
product is buildable but I feel like this is just
a bit compared to what you think you're gonna get
like actually on my cheeks. I feel like you can't really see it
that much. That's nothing to write
home about unfortunately because I love a cream blush.
Especially a cheap one. Next up we have
got the Silky Blur Translucent Setting Powder
which again I'm very excited for this. I've seen
I've seen American creators talk about this one so let's have a look.
Slightly pink tinted.
You know what I've just realised I forgot to do for the Boots one?
Is do a flashback test.
I need to try and remember to do that today.
Let's go in with the powder.
Oh wow.
It's a very fine, I mean not that you
can tell anything from me doing that.
It's a very fine powder.
Oh my god, that feels so nice.
Whoa, wait a sec. Okay. I can't get too excited.
Probably going to have mad flashback, isn't it?
Let's hope not. Let me just blend my eyes.
It definitely feels like, you know, the type of
powders that fly around in the air a lot.
It's collecting a little bit on my nose here, weirdly.
That looks and feels so smooth,
but it actually feels like it set my makeup. This is really
impressive. This is what it looks like, by the way.
It's like a light, I thought it was going
to be pink, but it's like a slightly peachy beige.
I'm going to set my whole face.
You know what I found sometimes?
Sometimes powders that have got flashback,
the flashback is reduced when you add a setting spray over the top.
Let me go take a quick picture. I'll be right back.
Oh, guys, it's not looking good.
Yeah, look, do you see how under my eyes?
That's really not looking great, is it?
For my powder bronzer, I've got the Soft Touch Butter Bronzer,
which looks like this.
This is in whipped buttercup.
A lot of the packaging is very, very simple, like cheap.
Flimsy plastic packaging.
But I'm not too bothered about that.
If the product is great, the product is great.
Do you know what I mean?
Sometimes, yes, I love pretty packaging,
but if there's a stunning product
and the packaging isn't super fancy, I don't really mind.
Oh, okay.
Well, that's not super pigmented, is it?
This looks like the most basic bronzer in the world.
Let's see.
This is the Rare Beauty Bronzer Brush.
On this side, I'm gonna kind of dab over that spot
because I don't want to take away too much of the coverage.
Does that have a bit of a glow?
I think it does.
It has a slight bit of a radiant finish.
I quite like that.
Yeah, that looks pretty nice.
Let's also use it on my nose.
A hundred percent a buildable formula.
It's really not that pigmented when you dip into it,
but I quite like that in a bronzer
because then you don't go overboard too quickly.
That's also pretty nice.
Then for my blush, I have tried these two before.
It's the Soft Baked Blush
and I've got Peach Please and Think Pink.
I think these were supposed to kind of be dupes
of the Rare Beauty ones.
They're actually pretty pigmented.
Let's do a little swatch.
That is.
those two there. I'm gonna have to do the pink today just
because it matches the pink vibes of
my jumper but yeah I'm sure I've used the peach one
in a dupes video previously. I think from what
I remember I liked these but they're definitely
not as glowy as the rare beauty ones once you
actually kind of put them on your face.
I feel like some of the glowiness actually disappears.
They give a subtle glow
but if you're expecting these to be the same as the Rare Beauty ones
they're definitely not. Like they're not as soft
and they're not as glowy but just as a regular
blush they're nicely pigmented
It looks nice, and I think they're like £3, £4 maximum.
This is the Essence Soft Touch Bouncy Glow Highlighter,
and I have used this before, and I've been using it a lot recently.
I'm a big fan of this highlighter.
This is the shade 20.
Yeah, as a really affordable highlighter goes,
this is actually a pretty nice one.
Like, it doesn't look too textured on your skin.
I like to apply it with a big blush brush.
This one is the Morphe Makeup by Ariel brush.
They don't sell this one anymore, but
they sell one that's very, very similar.
There we go.
This is going so...
Well, for my eyebrows, I have got the Extreme Brow Lifter.
This looks the same packaging
as the NYX brow glue that's got the little thing,
which I love that product, so hopefully this will be similar.
And then I've got the Micro Precise Brow Pencil.
This is a waterproof pencil, apparently,
and I've got the shade Neutral Brown.
They didn't have a tinted brow gel that I could see,
so what I'm actually going to do is do the pencil first,
because with those clear kind of brow gels,
I learnt my lesson from last time.
Sometimes they can be a little bit tricky to draw over the top of,
Let's fill in the gaps first.
That does look like a pretty neutral brown.
It doesn't look too warm, which is good.
I don't really notice a lot of differences
between a lot of eyebrow pencils.
I usually tint my eyebrows, but I've
actually not done that in a few weeks.
So they definitely needed filling in today.
Yeah, that is absolutely fine.
I would definitely use that again.
Clear brow gel thing.
I think you just squeeze it like with the NYX one.
Comes out of the nib like that.
How cool.
So let's...
Give it a whirl. The formula is almost like a milky white colour
so I'm hoping that it will dry
clear. I'm assuming it will but at the moment it's kind
of just looking like I've got little bits in
my eyebrows. Oh, let me zoom you in. Is it drying?
The NYX one is completely clear when you put it on
but do you see what I mean about this one?
It's got like, I don't know, it looks a little bit milky
but it just looks like I've got bits in my eyebrows at the moment
which I'm not the biggest fan of.
It's definitely, like, sticking them into place, though.
Okay, it is drying, but it's drying quite slow.
It may have similar packaging to the NYX one,
but the NYX one is definitely better.
Like, it dries quicker and it goes on clearer.
I don't love that.
And then for my eyes, I got one of the little eyeshadow palettes.
This is called the Brown Edition Mini Eyeshadow Palette.
I don't know if Essence make bigger eyeshadow palettes.
This was just what they had on the Boots website,
so I thought this is the most realistic one that I would probably use.
So I got that, and then I
also got a Satin Blend Gel Eyeliner in the shade Bronze Shimmer.
And this looked similar with the little
There's a little smudger on the end.
It reminded me of the L'Oreal one that I love
in Bronze Espresso.
So I'm hoping this is gonna be similar.
But then I also got this,
which is the Jelly Jewels Glitter Stick
in the shade Diamond Dust,
which Catrice have one,
which I'm sure this is probably exactly the same
as the Catrice one if they're sister brands.
But I thought this looked really cool.
I love a little sparkly.
Okay, whoa, that one is really pigmented.
Look at that.
Do you see? And then you can kind of like blend it out
and it's got these tiny little shimmers.
Oh, they actually feel very creamy.
Whoa! Okay, geez, hello pigment.
Yeah, they look really pigmented.
Oh, while we're here, let's do a little setting spray test.
I've got the Last & Fix Keep It Perfect
Makeup Setting Spray, which looks like this.
Let me do my eyeshadow test with these little swatches.
Wow, that's got a nice fine mist as well.
This is so impressive. This is what I mean guys.
You can never judge a book by its cover when it comes to makeup
And this is why I will forever not be a makeup snob
because there are some really hidden gems that are so affordable
But people just overlook them because they're
like, oh well, it's a really cheap brand
It's just gonna be crap, but it's really not the case anymore.
And as somebody who started my channel doing dupes
I'm like, yes, we love to see it
So I'm just taking that matte brown eyeshadow.
This is like the soft TM look.
This I would say is like my signature look.
Big fluffy brush.
This is another Morphe Ariel collection one.
Morphe just have some great brushes, don't they?
And then bring that out.
I'm also going to take some of this on my lower lash line.
Yeah, this shade is really nicely pigmented.
Then let's take a bit of that dark brown.
Whoa, okay, yeah, wow, that's very pigmented.
I'm just like running that along my lash line.
I'm like flicking that out a little bit.
Then I'm just going to take some of that on an angled
brush and do a little wing.
Okay, the one thing that I'm noticing about this brown eyeshadow is
when you first apply it, it seems pretty pigmented,
but actually when you blend it, it kind of
disappears a little bit. I don't think this is the best one
to be doing a wing with because it does
kind of just smudge away. It does look nice though.
I'm going to take the goldy shimmer colour,
actually just on my finger. That is so pigmented.
And I'm going to put that on.
My lid. This may be pigmented
but actually it's more of like a soft shimmer. Can you see what I
mean? It's not like a very sparkly shimmer.
So if you're looking for sparkles I would say this one
is more of like a satiny finish.
Like it's not super foiled is what I'm trying to say. Reflective
as shimmers go. Yeah I mean that's not the best is it?
It looks more impressive on my finger and
in a swatch than it actually does in my eyes.
And it looks very smooth but it's not like wow.
I think if you're going for a cheap eyeshadow
that performs well that's a similar kind of size
the elf bite size palettes have got more pigment.
Let's go in with our little friend the shimmery
stick. Show you my inner corners. Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa.
I kind of love how these feel cold.
Okay yeah okay wow yep yep yep yep yep yep yep.
Not gonna lie a lot of these like jelly eye sticks
that I've tried before are very very similar to each other.
That is so easy to apply though.
You literally just draw it on.
You kind of don't want to swipe too hard,
because then sometimes they go a little bit chunky looking.
Blend the edges.
That is really beautiful.
Then the...
Ooh! The eyeliner's broken!
Oh, I think it was stuck to the top of the lid.
Test down here.
Okay, nice.
Seems pretty creamy.
Can we smudge it?
Yep.
Run some of this along my lash line,
and like add to my little wing.
And I'm also putting this in my waterline.
Ooh, that's a good waterline colour.
If you've got blue eyes, you must try putting brown.
Oh ----, it's just falling out on the floor.
And then I'm just smudging that a little bit.
I like that other than the fact that it's broken.
Let's take a tiny little bit of that dark brown
from the eyeshadow to also smudge underneath.
Before I do my mascara as normal,
I'm going to do the setting spray test.
Let me just do this test first.
Yes!
Let's try the setting spray on my face.
That sprays quite a lot of product onto your face,
but I'm pretty sure that's all down my front and all in my hair.
It's quite a fine mist.
I don't necessarily think that that's given me much of a glow,
but as we can see, it locks in your makeup.
This is much better than the Catrice one that I tried.
Then for the mascara, I went for a tubing mascara.
This is the Lash Without Limits Tubing Brown Mascara.
Somebody told me though that apparently they do
a tubing version of the Lash Princess,
but I don't think that was on the Boots website.
So I don't know if we have that in the UK yet,
but if anybody's tried the Tubing Lash Princess,
because that is a great mascara, let me know.
But I got this one for now and I went for the brown shade.
It says easy wash off.
No smudging, which is exactly why I chose it.
This is what the wand looks like.
Oh, Essence have some really good mascaras.
So far, this is looking really good.
Sometimes tubing mascaras are way too wet.
This one doesn't really have that problem.
I'm getting a few little clumps though with the second coat.
Yeah, it's getting a little bit clumpy, isn't it?
I think that looks pretty nice.
I do find that tubing mascaras tend to be a bit more clumpy than
a regular mascara for some reason.
Still pretty good though.
It looks pretty nice, the finished result,
but it did get a little bit clumpy, so just bear that in mind.
The finished eyes though, I actually think look really nice.
That brown pencil looks really good for now.
I wonder if it will last all day.
If I'm being so honest guys,
I am not going to be able to put the wear test in this video
because I am filming this on Sunday in the hopes
of editing it this afternoon and posting it this evening.
So it's kind of like in real time.
I will film a short that I will post of the wear test of this,
It'll be on my YouTube channel, you'll still be able to find it,
but it might just be up later tonight or tomorrow.
Finally, for the lips, I've got three different products.
I got the Line and Stain Tattoo Lip Liner in the shade 04 Blush Rush.
I don't even think I ordered this.
I'm sure I ordered their thicker...
Lip liner stain.
And I don't think this is the shade I ordered either.
Whoa!
Look at the nib on that.
I've never seen that before.
Okay, that's cool.
And then I also got the Matte Comfort Lip Liner
in the shade The Perfect Shade.
And then I got the Super Peptide Glossy Lip Treatment in Toffee-tastic.
Please smell like toffee.
If this doesn't smell and the rest of the products do,
I'll be disappointed.
Oh my gosh, and it's got a squishy nib.
I didn't expect that for the price.
Oh, wait.
It does.
Did I just put that on my nose?
I think I did.
So if you twat.
It smells nice.
It smells like toffee.
I'm going to do the stain.
First, uh, interesting applicator.
I feel like because the nib is super, super skinny,
it doesn't get that much product, like, in the very tip.
Like, that's already dried up.
Hello.
Whereas the side, if you use the side of it,
then it actually seems to come out a bit better.
It does seem to have already dried out.
Um, okay, let me give it a quick shake.
Yeah, this one's kind of, like, already drying out.
I'm actually going to cover my lip, like, fill it all in.
It's definitely gone on nice and evenly, though,
considering I just filled in my whole lip with it.
Then let's do a little...
Transfer test, we're good.
I don't mind it, but I don't think that's what I ordered.
I think I ordered the original, like, thicker crayon that they've got.
This looks really similar to the Catrice one that I love.
It's like a brownie nude.
It's very creamy.
That is a really nice shade.
I mean,
it's kind of hard to tell because I've put that lip stain all over,
but around the edges, that's a really good shade.
And then we will finish with the lip balm.
Oh, this lip's almost ended up being a bit vampy.
This is darker than I'd hoped for.
Like, the actual shade of this is a bit kind
of like a mauvey brown colour.
It feels lovely.
I think this is even more successful than the Catrice one was.
This is a really nice looking face of makeup.
I am really happy with how that turned out.
Most things I would 100% use again.
I think the main things that I wouldn't use again were the brow glue,
the cream blush probably.
The eyeshadow was okay.
I much prefer the little jelly stick though.
And then let me go do another flashback test.
I will be right back.
The results are in guys.
Unfortunately, as nice as that powder looks...
In the mirror. It photographs really badly still.
Even with the setting spray. This is what we're
dealing with. Do you see how under my eyes it just doesn't look great?
It's definitely flashing back
in those areas. Which is such a shame
because generally the makeup looks pretty good. But there
we go. That's my finished face. Overall looks pretty good.
Just unfortunately the powder is
not flashback proof. Just don't wear it in flash photos
but I'd still wear it day to day. I am
going to answer a question of the day.
This is such an interesting question and such a
Thing that's a topic in this household at the moment.
This question comes from Scurb with three Bs.
And they've said,
Hi lovely Soph, do you think you'd ever get
a cosmetic procedure or surgery done?
I believe you've mentioned maybe a boob
job or something for your smile lines.
Are you still considering those and would you get anything else?
I have an awful resting bitch face.
And for my 26th birthday, I think I'm going
to treat myself to some forehead Botox
because my wrinkles are coming through.
Firstly, have you tried any skincare things first?
If you don't already, follow Natalie O'Neill on TikTok
because she has posted a lot about how in a lot of situations,
you don't necessarily need Botox.
If you've tried other skincare things, specifically retinols,
retinols, tretinoin, like the higher intensity skincare stuff,
I definitely recommend trying that first before trying Botox
because my skin is actually better now than it was a few years back.
In terms of like the reducing the wrinkles on my forehead, they've
definitely significantly improved since I've been using tretinoin.
But obviously, like I totally understand that that is not for everyone.
And I'm not against cosmetic procedures at all.
I think if you're going to do something that makes you happy.
Go for it, do it.
You are going to get people that don't agree with it.
I don't think that anybody needs to get anything done,
but if that's going to make them happy,
then I'm like, you know what?
We live once, why not?
In terms of myself,
previously I spoke about how I wanted to get filler
in my smile lines.
I'm glad that I didn't
because they haven't really got any worse,
to be honest, as I've got older.
I've realized that they're just part of my face.
Like maybe eventually when I'm like,
I don't know, in my 40s,
maybe I'll change my mind
and decide that I want to get filler in my smile lines.
But for now, I'm kind of good.
Like with my skincare routine.
I feel like my skin is looking good.
I don't have any filler or Botox
or I've never had anything done cosmetically.
The only thing that I've ever had done is like
a laser treatment that was supposed to
reduce my like...
double chin. I store quite a lot of fat in like this area
and my face has always been round that's
how it's always been and before my wedding I got
something done called Haifu which was like this
laser treatment. Didn't work for me.
I would be open to potentially getting filler or Botox in
the future but for now I'm fine. My smile lines
don't really bother me as much now that I've
figured out ways with my makeup to make them look less obvious.
And then do you know what is so
interesting? I so nearly had a boob job when I was 22.
I'm about to turn 30. If I'm being completely
I'm completely honest and completely vulnerable.
I was kind of fine up until I had a baby
and then when I was breastfeeding
I literally had the boobs that I'd always dreamed
of and so many people said to me
Wait till you have a baby because then your boobs will grow
and a lot of the time they will stay that way. Didn't happen
I am not happy with how they are. As soon as I stopped breastfeeding
Breastfeeding.
They shriveled up into nothing.
What I will say though is I now have like looser skin. Sorry, this is
Maybe this is TMI, but I really actually don't care.
But I feel like I lost some volume in the top,
but weirdly, like, the skin is more movable,
so that actually now, if I wear a push-up bra,
there's kind of, like, more to push up,
but then without the bra, like, I just don't feel confident at all.
And I actually have been considering and debating,
like, after we've had our second child eventually,
if we're lucky enough, touch wood, you know, for that to happen,
I would consider getting them done in the future.
But whenever I say that, I get comments of people being like,
don't do it, you don't want big boobs, they give you back problems.
I don't want big boobs.
I would literally just love, like, a big B cup...
You know, like, I actually do not want big boobs.
I just want a boob or two.
We will see.
I felt so much more confident.
And so, like, having that and then them going has made me kind of
realise, like, actually, I was so much more confident during that time.
And, like, I would love to have that back.
I don't think that anybody needs anything.
But if somebody wants to do something that's going to make them happy,
then I'm like, sure, do what you want to do.
It's your life at the end of the day.
There we go.
I'm going to end this here.
Thank you guys so much for watching.
Sorry that ended on a bit of a deep note,
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