Beauty Tools and Extras #2

I did a post like this quite a while ago and since then I’ve thought of a few more beauty tools and extras I couldn’t be without that I thought I’d share!

Bourjois Paris Pencil Sharpener

I love this sharpener so much I have two! It’s got a double hole so can sharpen thick and thin pencils and I use one for eyeliner and brow products and the other for my lip liners! It’s a steal at £3.49 too and holds the shavings until you can get to a bin!

Metal tube squeezer/wringer

This is a life saver for products in metal tubing like my Grown Alchemist moisturisers! It really helps to get all the product out and I love it for little sachets too as there’s not a lot of product in most of them anyway so anything to help make sure you get the last drop out is a winner in my book! Plus it’s more fun to use this than your hands! I got this years ago so I’m not sure if it’s the exact one I’ve linked but it’s very similar.

Mint Skin Applicator Brush*

I love this! It’s not ground breaking but I had never even thought to apply my face masks with a brush before I was sent this before Christmas! It gives such a smooth, even application and means I don’t get any mask under my nails – annoying when you use clay masks a lot and have long nails! See my full review of this brush here!

The last two products I have to show are a few I have seen big brands do for ridiculously high prices so I wanted to point these out that I got from good old eBay.

Makeup Brush cleaner

Most of the time I just use my hands to wash my brushes but I love this for my eye brushes. It makes it so easy to give them a deep clean and so quickly too! See my post from earlier this week about how I wash my makeup brushes here!

Hair brush cleaner

I’ve had this for so long and use it regularly to clean out my hair brushes from product build up and hair! The little spindles work so well so pull out crap (for want of a better word!) from the bristles of my hair brush and I think it’s such a handy little tool to have!

Let me know if you’ve tried any of these products or what beauty tool you couldn’t be without!

*denotes a PR sample that was sent to me. All opinions are my own.

Danielle xx

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Beauty Tools and Extras I’d Be Lost Without

Today I thought I’d talk about a few staple tools and products in my beauty collection that I couldn’t be without!

First up is the Tweezerman Slant Tweezers. I got these in Boots last year and before that had been using some from The Body Shop. Tweeezerman slightly edge it for me though! They are so sharp and come in so many different prints and options such as the mini versions and the pointed tweezers! I don’t actually use mine as much as I used to since my beautician told me to stop tweezing between eyebrow threading appointments but sometimes I can’t help myself and these get the job done quickly and pull the hair out from the root first go!

Popbands

I got a few Popbands in a beauty box way last year and haven’t looked back since! They are so comfortable to wear in the hair, don’t snag and don’t hurt to pull out! They come in so many different colours and prints so sorry mine is a boring old black one but sometimes you can’t beat it! Day to day I wear my hair down but I love these for the gym and for throwing my hair up in a bun when I get in from work! They are lovely and stretchy but still hold my hair tight without hurting it and don’t leave a kink when I take it out!

Primark Headband

This one sometimes goes hand in hand with my Popband as I couldn’t be without these two when I’m doing a facemask! The Primark headband keeps any flyaway hairs off my face so they don’t get covered in whatever facemask I’m using!

The Body Shop Double Ended Blackhead Remover

I've had this for absolute years now and it’s amazing! It has two different sized ends depending on the size of blemish or blackhead you want to go to town on (nice) and with a little pressure on the area it extracts any nasties under the skin! Obviously we all know you shouldn’t really squeeze or pick at spots but this is better than using your fingers!

Louise Young LY22 Mascara brush

I got this last year to use as a brow brush and while at first I was a little unsure of it as the handle is so long and slim I've soon come to love it! It works really well to neaten my brows before I use my ABH Dipbrow Pomade or a powder in them and is so easy to clean and dries really quickly as I find a lot of these spoolie brushes can get filled with foundation from round my eyebrows quite quickly! The only negative to this brush in particular would be that because of the length it only just fits into my makeup bag that I take when I’m staying over anywhere. Because of this I did have to do a bit of bending the brush head before taking this photo to straighten it out but it came back into shape quickly and felt sturdy so I wasn’t worried about it snapping! I also sometimes use this brush to comb through my eyelashes if my mascara looks a little clumpy to it’s a great multiuse product!

Shiseido Eyelash Curlers

I upgraded to these when my usual No7 pair were feeling a bit loose after years of abuse and if I’m completely honest I saw the “s” and though I was buying the infamous Shu Uemura eyelash curlers! All was not lost though as these are pretty good in their own right! I obviously can’t compare to the Shu Uemura ones everyone raves about but these give me lots of curl and volume ready for my mascara. I will sometimes blast them quickly with my hairdryer if I want even more of a curl but I usually just start at the base of my eyelashes and squeeze then move to the middle, squeeze again and do a final squeeze at the tips of my eyelashes! No wonder my old ones got loose!

Lush Lip Scrub

I don’t know where I’d be without this little pot of goodness! I have the driest lips ever and a stick of lip balm is never far away when I’m about! I do still get dry skin on my lips though and using this scrub every morning gets rid of any flakes and gives me a great base to apply lipstick on smooth lips! The pot looks tiny but you only need a little bit so it lasts for ages! I also won another pot in the lovely Velvet Blush’s giveaway a few months back so I’m sorted for a good while with one of my favourite products!

Have you got any of these products? Tell me what beauty tools and products you’d be lost without!

Danielle xx

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