PetShopBowl Review

A little while ago now I was very kindly contacted by an online company called The PetshopBowl, who wanted to know if I would review their petfood delivery service for them.

I happily accepted and was promptly sent out a very generous parcel which I'm going to be talking about today!

Of course I wouldn't be able to do this review without the help of my two pets, so allow me to introduce them! As some of you may already know I have a 10 year old cat called Bubbles - he's very grumpy, very fussy with his food and spends majority of his time sleeping in awkward places. However I also now have a 6 year old Shih Tzu cross called Arthur which I don't believe I've mentioned on my blog at all! Arthur is a dog that has sadly been re homed many times through no fault of his own, fortunately he has found his forever home with my family and we'll love him endlessly! 

The PetShopBowl is an online home delivery pet shop, which stock a wide variety of products and brands suitable for all pets. They offer great competitive prices and you'll find things much cheaper on their website than you will in store, plus they offer free delivery on all orders that come to £19.99 or more! The PetshopBowl also offer a Bottomless Bowl subscription which allows you to set up an auto re-order service, set at a date you choose, meaning that you will never run out of pet food again! Something that my family of all people will appreciate as we're always having to make random last minute dashes to the nearest garage when we've ran out of cat food. 

As I was sent this parcel for reviewing purposes, all the contents inside were a complete surprise to me! I did send a few emails back and forth with Amy, the lovely marketing assistant who contacted me and informed her of my pets likes and dislikes so they were able to personalize my parcel according to my pets individual tastes which I thought was very sweet. 

Ferplast Cat Ball - Pack of 3*

The first thing I received in this box was a pack of 3 Ferplast Cat Balls which I believe are made from Terry Cloth. These balls are very soft and quite bouncy. Unfortunately as my cat is a senior cat he doesn't really play much anymore so he chose to totally ignore these. However, my dog absolutely loves these and is always chasing them around the living room.  

Natures:Menu Salmon and Trout Treats*

Next up I got this 60g bag of Natures:Menu Salmon and Trout treats. These little treats are free from artificial colours, flavours and preservatives and are also wheat and gluten free. I've never heard of this brand prior to receiving these and would never have thought to try them before as if I'm ever picking up cat treats, I normally go for Whiskas Temptations. However Bubbles loved these! He scoffed these down so quickly which came as such a shock as he is so particular about the food he eats. I'd say he loved these just as much as he loves Whiskas Temptations and that's really saying something! 

Orijen Tundra Cat Treats*

Next up we have yet another packet of Cat Treats, this time it's from a brand called Orijen - which again is another brand that I am unfamiliar with. This 35g bag of treats claim to be "Biologically appropriate cat treats" and are made of 100% ranch raised venison, cage free quail and wild caught fish. These treats are made without cooking or preservatives and are freeze dried in order to lock in the freshness. I tried these out on Bubbles and he did eat a few of them however he had really taken to the Natures:Menu ones and therefore didn't give these much attention. I will say that my dog on the other hand really enjoyed these. As soon as the cat wandered away from these in disinterest, Arthur was quick to jump in and scoff them up. So these "biologically appropriate cat treats" became dog treats instead!

Huntland Scottish Loch Salmon Grain Free Dog Food. *

The final thing in the package was this rather large bag of dry dog food. Huntland dog food claims to be 100% natural, grain free and specially balanced. Arthur is not particularly fussed on food - infact he's one of those dogs that will just about eat anything, including stuff that's not meant for him (cat food especially). He seemed quite happy tucking into this so no complaints here!

They wouldn't pose for any photos with the stuff we received so the only picture I could get was of the two of them chowing down on some of the food we were sent! 

Overall I've had a really positive experience using the PetshopBowl, I've discovered some new products that I don't think I would have came across in store and have been able to spice up my pets diets by introducing some new, healthy food into their lives. I'd definitely use their service again as it saves money, time and heavy lifting! 

That's all for this review. Again I'd just like the thank the PetshopBowl for allowing me to review their company and for sending out such a lovely parcel.

If any of you are curious in finding out more about the company or possibly making some purchases their website is;

www.petshop.co.uk 

Products I Regret Buying #1 - MAC Pro Longwear Concealer

 

 

Hello Everyone!

Today I will be doing the first post in a series called "Products I Regret Buying". I decided to start doing a few of these posts as there's a fair few products I have that I really regret picking up and I thought this could be potentially useful for anyone who's interested in picking up these products themselves and may want to hear the potential cons that they experience with said product.

The product I will be talking about today is MAC's Pro Longwear Concealer. I don't really have a great deal of MAC makeup so this is the only MAC product that I've been disappointed by. Well the only product that I've been disappointed by that I still have. I was also let down by the MAC Zoom Lash Mascara but that's a different story so I won't go into that! Before I get started I'd just like to say that these are my honest opinions of this product, these are things which I have experienced and not enjoyed. If this product works for you then that's good, but unfortunately it didn't work for me so please don't be offended if you happen to love this product.

I picked this product up on a whim whilst in America 2 years ago. I went into the store and felt pretty overwhelmed by everything so when I was approached by one of the girls who worked in there I sort of blurted out that I wanted a concealer. I somehow ended up being convinced to purchase this one and it wasn't until I got back in the UK that I realised how much of a bad purchase this was. I think this cost me about $18, I'm not sure how much it is here so you'd have to check that yourself. I was matched up to the shade NC20 which as I said, I didn't even question until I was back in the UK.

First of all, the most disappointing thing about this product is the colour I was matched up to. This is far too dark for me and I have no idea what the girl was thinking matching me to this shade. I caught no colour whatsoever on my face whilst I was out in America so I don't see how I was possibly matched up with this colour. I am an incredibly pale person, think porcelain. In fact my foundation colour is light porcelain! Below I've included shots of my foundation which is the correct shade for my skintone, right next to the concealer so you can see just how crazy the comparison in the 2 shades actually is.

 

 

This product is far too dark for me and there is no way on earth I could possibly get this to work for me unless I was to begin tanning but I don't do that so this is effectively useless and a waste of money! Aside from the product being the completely wrong shade, I also find the packaging to be really ill thought out. MAC did create this product with a pump however you have absolutely no control over how much product this pump squirts out and it always squeezes out too much product so you end up with far too much concealer for one person to use. Sometimes if you're extremely careful you can squeeze out just the right amount however majority of the time it just squirts out far too much product. Another design fault with the pump is that because it squirts out too much product you always get an excess of concealer just on the opening of the pump which then manages to smear all around the pump and on the inside of the lid so the packaging looks incredibly messy.

 

 

I find this concealer to be quite liquidy and it's very easy to blend HOWEVER if you are the type of person who applies blobs of concealer on all your flaws, dark circles, red areas of skin and then blends, you will have problems with this concealer as despite being a very liquidy formulation it dries extremely fast! For example, if I put a blob of this under each eye and then went on to apply blobs of it over some imperfections, when it came to blending the concealer under my eyes it would have began to have dried and then it became really hard to blend. By the time I moved on to blending the concealer that was on any spots or red areas, it would have dried completely and would not budge.

Another thing I don't like about this product is that I just don't think it provides that great a coverage, especially underneath my eyes. As it's quite liquid based, I find that it goes on quite sheer and light so it really doesn't cover up a lot of the darkness underneath my eyes. I also find that this unfortunately seems to crease underneath my eyes quite badly. Not as bad as the Sleek Concealer and Corrector Palette which I have previously reviewed on my blog, however it still collects in the slight lines I have underneath my eyes and that's not something I expect from a brand that is quite expensive and is considered more high end.

Overall I just really did not like this product and will definitely not be repurchasing this. So far I'm yet to find a concealer that will rival the infamous Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer which I have used religiously since I was about 15 years old.

That's all for todays post, I hope you enjoyed.

Let me know what your thoughts on this product are, does it work for you? Or do you find yourself in agreement with my opinions? I'd love to hear!

Hope you're all well.

Paige.