Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Haul

Hello my gorgeous people! I've done it again, I've had a little bit of a naughty spend. I am really trying hard to look after my money lately, but sometimes I just can't help myself. I've always been bad with money and if I want something I just go ahead and get it, not thinking of the consequences. I know, I'm terrible! 

I don't feel TOO bad about these purchases because two of them I have had my eye on for ages and that's the Bourjois Rouge Edition Velvet in Peach Club. I got this from Boots for £8.99. I've wanted one of these for a while because I've really been on the hunt for a lipstick that will stay put all day and this really does that, even after eating which is great. I also bought the Barry M Gelly Hi Shine Nail Paint in Sugar Apple from Superdrug for £3.99. I LOVE this colour, its so bright and summery and let's be honest we are not getting much of a summer at the minute, so I've decided to let my nails be the summer!

Next, I went to The Body Shop. When I say to my husband 'ooo let's go into The Body Shop' I always get the same eye-roll 'you're not spending loads' line! But it never ever stops me. I went in originally to have a look for the Blueberry body butter but I ended up buying the Olive one instead because I much preferred it. I mean let's be honest, I probably have enough body butter in my bathroom to last me the rest of my life but this was £5! They're usually £13 so I was super duper excited that they were reduced, I almost bought two but I was a very good beauty blogger and only bought the one. Yep, I deserve some sort of medal for that! I also bought from The Body Shop this Colour Crush eyeshadow in Melt My Heart. I really love the eyehshadows from The Body Shop, and this goldy brown colour is definitely one I would wear every day so well worth the £7 it cost.

So that's my naughty little haul for the week, no doubt there will be another next week. 

I HAVE NO RESTRAINT!

Natural Everyday Makeup Look

On an average day I don't do anything extravagant with my makeup. I like to spend no more than 10 minutes of a morning applying my makeup, so I like to keep it nice and natural. Here are the products I used to achieve this look.. 

For the base:

The Body Shop's Vitamin E Illuminating Moisture Cream

Seventeen's Skin Wow! 3-Way Highlighter

Avon's Ideal Flawless Foundation in colour Shell

Rimmel's Wake Me Up Concealer in colour Ivory

Sheer Cover's conceal & brighten trio in colour Light/Medium

For the cheeks:

MUA blusher in colour CandyFloss

For the eyes:

Avon's eyeshadow primer in colour Light Beige

The Body Shop's Colour Crush eyeshadow in colour Oh, Honey

Rimmel's Scandal Eyes Thick and Thin Eyeliner in colour Black

Avon's Mega Effects Mascara in colour Blackest Black

For the brows:

Anastasia Brow Wiz in colour Brunette

MAC eyeshadow in colour Bateau

For the lips:

MAC CremeSheen in colour Sunny Seoul

I managed to link all the products I used except from my Mac eyeshadow, I think they must have discontinued it but I'm sure you'll be able to find a similar colour.

Superdrug and Boots Haul

Hi everyone!

For the past week or so I have rekindled my love for all things makeup and its all thanks to YouTube favs Pixiwoo. I am a trained beauty and spa therapist and while at college one of my favourite topics was the makeup segment of the course. But since then I seem to have slowly lost all my love for experimenting with makeup. But all that changed this past week and when I sorted through all my makeup I realised that a lot of it was quite outdated and a major haul was in order. So without further ado, here goes! 

 I went to Superdrug and found these cream eye shadow pencils. They are three different makes, the top one is from Gosh (£3.99) and is in colour Silver Rose. The middle pencil is from Work The Colour (£3.19 although I got this for £2.19 because of damage to the product) and is in colour Vintage Blush and the bottom is from Barry M (£4.59) and is in colour Gold Creme. 

I love these colours as you can make them very subtle by blending them in for a nice daytime look or you can build them up into a lovely smoky eye making it an evening look. They are also long-lasting and waterproof which makes them a bonus, I love anything that will stay put all day! 

Next from Superdrug I bought two things from Maybelline because it was buy one get one half price, so why wouldn't I buy two things really! First I bought something that I've been after for a while, the Colour Tattoo gel-cream eyeshadow in Pink Gold. It. Is. Gorgeous. I love the colour! This was £4.99. Next I bought Brow Drama eyebrow mascara in Medium Brown. I have never used an eyebrow mascara before, I usually just use an eyeshadow or my Anastasia eyebrow pencil but I thought I would give this a go. This was £4.99 but because I bought the eyeshadow aswell it was half price.

I also bought a couple of things from the MUA brand. I couldn't believe how cheap this brand were! I haven't used this product but if they're any good I will definitely do a review on them because the price is amazing. I bought four lipliners at £1 each. With them being only £1 I just bought them all! Why not?! The colours I bought were Pink Me Up, Red Drama, Brooding Plum and Softly Lined. I also bought a nice blusher in colour Candyfloss. This was only £1 aswell! I couldn't believe it! The last thing I bought from MUA was this lovely eyeshadow palette for only £4 and you 10 gorgeous colours. I really can't wait to try these products. 

Lastly from Superdrug I bought a Rimmel Clear Complexion Clarifying powder in Translucent just to swipe over my makeup and set it into place. This was £3.99.

Then I went across to Boots because I have seen Corrie from dizzybrunette3 use this in a few of her videos and I love the dewy look she achieves with her makeup. Its the Seventeen Skin Wow Primer (£5.99). I can't wait to try this product and if its any good I will definitely do a review on it. 

So that's my haul, I realise I went a bit crazy but sometimes its good to treat yourself! So, what have you been buying recently? Have you tried any of the products I have bought? 

Mini Haul

Hi everyone!

So for a few weeks now I have noticed that the skin on my face is just horrendous at the minute. It feels really dry and dehydrated and my makeup doesn't really go on very well. It was making me really miserable so I decided to do something about it. I was using the Tea Tree Foaming Cleanser and the Tea Tree Toner from The Body Shop but I think that as contributing to my skin becoming really dry and dehydrated. So I stopped using that and I was being disgusting and lazy and literally just using a cheapy face wash from Asda. I know, disgusting! 

So I decided enough was enough and today I went on the hunt for a new skin care range. Now, I am extremely skint at the minute and you may or may not know how difficult it is to find a decent beauty product while you're on a budget. I was stood in both Boots and Superdrug looking at all the products thinking 'Well I've used that before and didn't like it'. You wouldn't think that there were so many products that I had already used and didn't like! 

I saw the Botanics range in Boots and thought the bottles looked really bright and pretty and what stood out to me the most was the fact that they were all for brightening the skin, which is just what my skin needs at the minute. All of these products contain Hibiscus, which is apparently natures brightness booster and a wonderful hue of pink! Natural AHA's from the flower act as mild exfoliators to help leave skin smoother and brighter. Great, just what I need! I got a soothing eye makeup remover, cleansing foam wash, gentle cleansing cream, cleansing toner and purifying face scrub. Now, these products are suitable for all skin types so I know that I should have bought something specifically for dry skin, but I literally couldn't find anything that was designed just for dry skin. It was ridiculous, everything was for oily or combination skin! 

I wasn't overly impressed with the moisturisers in the Botanics range so I went over to Superdrug and found this really pretty Olay Beauty Fluid for normal/dry/combination skin. I must admit I only actually bought this for the pretty bottle, the fact its for dry skin was just an added bonus!

I also bought two Baby Lips lip balms because I have heard so much about them lately and I really wanted to give them a try. In Superdrug at the minute they have buy one get one half price on all Maybelline products, so I thought why not! I always always have dry lips so I bought the Hydrate one and an Intense Care one.

Overall, I am very happy with my purchases today and I didn't spend more than £20! Once I have given all these products a good try and have decided if they are any good I will do a review post on them :)