Recent Purchases!

Hello again lovelies!

I kept my promise, I'm back with a real blog post!

I've been treating myself to a few bits and pieces recently - naughty, and I thought I should show you what I've been buying!

Firstly, for my birthday my lovely mum got me a MAC quad palette - I didn't want the 15 palette because I have an OCD that I would need it to be finished, and I don't have the dolla to fill it! She bought me Twinx and Coppering to go in, I also had Brown Down which I depotted and popped into the palette.. So there was 1 space left and I chose All That Glitters! The palette is now complete and I'm so happy with it!! The colours are so autumnal and work perfectly together!

Top to Bottom: All That Glitters, Coppering, Twinx & Brown Down.

We'll stick with the MAC theme.. I seen my lovelyyy bestie Becca with the Objects of Affection Pigment and Glitters... So, obviously I went and bought them too. I did restrain though and only buy one set, even though I wanted them all.. I got the Rose set, and they are BEAUTIFUL. I've worn them loads all ready and I can't wait to break them out approx everyday over Christmas, tis the season for glittery eyelids afterall isn't it? Obsessed with them, and I love the packaging!

Bottom to Top: Whisper Pink, Tan, Rose, Reigning Riches & Heritage Rouge. 

Next company I'm back to being in love with is Urban Decay - Urban Decay were my first foray into high end makeup and I still love their Palettes - I have quite a few, but I've not tended to buy from them for quite a while.. A few months ago on www.cohorted.co.uk I seen their Perversion and Subversion mascara and primer duo and I was in the market for a new mascara so I bought them.. and HOLY MOLY. This is my favourite duo ever, it actually GIVES ME EYELASHES THAT YOU CAN SEE. My eyelashes are quite long but their straight so they usually look pretty crap, but this duo changes things. So much that I actually went and bought a full size of Subversion (the cohorted deal gives you a mini one) and it's so worth it!

The duo is actually still available on cohorted until Sunday evening and it only costs £10.80.. The full size mascara is £17 alone so it's definitely worth a purchase! Plus it's free delivery.. GO GET IT ASAP https://cohorted.co.uk/cohort/perversion-mascara-deluxe-set-783

Finally, the last recent purchase was also from Urban Decay.. The brand is fully back on my radar! I was really intrigued to try out their lippies but none of them were screaming out to me as the ONE I really wanted.. So for Christmas, they happened to bring out 6 minis in a set called the Full Frontal Lipstick Stash.. So I bought them! You get 6 mini lipsticks and then a full size of their 247/ glide on lip pencil in Ozone (which is invisible, so kind of like a lip primer!). The colours are great and they have such good lasting power! I'm seriously impressed. Also they are adorable! Definitely worth checking Debenhams our for this little Christmas present because it would be a great stocking filler! It's £29 for it all! 

Bottom to Top: Ladyflower, Crush, Illicit, F-Bomb, Gash & Liar

Hope you liked seeing what I've bought recently!

Have you bought any of these things?

Let me know what you think of them if you have!

Until next time.

xxx

I am not a blogger.

Hello beauties!

It's been a while and I apologise. 

I'm a busy busy working bee, I respect anyone that keeps up a full time blog and works full time.. I don't know how anyone does it!

Anyway, this is a quick outfit of the day/face of the day post as I was appreciating my outfit today and I was described as looking 'glam' and that doesn't happen that regularly! 

It was a simple outfit but pretty effective, this top was £15.99 (I think) from Stradivarius! Stradivarius isn't a brand that's particularly well known in the UK but I discovered it a few years ago in Barcelona and now when I have the chance to visit I get rather excited! The Westfield in Stratford (one word for that place - WOW) has one and if you ever go there I highly recommend you check out the store!! 

This top had half length arms that were quite baggy, so I cut them off because it made me look a bit butch! I really like it now, the inside stitching has kind of exposed itself and its just a bit more flattering now! It's made of the softest cotton and it really is a good quality top, definitely worth the money!

Excuse my stink eye in this pic, I blinked and couldn't get another decent one! 

I finished the outfit with my black Next jeggings which are amazinggg! They're £20 but so worth it, the quality is so much better than cheap jeggings and there's no sagging at my knees and falling down at awkward times! I wore my 3 year old Oasis denim jacket, still going strong and my grey handbag is from Primark and it was £10! On my tootsies were my very old and very battered Dorothy Perkins black wedged trainers.. Such an easy/effective outfit :) (sorry most of these bits are old so no links!)

Face was pretty simple:

Maybelline Better Skin foundation, 

Collection Lasting Perfection concealer, 

Urban Decay Flushed Palette bronzer, blusher and highlighter, 

Urban Decay Subversion and Perversion mascara duo (This duo is WOW, so glad I bought them!!), 

Benefit Browzings, 

Essence Cosmetics All About Nude eyeshadow palette,

LA Colours lip liner in Auburn, and 

MAC lipstick in Faux...

Simple face but together it looks pretty good and doesn't take long to do!

What do you think of this outfit? 

Have you shopped at Stradivarius before?

Have you used any of those makeup items before?

Let me know!

Thanks for reading xxx

Barbie Eyes.

Hey everyone!

So this is just a little quick post to show you the makeup look I went for yesterday, considering I sat in the house all day my landlord was raaaather confused by the full face of makeup! 

As you can see the eyes are pretty pink! I'm a bit obsessed with everything raspberry at the minute, the fruit, the flavour and the colour.. I'm currently wearing a raspberry coloured jumper and socks, it's taking over my life!

So onto the main products I used for this look! I'm not going to go through everything but just a few that I'm really rating at the minute! 

The Maybelline Super Stay Better Skin foundation in shade 'Cameo'! I am loving this foundation, I love the consistency and coverage! It's kind of a mix between MAC's Studio Fix Fluid Foundation and Studio Finish Foundation! This is £7.99 so a loooot cheaper and I think I actually preferred it to MAC on my face! 😱 it's SPF20 as well which is good because I'm always too lazy to add SPF into my routine *slaps wrist*. 

17 eyeshadow in 'Shocking Pink' and MAC eyeshadow in 'Cranberry'.. The holy grail of raspberry eyes! They look perfect together. I love Cranberry but I'm really impressed with the pigmentation of the 17 eyeshadows! I think they're £3.79 each or something close so brilliant if you want to experiment with colour and don't want to shell out £13.50 on a MAC eyeshadow!

Urban Decay eyeshadow in 'Shellshock' from the Vice 2 palette. This is my favourite inner eye highlight ever, it's so shiny and it looks good with every other eyeshadow combo I've tried it with so far!  Urban Decay eyeshadows are so pigmented, they really are one of my favourites!!

MAC 'Whirl' lipliner and 'Faux' lipstick.. The perfect nude combo. The holy grail. Unbelievable. Can't be beaten. End game here. That is all. 

Collection 'Lasting Perfection' Concealer, I've loved it for a long time, I left it for MAC, I came back! It's far easier to get your hands on, it's far cheaper and I enjoy a good doe foot applicator! Definitely worth a purchase, anyone who asks about what concealer to buy, I always direct them to this! Beaaaaut. 

What do you think of this makeup look?I'm thinking I'll be rocking this for my birthday look in Brighton with black eyeliner and HUGE eyelashes!

Have you tried any of these products? What do you think of them? Let me know!

Thanks for reading!

Xx

Wishlist Series #3

Evening guys!

So the past two weeks have focused on my clothing wishes and wants, but today it's BEAUTY and HAIR - my favourite thaaaaangs. 

People wonder why I prefer beauty shopping to clothes shopping (it's like 60-40 to each though in all fairness) but the main reason is, makeup and hair products always FIT, you don't have to worry if your bum looks big in a lipstick or if you're gonna end up with sweat patches in a hair product! It's easier, and you will ALWAYS get wear out of them, unlike clothes which you buy and then slip to the back of the wardrobe!

The first 5 items are gonna be from Cult Beauty, which as the name suggests is THEE website to get your butt over to if you want all those cult beauty products you hear bloggers and vloggers talking about, if a product is gonna be big - Cult Beauty will have it! The next 5 will be from Beauty Bay which is one of my favourite beauty sites to buy from, generally you can always hoke out a discount for the site somewhere online, plus they have a premium service that you pay £1.50 for and you get a premium sample and faster dispatch (all deliveries are free to UK but this makes it quicker, and I'm really impatient!).. So without further ado.. Let's get starteddddd. 

1. Anastasia Beverly Hills - BrowWiz - £15.50

2. Escentric Molecules - Molecule 01 - £65.50

3. Therapie - Himalayan Detox Salts - £37.00

4. Alpha-H - Liquid Gold - £31.50

5. Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics - Lip Tar - £14.00

6. BEAUTYBAY The Collection - Little Black Box Summer Style Edition - £15.00

7. Dr Lipp - Original Nipple Balm for Lips - £11.50 

8. Orly - Sunglasses at Night - £5.38

9. Urban Decay - Electric Pressed Pigment Palette - £38.00

10. Paul & Joe - Blotting Paper - £4.00

So as you can see from the 10 things I've chosen, Cult Beauty tends to be on the higher end of the price scale, but that's pretty typical of cult beauty products! Both websites do stock some products the same, for example they both stock Anastasia Beverly Hills, so it's worth checking on both if a shade you're looking is out of stock on one! Also, how good is number 6! All those products for £15 including a Tangle Teezer dupe! I think something like that would be great for a young girls birthday present, maybe a 14/15 year old who's starting to experiment with makeup and hair, it's so cheap but gives so many things to play with!

What do you think of what I've chosen??

Do you have any of the products or have you used them in the past?

Let me know in the comments if you have!

There's one more fashion wishlist next Sunday and after that we'll be back to reviews etc!

Money is tight at the minute so I've not been buying many beauty products, so wishlists are my next best option!

Thanks for reading! xxx