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BLOW haul

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Major Haul Part 1

Erm, I accidentally bought all of this stuff yesterday.

I'm going to split this haul into two posts or else it will be very long, so this one will be Make Up and the next one will be Skincare & Haircare. (I am not going to include the fashion as you can see everything from the picture). Enjoy!

So firstly the 'Drugstore' make up, I went to Superdrug first where I picked up the MUA Powder Blusher in Cupcake and the NYC Cheek Glow in West Side Wine. Then I went to Boots and got a few of my most wanted, the L'oreal True Match foundation, and there was a buy one get one half price offer on L'oreal so I managed to get the Miss Manga Mascara for half price, I also got Soap & Glory's One Heck of a Blot because ever since I heard EssieButton talk about how it's her favourite I have wanted to try it and lastly I picked up the Rimmel Fix & Perfect Primer, I actually wanted the Stay Matte Primer but they didn't have it and I liked the fact that this was a cream so I thought I'd give it a go.

Now for the 'High End' part, I had to go to MAC as I had some empties to return so I swapped them for a Satin finish lipstick in the shade Snob which had been on my wanted list, next on the agenda was re matching myself for the Pro Longwear Concealer, so a lovely lady helped me and as I suspected I was an NC15, I also picked up a new bottle of the Studio Fix Fluid because I haven't had one for years and reading about it made me want one again (also in the shade NC15). Next I went to House Of Fraser to get my Nars Radiant Creamy Concealer, they were out of the shade Vanilla which I think would be my perfect match but I chose to get Chantilly anyway as lighter is better than darker and I've been dying to test the consistency of this out. Last but not least I hit the Urban Decay counter, again because of EssieButton, and picked me up a Naked Basics Palette.

I will be doing reviews on a lot of these products once I have had some real time to test them out so watch out for them if you are interested in buying any of these.

Part 2 will be up tomorrow (Skincare and Haircare).

xxxx

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Sale bargains

Christmas sales

I know it's a bit late but I have only just realised I didn't do a 'Christmas sales' post, so here we go.

I got the 'Christmas Cookie' Yankee candle in Clintons, unfortunately I could only get the medium jar because they had sold out of the large ones but it was only £12 down from £17 so can't complain.

Definitely had to hit the Lush sale since my extreme obsession with Lush has set in big time, stocked up on 2 more giant bottles of Snow Fairy, unfortunately the Rose Jam I was sooooo desiring was sold out in the bigger bottle.... So I got FIVE of the 100ml bottles (I was so upset because I was online before I went out shopping and they had all sizes available, none in store, and when I went back online they only had 100ml bottles), the man in the shop seems to think it'll be back on the shelves in a few months though, so fingers crossed. I got a couple of Candy Mountains and a couple of bottles of Tea Tree Water my new love, (all of the above was half its usual price). I got a couple of full priced products that I'd been craving, the Fun bar in Pink and the Fair Trade Foot Lotion.

I also got a Vanilla body butter from The Body shop at only £5, usually £13.

I'm a total sucker for perfumes, they are my weakness so I had a bit of a spree.

Firstly the Flowerbomb by Viktor & Rolf, my ultimate favourite perfume, was sold out online at boots as it had gone down to £52 for the set, but I managed to get it from someone selling an unwanted gift on eBay for the same price, so to me it's still a sale bargain. (50ml eau de parfum, rrp £69, with a 40ml body cream and a 50ml shower gel).

I then went to a huge Boots near me and they still had some of the Manifesto by YSL gift sets available, this is a second favourite (along with Alien by Thierry Mugler), so I picked up the 50ml eau de parfum gift box which also came with a 10ml purse spray for just £36!!!!! So amazing.

And lastly, a few days after the manifesto excitement I went to another Boots store and just inside the door were the gift boxes of Lady Gaga's perfume Fame, which i have run out of, it is a 50ml eau de parfum with a 75ml body cream and a 75ml shower gel for, wait for it..... £16. I was so pleased. (My mum actually gave me the money back for this as she wanted to get it for my birthday, so that was an added bonus, it ended up being free!)

I think I did pretty well in the sales, how did you guys do?

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HAUL: New beauty purchases

17 make up

Just a little haul, and a few reviews on some beauty products I have been buying recently.

So I thought it was time to do another haul since I have been buying plenty of beauty products and make up lately, it's basically a lot of stuff that I've been wanting but haven't been able to afford because of Christmas. I have also included a few bits I have bought since Christmas with my vouchers or Christmas money. Enjoy.

I keep hearing about Sleek make up, and so obviously I've been wanting to try a few bits, I have started with this, the Sleek Pout Pot in Bare Minimum (£4.49 www.boots.com) which I have to say I am loving! It smells gorgeous, it's not sticky, it's not really pigmented so its lovely and natural (obviously I picked a natural tone so maybe the others are more pigmented). It's definitely my new favourite handbag beauty product. Other products I want to try include the contouring palette and the brow kit.

Next I bought these, Revlon Colourburst Lip Butter (£7.99 each, www.boots.com), I got the shades 045 Cotton Candy and 047 Pink Lemonade (I had wanted to get the Creme Brulle but it was sold out). I had been seeing these for ages on every single beauty blog, so assuming they must be great I bought two at once, big mistake, I learnt my lesson, I don't even like them, I mean the consistency in nice and smooth, glides on lovely, and they colour choices are great but I find its too thin and kind of comes off ten minutes after its been put on, it's not very pigmented so picking a colour is kind of pointless because they all come out pretty much the same, the packaging it's really cute and the lid clicks closed which I like but the worst thing I found about these were that they seem to cling to every single imperfection on your lip, any creases or dry skin seem to gather excess product. Disappointed.

In the same trip however, I bought this! Which totally made up for the fact that I didn't like the Lip Butters. It's the Limited Bourjois Poudre De Riz De Java (£9.99 www.boots.com), essentially a highlighting powder, I love it, it's ultra fine so it glides on so smoothly and you don't feel cakey adding another layer, it's a really delicate shimmer so it's daytime friendly and it smells lovely. The packaging is so cute and vintage yet amazingly practical, they have added a sliding lid which locks in place over the perforations so that, unlike other powders, it doesn't spill everywhere when you chuck it in your bag.

I finally picked up this Bourjois Delice De Poudre Bronzing Powder (£6.99 www.boots.com) and I love it, I chose the shade 51 as I thought the 52, even though only slightly darker in the packet might be too dark to build with. This bronzer had a slight shimmer which I don't generally like in a bronzer, I only like highlighter where I choose to put it, so I usually go for matte bronzers like Rimmel Natural Bronzer or Benefit Dallas/Hoola, but the shimmer is so slight that even when you have finished building your bronze you still can't see it, so I love that, it smells really nice and blends really well, I can't really fault it.

I've definitely been going a bit concealer mental lately, every time I read about one I'm like "ahhh I have to go buy it NOW", so I got this Phwoarr Paint by Seventeen (£5.49 www.boots.com) which is designed for under eye dark circles, it says heavy duty and to be fair it does seem to cover pretty well, I would say the only fault with this is that it's not particularly buildable is its kind of that rubbery consistency where when you add another layer it kind of strips the under layer, you can do it but its just a gentle operation, it's definitely brightening and it doesn't crease so I'd say its worth the fiver.

I also picked up this Revlon Colourstay Concealer (£6.99 www.boots.com) which I actually got free as part of a 3 for 2 offer with the Lip Butters, I found it had too much orange tone, I picked 02 Light as the shade so I wasn't expecting any orange, I should have gone for 01 Fair. It's quite light coverage, I'd say light to medium, it's nice and it'll be better in summer but I don't think I could use this concealer by itself, I'd have to pair it with something thicker.

I got these lashes because I found them in Tesco on offer for like £3, and I thought they would be more practical for me that the strips since I usually have eyelash extensions but my friend who does them is actually due to give birth any day now so I'm having to deal with whats left at the moment, I think I should be able to fill them in with these. I haven't tried yet after my sister informed me that they are fiddley so I'll save that for a more patient time.

I actually got this one for Christmas but I've snuck it in, it's the MUA eyeshadow palette in Heaven & Earth, I think these are like £3.99 or & £4.99 and they are available at Superdrug. I have used this everyday since I got it, the colours are so easy to wear and blendable and it's so worth the money, I wasn't really an eyeshadow girl until I saw this on my mums dressings table, but I've got to say its great.

A bit late I know, but I have got me some Real Techniques Brushes! They are on offer at Boots at the moment, Buy one get one half price, so I though it was the best time to get them, there are two more that I want aswell, the Face brush and the Powder brush, but so far I have got the Blush brush (£9.99 www.boots.com) and the Setting brush (£8.99 www.boots.com). I'm happy with them so far and I've ordered some new brush cleanser to keep them beautiful.

This was just a repurchase as my other bottle only has like maybe 4 days worth left in it. The wonderful, ever lasting, Benefit High Beam highlighter (£19.50 www.boots.com) I love this highlighter it's the perfect sheen and consistency and is so worth the money, I have had my last bottle for like 3 years and I use it almost every day!

Thank you for ready, if you did, it was really long, sorry, I always end up doing reviews as I go along. Oh and by the way I'm not plugging Boots, it's just I buy as much beauty wise as I can from there because I collect points, I've got like £40 worth of points on my card at the moment.

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Bodyshop Haul

bodyshop offer

As I said in my previous posts I've recently been stocking up on Bodyshop products, some old favourites and some newbies. It's mainly skincare as my skin has been bad lately and I decided I need to start making more of an effort with my skincare routine (which I am doing really well with).

The Bodyshop had an offer on last week where everything was 50% off, so I made my first order and decided I should get more so I made a second order and that still wasn't enough so I made a third and final order ( the postage is free over £5 by the way), so now that I have everything here I can finally share this post. Some of it I have already talked about as I have already started using the products.

I will talk about my favourite first, the Vitamin E Face Mist (rrp £8, offer £4), I ordered one of these but when it came I knew I was in love so I ordered two more. Some sprays can make your face feel really stiff but this stuff is gorgeous, I love it and its pretty affordable I'd say. I used it everyday morning and night, it smells really fresh and just makes my face feel smooth and plump.

Next the Vitamin E Cream Cleanser (rrp £8, offer £4), I also love this as it is so creamy that you really don't have to use a lot at all, again it's smells really clean and just kind of wakes my skin up a bit.

I got a couple of the sachets to test out some of the products before investing in the full sized versions, so I got the Vitamin C Microdermabrasion Exfoliator (sachet rrp £1.50, offer 75p, full sized product £13) and I truly do love this and am planning to invest in the full size one, the beads are a perfect size so it's not too harsh but still does the job and it's pretty moisturising too. I also ordered the Vitamin E Sink In Moisture Mask (sachet rrp £1.50, offer 75p, full sized product £12) which I do like but I seem to wake up very oily after using it, so maybe it's not for me.

I also got this Vitamin E Moisture Cream (rrp £10), which I didn't actually order as I'm not really a fan of cream moisturisers for my face, it came as a free gift with my final order, so since it was free I will be testing it out of course :)

An old faithful that I haven't bought for ages, the Tea Tree Oil (rrp £7, offer £3.50), which I have been using daily since I received it and love it as much as ever. I have been using a lot of hydrating products alongside it so as not to dry my skin out too much.

I had to get me some of this, it's the limited edition Vanilla Bliss Christmas collection, I got the Shower Gel (rrp £4, offer £2) and the Hand Cream (rrp £4, offer £2), I loveeeee the smell, these two items are sold out now but the rest of the collection has gone into sale online if you are interested, I'm hoping to grab one of the body butters before they sell out too, they're down to £5!!!

New miniature obsession, pink grapefruit stuff! I got the Hand Cleanse Gel (rrp £2.50, offer £1.25) essentially a hand sanitizer, but it smells so gorgeous and stays on your hands for ages you really do feel so clean when you use it, and I went for one of the lip butters because I had never had one (rrp £4, offer £2) and this one is lovely, definitely a good choice.

And lastly, the Concealer Pencil in shade 01 (rrp £9, offer £4.50), which I used a long time ago and actually LOVED it, I thought it had been discontinued so when I spotted it I got so excited, I'm so happy it's back in my life. It's a chunky pencil, very creamy consistency and very easy to blend, at the moment I'm using it for my dark circles, but its very full coverage I would say so I think it would work for everything.

And that's all folks!!!!

All of this would have cost me a total of £78.50, but thanks to the offer I got it all for a wonderful £34.25, there are constant offers on the Bodyshop website so definitely check it out.

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