MAC, Maybelline, Lush & Dainty Doll Haul!

Hey Guys!
Just a little post of my little haul! I went shopping in Cambridge last time I was up to get a few goodies for myself (I've been searching for the babylips lip balms for ages!) and I also got some bits for my Giveaway! But that's still top secret... just waiting for a package to get here then the giveaway can begin!
So onto the haul...

MAC Pro Longwear Concealer

I've been needing a new concealer for some time and have heard great things about MAC's so going to give this one a go! Still don't think I've got the hang of it... but it does seems to cover quite well. I never seem to get the same results the MUA gets when they test it on you in the store, which I get really worked up about! Just going to have to keep trying. I do use a fluffy concealer brush to apply it, but it's quite tough! Going to need to invest in a new one...
But so far so good with the concealer! This is in the shade NW15, and leaves a flawless finish to your skin! Retails at £15.50

MAC Fast Response Eye Cream

I always get really dark circles under my eyes and I can never seem to get rid of them! Apparently this super-charged, caffeinated eye cream will work to tighten the skin under my eyes, 'de-puff' and reduce the look of dark circles. I've only tried this product for a few days so can't say if it works or not yet but will keep you updated! If nothing else, it feels amazingly soft! Although being £22 is a bit pricey...it better work!

 

Maybelline BabyLips

I have been looking for these for so long and could never find them anywhere! I search around superdrug for them and only found them when I went to the tills to pay! They were on a 3 for 2 promotion on the tills! Happy Days! I know they get a lot of mixed reviews but so far I love them. I've only used the Hydrate and Minty Fresh one so far, and I LOVE the Hydrate one. My lips have never been so soft! I was expecting the Minty Fresh Babylips to be like the EOS egg, which is very minty, but it wasn't as scented as I would have liked. EOS Eggs leave you feeling very refreshed so I was a little disappointed, but for £2.99 I was still very happy! Will definitely be trying out some more in the future.

LUSH Liquid Lipsticks

Ok, WOW. I dragged my boyfriend into Lush and started to look at these pretty little bottles. I've heard a bit about them but didn't know what they were like so was playing about and couldn't believe how pretty the pink colour was! It's so bright and has a blue shimmer to it which is amazing. But then I saw the price... £14.50! Thinking about it though... you'd pay the same for a MAC lipstick, and although the bottles look small, you'd probably get the same about of product out of it, so my boyfriend was very lovely and bought it for me. I started applying it when I got home like you would a lip gloss, and then realised my mistake. I only have a small drop of the product on my lips and realised how pigmented they were! I quickly grabbed my lip brush and managed to completely cover my lips with the smallest amount ever! It's amazing!!!! They remind me of OCC lip tars. I am in LOVE with these things!

My boyfriend remembered how much I also liked the shimmery orange so bought it for me at Waterloo Station when I went to get my train, isn't he lovely...I haven't had a chance to use it properly yet but if it's anything like Passionate (left) I'll be very happy!

The appropriately names Passionate, is a bright pink with blue undertones and a blue/purple shimmer. I wore this shade to work and got so many compliments! It stayed on perfectly from 4pm until 1am and I was eating and drinking over that time too... can't believe how great they are! It was a little drying, but I put lip balm on before bed so it's all good!

Vibrance hasn't got the same quality of pigmentation... it looks like sparkly orange jelly when wearing it! If you wait a few minutes, and add a few coats you'd have the sparkliest lips around! Personally I'd wear it over the top of an orange lipstick, my favourite being Mac's Sweet & Sour.

 

Dainty Doll Eyeshadows

 

I picked up 3 gorgeous Dainty Doll eyeshadows from POUNDLAND! WHAAAAT??? I also picked up about 4 OPI's!!! Crazy... loving poundland right now! Totally forgot to photograph the OPI's though! They're all shatters but if you've got a Poundland near you...GO! You will spend money.

The first one I picked up is Copacabana and it's a super bright, matte sky blue. Minus the mirror...

The second one I found, (it was all a bit of a mess, I had to hunt!) was Kingston Town. A shimmery Acid Yellow! I can't wait to use this shade, it's amazing!

And lastly, Teach Me Tiger, which I was hesitant to buy at first because it's a pretty safe colour, and I do like my brights but I got it anyway and I've been wearing it ever since! It's made it into my daily routine... I've been getting a lot of compliments on it too! Definitely worth picking up! I'll be posting a look soon which is based around using this colour - it's beautiful!

 

And that's ma'haul... If you're anything like me, you only look at the photos really... but I hope you liked my post! Another one to come tomorrow night fingers crossed!

The Cosmetics Company Store MAC Mini Haul!

Hey Guys!

It took me a little while to remember that there's a Cosmetics Company Store at Gunwarf Quays in Portsmouth! And seeming I travel from Portsmouth harbour a lot I thought I'd go and have a mooch on the way home from my boyfriend's last week. Oh happy Days... I was like a child in a discount sweet shop! I limited myself to a £50 limit and, I'm proud to say I stuck to it! Very unlike me...
I only got 3 things, but it was only my first visit ;)

MAC Ombre Blush

This blush first came out in February 2010 with the Spring Colour Forecast Collection, and then again in December 2011 with the Daphne Guiness collection which is when I discovered it and loved it ever since! It's a limited addition piece so I was so happy to find it was the only Mac blush the store had!

You're pretty much getting 3 blushes in one, as the shade can be used separately or mixed together. I love that it's larger than a normal blush, so you don't have to fight with your brush to get just one shade! It's the same size as the skinfinishes/bronzers, rather than the powder blushes.

Mac powder blushes come in at £18 and skinfinishes/bronzers £20/£22.

I picked this up for £14.50! Happy Days.

MAC Pro Sculpting Cream

As far as I'm aware this isn't a product you can pick up in normal Mac Stores, but definitely hunt them down online! It's a product I hadn't heard about but I was really intrigued so picked it up anyway! I thought if all else fails, concealer! Sculpting Creams are for applying under foundation, as a more natural way of contouring your face. They only had 2 very light shades so I couldn't get one for contouring but this will be perfect for highlighting.

These retail for £17.50, but from The Cosmetics Company Store I picked mine up for a more reasonable price of £12.25. I can't wait to use this little cream to powder product! I really hope I like it!

MAC Glaze Lipstick

As soon as I saw this, I knew I had to get it! For a start, It's Green! Secondly, It's Sparkly!!! Yup. It's mine. Being a glaze, you don't get a lot of colour from the product, so don't worry if the colour was putting you off, it doesn't come out! All you get is a gorgeous, bright purple, teal, and white shimmer! The glitter in it is amazing! It's so pretty!

The micro glitter is stunning, it give a duo chrome shimmer effect because of all the colours! This lovely lippie came out in Summer 2011 with the Flower Fashion Collection and is also Limited Addition. Standard Mac Lipsticks are £14.50, I got this one for £9.50

I haven't used any of these products yet, as I was waiting to take the pictures first, but I can't wait to try them out and see what they're like! I'll do my best to put them in an upcoming look, so you can see my impressions of my new pretties!

x x x

MAC HAUL!

Hey Guys!
I was going to do just one haul post but it got too big! So here's all the Mac I've accumulated recently!

Rhythm - Lipglass

FAVOURITE THING EVER. Oh my gosh it's the prettiest pinky purple in the world! This Lipglass came out with the Temperatures Rising collection from MAC (look at the pretty tube!) and for the life of me I have no idea how much it was! My boyfriend bought it but I think it was roughly £15. It's called Rhythm and is just so so amazing! I've worn it over Speed Dial and Lime Crime's airbourne unicorn and it looks amazing over both! Here's some more pretty pictures!

Imperial Light - Cremesheen Glass

This is the type of lipgloss I would happily wear everyday! It goes with every neutral, coral or orange based lipstick and is soo purdy! It's got amazing coverage so can be worn on it's on and still look stunning! I love wearing coral tones on my lips, and having this in my bag makes for easy touch ups during the day! It's a beautiful creamy coral with golden shimmer. My perfect shade!

Mineralized Skinfinish in Lightscapade

If I could, I would have babies with this. Bright, sparkly babies! I am a very pale girl at the best of times, always get asked if I'm ill! NO! I'M PALE! The more contour and colour I get on my face, the better! This beautiful highlighter gives me a HEALTHY glow! It's such a pretty shade! It has a subtle shimmer and a small amount of very fine glitter which looks beautiful and very natural on the skin. It's not got any over powering colour either. A beautiful highlighter! A staple product in my makeup bag now, I love it!

Pink Glitter - Baking Beauties

I was so excited to start using this product that the first time I opened it I was a DICK and dropped loads of it over my boyfriends bed! Oopsie! This was over a month ago and we're still finding it everywhere!!! Haha
This was a definite magpie moment. It just looked amazing! I am still in love with it, and really want to be able to do something with it...but I can't! I go so upset and down when I did a whole look for it to go over, went to add the glitter and just couldn't get it to stick! I tried every trick in the book, every product going and nothing was doing the trick! I was so brokenhearted I had to ring my boyfriend! I love all the looks using glitter, and couldn't wait to do one but it just ended up looking like a huge mess! D': maybe I can add it to my lips or nail art maybe...

Sushi Kiss - All About Orange

I was so excited about this collection when I heard it was coming out! I went straight online to have a look at some sneak peaks to see what I wanted to get, and gave the list to my boyfriend so he could go and get it the day it came out! haha We don't have a Mac on the Isle of Wight so I'm very grateful that my boyfriend's got one near him! I love corals and orange shades and my favourite lipstick (up until now) has been Vegas Volt which is a very bright orange! This isn't as bright, but still stands out! I was overly excited when I got these, so sorry I didn't have enough patience to photograph the lippies before I used them! Top right pic is with the flash on by the way :) The lipstick has a satin finish which means it stays put that little bit longer but does look more matte and can be slightly drying, so if you have problems with dry lips then I definitely recommend a lip balm or gloss to go over the top!

Sweet & Sour - All About Orange

My new favourite shade! On my God it's so perfect! Pink's always seem quite bright on me, I'm not sure if it's my complexion or what but I've always been fonder of wearing coral tones. I've always preferred neutral eyes and coral coloured blusher so this finishes the set! It's a very muted shade with a lovely finish. It's a cremesheen which means you might not get as long a wear out of it but it's easy to touch up and it you apply lip liner underneath first it should give it a better hold!

It's slightly sheer compared to sushi kiss butt that's to be expected from it's finish.
Photo on the right has been taken with the flash on, and I have no idea how I've managed to mess up the lipstick so much already! there's so many cuts in it and I've only worn it a couple of times! I must learn to look after my things!
Because it's a cremesheen though it is a lot softer, so you might realise that you'll go through them a lot quicker than other lipsticks! It takes more product to get a completely covered lip, that a matte or satin would!

Ok so that's my MAC Haul! I love the collections they've brought out this summer! Can't wait to see what other beauties I'll pick up!

Thanks for Reading :)
x x x

Happy Endings...

Hello blogging world! Wow this is weird, I haven't done it in so long! I don't want to bore you with why I haven't blogged in ages but I basically lost all motivation and people brought me down. However, It's a new year and I have beautiful people in my life that make me smile and give me the encouragement I need to pursue my love of makeup! I feel like a very lucky girl!

Seeming I haven't done a makeup look in so long for you guys, I thought I'd start the year with one! I haven't really done them recently because I haven't had a decent camera but my wonderful boyfriend has kindly lent me his! Isn't he a sweetie...

I couldn't be happier with the quality of the pictures! I'm so fussy when it comes to lighting etc that it's nice I can relax so much with a camera! Please Click on the pics for a better look! They look amazing, I hate how they come up so small on here!

 



I've fallen in love with an OPI nail polish called Rally Pretty Pink, which is a gorgeous pinky, purple shimmer with a golden duo chrome, I would of uploaded a picture of it but it's a bitch to photograph so apologies! Anyway, my look is basically based on that polish, which I thought might be a cool idea for a makeup series? Corresponding makeup to your favourite nail polish... what do you guys think? (that's if anyone reads this! If you're like me, you just look at the pictures!)

 

 

 

 

The shadows are all a bit of a mix really. I started with Urban Decay PP, NYX jumbo eye pencil in Milk and then patted on the purple shade from the Sleek Idivine Acid palette all over my eyelid and blended it out with MUA's shade 18. To draw attention to the centre of my eye I used Highness from Sleeks Ultra Matts V2 palette in the outer and inner corners of my eye and also lightly in the crease and blended out on my lower lash line. This alone looks amazing, but I love a bit of sparkle so I added UD's Half Baked to the centre of my eyelid and slightly blended it out. To Finish off I used Pillow Talk from Sleek's V2 palette as a brow highlight, UD's Perversion eyeliner pencil and Mac's black lash Push Lash mascara.

I didn't really know what to do with my lips so I went GOLD! I started with Natural Nymph from ELF, then applied a clear lipgloss and patted on Urban Decay's Half Baked eyeshadow. Finally I added Fairy Cake lipgloss from Butter London and lips are done. PS: WEIRD uploading a photo of my lips. I hate them!

 

 



And that is that! Look done :) I forgot how much I LOVE playing around with makeup and trying new things! I've recently bought loads from Urban Decay (fallen in love <3 again!) and can't wait to try out the Glinda Palette!

I think I'm gonna do a quick post from my phone at some time, just to show you all the looks I've done and stuck on instagram (soo lazy) because I really loved some of them! But I'm definitely going to start photographing them properly for you guys!

I hope you like it and can't wait to do another look! Please let me know what you think by writing a comment below :)

Love as always! x

Enchanted...

Hi guys! I hope everyone had a lovely Valentine's :) I got absolutely spoilt by my boyfriend! Was a lovely day, what did everyone else get up to?

Here's some more pictures from our shoot the other day :D I hope you guys like it!

The colours I used were a bit of a mix... Mainly from my NYX 78 eyeshadow palettes... however the yellow and green were from the Sleek Acid palette. Eyelashes are by Eyelure No. 107 I think?! I went to buy the new katy perry ones and the had all sold out?! WTF. I live on the isle of wight... this sort of stuff doesn't happen! THAT or they just haven't stocked them yet.... either way there was none there!
Lips are a mix of Barry M in 52 and Lime Crime's Airborne Unicorn :)

Hope you guys like it :) Leave me a comment :)

Love & Peace x

Valentine's makeup take 2...

Hello lovelies! How is everyone? Looking forward to Valentines?...

I recently got the 6 in 1 on the go palette by ELF and have been playing around with it trying out different looks! This is my most recent and the one I've been wearing the most!

I'm in love with it! It's a sultry, smokey purple eye with a good load of contouring and soft nude lips. I did do it with a creamy pink lip too which looked lush as well!

Right basically, I can't chose a favourite photo so you're getting them all! Click on any image to enlarge

First off with a nude lip, I went for a mix of Natural Nymph and Nostalgic by ELF and OPI tease-y does it lip gloss (clear jelly with gold micro glitter)

Up close it doesn't look like my does it? It's just a very ombre-styled purple smokey eye! Very simple winged eyeliner, nothing fancy.

REALLY can't keep a straight face! haha And seeming I used to always add a stupid face at the end, I thought I'd throw it in ;)
Same eyes, new lips. A really gorgeous Pink! Made using Lime Crime Airborne Unicorn, Fearless by ELF and Natural Nymph. Totally addicted to making my own lip colours!!

This was the next day, I did the same eyes but changed the lips up again and added an apricot tint! I love orange and purple together! It rocked! I made this colour with Barry M's 53, Captivating by ELF and Natural Nymph (again) also by ELF.

PS, How cute is my horse/lace top!! £6 from Primark! AND I bought myself a new charger so WOHOO! I have a camera again!

Love & Peace xx