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

Shopping Haul! Eylure, H&M, Newlook...And a new piercing!

Hey Guys!
So I went into town yesterday with absolutely no intention of buying anything, just to meet my friend for a drink and get a piercing done... I failed miserably! But I have new pretties!

Firstly here's my new piercing! I had it done before but the lower double helix pushed itself out because I knocked it so I got it redone deeper yesterday! I love the little teal gem ball she put on it! It looks so pretty!

The top bar is actually purple but the colours come off the front ball, I'll change it when the other one has healed a bit more, I don't want to risk it pushing out again!

Now onto the haul... The main thing I bought were eyelashes! Ready for lots of new tutorials coming up!

I picked these pretty Eylure #140 eyelashes up from TopShop for £5.50. I have never bought a pair of Eylure lashes that I haven't fallen in love with! They are very full, intense lashes but are really light to wear which is nice, doesn't make your eyes look too droopy! Although be warned, if you are going to buy these to wear on a night out, don't get too drunk or it will look like you're asleep in half your photos!



 

I'm going to a wedding in a couple of weeks and needed a belt to match my bag and shoes! It's a gorgeous coral peach colour with gold accents and fingers crossed, will match perfectly! I got it from New Look for £2.99, bargain!

I went into Claire's to have a look at some small hoops for my forward helix piercings, and I saw these amazing Katy Perry Color Pop Lashes by Eylure and they were only £4 in the sale, and all sale items for 3 for 2! Bargain! I'm not sure if these lashes are called Ka-Ching! or not, but that's what it says on the box in her speech bubble, so that's what I'm calling them! They have an amazing light blue-green layer of lashes underneath the black which looks amazing, but makes the seam very thick so hard to work with!

I also bought the purple ones, called Ka-Pow! There were ones with a royal blue under layer as well but I didn't buy them. May have to go back! These just looked so pretty! I'm not sure whether to keep them or put them in a giveaway! They're amazing! And the lashes are so beautiful on, if it wasn't for the thick seam I'd be wearing them all the time!

Saving the best til last! These are the Ka-Zaam! Single eyelashes and they look gorgeous! Using the glue provided, then can last up to 2 week and come with a remover so they can be reusable! I'm going to the Secret Garden Party at the end of the month and may have to doll my lashes up, nice and bright! These were also only £4! I'd definitely recommend checking out their sale!

They all came with their own stickers too, how cute! I'm a sucker for freebies!

Whilst I was in topshop I saw these pretty little earings, just my style and only £4 so had to pick them up!

My sharpener keeps breaking on my so I picked up this amazing shiny one from H&M for only 99p! Look how pretty is it! Another magpie moment! They also had it in silver and pink, but this gorgeous teal shade is much more my thing!

Thanks for checking out my haul! The track pad on my laptop broke half way through writing it so I've had to download an app on my phone to use it as a mouse! It's been a nightmare! Hopefully it will all start working again tonight and I'll be able to get another post out!

 

Haul Time! O.P.I, Collection 2000, Sleek, Benefit...

Hey Guys!

I've been spending plenty of time in Cambridge lately which has given me a great opportunity to go shopping! And my wonderful boyfriend has been making sure I'm keeping up to date with all the latest collections that have been coming out at Mac and Sleek etc!

(I live on the Isle of Wight. It's hard to get anything here!)

Here's some pics of some stuff I've picked up recently!

 

 

 

This pretty O.P.I Polish is called Blue My Mind and is from the original brights collection. It's a super metallic blue which makes it change between royal and navy in the light. I picked it up from John Lewis for £11.50

Ring Reinforcements! Oh yes, exciting stuff... haha I'm gonna use these to (hopefully) create some half moon nails! I've got 500 so I MIGHT just about get there... I'm not looking forward to the trial and error! I have very little patience...
These cost me £2.99 from Ryman.

I've started doing a lot more makeup looks lately and I really want to carry that on, and maybe do some more series'! So I need to stock up on some new lashes! Mine are getting a bit tired now. These little beauties look amazing! They don't look like uber fake lashes when wearing them, they add fullness and length to your lashes and are the perfect finishing touch to making your eye makeup looking flawless! Also from John Lewis and only £4!

This was the one I was most excited about! And for obvious reasons... OH MA GEERRRRD! It's so bright O_o You get a sugar rush just looking at it!
I see it and just think Candy Crush and that awesome game world Venelope was from in Wreck It Ralph!
I really can't wait to play around with this palette! I've always loved Sleek's palettes and they always seem to get better and better!
This is the 5 one in my collection!
The names are so super cute too! Reminds me of being a kid in a sweet shop!
Picked it up from Superdrug for £7.99








Such Pretty, Bright, Fun Colours!!!

I went to stay with my boyfriend for the week and had to pack my makeup bag in a rush, and managed to forget my mascara! Brilliant! So I did some research and went out and bought a different one to my usual MAC Plush Lash. I saw some great reviews for Benefit's They're Real! Mascara and knowing my sister was a lover of it, I thought I'd give it a go. What the eff. I hate this mascara! It's soo clumpy! This isn't my like 'first impression' either, I've been using it for over a week and I just don't like it. It makes my top lashes look like hairy spiders legs! Just no. For me, It's too heavy so puts too much weight on my lashes and has the adverse effect on them. However it does make it pretty good for my lower lashes! They've never looked longer! Just a shame I can't use it properly. Definitely going to be sticking with my Mac Plush Lash, which is £16.50. Benefit's They're Real! is £19.50, I bought mine in Boots so I guess at least I got points!

A little random addition to this haul but a good one none the less! This little 6 well paint palette will work perfectly for mixing pigments ready for use or for mixing some lipsticks together to get your desired colour before application. I picked it up from Ryman's for 49p! Bargain!

I seem to run out of primer quicker than anything! I've not found one that I've fallen in love with yet so I'm trying out a new release from Collection 2000. I use a lot of their eyeliners and they're so much better than I expected them to be so I want to see what their other stuff is like! So far I'm really impressed with this one! I think it cost me £8 from Boots but I'm not sure! There's some good deals on lately and I bought this along with my next product for buy one get one half price :)

It's summer... I've started to sweat 0_0 so I wanted to buy something that might help my makeup stay on a bit longer! I haven't had long enough to give this little beaut a go yet but I shall let you know how I get on! It's called a makeup Fixer so I'm going to see how well it works as a mixing medium as well. This also cost roughly £8 from Boots in their offer.


















Ok I was going to make this as all one post, but it was getting too long! So I'm gonna put up another post of all new pretties I've picked up from MAC recently! They've had some beautiful collections in lately!

Hope you guys like my post, If you want any more info or swatches of anything then let me know! I'll do a more in depth post on the sleek palette and hopefully have a look up using it soon!

x x