Drugstore Haul

Hello! 

So I mentioned in the last post that I'd just been shopping so I have a few purchases I'd like to share with you. Also I got my iPhone so no more crap pictures woo!

Boots...

I started off in boots, and I didn't really buy much makeup but I did get some other bits: *some prices will be offers because, you know boots...*

~Aussie volume shampoo (£4.49) and conditioner (£4.49)~Aussie 3 minute miracle reconstructor (£1.09)~

So the shampoo and conditioner are both for fine, limp hair, which I unfortunately have.

I bought the 300ml shampoo, and 250ml conditioner which both smell amazing!

I decided to buy the 20ml sachet of the reconstructing deep condition because I only wanted to test it. Obviously, if I love it, and it repairs my split ends, then I will buy a bottle!

Next up I bought some sun care products for my holiday to Portugal in August:

~After sun body butter, scent: lime coolada (£5.25)~Silk hydration after sun, scent: coconut papaya (£6.50)~Lip gloss, flavour: island berry (£3.75)~Silk hydration sun lotion(£7.50)~

Firstly, the lime coolada smells AMAZING. I'm not even joking, I actually want to get burnt just so I can apply it (haha I will anyway). There was a coconut scent too and that one was unbelievable as well but the lime coolada was my favourite! 

The blue bottle is after sun too, but it is a lotion rather than a butter, and has aloe vera. It is a coconut papaya scent and it's delicious.

The lip gloss has SPF25 and unlike most lip SPFs it tastes so so nice! I actually think the pink is a really nice shade too so I'm looking forward to wearing it on holiday during the day.

Last on this range, I only bought one Hawaiin Tropic sun lotion as I'm going to keep it for myself and not let my family use it hahaha. I bought the SPF15 one. My skin is naturally quite pale and I find it hard to tan so I think 15 should just about work. It also has hydrating ribbons in the formula which I was looking for because my skin really dries out on holiday so this product should be perfect!

Now I bought something I've been wanting for quite a while:

~Left: sugar frosting~Right: juicy papaya.~

These are the Revlon lip butters and they're raved about so I was desperate to get one!

They are normally £7.99 each but there was a 'buy 1 get the second 1/2 price' offer on so I got both for about £12!

I can definitely say I'm pleased. They are both really gorgeous shades and normally I struggle finding colours that suit me, so I don't own many lip products. They are also really moisturising which I love.

I saw this at the till and had to pick it up!:

I've been wanting to try them since they came out and I found them in Boots for 65p!

I'd say they're quite nice, but not as nice as the original randoms or squidgy speak. But definitely try them if you see them!

After Boots I went into Superdrug, oops...

~Left: Mango~Right: Passionfruit. (£3.99 each)~

I'm ashamed to say these were my first purchases of the Barry M Gelly range. I'm not too sure why I hadn't bought any until now but anyway..

I love these colours! I think they're perfect for summer so I can't wait to wear them!

I didn't notice any offers on the Barry M nail varnishes which is a shame, we all love to save a bit of money haha.

SLEEK:

~Left palette: 601/ au naturel~Right palette: 658/ oh so special. (£7.99 each)~

I've heard good things about Sleek so I decided to take a look at the counter.

I instantly fell in love with the au naturel palette because I'm always drawn to nude and brown eye shadows. My favourite shades are probably Cappuccino (top, third from left) and Moss (bottom, second from left).

I kind of decided to push myself out of my comfort zone in a way and buy the 'oh so special' palette too. 

I'm not sure if I'll get round to using the pinks but I'll experiment and see if anything looks nice. I want to try and move away from heavy browns during the day especially since it's summer now.

I also bought two more palettes, oops:

~Left: Face form, shade: 374/ medium (£9.99)~Right: Blush by 3, shade: 367/ lace (£9.99)~

So I haven't tried the bronzers yet and I'm not sure if the left one will be too dark, but we'll see.

I think the blushes are BEAUTIFUL especially the middle one (guipure). You can't see in the picture but it's really shimmery. I don't really wear blush because I have natural colour in my cheeks but these are so bright and gorgeous for summer; I had to buy it!

Ok, that's everything I bought cosmetics-wise and I'll be posting a Topshop haul either later or tomorrow:-)
Also, I love to know if people are reading, so leave me a comment!

-Emily x

What's in my makeup bag?!

Hi!

I got home from school the other day and my mum had bought me a new makeup bag as I had 'out grown' my old one aka I couldn't fit all my makeup in it...

So that gave me the idea to make this post basically.

First of all, this is the makeup bag she bought me.

Primark~£3

                               

The picture actually shows the back of it; the front has a horrible golden plaque where the designer name would be but because it's Primark it has nothing and looks very fake. Also, the zip looks very cheap and tacky but I figured no one will see my makeup bag anyway. It's really spacious inside and can hold a lot of makeup, and for £3 I would say its practical and definitely worth the money.

So I've emptied my bag and sorted the items into categories, I guess. *disclaimer* the pictures are awfulllll quality because my camera is still broken but I got an iPhone today (woo!) so pictures should be better quality after this.

Let's begin with face products

                           

This category includes:

~Nivea tinted moisturiser, shade: natural

~Dove rich moisturising crème 

~Rimmel London lasting finish foundation, shade: 100/ ivory

~Estée Lauder invisible fluid makeup, shade: 2CN2 (this was so expensive; either £27 or £37 I can't remember!)

~MAC prep n prime

~Rimmel stay matte powder, shade: sandstorm

~Rimmel natural bronzer, shade: 022/ sun bronze

~A little sponge from Boots

Fave: Rimmel stay matte powder (as you can see hahaha)

Least Fave: Nivea tinted moisturiser, it's not natural at all basically. However, it does have a really nice creamy consistency and it smells quite nice too!

'Tools'

                                         

This category includes:

~QVS tweezers, I just bought these from Asda haha

~Eyelash curlers from superdrug, these were about £3!!

Mascaras

                                                       

This category includes:

~4g benefit 'they're real' mascara

~8.5g benefit 'they're real' mascara

I've had the big one since Christmas and I got the smaller one as a freebie in Elle magazine..

Obviously I don't have a favourite as they are the same product haha!

Concealers

                              

This category includes:

~Collection illuminating touch brightening concealer, shade: 2/ natural

~Rimmel wake me up concealer, shade: 100/ ivory

~Rimmel stay matte concealer, shade 100/ ivory

Fave: Collection concealer because it has a really nice brush applicator

Least fave: Rimmel stay matte concealer because it's so old haha

Eyeshadows

                            

                            

This category includes:

~No7 stay perfect shadow, shade: 10/ wheatsheaf (this is so old but I rediscovered it and I love it)

~Bourjois eyeshadow, shade: 13 (it doesn't have a name apart from that but it's a beautiful shimmer plum colour)

~MUA undress me too eyeshadow palette

~Rimmel glam eyes quad eyeshadow, shade: 019/ sun safari

Fave: MUA palette, it has 12 colours which are really easy to work with and blend well and it's basically a dupe of the naked palette, but so much cheaper! 

Least fave: Bourjois eyeshadow, it's gorgeous but it's a dark purple so I haven't been brave enough to wear it out yet oops!

Lips

                            

This category includes:

~Rimmel lipstick by Kate Moss, shade: 08

~Topshop lipstick, shade: rumour has it

~Rimmel lipstick by Kate Moss, shade: 101

~MAC cream sheen glass, shade: boy bait

~Models own lipgloss, shade: ballet pink

~Rimmel London 1000 kisses lip tint, shade: faithful rose

~L'Oréal 6hour glam shine fresh lip gloss, shade: fresh fuchsia (I've had this for ages haha)

~Burt's Bees Pomegranate lip balm

~LUSH lip tint in 'snow fairy'

Fave: MAC boy bait, it tastes delicious, and it's quite a neutral colour which I prefer because I find it hard finding a colour that suits me!:((((

Least Fave: L'Oréal glam shine fresh, it's too bright really..

Eyeliners

This category includes:

~Rimmel exaggerate waterproof eye definer, shade: 261/ noir

~Rimmel glam eyes professional liquid liner, shade: I don't know but it's black??

Fave: Rimmel exaggerate waterproof eye definer, I've repurchased this an uncountable amount of times, it's such a good eyeliner and has a blender on the end!

Least fave: Rimmel glam eyes professional liquid liner, I just need more practice with liquid eye liner..

Brushes

                                

This category includes:

~Boots foundation brush

~Real Techniques contour brush

~Topshop smokey eye double ended eyeshadow and angle brush

~Bare minerals concealer brush 

~Real Techniques pointed foundation brush

~Real Techniques detailer brush

~Real Techniques buffing brush

~17 kabuki brush

Fave: (I have a few) RT buffing and contour brushes, they're just amazing. Also, the Topshop smokey eye brush is great for whenever I apply eyeshadow and I use the angle brush on the other end for my eyebrows!

Least fave: Boots and RT foundation brushes.. The boots one doesn't apply foundation nicely, and the RT one is quite rough so I haven't used it. I prefer using the buffing brush for foundation, it blends it really well!

I think that was quite a long post woah sorry haha!

Anyway, literally today I went shopping so I'm going to do like a haul post possibly tomorrow with everything I bought. It will include makeup products which will be added to my makeup bag and I'm so excited about them cos they're beautiful seriously!!

See you then!

-Emily x

FeelUnique.com Delivery

So on Sunday I went on to FeelUnique.com as I recently had my birthday so had money to spend. I found out about this website from Fleur (Fleur de force on YouTube) and it basically sells a huge range of beauty products. 

I bought 3 products in total and this 'unlocked' 3 free sample products.

(btw my camera lead is broken so pictures will be bad quality) 

                           

If you can't really see, I bought:

-Daisy by Marc Jacobs (50ml).   ~£45

-Burt's Bees Peach and Willowbark Deep Pore Scrub (110g).       ~£8.50

-Burt's Bees Pomegranate Lip Balm. ~£3

And the 3 freebies I got (which I chose from 4) were:

-Caudalie Divine Legs (a tinted body lotion)

-NUXE Multi-Use Dry Oil

-Issey Miyake Perfume

Firstly, I bought the Burt's Bees pore scrub because recently I've had really dry skin on my nose and I also love peach so I'm really looking forward to trying it; it smells yummy!

I've tested the lip balm and I like it. It's moisturising but refreshes your lips almost? Like the same effect as a plumper haha.

Daisy obviously smells so nice and I only wanted the smaller bottle so I could buy another (I'm not sure what I'm going to buy yet).

As for the testers: I've smelt the Issey perfume and I'm not really that into it. It's quite nice but I'd say the scent is too strong and overpowering.

I'm not really bothered about the NUXE Dry oil as my hair and face are not dry so I'm not looking to change it..

However, I am looking forward to trying the tinted body lotion seeing as the weather has decided to warm up so the shorts will be out very soon yay! The packaging it came in is really cute and it comes with a little message explaining its purpose and directions for use. I'm really hoping it makes a difference but isn't too orange or streaky. I'll get back to you on that one once I've tried it...

Oh and also when I ordered the products the website was offering a 10% discount so I got £5.65 off my order woohoo!!

I believe these offers are a regular thing so that's even better!

Also, since I haven't blogged for a little while I have news!!

I GOT A CALUM FOLLOW.

If you don't know what I mean, Calum Hood from 5 Seconds of Summer (a band who I mentioned in a previous blog post) followed and tweeted me 'hiiiii x' and this all happened while I was asleep so I was shocked but it definitely made me very very happy haha!

That's it then😊

-Emily x