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    Recent Buys | Topshop & The Body Shop

    Recent Buys | Topshop & The Body Shop

     
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    Collection: DIY Palettes #2

    Collection: DIY Palettes #2

     
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    Collection: DIY Palettes #1
Have a look at my Unii Palette!

    Collection: DIY Palettes #1

    Have a look at my Unii Palette!

     
  4. Day 9. Your Nine Step Daily Makeup Routine

    I’m going to be honest… I am terrible with routines!  So, hmmm, this will be interesting!  Okay so let’s assume that this is a day where I have enough time to do my make up - minimally - but properly i.e. not on the train!

    Rinse face (I don’t cleanse in the morning… or at night - BAD!)

    Apply Origins VitaZing Moisturizer and leave for 5/10 minutes.

    Foundation: Avon Cream-to-Powder foundation in Ivory - I don’t love this product but I did a big clear out so this is the only foundation I have left, it is nearly finished so I’ll be getting a new one soon.  Hopefully Illamasqua Skin Base!

    Concealer: MAC Studio Finish Concealer in NW20 under my eyes.

    Blusher: At the moment I am just trying to use up and old Covergirl one (not cruelty free) to get rid of it!

    I then fill in my holey eyebrows using No7 Beautiful Brows Pencil in Blonde.

    Lastly I apply my Bourjois Volume Fast & Perfect mascara. 

    but if I’ve got time… I like to put some liquid eyeliner on, I’m using MAC Penultimate Liner in Black, but NYX also do a really good felt tip one too.

    Powder!  I am trying to use MAC Blot powder as I smashed it so it’s just in a wee tub now all loose and I’m trying to finish it!

    Yasss I think I managed to fudge 9 steps there!  Proud!

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  5. Day 7. One Favorite Of Each: lipstick, lipgloss, eyeshadow, mascara, eyeliner, blush, contour

    Lipstick: Avon Ultra Colour Rich Mega Impact Lipstick in Fuchsia Fun

    L - MUA Shade 12, R - Avon Fuchsia Fun

    I really found choosing a favourite lipstick difficult!  I don’t wear lipstick on a daily basis only on special occasions and I have quite a lot so I change it often.  I have chosen Fuchsia Fun by Avon as I think I’ve used this quite a lot, it’s so sparkly too and I love a bit of sparkle!  Because Avon are not cruelty free I have also found this alternative by MUA in Shade 12 by Superdrug who are BUAV approved.  In ‘real life’ The MUA one is more corally but they are quite interchangeable, both have nice sparkles!

    Lipgloss: Bourjois Gloss Effet 3D in 48 Rose Romantic

    Again, like lipsticks I found it hard to choose a lipgloss ‘cause I don’t really wear them.  My favourite lipglosses are these Bourjois Gloss Effet 3D and I have them in 3 shades.  I have chosen Rose Romantic out of these as my favourite as it is the most versatile and because of the gorgeous gold shimmer in it, it can make any lipstick more interesting.

    Eyeshadow: Sin by Urban Decay

    Top right eyeshadow is Sin, underneath is YDK.

    I had my first experience of Sin in the Ammo palette and I fell in love with it.  It’s a lovely shimmery shell pink colour which can be used in so many way - wash over the eye, as a brow highlight (with a gentle hand!), as a base colour then add definition in crease and outer corner.  It is also really pretty as a face highlight.  Unfortunately the eyeshadow pictured is no more, tragic!  I really want to get another one as although it is in the Ammo and Naked palette, I don’t want to use these ones too much!

    Mascara: Bourjois Volume Fast & Perfect

    I have mentioned this a few times before so yeahh… It’s good!  See Day 1 for info on it.

    Eyeliner: Avon SuperShock in Blackberry

    On the left in both photos.

    I got this at the end of January just before I found out about Avon testing on animals - grrrr!  So this was on my last Avon purchases!  I did a mini haul/review here talking about the other colour pictured and another item I got if you are interested.  The eyeliner is a deep, warm brown but it has got purple glitter specks which are subtle but really pretty and unusual.  It is also very long lasting and it does not move once you’ve put it on!

    Blusher: Any berry colour!

    The blusher is the big one!

    I just love purpley/berry blushers and the one I have used the most is Berry Merry by E.L.F.  Sorry the photo is quite blurry, it’s from a while ago and I only seem to have one!  It can also be seen in the wee palette above which is more recent - but I thought it would be better to show a photo of it before I hit pan.

    Bronzer (instead of contour):  Nars Laguna

    On the right, also in palette are Orgasm and Albatross.

    I don’t use bronzer very often, only really if I am going on a night out, and I only tend to apply it to the back of my cheekbones.  I like this one as it isn’t muddy looking, and also isn’t orange - which is good!  It does have some gold shimmer in it which some people might not like but it’s not overwhelming.

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  6. Day 3. Three Makeup Products You Wish You Had

    Sugarpill eyeshadow in Buttercupcake:

    I have the purple colour from Sugarpill called Poison Plum and I really like it.  Honestly it wasn’t as good as I expected, I thought it was completely matte (This one claims to be but I’ll need to look up swatches!) and it felt more rough to the touch.  However,  other than this it is a really good colour and nice pigment, so I would like this bright yellow one, it’s just so eye-catching!  Photo from Sugarpill online no copyright infringement intended.  Cost $12 or £7.99 from here if you are in UK.

    Sin blusher by Nars:

    Unfortunately I can’t find a photo of this without stealing someone else’s so if you don’t know what colour this is then just google it!  It is quite similar to E.L.F’s Berry Merry which I own but you know that way I just feel like I need Sin just to compare the two even though it is £20.50 and Berry Merry is £3… It’s just a bit of an obsession!

    Illamasqua Skin Base Foundation in Shade 2:

    Again I do not have a photo of this, I’m not even sure what it looks like to be honest…  I saw this being used in the Pixiwoos videos quite often and I really want to try it.  However I am trying to cut out using products which have animal products in them (not vegan as such, more vegetarian make up!) and I have emailed Illamasqua twice, tweeted them twice, I then told them this via Twitter and they asked what I was wanting to find out.  I asked them again if the foundation is vegetarian, they didn’t reply, I sent my request again and they said they would look into without actually getting back to me… I asked if they had found out a while later again to no response.  So needless to say they are not in my good books!  I think I am going to phone them then they can’t escape, mwahaha!  Cost £25.

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  7. Things I bought today even though I have no money and really shouldn’t have:

    Today was payday, yippeeee!!  So I decided to treat myself with a wee shopping trip because I have literally not bought any clothes other than wedding pieces for a looong time, last thing I bought was one top for a night out at the end of January, and before then… who knows!

    Unfortunately even though I got paid I am still broke so it was Primark for me!  I got a few bits so here they are :)

    I found this shirt just lying in a random stand (as you do in Primark!) and loved it, especially the back.  It is quite long on me, I’m only 5’4 so not a big fan of long things but never mind, I can see past it!  Luckily the size I found fitted me fine, it was a 6 and I’d usually take an 8 but it was quite big and baggy. Cost £10.

    One can never have too many white shirts! Cost £10.

    This little aztec print mini skirt caught my eye once I thought I’d finished clothes shopping of course!  I haven’t tried it on properly (I shimmied on over my jeans, all myself, what an embarrassment!) so it might end up going back if it doesn’t fit - hope it does though, love the colours!  Cost £4.

    Lastly I got this pair of bright orange shorts.  If you know me well in person you will probably know that I’ve been quite obsessed with the colour orange recently…  So I obviously couldn’t resist these!  They also had a navy pair and I was torn between them until my friend reminded me that I already have a pair of navy shorts, so I went for orange.  The material has a sheen to it which you can see reflected the flash in the photo.  Cost £10.

     

    I also went to Superdrug because I really wanted to look at MUA and GOSH stuff, and I had some points to spend on my beauty card so I figured it wouldn’t be too bad going, even though I am still pretty much boycotting them (excuses, excuses!).  I got MUA blusher in shade 6 because obsessed with berry blush - I have about 3 on the go at the moment!  It is really lovely and smooth, very finely milled considering it costs a pound, A POUND!!!!  Then I saw the MUA nail varnish in a khaki green colour and I don’t have any colours like that, and for a pound again, you can’t really go wrong.  Finally I was having a look in clearance section and came across this eyeliner in Bananas (love it!) by GOSH for £2 so I got that thinking it might be a nice waterline colour for when white is just too white.  It came to £4 and I could use £3 of my points so I think that wee selection isn’t too bad for £1!  Also, you still get points… when you spend your points… mind blown!  Damn you Superdrug, I wish I wasn’t boycotting you!

    Okay I am done… Well done if you made it through that, or at least looked at the pictures ;)

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