Summer Shopping | Sally's and Savers Haul

Garnier Micellar Cleansing Water

My best friends and flatmates are obsessed with cleansing waters, I've tried the no7 one and wasn't impressed but I'm easily influenced and this was super cheap at £2.99 for 400ml so here we go again. These are great for your kit too. 

 St Moriz Mousse and Shimmering bronzing souffle

This pack was £4.99 for both, holy grail products that I always fall back on.

Nail Rock Kit £1.29

Got2b volumizing styling powder £2.99

This is my holy grail hair product, I am literally never without this. I you love big messy hair try this. 

Quick Tan Bronzing Mousse Medium Dark £6.99 with sallys discount

Ardell lashes 120 and demi wispies £2.30

L'oreal tecniart £9.99

Spray this on to dry or wet hair before heat and it creates a sleeker long lasting style. Tried and tested many times, it's the best. 

Garnier Summer Body £2.99

This is another trusty product that, I've been using for years also interestingly this is one of the only tans that Poppy can use that doesn't irritate eczema. 

Let me know if you have tried any of these products and if you still like these posts or prefer just makeup looks?

Thanks for reading xoxo

UMA HAUL | Mac Pro, Makeup forever etc!

Everything I bought at the UMA's in London. Luckily all of this was discounted, the Mac items are from the Pro line for anyone who has a Pro Card!

Obsessed with bright colours and crazy lips at the moment, after years of wearing neutrals, I need a change!

 Mac Pro Lip Mix in Cyan (Comes out this colour pure on lips)

 Primary Yellow and Genuine Orange Paint pots

Paint pots are my favourite mac product, pro or normal line! They never crease and they are so versatile, use as liner or even on the cheeks and lips.

 Makeup Forever Aqua brow, first time buying from this brand as its more available outside the UK. Pity I struggled finding the right colour, this is a little too dark for me but I am making it work for the second half of my brow and using Mac's pencil in fling towards the front for an ombre look. I love the product itself as it sets and is waterproof.

Realistic looking tattoos for a quick fix! They actually come out lovely on the skin and do look real. I would powder them with some translucent powder after to take out the shine, other than that cheap and an awesome product!

 First time trying this brand MUD, cranberry and coppering are my fav MAC eyeshadows and this one is a mix of both! Little bit more fall out than the MAC ones though.

Constantly churning out face charts so thought this would be a handy purchase! 

Two Zoeva eye brushes, both blending styles as you can never have too many! Used them today and they are gorgeous, I will definitely be buying from this brand again.

Thanks for reading! I have a summer look coming up next using some of these products! Have a good day! 

xx

| Chanel

These beauties are a result of one too many cocktails at lunch last weekend, living up to the typical student stereotype. Probably the first time in my life where I've been drunk shopping, classy, my mother would be proud. Quite an experience though, I do recommend!

I am a bit of an impulse buyer anyways, eventually I was going to pop my Chanel cherry!

I am not a lipgloss girl at all. Hate them, especially if they are sticky but low and behold Chanel have a gloss that feels like lipbalm on but has literally the most amazing sparkle ever. I bought mine in the shade 104.

Also a big fan of the lipstick, smooth, soft and still pigmented! This is the Rouge Allure formula in shade 91.

Let me know if you have splurged on anything recently? Thanks for reading! xoxo

Retail Therapy | Illamasqua, Liz Earle & Soap and Glory

Every girl needs a little retail therapy, today was my day. If you read blogs, and watch youtube beauty videos you always have a list of recommendations and products you want to try! This is basically everything I have been lusting after recently!

I am really starting to get into Illamasqua at the moment, I am starting to get a bit bored of Mac products (The past couple of years that is all I have bought) and the artists at Illamasqua are always so quirky and fun! I bought the hydra veil primer (my flatmates got it recently and love it) eyebrow cake in motto and their concealer in cc210. I know the eyebrow colour is grey, but that's the colour ashy blondes or white/purple hair should use, avoid any colours with warmth! It doesn't look as grey and scary on the brows!

These are all repurchases, I never brought any of these over to Manchester with me, and nothing beats them! I am in love with the scent, if you haven't tried any they are a must!

Eventually jumped on the bandwagon, after so many people absolutely love this. In this set I got the Liz Earle cleanse and polish and 2 muslin cloths!

Let me know if you like or have tried any of these products! Thanks for reading xoxox

Special Effects Hair & Makeup Degree | Mac Cosmetics Kit

(Some items are also out of stock, concealers & palettes, also not swatching as I am not using until class)



 

As you can imagine my kit for my new course I'm starting in Manchester in a week is, somewhat.. HUGE. This is only the mac part of the kit, there are also lots of other various special effects items, airbrushing products/machine and hair tools. But I could never do one post on it all and most of it has thankfully been delivered to my class. I'm going to split it all up and do several posts on it all because when I was researching this course I couldn't find anything like this and I would love to see it all, plus it is all very expensive which is definitely food for thought.

 

Face and Body Foundation N1 & C4

Studio Sculpt Foundation NC45 & NW25

Brush Cleanser

Mac Pro Set Powder

 

Mac Powder Puff

Plush Lash Mascara PlushBlack

Select Coverup NC20

 

Mac kohl smolder

Mac brows lingering

 

Lip pencils Red, Spice & Nightmoth

 

 

Lipglass Prr, Pink Poodle & Underage

 

Lipsticks Lady danger, Crème Cup, Ravishing & Hug me

 

Blush Melba, Blushbaby, Dollymix, Peachykeen

Mac Pro Scuplting powder Bone beige & Sculpt

 

 

Mascara Wands

Lashes "30,"3,"7

Mac Fluidline Blacktrack

Eyeshadows Mylar, Carbon, Soba & Electric Eel

Duo Lash Glue

 

Hope this was helpful, you also get a discount and a Mac Pro card for future purchases.

xox

 



Origins Haul & Mini Review | Skincare Routine

Origins has always been a brand I'd heard a lot about and maybe admired from a far, mostly because it's quite expensive. But I finally took the plunge and treated myself to some new skincare. I ordered off the origins website instead of Debenhams because if you spent over £50 you got a choice of deluxe samples, which are the products below!

 



My free deluxe samples:
 

Ginzing Eye Cream (Probably my least favourite product only because I'm not very good with eye creams, I don't particularly need them in my routine yet because of my age and I just forget to use it most nights (an extra 'faff'), nothing wrong with the product itself but I do think it's very overhyped and overpriced)
 

Modern Friction Exfoliator (I like this product but it also isn't ground-breaking for me, one thing I would mention is do not get this in your eyes, hell on earth!)
 

Cheeks and Face Frothy Face Wash (This would be amazing if you have really oily skin, as I have not found a product like it, leaves my skin squeaky clean)
 

Drink up Intensive Overnight Mask (Gorgeous as a treat to your skin, I love the handiness of just popping it on before bed and sleeping in it, fuss free!)

 



 

My full size purchases:

 

Origins Never a Dull Moment Skin Brightening Face Cleanser

First thing I noticed about this cleanser was that it smells gorgeous, because Origins is a natural brand I didn't have high hopes for the scents of the products but this one is right on the description, sweet and fruity. I'm really enjoying using it to take my makeup off and cleanse although I haven't broke out, I also haven't noticed my skin any brighter yet.

 





 

High-Potency Night-a-Mins Mineral Enriched Oil-free Renewal Cream

Another thing I noticed with this product right off the bat was it's scent, smells to me of Jaffa cakes, a lovely sweet orange. To me this is a big positive and I love it! Yes this cream is super expensive (over £30 I think) but a little goes a long way and I think it will last me over 6 months at least. I find it luxurious and moisturising and I haven't had any break outs or problems so far!

 

 

Let me know if you have tried any origins products and what are your favourites! I love hearing peoples opinions on products, it helps a lot!

 

Thanks for reading and please follow xoxox

Spending too much time in Boots | Haul

All the Boots close by me are crap and barely stock anything interesting but there's a few big ones that I like to travel to as a treat. Nothing better than a Sunday afternoon strolling around Boots looking through all the isles, testing things and picking up products from brands I haven't tried!

 

 

Real techniques Stippling Brush: £11.99, Avene Eau Thermal (mini size): £3.15, Aussie Heat Protectant: £4.69, Sugar Crush Body Wash £6.50

 

I am a huge fan of sweet smelling products and once I heard Zoella raving about the Sugar Crush products, I went out smelt them and fell in love! Good enough to eat!

 

Bought the Avene spray as I've not tried any of these (basically a skin refresher, spray on cleansed skin or if you've overpowdered for a more natural less cakey finish) or even anything from the brand Avene and after spending a bomb in Origins I do not need any more skincare yet. I was also looking for something to spritz on my beauty blender before I apply my foundation and I'm hoping this will work well for that too.

Stila lip and cheek cream Gladiola: £16, Nivea lip butter Caramel Cream: £2.25 (No Filter)

 

Hands down the best lip balm ever, purely for how it smells, AMAZING!

Bought this Stila product when I seen Essiebutton raving about it also, I have high hopes, I love corals!

 

Thanks for reading, please follow xoxox

Beauty Outlet Haul | Mac, Bobbi Brown, Clinique

 

 I always see bloggers from over the UK showing products they bought at beauty outlets, I wasn't actually aware any of these existed in Northern Ireland. For anyone who is from here, there is one at Junction One in Antrim. Its pretty amazing and has a large range of discounted Mac, Bobbi Brown, Estee Lauder, Origins etc. Quite annoying because I could have saved a lot of money shopping here instead!

Altogether I spent £40 on all of this, saving quite a lot! Mac normal lipsticks were £8 and the sheen supremes were £11.

 

 

 Lady Danger, Gotta Dash, Insanely It



 Bobbi Brown gel liner in Denim £11

 

 

Clinique Bottom lash Mascara (Mum bought a huge Clinique set for only £15 and gave me this, probably ends up being priced £3 or something lol)

 

So all in I would definitely google and find out if there are any close by you, worth a look if you like to buy high end beauty products!

 

Thanks for reading! xoxo