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!

 

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Clearing Out the 'Duds' | Foundations & Concealers

 

Every once in a while (more often than I'd really like to admit to myself) I take a look at my 'everyday makeup' (everything but my professional kit) and think things have got out of hand!

Even I think this is way too excessive for one person, who needs to have eight foundations on the go, along with five concealers. Which leads me on to clearing out the 'duds' that don't work for me or that something else is just plainly a lot better and it doesn't excite me. I don't obviously throw them out, I usually pass them off to family members.

 

I am going to rate all these products by preference, remember this is always personal!

 

My Favourite Foundations:

 

1.Mac Prolongwear, Mac Studio Studio fix & Mac Studio Sculpt ( I have them all different shades, for whatever colour I am, very tanned, tanned, uber pale.. girl problems, but I'm big into mixing them and foundations in general, very rarely is a shade correct!)

 

2.Clinique Anti Blemish Solutions, good coverage and great for oily skin.

 

My 'I probably won't buy these again but I still recommend them' Foundations:

 

1.Boujois Healthy Mix, glowy and nice coverage, absolutely no faults, have nearly finished this.

 

2. Illamasqua Rich Liquid, amazing coverage but I only use then when I'm partying so for the amount I'm able to use it, it's not worth the money, but there is literally no other foundation like it, if you want FLAWLESS skin.

 

3. Rimmel Wake me up, I think Rimmel has one of the best selection of 'drugstore' foundations, great coverage and a nice dewy formula!

 

4.Rimmel Match Perfection Cream Compact, a nice product, not an astounding one! Does what it's meant too and that's about all I can say.

 

The 'Duds'

 

1. The Maybelline fit me foundation is one of the worst formula's I've tried in a while, I honestly think it's more water then anything, no coverage, do not buy!

 

2. Nivea BB cream, something about the formula applies quite blotchy/hard to work with and as for the shade light, I would definitely call it medium plus.

 

My Favourite Concealers:

 

1.Collection 2000 lasting perfection, nothing will beat this and it seems everybody else agrees because shade 2 is always sold out.. annoying!

 

2.Collection 2000 Illuminating touch concealer, great coverage and it does exactly what it says for under the eyes, very brightening.

 

3.Mac Studio finish concealer, amazing for spots and blemishes!

 

The 'Dud'

 

1.Rimmel wake me up concealer, not great coverage and far to thin for a concealer, a small dot blends half way cross your face to almost nothing! Not worth the money.

 

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Nivea Effective Cleansing Gel | Can't Get enough of it!

A couple of months in and I've around 1/4 left. I bought this on a whim on a random shop in Superdrug, it was on sale for £1.99 and literally just sucked me in. I honestly expected it to break me out or not to like it and for it to take comfort unfortunately at the back of my cupboard like a lot of unwanted products.

 

But low and behold, I love this product, firstly I have to say it is only going to be suited to people who have combination to oily skin because it is an oil free gel cleanser which means it doesn't have any moisturising qualities. I only use this at night because I have a separate day time routine (not that you couldn't use it) and it leaves my skin feeling squeaky clean, the perfect feeling for going to bed. It hasn't broke me out and I can use it around my eyes to take my eye makeup off (it doesn't sting me). 

 

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