March Bargain Haul :D

The other day me and mum popped into some discount stores in town, as they were the only shops in our tiny town that were open after 6pm (we went out a bit late we left home about 4pm).
I wasn't planning on getting anything, but I saw all these little items very cheap and started picking them up,hehe.


I've been fancying Dior's collagen lip maximizer gloss for ages, and it's always sold out :( So I saw this Sally Hansen Thin Lip Collagen Boost for only £2, so I had to buy it and it's actually quite nice :)
I don't know if it really boosts lips that much, but they do look a little more pouty :) It also smells very sweet, and you need to blend it a bit when you apply, other than that it's nice and moisturising and well, quite nice :)


I also picked up a Revlon Colorstay Overtime LipColor in Maximum Mauve for only £2!! I remember buying these back in 2003 when they first came out and I use to wear it to work everyday, until it fell out of my bag on the bus (well I'm guessing it was the bus) and I started wearing lipgloss after that.

What I love about the Revlon colourstay lip colours is that they don't dry your lips out.
Usually when I use say Maxfactor Lipfinity or the Maybelline version, I'm rushing for the gloss end of the product because they usually make my lips feel tight and dry, but with Revlon you don't feel that way. I know they've come out with a newer version of this (which my mum has), but I still like the longevity of these older ones :)



The next two purchases were £1 each :D
I've been looking for a cuticle product (a cheap one) for some time, and well Sally Hansen's Cuticle and Nail Refiner is a nice little exfoliator for both cuticles and nails :)

Sally Hansen's Nail Quencher was my other £1 purchase, and it's meant to make your nail color last for up to 4days, and I did doubt it as nothing ever lasts on my nails, due to me washing my hands all the time and scrubbing the house and stuff.


But so far it has made my nail polish last, even after cooking, cleaning and decorating for a few days :)
So that was a proper bargain for only a pound :D

The nail Varnish I'm using over Sally Hansen's Nail Quencher is Bourjois Nail Polish in Beige Rose, which I bought for £2, hehe another bargain.
It is meant for Golden Skintones , but I wear it anyway. Rules are there to break :)

Two other bargain products I bought were some T-Zone nose strips and Roc's Completelift day cream.
As I've mentioned before I always get blackheads on my nose :( and Yes I do spend ages squeezing them, which I know I shouldn't do, so I bought these strips.
Although sometimes strips do pull some of the skin off my nose 'Ouch', I figured maybe it's better for my skin that I don't pick at them so much, and just use these strips when I need to.

I'm a huge lover of French Skincare Brands, and Roc is one of them.
I never have any problems whatsoever with Roc products, I have sensitive skin on my face and I know when I buy a Roc product I don't need to worry how my skin will react to it.
I've used this product only a few days no, so it's still too early to praise it, but it has left my skin nice and soft and does sink in very quickly, and makeup goes over it nicely :)



I've always fancied trying Jemma Kidd's Makeup, so when I saw this little product for £3, my eyes popped out and I grabbed it.
It's a small little beauty palette, so there's no better way to try out a brand you're not sure about.
I haven't yet used it, but I swatched it and the gold eyeshadow is very nice and pigmented and goes on smoothly.
The darker bluey/ charcoal colour with sparkles doesn't go on so smoothly, and it fades rather quickly, and the sparkles disappear in seconds. So I don't really rate that one.
The blusher is a nice colour though and reminds me of Macs Springsheen.
There's also a little gloss on the side, which is a bronzey rose colour, and I don't find it at all pigmented and it also disappears very quickly on the lips.
Saying that about those products though it hasn't put me off buying some of Jemma Kidd's makeup in the future.



Last but not least is something I had no intention of buying.
I was on my way out of Dorothy Perkins feeling disappointed and some boots caught my eye.
So I quickly had a look at them and at the size (no point drooling over something that's not in your size), and they were a size 5, which I can fit into, depending on the shoe brand.
I ran into the shop and tried them on and they were a good fit, so I ended up with some lovely boots for only £10 :D They were meant to be £50.
They're suede, with stud detailing and I'm planning on wearing them with skinny jeans, and a very girly top and these boots will toughen up the girly top a bit. :)

I love Sales :)

So last week I bought some clothes, I hadn't posted anything until now, as I wasn't sure if I should. but what the heck :)

I bought a few little things from River Island (I love this Shop).
Im REALLY in love with this dress, it sort of reminds me of Carries dress in SATC when shes in Paris.

I love this Crochet waistcoat

I then bought a pair of Boyfriend jeans (they'll look nice dressed down with sandals) and a cute little necklace (I loved the little charms on it) from Miss Selfridge.

I also bought two scarves, but forgot to take pics. And a Pair of Lee Jeans from TKMaxx (I love Tkmaxx, its great). I bought a really nice face cream and a Korres Shower Gel, which I shall post about another time.
So anyway, thats what I bought, and I'm looking forward to some retail therapy tomorrow, not that I'll be buying much :(
I think shopping should be prescribed on the NHS instead of prozac, for that feel good factor ;)

My FOTD with new French Connection Shirt.

So I am going to post my first fotd on here, my make up isn't anything special but I was so chuffed with my new shirt that I had to post.
Oooh and I coloured my hair today :D

So here's my pics and what I wore.

French Connection Shirt and Lee jeans

Here's what I used:

Face : Mac Face and Body Foundation (not too much)
Mac Select Moisturecover concealer
Mac Blushcreme in Blossoming
Mac High-Light Powder -Honey Light

Eyes: I used Mac Eye shadows in:
Steep (all over)
Colour Craft Eccentricity Bronze colour all over lid.
Goldmine in the crease and lower lid.
Dazzle Lash Mascara in Black Dazzle.

Lips: Mac Enchantress Lip glass


Sorry If the pictures aren't up to scratch, I'm still trying to work out how to use the camera,lol.

My small Haul I received the other day.

And here's my little haul.

I bought some of the Mac Naked Honey collection, as I love any and everything honey :) I have been very excited to try this collection as soon as I heard it was coming out. So I waited all those months and when it came online I was there, pouncing to get the three products I wanted. Which were the Naked Honey and Aficanimal Fragrances and the High-Light powder.

The delivery man (who is quite hot) delivered the products first thing Monday morning, which my mum ran up stairs with for me as soon as they arrived. So we both sat and opened and sprayed ourselves with each perfume ( each on a different arm of course) and we both sat in silence. The silence was a reaction from being quite disappointed. Both fragrances were quite disappointing :( I had such high expectations for these. I was expecting something very sweet and more foody. However after trying both for a while, and changing my mind set and expectations, I am actually starting to like them.

The Naked Honey perfume to me is very powerful and has a very strong honeysuckle scent, which was a bit too floral for my liking, however on the dry down it does become a little sweeter. After trying it for a few days, I find it is nice on rainy days. It reminds me of the warm, summer days with showers. I have no idea why, but maybe its because I walked passed some on a college trip last year while it was raining?! I do find this scent quite fresh though, which is something I never go for.

Then the Adricanimal was to me very masculine and spicy, but it did dry down to a lighter scent.
It does to me have a slight beeswax smell, and the spice smells like a ground cinnamon that you find at the back of a kitchen cupboard, god knows why I think that lol.
I have to say though it is rather warm and deep, and perfect for those summery nights out.

I do have to say though that I layered both scents together, and they surprising really do blend well together, I'm quite liking it. Layering the Africanimal over the Naked Honey, powders down the strong floral scent of honeysuckle and makes it less overpowering.
I think I will start wearing them like this :)

However I did love the High-light powder in Honey Light, I loved the cute honey comb pattern. The colour was a nice gold too, which I shall wear on my cheekbones and other parts, with a bit of blusher contoured. The gold shimmer to disappear when you've used it once or twice, but the bronze colour underneath is nice, and quite a good colour for my fair skin.

You can see in the picture, that the lovely goldy shimmer comes off after a few swipes, and unveils a more bronzey colour.

And finally I also bought the Colour Craft Eye Shadow in Eccentricity, I love having four colours in one its really handy to carry around and saves me (because I'm lazy) searching around for eye shadows. The colours are lovely and coordinate each other lovely. The gold reminds me of goldmine, but a more powdery/ loose texture (but that could just be me).

Flash (ugh you can see how pale my hands are)

No flash

Anyway I think I shall leave it at that now, as I've had a busy day and the acupuncture I had today has left me feeling quite drowsy.
Oh and the acupuncture and the lady performing it were amazing, I cant wait to see the results in myself.