Bonus Shopping
4:46 PMHello Everyone!!
I know I usually post about nail polish, but I received a lovely little bonus from work on Friday and so I did a little shopping this weekend! Woohoo!!! I will be posting individual reviews and pics of the polishes that I purchased and will also have a review of my most recent Julep Maven Box soon. But first my shopping haul!!!!
OMG I had so much fun as you can see!! And this really isn't everything because I didn't take pics of my clothes and accessories that I purchased. I'm thinking about doing a haul video but I've not really done any vlogging yet and am a little camera shy and self-concious so maybe I'll get the courage up soon! Would anyone want to see a video? Let me know in the comments below, I think I might need a pep talk before I do! LOL
So onto what I bought! First I just have to say that Charming Charlie, Sephora, and Ulta should send thank you notes to my bank account!
Ok I'm going to go in order of the shops I visited. So first off was Sephora, I LOVE this store and I HAD to go since it's my birthday month and I needed to get my beauty Insider gift!
Let's go from top left to right: Sephora long lasting eye shadow in Mysterious Forest #46 (clearance bin), nails inc London Feathers in Brighton and York, nails inc London neon in Notting Hill Gate, Illamasqua in Rare, beauty Insider birthday gift Benefit they're Real beyond mascara and Watt's Up Soft Focus Highlighter. Phew! I can't wait to try all of these polishes, I will have reviews and swatches then. The eyeshadow is a green/black glitter shadow that I'm not sure how it will go, but I can never resist glitter shadows.
Then I went to Charming Charlie in which I didn't take pictures of everything, but in my main haul pic you can see the glittery pink wallet, sunglasses, and I'm not sure you can make out the rhinestone skull bracelet. I also picked up a beautiful hot pink patent handbag and two new scarves that will fab for spring!
And then last but not least I went to Ulta, where I did the most damage! Another store I could spend hours in, if it wasn't for the bloody sales people they now have in the prestige cosmetics area. UGH! The fact that they didn't have them before was why I loved to shop there. If I wanted to be badgered I'd go to a department store! Anyway back to what I purchased:
Once again from left to right; Urban Decay Naked Skin in 2.0, Smashbox Photo Finish primer in Light, butter London Ulta Exclusive set in Alcopop (this was such a good deal at $18, thought it was a good reason to try the lippy), Zoya Blu from the Spring 2013 Lovely collection, and POP beauty i-love palette in Chocoholic.
I was given samples of the Naked foundation with previous Urban Decay purchase and just LOVED it. I'm sure many other bloggers have reviewed it, but it really is awesome I think. I've been using a NYX foundation because I just couldn't afford the Urban Decay and I thought it was the closest thing, but the actual Naked foundation is so AMAZING! It really is weightless and makes my skin look fab I think, or at least as fab as my skin can get LOL! A few of my friends told me to try the Smashbox primer because I have an issue with oily skin, so I picked it up in Light based on their little dial thingy at the store. I have to say I haven't felt the need to blot my face at all today, it's really great stuff! As I said earlier I will review and swatch the polishes in later posts, but I will say this about the Lippy. First it has an amazing scent, it smells like vanilla cake batter to me which is always nice since your lips are right under your nose! BUT this stuff is super sticky I thought and really opaque. I didn't care for the way it covered at all, so I'm kinda bummed about it. Then last but not least is the eyeshadow palette. I've not worn any of it yet, but I did put my fingers in it all (before I took pics as you can tell) and it seems quite nice. I was yearning for the UD Naked palette but honestly I have 2 Bobbi Brown palettes that I feel cover all of those shades already. Also one of the vloggers I subscribe to did a review of an Estee Lauder duo in Raisins (I think?) and I thought a couple of these looked close, and at $10 how can you go wrong?
Phew! Ok I think that's everything, OMG my husband couldn't figure out how I spent so much but didn't have loads of stuff! But I think I did quite well!
Have any of you tried any of these products? What is your favorite foundation or primer? And again would you be interested in a haul video? LOL I'm addicted to those on YouTube!!
cheers xx
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