Also can I quickly say, my blog photography is really bad I know, it's because I blog on my iPad so it's pretty limited to where I put the photos, it is a work in progress though because hopefully in a few months, I'll get a laptop and be able to take photos with my good camera. But I am really sorry about the photography and sometimes lack of photos xx
I think I'll start with the high street/drugstore makeup. So I have five new products from boots and superdrug. They're mainly blushes because I've been trying to get more into them because I've always been a little scared to use them. I bought three, one of them being a cream blush. Woah. Cream blushes scared me until I got this one. I got the 'Maybelline dream touch blush' in No.6 and I think it's called berry. It's a really cute, muted pink with a lot of shimmer. I really like the consistency of the product and the colour, I feel I would like it a lot more if it didn't have as much shimmer because there's a lot of shimmer in blush, also, I feel that, in general, cream blushes suit people with more dry skin because it makes their skin look a lot more glowy, and also if you love that really glowy and dewy look. For me, I'm not scared of them anymore, I just don't feel very comfortable wearing them because I don't like the feeling of the wetness on my cheeks. But I really love the colour and it was around £5.99 from boots, which I think is quite a reasonable price for the blush. Ok, onto my other two blushes, one was a repurchase of my natural collection blush in 'peach Melba', it is literally the prettiest summery neutral colour ever, it's a really muted pinky peach and I think it's the perfect colour for your cheeks on summer if you want a day time blush. And it was only £1.99 which i think is amazing for the quality of the product. The last blush I got was actually my first ever Sleek product. Oooh. So excitinggg! I bought it in the shade 'pixie pink' which is literally the brightest pink ever..when you look at it in the pan. However, when you swatch it, it's actually a really cute summery, Barbie pink. It's just so pretty I think I'm in love! It was £4.49 when i bought it, but apparently they're usually a bit more expensive. Now briefly moving onto one of my Favourite drugstore brands, Rimmel, I am seriously loving the 'natural bronzer' in No.22 'sun bronze' it is literally the perfect colour for wanting a bronzed look. I usually just use it to do an all over bronze but when I experiment makeup looks, it's really good for contouring as well. I think it was around £4.00 but I'm not entirely sure. Also from Rimmel, I bought the 'scandeleyes waterproof kohl kajal' in No.005 'nude'. I know what you're probably thinking, how the hell can a nude eye pencil work, but trust me guys, put this on your waterline and it immediately brightens your eyes up, I don't usually wear eyeliner, so I use this and it really does help with brightening my eyes up. And that was only £2.99, so again, a pretty good bargain. Last two makeup items from boots. The 'Maybelline, The Rocket Volume Express' mascara. It really is worth the hype guys, I love it because it doesn't clump my lashes at all and really lengthens them. I boight mine when it was on offer for £5.99 but i think the usual price is £7.99. Last one guys, I bought the collection 'lasting perfection 16 hour wear concealer' because I fell for the hype, I just feel that it does nothing for my under eye circles, I don't like the consistency and I just feel it drys even my skin out. I love the coverage it gives but I feel it's just too heavy for using as an under eye concealer and it seems to dry quite quickly, making it really difficult to blend out. But it was only £4 so i want to upset with the money side, it's just i thought with all the hype, it would be a lot better. I honestly recommend if you're someone who wears more concealer than foundation, invest in a high end brand one because they really are worth it. I've only like using my Estée Lauder and MAC one.
I just wanted to quickly add in some makeup brushes, I finally decided to buy the real techniques brushes and guys, they're totally worth it. They're perfection! I bought the stippling brush which cost £11.99 and I also bought the starter set brushes which were a set of five brushes, deluxe crease brush, base shadow brush, pixel point eyeliner brush, accent brush and the angles brow brush. And those cost £21.99.
Okayyy. Wow. That is a lot of shopping, don't worry guys, I haven't purchased as much high end makeup so it's only three new products and two brushes. I guess I'll start with the MAC products and the are my first MAC lipstick in the colour 'hue'. I'd not know what else to say apart from that it is perfection and the perfect colour. Just wow. All the MAC lipsticks are between £14-£15 depending if they're in a limited collection or the permenant collection. Hue is in the permenant range and it was £14, which I understand is a little pricey for a lipstick, but honestly, it really is worth it. I also bough the 'pro longwear concealer' in shade NW20. It is perfect for my under eye circles and the concealer doesn't budge. And that was £14.50 which is a reasonable price for a high end concealer. Last makeup item was the Benefit 'They're Real' mascara. I use it everyday and it just gives my lashes such length and a little bit of volume. And the small one is £9.50 and the full size is £19.95. Which i thought was a ridiculous price at first, but it really is worth it. I think I'm going to purchase the full size soon. These were in my previous post from yesterday so I'm not writing as much on these. I purchased the MAC '234' blending brush and I find it amazing for blending my eye shadows in. Which was £12.25 from the makeup store in bicestervillage but the original price is something like £17.50 which is quite expensive brush. I also got the urban decay 'good karma crease brush' it's a really good crease brush I actually use it more for blending.i didn't actually buy this, my mum's friend bought it for me randomly when she saw me looking at it which I found really sweet of her. and it was £16.
Welllll,that was a long post. I'm gonna upload it now and I'll add photos when I find the time to sketches and make sure they look good but. Think you guys deserve another post since I've left you for two months with nothing..x
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Hala xxxxxx
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