Drugstore Haul

At heart, I'm a high-end gal! Luxurious packaging and product speaks volumes to me, but that doesn't mean I don't love a bargain (We all know how much I love the Maybelline Eraser Eye concealer!). Usually I don't get excited by drugstore products but these few intrigued me, so I'll go ahead and tell you what I picked up. 

Maybelline Fit Me Matte and Poreless Foundation

I've heard so many good things about the American version of this foundation, so I thought I'd give the UK one a try. I picked up the shade 220 as I have a medium skintone. I've worn this foundation once and I loved the colour of it, it was near enough the exact same shade as my NARS foundation which I wear everyday. I wore this for a full day at work and it lasted pretty well however, the next day I had a breakout. I'm unsure whether it was this foundation or not but I'm willing to give it another chance before I make any decisions!

Maybelline Eyestudio Lasting Drama Gel Eyeliner

Again, this is a very loved product and everyone who tries it says it's the best gel liner. I've been using this NONE STOP. I love it. I just love it. It just glides on, it's super black and it doesn't transfer. I have a feeling this is going to be a statement in my makeup collection.

Maybelline Lash Sensational Mascara

This is so popular and I'm very late jumping on this bandwagon but I actually like this mascara! I prefer plastic wands to the ones with bristles so this ticks that box. I find that I do have to wipe off a lot of product from the brush before applying it, but I'll keep using it and see how it measures up. 

Maybelline Colour Tattoo in Crème de Nude

This caught my eye as it's a matte cream eyeshadow which I thought might work well as an eyeshadow base. I've tried it once and it wasn't quite as opaque as a concealer but it did the job and didn't crease after I set it. 

Maybelline Colorsensational Matte Lipstick in Nude Embrace

Any nude lipstick is welcome into my collection and will be loved unconditionally! I will adopt you all! I swatched this colour and I was like yes girl and it went straight in my basket. I haven't worn it yet but I'll trial it out and see how I get on.

(Swatches from left to right) Rimmel London Lasting Finish by Kate Moss - 56 Boho Nude, 55 My Nude, Maybelline Colorsensational Matte Lipstick in Nude Embrace. 

Rimmel London Lasting Finish Lipstick in 56 Boho Nude and 55 My Nude

I picked up two of the new Rimmel lipsticks in 56 Boho Nude and 55 My Nude. The packaging is super pretty because it's rose gold but doesn't feel too luxurious. The first shade which stuck out to me was Boho Nude, I love warm medium brown nudes. I picked up My Nude as well as I thought this was also a pretty nude. I wore Boho Nude for a day and I did have to reapply a few times throughout the day but hey-ho that doesn't bother me! I don't like the initial smell of these but the smell wears off after a while anyway. 

That's it for my drugstore haul. Let me know if you have any of these products in your collection and what you think of them! See you soon!

Rebecca x

Huge Feel Unique Haul

It has been SO long since I've done a big makeup order, mainly because my spending priorities have been focused on clothes shopping for my holiday in July! But I've finally got everything organised so when payday came around I was ready for a splurge! So I had a look on feelunique.com for some goodies seeing as though I haven't had a look on their site in a while!

First of all I ordered another NARS All Day Luminous Weightless Foundation (what a mouthful) in the shade Stromboli. I love love love this foundation so when I ran out of it I was gutted! So I picked up another to make sure I was stocked for when my holiday comes around.

(From left to right intense butter gloss in Sorbet, intense butter gloss in Tres Leches, soft matte lip cream in London, intense butter gloss in Peanut Brittle, butter gloss in Fortune Cookie and intense butter gloss in Cookie Butter.)

I picked up 6 NYX lip products including 4 Intense Butter Glosses, 1 Soft Matte Lip Cream and 1 Butter Gloss. I already have a few soft matte lip creams and I love them, so I was really eager to try some of the other lip products that NYX have to offer. I picked up mainly nude shades and a bright coral shade. I'm super excited to try these products out and let you all know what I think of them. I popped on the Intense Butter Gloss in Peanut Brittle today and it's a winner so far!

(Top: Laura Geller Baked Gelato Swirl Illuminator in Gilded Honey. Bottom: NYX Born To Glow Liquid Illuminator in Gleam.)

I love love love GLOW products. Anything from illuminating primers to powder highlighters - I need it. I've seen the Laura Geller highlighter in Gilded Honey so much on Youtube, Instagram and Pinterest and it's a beautiful gold highlighter which is so up my street, so of course I needed it! Personally I think the packaging could be better for the price but it's what's inside that counts. 

Last but not least is the NYX Liquid Illuminator in Gleam. I spotted this as I was flicking through the NYX section on feel unique and it really caught my eye. I think NYX products are amazing quality especially for the price! I wouldn't use this as a cream highlighter on it's own I'm looking more into using this as an illuminating primer for underneath my foundation. The shade Gleam is a beautiful rose gold shade and they do two other shades in the range too! I can't wait to try this out!

That's all for my Feel Unique haul! Let me know if you have any of these products in your collection and let me know what you think of them! See you soon!

Rebecca x

Updated MAC Lipstick Collection With Swatches

Mac lipsticks are like doritos, you can't just have one. Since my first MAC lipstick collection post (link here) my collection has grown a fair amount! As I've said before when it comes to describing colours tI am a hot mess, so I've used the descriptions straight from MAC! (they know best!) So without any more rambling here it is!

(Left to right)

Myth (Satin) Light neutral nude.

Shy Girl (Cremesheen) Creamy neutral coral beige.

Hue (Glaze) Soft pale pink.

Honeylove (Matte) Light beige toned with rose.

Kinda Sexy (Matte) Neutral pinky rose.

Velvet Teddy (Matte) Deep toned beige.

Creme Cup (Cremesheen) Light blue pink.

Modesty (Cremesheen) Muted neutral pink.

Brave (Satin) Pink beige with white pearl.

Creme In Your Coffee (Cremesheen) Creamy mid toned pink brown.

Whirl (Matte) Dirty rose.

Stone (Matte) Muted greyish taupe brown.

Diva (Matte) Intense reddish burgundy.

Media (Satin) Intense reddish purple.

Rebel (Satin) Midtonal cream plum.

Ruby Woo (Matte) Vivid blue red.

Relentlessly Red (Retro Matte) Bright pinkish coral.

There's my updated MAC lipstick collection! Let me know what you're favourite MAC lipstick shades are in the comments! See you soon!

Rebecca x

Highlight Collection Plus Swatches

If you know me you know I'm all about the glow. I love a popping highlight bright enough to be seen from the other side of the country. I have a small bundle of highlighters, some I use everyday and some I use very rarely.

From left to right the products are (Benefit Watts Up, MAC Strobe Cream, Benefit High Beam, MAC Mineralise Skinfinish in Lightscapade, theBalm Mary-Lou Manizer and MAC Mineralise Skinfinish in Global Glow).

Benefit Watts Up. This is a cream highlighter. Whenever I want a super strong highlight after I've applied my foundation I take this on my middle finger and tap it on the areas where I would usually apply a powder highlighter (tops of the cheekbones, tip of the nose, cupids bow) and then set it with a powder highlighter. I find that this creates a more intense highlight as it is using a cream and a powder highlight. It's important not to use the cream product when you've already set your foundation as the product will not blend properly and will look cakey. 

MAC Strobe Cream. I'll not go into detail too much about this one as I did talk about it in my last post. However, I love using this under my foundation to make my skin look more radiant.

Benefit High Beam. I've never actually owned this as a full sized product I've always had samples of it or a minature and to be honest I don't think I use it enough to buy the full sized. I don't really favour pink toned highlighters however I do sometimes mix this with my foundation in the spring time just to give my foundation a bit of radiance. 

MAC Mineralise Skinfinish in Lightscapade. This was the first powder highlighter I bought and I used to use it day in day out. However, I don't tend to reach for it as much any more as I do think it is a little too light for me now. But it's perfect for paler skin tones!

theBalm Mary-Lou Manizer. My holy grail. My baby. This has been my favourite highlighter for over a year now and I've used it pretty much everyday and I'm still on my first batch. This is the most beautiful, intense, champagne, popping highlight and I have no words to say other than you need this. 

MAC Mineralise Skinfinish in Global Glow. This is a lot deeper than the rest of my highlighters but I love mixing it with the Mary-Lou Manizer just to create a more bronzed highlight. It's also great used on its own, lightly dusted on my temples on top of my bronzer on those days where I want a bronzed glow. I wouldn't recommend this to people with paler skintones as it could look quite muddy. 

That wraps up my little bundle of happiness that of course is - highlighters! Let me know what your favourite highlighting/strobing products are! See you soon!

Rebecca x

MAC, Morphe and NYX Haul

Good morning! I do love Friday mornings, purely because I'm lucky enough to have Friday's off (even though they're usually spent catching up on college work). I was looking at my makeup yesterday morning and realised how many new products I've bought recently that I haven't yet talked about! There was too many to put in a single haul but here are a few of my favourites that have made it into this post.

So I'll start with the Morphe Gel Liner in Slate. I use the MAC gel liner in Blacktrack but it's started to go a bit dry and crumbles when I apply it (not glam) so I invested in this Morphe one just to try it out! I'm so impressed with it because it's so creamy and so black which is exactly what I wanted and it's cheaper and works just as good as my MAC one! I thought that because the liner was so creamy that it would transfer onto my lids but it didn't so i'm very impressed with this liner! 

Of course there had to be a brush involved! I'm always on the hunt for new brushes and when I purchased the Morphe E23 brush I knew I probably wasn't going to get on with it as a blending brush. The best tip I can give is that natural bristles are better for blending eyeshadows than synthetic bristles. As this is a synthetic brush I knew I would find some use for it, what I like using this brush for is applying and blending out cream eyeshadows, the bristles are thicker and can properly blend out the cream seamlessly. 

I'm a sucker for lip pencils especially MAC ones but I picked up two of these NYX lip pencils in the shades nude pink and nude truffle. Nude pink is good to pair with nude pink (no comment) lipsticks or applied all over the lips and a gloss on top looks good too! The lipliners are a bit dry they're definitely not my favourite but they're good for the price that they are. 

Next up are my new MAC lipsticks! I don't know what it is but there is definitely something that excites me about a new MAC lipstick! The shades are from left to right Stone, Whirl, Kinda Sexy and Brave. 

Stone is a cool toned dark brown, matte lipstick. Very 90s, I'm so on that vibe. 

Whirl is a mauve matte lipstick, which kind of has a brownish undertone. I love this lipstick it's a statement but still a nude shade. 

Kinda Sexy is a peachy pink nude matte lipstick, peachy toned lipsticks are not my thing but with spring coming up I'm determined to make myself wear these colours because they're so beautiful!

Last but not least is Brave which is a perfect medium pink satin lipstick, again perfect for spring coming up!

My MAC lipstick collection has more than doubled since my last MAC lipstick collection post so if an updated collection post would interest anyone feel free to comment and let me know. See you soon!