A Few Treats To Myself, From Myself

I basically live no where near a MAC store, which sucks as MAC is a brand which I love, and has loads of different colours, and just loads of pretty amazing products! So whenever I order from MAC, I do normally order a few things at a time, just because it would be a waste paying delivery for one item. (this is how I justify things to myself).

MAC Studio Fix Fluid Foundation in NC15

So the first item is the reason I needed to make this order. I changed my room around a few months back now, for my birthday. I got new furniture and gave the walls a few fresh coats of paint. So all of my things that were in my room previously, got moved into a spare room. Whilst this happened, my MAC foundation, got lost. I don't know how, I don't know where, and I was gutted. It had to be one of my more expensive foundations, it couldn't be a natural collection one for £1.99, it had to be one of my faves, TYPICAL! It is a foundation which I love, and I used to use quite a lot. Its got amazing coverage, so you don't need to use a lot of this product at a time. I have done a whole review on this foundation, where I tell you all my thoughts possible, so click here to read that one! Luckily my old one, was coming to its last few days, but still I have searched my whole house from top to bottom, and I can't find it. So I am very very happy that Studio Fix is back in my life!

MAC Mineralize Skin Finish Natural - Light

Next is a product which I have wanted for ages, I always go online and have a look at it, and never end up purchasing it, until NOW... It's not the most exciting product, well not for the majority of you reading this, but it is quite exciting to me, because I'm a sad 20 year old gal. MAC Mineralize Skin Finish Natural (light) is a product which I have always been confused about, because I have soft and gentle, and that is a highlighter, and I was always confused, if this is a face powder, setting powder, highlighter, does it have coverage? I just didn't know. But I think it's a setting powder, which does have a light/medium coverage, which is what I hoped. But I will report back to you.

MAC Pigment in Tan

MAC Pigment in Tan, again is a product which I have always wanted. Maybe not this particular colour, but I've always wanted to try a MAC pigment, purely because I love eyeshadow and I have heard great things about the pigments. This colour was hard to see what it was like online, but I had a google around, and I really liked swatches and pictures that I saw of this colour. In person, I think it will be gorgeous for fall/autumn. I would describe it as, a rose gold colour. Its browny, come orange, honestly looks gorgeous! I can imagine it making blue eyes pop, I have blue eyes, so I bloody hope so! 

Also, I did order this order from Debenhams and not MAC, purely for one reason... I wanted to kill two birds with one stone. I wanted to try something from Kat Von D, as its not available in the UK on Debenhams website! SUPER EXCITING. So I thought Debenhams do MAC also, so I basically was onto a win, win situation. 

Kat Von D Liquid lipstick - Lolita (original 1) 

This lipstick is the only product which I have tried (apart from my repurchase of foundation) and I literally slapped it on my lips about 2 seconds before starting this post. I can already tell you that I love it, and its going to be a staple everyday shade for me. It's that gorgeous shade I love, a MAC Mehr kind of shade. I obviously can't report back on staying power, because I have literally just popped it on. But the formula was easily applied, and seems really lovely.

Swatches; Tan Pigment and Kat Von D Everlasting Liquid Lipstick in Lolita 1 

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Drugstore Products Worth The Hype?!

I have been looking at my makeup collection recently, and I have discovered that half of the products I slap on my face daily are drugstore/highstreet products, eg; from boots, superdrug, feelunique.com... blah blah, basically they are affordable. So I am gunna talk you through products that are affordable that are great and are just as good as high end products! These products have actually been hyped up by my friends, people of the internet and magazines. So you probably will recognise most of them and I believe they are all completely worth all the hype and praise they get!

Maybelline Colour 24hr Tattoo Cream Eyeshadows
These are essentially cream eyeshadows in a pot, which are very creamy and blendable when you apply them on your eyelid, then after you have blended them, they set. Then they just don't budge for the whole day. The way I use them is by applying them to the lid with my finger then blending them out with a blending brush, such as; Mac 217. The colours I have are: probably the most raved about shade - 35 On and on Bronze and 65 Pink Gold. They are both shimmery, but gorgeous colours. The reason I love them the most is because they are so quick and you can use them on their own or under a shadow as a base.

Collection Eyes Uncovered Eyeshadow Palettes 
These palettes really compare to high end palettes for me, they are around £4 and they are worth every penny. They are creamy, blendable, easy to apply and the shades are lovely and wearable. I find in the drugstore you get palettes and then the colours are like blue, pink, yellow, green and theres about one neutral shade in there, that I would actually wear. I think theres about 4 variations of these palettes, I own two which are: the nude palette and the nude rose palette. I would say I use the nude palette more, and the first two shades I have actually hit pan on! The nude rose palette I love the orange shade in this, it's such a unique shade and I have never seen a shade like this in the drugstore!

Soap & Glory Solarpowder Bronzer
If you have been here a while, you will know I love this product. It's my favourite bronzer EVER, I love Benefits Hoola as well, but I would say this tops it. I have gone through 2 of these bronzers, and I actually broke this one the other day *cries* but I still dip my brush in and try to use it without getting powder everywhere! Its just the perfect shade, theres two shades in this bronzer, one has got shimmer in and is lighter (I think its supposed to be the highligher shade - but it's a gorgeous tone) and then theres a matte more bronzer shade. I normally just swirl my brush in both and apply it to the cheek bones.

Collection Lasting Perfection concealer
Again, if you have been reading for a while you will be skipping this one, probably. I rave about this all the time, and so does everyone else! I won't ramble for long, but this is a very high coverage concealer, I use it for blemishes, not under the eyes because it's too thick. But any blemishes or redness, use this and say goodbye.

Loreal True Match Foundation - shade 1N Ivory 
I have recently loved this foundation, purely because of the colour I have found the perfect shade, and I have very pale skin so it's hard to find the perfect shade that is light enough, especially in the drugstore. The consistency is very lightweight, watery and blendable. If you like Lancome foundations, you will probably like the L'Oreal ones, give them a try, they are much more affordable!

Maybelline Eye Eraser Concealer
This is a dream to apply, its got a sponge applicator, which is a bit ming but also, its a lovely way to apply the concealer. I use this one under the eyes, because it's very creamy and gets rid of any darkness straight away. It really lifts my under eyes and makes me feel a lot more awake. Fake sleep with this concealer.

L'Oreal Paris Superliner Perfect Slim Liquid liner 
I was very late to the band wagon with this one, everyone raves about this eyeliner. So I finally jumped on, and purchased it. I am pretty crap with liner, I can never make them even and the lines just get bigger and bigger, until it looks hideous and I get a makeup wipe and remove it all. This liner makes lining my eyes and creating a flick a lot easier, this is because the nib is very small and bendy so you can create a line that is small and close to the lashes. It really has made liner possible for me.

NYX Soft Matte Lip Creams
Since NYX has launched in Boots stores, I have been obsessed. NYX is a very fun brand, its got lots of products which are very 'in' at the moment, like liquid lipsticks, contouring palettes and so on. However, I find some liquid lipsticks very sticky, they don't set right on my lips and they just clump up, does anyone else get this?! But these, OH MY GOODNESS they are amazing, they are so creamy so they don't dry your lips out, but they stay in place for a very long time. The colour range is amazing, they do some gorgeous nudes. I have 4 of them, I'm obsessed. The shades I have are; Cannes (MY FAVE) Stockholm, Istanbul and Ibiza. All gorgeous shades and I reach for these A LOT.

Real Techniques Complexion Sponges
I was very sceptical when these sponges came out, because I have always either used my fingers or a brush for my complexion. I always thought a sponge would just soak up my product and wouldn't apply right on my face. However, I tried one and I was pleasantly surprised, I always spray some fixing spray on the sponge and then apply the foundation and concealer with it. They are basically amazing for blending out any cream products. With your fingers or a brush you sometimes get marks or lines where the foundation hasn't blended probably, well buy one of these and say goodbye to those. It just blends everything in amazingly and I would recommend these more than anything else in this post!! GO GO GO (just laughing about the picture, literally looks like two eggs)!!

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