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Its been bloody ages since I did any sort of haul post on here and I'm so glad to be able to show you guys some new bits. Between saving for Barcelona and putting money away to move out, there hasn't really been a lot of left over cash for treats. Now my holiday is a distant memory and we've almost hit our goal so I wanted pick myself some presents up!


The first thing I grabbed whilst out shopping yesterday was this gorgeous NYX Eyeshadow in shade #53 Zen. NYX is a brand I've always heard great things about but I've never actually tried for myself, so when I saw this amazing Khaki Green beauty for just £3.50 I had to give it a go. I have't tested it out yet but I'm super excited to smother my eyelids with its green goodness.

After working my way around the NYX counter I soon found after product to fall in love with. This NYX Eyeliner in shade #05 Golden Olive is what dreams are made of. I do think its on the pricier side of drugstore makeup coming in at £5 but its by no means high end. I've never seen an eyeliner in this shade before and I'm really hoping it lives up to my expectations!



After leaving Boots I had to pop into Bodycare to pick up one of my all time favourite makeup brushes. I usually fork out between £5 - £10 on a decent eyeshadow brush but I've discovered an amazing range in Bodycare that don't seem to go over a couple of pounds. I picked up my usual Blend Brush for £1.49 and another similar brush from the Body Collection for just £1.19!

Last week I invested in the most gorgeous MAC Highlighter from the Airport (Haul vid soon I promise!) and I really wanted a new bronzer to go with it. Now this little Body Collection Pressed Powder Bronzer won't be MAC quality but for just £1.50 I was willing to give it a go. It's not too dark and has a subtle shimmer too which I love. I will definitely be reviewing this as I'm really interested to see how good a cheap little bronzer really can be!

So that was everything I picked up last week whilst doing a bit of shopping after college. I swear studying next to a shopping centre will be the death of me! 

Do you have any of these products? What did you think of them?

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Mini Budget Beauty Haul

Okay I know this is really late but i've been busy with going back to college. I was going to make a video about this but I'm lazy and still a little camera shy so here it is in blog post form. 

Now I don't want this post to come off the wrong way, I've seen a lot of bloggers sharing what they got for Christmas and I wanted to do a little post on my presents too. I'm not trying to show off at all I just wanted to a Haul type post of my gifts. So lets start...


One of my favourite xmas prezzies this year was this huge bag of Soap & Glory products. The Whole She-Bang includes Heel Genius, The Righteous Butter, Clean on Me, Thick & Fast Mascara, Sexy Mother Pucker, Righteous Butter Sunkissed tint, Hand Food and The Scrub Of Your Life. I've tried a few of these before and I'm so glad to have them again. My all time favourite hand cream is Hand Food so I'm super happy to have another one to keep in stock.


More beauty goodies! Mom bought me one of my all time fave mascaras; Roller Lash and my sister treated me to this sparkly little thing from N07. I've never tried Lash Impact before but I'm definitely going to give it a go, I need all the help I can get in the lash department! I also received my first ever MAC Eyeshadow this year too. After falling in love with their lipsticks over the last few months I finally got my hands on something different. This gorgeous little lilac eyeshadow is called Ready To Party and I cannot wait to use it!


I was also treated to some gorgeous new scents this Xmas. I've been using sample perfumes and body spritz's for a little while now so I was desperate to get my hands on some proper perfume! My mom bought me Dot, one of my favourite Marc Jacobs scents and Sean gave me Black XS which was one of the samples I'd been using and had come to love.


It wouldn't be christmas without a few hair care treats right? This VO5 hairspray is the best hairspray going. I've tried others in this range before but the High Volume one is easily the best. I was also gifted with some Aussie shampoos and conditioners which I use all year round. I actually think they are quite pricey and as I'm on a student budget right now I was very very happy to receive these! The ones featured are the 3 Minute miracle for coloured hair and the Miracle Moist Shampoo, I also got the Miracle Moist Conditioner but I've already started on that!



Ahh MAC Lipsticks! I was lucky enough to have received 3 MAC lipsticks from my parents this year. I picked them up in the airport in November and I couldn't touch them until after Christmas! The shades I got were Faux, Whirl and my beloved Velvet Teddy. I really should have taken a photo of them with the lids off as you cant see how pretty they are but I have already posted about them here if you fancy a look.

So that was what I got for christmas this year. Again I don't want this to come off as braggy, I know I'm super lucky to have all of these treats!

What did you get this year, did we receive any matching presents?

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What I Got For Christmas

So I decided to have a little splurge with my Christmas money. I'm not going to lie, most of my money goes on clothes and food so I can sometimes be lacking in beauty products that I need. 

Here are the products I picked up in my Boxing Day Sale Beauty Haul...


all of the beauty products in the haul
1. Ghost gift set Boots £16 | 2. Rose Hand Cream Superdrug 99p |3. Lipstick Topshop £8 | 4. Rimmel BB Cream Superdrug £6.99 | 5.Eye Shadow Brush Superdrug £4.99 | 6. Iridescent Eye Shadow Topshop £9 | 7. Lipstick Topshop £4 | 8. Highlighter MEMEME Cosmetics £5

One of the things I needed the buy in my post Christmas shopping spree was perfume. I usually receive perfume for Christmas but this year I didn't. My go to perfume is Ghost Deep Night and I would have bought that again had I not spotted this gift set in the boots sale. It's the latest Ghost fragrance and it smells amazing.

I've been dying to try some products from the Topshop beauty range and after reading a few good reviews of their lipsticks I bought two. The first is a gorgeous shimmery purple colour moderately priced at £8 and the second is a bright red I picked up in the sale for £4. The purple shade is perfect and I've been using it non stop since I bought it, the red on the other hand isn't really to my taste. While I was in Topshop I picked up this amazing eye shadow. I've never seen anything really like it before so I bought it and again I've been wearing it none stop.

I popped into superdrug to get some new BB Cream as I was almost out and bought some hand cream and another eye shadow brush. I get through hand cream like its going out of fashion so when I saw this one for 99p in the sale I couldn't leave it behind. Its beautifully packaged and smells amazing. I also picked up another eye shadow brush. I can't even think how many eye shadow brushes I now own but I always need more. I'm not that impressed with this brush so far as its very very soft and I don't feel like it picks up enough product, but maybe I'll warm to it after a few more uses.

The last thing I bought was actually an online purchase. At the Clothes Show Live I received a voucher for a either a free highlighter or a cheek tint from MEMEME Cosmetics. I already own one highlighter in a soft pink colour and love it, so I chose this gold shade as my free product. So far I'm really happy with it. I'm sure I'll try more products from MEMEME Cosmetics as I'm impressed with their products and over all service.


So that was a little roundup of the last few beauty products I've purchased. I don't do beauty hauls all that often but it's something I definitely want to feature more on my blog.

Have you picked up anything nice in the sales?


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BOXING DAY SALE BEAUTY HAUL

So I treated myself to a few beauty purchases the other day and I thought I'd put them in a post to show you guys. I didn't really get that much as I'm waiting to see what Santa brings but I think it's enough to justify a haul post.


Here is what I picked up...

flatlay of the beauty products I purchased

1. Real Techniques Shading Brush - Okay so everyone goes on about how amazing these brushes are, I've never seen a bad review for them. Well I needed a new eye shadow brush so I thought I would give it a go. It was slightly more expensive than the usual brushes I buy but Real Techniques are meant to be the best brushes going so I didn't mind.

2. Essence Stay Natural Concealer - You know I love a good bargain, so when I saw this for £2 I had to pick it up. I've used Essence products for a few months now and I don't really have anything bad to say about them so I'm hoping this concealer keeps up the standard.

3. Rimmel Scandal Eyes Kohl Eyeliner - I always use Rimmel eyeliner. Honestly I think it's the best eyeliner around at the moment and its only £3. I actually picked up the wrong one in the shop, I usually get the basic Kohl eyeliner and I picked up this 'Scandal Eyes' one. Its was the same price as my usual and I can't really tell any difference between the two, but I'll give it a go and see what I think.

4. Boots Facial Exfoliating Sponge - This was a bit of an impulse buy. It was only £1.50 and I really wanted to try it out. It reminds me of a mini version of the pads we put on the floor machine at work but I'm hoping it does a better job. I've used it a few times and it is a little bit rough on my face but I guess it will have to do until I can get my hands on one of those fancy facial cleansing brushes.

5. Boots Moisturising Cream - Another impulse buy and again it was £1.50. I really wanted to try out a new moisturizer and this one smells like cucumber so that pretty much sold it to me. I started using it last week and I quite like it. It's not greasy, its smells yummy and it doesn't hurt when I put it on my eczema like some creams.


So that was a little roundup of my latest beauty buys. I love doing little haul posts but I always think it would be much easier if I put the into a video. What do you guys think, should I start doing haul videos? Let me know!

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MINI BEAUTY HAUL

As you might know on Thursday me and Sean went to London for the day. This is what I bought when I was there, which isn't a lot really. Hopefully next time I can have a proper shopping spree on Oxford Street!

We spent the majority of the day around Camden Market which was amazing! Camden is always such a fun and vibrant place, even if it is filled with more tourists than punks now. I only picked up a few bits in Camden - a string of elephants, a gem covered pen, and a cute ring. We also had a quick mooch around the vintage shops but i didn't see anything I feel in love with this time around.

I also picked up my favourite Mascara from boots while we were in Camden as I managed to lose mine at some point in the morning and I wanted to touch my makeup up before heading over to the blog event later that evening.

My london haul spread out on the bed
A close up shot of the pen, the ring, and the mascara
a close up shot of the string of elephants
A shot showing the flip flops, the mascara, the string of elephants, the ring, and kimono, and the white blouse
Kimono Primark £13 | Shirt Mango £17.99 | Mascara Boots £11.50 | More Elephants Camden market £1.99 | Flipflops Primark £1.50 | Pen Camden 79p | Ring Camden Market £10

After exhausting the shops in Camden we headed over to Oxford Street to have a wander around some more mainstream shops. One of the shops I was really excited to see was Primark. I know that's really boring but the London Primark on Oxford Street is absolutely huge and I knew it would be full of goodies! Here I picked up a kimono and some cheap flip flops for my holiday later in the year. Every year I buy a pair of these plain black flip flops from Primark just because they are so cheap and perfect for walking to and from the beach!

After Primark we had a wander around the other shops along Oxford Street and picked up a basic plain white blouse from Mango. I've been trying to buy more basic items lately as the majority of my wardrobe is built up of prints and patterns and nothing really matches!

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WHAT I BOUGHT IN LONDON - ANOTHER MINI HAUL

These are just a few things I have bought over the last couple of days. I've gone a bit wild with shopping lately and have so soooo many orders on the way. This year I spent a fortune on everyone's Christmas presents so I thought it was only fair that I had a bit of a spend up on myself too. Most of the things I buy are usually in the sale or fairly cheap to begin with so I don't really feel guilty about treating myself!

a pair of bronze metallic broguesa baby pink cami top with gem detailing around the neckline
 Metallic Brogues  : Ebay £8            //       Cami Top : Dorothy Perkins £12
  
a black, gold, and brone shift dressa blue nail varnish, a black nail varnish, and a nail art decoration kit
 Dress : Ebay £5       //     Nail varnish : 99p each    //   Nail Art : £1.20 both Bodycare 


In case you guys hadn't noticed, a lot of my things come from Ebay. It's no secret that I spend a lot of time buying and selling on there so I just wanted to give it a quick mention. I know times are hard for a lot of people so my number one tip for anyone wanting to look good on a budget is go on Ebay! People sell their BRAND NEW clothes for next to nothing so you can pick up a few good bargains! I also get a lot of my things sent from China and they are all super cheap too. I just thought this was worth mention for anyone struggling to budget after Christmas!

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