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Sephora Single’s Day sale haul (November 2024)

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I have a Sephora haul to share with you today. I made these purchases during their Single’s Day sale back in November.

The biggest purchase I made was the Pat McGrath Labs Mothership X: Moonlit Seduction eyeshadow palette. This is a really pretty palette, and I remember getting a good price on it.

I’d been wanting to try the KVD Beauty Good Apple bronze + sculpt balm duo and the Good Apple blush balm duo ever since they launched, and I finally picked up the bronze + sculpt balm duo in Fair 100 and the blush balm duo in Elusive Orchard 30. I really like the formula of these products.

For cheeks, I also got the Dior Rouge Blush & Glow duo face palette in 287 Dioramour and the Make Up For Ever Artist Face Powders highlighter in H130 Wherever Pearl. The Dior duo looks beautiful, but I was a bit disappointed the in lack of pigmentation. The Make Up For Ever highlighter is very nice though.

I’d been dying to pick up a slightly darker shade of the R.E.M. Beauty Sweetener foundation, because the shade I picked up originally was too light. This time around I got the shade Fair 6 CN, and it’s a really good shade match for my skin. I featured it in the 5 favourites post from December last year. And I love the Natasha Denona Macro Tech eye pencil, so I needed the shade Willow in my collection, which is a beautiful dark green shade.

The last two products I bought (I also got a free gift with my purchase) were two fragrances. I picked up the Sol de Janeiro Cheirosa 76 perfume mist 90 ml and the KAYALI Lovefest Burning Cherry I 48 eau de parfum 10 ml. I really like both scents, especially the KAYALI Lovefest Burning Cherry.

And here’s the selection of minis I received as a free gift.

Another yummy look

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Here’s the make-up I wore with this outfit. This is another very yummy make-up look if you ask me. The warm oranges with the pops of green just look so pretty together.

(Base: primers – Rare Beauty Always An Optimist pore diffusing primer + Rare Beauty Always An Optimist illuminating primer, foundation – Rare Beauty Positive Light tinted moisturizer (shade: 14W), concealers – Rare Beauty Positive Light under eye brightener (shade: Light) + Huda Beauty #FAUXFILTER Luminous Matte liquid concealer (shade: 1.3G Marshmellow), powders – Essence Brighten Up! Banana powder in 10 Bababanana + e.l.f. Cosmetics Halo Glow Powder Filter pressed powder (shade: Fair Neutral Cool). Face make-up: bronzer – Haus Labs Power Sculpt velvet bronzer in Soleil Sand, blush – Blend Bunny Cosmetics Juicy Cheeks face palette (shade: Sqeeze), highlighter – Wicked Widow Beauty Tales of Terror: A Haunting highlighter in Jack-O-Lantern. Eye make-up: base – MAC Pro Longwear Paint Pot in Painterly, eyeshadows – Essence eyeshadow in 20 Cream + Wicked Widow Beauty Tales of Terror: A Haunting palette (shades: Midnight Fright + 31 + Creepy Crawlers + Shadows + Gargoyle + Dark Void) + Wicked Widow Beauty Tales of Terror: A Haunting highlighter in Jack-O-Lantern (inner corners), mascara – Rimmel Kind & Free Lash Loader mascara (shade: 002 Brown Black), eyeliner – Colourpop Crème gel liner in Aglow. Eyebrows: MAC Shape + Shade brow tint in Taupe + e.l.f. Cosmetics Brow Lift. Lips: Anastasia Beverly Hills lip liner in Caramel + Fantasy Cosmetics Lost Library lipstick in Unearthed)

Rarely this pale of a nude

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Here’s the make-up I wore with this outfit. I rarely wear this pale of a nude lipstick, but paired with a darker cool-toned lip pencil, I thought it went well with the purple and green eye look.

(Base: primer – e.l.f. Cosmetics Liquid Poreless Putty primer, foundation – Rare Beauty Positive Light tinted moisturizer (shade: 14W), concealers – Rare Beauty Positive Light under eye brightener (shade: Light) + Huda Beauty #FAUXFILTER Luminous Matte liquid concealer (shade: 1.3G Marshmellow), powder – e.l.f. Cosmetics Halo Glow Powder Filter pressed powder (shade: Fair Neutral Cool). Face make-up: bronzer – Made By Mitchell Blursh Bronzed liquid bronzer in Hollo There, blush – Made By Mitchell Curve Case Collective (shade: Dairy Queen), highlighter – Made By Mitchell Blursh Glaze in Sprinkles. Eye make-up: base – MAC Pro Longwear Paint Pot in Painterly, eyeshadows – Unearthly Cosmetics Not Normal remastered palette (shades: Basic + Soft Spot + Sultry + Sage + Emerald + Impulsive + Emotions + Charisma + Gemini), mascaras – Kiko Milano Smart Colour mascara in 08 Jungle Green + Blend Bunny Cosmetics Omni Lash lash perfecting mascara, eyeliner – Lethal Cosmetics Aura multichrome liner in Synapse. Eyebrows: MAC Shape + Shade brow tint in Taupe + e.l.f. Cosmetics Brow Lift. Lips: MAC Stone lip pencil + Cosmic Brushes Velvet matte lipstick in Clarice)

Waistcoat look

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Here’s what I wore Friday January 17. I wanted to find a way to wear the houndstooth print waistcoat again, and this is the outfit I ended up with.

(Hat – second hand, waistcoat – Asos Design, roll neck top – YAS, skirt – COLLUSION, tights – Calzedonia, boots – Alma en Pena)

So yummy

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Here’s the make-up I wore with this outfit. I think this make-up look is so yummy, and I really want to create a make-up look in this colour scheme again soon.

(Base: primers – Danessa Myricks Beauty Yummy Skin Blurring Balm Powder (shade: Universal) + Catrice Soft Glam filter fluid (shade: 010 Fair-Light), foundation – Danessa Myricks Beauty Yummy Skin serum skin tint (shade: 2), concealers – Rare Beauty Positive Light under eye brightener (shade: Light) + Fenty Beauty We’re Even hydrating longwear concealer (shade: 120N), powders – Essence Brighten Up! Banana powder in 10 Bababanana + Dior Backstage Face & Body Powder-No-Powder in 0 Neutral. Face make-up: bronzer – Charlotte Tilbury Beautiful Skin Sun-Kissed Glow bronzer in Fair, blush – Catrice Mystic Forest cream blush in 010 Purple Touch, highlighter – Colourpop Super Shock highlighter in Flip Flop. Eye make-up: base – Sigma Beauty Eyeshadow Base Primer in Ignite, eyeshadows – Essence eyeshadow in 20 Cream + Glam Shop Santorini palette (shades: Owocowy + Purpura + Klejnot + Biale Zloto + Promienisty), mascara – Catrice Pure Volume Magic Brown mascara (shade: 010 Burgundy Brown), eyeliner – Natasha Denona Macro Tech eye crayon in Fushi. Eyebrows: MAC Shape + Shade brow tint in Taupe + e.l.f. Cosmetics Brow Lift. Lips: MAC Liptensity lip pencil in Hellebore + Huda Beauty Silk Balm in Burning Cherry)

Purple, orange, and leopard print

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Here’s what I wore Thursday January 16. Purple and orange is a colour combo I’ve been wearing more often lately, and I think the dark purple with the bright orange and the neutrals from the leopard print look really nice together.

(Blazer + trousers – Monki, T-shirt – Asos Design, sneakers – Nike)

Monolith haul including Black Friday (November 2024)

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I have a large Monolith haul to share with you today. I picked up everything in the Black Friday sale apart from the first three products.

Blend Bunny Cosmetics did a lot of collabs in 2024, and the Robert Welsh Divination palette was the only one I picked up. I think this colour story is beautiful, and I love that the palette has two rows or columns of shimmers.

I love Christmas themed make-up, and I’d been wanting the Give Me Glow Cosmetics Christmas Morning palette for so long, so I was very excited when it had been reformulated and was back in stock.

Give Glow Cosmetics also launched blush and highlighter duos, and I decided to get the Lilac Euphoria I Lavender Trip Dream Duo, and it’s so fun and pretty.

All the rest of the products in this haul was purchased in the Black Friday sale, and what a Black Friday sale it was. I got two eyeshadow palettes from Glaminatrix Cosmetics; the Rich Romantic palette and the Nocturnal palette. I really like the Glaminatrix Cosmetics eyeshadows and these colour stories are beautiful.

I also picked up two palettes from Gourmande Girls Cosmetics. The Calavera palette is just so fun and colourful, and even though I don’t love peach, and I really like colour story of the Peach Perfect palette.

The only thing(s) I got from Unearthly Cosmetics was the Heather Austin Resurgence collection box, which included the Resurgence palette, the Resurgence highlighter duo, and the lipgloss in Omen.

I’m still intrigued by Kaleidos and want to try out more things from the brand, so I got the Futurism V: Electro Turquoise palette and the two Space Age highlighters in Gifted and Prophecy. I love the colour story of the palette, and the highlighters are super intense and shifty.

I’ve been really into highlighters and especially colourful ones, so I picked up the Glamlite x Fresh Prince of Bel Air California Fresh highlighter palette, which has three fun, colourful shades.

The last four products I got are the Shroud Cosmetics Peaches & Dreams Sparkle Veil highlight in Dreamscape, two of the Lunar Beauty Moon Prism liquid blushes in Bloom Bella and Presioca Pink, and the Fantasy Cosmetics Lost Library lipstick in Unearthed. I actually think that all of the products in this haul are really nice.

More powder packaging inspiration

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Here’s the make-up I wore with this outfit. My make-up look obviously also had to reflect the colour story of the packaging on my Bobbi Brown Sheer Finish pressed powder, and I had to wear the actual powder as well that day.

(Base: primers – e.l.f. Cosmetics Liquid Poreless Putty primer + L’Oréal Glotion natural glow enhancer (shade: 901 Fair Glow), foundation – TirTir Mask Fit Red Cushion foundation (shade: 17C Porcelain), concealer – Natasha Denona Hy-Glam concealer (shades: RN1 + P1), powders – Laura Mercier Translucent Loose Setting Powder Tone Up in Rose + Bobbi Brown Sheer Finish pressed powder in Soft Porcelain. Face make-up: bronzer – Haus Labs Power Sculpt velvet bronzer in Soleil Sand, blush – Made By Mitchell Blursh Press’d blusher in All Riped Up, highlighter – Kaleidos Space Age Prophecy highlighter. Eye make-up: base – MAC Pro Longwear Paint Pot in Painterly, eyeshadows – Gourmande Girls Calavera palette (shades: Sugar + Cempasuchitl + Tradition + Wind + Earth + Iluminacion + Ofrenda), mascaras – Glisten Cosmetics Spectra Lash mascara in Green + Blend Bunny Cosmetics Omni Lash lash perfecting mascara, eyeliner – MAC Powerpoint eye pencil in Mistletoe Mint. Eyebrows: MAC Shape + Shade brow tint in Taupe + Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Freeze. Lips: MAC Centre of Attention lip pencil + rom&nd Glasting Melting Balm in 04 Hippie Berry)