Collective haul – beauty (October 2025)

I have a large collective beauty haul to share with you today. It’s a collection of orders from Matas, Zalando, Lyko, and Beauty Bay.

I wasn’t sure whether to get a few pieces from the Essence YEE HAW! collection or not, because the shades aren’t my favourites, but the packaging was so cute, so when I found the collection on sale, I decided to get the Moisturizing primer stick in 01 Howdy Y’all!, the Jumbo eye crayon in 01 Big Dreams in Big Boots, and the Plumping lip oil in 01 Boots On, Carry On!.

The e.l.f. Cosmetics Brow Lift in Clear is my favourite brow gel, and I needed a back-up, so I picked one up.

I love the Buttermelt highlighters from NYX and I love Bridgerton, so I had to have one of the Royal highlighters from the NYX Bridgerton collection. I got the shade 1 Iridescent Peach, and it’s beautiful. I also thought I would try a couple of newer products from Essence; the cream eyeshadow in 03 Oyster and the Satin Blend gel eyeliner in 03 Bronzed Shimmer.

I purchased two products from the MAC Gift MAC Holiday 2025 collection. I always pick up a lipstick from MAC’s limited edition collection, and I had to have the Macximal Sleek satin lipstick in Unexpected Red from this year’s holiday collection. And then MAC launched a new product with this collection called the Bounce & Gleam highlighter, and I chose the shade Investmint. The texture is similar to the Glow Play blushes from MAC, and the colour is so fun.

Lyko is a good place to get Catrice and Essence, so I made a Lyko order including a lot of the new products from Catrice and Essence. From Catrice, I got the Butter Like Bronze & Contour palette in 010 Born To Shape and the Soft Glam baked blushes in 020 Peachy Breeze and 030 Cheeky Coral. The blushes are obviously a dupe for the Rare Beauty Soft Pinch luminous powder blushes, but I really like the Catrice version as well.

I also picked up the Diamond Glaze gloss stick in 030 Too Glam To Give A Damn, the Colour Cushion Juicy lip oil in 030 Palm Punch, and the Drunk’n Diamonds eyeshadow stick in 030 Bronzed Jelly Bliss.

I wanted to try the magnetic nail trend, so I got the Catrice Bold Magnetic nail polish in 010 Love At First Pull and the Catrice Bold Magnetic nail magnet. I tried them out last night, and even though my nails look really pretty, I’m not sure the magnetic effect is that visible. I’ll have to try it again some other time.

Let’s move on t0 the things I got from Essence. I bought the All About Soft Glow! fixing compact powder waterproof and the Jelly Jewels glitter stick in 02 Diamond Dust. I’ve been really into shadow sticks lately.

These are all products from the Soft Touch line from Essence, including the Soft Touch butter bronzer in 10 Whipped Buttercup, the Soft Touch bouncy blushes in 20 Electric Peony and 30 Exotic Daisy, and the Soft Touch bouncy glow in 10 Soft Glaze. I’m excited to play more with these.

The last bits in this haul are from Beauty Bay. I usually pick up the 20 colour palettes from By BEAUTY BAY, and this holiday season, I got the Dark Light eye collection that includes the Dark Light 20 Colour palette, three Bouncy Beam shimmer sticks in Gold Hoops, Setlist, and FOMO, and a mini High-Key volume mascara. So far I’ve only used the Bouncy Beam shimmer sticks, and I like them. I’m really excited to create a look with the palette.

I recall hearing about the brand Samplr before, but I’d never tried the brand, so I picked up the #03_NEON GRUNGE 25-pan colour palette and the MAGN_EDIT duo kit.

The last two products I bought were the Urban Decay Moondust eyeshadow in Headliner and the Half Magic Crystal Butter lip balm in Icon Aura. I like both of these products.

Collective haul (September 2025)

This is my collective haul from September. It mainly consists of make-up.

I purchased a bunch of products from the Essence Polly Pocket collection. I got the eyeshadow palette in 01 Take Me To Pollyville!, the highlighter in 01 Tiny & Cute, the peptide lip mask in 01 So Much Cute, and all three lip glazes in 01 90’s Girl, 02 Fashion Polly, and 03 Polly2K. The packaging is super cute and very nostalgic to me, but the products themselves are quite disappointing.

Here’s a little random selection of products. I got a back-up of the e.l.f. Cosmetics Halo Glow setting powder in Light, because it’s my favourite powder. I really wanted to try the MAC Skinfinish Lightstruck liquid highlighters, so I picked up the fun green shade in Glacial. And then I needed a new navy mascara, so I got the Max Factor 2000 Calorie mascara in 04 Navy, and so far I like it.

One shade of the MAC Skinfinish Lightstruck liquid highlighter wasn’t enough, so I also bought it in Lightscapade.

MAC doesn’t release as many limited edition collections anymore, and as a collector I think it’s a shame. However, they did release a limited edition autumn collection called the Nocturna Collection. I picked up the Eye + Face Palette, the MACximal Silky matte lipstick in Underslept, the Squirt Plump Gloss Stick in Nocturnal Pearl, and the Glow Play Tendertalk lip balm in Freak. I love all three of these lip formulas.

I really wanted to try the Danessa Myricks Beauty Colorfix Stix Duos, so I purchased two shades; 1 Interstellar/Mystic Taupe and 5 Astra/Cassiopeia. These are great eyeshadow sticks!

Speaking of great eyeshadow sticks, the Catrice Drunk’n Diamonds eyeshadow sticks are just as good as the Danessa Myricks Beauty Colorfix Stix Duos, and they’re only a fraction of the price of the Danessa Myricks Beauty ones. I got two of the shades, and they’re called 010 Lavender Jelly Haze and 020 Pink Jelly Kiss. I also picked up another shade of the Catrice Glass Like dewy lip tints. It’s called 030 Happy Lips, Happy Life.

Now, let’s move on to some indie palettes and a highlighter that I got from Monolith. This first one is the Glaminatrix x Monolith Crown Legacy palette. I love this colour story, and I created this beautiful look with the palette.

This is the Bellabeautébar x Noopur Makeup Coalescence palette. I haven’t gotten around to playing with this one yet, but I’m very excited to hopefully do so soon.

I was really excited to receive the Dede Signature Broken Jewels palette, but sadly, the shade Rose Ruin came ruined (pun intended). The shade Molten Citrine is also a little loose in the palette. I can obviously still use the palette, and I created this look with it.

You know I love green and pink together, so the Gourmande Girls Trapped palette is right up my street. I wore it here.

The highlighter that I got from Monolith is the Dieverune Cosmetics highlighter in April Showers, and it’s so pretty on the skin.

Lastly, I bought these two second hand scarves. I love the colours/patterns.

Collective indie and Colourpop haul (August 2025)

I have a collective indie make-up and Colourpop haul to share with you today. I purchased all of these products back in August and thought I would put them together in one collective haul.

I bought the first five palettes from Monolith. This is the Glaminatrix Cosmetics Bonfire palette. I did this beautiful look with it, and I really want to play with it again soon.

I love Cosmic Beauty’s eyeshadow palettes, and even though the Smoulder palette doesn’t have my favourite kind of colour story, I still had to have it.

I think the Unearthly Cosmetics Shadow Sculpt – Ghoul Garden palette has a beautiful colour story, but I didn’t love the formula of the shimmers. I usually get along very well with Unearthly Cosmetics’ shimmers, so I’m sad that they changed the formula for this palette. I wore the palette on my eyes here.

This was my first palette from Dieverune Cosmetics. It’s the Magnetic Mineralia palette, and it’s really nice. I love this first look I created with it.

This is my first and only so far palette from Davini Beauty. This colour story really speaks to me, so when it was on sale, I had to pick it up. I wore it here.

I really enjoy Nomad Cosmetics as a brand, so I had to get their Witch City Salem collection, which includes an intense color palette and three Spellbinding lipsticks.

Have you ever seen a more perfect Halloween colour story? I find this palette really inspiring, and you can do so many different looks with it. Here’s a purple and orange look I created with the palette.

The Spellbinding lipsticks are so fun. The shades are called Hocus Pocus, Devil’s Book, and Witching Hour.

Lastly, I picked up some items from Colourpop. I made the order, because I wanted a few things from the Shrek collection. I got the Beware Orge palette, the Lip and Cheek Balm in Fairytale Things, and the Ultra Glossy Lip in Orge. I’m wearing all three products here.

And now that I made a Colourpop order I also picked up a back-up of the Pretty Fresh tinted foundation balm in the shade Fair 3 and the Fresh Kiss lip mask in Pistachio Gelato, because it sounded delicious.

Asos sale haul (August 2025)

I have a rather large Asos sale haul to share with you today. It includes shoes, a bunch of accessories, and a few make-up bits. Let’s begin with the shoes.

I picked up two pairs of shoes. The purple Ramsey creepers are my first ever pair of Dr. Martens shoes. I’ve had my eye on these ones for quite a while, because I used to love a creeper and purple is my favourite colour. The brown sandals are from a brand called London Rebel.

I got a pair of black houndstooth-patterned tights from Lindex.

I picked up these two belts both from Asos Design. I would like to add belts to my looks more often.

Shoe clips have been a more recent discovery for me, and I like the idea of decorating my shoes. These two pairs are both from Asos Design.

I’m always on the hunt for more golden rings, so I got these three from Asos Design. The first two came in a set.

I love a pair of statement earrings, so I picked up these five pairs. The top three pairs are from Asos Design, and the bottom two pairs are from Reclaimed Vintage and Topshop respectively.

These are the three (or four to be exact) bracelets I bought. The golden bangle is from the brand South Beach. The orange bangle and the two golden bracelets are from Asos Design.

I got one hair accessory, which is this pretty burgundy hair clip from Asos Design. The brooch is also from Asos Design.

As you know, I like brooches, so I also picked up all of these pretty golden ones from Asos Design.

Lastly, I got these three make-up products and a brush. I got the e.l.f Cosmetics Stain & Tint blending brush, the e.l.f Cosmetics Sheer for It Blush Tinit in Left on Red, the e.l.f Cosmetics Halo Glow skin tint SPF 50 in 1 Fair Neutral, and a back-up of the Huda Beauty #FAUXFILTER Luminous Matte liquid concealer (shade: 1.3G Marshmellow).

Collective haul – the rest (August 2025)

This haul consists of the other items I purchased back in August; make-up, clothes, accessories, and shoes. It’s mostly make-up though, so let’s begin there.

I don’t buy products from R.E.M. Beauty that often, but I was intrigued by their Fembot products, so I got the eyeshadow singlet, the Eclipse glow stick, and the On Your Collar plumping gloss. The shade is beautiful, but I’m not in love with any of these products to be honest.

I haven’t purchased a mini palette from Natasha Denona in a while, but I liked the look of the Mini Gloom palette. I wore it here.

These two blush formulas had been on my wishlist for a while, and I’m glad to have added both to my collection, because they’re beautiful blushes. The first one is the Ilia Soft Focus blurring blush in Sensation, and the second one is the Rare Beauty Soft Pinch matte bouncy blush in Grateful.

I’ve been wanting to try both of these blush formulas as well, and both are fun and colourful. The NYX Fat Cheeks blush in 8 Blueberry Burst is a purple liquid blush, and the fwee Lip & Cheek Blurry Pudding Pot in D-Day is a red mousse cream blush.

The last blush I picked up is the Morphe Cheek Thrills multi-finish face trio in Cabana Club. Another red blush, I know, but red is my favourite blush colour.

I’ve already featured both of these products in 5 favourites posts, so I obviously enjoy them. It’s the Maybelline Fit Me BB Nude cream SPF 50 in 10, and the Fenty Beauty Bright Fix Instant Brightening + Blurring powder in Lavender 01.

I have one piece of clothing, one accessory, and one pair of shoes to share with you. The piece of clothing is this red sweater vest from H&M, which I think will be very versatile.

The accessory or accessories I got is this set of brooches from Marimekko. Aren’t they cute?

And I might have saved the best for last. I’ve been wanting a pair of Caged Crocs ever since I first saw them, so when they came to Zalando in this grapeberry colour, I picked them up immediately, and I love them!

Collective haul – fragrance (August 2025)

Apparently, I picked up a lot of fragrances back in August, and I thought I would put them together in one haul. I’ll be posting my other collective haul from August tomorrow.

I’ve been wanting to try the body mists from PHLUR for so long, so when I found a website where I could get them, I decided to pick up these three scents; Heavy Cream, Mrs. Smith, and Mango Mood. I like them all, but my favourite at the moment is Heavy Cream.

I featured this perfume in my August 5 favourites post. It’s The 7 Virtues Clemetine Dream Eau de Parfum, and it’s such a delicious summery and fruity scent.

You have probably noticed by now that I really like the Sol de Janeiro perfume mists, and this newer one called Sundays in Rio is no exception. It might actually be one of my favourites, though it doesn’t beat Dança Mística, which is my absolute favourite.

I thought it would be fun to try some fragrance mists from some well-known perfume brands such as DKNY. This is the Ice Pop fragrance mist in Berry Bliss.

I also picked up these three fragrance mists form Guess. They’re called (from left to right) Love Nirvana Dream, Love Passion Kiss, and Love Sheer Attraction.

Lastly, I wanted to try some perfumes from H&M. I got the Social Butterfly Eau de Toilette, the Fearless Optimist Eau de Toilette, and the limited edition Mystic Velvet Eau de Parfum. I haven’t formed a proper opinion on the Mystic Velvet yet, but I really like Social Butterfly and Fearless Optimist.

NA-KD sale haul (July 2025)

I have a NA-KD haul to share with you today. I bought these items back in July, so they’re pretty summery. Everything was on sale apart from the last necklace and earrings.

I purchased this matching blazer and shorts. I really like the shape of the blazer, and the shorts are a little short compared to what I usually go for, but I actually wore them under the next skirt for extra coverage, and that worked very well.

This skirt is very unique. It’s actually two separate sheer skirts that layer on top of each other. I wore it here with the shorts and blazer.

I also picked up this maxi skirt, which has a summery print, but the colours work in autumn too. I wore it here.

I sadly didn’t get around to wear these cute denim shorts this past summer, but there’s always next year.

I think this dress is so beautiful, and I felt beautiful in it, when I wore it on my birthday this year.

I purchased so many fun and pretty pieces of jewellery in the sale. As you can see, I got a pair of earrings, three necklaces, and four bracelets.

This last necklace and last pair of earrings weren’t on sale, I’d just been eyeing them for a little while and thought they were such fun pieces. I really wanted the matching bracelet as well, but sadly it was sold out.

Beauty Bay haul (July 2025)

I have a Beauty Bay haul to share with you today. I made the order because I wanted the limited edition summer palette from By BEAUTY BAY, and then I also picked up some other bits while I was at it.

This is the By BEAUTY BAY Desert Haze palette. It’s a bronzy, neutral palette with a few pops of colour, and I loved this look I created with it.

I also picked up the By BEAUTY BAY Golden Haze hair & body fragrance mist, which came with the summer collection. I’ve been really into perfume/body mists this year, so I thought I would try this one out. It smells nice, but it’s very subtle.

I bought two highlighters. I got the By BEAUTY BAY liquid cream highlighter in Disco on sale. It’s a pink iridescent shade. And I’d been wanting to add the NYX Buttermelt highlighter in 45 Butta in Black, because it’s so unique and so pretty.

For lips, I got the Unicorn Cosmetics Bear Face lip oil in Sleepy Bear, which was on sale, the Nimya Discosphere glitter lip topper in Wanna Be On Taupe?, and Sacheu Beauty lip liner STAY-IN in getREDy.

And lastly, I picked up the Anastasia Beverly Hills Natural & Polished kit in Taupe in the sale. The kit includes a Brow Wiz in Taupe, a Brow Definer in Taupe, and a Clear brow gel.

Indie make-up haul (July 2025)

I have an indie make-up haul to share with you today. It includes an order I made from Oden’s Eye and an order or two, I think, I made from Monolith. Let’s begin with Oden’s Eye.

Back in the summer, Oden’s Eye released four eyeshadow palettes, each representing a season. This first one is the Spring Älva palette. This is not my favourite colour story of the four, but I do think this look that I created with it came out very pretty.

The Summer Älva palette has such a pretty colour story, but it’s not what I would’ve expected from a summer colour story. However, that’s what makes this collection so fun; all the colour stories are a bit different than what you might have expected. I wore this palette here.

The Autumn Älva palette is probably the palette that fits its season the best based on the colour story. The look that I created with it definitely felt very autumnal.

The last palette in this collection is of course the Winter Älva palette, and I can see winter in this one with all the cool-toned and dark shades, but I think the pops of the lighter and slightly warmer shades is a fun addition to the colour story. I did this pretty look with the palette.

Let’s move on to the palettes I got full price from Monolith. I also picked up a bunch of products in their summer sale. This first palette was new at the time, and it’s the Arttitude Cosmetics Arcana palette. I was a bit hesitant when it came to purchasing this palette, because it almost looks like the palette has a grey filter over it, but I was pleasantly surprised by this teal look I created with the palette.

You know neutrals are not my favourites, however, I do like a neutral palette with a twist, and I think the Gourmande Girls Mocha Moment palette is just that. It has greens and more purple leaning shades, but the first look I did with it was actually with the more straigt up neutrals and the golds, and I thought the look turned out lovely.

This is the Glaminatrix Cosmetics April Fool’s palette that became a reality. The April Fool’s palette was called Tones of Turd, and they also sell this exact colour story in a palette called Tones of Turd. The shades then have turd related names. I didn’t feel like putting turd named shadows on my eyelids, so I got the Grounded palette instead. The colour story really is stunning and very autumnal, and I created this look with it.

Now, let’s move on to the products I got in the Monolith summer sale. I got another Glaminatrix palette, the Nearly Natural palette, which is another neutral palette with a twist, though it’s more neutral than the Gourmande Girls Mocha Moment palette. I did this rosy-toned eye look with this palette.

I think this is the last neutral palette in this haul. Even though the Twilight Saga is very nostalgic to me, I didn’t pick up anything from the Glamlite Twilight Breaking Dawn part 1 collection when it launched. However, I’d heard that the Team Jacob palette had really good quality, so I decided to pick it up in the summer sale. I wore it here.

The Vintage Rose palette is an older palette from Give Me Glow Cosmetics, but they recently made several of their palettes in a smaller format, which I like, because their palettes used to be huge. This is a very pretty and romantic colour story, and I wore it on my birthday this year.

I really liked the Glowing Iris quad from Kaleidos, so I decided to pick up the Twilight Rush quad in the sale. I actually still haven’t worn this palette yet, but I can imagine that you can create a really pretty, smokey look with it.

I’d been considering buying the It’s Bel Cosmetics Tropical Nights palette and Tropical Night blush & highlighter palette many times before, so I finally picked them up in the summer sale. They’re created in collaboration with Bri C Beauty, and both palettes are really fun and colourful. I wore both palettes in this look.

The last few things in this haul are highlighters and a lipstick. Another product that I’d been wanting to pick up for so long is the Unearthly Cosmetics Dreamer Low Light highlighter trio. I thought the shades might be a little deep on me, but so far so good.

I also bought another Low Light highlighter from Unearthly Cosmetics. This one is made in collaboration with Xander and it’s called Ooze. It’s a really pretty green shifty highlighter.

Lastly, I got a lipstick from the Wicked Widow Beauty American Psycho collection. It’s in the shade Murder, and it’s described as a shimmer lipstick. Sadly, it’s not that shimmery on the lips.

Collective haul – beauty (June/July 2025)

This is the last part of my collective haul from June and July 2025. It consists of all the beauty bits I picked up during those months that aren’t included in other beauty hauls.

I’d heard good things about the Morphe Wakeup Artist under eye correcting concealer. I picked it up in the shade Ivory 3N, and I do like it, however, it hasn’t become one of my absolute go-tos. Maybe because the shade is a tad light.

These are two products I really wanted to try. The Dior Backstage Rosy Glow Stick in 015 Cherry is a very pretty stick blush. I love the colour. And I already have a couple of shades of the Fenty Beauty Gloss Bomb Stix shimmers, but I really wanted the shade Icy Amethy$t 04, and it’s beautiful.

Fenty Beauty often makes fun limited edition collections, and how cute are these Smurf products? I picked up the Fenty Beauty Fenty Icon Velvet liquid lipstick in Smurf’Melon, which is a formula I’ve never tried, but I’ve always wanted to, and I also got the Fenty Beauty Smurfette Smooches lip essentials duo & keychain, which came with a Fenty Treatz lip oil in Smurfberry and Gloss Bomb Universal lip luminizer in Smurfette Effect.

I’d been missing a true lime green eyeliner in my collection, so I bought the e.l.f. Cosmetics Smoky Eye-Con kohl eyeliner in Limelight. I also got the NYX Lift & Snatch! Brow tint pen in Ash Brown, which has been my go-to eye pen lately.

I almost never buy anything from NARS, but I’d been intrigued by these limited edition face palettes before, so this summer I decided to finally get one. This is the NARS Hot Escape cheek palette I, which includes two blushes, a highlighter, and a bronzer. I’ve used it a couple of times, and I do like it.

Another little face palette that I picked up is the Makeup Revolution Blush Icon palette in My Cherry Truth. These are very pigmented, so keep that in mind.

Let’s move on to some products from NABLA, which have been on my wishlist for so long. First up, we got the NABLA Close-Up blurring powder blush in Endorphin. Red is my favourite blush colour, so I had to get this shade, and it’s really pretty on the cheeks.

I also got two of the NABLA Beyond Jelly lipsticks (shades: Red Sapphire and Nocturna) and a NABLA Lip Candy Oil in Honey.

I have a few more lip products left. These are the 3ina The Color Lip Oil in 137 Yellow and 244 Red. I really enjoy 3ina lip products.

And lastly, I picked up this Burt’s Bees Bee Mine lip balm set, because you can never have too many lip balms.