Colourpop had a 30% off sitewide sale for Black Friday, and these are the products I decided to purchase.
I really wanted the How The Grinch Stole Christmas palette and the Change of Heart Super Shock highlighter kit from The Grinch collection, but I didn’t want to buy just those two items when the collection launched, so I was hoping that they would still be in stock and on sale for Black Friday, so I could pick them up. I think the colour story and quality of the palette are lovely, and I love Super Shock highlighters, and these two shades, 2 Sizes Too Small and Grew 3 Sizes, are so pretty. I’m wearing the palette and the pink highlighter here.
I’ve been so impressed by the other two Bratz Lippie Kits that I’d purchased, so I decided to get one final one (I think). This is the Yasmin kit, which includes the Lippie pencil and Lippie Stix in the shade Pretty Princess.
I picked up a handful more lip products. This is the Just A Tint sheer tint lip crayon in Cutie Fruity and the HydraPop lip stain in Fruit Punch.
And I love anything candy cane scented, so I got the Mistletoe Kisses Fresh Kiss Lip Scrub + Mask + Balm Set.
Lastly, I picked up a bunch of products from the Pretty Fresh line. I got the Pretty Fresh Lock It In setting spray and the Pretty Fresh Set It Up primer as a set. Both are back-ups. I also decided to give the Pretty Fresh hyaluronic acid tinted moisturizer another try. I used to own it, but in the wrong shade, but now that I have it in the right shade (Fair 1 N), I really enjoy it. I’m also really liking the Pretty Fresh hyaluronic creamy concealer, which I bought in the shade Fair 10 N.
I have a collective Sephora haul to share with you today. First, I’m going to go through the products I picked up in their Black Friday sale. Afterwards, I’m going to show you the things I picked up in December. Some of those things were new, and some were on sale. I also got some gifts with my purchases, which I’ll add in the end.
I own the most perfumes from KAYALI, and I love most of their scents. These two scents had been on my wishlist for a while, so I decided to finally pick them up in the Black Friday sale. It’s The Wedding Velvet Santal 35 and the Oudgasm Cafe Oud 19.
I also got this The 7 Virtues Mini Vanilla giftset, which includes two mini perfumes in Vanilla Woods and Candied Lychee.
From Rare Beauty, I bought the Selena’s Fav Mini Set, which comes with a mini Rare perfume and the Soft Pinch dewy liquid blush in Happy. I also thought I would get one of the fragrance layering balms and picked Woody Oak.
The last set I got in the BF sale was the Kosas Blush Is Life trio, which comes with the three shades Euphoria, Dare, and Spellbound. I’ve been really enjoying these blushes.
Moving on to the items I picked up in December. I got a back-up of the Milk Makeup Hydro Grip gel tint in shade 2, because it was on sale, and it’s one of my favourite foundations/skin tints. I also got the Onesize B12 Base Thinner, because it sounded like an interesting product, and I’d heard good things about it.
I know, I got some more fragrances. I was very intrigued by the scents from Le Monde Gourmand and decided to try the one called Chai Épicé, and I really like it. I also had to try a couple of the new KAYALI Freedom scents. I chose Freedom Musk Matcha 45 and Freedom Musk Latte 41.
I purchased these last two palettes from the R.E.M. Beauty Wicked: For Good collection on sale. It’s the Ozian Forest eyeshadow palette and the Cherry Blossom blush palette in Warm Coral. The eyeshadow palette performed very well (I wore it here), whereas I haven’t tried the blush palette yet, but it looks very pretty.
Lastly, I received these gifts with my orders. I got the Huda Beauty Easy Bake setting spray mini and then the Holiday Beauty Box, which included a bunch of different stuff.
I have a collective Black Friday haul to share with you today. This haul includes orders from Matas, Magasin, Zalando, Crás, Trollbeads, and Boozt.
These are the items I picked up from Matas. I got 25% off the Clean Classic The Jet Set layering gift set (5 x 5ml) and the Fenty Cheeks Suede powder blush matte in Daiquiri Dip 06, and then I got 40% off the Rimmel Kind & Free mascaras, so I picked up two back-ups in the shade 002 Brown Black.
The next bulk of items was purchased at Magasin, which also had 25% off most things. I got three blush products; the Huda Beauty Blush Filter blurring blushlighters palette in Baby Pink, the Rare Beauty Soft Pinch matte bouncy blush in Worth, and the Rare Beauty Soft Pinch liquid blush in Spirited (mini).
From MAC, I got the Luxe Luck Dazzleshadow liquid eyeshadow in Viperactive, which was from last year’s Lunar New Year collection, and I also picked up one of the new Dazzleshadow liquid eyeshadows in the shade Crumbled Diamonds. Both of these are very pretty.
And lastly from Magasin, I bought the Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless mini setting spray kit and the Kosas Revealer concealer in 01 N.
Let’s move on to the things I got from Zalando. I got these two make-up items, which are the last make-up items of this haul. I’d used up my L’Oréal Paris True Match Nude plumping tinted serum in 0,5-2 Very Light, so I got a new one, because it’s one of my favourite foundations/skin tints, and I also got a third shade of the NABLA Close-Up Blurring powder blushes, and it’s in the shade Satisfaction.
I picked up two pairs of Crocs in the Zalando BF sale. I got the other pair of M&M’s collab Crocs; they’re just so fun and colourful. I also got another pair of lined Christmas-themed Crocs, which I wore several times during December.
I made a small order from Crás, which you might know is one of my favourite clothing brands. I’ve had my eye on the shiny dress for a while, and it was pretty heavily discounted so I decided to finally get it, even though I can’t wear it at the moment. I’ve also been wanting one of their satin coats, and I thought this pink floral one was really pretty and perfect for spring. The tote bag was a gift with purchase.
Trollbeads usually has some good deals around Black Friday, so I added these glass beads and silver beads to my ever-growing collection.
These last few items were purchased in the Boozt BF sale. I got another headband from Becksöndergaard, because I think they make beautiful, good quality headbands.
I also picked up two hair & body mists from L’atelier Parfum. I got Green Crush and Exquise Tentation. Green Crush is my favourite so far. It’s so fresh and green-smelling, which is exactly what I was hoping it would be.
It’s time for the first Black Friday haul from last November. This is a collective indie beauty haul, and it includes orders from Oden’s Eye, GlossGods Cosmetics, Monolith, and Lethal Cosmetics.
The Oden’s Eye Ice Crystal palette wasn’t on sale, but it launched for Black Friday. This big palette format is not my favourite from the brand, but I loved this look that I created with the palette.
The only thing I actually bought in the Oden’s Eye Black Friday sale was this pretty bracelet.
And then I got some free make-up brushes (a blush brush and a detail crease blender brush) and a free tote bag with my order.
I’ve had my eye on the GlossGods Cosmetics Dancing Lights palette ever since it launched (I think it was their 2024 holiday palette), but I didn’t pick it up initially. I was very happy to see it back in stock and on sale for Black Friday, so I picked it up together with the 2025 holiday palette, Starry Skies. I also got another shade of the Jelly Drip Sticks in the shade Catch My Drip.
I’m wearing the Starry Skies palette here, and the Dancing Lights palette here.
There were a lot of things I really wanted in the Monolith Black Friday sale, but sadly something went wrong, when I was trying to pay for my order, and when I finally got it fixed, most of the things I wanted was sold out and the sale was over. However, they put a smaller amount of items up for sale again a few days later, and I managed to get the Simply Posh Cosmetics Black Cherry palette and Down to Earth palette. The Gingerbread Bakery palette wasn’t on sale, but a part of the new launch for Black Friday.
I hadn’t made an order from Lethal Cosmetics in ages, but I was intrigued by their new palette called Serpentine, which launched for Black Friday. I was a bit disappointed in the palette when I first wore it though.
In the actual Black Friday sale on Lethal Cosmetics’ site, I picked up the Magnetics face powder in Floret, which is a shade I’ve had on my wishlist for a very long time, the Pixeled lipgloss in Matrix, and two of the Dexter nail polishes in Modus Operandi and Slice of Life.
I have a rather large collective haul to share with you today. These are the items I purchased back in November that weren’t part of any Black Friday sales. However, quite a few of these items were purchased during Singles’ Day sales. Let’s begin with some indie palettes though.
I hadn’t picked up the Nomad Cosmetics Pacific Northwest intense color & chrome palette at launch. I was waiting for another Nomad Cosmetics launch, and when they launched their Christkindlmarkt intense color & chrome palette, I picked up both palettes. I also got a free gift with the Christkindlmarkt palette. Both palettes are beautiful, and I generally really enjoy Nomad Cosmetics eyeshadows.
I haven’t been interested in a Natasha Denona midi palette in a while, because they’ve had very neutral colour stories. However, there was something about the Bloom palette that I liked, but I didn’t want to pay full price for it, so I waited for the Sephora Singles’ Day sale to purchase it.
These are the other items I got in the Sephora Singles’ Day sale; the Natasha Denona Hy-Glam concealer in N1, a back-up of the Huda Beauty #FAUXFILTER Luminous Matte liquid concealer in 1.3G Marshmallow (my favourite concealer), and a Sephora Collection Rouge Is Not My Name no transfer matte lipstick in 07 Pinpoint.
I’m always excited about a new MAC launch, so I picked up two MAC Dazzlelips crayons in the shades Cosmic Plum and Lunar Violet. I got them 25% off.
Here are some things I got in the Zalando Singles’ Day sale. I picked up another shade of the MAC Colour Excess gel pencil eyeliners, and it’s called Blueberry Milk. I also bought another shade of the NABLA Close-Up Blurring powder blush, and it’s called Lucky Rose. Lastly, I got the The Library of Fragrance Pistachio Ice Cream Eau de Cologne, because I was curious about the brand and the scent, but it’s too artificial and cheap-smelling for my taste.
I made an order from Niche-Beauty, because they had a 25% off sale. I’ve been wanting to try Lisa Eldridge lip products for a long time, so I picked up the The Holiday Ribbon Kit, which included the True Velvet lip colour in Velvet Ribbon and the Enhance and Define lip pencil in Ribbon; such a pretty classic red shade. I also got the Lisa Eldridge Insanely Satuated lip colour in New Wave, which is a beautiful berry purple shade. Lastly from Niche-Beauty, I picked up the PHLUR Vanilla Skin body mist, which is a lovely scent.
Let’s move on to accessories, clothes, and shoes. I got these pearl jewellery and bow hair clip in a H&M sale. I’ve worn the pearl necklace quite often lately.
I also got this faux fur hat in the H&M sale.
I found this boucle style jacket at a charity second hand store, and I actually wore it yesterday.
I couldn’t wear this Christmas top from Next this past Christmas due to my baby bump, but I’m excited to wear it next Christmas.
I love a coloured tight, and I found these purple ones from the brand DIM on sale.
I knew I had to have these M&M’s Crocs from the moment I laid eyes on them. I love the green colour, the glitter, and the M&M Jibbitz, and I’m also quite fond of the style called Bae. And that’s the end of the haul, and what a piece to end with.
I have an indie make-up haul to share with you today. I made an order from Cosmic Beauty and one from Monolith. Let’s begin with the Cosmic Beauty products.
I purchased the entire Cosmic Beauty Starlight collection. It includes the Starlight Society palette, the Astral Radiance highlighter trio, two tinted lip oils, two liquid lipsticks, and four metallic gel liners.
The Starlight Society palette is another stunner from Cosmic Beauty. Cosmic Beauty is one of my favourite eyeshadow brands, and this colour story is so gorgeous. I created this look with the palette.
I really like the highlighter formula from Cosmic Beauty as well, and I’ve used the Astral Radiance highlighter trio so much in December.
The four lip products in the collection are (from left to right) two lip oils in the shades Ritual and Spellbound, and two liquid lipsticks in the shades Andromeda and Eternal. I’ve only worn the Andromeda liquid lipstick so far, and it wasn’t my favourite shade nor formula.
So far, I really like the metallic gel liners. The shades are called (from left to right) Sunburst, Astral, Whimsical, and Charms.
Let’s move on to the stuff I bought from Monolith. I had to have the Fantasy Cosmetica x Battybean The Witch’s Familiar palette. I really enjoy Battybean’s Youtube channel, and I love this colour story and Fantasy Cosmetica’s formulas. I wore the palette on my eyes here.
This is the Gourmande Girls Nevermore palette, and it’s so dark and murky. I created this look with it, and I loved it.
The Dieverune Cosmetics Bizarre Botanicals palette is another stunning palette. I also loved this look I created with it, and I was very impressed by the quality of the shadows.
I picked up the Unearthly Cosmetics Dark Dreamscape palette and one of the Dark Dreamscape Sparkle Balms from the Dark Dreamscape collection. This is another palette with a colour story right up my street, and I wore it here. The Dark Dreamscape Sparkle Balm is in the shade Nightmare, and I haven’t worn it yet.
Lastly, I got the Singe Beauty Paisley Hoot palette and two of the Singe Beauty Evocative lip liners. The lip liners are in the shades Tender Teak and Jazzy Juniper. The palette is a very pretty neutral-leaning palette, and I wore it here.
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 Lights eye collection that includes the Dark Lights 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.
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.
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.
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).
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