Beauty Bay haul – lots of palettes

I have a Beauty Bay haul to share with you today, and it’s all palettes (mostly from BH Cosmetics) + one highlighter.

I love BH Cosmetics eyeshadow palettes, and the travel palettes are some of my favourites from the brand. These two palettes were new when I purchased them in June (!), and they are both beautiful. The top one is the Party in Puerto Rico palette, which is a lovely warm toned palette, and the bottom one is the Passion in Paris palette, which is a stunning blue/purple/burgundy palette, and it’s my favourite one of the two.

I have more travel palettes to share with you. I think these might have been re-packaged since I bought them. Maybe that’s why I was able to get these on sale. The top one is the Summer in St Tropez palette, which is a very fun, colourful and summery palette, and the bottom one is the Beautiful in Barcelona palette, which is a neutral palette with pops of blue.

Okay, this is the last travel palette in this haul. This is the Chillin’ in Chicago palette, which is now re-packaged and called Amore in Amalfi. I got this palette on sale too, so I’m not mad about having the old version.

I purchased one more BH Cosmetics palette. This is the Lookin’ Like A Snack palette from the Say It collection (I’ve also got the Do Not Disturb palette from that collection), and it has such a pretty colour story.

The last palette in this haul is the Wet n Wild Ice Cream Bee palette, which I also got on sale. I just thought this palette looked cute, and I have created a pretty look with it.

The very last product in this haul is the BY BEAUTY BAY Pride powder highlighter in Parade. The powder goes from blue to pink to gold, and it’s just such a fun highlighter that still looks pretty on the skin.

Collective holiday make-up haul

It’s time for another holiday make-up haul. This one is a collective haul of most of the holiday make-up releases that I’ve purchased this year.

Let’s start with the BH Cosmetics Miss Claus holiday collection. These products are the most Christmassy ones in this haul.

First off, I picked up the Kissmas Wishes Liquid Lip Duo in Jingle Belle which contains a red liquid lipstick and a gold gloss; the perfect Christmas lip combo.

I also picked up the Bad & Bougie blush quad, which contains some really interesting and unique blush shades.

And I obviously had to pick up the big palette from this year’s BH Cosmetics holiday collection. It’s called The Lit List eyeshadow palette and it contains 30 shades. They all look so pretty!

This year I also picked up the limited edition Ambient Lighting palette from Hourglass. It’s called Ambient Lighting Edit Universe complexion palette, and it contains five beautiful complexion products. The packaging is stunning too.

The last couple of holiday releases that I’ve purchased are lipsticks. I thought the Clinique Plenty of Pop lipstick set was so cute. I mean, just look at that candy like packaging! I’ve tried three out of five shades already, and I really like the formula.

Lastly, I picked up one of the Make Up For Ever Rouge Artist Metallics limited edition metallic lipsticks, because it just looked so beautiful. I chose the shade 003 Fiery Red, and it’s such a pretty, metallic red shade. Stay tuned for one more Christmas themed make-up haul.

MAC Hypnotizing Holiday

It’s time to begin the holiday/Christmas posts, and let’s start with this year’s limited edition holiday collection from MAC called Hypnotizing Holiday. From the colour collection I purchased two lipsticks, one of the Hyper Real Glow Duos, and one of the Powerpoint eye pencils.

I picked up the frost lipstick in Berry Tricky, which is described as a purple w/ purple pearl, and the matte lipstick in Wild Card, which is described as a blue red (I would say that it has a hint of pink to it).

I chose the Hyper Real Glow Duo in Fortune Teller/Blizzard Wizard, because it was the most unique one. The shades are described as a red with red pearl and a white that breaks gold.

The Powerpoint eye pencil has the cutest star shaped lid, and I purchased the shade Mistletoe Mint, which is obviously a mint shade.

I also picked up a face palette and an eyeshadow palette from the collection.

This is the Step Bright Up Extra Dimension Skinfinish palette in Light. I usually love the Extra Dimension face palettes from the holiday collections, and I think this one will be no exception. I’ve only used the middle shade so far, but it was very pretty. I love that it’s a gold shade pale enough for my fair skin. The lavender shade looks so pretty too.

The collection comes with three 6-pan eyeshadow palettes, and I picked up the Surprise Eyes eye shadow x 6 in Rich, because I liked the colour story of this one the best. Plums and reds are always pretty for the holiday season.

Smaller Beauty Bay haul

I have a smaller Beauty Bay haul to share with you today. I purchased these products back in late May, when Jeffree Star released a bunch of new shades of his Velvet Trap lipsticks, so I purchased four of those. I also picked up a couple of other products at the same time.

I had to get two of the red shades from the Velvet Trap lipstick line extension. I picked up RedRum, which I also own in the Velour liquid lipstick formula, the older Lip Ammunition formula, and as the Velour lip liner. It’s my favourite shade of classic red. I also picked up the shade Red Affair, which I also own in the Supreme Gloss formula, and I love that shade too.

The shade that I was most excited about was definitely the shade Extending the Olive Branch, which is a mustard yellow. I’d been wanting a mustard yellow lipstick for a while, so I was so excited to finally have one in my lipstick collection, and I love it. I also picked up the shade Gardening Hoe, which is a muted nude yellow, which is also a shade that I’m really into.

One of the other two products I picked up was the Made By Mitchell Mini Mitchell Vol. 1 palette (& pouch). I really like the Made By Mitchell eyeshadows, and this mini palette comes with some fun colours.

The last product I picked up was a back-up of the Soda #wowbrow Flat Brow Liner in the shade Kim, because I love this brow pencil. It’s one of my favourites.

Zalando haul (June)

Today I have a Zalando haul to share with you. It’s a mix of clothes, shoes, accessories, and make-up. I purchased these items in June.

I have this style of skirt from Monki in quite a few colour ways and patterns, but I had to add this cute, floral one to my wardrobe as well. It’s just the perfect summer skirt in my opinion.

I really like this style of vest/tank top, so I purchased this two pack from Monki on sale with an orange and a black one.

Monki makes really cute shoes, and these two pairs of strappy block heel sandals are no exception. I loved wearing both pairs this past summer.

I also purchased another pair of strappy sandals. These are from Mango, and they’re really cute as well.

The last pair of shoes in this haul I featured in my June favourites, and they’re one of my best summer purchases. They’re from Teva, and they are so comfortable, and I’ve worn them so much.

I’d been eyeing these multicoloured rhinestone earrings from Topshop for so long, and when I found them on sale, I had to get them. I’m so glad that I did, because I’ve worn them quite a bit.

In my last haul, I featured the I Heart Revolution x Disney Fairytale Books Ariel/The Little Mermaid collection, and I also mentioned that there would be more Disney make-up in future hauls. This is one of those hauls, because I purchased more I Heart Revolution x Disney Fairytale Books palettes and heart highlighters. First off, we have the Belle/Beauty and the Beast palette and highlighter.

I also purchased the Cinderella palette and highlighter.

And lastly, I purchased the Tiana/The Princess and the Frog palette (the highlighter was too deep for me).

These are the rest of the make-up products. I purchased the Maybelline Fit Me Primer Luminous & Smooth primer, the MAC Studio Fix Sculpt And Shape Contour palette in Light/Medium, the MAC Prep + Prime Transparent finishing powder, and the Pixi On-The-Glow blush in the shade Juicy.

Here’s a closer look at the contour palette. I’ve not been contouring in years, but this palette has gotten me back in to it a little bit. I still don’t contour every day, but I do it sometimes, and I really enjoy using this palette. I really like the setting/finishing powders as well as the contour shades.

Big collective Beauty Bay haul

It’s time for a big collective Beauty Bay haul. These are products I purchased in late April to mid May.

Let’s start with the BPerfect Manifest Dream Big palette. I think I’d seen this palette on Youtube and thought it was a very interesting and fun colour scheme, so I decided to pick it up. To be honest, I’ve only worn a few times so far, but I really liked the looks I created. I should definitely get some use out of this palette.

I also picked up two more lipsticks from Soda. These are in the shades 006 Your Mood and 008 Pretty Doll, and both shades are beautiful.

Here’s a closer look at the three blushers you see in the first picture. I picked up another Made By Mitchell Blursh liquid blusher. This one is in the shade Posey Rosey. I’d heard good things about the Milani Cheek Kiss cream blush, so I decided to try out the shade 120 Coral Crush, and it’s a lovely cream blusher. And then I picked up something, I’ve been wanting for years. Well, sort of. In the late spring, Too Faced launched the Love Flush Water Colour blushes, which I think is a revamped version of their original Love Flush blushes, which I sadly missed out on.

The first shade I picked up is called No Ordinary Love, and it’s a pretty pale pink shade.

As you can see, I late on decided to pick up another shade of the Too Faced Love Flush Water Colour blushes. I also picked up the Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Freeze, which was on sale, and two of the L.A. Girl Pastel Dream auto eyeliners in the shades Sunshine and Lavender.

The second shade I picked up of the Too Faced blushes is called California Love, and it’s a very nice nude colour.

And I’ve already talked about the Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Freeze in a 5 favourites post, and I’m still obsessed with this product; I’ve been using it almost every day for quite a while now.

Speaking of Anastasia Beverly Hills, I got the craziest deal on this set of two of her most well known eyeshadow palettes; the Modern Renaissance palette and the Soft Glam palette.

Here’s a closer look at the two palettes. Even though they’re both very neutral, which is not my go-to kind of eyeshadow palette, they’re still very pretty, and I really like the ABH eyeshadow formula.

Now, let’s talk BH Cosmetics. The BH Cosmetics eyeshadows are some of my favourites, and I really liked the look of the Do Not Disturb shadow palette. I also liked the look of the BH Cosmetics Say It! shimmer glosses in the shades Do Not Disturb + Low Key Love You.

Here’s a closer look at the inside of the palette and the glosses. So pretty!

Let’s just stay with BH Cosmetics a little longer, because I also picked up the BH Cosmetics Flower Power 5 Piece Face & Eye brush set with bag. I really like BH Cosmetics brushes; they really affordable, but really good.

Last, but not least, I picked up some lip products from Jeffree Star Cosmetics, and they were all on sale. I bought the Supreme Gloss in Mannequin, the Velour liquid lipsticks in I’m Royalty and Blue Velvet, the Velour lip liners in Mannequin and Blue Velvet, and the Velvet Trap lipstick in So Jaded.

This is what So Jaded looks like; a beautiful deep forest green.

5 favourites – September

The first month of autumn has come to an end. The weather has definitely started to become more autumnal, and I’m very excited about that. I’m looking forward to another month of autumn with Halloween around the corner, and then it won’t be long before Christmas is here! If you’ve been following my blog for a while, you know how I feel about Christmas. But anyways, let’s not get ahead of ourselves, and let’s talk about some of my favourite things from the month of September.

Dior Backstage Face & Body powder in 0N Neutral: This product is from one of my August/September hauls. It will still be quite a while before I’ll be posting that haul, but I had to share this powder with you. Dior is obviously a luxury brand, and this is not a cheap powder, but I think it might be worth the more expensive price point, because it’s just stunning on the skin. It has a natural glow to it, which looks beautiful.

MAC Magic Extension mascara: I got a sample of the newest mascara from MAC with an online purchase this past summer, and I will be doing a first impressions post on it at some point. However, as you might have guessed from the fact that I’m featuring it in a favourites post, I really enjoy this mascara. It looks great, I like the brush, and it doesn’t transfer on me, so I’m quite excited about this product.

KAYALI Eau de Parfum Rollerball in MUSK | 12 & VANILLA | 28: I don’t try new perfumes very often, but I’m obsessed with everything vanilla scented, so I thought I would try this rollerball perfume from KAYALI. It’s a dobble-ended rollerball, so it also have a musk perfume, and I absolutely love both scents. And I love the rollerball design; it’s so convenient and travel-friendly.

LEGO Mickey Mouse & Minnie Mouse: For my birthday in August my boyfriend gave me this LEGO Mickey Mouse & Minnie Mouse set. It wasn’t on my wishlist, but it was such a great gift. I’ve had such a great time buildning my two favourite mice, and I’m really excited to build the last few pieces that came with the set; a flower bouquet, a guitar, a camera on a tripod, and a book.

The Danish Girl (film): I’ve been wanting to watch this film for years now, and I finally got around to it when I was ill with the flu a couple of weeks ago. It’s such a beautiful and emotional story; in the film and in real life. I think I was extra moved by it being Danish myself. Go watch it if you haven’t already, and be prepared to cry.

Collective Feelunique haul (late April)

It’s time for a collective Feelunique haul. I purchased these products in late April, so I’ve had them for a while, but that also means that I’ve had time to try them out.

Let’s start with some face products. I picked up one the Revlon Skin Lights Prismatic bronzers, another one of the Revlon Skin Lights Prismatic highlighters, and the Maybelline FaceStudio Chrome Extreme Intense Metallic highlighter in 200 Diamond. As you can see, the Maybelline highlighter came broken, so it’s a bit difficult to use, which is why, I haven’t used it much yet.

It’s another story with the Revlon Skin Lights Prismatic bronzer in 110 Sunlit Glow, because I’ve used that bronzer a lot. I really like the shade and finish of this bronzer; it looks beautiful on the skin. It’s one of my favourite products from this haul.

In this Feelunique haul, I featured one of the Revlon Skin Lights Prismatic highlighters, but the shade turned out to be too dark on me (shade 202 Twilight Gleam). So when I saw that the lighter shade 201 Daybreak Glimmer was in stock I decided to pick it up, and this one is the prettiest pale gold highlighter, and it works very well on my fair skin.

Moving on to a few more cheek products and a lip liner. I love NYX lip liners/pencils and the Slim lip pencils are classics. This is the shade Natural, and it’s such a good pinky nude lip liner. The two blushers are the Maybelline Dream Matte Blush Creamy Cheek Tints, which I hadn’t heard of before. I picked up the two shades that were available, 30 Coy Coral and 80 Burgundy Blush, and even though I haven’t played with them that much yet, I really like how my cheeks looked the days I wore them.

The last two cheek products I purchased were the bareMinerals Gen Nude Blonzers. I also decided to get the Urban Decay All Nighter face primer, which I’ve been enjoying a lot, and I also picked up a back-up of my favourite highlighter brush, the Morphe M510 pro round blender brush.

Here’s a better look at the bareMinerals Gen Nude Blonzers. I got the shades Kiss of Pink and Kiss of Copper. I wouldn’t say that these can replace actual bronzer. To me they are just blushers, but that’s not a bad thing, because they are very pretty.

I picked up two more primers as well. These are the NYX Angel Veil Skin Perfecting primer and the NYX Hydra Touch primer. I’ve only used the Hydra Touch primer once or twice so far, so I haven’t formed a proper opinion on it yet, but I’m really liking the Angel Veil primer. It’s a primer, I’ve been wanting to try for years, and I’m glad that I finally did.

And now on to some base products. I featured the L’Oreal Paris Infaillible 24H Fresh Wear foundation (shade: 015 Porcelain) in my August 5 favourites post, which obviously means that I love this product. And I do. It has quickly become one of my favourite foundations. I also picked up the Beauty Bakerie Flour setting powder in Oat (translucent), which I like as well. The Revlon PhotoReady Candi Antioxidant concealer (shade 010 Vanilla) is not a great shade match, so I probably won’t be keeping it for long.

The last three products in this haul are all back-ups. The Maybelline Fit Me Matte + Poreless foundation in 110 Porcelain and the Maybelline Dream Urban Cover foundation in 100 Warm Ivory are my two favourite foundations, so I always have back-ups of those. And the Maybelline Lash Sensational Sky High mascara has become one of my favourite mascaras, so I needed a back-up of that one too.

Zalando haul – clothes, accessories, beauty

I have a Zalando haul to share with you today. It’s a mix of clothes, accessories, and beauty products. Let’s start with the clothes.

I got three pieces of clothing, and all three pieces are from Monki. I thought the white button up blouse with the floral embroidery was very pretty, and I’ve actually worn it with the lilac wide leg jeans. I wore the denim shorts on my summer holiday in July when the weather was hot.

I purchased two accessories. The green snake print bag is also from Monki, and the white belt is from Tamaris. I hadn’t had a white belt for a while, and I missed having a white belt, so I picked this one up, and I really like it.

And now on to the beauty products. I picked up a The Balm Bronzilla bronzer, two MAC Black Cherry Extra Dimension blushes in the shades Dilly-Dolly and Under My Plum, a L’Oréal Lash Paradise mascara in Moonlight Noir, two Maybelline Colour Sensational Ultimatte lipsticks in the shades More Scarlet + More Rust, and a Maybelline Lifter Gloss in the shade 8 Stone.

Here’s a closer look at the bronzer and blushers. I love the MAC Extra Dimension formula, and these blushers are so stunning. I’m especially obsessed with the light pink shade with a gold shift called Dilly-Dolly.

I also picked up a NYX The Marshmellow primer set including a full size primer, a travel size primer, and a sponge. I love the primer, but I haven’t tried the sponge yet. It sure is cute though.

Collective beauty haul – palettes, cheeks and lips

I have a collective beauty haul to share with you today. It consists of palettes, cheek and lip products. Let’s start with the palettes.

I’ve purchased two more Natasha Denona palettes. I’m probably the most excited about the Zendo palette, which I purchased right when it launched. I’ve actually already featured it in a favourites post, which shows how much I like this palette. I just love the mix of colourful shades and neutrals.

The other ND palette that I purchased in late spring/early summer was the Triochrome palette. This is one of the bigger palettes, and it’s therefore more expensive, but one day I found it 40% off on sale, so I had to pick it up. The colour story is very interesting, and I’m excited to create more looks with it.

The last palette in this haul is the Huda Beauty Brown Obsessions Toffee palette. I really enjoy the Huda Beauty Obsessions palettes, and this is my kind of neutral palette. I love the looks I’ve created with this palette so far.

Now, let’s talk cheeks. I picked up two blushers and one highlighter.

I’ve been loving blusher lately; even more than I already did. So I’ve been trying to add blushers that I didn’t already own to my collection these past few month. That’s why I was attracted to both the KVD Vegan Beauty Everlasting blush in Poppy and the Nyx Sweet Cheeks matte creamy powder blush in Red Riot. They’re such fun colours.

Since Becca is going out of business, I thought I would finally pick up the Shimmering Skin Perfector pressed highlighter in Pearl. It was on sale, and I’ve been wanting this highlighter for a long time, so I’m glad that it’s finally a part of my highlighter collection.

Lastly, I picked up three lip products; a sheer lipstick, a metallic lipstick, and a liquid lipstick.

The sheer lipstick is the Fenty Beauty Slip Shine Sheer Shiny lipstick in Makeout Break. It’s such a pretty, comfortable nude lipstick, and the packaging is really pretty too.

The metallic lipstick is the Urban Decay Vice Lipstick in Singe, which is a metallic red. I got this one on sale, and I think it’ll be great for wearing around Christmas time.

I also picked up another NYX Shine Loud High Pigment Lip Shine. This is in the shade Ambition Statement, and it’s a very pretty terracotta nude.