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Zalando haul – mainly sale (August 2024)

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I have a Zalando haul to share with you today. Most of the items in this haul were on sale.

I picked up two tulle skirts. The pink one is from Vila and the cream one with navy polka dots is from Only. I bought the pink one because it reminded me of Carrie Bradshaw. I haven’t worn it yet though. I have worn the cream one with the polka dots twice, and I love both outfits I created with it.

I purchased three pairs of shoes. This first pair is from Marco Tozzi, and I just love the iridescent rainbow sparkles and the fact that they remind a bit of ballroom dance shoes.

I contemplated buying these ramen heels from Koi Footwear for so long, but I eventually caved and got them. I love ramen, and these shoes are so unique and fun.

I also had these shoes and bag from the ALDO Barbie collaboration in my Zalando wishlist for so long, and I finally bought them, when they went on sale. I can’t wait to style these for summer.

For jewellery I picked up a brooch from Pieces, a ring from ALDO, and the cutest T-Rex earrings from Coach.

Let’s move on to beauty. I really enjoy Real Techniques brushes, so I got this Solar Power brush set on sale.

I got the Revlon Colorstay Suede Ink lipstick in In Charge (009) and the L’Oréal True Match radiant serum concealer in 1N. Sadly, I’ve already decluttered both of these products. The lipstick wasn’t anything special, and the concealer was stinging my undereye area, which obviously wasn’t pleasant.

I really like the NYX Buttermelt blushes, and I think these two shades called 01 My Butta Half and 02 Butta Together were the first to shades I bought, and I really like both shades.

The last four products are also from NYX, and they’re from their 2024 holiday launch. I picked up the NYX Home Alone Ultimate Battle Plan shadow palette, the NYX Buttermelt face palette in 01, and two of the NYX Butter Gloss swirl lip glosses in Peppermint Swirl and Holly Berry Swirl. I’ve enjoyed these products.

Magasin haul – mainly sale (August 2024)

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I have a beauty and accessories haul to share with you today. Everything was on sale apart from the first lip liner and lipstick.

When I saw that Rare Beauty had launched a red shade in the Kind Words matte lip liner and lipstick, I had to pick them up. The shade is called Devoted, and it’s super pretty.

I’d been wanting to try the Sephora Collection About That Shine lacquer shine and sheer shine lipsticks, so I got the lacquer shine lipstick in the shade 09 Volcanic Lava and two of the sheer shine lipsticks in the shades 10 Radiant Flame and 16 Electric Glitter. Both formulas are very lovely.

The last make-up product, which I also really wanted to try, is the Too Faced Chocolate Soleil Melting Bronzing & Contour Stick in Chocolate Mousse. It’s a very creamy, blendable bronzer that looks beautiful on the skin, and it smells divine, like orange flavoured chocolate.

Let’s move on to the accessories. I got this floral tote bag from Pieces that can hold a lot of stuff.

From Pieces I also got these big, asymmetrical earrings.

And speaking of earrings, I also picked up these three pairs from Mango.

I also got this pearl necklace from Pieces. You know I love me some pearls.

I also love brooches, and I was so excited to find these pretty, beaded butterfly ones from Becksöndergaard. I actually wore the pink one yesterday, and I’m wearing both the blue one and the green one today.

Last up, we have hair accessories. I bought this headband and these two hair clips from Pieces.

I also bought a navy blue flower hair clip, a pink flower hair tie, and a big pink scrunchie from Becksöndergaard. I’ve really enjoyed wearing all of these accessories.

Sephora haul (July 2024)

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I have a Sephora haul to share with you today. This haul includes some items that I’d been really excited to try and also some back-ups.

I featured both the Kayali Eden Sparkling Lychee I 39 Eau De Parfum and the Makeup By Mario SoftSculpt serum bronzer in Fair in my August favourites post, and I still love both of these products.

I also picked up the Fenty Beauty Gloss Bomb Stix in 04 Is It Fu$$y. I actually haven’t worn this yet.

Rare Beauty was on sale, which happens very rarely, so I picked up three back-ups; the Perfect Strokes universal volumizing mascara, the Positive Light under eye brightener in Light, and the Positive Light tinted moisturizer in 14W. I really love all three of these products. I also bought another shade of the Soft Pinch luminous powder blushes. I chose the shade Happy, which is a beautiful pink.

Lastly, I purchased the Pat McGrath Labs Mthrshp Bijoux Brilliance blush and eye shadow palette in Jeweled Temptation on sale. It’s from last year’s holiday release from Pat McGrath Labs, and it’s quite pretty.

Christmas clothing and accessories haul 2024

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I usually do a Christmas clothing and accessories haul every year, and some years it’s bigger than others. This year it’s not the biggest Christmas Christmas clothing and accessories haul I’ve ever posted, but it’s a pretty decent one.

I actually purchased a pair of Christmas shoes this year. When I saw these Mickey Mouse Xmas Crocs, I knew I wanted them, but they were a little expensive, so I waited till they went on sale, and then I bought them. They’re just so festive, and they’re lined, so they’re really warm too.

Let’s move on to the clothes. I purchased this red jumper with penguins on it at a supermarket called Coop 365 or 365discount.

Then I bought this jumper, cardigan, and sweater vest from the supermarket brand VRS (purchased at Bilka), which is one of my go-to places for shopping Christmas clothes.

I decided to include this The Nightmare Before Christmas T-shirt from Asos Design in this haul, since Jack Skellington is wearing his santa outfit on the back of the T-shirt, and Zero is holding a candy cane in this mouth on the front.

I also got some black tights with red bows from another supermarket called Netto, and I got some new Christmassy socks from H&M.

Lastly, I picked up some jewellery from Flying Tiger; some golden bow earrings with red bells, some asymmetrical snow man earrings, and a golden Christmas tree brooch.

Collective beauty haul (July 2024)

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I have a rather large collective beauty haul to share with you today. It’s a mix of drugstore, high end etc.

Let’s begin with the bits I picked up from the Essence Hello Kitty collection. I wish that this collection had a few more make-up items, but these things are cute nonetheless. I got the pocket mirror in 01 Make Today Amazing, the nail stickers in 01 Life’s Better With Besties, the mattifying paper in 01 Make The Most Of Today, the caring sheer lipstick in 01 Find Something Sweet In Each Day, and the blushlighter in 01 It’s The Inside That Counts!.

Here’s a closer look at some of the items. Definitely cute.

I also purchased these three products at the same time as I purchased the Essence Hello Kitty collection. I got another Rimmel Kind & Free mascara in 002 Brown Black, because I really enjoy this mascara. I also got another shade of the NYX Butter Gloss Bling lipglosses. It’s in the shade 08 Hu$tla. And most importantly I finally got my hands on the RMS Beauty ReDimension Hydra bronzer in Beachwalk Betty, which I’ve already featured in a favourites post.

I was really intrigued by the Fenty Beauty Gloss Bomb Stix and Trace’d Out pencil lip liners, and I picked up the shade The MVP 10 in both. I’m not quite sure how I feel about the formulas yet though.

Before moving on to a big Catrice collection, I also wanted to show you the Danessa Myricks Beauty Yummy Skin Low Lighters in Unbothered. I’m not sure if you’re supposed to use this product as a highlighter or as a blush, but it’s more of a blush on me. I love the whole Danessa Myricks Beauty Yummy Skin line.

Okay, I think the Generation Joy collection from Catrice is so fun. I love the colourful packaging, and there are some nice products in this collection.

First up we have the Magic Skin Perfector in C01 Embrace Yourself and the coloured mascara in C01 Real Rosewood. I’m not sure how I feel about the Magic Skin Perfector yet, but the mascara was quite pretty and unique.

I love the packaging of the lipsticks! They come in three shades; C01 True Tangerine, C02 Real Rosewood, and C03 Bold Berry.

I love that the lipliners come in the same three shades as the lipsticks. These are plumping lipliners by the way.

The Generation Joy collection also included two blushlighters in the shades C01 Flush of Joy and C02 Make Me Blush.

The remaining products in this haul are all from Beauty Bay. I collect the By BEAUTY BAY 20 colour palettes, and I really like the colour story of the Botanical palette.

I already had the Made By Mitchell Curve Case in Light, and I really like it, so I thought it would be fun to try the Lighter version as well.

I also picked up the e.l.f. Cosmetics Suntouchable! All Set for Sun SPF 30 spray, the Jeffree Star Cosmetics Magic Candy liquid blush in Watermelon Latex, and the Glisten Cosmetics Blooming Blush in Yikes!.

Lastly, I got three products from Trixie Cosmetics. The blush is the Show Pony single blush and the pinky red lipstick is the Love Interest buttercream lipstick. The bright pink lipstick is called Stacy and was a free gift with purchase.

Zalando haul (July 2024)

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I have a Zalando haul to share with you today. It includes two pairs of shoes, some accessories, and some make-up bits.

My love for Crocs is ever growing, and I love the Siren style with the chunky heel. The pink version was on my wishlist for so long, and when they came to Zalando I purchased them immediately.

I bought the Mega Crush sandals from Crocs in a nude pink colour last year, and when I saw that these purple ones were on sale, I had to have them.

I also picked up two 5 pcs of Jibbitz on sale; the Keith Haring ones and some Snow White ones.

I’m still on the hunt for all kinds of brooches and these two from Pieces are so pretty.

I also got this red beaded headband from Pieces. You know I like my headbands.

Now, let’s move on to make-up. I love MAC lipsticks, and I never owned the original Snob lipstick, so I decided to get the new MACXIMAL matte lipstick in Lipstick Snob, which is a similar shade. I also picked up the rereleased frost lipstick in Haku, which came out for MAC’s 40th anniversary.

At a later time I also bought these three lipsticks on sale; the Revlon Colorstay Suede Ink lipstick in Lip Boom, the Maybelline Color Sensational lipstick in 240 Galactic Mauve, and another rereleased frost lipstick from MAC in the shade Chintz.

Lastly, I purchased one of the new shades of the MAC Glow Play blushes. This shade is called Plush Pepper. I also got the Kiko Milano Sculpting Touch creamy stick contour in 200 Hazelnut. Both products were on sale.

Oden’s Eye Solmåne II Moon Wish collection

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Oden’s Eye is one of my favourite indie make-up brands, and I love their original Solmåne II collection, so I was very excited about the Solmåne II Moon Wish collection. I purchased the entire collection which included a palette, three of the Solmåne Sunlight Love blushers and three of the Solmåne Moonlight Feel highlighters.

The Solmåne II Moon Wish palette has the same kind of packaging and layout as the original Solmåne II palette, but in a different colour scheme of course. I love the colour story of the original palette and I love the colour story of Moon Wish as well. I mean, look at all those stunning purples and blues.

I think the packaging of the Solmåne Sunlight Love blushers and the Solmåne Moonlight Feel highlighters is so pretty.

I really enjoy these blush formulas from Oden’s Eye. Some of the shades are matte and some are shimmery. These shades are called (from left to right) B104 Lilac Mist, B105 Pink Bloom, and W104 Solar Eclipse. They’re all beautiful.

The Solmåne Moonlight Feel highlighters are some of my favourite shimmery, shifty highlighters in my collection, and I love these new shades. They’re called (from left to right) H107 Moon Tears, H108 Star Legend, and H109 Light Glory. This picture doesn’t do them justice.

Monolith haul (June 2024)

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I have a Monolith haul to share with you today. It consists of some fun eyeshadow palettes and cheek products.

First up is the beautiful Blend Bunny Cosmetics Longing palette, which I actually wore on my birthday in August. I think this colour story is so pretty.

This is the Fantasy Cosmetica Cradled In Ice palette, and it was the brand’s first 12-pan palette. I like how the palette is almost divided into two halves.

I think the Unearthly Cosmetics Spring Magic collection is just stunning. I’ve worn the eyeshadow palette several times, and I’ve loved all the looks I’ve created with it. It’s such a versatile palette. The incandescent blush palette is lovely as well, if you like glowy blushes.

And lastly, also from Unearthly Cosmetics, I picked up the High Temp palette and the High Temp glowing bronzer in Fair. Great products for summer.

Collective haul – beauty (June 2024)

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This is my collective beauty haul from June. This haul includes a lot of good stuff.

First I’m going to show you the items I picked up from the Danish drugstore Matas. I got most of the stuff on sale. I added another Sol de Janeiro scent to my collection. This is the Brazilian Crush Cheirosa 40 perfume mist.

These two products are from the Essence It’s Bubble Gum Fun collection. I’ve already decluttered the liquid highlighter in 01 Bubble Gum’tastic, but the bouncy blush in 01 Make My Heart Bubble is decent as far as I remember.

The NYX Butter Gloss Bling lipglosses are really nice glittery glosses. I picked up the shades 05 She Got Money and 07 Big Spender.

I was really excited to try the Fenty Beauty Hot Cheeks Velour blushlighter in Fresh Peach, but after trying it I don’t think it’s going to be one of my go-to glowy blushes due to the very golden sheen. The Fenty Beauty Gloss Bomb Oil Luminizing Lip Oil ‘N Gloss in $uperfine $uga looks really pretty.

I also purchased a selection of products from Clarins. I got the Bronzing Compact sunkissed healthy glow powder, two of the Instant Comfort lip oils in 24 White and 25 Black, and two of the Lip Oil balms in 2 Pitaya and 5 Cherry. I really enjoy these products.

Let’s move on to the things I bought from Sephora. I picked up these three cheek products; the Haus Labs Power Sculpt velvet bronzer in Soleil Sand, the Haus Labs Color Fuse Longwear Glassy Lip + Blushstick in Glassy Lilac, and the Milk Makeup Cooling Water Jelly Tint blush and lip stain in Burst. I really like the two products from Haus Labs, but I don’t really get the hype around the Milk Makeup Cooling Water Jelly Tints.

The other three make-up products I picked up from Sephora are the Rare Beauty Always An Optimist Soft Radiance setting powder in Light, the Natasha Denona Hy-Glam concealer in P1, and the Natasha Denona Hy-Gen Skincare Infused Glow Beautifier in Light. I really like the Rare Beauty powder, and the Natasha Denona Hy-Gen Skincare Infused Glow Beautifier is really pretty, but I just can’t seem to find the right shade of the Natasha Denona Hy-Glam concealer. Maybe it’s time to give up.

Kayali is probably my favourite perfume brand, and I was so excited to get my hands on the Vacay in a Bottle miniature set. The set comes with the following four scents; Marrakesh in a Bottle Orange Blossom I 24, Capri in a Bottle Lemon Sugar I 14, Maui in a Bottle Sweet Banana I 37, and Maldives in a Bottle Ylang Coco I 20. It’s hard to pick a favourite, but I think it’s either Capri in a Bottle Lemon Sugar I 14 or Maui in a Bottle Sweet Banana I 37.

Lastly, I had to buy these two stunning palettes from Cosmic Brushes. They’re called the Nudetrals palette and the Cooltrals palette, and I’m so impressed by both. Cosmic Brushes makes some of the best quality eyeshadows in my opinion.

An even bigger Lyko haul (June 2024)

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I have huge Lyko haul to share with you today. It consists of the Essence Harley Quinn collection and the Catrice The Joker collection plus a bunch of other stuff including sale items.

Let’s begin with the Essence Harley Quinn collection, which I’m pretty impressed by so far. I picked up two Jelly lipsticks in 01 Psycho Pink and 02 Gotham Glam and two Multi-reflective lipglosses in 01 Harley Glow and 02 Harley Chic. I really like both formulas.

I initially thought about skipping the eyeshadow palettes, because I haven’t loved the Essence eyeshadow formulas lately, but I picked up the eyeshadow palette in 02 Mad Love anyways. However, I could have skipped it, since it’s nothing special.

So far I really like the Pink loose setting powder in 01 Harley Vibes and I also liked the coloured mascara in 01 Purple the one time I used it.

The Meta Glow highlighters in 01 Rebel and 02 Lucky You are some of my favourite products from this collection. They’re great affordable shifty highlighters.

I love the Holo Bomb effect nail lacquers from Essence and this collection included two shades in 01 XOXO, Harley and 02 Chaos Queen.

Let’s move on to the Catrice The Joker collection. For lips, I picked up the lip oil and the matte lipstick in 020 Serious Smiles.

I didn’t get any of the eyeshadow palettes in this collection, but I did buy the eyeshadow toppers in 010 Hazardous and 020 Pow and the liquid eyeliners in 010 Eye-ronic Jester and 020 Inkredible Jokes, and both products are quite nice.

I know this is called the Maxi baked bronzer (shade: 010 Can’t Catch Me), but I’d wish the packaging was smaller, because I think I would get more use out of the product then.

These are the liquid blushes in 010 Prankster Pro, 020 The Joker’s Joy, and 030 Puddin’ Plum. These are very pigmented and the colours are very pretty.

These are the eyeshadow brush and the liquid blush brush from the collection.

And the last two products I got from The Joker collection are the 2-Phase face serum and Hair & Body mist.

Here’s a random selection of products I purchased. I got the Clinique x Kate Spade Pop Plush creamy lip gloss in Juicy Apple on sale. I loved the colour of the BBIA Ready To Wear Downy Cheek blush in 04 Downy Lavender, and I hadn’t tried a Milani baked blush in years, so I picked up the shade Dolce Pink. The Essence Kissed By The Light illuminating powder in 02 Sun Kissed came broken, but I’ve kept it for now to see if I get some use out of it.

I also got another shade of the NYX Buttermelt bronzer. This is the shade 01 Butta Cup. And then I picked up the Dose of Colors liquid matte lipstick in Warm Me Up. Both was on sale.

I’ve never tried anything from Artdeco, but I thought the packaging on these products were so pretty, so I decided to give them a go. They’re the All Seasons bronzing powder and the Sunkissed blush.

I love the Danessa Myricks Beauty Yummy Skin Blurring Balm Powder Flushed, so I picked up two more shades on sale. They’re in the shades Bellini and Rosé N Brunch. I also got the Danessa Myricks Beauty Vision Flush Glow in Femme, which is very pretty.

The last thing I bought was the Tweezerman Minnie Mouse Just Imagine eyelash curler.

And then I received the Make Up Store metallic liquid lipstick in Icon as a free gift with purchase.