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!

Nice orange and brown

Here’s the make-up I wore with this outfit. Orange and brown is such a nice make-up colour combo.

(Base: primer – e.l.f Cosmetics Power Grip 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 setting powder in Light, freckles – Nabla Freckle Maker. Face make-up: bronzer – Glam Shop Z Fioletem bronzer in Chocolate, blush – Lethal Cosmetics x Adventure Time Flame Princess blush, highlighter – Maybelline Sunkisser highlighter in 22 Star Studded. Eye make-up: base – Sigma Beauty Eyeshadow Base Primer in Ignite, eyeshadows – Essence Soft Touch eyeshadow in 01 The One + Wicked Widow Beauty Tales of Terror: A Haunting palette (shades: Mysterious Moon + Midnight Fright + 31 + Superstition + Shadows) + Essence YEE HAW! Jumbo eye crayon in 01 Big Dreams in Big Boots, mascara – Rimmel Kind & Free mascara (shade: 02 Brown Black), eyeliner – Essence Satin Blend gel eyeliner in 03 Bronzed Shimmer. Eyebrows: NYX Lift & Snatch! Brow Tint Pen in Ash Brown + e.l.f. Cosmetics Brow Lift. Lips: Colourpop Twilight New Moon Lippie pencil in Hello Biceps + Black Moon Cosmetics lipstick in Werewolf)

Gold lip

Here’s the make-up I wore with this outfit. I don’t remember the last time I wore a gold lip, but it’s kind of fun, isn’t it?

(Base: primer – e.l.f Cosmetics Power Grip primer, foundation – Rimmel Kind & Free Glow It Up moisturising skin tint (shade: Fair Porcelain 01), concealers – Rare Beauty Positive Light under eye brightener (shade: Light) + Danessa Myricks Beauty Yummy Skin Lift & Flex concealer (shade 2), powder – e.l.f. Cosmetics Halo Glow setting powder in Light, freckles – NABLA Freckle Maker. Face make-up: bronzer – Catrice Butter Like Bronze & Contour palette in 010 Born To Shape (both shades), blush – BH Cosmetics x Doja Cat Flora powder blush trio in Poppy (shades: 2 + 3), highlighter – Natasha Denona Pastel Plexi Glow highlighter. Eye make-up: base – MAC Pro Longwear Paint Pot in Painterly, eyeshadows – Singe Beauty Paisley Hoot palette (shades: Shag Rug + Bell Bottom + Platforms + Velvet + Chevron + Groovy + Disco), mascara – Maybelline Lash Sensational Sky High mascara (shade: Green Altitude), eyeliner – NYX Epic Wear Liner Stick in Cosmic Yellow. Eyebrows: NYX Lift & Snatch! Brow Tint Pen in Ash Brown + e.l.f. Cosmetics Brow Lift. Lips: Singe Beauty Evocative lip liner in Tender Teak + Nomad Cosmetics Witch City Salem Spellbinding lipstick in Witching Hour)

Different shimmer formula?

Here’s the make-up I wore with this outfit. The Unearthly Cosmetics shimmer formula usually doesn’t crease on my eyelids, but I think the formula has changed in the Shadow Sculpt – Ghoul Garden palette, because you can already see a bit of creasing in these pictures. It’s too bad, because the colour story of this palette is beautiful.

(Base: primer – e.l.f Cosmetics Power Grip primer, foundation – Maybelline Fit Me Nude BB cream SPF 50 (shade: 10), concealers – Rare Beauty Positive Light under eye brightener (shade: Light) + Danessa Myricks Beauty Yummy Skin Lift & Flex concealer (shade 2), powders – Essence Disney Pixar Up color correcting compact powder + e.l.f. Cosmetics Halo Glow setting powder in Light, freckles – NABLA Freckle Maker. Face make-up: bronzer – NABLA Skin Bronzing in Ambra, blush – Catrice Soft Glam baked blush in 020 Peachy Breeze, highlighter – NYX Bridgerton Royal highlighter in 1 Iridescent Peach. Eye make-up: base – MAC Pro Longwear Paint Pot in Painterly, eyeshadows – Essence Soft Touch eyeshadow in 01 The One + Unearthly Cosmetics Shadow Sculpt – Ghoul Garden palette (shades: Moth Milk + Bogheart + Faelight + Wilted Wings + Sprite Glow) + Colourpop Super Shock shadow in 3rd St, mascara – L’Oréal Panorama volume million mascara in Black, eyeliner – MAC Colour Excess Gel pencil eye liner in Minty Fresh. Eyebrows: NYX Lift & Snatch! Brow Tint Pen in Ash Brown + e.l.f. Cosmetics Brow Lift. Lips: MAC Fruit Cocktail lip pencil + Colourpop The Muppets Glowing Lip in Picture of Joy)

Blue and gold halo eye

Here’s the make-up I wore with this outfit. I don’t remember the last time I did a halo eye, but I had so much fun creating this blue and gold one.

(Base: primers – Danessa Myricks Beauty Yummy Skin Blurring Balm Powder (shade: Universal) + 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) + Danessa Myricks Beauty Yummy Skin Lift & Flex concealer (shade 2), powder – e.l.f. Cosmetics Halo Glow setting powder in Light. Face make-up: bronzer – Makeup By Mario SoftSculpt serum bronzer in Fair, blush – e.l.f Cosmetics Sheer For It Blush Tint in Left on Red, highlighter – Made By Mitchell Blursh Lights liquid highlighter in Ice Ice BB. Eye make-up: base – MAC Pro Longwear Paint Pot in Painterly, eyeshadows – Samplr #03_NEON GRUNGE 25-pan colour palette (shades: NG #23MA + NG #15MA + NG #10MA + NG #21M + NG #9M + NG #8M), mascara – L’Oréal Panorama volume million mascara in Black, eyeliners – Colourpop BFF Crème gel liners in Prance + In The Together. Eyebrows: NYX Lift & Snatch! Brow Tint Pen in Ash Brown + e.l.f. Cosmetics Brow Lift. Lips: Anastasia Beverly Hills Lip Liner in Cherry + Jeffree Star Cosmetics Velour liquid lipstick in Redrum Remix)

Go-to quick eye look

Here’s the make-up I wore with this outfit. My go-to quick eye look lately has been a matte colour in the crease and on the lower lash line with a similar/matching shimmer shade all over the lid. It’s quick and easy, and it still looks pretty.

(Base: primer – MAC Frosted Blur primer in Cool + Clear, foundation – KVD Beauty Good Apple Skin-Perfecting foundation balm (shade: Light 006), concealers – Rare Beauty Positive Light under eye brightener (shade: Light) + Morphe Wakeup Artist under eye correcting concealer in Ivory 3N, powders – Fenty Beauty Bright Fix Instant Brightening + Blurring powder (shade: Lavender 01) + Glamlite Translucent Bake and Set powder. Face make-up: bronzer – Catrice Butter Like Bronze & Contour palette in 010 Born To Shape (both shades), blush – Lethal Cosmetics Magnetic face powder in Aster, highlighter – LAKA Dreambeam highlighter in #03 Water Beam. Eye make-up: base – MAC Pro Longwear Paint Pot in Painterly, eyeshadows – Anastasia Beverly Hills Nouveau palette (shades: Paloma + Wisteria) + Urban Decay Moondust eyeshadow in Headliner + By BEAUTY BAY Bouncy Beam shimmer stick in Gold Hoops, mascara – Maybelline Lash Sensational Sky High mascara (shade: Plum Twilight), eyeliner – Colourpop Pretty Guardians Sailor Moon BFF Crème gel liner in Azabu-Juban. Eyebrows: NYX Lift & Snatch! Brow Tint Pen in Ash Brown + e.l.f. Cosmetics Brow Lift. Lips: Anastasia Beverly Hills Lip Liner in Toffee Rose + Fenty Beauty Gloss Bomb universal lip luminizer in Smurfette Effect)

Glossy, shimmery, brown

Here’s the make-up I wore with this outfit. There’s just something about a glossy, shimmery, brown lip that’s so delicious.

(Base: primer – e.l.f. Cosmetics Liquid Poreless Putty primer, foundation – Milk Makeup Hydro Grip gel tint (shade: 2), concealers – Smashbox x Becca Under Eye Brightening Corrector in Fair/Light + Huda Beauty #FAUXFILTER Luminous Matte liquid concealer (shade: 1.3G Marshmellow), powders – Laura Mercier Translucent Loose Setting Powder Tone Up in Rose + e.l.f. Cosmetics Halo Glow setting powder in Light, freckles – Nabla Freckle Maker. Face make-up: bronzer – RMS Beauty ReDimension Hydra bronzer in Beachwalk Betty, blush + highlighter – Simply Posh Cosmetics Cozy Up cheek palette (shades: Snug (blush) + Merry & Bright (highlighter)). Eye make-up: base – MAC Pro Longwear Paint Pot in Painterly, eyeshadows – Essence Soft Touch eyeshadow in 01 The One + Natasha Denona Mini Gloom palette (shades: Moss + Cinder + Verdant + Glint + Zephyr), mascara – Rimmel Kind & Free mascara (shade: 02 Brown Black), eyeliner – e.l.f. Cosmetics Smoky Eye-Con kohl eyeliner in Limelight. Eyebrows: NYX Lift & Snatch! Brow Tint Pen in Ash Brown + e.l.f. Cosmetics Brow Lift. Lips: Colourpop Twilight New Moon Lippie pencil in Hello Biceps + Fenty Beauty Gloss Bomb Stix shimmer in Hot Chocolit 03)

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.

A bit too sheer

Here’s the make-up I wore with this outfit. The lipgloss is a bit too sheer to work on it’s own with just lip liner in my opinion, but I really like the eye look and the blush and highlighter combo.

(Base: primers – KVD Beauty Lock It pore-refining primer + Charlotte Tilbury Hollywood Flawless Filter (shade: 1 Fair), foundation – Fenty Beauty Eaze Drop blurring skin tint (shade: 2), concealers – Fenty Beauty Bright Fix Eye Brightener (shade: Golden Ivory) + Danessa Myricks Beauty Yummy Skin Lift & Flex concealer (shade 2), powders – Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Brightening Flawless Finish powder (shade: Fair/Medium) + Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Finish powder (shade: 1 Fair) + Huda Beauty Glowish Luminous pressed powder in 01 Fair. Face make-up: bronzer – Haus Labs Power Sculpt velvet bronzer in Soleil Sand, blush – MAC Mineralize blush in Flirting With Danger, highlighter – Oden’s Eye Solmåne Moonlight Feel highlighter in H101 Moon Talk. Eye make-up: base – Wet n Wild Megalast eyeshadow primer, eyeshadow – Dede Signature Broken Jewels palette (shades: Opal Dust + Emerald Burst + Midnight Teal + Burnt Clay + Blue Fracture + Golden Shard + Rose Ruin), mascara – Max Factor 2000 Calorie mascara (shade: 04 Navy), eyeliner – Colourpop BFF Crème gel liner in Prance. Eyebrows: NYX Lift & Snatch! Brow Tint Pen in Ash Brown + e.l.f. Cosmetics Brow Lift. Lips: Trixie Cosmetics Lip Sync gel lip liner in Fashionably Late + Haus Labs PhD Hybrid lip glaze in Persimmon)

Shrek

Here’s the make-up I wore with this outfit. I used some of the products from the Colourpop Shrek collection, and I really like them. The eyeshadow palette is one of the best palettes Colourpop has released in 2025.

(Base: primer – e.l.f Cosmetics Power Grip primer, foundation – Rare Beauty Positive Light tinted moisturizer (shade: 14W), concealers – Rare Beauty Positive Light under eye brightener (shade: Light) + Danessa Myricks Beauty Yummy Skin Lift & Flex concealer (shade 2), powder – e.l.f. Cosmetics Halo Glow setting powder in Light. Face make-up: bronzer – Makeup By Mario SoftSculpt Transforming Skin Enhancer in Light, blush – Colourpop Shrek Lip and Cheek Balm in Fairytale Things, highlighter – MAC Skinfinish Lightstruck liquid highlighter in Lightscapade. Eye make-up: base – MAC Pro Longwear Paint Pot in Painterly, eyeshadows – Colourpop Shrek Beware Orge palette (shades: Better Out Than In + Shrek Happens + My Swamp + I’m Making Waffles! + What The Shrek? + Sir Knight + Layers), mascara – Rimmel Kind & Free mascara (shade: 02 Brown Black), eyeliner – Oden’s Eye Solmåne gel liner in 006 Green Tea. Eyebrows: NYX Lift & Snatch! Brow Tint Pen in Ash Brown + e.l.f. Cosmetics Brow Lift. Lips: Maybelline Lifter Liner in 09 Peaking + MAC Spirit lipstick + Colourpop Shrek Ultra Glossy Lip in Orge)