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Colourpop Black Friday haul 2023

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On Black Friday, Colourpop had a 30% off sitewide deal, so I picked up some things.

I purchased the Black Friday mystery box, which included these two eyeshadow palettes; the It’s A Mood palette and the Off Melrose palette. I already own the It’s A Mood palette, but the Off Melrose palette is a new addition to my collection.

For cheeks, the mystery box included the Such A Rush cheek palette, which is way to dark for me, and the Super Shock blush in Birthday Suit, which I already own.

The box also included the Feather Effect brow pen in Black Brown, the liquid liner in The Hills, and the Super Shock shadow in Ripple. I didn’t own any of these products already.

The last two products in my mystery box were the Fourth Ray Beauty Overnight Success youth boosting mask and the Lux liquid lipstick in Just Imagine. I haven’t tried these products yet, but I definitely will at some point.

Moving on to the rest of the products I purchased in the sale. I got two more of the monochromatic 9-pan palettes; It’s My Pleasure and Orange You Glad?. I used both palettes to create this look, and I love the outcome.

I really enjoy the BFF créme gel liners from Colourpop, so I picked up the Sailor Moon Tokyo Love créme gel liner set including the two shades Azabu-Juban and Crystal Tokyo.

Another pencil from Colourpop that I really enjoy is the Lippie pencil, so I picked up two shades; V Cute and Love Bug.

I love the Pretty Fresh hydrating setting mist, so I got a back-up. I also love the Super Shock blushes and got the shade Lil Vibe, which is a super vibrant purply shade.

Lastly, I purchased a couple of Disney products. I got the Snow White Magic Mirror hand mirror, and then I finally got my hands on the Winnie The Pooh Hunny Pot lip care kit (include a lip scrub and a lip mask), which is so similar to the Winnie The Pooh lip care set from Catrice.

Dirty martini

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Here’s the make-up I wore with this outfit. I love a green eye look, and this particular look is no exception.

(Base: primers – e.l.f. Cosmetics Blemish Fighting Putty primer + Catrice Disney Winnie The Pooh Illuminating primer, foundation – Urban Decay Stay Naked Hydromaniac Tinted Glow Hydrator (shade: 20 Fair Neutral), concealers – Rare Beauty Positive Light under eye brightener (shade: Light) + Huda Beauty #FAUXFILTER Luminous Matte liquid concealer (shade: 1.3G Marshmellow), powders – Essence Brighten Up! Banana powder in 10 Bababanana + Kiko Milano Radiant Fusion baked powder in 01. Face make-up: bronzer – Physicians Formula Butter Donut bronzer in Sprinkles, blusher + highlighter – Colourpop Extra Glazed cheek palette (shades: Swirled + Smoke N’ Whistles). Eye make-up: base – Sigma Beauty Eyeshadow Base Primer in Ignite, eyeshadows – Essence eyeshadow in 20 Cream + Glamlite Dirty Martini palette (shades: Green Olive + Dry Vermouth + Olive Lover + Vodkatini) + MAC Nylon eyeshadow, mascaras – MAC Extended Play Gigablack Lash mascara + Essence I Love Extreme crazy volume mascara, eyeliners – Jeffree Star Cosmetics Automatic eyeliner in Resting Rich Face + Natasha Denona Macro Tech eye crayon in Camu Camu. Eyebrows: Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Freeze + Maybelline Brow Ultra Slim pencil in Medium Brown. Lips: Rimmel Kind & Free tinted lip balm in 005 Turbo Red)

Another fun colour combo

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Here’s the make-up I wore with this outfit. Purple and red is another really fun colour combo that I should play around with more often.

(Base: primers – Danessa Myricks Beauty Yummy Skin Blurring Balm Powder (shade: Universal) + Charlotte Tilbury Hollywood Flawless Filter (shade: 1 Fair), foundation – Danessa Myricks Beauty Yummy Skin serum skin tint (shade: 2), concealers – e.l.f. Cosmetics Putty Color-Correcting Eye Brightener (shade: Fair) + e.l.f. Cosmetics Camo colour corrector (shade: Green) + Huda Beauty #FAUXFILTER Luminous Matte liquid concealer (shade: 1.3G Marshmellow), powders – Laura Mercier Translucent Loose Setting Powder Tone Up in Rose + Dior Backstage Face & Body Powder-No-Powder in 0 Neutral. Face make-up: bronzer – Fenty Beauty Sun Stalk’r Instant Warmth bronzer (shade: Inda Sun), blusher – Blend Bunny Cosmetics Juicy Cheeks face palette (shade: Pulp), highlighter – R.E.M. Beauty Interstellar highlighter in Miss Neptune. Eye make-up: base – MAC Pro Longwear Paint Pot in Painterly, eyeshadows – Blend Bunny Cosmetics Machina palette (shades: Precision + Flawed + Emote + Conscious + Burn + Switch), mascaras – MAC Extended Play Gigablack Lash mascara + Essence I Love Extreme crazy volume mascara, eyeliner – Colourpop High School Musical Crème gel liner in Spring Musical. Eyebrows: Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Freeze + Maybelline Brow Ultra Slim pencil in Medium Brown. Lips: Essence Stay 8h lipliner in 08 Passionate + Maybelline Superstay Vinyl Ink in 25 Red-Hot)

Essence Mickey and Friends & Catrice Winnie The Pooh collections

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I have a huge Essence and Catrice haul to share with you today. It’s their latest Disney collabs; Essence Disney Mickey and Friends and Catrice Disney Winnie The Pooh. Let’s begin with the Essence Disney Mickey and Friends collection.

I picked up two of the eyeshadow palettes. I got 01 Dreams Are Forever, which has a green colour story and 03 Laughter Is Timeless, which has a blue colour story. I really liked the quality of green one, but the blue one was lacking in the pigmentation department. Both are very cute to look at though.

I purchased both of the Bouncy blushes. They’re in the shades 01 Never Grow Up and 02 Another Perfect Day. I think these are supposed to mimic the MAC Glow Play blushes, which has a blush formula that I love, so I think it’s nice to have an affordable version.

For lips I picked up the Balmy Gloss in 02 Back To Nature and the two Fruity lip balms in 01 Oh Cranberry! and 02 Red Berries Vibes!. The packaging on these is very cute.

The Essence collection also included two fixing sprays; the Happy Mood & Fixing Spray in 010 Nature Makes Me Happy and the Relaxing Mood & Fixing Spray in 020 Nature, The Antidote To Stress.

I love Essence nail polishes, and these are metallic shades called 01 Adventure Awaits and 02 Aw, Phooey!.

Lastly from the Essence Mickey and Friends collection, we have some tools. The collection included a cream blush brush and an eyeshadow brush and also creaseless hair clips.

Now let’s move on to the Catrice Disney Winnie The Pooh collection. I only picked up one of the eyeshadow palettes. This one is called 020 Friends Lift Each Other Up and has a lilac/purple colour story.

The Catrice collection included two Soft Glow bronzers in the shades 010 I Think It’s Called Love and 020 Promise You Won’t Forget Me Ever. These are so adorable!

The lip products in the Winnie The Pooh collection was a lip oil in 010 Silly Old Bear and some lip balms. I picked up the lip balm in the shade 010 Poohisms.

For lips I also got the Trio Lip Care Set 3pcs, which includes a lip mask, a lip scrub, and a lip exfoliator tool (I’m not sure if that is the proper name for it). This set is just the cutest!

I also purchased one of the nail polishes from the Catrice collection. It’s the Dream In Soft Glaze nail polish in 020 Let Your Sillyness Shine. I also got the nail and cuticle oil.

This collection also had an Illuminating Primer in 010 Poohtiful and a lash curler.

The very last thing in this haul is the soothing hand cream in 020 Just Doing Nothing with the cute Eeyore on the front.

Favourite though flashback

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Here’s the make-up I wore with this outfit. This is one of my favourite make-up looks I’ve done so far this year, but I’m so annoyed by the flashback my powder created, and I decluttered that powder immediately! However, I’m obsessed with both the eye look and the lip combo.

(Base: primer – Make Up For Ever Hydra Booster Step 1 primer, foundation – Make Up For Ever HD Skin Undetectable stay-true foundation (shades: 1N00 + 1N06), concealers – Smashbox x Becca Under Eye Brightening Corrector in Fair/Light + e.l.f. Cosmetics Camo colour corrector (shade: Green) + Huda Beauty #FAUXFILTER Luminous Matte liquid concealer (shade: 1.3G Marshmellow), powder – Make Up For Ever Ultra HD microfinishing loose powder. Face make-up: bronzer – NABLA Skin Bronzing in Ambra, blusher – Clinique Cheek Pop palette: Warm Up (shade: Nude Pop), highlighter – Oden’s Eye Solmåne Moonlight Feel highlighter in H101 Moon Talk. Eye make-up: base – MAC Pro Longwear Paint Pot in Painterly, eyeshadows – Essence eyeshadow in 20 Cream + Bellabeautébar Bejeweled palette (shades: Malachite + Amethyst + Alexandrite + Emerald + Ametrine + Amazonite) + MAC Nylon eyeshadow, mascaras – MAC Extended Play Gigablack Lash mascara + Essence I Love Extreme crazy volume mascara, eyeliner – Colourpop BFF Créme gel liner in Aglow. Eyebrows: Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Freeze + Maybelline Brow Ultra Slim pencil in Medium Brown. Lips: Anastasia Beverly Hills Lip Liner in Muted Mauve + Unearthly Cosmetics lip gloss in Predator)

Paletteopoly

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Here’s the make-up I wore with this outfit. I used the Ace Beauté Paletteopoly palette for my eye look, and the palette comes with a game that helps you choose your shades, so the looks can turn out pretty random. I don’t think I got the worst shades to work with, and I think the look turned out pretty decent.

(Base: primer – NYX The Marshmellow primer, foundation – Urban Decay Stay Naked Hydromaniac Tinted Glow Hydrator (shade: 20 Fair Neutral), concealers – e.l.f. Cosmetics Putty Color-Correcting Eye Brightener (shade: Fair) + e.l.f. Cosmetics Hydrating Camo concealer (shade: Fair Beige), powders – Laura Mercier Translucent Loose Setting Powder Tone Up in Rose + Catrice All Matt Shine Control powder Healthy Look in 100 Neutral Fresh Beige. Face make-up: bronzer + blusher + highlighter – Pat McGrath Labs Divine Blush + Bronze + Glow Trio: Fleurever Nude (shades: Nude Honey + Naked Peony + Opal Allure). Eye make-up: base – Sigma Beauty Eyeshadow Base Primer in Ignite, eyeshadows – Essence eyeshadow in 20 Cream + Ace Beauté Paletteopoly palette (shades: Mullet + Fanny Pack + Boy Band + VHS + Vogue), mascara – Essence I Love Extreme crazy volume mascara, eyeliner – Colourpop BFF Créme gel liner in Actin’ Up (Multi-chrome). Eyebrows: Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Freeze + Maybelline Brow Ultra Slim pencil in Medium Brown. Lips: MAC Nightingale lip pencil + Laura Mercier High Vibe lip color in 142 Pop)

Collective haul (October 2023)

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I have a large collective haul to share with you today. It consists of shoes, clothes, accessories, and make-up.

I featured these Crocs Classic Crush boots in my December favourites post, and I’ve continued to wear them a lot. I bought them on sale on the H&M app.

I love a boot with a chunky heel and a platform, and these pink suede ones from Asos Design are really nice.

This red checkered suit from Asos Design came in very handy during the holiday season. I wore it here and here.

This red bow hair clip from H&M was a stable Christmas accessory for me, and I still love it and will continue to wear it.

This silver ring is called the Drippy V-Ring from Danish jewellery designer Jane Kønig. I wear it pretty much every day.

In my last haul, I featured the other shade of the Catrice METAFACE nail lacquers, but I wanted this lighter shade as well called C02 Cyber Beauty.

I was curious to try the new Clarins Joli Rouge lipsticks, so I picked up the satin lipstick in 742 Joli Rouge and the velvet matte lipstick in 754V Deep Red. Both are very pretty red shades, and the packaging is stunning.

I also got some stuff from Fenty Beauty. I purchased another shade of the Cheeks Out Freestyle cream blushes (shade: Pinky Promise 13), the limited edition Gloss Bomb Crystal Holographic lip luminizer in Holla’Gram, and the Eaze Drop Blur + Smooth skin tint stick in shade 02.

I picked up one more product from Fenty Beauty from another website, and it’s the Fenty Icon Semi Matte refillable lipstick set which was a limited edition holiday release. The lipstick shade is called Sorta Single. I also purchased two products from Rare Beauty; another Kind Words matte lip liner (shade: Strong) and another Soft Pinch tinted lip oil (shade: Affection).

From MAC I got one of the new at the time Locked Kiss 24hr lipsticks, and I picked a beautiful warm tomato red called Gutsy. I received the Made To Wow Brow Kit Auburn as a free gift with purchase. The kit includes a Brow Set Clear and a Brows Styler in Penny, which is not my shade.

You know I love Natasha Denona eyeshadows, and I was very excited to see a blue palette from the brand. This is the Mini Triochrome, and I think it’s very pretty. I’m wearing it here.

I’ve got two more palettes to share with you, and I’m really excited about both. First, I had to have the Blend Bunny Cosmetics Sickly Sweet palette, and I have to say that it’s pretty much the perfect pastel palette. I used it to create this eye look.

The other indie palette that I also had to have was the Cosmic Brushes/Beauty Gothic palette. I wore this on New Year’s Eve, and it was beautiful.

The very last thing in this haul is the Sigma Dry’n Shape Tower Face & Eyes, which is described as a stackable brush care station, so a tower to hold your brushes after you’ve cleaned them. I’ve used it once, and it worked pretty well.

Peach doesn’t suit me

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Here’s the make-up I wore with this outfit. I don’t often wear a peach lip, because it’s not my favourite. It doesn’t look horrible, but I don’t think it suits me that well.

(Base: primer – e.l.f. Cosmetics Liquid Poreless Putty primer, foundation – R.E.M. Beauty Sweetener foundation (shade: Fair 2n), concealers – Rare Beauty Positive Light under eye brightener (shade: Light) + Huda Beauty #FAUXFILTER Luminous Matte liquid concealer (shade: 1.3G Marshmellow), powders – Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Brightening Flawless Finish powder (shade: Fair/Medium) + Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Finish powder (shade: 1 Fair). Face make-up: bronzer – MAC Radiant Matte bronzing powder (shade: Beige-ing Beauty), blusher – MAC Full of Wonder powder blush, highlighter – MAC Flashing Ice Extra Dimension Skinfinish Trio: Light (shade: Out On The Tinseltown). Eye make-up: base – MAC Pro Longwear Paint Pot in Painterly, eyeshadows – Essence eyeshadow in 20 Cream + Oden’s Eye Hey Reindeer palette (shades: Ivy + Presents + Candy Canes + Fireplace + Cider), mascara – Essence I Love Extreme crazy volume mascara, eyeliner – Revolution x Bratz Sasha eye pencil. Eyebrows: Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Freeze + Maybelline Brow Ultra Slim pencil in Medium Brown. Lips: MAC Fruit Cocktail lip pencil + Catrice Disney The Jungle Book lip balm in 020 Cross My Heart)

Underrated colour combo

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Here’s the make-up I wore with this outfit. Purple and orange really is an underrated colour combo that I’m glad I discovered.

(Base: primers – Danessa Myricks Beauty Yummy Skin Blurring Balm Powder (shade: Universal) + e.l.f. Cosmetics Halo Glow Liquid Filter (shade: 1 Fair), foundation – Danessa Myricks Beauty Yummy Skin serum skin tint (shade: 2), concealers – Rare Beauty Positive Light under eye brightener (shade: Light) + NYX Bare With Me concealer serum (shade: 02 Light), powders – Essence Brighten Up! Banana powder in 10 Bababanana + Catrice All Matt Shine Control powder Healthy Look in 100 Neutral Fresh Beige. Face make-up: bronzer – Sigma Beauty Matte Bronzer (shade: Light), blusher – Blend Bunny Cosmetics Juicy Cheeks face palette (shade: Squeeze), highlighter – R.E.M. Beauty Interstellar highlighter in Miss Neptune. Eye make-up: base – Sigma Beauty Eyeshadow Base Primer in Ignite, eyeshadows – Essence eyeshadow in 20 Cream + Colourpop Orange You Glad? palette (shades: Creamsicle + Squeeze Me) + Colourpop It’s My Pleasure palette (shades: Chick Lit + Earthshine), mascara – Catrice Glam & Doll False Lashes mascara, eyeliner – Essence Longlasting eye pencil in 39 Shimmer Sunsation. Eyebrows: Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Freeze + Maybelline Brow Ultra Slim pencil in Medium Brown. Lips: Gosh Velvet Touch lipliner in 005 Flirty Orange + MAC Squirt Plumping Gloss Stick in Hazard)

Lyko haul (October 2023)

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I have a collective Lyko haul to share with you today. I purchased these products back in October.

The Clinique Cheek Pop blushes are some of my favourites, so I’ve had the Black Honey Pop shade on my wishlist ever since I first saw it. It’s so pretty.

I love the Anastasia Beverly Hills lip liners, and I got a great deal on this deluxe mini lip liner set. It includes the shades Cherry, Raisin, Mocha, Deep Taupe, Dusty Rose, Muted Mauve, Toffee Rose, and Baby Roses. It also includes a sharpener.

Next up is Essence. I picked up two of the Blend & Line eyeshadow sticks. They’re in the shades 02 Oh My Ruby and 03 Feeling Leafy.

I’m a little obsessed with the Essence Holo Bomb effect nail lacquers, so I had to have all five shades; 01 Ridin’ Holo, 02 Holo Moly, 03 hoLOL, 04 Holo It´s Me, and 05 Holo Me Tight. I’m wearing the green one right now.

I got two more nail polishes; the Essence gel nail colour in 59 Brick Or Treat and the Catrice METAFACE nail lacquer in C01 Pretty Avatar. And let’s continue with some Catrice products.

From the Catrice METAFACE collection I also picked up the highlighter face glaze pot in C01 Virtual, which is super pretty. I also wanted to try out the Magic Shaper contour & glow stick and got the shade 010 Light.

The last products I got from Catrice were the Wild Escape high shine lipstick pens in C01 Into The Wild and C03 Unknown Desert, and they’re very nice.

Here’s a little random mix of products before I get to the NYX stuff. I picked up the Wet n Wild MegaLast Incognito AllDay full coverage concealer in Light Beige, but the shade is all wrong, so I’ve already decluttered it. The lipsticks are from MUA Makeup Academy and they’re the Neon creamy matte lipsticks in Dare and Ultraviolet. When I lived in England 10 years ago, I purchased and wore a lot of products from MUA, so I thought it would be fun to try out some newer products from the brand.

And lastly, I bought some things from NYX. I got another shade of the Ultimate Glow Shots, and it’s called 22 Watermelon Wealth. It was quite patchy though, which I don’t find the other shades I’ve tried to be, so I did declutter this shade from my collection. Then I got the Ultimate Shadow Palette in Vintage Jean Baby, which I thought had a cute colour story and theme. I also picked up two of the NYX Jumbo multi-use face sticks. They’re in the shades 02 Vanilla Ice Cream and 04 Blueberry Muffin, and they’re pretty fun.