I have a KimChi Chic beauty haul to share with you today. These are the first (and so far only) products I’ve purchased from this brand (I purchased them on Beauty Bay), and I think the packaging of these compacts is so cute.
Let’s start with contour and bronzer. I got the Thailor Contour in 01 Tawny, which contains a contour shade and a highlight shade. I also got the Thailor Bronzer in 01 I Went to Malibu, which is a warm, matte shade, and the lightest shade as far as I know. I haven’t used these products a ton yet, but the times I’ve used them, I’ve liked them.
I purchased two of the blush duos. They’re called the Thailor Blushes, and I picked up the shades 02 Mercedes R and 06 Vacation. 02 Mercedes R are two more neutral shades, whereas 06 Vacation are two super bright and fun shades, as you can see. All four shades are really pretty.
Lastly, I got purchased two highlighters. The highlighter in the lilac packaging is the Thailor Get Glow highlighter in 03 Hollywood Glow (it comes in multiple different shades), and the other one is the Pearl Gone Wild highlighter in 01 Hope, which I’m pretty sure only comes in that one shade. Both are very pretty and intense.
I have a cute little haul to share with you today. These are four items I purchased from the Gina Tricot x Emili Sindlev collection, and I love them all.
Let’s start with these show-stopping Marina starfish earrings. I wore these with the last outfit I posted, and here’s a closer look, and I think they’re so fun and so pretty.
The Jennifer necklace is definitely my most worn piece from the collection. It’s such a pretty pearl necklace, and I love the one big pearl on one side of the necklace.
I also picked up the Emili satin scarf, which is right up my alley with colourful design.
And last, but not least, I purchased the green Cara belt. It’s obviously a statement belt, and I actually wore it to a wedding in August, and it looked so good with my dress.
Happy Halloween! I can’t believe that we’ll be in November by toworrow. Time really flies. But at this time of the year, I don’t mind, because it only means that we’re getting closer and closer to December and Christmas time, which you might have noticed is my favourite time of the year. But first, I’ll be celebrating Halloween tonight by watching “The Nightmare Before Christmas” while eating Halloween sweets, and I’m pretty excited about that as well. But before I get to that I’m going to share a few favourites from the month of October with you.
Converse Run Star Hike pride sneakers: These have been my go-to sneakers this past month. They’re the most comfortable Converse I’ve ever owned, and I love that they’re a plain white with all the rainbow details. They just go with so many outfits.
Laura Mercier Translucent Loose setting powder: I’m still way behind on hauls, so I haven’t posted anything about this powder yet. However, I get why people love this powder, because so do I. It just looks and feels so smooth on the skin all day. I’m so glad that I finally decided to try it out.
Catrice HD Active Performance Freezing spray: I don’t often steer away from Urban Decay All Nighter when it comes to setting sprays, but I have to say that I’ve really been enjoying this spray from Catrice. As it says on the lid, it’s very cooling and refreshing, and I also think it makes a difference when it comes to keeping the make-up in place all day.
Celestial Seasonings Sleepytime Vanilla tea: This tea has actually been a favourite for over a year, maybe almost two years, and I can’t believe that I haven’t featured it in a favourites post until now. It doesn’t contain caffeine, so it’s the perfect evening tea, and I drink a cup most evenings. And if you like vanilla, you would like this.
About Time (film): I’d heard and read that this was supposed to be a really good film, but for some reason I wasn’t intrigued by the time travelling premise, but when I visited my parents last week my mum had it on DVD and we decided to watch it, and I’m glad we did. Even though the time travelling is a bit strange, it’s a great romantic story, and it you like those, you would probably like this film.
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.
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.
It’s time for another Asos haul. This haul is a mix of shoes, accessories, and make-up.
I’ve purchased two pairs of Converse. These ones are the Chuck Taylor Lift Sunshine sneakers, and I just love the colours. They’re so perfect for ’70s inspired looks.
The other pair that I got are the Run Star Hike pride sneakers. I’ve been wanting a pair of Run Star Hike sneakers, and this rainbow version seemed perfect. They’re so fun and comfortable.
Let’s move on to accessories. I picked up these gold coloured bracelets from Asos’ own brand, because I always seem to miss gold coloured bracelets in my jewellery collection. I’ve worn all of these, and I really like them.
These are the rest of the accessories – all from Asos own brand. My favourites are the lime earrings and the dinosaur key ring (which I’ve been using as a bag charm).
For make-up I’ve got two I Heart Revolution x Disney collections to share with you. The first one is the I Heart Revolution x Disney Fairytale Books palette, heart highlighter, and lipgloss in Ariel/The Little Mermaid.
The palette looks like and opens like a book, and on the left side you get three blushers and three highlighters, and on the right side you get 18 eyeshadows.
And here’s a closer look at the heart highlighter; so pretty.
The second I Heart Revolution x Disney collection that I got is the The Aristocats Marie collection. I picked up the eyeshadow palette and two highlighters.
This is what the palette looks like on the inside. It’s so cute with the little paw prints in the matte eyeshadows.
The two highlighters are called Duchess (a light gold) and Beloved (a light pink). They’re both very pretty. There will be more Disney make-up in upcoming hauls:)
I recently posted a small Lyko sale haul, but today I have a bigger Lyko haul to share with you. This haul consists mainly of Essence and Catrice products, but those are the two brands that I mainly buy from Lyko. Let’s start with Essence.
I purchased four products from the Essence The Glowin’ Golds collection. I got the two caring shimmer lip oils in 01 Heart Of Gold and 02 Golden Magic, the Vitamin C baked highlighter in 1 Golden Days Ahead, and the Vitamin E baked luminous bronzer in 01 Live Life Golden!.
Here’s a closer look at the bronzer and highlighter. Even though the highlighter looks dark, I can still make it work on my fair skin.
These are the other products I picked up from Essence; the Pretty Natural hydrating foundation in 030 Neutral Ivory, the Sanitizer Resistant top coat, and two of the Fruit Kiss Caring lip balms in 02 Cherry Love and 03 Strawberry Kiss.
Moving on to Catrice. I bought a bunch of stuff from their Clean ID line. I decided to get the Pore Perfecting primer, the Glow Prime & Fix spray, the Matt Prime & Fix spray, the Mineral bronzer in 010 Light, and two brushes; the bronzer brush and the highlighter brush.
Here’s a closer look at the bronzer, which I’ve used a few times, and I like it.
From Catrice I also purchased two of the Full Satin lipsticks and two of the Blush Box Glowing Multicolour blushers.
The lipsticks are in the shades 080 Full Of Life and 090 Full Of Adventure, and they’re both very nice.
The blushers are in the shades 010 Dolce Vita and 020 It’s Wine O’Clock, and they’re very pretty mosaic blushers.
Lastly, I picked up three more random items. I’d never heard of the L’Oréal Infaillible Metal Lip Paints before, so I thought I would give them a go. They’re in the shades 305 Cute But Psycho and 306 Lolita. I haven’t tried them yet, but I think they’ll be fun to wear around Christmas time. I also picked up the Make Up Store Dry brush cleaner sponge, which I’ve been using a lot to clean my eye brushes on an everyday basis.
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.
I have a small Lyko sale haul to share with you today.
Let’s start with eyes. I purchased another e.l.f. Bite Size eyeshadow. I kind of want to collect all of them. This one is in the shade Cream & Sugar, and as you can see, it’s a pretty, neutral colour story.
I also got this loose pigment from Sleek MakeUP. It’s in the shade Trippin, which is obviously a dupe for MAC’s Blue Brown pigment.
I also picked up two lipsticks. This first one is the Make Up Store lipstick in Pink Bliss Eden. I have to admit that I mainly bought this lipstick for the pretty packaging, but this colour is really pretty, and I’ve actually worn it quite a bit already.
I don’t think I’ll ever wear this lipstick though. It’s just too pretty. It’s the PÜR Cosmetics Barbie Iconic Lips Signature Semi-Matte lipstick in the shade CEO. I mean, just look at the packaging!
Lastly, I picked up the Catrice Mini HD Liquid Coverage foundation in the shade 002 Porcelain Beige. This product was not on sale, but I really wanted to try this foundation in a lighter shade, so I thought I would get one of the minis.
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.
Mucha-Lucha's 