Big Lyko haul (May 2024)

Posted on September 25, 2024 by Mucha-Lucha

I have a rather big Lyko haul to share with you today. Most of the products are from Essence and Catrice.

This is the Catrice Seeking Flowers collection. As you can see, I picked up a lot of products from this collection, and after trying most of the products, I have to say that it’s one of my favourite collections Catrice has done in a while. I picked up the hydrating lip mask (which is the only product I haven’t tried yet), the two blush & brush sticks in C01 Berrylicious and C02 S-peachless, the cream-to-powder highlighter in C01 Watch Me Bloom, and the three hydrating lip stains in C01 So Apricot!, C02 Fuchsia Fling, and C03 Bloomtastic.

These next four products are from the Catrice Wild Escape collection, which is an older collection, so I got all of these products on sale. I got the eyeshadow palette in C01 Life In Paradise, the glowy bronzer & highlighter in C01 Wild Side, the liquid blush in C01 Rare Adventure, and the high shine lipstick pen in C02 Purely Savage.

Here’s a couple of Essence palettes that I also bought on sale. It’s the Essence Golden Days Ahead eyeshadow palette in 01 Livin’ For Golden Drama and the Love, Luck & Dragons eyeshadow palette in 01 Follow The Dragon Sparks. I was especially impressed by the quality of the Love, Luck & Dragons palette.

The last two items I got on sale were the Catrice Who I Am double ended eye pencil in C01 I Am Art and the Catrice Magic Christmas Story nail lacquer in C02 Clara’s Adventures. I also picked up the Essence Got A Crush On Apricots freckles pen in 01 Après Apricots, which I’ve been really enjoying.

The last product I picked up which wasn’t on sale was the NYX Buttermelt bronzer in the shade 02 All Butta’d Up. I love this bronzer formula so much that I’ve bought another shade since.

And lastly, I got the Make Up Store #502 blush brush small as a free gift with purchase.

Fighter

Posted on September 24, 2024 by Mucha-Lucha

Here’s the make-up I wore with this outfit. I’m very impressed by the Fantasy Cosmetica eyeshadow formulas, and the Fighter palette is such a cool neutral palette; I love the mixed metals vibes.

(Base: primer – e.l.f. Cosmetics Liquid Poreless Putty primer, foundation – L’Oréal Paris True Match Nude plumping tinted serum (shade: 0,5-2 Very Light), concealers – Rare Beauty Positive Light under eye brightener (shade: Light) + Huda Beauty #FAUXFILTER Luminous Matte liquid concealer (shade: 1.3G Marshmellow), powders – Laura Mercier Translucent Loose Setting Powder Tone Up in Rose + Bobbi Brown Sheer Finish pressed powder in Soft Porcelain, freckles – KimChi Chic Candy Girl Fake Freckles in Afternoon in The Flower Field. Face make-up: bronzer – The Balm Take Home The Bronze bronzer in Oliver, blusher – Colourpop Beauty and the Beast pressed powder blush in Chip, highlighter – Haus Labs Bio-Radiant Gel-Powder highlighter in Peach Quartz. Eye make-up: base – Sigma Beauty Eyeshadow Base Primer in Ignite, eyeshadows – Essence eyeshadow in 20 Cream + Fantasy Cosmetica Fighter palette (shades: Valor + Martial + Victory + Glory + Fervor) + MAC Nylon eyeshadow, mascaras – MAC Extended Play Gigablack Lash mascara + Pat McGrath Labs Dark Star mascara, eyeliners – Colourpop BFF Crème gel liners in Sunnyvale + Get Lucid. Eyebrows: Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Freeze + Maybelline Brow Ultra Slim pencil in Medium Brown. Lips: e.l.f. Cosmetics Cream Glide lip liner in Baddest Beige + Colourpop Beauty and the Beast Lux lipstick in Last Petal + Colourpop Beauty and the Beast Ultra Glossy lip in Kind & Gentle)

Gives off autumnal vibes

Posted on September 22, 2024 by Mucha-Lucha

Here’s the make-up I wore with this outfit. Even though I wore this look during summer time, I also think it gives off autumnal vibes.

(Base: primer – Iconic London Underglow blurring primer, foundation – Danessa Myricks Beauty Yummy Skin serum skin tint (shade: 2), concealers – Rare Beauty Positive Light under eye brightener (shade: Light) + Fenty Beauty We’re Even hydrating longwear concealer (shade: 120N), powder – e.l.f. Cosmetics Halo Glow setting powder in Light. Face make-up: bronzer – NYX Buttermelt bronzer in 02 All Butta’d Up, blusher – RMS Beauty ReDimension hydra powder blush in Bohemian Girl, highlighter – RMS Beauty ReDimension hydra dew luminizer in Prosecco Fizz. Eye make-up: base – MAC Pro Longwear Paint Pot in Painterly, eyeshadows – Essence eyeshadow in 20 Cream + Colourpop Cabana Club palette (shades: Bikini + Cha Cha Cha + Copa Cute + High Season) + Catrice Space Glam chome eyeshadow in 020 Supernova + Colourpop Hocus Pocus 2 Jelly Much shadow in Shish-Ka-Baby!, mascaras – MAC Extended Play Gigablack Lash mascara + Essence I Love Extreme crazy volume mascara, eyeliner – Colourpop BFF Crème gel liner in Plum Smash. Eyebrows: Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Freeze + Maybelline Brow Ultra Slim pencil in Medium Brown. Lips: Lunar Beauty lip pencil Tías + 3ina The Color lip glow in 170)

GlossGods Cosmetics palette sale haul (May 2024)

Posted on September 20, 2024 by Mucha-Lucha

GlossGods Cosmetics is a great Swedish indie brand, and they had a sale back in May, which I decided to take advantage of. I picked up five beautiful palettes.

The Let’s Get Nude was their newest palette at the time. I would call this a neutral palette with a twist, and I really like the first look I created with it.

I didn’t own any of their “First Gal on…” palettes, so I picked up all four. The First Gal on Venus palette came in a discounted set with the Let’s Get Nude palette. This palette has such a beautiful warm and fiery colour story.

If you love cool-toned eyeshadows the First Gal on Jupiter palette is for you. This palette has some intense and beautiful shimmers.

The last two palettes are all special shimmer palettes. This one is the First Gal on Mars palette, which includes some beautiful pinks, purples, and warmer tones.

And this very last one is the First Gal on the Moon palette, which includes all of the blues and greens. Another beautiful palette.

Zalando sale haul (May 2024)

Posted on September 15, 2024 by Mucha-Lucha

I have a Zalando sale haul to share with you today. The haul includes a lot of shoes and a few make-up bits.

Yes, I’ve added yet another pair of Nike Cortez sneakers to my shoe collection. Nike has just released so many good colour ways of the Cortez sneakers this past year or so.

I bought my first pair of Jeffrey Campbell shoes about a year ago, and I’ve since falling in love with the brand. These are the Akita lace up boots, and I can’t wait to wear them this upcoming autumn and winter.

Did I really need these white Jeffrey Campbell Litas with silver flames? Maybe not, but I think a small Jeffrey Campbell obsession is forming.

These shoes are from the brand Lamoda, which has a lot of fun shoes as well. I actually really like a platform flat (if you can call it that), and I love a pop of red in an outfit.

The Crocs obsession is well and thriving:) I got my first pair of Siren Crocs during Black Friday last year, and I’ve been on the look-out for more colours since. This bone colour is very neutral for what I usually wear, but because it’s such a statement shoe, I thought the light, neutral colour would work well with a lot of looks.

However, I also picked up this crazy, colourful Hello Kitty pair, because how could I not?! I love the glitter, the bows and the Hello Kitty jibbitz. They’re just so fun and cute.

And now we move on to the make-up bits. This is the MAC Teddy Takeover eye & face palette: Light. It’s from the Teddy inspired collection they did earlier in the year, and even though it’s a very neutral little palette, I wanted to try it out, since I haven’t tried a palette of this format from MAC before.

The last thing I picked up is the Bobbi Brown Sheer Finish pressed powder in Soft Porcelain, which I featured in my 5 favourites post for June, so as you can imagine I really enjoy this powder. The packaging is stunning as well.

One shadow look

Posted on September 14, 2024 by Mucha-Lucha

Here’s the make-up I wore with this outfit. I had to do my make-up rather quickly that day, so I did a “one shadow” eye look. I still prefer more elaborate eyeshadow looks, but simple is necessarily bad, and I do like this entire look.

(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), powders – Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Brightening Flawless Finish powder (shade: Fair/Medium) + Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Finish powder (shade: 1 Fair). Face make-up: bronzer – L’Oréal Infaillible 24H Fresh Wear Matte bronzer (shade: 250 Light), blusher + highlighter – Simply Posh Cosmetics Cozy Up cheek palette (shades: Warm Wishes + Cozy Up (blushers) + Snowed In (highlighter)). Eye make-up: base – MAC Pro Longwear Paint Pot in Painterly, eyeshadows – Essence eyeshadow in 20 Cream + Colourpop Super Shock shadow in Sasuke Uchiha + Simply Posh Cosmetics Cozy Up cheek palette (shade: Snowed In – inner corners), mascaras – MAC Extended Play Gigablack Lash mascara + L’Oréal Lash Paradise mascara in Intense Black, eyeliner – Oden’s Eye Solmåne gel liner in 009 Sky Blue. Eyebrows: Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Freeze + Maybelline Brow Ultra Slim pencil in Medium Brown. Lips: Natasha Denona I Need A Rouge lip crayon in Gigi + Jeffree Star Cosmetics Velvet Trap lipstick in Red Affair)

Doesn’t hold me back

Posted on September 12, 2024 by Mucha-Lucha

Here’s the make-up I wore with this outfit. The weather might not have been super warm and summery at this time, but that doesn’t hold me back from wearing a summery make-up look.

(Base: primer – Essence Hello, Good Stuff! glow serum primer, foundation – Fenty Beauty Eaze Drop blurring skin tint (shade: 2), concealers – Fenty Beauty Bright Fix Eye Brightener (shade: Golden Ivory) + Fenty Beauty We’re Even hydrating longwear concealer (shade: 120N), 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 – Collection cream bronzer in Shade 1 Bronze, blusher – Collection Gorgeous Glow stick in Blush 1, highlighter – Collection Gorgeous Glow stick in Highlight 2. Eye make-up: base – MAC Pro Longwear Paint Pot in Painterly, eyeshadows – Essence eyeshadow in 20 Cream + Collection mini eyeshadow palette in Solar Voyage 3 (shades: Solstice + Nova + Eclipse + Solar Flare) + Colourpop Pokémon Super Shock shadow in Flamethrower, mascaras – MAC Extended Play Gigablack Lash mascara + Essence I Love Extreme crazy volume mascara, eyeliner – Catrice Who I Am double ended eye pencil in C01 I Am Art. Eyebrows: Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Freeze + Maybelline Brow Ultra Slim pencil in Medium Brown. Lips: Lunar Beauty lip pencil in Stormy + Catrice Wild Escape high shine lipstick pen in C02 Purely Savage)

Huge Monolith haul (May 2024)

Posted on September 10, 2024 by Mucha-Lucha

I have a huge Monolith indie palette haul to share with you today. Some of the palettes were new on the website when I bought them and some of the palettes were on sale. Let’s begin with the non-sale palettes.

I’ve got three Bellabeautébar palettes to show you. This first one is the Secret Garden palette, and isn’t this colour story just stunning. I love pink and green together, so I had to have this palette. I’m wearing some of the pink shades on my eyes here.

The second Bellabeautébar palette I picked up is the Dead Roses palette, which was their Valentine’s Day (or anti Valentine’s Day) release this year. The colour story is so pretty as well.

I was probably the most excited about the Bellabeautébar x Deandranicoleee Ultra Violet palette for the obvious reason that it’s a monochromatic purple palette, and purple is my favourite colour. I mean, just look at this stunner!

The Ensley Reign Cosmetics Cold Moon palette sold out so quickly when it first came to Monolith, but I was lucky to get my hands on it this time around. It’s such a beautiful cool-toned palette.

I think the Groovy Garden palette is the most matte heavy palette Ensley Reign Cosmetics has done so far, and even though I prefer more shimmers than mattes, I just loved this retro, autumnal colour story so much, so I had to have it.

Glamlite releases a lot of palettes, and I don’t always love the colour stories or themes, but I was very intrigued by the Betty Boop palette. The packaging is adorable and I love a pink and red colour story.

Unearthly Cosmetics has quickly become one of my favourite indie eyeshadow brands, and I seem to love all the colour stories and themes of all of the palettes they release. The Fall Magic palette has been on my wishlist for a while, so this time around I decided to finally pick it up. It really is a stunning palette.

The rest of the palettes in this haul were on sale. As I just mentioned, I seem to like all Unearthly Cosmetics palettes, and I felt like these two older palettes were missing from my collection. It’s the Fairy Frolic palette and the Sleepover palette.

I love that the Adept Cosmetics palettes are shimmer heavy. I thought about buying the Cyborg Choir palette, when it launched, but I didn’t. Now I’m glad I didn’t, because I was able to get it on sale instead and save some money.

This is the pastel palette I wore in my latest make-up post. It’s the Glaminatrix Pretty In Pastels palette, and I’m also glad I waited for this one to go on sale before purchasing it.

This is my first palette from Artittude Cosmetics. It’s the Phoenix palette, and I thought the colour story was pretty unique.

The last two palettes are from Ace Beauté. It’s the Envy palette and the Begonia palette. I’ve worn both and they’re not my favourite palettes. They crease quite a bit on me. The colour stories are pretty though.

New pastels

Posted on September 9, 2024 by Mucha-Lucha

Here’s the make-up I wore with this outfit. When I wear a pastel coloured outfit, I obviously have to wear matching pastel make-up, and luckily I had a new pastel eyeshadow palette to try out.

(Base: primers – Essence Catching Clouds Cloud-touch Mousse Primer in 01 Up On Cloud + L’Oréal Glotion natural glow enhancer (shade: 901 Fair Glow), foundation – Missha M Perfect Cover B.B Cream Spf 42 (shade: 21 Light Beige), concealer – Natasha Denona Hy-Glam concealer (shade: RN1 + N2), powders – Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Brightening Flawless Finish powder (shade: Fair/Medium) + Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Finish powder (shade: 1 Fair). Face make-up: bronzer – Sigma Beauty Matte Bronzer (shade: Light), blusher – Colourpop Lizzie McGuire pressed powder blush in Dee-Lish!, highlighter – MAC Step Bright Up Extra Dimension Skinfinish palette in Light (shade: Lights On Lavender). Eye make-up: base – MAC Pro Longwear Paint Pot in Painterly, eyeshadows – Essence eyeshadow in 20 Cream + Glaminatrix Pretty In Pastels palette (shades: Mystify + Fanciful + Ambient + Surreal + Entrance + Soulful) + MAC Step Bright Up Extra Dimension Skinfinish palette in Light (shade: Lights On Lavender – inner corners), mascaras – MAC Extended Play Gigablack Lash mascara + L’Oréal Lash Paradise mascara in Intense Black, eyeliners – Unearthly Cosmetics Immortal liquid eyeliner in Tears + Essence Wood You Love Me? Duo Eye Pencil in 01 Forever Together (light green shade). Eyebrows: Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Freeze + Maybelline Brow Ultra Slim pencil in Medium Brown. Lips: MAC Talking Points lip pencil + Essence ph-reacting glitter lip glow (from advent calender))

Colourpop haul – Pokémon and more (May 2024)

Posted on September 5, 2024 by Mucha-Lucha

I have a Colourpop haul to share with you today. This haul mainly consists of products from the Pokémon collection, but I also picked up a couple of other things.

Here’s an overview of the items I purchased from the Pokémon collection.

This is the colour story of the Pokémon Pallet Town palette; a very fun and colourful palette.

I picked up all three of the Pokémon Super Shock shadows. They’re in the shades Solar Beam, Hydro Pump, and Flamethrower. All three shades are really pretty.

I also got all three shades of the Pokémon Instant Crush cream blushes, and they’re in the shades Metronome, Electroball, and Hypnosis.

And of course I had to get the Pokémon You’re A Catch lip mask, which is in the shape of a pokéball. The packaging of this entire collection is so cute.

I wasn’t sure if I wanted anything from the Precious Metals collection, but there was something about the mixed metals colour story of the mega palette that I was drawn to.

I really enjoy the Jelly Much shadow formula, so I also bought the two shades Foiled Plans and 18K from the Precious Metals collection.

Lastly, I picked up the Liquid Lite glow drops in the shade Sun O’ Clock, and it’s a very pretty, very beaming higlighter.

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