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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.

Warlock

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Here’s the make-up I wore with this outfit. I’m wearing the Fantasy Cosmetica Warlock palette on my eyes, and I think the look turned out beautiful. Who knew that lime green and burgundy would look so great together?!

(Base: primers – Huda Beauty Glowish Blur Jam silicone-free smoothing primer + Catrice Soft Glam filter fluid (shade: 010 Fair-Light), foundation – Make Up For Ever HD Skin Undetectable stay-true foundation (shades: 1N00 + 1N06), concealers – e.l.f. Cosmetics Putty Color-Correcting Eye Brightener (shade: Fair) + 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 – MAC Skinfinish Sunstruck Matte bronzer (shade: Matte Light Rosy), blusher – Colourpop It’s A Small World pressed powder blush in Dancing Darlings, 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 + Fantasy Cosmetica Warlock palette (shades: Profane + Power + Patron + Arcanum) + Colourpop Hocus Pocus 2 Jelly Much shadow in I Am Calm!, mascara – Catrice Glam & Doll False Lashes mascara, eyeliner – LA Girl Shockwave Neon Liner in Gotcha. Eyebrows: Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Freeze + Maybelline Brow Ultra Slim pencil in Medium Brown. Lips: MAC Currant lip pencil + R.E.M. Beauty On Your Collar classic lipstick in Cabernet)

Beauty Bay haul (September/October 2023)

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I have a collective Beauty Bay haul to share with you today. I purchased these products back in September and October.

I know that Jeffree Star is controversial, but I don’t pay much attention to the people behind the brands. I mainly care about the quality of the products, and I like a lot of products from Jeffree Star Cosmetics. This is the Gothic Beach palette, which has quite an unusual colour story, however, I wore it here, and I really liked the look I created with the palette.

I don’t buy all the Anastasia Beverly Hills palettes, but I’d been wanting to try the Cosmos palette to see if the shifty shimmers were any good, so when I found it on sale, I picked it up. I mean, it’s not indie shimmers, but they were pretty, especially the light blue shimmer called Supercluster.

The last palette in this haul is the By BEAUTY BAY Metamorphic 16 colour palette. The colour story is right up my street, and I love that it’s shimmer heavy. I usually like the By BEAUTY BAY formula, and these shadows were very pretty on the eyes.

How cute is this Trixie Cosmetics Flower Power bronzer! I got the lightest shade called Darling Daisy, and it contains a contour, a bronzer, and a highlighter shade.

I purchased two products from Made By Mitchell; the Curve Case in Light and the Blursh Glaze in Sprinkles. Both products were on sale, and I really like both. I especially like the Curve Case.

I also picked up two products from about-face; another Cheek Freak blush balm (shade: Champagne Room) and another Cherry Pick lip color (shade: The Cranberries). I really like both of these formulas.

Lastly, I got the Laneige Midnight Minis travel-size lip mask set. I’ve been wanting to try out the Laneige lip masks for a while, so I thought this set of minis would be a great way to sample some different scents/flavours. The set includes Vanilla, Mango, Berry, Sweet Candy, and Gummi Bear.

Shimmery goodness

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Here’s the make-up I wore with this outfit. This eye look is so me! Purples and shimmery goodness.

(Base: primer – e.l.f. Cosmetics Liquid Poreless Putty primer, foundation – Maybelline SuperStay 24H skin tint (shade: 03), concealers – Smashbox x Becca Under Eye Brightening Corrector in Fair/Light + Huda Beauty #FAUXFILTER Luminous Matte liquid concealer (shade: 1.3G Marshmellow), powder – BeautyAct Iconic face kit in Light/Medium (shade: Meet You Match) + Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Finish powder (shade: 1 Fair). Face make-up: bronzer + blusher + highlighter – BeautyAct Iconic face kit in Light/Medium (shades: Frame It + Capture This + All Set). Eye make-up: base – MAC Pro Longwear Paint Pot in Painterly, eyeshadows – Essence eyeshadow in 20 Cream + Sugar Drizzle The Mattes Rainbow Purple palette (shades: Periwinky + Violets R Blue + Sea Glass) + GlossGods Cosmetics The Color Of Rain palette (shades: Changing Skies + Water Prism + Raincloud), mascaras – Catrice Glam & Doll False Lashes mascara + Kiko Milano Smart Colour mascara in 01 Metallic Purple, eyeliner – Oden’s Eye Solmåne gel liner in 004 Mint. Eyebrows: Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Freeze + Maybelline Brow Ultra Slim pencil in Medium Brown. Lips: MAC Talking Points lip pencil + MAC Squirt Plumping Gloss Stick in Amped)