Avon Haul

So I have wanted to get a couple of things from Avon after Pixiwoo used them and liked them in a couple of videos, the product Pixiwoo (YouTube) liked was the Super shock Gel liner in pencil form and I also wanted the super shock mascara, but I didn’t want to pay postage (I really dislike paying for postage especially if I only want a couple of things). Then Avon was offering free delivery!! So I decided to buy a couple of things...

1. I got my mom a True Colour Eyeshadow Quad in mocha latte for Christmas, I am slowly trying to get my mom into wearing make up and this quad has 4 lovely neutrals, light neutral pink, light brown a medium/dark brown and a satin like finish, medium brown with a hint of bronze. I thought these would be great basic colours for my mom and be suitable for her age as they aren't too bright or shimmery, they are quite safe colours. Also the colours are numbered 1-4 and there is a diagram on the box showing you where to put each colour if you where to wear them all together. This was £6 and came in different colours.

2. Super shock gel eyeliner, this is a gel liner but in a pencil not a pot, Pixiwoo recommended this so I wanted to try it. I have the luxe lace version, the only difference is the pattern on the pencil and I got this one because it was £3 instead of £6. I got this in black, nearly everyday I wear black or brown liner on my waterline and I have quite watery eyes and need something that will last, so I hope this does.

3. Avon Kajal Stick in dark bronze, I brought this because dark bronze sounded like a nice colour and it was only £2.50 its a pencil eyeliner which is probably the longest pencil eyeliner I own, it just seems like its longer than my others so should last ages. Not sure what I am going to use this for yet as I don’t usually use pencils on my waterline, so maybe on my lid or under my lower lashes.

4. Tweezers, I needed new tweezers as I use my others as a tool to open things, clean of my nail varnish when I get it round my nail not on my nail, they get eyelash glue on them etc.. So I decided I needed a new pair of tweezers to keep for just tweezing!! These where £3.

5. My last 3 items where a free gift which you get when you spend £12 or more on certain products. In my freebie I got the Super shock mascara, which I was really excited about as I was going to buy this but I removed it from 'my cart' because I have quite a few mascaras I have to get through already. I also got a free nailwear pr varnish in wicked which is a brown shade and lastly I got Spotlight moisturising shimmer gel.

Ill be back to review some of these after I have tried them a few times.

Future posts

So i have a few posts planned which i wont put up yet mainly because i want to give the products a good trial 1st..
coming up:
1. Swatches of Face Atelier's Ultra Foundation in shades 3,4,5,6 and my thoughts on the foundation - i brought these samples the ovber day and they arrived the next, i am so excited to try them out as i am always on the hunt for that holy grail foundation that gives me great coverage a dewy finish and lasts all day :)

2. Reveiw of Tresemme's 24hr body products - root lift and blow dry spray, these are currently 2 for £6 in superdrug which is great as they are over £5 each.

3. My new mac eyeshadows :) yay very slowly on my way to my 15 palette :)

4. any suggestions for more posts? i really want to try and get some loyal followers on here it would be great to know people actually read what i write so i want to write about what you want to hear :)

xx

Drugstore Haul (superdrug and Boots)

So today i went out to custom purchase an item for an MUA'er to balance out a swap we are doing and obviously i got distracted by a couple of offers and ended up buying myself a few things whilst i was there.

In Superdrug at the moment the Barry M Dazzle Dust is on 2 for £7 so i picked one up for the MUA'er in a colour she wanted and got myself 98 petrol black, i have wanted to try this ever since i herd it was comparable to MACs Blue Flame Mineralize eyeshadow, although i do have the MACs She Who Dares which is also comparable to Blue Flame i still wanted to try it out. Also after watching 2 of Pixiwoo (youtube) videos i decided to buy the Sleek eyeshadow palette in Bad Girl as she said its great and she usually uses high end eyeshadows.

Then i went into Boots who have 3 for 2 across lots of make up and i need a new eyeliner and you cant just buy 1 item when its on 3 for 2 though can you?
so i purchased my favorite eyeliner for my waterline which is Prestige automatic waterproof liner, and a Rimmel lipstick in Asia as i read a good review on it (can't remember whos review it was now though) and a Maybelline Dream Mousse concealer in 04 rose Beige, i need a new concealer and one of my mates loves this so i thought i would give it a go.

I also just brought a Benefit jumbo sharpener off ebay as by benefit it stick doesn't sharpen properly in the big sharpener i currently have.

A review of these items should appear soon, after i have tried them out for a while :)

This or That tag

So this is a tag thats been going round on youtube so i thought i would do a quick blog version..
and i tag you all to do it 2!!

tag questions:

makeup:
blush or bronzer - Bronzer, i dont wear blush often but i love to contour with a bronzer.
lip gloss or lipstick - Lipstick, prefer the feel of a creemy lipstick than a gloss.
eye liner or mascara - Eyeliner, gel eyeliner i would put a lil on my lashes too to blacken them.
foundation or concealer - Concealer, couldn't live without it i have to conceal those red cheeks and circles!!
neutral or color eye shadow - Natural, i am loving my Urban Decay Naked Palette.
pressed or loose eye shadows - Pressed, i always get in a mess with loose.
brushes or sponges - Brushes, they are more versatile imaging tryin to do a whole eye look with a sponge.
nails:
OPI or china glaze - Orly, am i allowed to chose a different option :S
Long or short - Long suit me better, but always polished!
Acrylic or natural - I do love my acrylic if only they didn't lift round the edges :(
Brights or darks - oo hard one ill say dark as its more seasonal.
Flower or no flower  - No flower i do love a pattern but not really a flower.

body:
perfume or body splash - Perfume
lotion or body butter  - Lotion, rubs in better, unless anyone knows a body butter that soaks in quickly?
body wash or soap - Body wash
lush or other bath company - Soap and Glory

fashion:
jeans or sweat pants - Jeans, but i do love my linens
long sleeve of short - short, only long if they are loose
dresses or skirts - dresses, saves matching a top
stripes or plaid - stripes, ahoy sailor!
flip flops or sandals - sandles, less noisy
scarves or hats - Scarves, suit me better
studs or dangly earrings - studs
necklaces or bracelets - necklace
heels or flats - for everyday then flats
cowboy boots or riding boots - My fav boots are more cowboy style but they aren't cowboy boots.
jacket or hoodie - Hoody
forever 21 or charlotte russe - Forever21, can't wait till its in Birmingham :)
abercombie or Hollister - hollister, never been to Abercrombie
saks 5th or nordstrom - never been to either :(

hair:
curly or straight - curly, but its usually somewhere inbetween
bun or ponytail - Chic bun not a really neat one, or a puffed up ponytail
bobby pins or butterfly clips - Bobby pins
hair spray or gel - hairspray
long or short - long, suits me better i just wish it would grow longer!!
light or dark - light on me anyway
side sweep bangs or full bangs - side swept or none
up or down - down
random:
Rain or shine - shine
Summer or winter - summer
Fall or spring - spring
Chocolate or vanilla - choc
East coast or west coast - West midlands?

MAC 15 Palette

I am going to start my very 1st mac 15 palette, i currently only own club which i think is rude as i do love mac shadows its just that i have so many other eyeshadows i have been trying to use those up 1st (it didnt help that i got tempted and brought the urban decay palette to add to my collection, but ill discuss this in a separate post). So after realising it seems impossible to finish off any of the eyeshadow i already own i am giving in and i am goin to start a MAC 15 palette.

So i have been deciding what colour i want in my palette and so far my only certain decision is carbon..
I decided i want my 15 to consist of these types of colours:
1. Light natural/highlight
2. Medium natural brown
3. Dark natural brown
4. Black
5. Grey
6. Blue
7. Plum
8. Pink
9. Brown Black
10. Bronze
11. Gold
12. Purple
13. Random
14. Random
15. Random

But cant decide what ones to chose, i have managled to shorten the entire mac eyeshadow collection down to these options:
1. Vanilla/Shroom/Crystal Avalanche/Brule/Electra
2. Wedge/Woodwinked/Cork
3. Espresso/Mulch/Handwritten
4. Carbon
5. Knight Divine/Print
6. Electric Eel
7. Sketch/trax/cranberry/Plum Dressing
8. Da Bling/Sushi Flower/swish
9. Brun/Concrete
10. Bronze/Tempting/antiqued/sable
11. Goldmine
12. Shadowy Lady/Beauty Marked/ Nocturnelle/Fig 1/Vibrant Grape
13. Satin Taupe
14. Smut
15. Naked Lunch/ ll that glitters/Star Violet
16. Club

any suggestion what colour i should chose out of this lot? please help i can just see my self in the mac store for ages trying to decide what 2 to buy 1st.. i am going to gradually build on the palette as i cannot afford to buy it all at once..

Mac Venomous Villians Haul

So this is the 1st time i have ever brought from a Mac limited edition collection
so i purchased:
Innocence, Beware Lipstick
Toxic Tale Lipstick
My Dark Magic Mineralize Shadow
She Who Dares Mineralize shadow
Bite of an Apple Blush
Briar Rose Beauty Powder

I really wanted to get the mineralize eyeshadows as i missed out on the ones in the style black collection and these are similar to Blue Flame and a bit like young punk.

I brought all these online so couldnt try out the colours 1st, next time i will deffinatly be going to the shop to try everything out.

I am yet to give these a good try out but please let me know what items from the venomous villian collection are your favorite and some tips on how to wear them etc..

Orly Nail Polish

I have just purchased 5 new Orly shades from head2toebeauty, the shade I got are:
Rockin Rockette – A sparkly deep red brown, from their new ‘Tis the season collection.
Halleys Comet – A momchrome sparkly turquoise blue, from their Cosmic FX collection
Out Of This World – A purple black with lots of purple monochrome sparkle, from the Cosmic FX collection.
One Night Stand – An orange based red, from the Divorcee Collection
Happily Ever After – A deep purple plum, from the Once Upon A Time Collection

I also already own:
Get a Grip – A pink purple almost metallic
Velvet Rope – Dark purple with silver sparkle

      

(Sorry its not the best swatch pic)

The quality of Orly polishes are amazing!! They go on so smooth and even and don’t streak or go gloopy. I don’t have a very steady hand and I love these polishes they make it a lot easier to get you nail polish looking neat.
For me some colours take 2-3 coats as I have quite prominent white tips, but once their on they last really well especially with a top coat if you decide to use one.
I really like Out of this world however I can achieve a similar look using Velvet Rope other a dark base such as a dark purple black, so I am unsure whether to keep this.
Rockin Rockette is a festive shade and if you like a brown shade varnish you will love it, however I’m not to sure.
Halleys Comet is amazing it is smooth and doesn’t contain glitter chunks but the sparkle is great and evenly distributed instead of a glitter which is hard to spread out.
One Night Stand is a nice colour but not quite that phone box red I was hoping for.

Happily Ever After is gorgeous even though I brought this thinking it was a different shade I don’t mind because I love it, it is in the same colour family as Get A Grip but with a very different finish, Happily ever after has a subtle sheen whereas Get A Grip is slightly metallic.
Velvet Rope is great its not to bright not to dark this would be perfect if the glitter was pink or a different shade of purple, but I still love it, I would like to find something right between Velvet Rope and Out Of This World and stick with that, yes I know I am hard to please.

Anyone recommend what Orly colour I try next? x