Garden Pharmacy, Lloyds and Boots - Collective Shopping

I'm sorry it's taken a little while to get this post up but I thought I'd try and lump as much together as I could :) First of all Garden Pharmacy - I am a big fan of this company even more so when I got an email telling me my reward points total which equalled a lovely discount - they have a really good rewards scheme where you earn points for everything you buy which you can use against future purchases :) So with my discount points I placed a little order including a couple of Estee Lauder items first up Vanilla Truffle lipstick - I looked for this in the airport but I couldn't find it so I thought I'd get it- it is a lovely nude shade not to pale and not too dark

Next up another Estee Lauder purchase the Double Wear Stay In Place Shadow Creme in Ivory Lace - a gorgeous nude, champagne colour - this stuff lasts - countless hand washes and a bath later and you could still see the swatch :)

Because I'd ordered 2  Estee Lauder products I qualified for a free gift set which included a mini Perfectly Clear Fresh Balancing Toner, a mini Double Wear Zero Smudge Lengthening Mascara, and  a full size Automatic Pencil For Lips in 21 Fig

Swatch for the pencil :)

If you know me when I reveal the next item you'll be asking me why - traditionally not a fan of Chanel Nail Colours this one really appealed 493 Jade Rose

I've been wearing a lot of these nude. pinks lately and this one is so pretty I still think they are overpriced tho ;)

I also picked up some more Mavala nail items even though I am going to be trying something new, more on that to come, and the La Roche Posay Effaclar M moisturiser cream which I've heard so many good things about x

No, your eyes aren't deceiving you there is another moisturiser in the picture, in a little order from Lloyds Pharmacy I also picked up the Vichy Normaderm one that seems to be advertised in every magazine you pick up - again something to try and tame my evil pores.

The main thing in my Lloyds order was a perfume - I've gone a bit perfume daft lately and this was another one I looked for in the airport but alas they all seemed to be gone it's the Harajuku Lovers Sunshine Cuties in Love - The original Love is my favourite fragrance but this one seems to be a different maybe less sweet and a bit warmer, and the bottle is so cute

Next up Boots, I ordered something for my godmothers birthday pressie, and added a couple of bits for moi - first of all the Bourjois Bio Detox foundation - this purchase has worried me a bit now tho before it was released I had so much good stuff about it but since then I've head nothing but bad things - eek still I'll give it a go and form my own view x

Lastly I took advantage of last weeks Boots better than half price weekly offer and bought the FrontCover To Go Kit

I love the other shadow palettes by FrontCover that I have and I'm sure this one will be no exception the colours are gorgeous and really pigmented, but the big bonus for this kit is that you can take up to 4 colours out at once and put them in a specially designed compact

A brilliant idea I'm sure you'll agree the only problem is they are pretty tricky to pop out never mind the goods certainly outweigh the bads and this palette is a goodie if you would like any watches please let me know- it's still on sale in Boots although it's back to full price now :(
So that was it my haulage I've got a couple of bits still to come eek including some Nars (smack me now!), Accessorize, ebay and a little bit of ASOS then I'm seriously calming it down. Any questions or if you would like any reviews please let me know xx

FOTD

A quick FOTD for you - my stupid camera really doesn't show the colours up too well -if any can recommend a good reasonably priced camera specifically for face shots then please let me know :) Anyways onto the look after seeing all the pics from the Bourjois event I decided to did out my Healthy Mix foundation, teamed with a champagne coloured eye, with a dark brown contour - yes I do say that I used a green eyeshadow too and I did the edge of my brush hit the green shade add added a green / gold tone to my highlight - it wasn't intentional but it looked nice not that you can see it hmm... Anyways Enjoy x



Sorry for the bad skin here hmm...


Today I Wore

Bourjois Healthy Mix Foundation - 52 Vanille
Boots No 7 Concealer Trio (all colours blended)
The Balm Time Balm Concealer - Light*
Boots No 7 Translucent Loose Powder
MAC Prep + Prime Eye -Light
MAC Powder Blusher - Tenderling
Benfit -Sugarbomb
FrontCover Eye Spy Winter 09/10 Kit - Powder Puff, with a tiny hint of Parrot, all over the lid and Iron Stone in the Crease



GOSH Velvet Touch Eyeliner - Truly Brown
Collection 2000 Big Fake False Lash Effect Mascara - 17 Ultra Black
YSL Rouge Volupte 1 - Nude Beige

Any questions please ask and any camera advice please let me know x

(*provided for review purposes)

Blog Sale Hauling - Thank You Cosmetic Candy

As you can see by my sidebar I have gone slightly over budget this month - whoops - It was down to the lovely from the lovely Cosmetic Candy's recent blog sale :) I got the Front Cover Eye Spy Kit for Christmas and I absolutely loved it so when I saw she had another Front Cover kit for sale I had to snap it up :)
I got my mitts on the lovely Inky Eyes kit - perfect for a smokey eye it has 3 baked shadows in a silver grey, and inky purple and a midnight grey, as well as a lilac shimmer pigment powder, an eye pencil and a mascara



I am super pleased with this, huge thanks again and thanks for the extras and the sweeties too x

Christmas Pressies Part 2 - Make Up and Skincare

OK more exciting goodies :) Make Up!

Boots

No7 Opulence Eye Palette - I love the No7 limited editions this has some lovely eye colours especially the gold
No7 Colour Calming Make Up Base - a green face primer and another one I haven't tried
No7 Make Up Bag with makeup and skin care - some nice stuff in here including a lovely eyeshadow in Antique Rose
Boots Botanics Quick Fix Make Up Wipes and Eye Make Up Remover - Holy Grail Skincare!

FrontCover Eye Spy Kit - OMG these shadows are fabulous a lovely kit for experimenting with bright colours and they are so pigmented

ELF

A whole batch of studio bits - brush cleaner, blush in Tickled Pink <3, eyeshadow in Mystic Moss, and the Eye Transformer

YBF by Stacey - Make Up Box - SO much stuff in here and it's surprisingly good quality -the box on the other hand isn't - I'll do a proper review on some of these items I think

MAC


Yeah Christmas kits - Smoke and Mirrors Eyeshadow Palette, Hocus Focus Face Kit, with Sunsparked Pearl and Pretty Baby Beauty Powders and Peachykeen Blush - loving the packaging on these so substantial

Baroque Boudoir - I was soooooo pleased to get these items - the packaging is amazing

Lipstick in Prive

Lipgloss in The Lap Of Luxury
If you would like any swatches of any of these items please let me know - fashion next x