Barry M Natural Glow Palette First Impressions (with video)

Ive had my eye on this palette for quite some time now, as whenever I've tried to purchase it previous it's been sold out - obviously meaning its amazing right?! 

I love the idea of trying out a product and filming my first impressions as lets face it they 

are important! 

Since filming this I have used it many more times, and LOVE it, so you can expect a review very soon, which I will of course link below when the time comes :)

You can buy the palette for £6.49 here

Have you tried this? If so please leave a link as I think there will be very mixed reviews on this!

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Shopping spree - my first MAC haul !!

You know sometimes its necessary for a shopping spree?

I have this feeling around once every couple of months, regardless of whether i have the money or not.

So here is a what i got when my boyfriend and i 'spreed' a couple of months ago..

(please note I've found the links to what i can, but some things have been discontinued)

                                                  

Ok so i know this is silly, but i am obsessed with disney princesses (i often refer to myself as one), so when i saw this for £1.99 i just had to. 

I am also obsessed with this lady, and many other classic actresses, and this book is basically all about that (ill probably review it at some point!)

The Mac Stuff

This is a gorgeous pink Lipcreme in Dress It Up - its a real girly pink and perfect for summer!

You can buy this for £16.50 here

I LOVE this colour - its not exactly summery but ill somehow work it in as i love the sparkle of the blue!

This is an eyeshadow (the picture is a little too far away, but I'm going to review and swatch it in a separate post - as with the eyeshadow below). Its a lovely pink colour, but not too pink (I'm not really a pink eyeshadow person) and would look great with other neutral colours.

You can buy this for £16.50 from here

I LOVE this colour! The colour you get when you swirl the eyeshadow is stunning, and its one of those colours that goes with everything, so ill definitely be using this a lot.

I loved the packaging of this, so I couldn't resist a photo!

This is a medium sized makeup back, which included a brush set and makeup kit

With a nifty little pocket at the front..

Which is useful to store brushes in!

I am so impressed by this - its like a snow globe on the top of the packaging

These are eyeshadows (again i will follow up with swatches)

Here are the links:

Phloof: here

Brun: here

Quarry: here

Dance In The Dark: I can't find this one anywhere :( 

And a blusher, which is really decently sized!

You can buy this for £17.50 here

                                       

Lipglass in Emancipation

Creme Sheen in Hot Gossip

This whole set (the bag and its contents) cost around £20, when it should have been considerably more - this was probably my biggest bargain of the day!)

You can buy this for £13.50 here

You can buy this for £9 here

You can buy this for £9 here

These are my first Mac nail polishes (along with the snazzy blue one further up) and i CANNOT wait to try them - I've heard both good and bad!

They also came in a little snow globe-y thing, which is not empty and i have no idea what to store in it?!

Aswell as losing my Mac virginity, i also lost my Levi's too - these are now probably my most favourite jeans - i totally understand the hype!

So that was my shopping spree, and let me tell you i was totally shopped out after all that! 

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If you want to see the boy part of this post, or would like ideas for a gift for a male, read on...

An overview of the whole set (every full sized product comes with a mini travel version - perfect for summer holidays!

Clinique Cream Shave

Clinique Face Scrub

Clinique Post-Shave Healer

Once my boyfriend has used these products i will possibly do a review of them, depending upon whether people are interested!

If you have any requests of posts or if you would like any of these products reviewing please let me know (i will of course review them anyway, but if people request things ill put that as priority)

Thanks for getting to the end of that - you deserve a cup of tea!

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my first ever e.l.f. haul!

Ive been hearing about this brand for quite some time now, and i recently bought a eyebrow kit from a blog sale which i love. The first thing that shocked me about this brand was how cheap it is, yet its not really recognised outside the beauty blogger world (i.e none of my friends have heard of it) I initially had so many products in my 'basket' would have been ridiculous to 'go to the checkout'. And since i haven't really tried anything from this brand, and I've heard mixed reviews, i thought id try just a couple of things.

I was so excited about these !! Ive never really bought a proper brush set, I've collected random odds and sods over the years, and I've been on the hunt for an affordable yet good quality set for a while. This cost £12 for 10 brushes, which isn't expensive at all, and i can't wait to try them out !

The second thing i got was this e.l.f. elements palette. You buy the empty palette (£1) then you buy the little pans - i chose to get face products. The top left pan is Glow, the top right pan is Bronzed, the bottom left is Shy, and the bottom right is Flushed. I don't really know how i feel about these products, as the reason i bought them was so i could put them in my handbag for an on the go beauty touch up. The only thing is, i don't think they'd last. They arrived already crumbling and you can kind of see in the pictures they are a little jagged around the edge. I think ill try these in my handbag for a day, as I'm really worried they'll just crumble and ruin the whole thing. Expect a review soon!


Have you tried any of these products?
Please let me know what you think!