Hey guys! :) Hope your all well.
I've got quite a big haul for you today..i went a bit crazy but some of it i did need and most of the things i bought were with good prices! Oh and by the way these are all the things I'm buying before my project 10 pan which starts now (except for things i need like skincare etc!) :) Please comment below this blog post if you would like to ask any questions about the following products etc or if you would like a review! :)
I'm going to start off with the things i ordered from Avon a few weeks back. I took the chance and bought this Avon Solutions Complete Balance Day Mattifier with SPF 15. It was £5.50, i really like the packaging and it smells quite nice as well. I have been using this for a couple of days and to be honest i think it's just a plain old basic moisturiser, it doesn't seem to have made much difference but then again i shouldn't make too much of a judgement as i haven't been using it long enough. I also got a free watch with this product which i forgot to photograph but its bright blue and i really like it! :)
The next product is the Foot works Odour Neutralising Foot Spray. This was £2.50 and i think it smells nice and pepperminty. The other product is the Foot works Super Softening Balm, which is to my surprise transparent when i used it last night but it seems very concentrated so you don't need to use too much! but its also a really nice product as my heels still feel nice and soft :) Along with too foot product purchases, there was an offer to get some free 'Honolulu' Flip flops which i also forgot to photograph but there very nice for a free product anyhow! :)
Next up is Avon Nailwear Pro in Deluxe Chocolate. I got this nail polish for £3, and it's a gorgeous chocolate brown colour with gold/bronze flecks of shimmer or glitter in it but unfortunately when i tried to apply it to my fingernails, it was very streaky and i really hated the application of it so i just removed it and chose a different colour, i am really disappointed with it but think I'm going to try it again sometime again soon.
The last thing i bought from Avon was the Senses 'Summer Breeze' Shower Gel. It was £1.50 for 250ml and i really like the smell of this it's really tropical and fruity i recommend it although i haven't used it yet as i have too many other shower gels to use!
Now onto ELF! :)
The first product which i knew i definitely wanted was the High Definition Powder, it was £6 and I'm really impressed with it, its so soft and silky and just blends straight into your face and seems to be quite good at holding back the oiliness.
The second product i bought was the ELF Studio Powder Brush which has a flat top and is meant to be very good for applying liquid foundation, i tried it this morning for this and i have to say i prefer to just use it for powder like it's intended. I really like this brush its so soft and it was only £3.50! :) I'm very happy and may have to buy more in the future!
The other brush i bought from ELF was the Studio Stipple Brush. This brush was also £3.50 and I'm really impressed, its also very soft and i love applying my foundation with it.
The next item is an ELF Studio Blusher, and i got one in the shade 'Candid Coral' this was also £3.50 and I'm quite happy with the colour its very natural although quite shimmery, almost too shimmery, i wish i had gotten Peachy Keen or Fuchsia Fusion but they'll just have to go on my wish list for next time :)
I also bought a Brightening Eyeshadow Quad in Butternut, it's not the most pigmented thing in the world but its very nice to have for travelling especially for when i sleepover my boyfriends and its got some really pretty neutral shades in it. It only cost £1.50 :) and I'm definitely going to get a few more!
I also purchased the normal 'eye primer' by ELF it cost £1.50 and so far i am really impressed, it seems better than Too Faced Shadow Insurance which i have been using recently and is nearly of standard to the Urban Decay Primer Potion in my opinion :) Although i do believe the consistency is slightly liquidy/watery more than UDPP and Too Faced Shadow Insurance, but still a excellent price!
The last product i bought from ELF was the Studio Matte Lip Colour in 'Natural' it was £3.50, so far i love the colour but am having difficulty wearing it as its so matte but i feel i need to buy a lip scrub soon to make it easier because even though i am always applying lip balm, i do have quite dry lips.
Moving on to my most recent shopping trip, i decided to pay a visit to TKMaxx as i hadn't been there for a while and i love looking through and picking out the once highly priced premium brands that they sell so cheap like Stila. To my surprise when i was looking through the products, i found 3 Essie nail polishes which to be honest, i have never seen the brand Essie in real life so i got highly excited, there was a dark blue/black colour, a bright pink and a nude colour, to which i purchased the nudey colour called 'Iced Chai Latte' i really love the colour but unfortunately the colour is really translucent but anyhow I'm gonna try it out and build up the layers of it. The nail polish cost me £6.99 and it says the RRP was £9.94.
I also spotted a twin pack of the 'Intensively Glossy Rescue Treatment' from the Scandalous range by James Brown London, these are both 100ml and i managed to get them for a terrific price of £2.99 with a RRP of £5.60, I've used this treatment before when i got it free in a magazine and it worked great so i thought why not seeing as i was running out of my Aussie 3 Minute Miracle :)
The last purchase from TKMaxx, was the Nars Sheer Matte Foundation. I couldn't believe my eyes when i saw this! There was two shades available one of them was really dark and the other was 'Siberia - Light1' to which i thought perfect seeing as i always seem to have to get the lightest shade of any foundation i buy. You won't believe the price i got this foundation for! The RRP is £29.50 and i managed to get it for a amazing bargain price of £7.99!!!!! I thought i was dreaming when i saw the price, i am soooo happy with this purchase. When i got home i tried the shade on my skin tone i found it was a little light for me, but i figure it will be great for winter and i can mix it up with my other foundations to make it the perfect colour :)
After my visit to TKMaxx, i took a little visit to Superdrug. I was looking for a cheap and compact face pressed powder because i can't carry round my ELF High Definition powder all the time as its too big. So i decided to go for the MUA pressed powder, and they had sold out of shade 1 unfortunately but shade 2 seemed light enough for me so i went ahead and bought the £1 goodie:)
The next 2 products i bought from Superdrug was the GOSH waterproof eye shadow in 'Love That Gold' which was on offer for £2.99 i thought it was a great price and would be nice for basic neutral eye make up and i aslo bought the Herbal Essences Ignite My Colour 'Vibrant Colour Intensive Mask', yes i know i already bought some hair rescue treatments but as this was priced at £1.95 i thought this was an amazing price for the 200ml that you get which is the same as the James Brown products i bought.
Sorry my swatches aren't very good! They will get better :)
I purchased another nail polish for £2.99 from Boots also, the shade is 'Chateau' by the 17 brand and its a shimmery red with orange tones in it. I love it! :)
I also picked up a few essentials from Wilkinsons, like ear buds which cost around 40p and some cotton wool pads which were about 60p and last but not least i got some Magnetic earrings from Claire's, they were priced at £6.50 but for some reason the sales assistant only charged me £3! i was very happy about that and i think their sooo cute! :)
I know its a massive haul but i am feel it was very successful and I'm not going to be shopping for a long time especially since I've just started project 10 pan :) I also received a giveaway prize today in the post from Scottish Fine Soaps which i will share with you later on next week. Don't forget to let me know if you want any reviews, etc:)
Thanks for reading!
Tina xoxo
