Wonderful Dreams

L-R: Midnight Swim, Crystal Ball, Marron Glacé, Chantilly Lace

L-R: Hot Cocoa, Pretty Sunrise, Toasted Almond, Soft Cookie

Hi everyone,

Following my last post, I thought I'd share one of my Christmas presents with you as it's also a Sephora palette that my lovely brother got for me. It's called Wonderful Dreams and is a little eyeshadow palette, perfect for on the go makeup. The palette has eight different eyeshadows, both matte and shimmer, and light and dark. I fell in love with it as soon as I saw it because the shades are so gorgeous. There's something for everyone in this palette, whether you're going for a smokey eye or just throwing on some matte shadow. 

I used Marron Glacé all over the lid and topped it with some Pretty Sunrise on the middle of the lid so that it catches the light nicely.

I hope you enjoy this little post on this adorable palette and I hope you all had a great Christmas! 

Wishes Come True

Take A Selfie, Café Latte, Creamy Cashmere

Friday Night, Scented Candle, Pretty Pearls

Feeling Pretty, Nighttime Glow, Midnight Magnificence

Hi everyone,

So whilst out Christmas shopping I came across this adorable little palette in Sephora. It's by Sephora themselves and is a multi-functional palette called Wishes Come True. It had six eyeshadows, three matte and three shimmer, a gorgeous blush and two highlighters. The eyeshadows are stunning and super pigmented and the highlighters are amazing. The names are adorable and so is the packaging, you pull it apart to open it. 

It's the perfect little palette, especially for travelling and for when you're on the go. It would make such a great Christmas present too!

I used Creamy Cashmere all over the lid, Café Latte in the crease and then Scented Candle over the lid. I feel like Scented Candle would be the perfect Christmas day eyeshadow! I also used Feeling pretty and Midnight Magnificence on my cheeks.

Let me know if you have this palette and your thoughts on it!

Sephora, Lush & H&M Haul!

Hi everyone! I'd made up a wish-list last week and since I had some birthday money left over, I thought I could treat myself to some beauty related items. And now I feel really guilty about having spent so much on make-up. Oops. 

But what's done is done, and there is no way to undo it (apart from, uhm, returning some stuff? nah.) I'd been wanting to try out a few new products for ages, and I also wanted to try out a new skincare routine. There isn't anything wrong with my current one, but since most of my products are practically empty, I thought I could try out something different. All in the name of blogging, of course! I watched themakeupchairs video on her current skincare routine, and decided I'd give that a go. I'd been uhming and ahing  about getting the make-up, because really, who can justify paying 25€+ on a single bit of make-up? But since it was mostly birthday money, I can live with it. (Can you tell, I'm a real bargain gal at heart)

The only thing I didn't actually buy is the MAC eyeshadow, which was a birthday present from my sister.

Soooo, here it is, my (horribly expensive) haul!

I'll start with H&M because I only got a few bits and bobs at the till. Those boxes of goodies are deadly. I kept picking stuff up and my boyfriend had to keep me from buying weird little things that I don't need. A cute leopard design umbrella? It's been sunny and hot the last two weeks.

I noticed this bangle (4,95€) because it looked exactly like the coral one my brother got me for my birthday, and I love it so much, so I bought this one too. It also has rosegold lining around it, which is gorgeous and matches my watch. I bought some vanilla scented hand and face wipes(0,95€), which are handy to have, as I found out while swatching in Sephora. And the last thing I bought was a coconut and mango lipbalm (1,95€), which smells amazing and so summery!

Then I went into Lush to get the stuff I'd seen in themakeupchair's skincare video, and since it's all in French over here, they have different names. I got the UltraBland cleanser thing (9,95€) and the Tea Tree Water Spray toner (5,95€). And as I was reading the labels, I noticed something rather funny on the Ultra Bland/Simple pot. It said: "Testé sur les Anglais" which means tested on the English, which sounds really strange. I don't know if it says the same on the English version, if it does let me know, but it just made me giggle a bit, which provoked a few funny looks. I also bought the Neutrogena Visibly Clear Pink Grapefruit face wash, which was 4,95€ in Auchan.

Moving on to Sephora. I actually went to two different Sephoras on two different days, partly because I couldn't bring myself to spend so much in one day(really, what difference did it make? None. I ended up buying more.) and partly because the first Sephora I went to was a bit bigger and had more hair care stuff as well as just make-up and perfume. I'd wanted to try out some of the John Frieda Full Repair products since they came out, because I'm still clinging to that lie that hair products alone with magically cure my hair of all splitends, so I don't have to keep getting it cut. Anyway, I got the deep conditioner, which cost 10€, because for some reason, I haven't got one anymore. I just forget to buy a new one, I guess. First impressions: it smells really nice. I used it today for the first time and my hair has kept the smell, which is good. It made my hair feel soft, but not miraculously fixed every single end. Damn! I've now bought the shampoo too, so here's hoping it'll be the magically, amazing thing I've been looking for.

I went a bit NARS crazy. Just a bit. I wanted a new, non sticky lipgloss and had heard great things about NARS Super Orgasm. I like sparkly things, so I naturally found this lovely. I think it was 25€ which is a lot for a lipgloss (I am hanging my head in shame, don't worry) but it is a little bit worth it. I also bought the NARS Pro Prime Smudge Proof Eyeshadow Base, because I do not get on well with the little Urban Decay primer potion that came with the Naked palette. It just doesn't work for me. So I got this one, and I think it cost 25€, but more importantly, it works! Woop! The last NARS product I got was an eyeshadow, because whenever I'm in Sephora, I always gaze longingly at the eyeshadows, because they are so damn pretty (and expensive gah). After numerous swatches, and asking the boy which he liked best, and then ignoring him and aksing him again, I finally decided of this one. Fez 2061, which is a gorgeous dark brown/bronze colour with gold shimmer, and I put it on as soon as I got home (does anyone else do this after buying new make-up? Take everything off and put the new stuff on?), and it actually looks quite nice blended over the crease (I usually stop at the crease to avoid looking like a drag queen). It'll definitely look great in the Summer, when I'm a bit tanned. I think it was 24€, which for one shadow...I know, it's a lot.

As if spending all that money on NARS wasn't enough, I went and got a Chanel mascara. Ok, actually I got this before the NARS products. And the reason I got this is because I was given a sample, when I was in La Gallerie LaFayette in Metz, and only actually used it at the beginning of March and oh.my.god. It is literally the best mascara I have ever used. Better than the big fat yellow Maybelline one, better than Benefit's They're Real. It is perfect. It seperates, lengthens, volumises, the whole lot! It's called Inimitable Intense, by the way and I probably won't be able to afford it again any time soon, so I better save it for important days only. Sob. It cost 28,50€ if my memory serves me correctly, which is just plain ridiculous. 

 The last Sephora purchase was an eyebrow brush. Just because I needed one, on account of the one I got from Poundland quite literally fell apart, bit by bit.

This little gem is the eyeshadow my sister got me. Isn't it gorgeous? I can't even describe the colour, it's like a lovely sunset to put on the windows of your soul. It's beautiful. Another beaut for the Summer! I've been wearing it every day since I got it, and it's such a nice colour to play around with it and use other colours underneath and/or over it, and you'll always get a different look. Which is great!

I'll leave you with a picture of my hand. Oh, and a few swatches. L-R: Fez, Super Orgasm, Expensive Pink

If you've tried any of these products, let me know what you thought of them!

Make-Up Haul!

Hey guys, as I've already mentioned in earlier posts, I've been shopping. A lot. And so I bought myself some more make-up. To think, a year ago, I thought make-up ended in drug stores! Since reading blogs and watching youtube videos, I've realised there's a lot more to make-up than just eyeliner and mascara, and I've since been on a trip of discovery of all other kinds of products and brands that are out there. As helpful as this is to my face, it's been a bit hard on my purse.

Some of the following products were purchased in England, others in Metz. (The Metz Sephora is a lot better than the Luxembourgish one!) I've been using them, so they don't look brand new, and my Benefit eyeshadow actually smashed just after I took the picture, which practically broke my heart.
MeMeMe Blush Me! Blush Box in 4 Rouge

I'd seen this on their website and fell in love with the colour, so while visiting my sister, I went to Superdrug and bought it. It's a lot more pigmented than my Chanel blush, which is good, because now I have one for when I want a noticable blush and one for a more natural look. I adore the little brush that came with it too, it's really soft and applies really well. The packaging reminds me of Benefit blushes too, which is cool. I think it cost £8.50 but I got it for a bit less, I think there was a save £1.50 thing going on.
MeMeMe Longwear Satin Lipcream in 06 Ruby Rich
I don't own any lipsticks so I wanted to try one, to see if it suited me. At first I thought the colour would be far too bright, but it's actually really nice and you can layer it up or not, depending on how you feel. It's lasts a long time too, and goes on nicely. I think I got it for £7.00, with the £1.50 off, so it probably costs £8.50. I probably should have swatched it, but the sun was going down and I wanted to finish taking the rest of the pictures, so expect a swatch sometime soon.
MAC Eyeshadow in Young Punk
While at Westfield, we went to the MAC store, and this eyeshadow immediately caught my eye. It's black with a lot of purple and silver sparkles. I like using it in the outer corner, and it's probably great for a nighttime look too. I can't remember how much it cost, between £14 and £16, I think!
Benefit Creaseless Cream Shadow/Liner in Get Figgy
I bought this when I was with my cousin, I fell in love with the colour! It's a gorgeous, light purple colour, and I love how it looks with my eye colour, which is a very rare thing for me. I love using a brown eyeliner with it too. It lasts a long time too, which is great. I can't remember the exact price, but I think it was £14.50. Bobbi Brown Creamy Eye Pencil in Walnut

I'd been on the hunt for a decent brown eyeliner and found this in the Sephora in Metz. It was between this and a benefit one, but after swatching both, I decided on this one. It's lovely and perfect, and has a smudge end as well. That's all I can really say. I'm so glad I picked it, it goes on really easily and looks really nice on the lower lashline, especially. I can't remember the price, I think it was around 16€, but I don't know if I'm just making that up.
Sephora Retractable Blush Brush

I bought this in Metz, and I have to say, for 11.50€ it's a bit disappointing, because everytime I've used it, which is almost every day since I got it, it leaves little black bristles all over my face. It works well for applying products, but the bristle thing is really annoying. I probably wouldn't recommend buying it.