Hello everyone!
I hope you had an amazing start to the New Year! I hope 2014 brings you all you wish for and more!
I am officially back from my holidays and boy do I miss being near the beach, and just lounging around with friends and having a laugh. Unfortunately life is not a holiday, if it was we would never appreciate it as much as we currently do.
So as you all know Christmas has come and past, and I thought I would do a haul on all the beauty gifts I received or bought over the end of the December.
Lets kick start this haul with Lime Crime.
I have wanted to buy Lime Crime lipsticks for years now but they are quite expensive so I always just admired them online and from afar.
So as you can imagine when I opened my Christmas gift from my beautiful friend Stacey and discovered 4 of these gems I was in shock and in love. In fact I actually told her "I think I'm in love with you" and creeped her out a bit.
Besides the point that she got me FOUR!!! of these amazing lipsticks she also chose amazing colours that I probably would have chosen myself, check them out below!
Glamour 101
A Beautiful deep red, amazingly pigmented and my favourite out of all 4.
Countessa Fluorescent
A beautiful Barbie / Nicki Minaj Pink. Highly Pigmented
Poisonberry
A Deep Purple, almost a metallic plum when on the lips. Beautiful and not a typical colour you would buy but I love it.
Centrifuchsia
Hot Pink in a tube, my second favourite, a colour that would suit everyone.
Apart from getting me these lipsticks my friend also chucked in a palette from Shany Cosmetics which I'd never heard of. Below are swatches of all the colours, you will be able to see most colours are pigmented but there are some that are lacking. I'd say the quality is like that of BH Cosmetics.
Moving on!
I also got a nail set from one of my other friends which is amazing! My nails are super short, and I can't ever seem to grow them long but I do love me some nail art! This kit is perfect for that and it was fun to mess around with; It's great for begginers like myself as it explains different ways to use everything included. (the nail file is missing because I was using it hehe)
Now here comes the fun part, while picking up some last minute christmas gifts I also picked up some products from W7 since the Chemist warehouse was having a 3 for 10 sale! can you say bargain?!
I tried using this as a mascara but it did not work, however as an eye liner and for adding glitter it was absolutely perfect! I put this on all my friends for New Years Eve!
This W7 Nudes pallete was a must have in my travel bag! The colours could be more pigmented but they made the perfect nude/ natural smokey eye.
The W7 Heavenly cream blush is just amazing, it stayed on my skin through the heat and humidity and gave me a beautiful glow.
These slightly shimmery bronzing pearls from W7 were beautiful to use on my tanned skin from the beach, it just made my skin glow! I also liked that it was not jam packed full of shimmer as most of these type of products are.
This Eyeshadow duo from Smooth Cosmetics was beautiful, I used this on my friend with Blue eyes and it just made them pop! I also used them on myself and it looked amazing. The shadows were extremely pigmented, however I find they work best applied with fingers and for some reason a brush doesn't pick up the colour as well.
And finally I picked up this 'Light Up' Lipgloss from W7. It's a beautiful champagne colour that can be worn by itself or ontop of a lipstick for a metallic finish. The cool thing about the 'Light Up' lipglosses is that when you open the cap there is a light that comes out so you can apply the lipgloss in the dark. Handy for if you're going out at night and there isn't a bathroom available for touch ups!
So there you have it, my beauty Christmas haul.
Let me know what you got for Christmas :)
xoS
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