The Massive Bank Holiday Haul Post

So... I spent far far too much money over the bank holiday weekend.

As I said before I'm overhauling my skincare routine, because of that I picked up the Una Brennan Vitamin C Cleansing Oil, LUSH Ultrabland and Hydraluron. I chose them based off a combination of recommendations from other bloggers and research, plus I had a £3 off voucher for the Hydraluron which while it isn't much did help. While I was in Boots I also grabbed the Nip + Fab Glycolic Fix Body Cream in an attempt to tackle the KP on my upper arms and thighs since the Glycolic Fix pads worked so well on my face (and at £8 it's a much cheaper option in the UK than the Am-Lactin I often see mentioned online). I also picked up a few clearance rack bargains, best of all being the Real Techniques Liner Brush for a mere £2! Love it. I also grabbed a Yardley Hand Cream in Peony, turns out I don't like the smell of peony but I needed a hand cream and Yardley are often mentioned by bloggers. The last few bits are all for my change of hair, I got the Schwarzkopf XL Absolute Platinum (my bleach of choice) in bodycare for £4 and La Riche Directions dye in Fire and Vermillion Red.

I'd popped into Primark the day before and seen the My Little Pony tee there but the queue put me off. I went back Sunday and somehow one £6 teeshirt turned into a whole £30 bag of stuff. Anyone else have that issue in Primark? As well as the teeshirt I got some jogging bottoms (£8 I think) as part of my fitness quest (I'll join a gym eventually too... eventually) and some face cloths (£1.50) and insoles (£1) that I'd planned on grabbing at some point anyway. After that is where I made a mistake, I wandered into the underwear and nightwear section. I have an underwear buying problem... cute pants and I am done for. So I picked up three pairs including that epic Marvel pair (which, by the way, if anyone has any suggestions of Marvel comics I should read I'm all ears. I have a Marvel Unlimited subscription and I'm currently working my way through Deadpool comics). I also spotted an awesome pair of Batman tights (£4) and while I'm more a Marvel fan than a DC person (though Dark Horse is even better), Batman is still one of my favourites (well, Harley, Ivy and Joker are) so they went straight into the basket. And while I was there I grabbed some more socks, I've worn holes in the backs of so many of mine. Oops.

Oh and there's a Simple moisturiser there. Which I didn't get in primark but forgot to photo with the rest. I ran out of moisturiser and I like Simple's range.

So, that's my rather over the top haul. Well that and the pre-order on the Jackdaw from Volante Design I made to congratulate myself for passing my theory. And once Asylum 12 has been and gone I'm sticking myself on a proper no-buy for a while, new Hannibal collection from Geek Chic or no.

Recent Purchases

The "I may have a slight case of Supernatural obsession" edition.
[hello filler post while I'm away]

Adorable Castiel Necklace from BakaChansCrafts at Etsy.

My boyfriend bought me the Anti-Possession Necklace from TheHappyKatt on Etsy

King of Hell teeshirt from tripinmidair on Redbubble. Which I love a lot, but apparently I am a smaller size in mens shirts than I thought.

Team Free Will: Fallen Angel teeshirt from vulcanluver on Redbubble. Which makes me happysad. Happy because it's awesome, sad because of Supernatural feels.

I have been spending far too long on tumblr. Apologies for the jumbled, totally un-makeup related post. Eyeshadows shall recommence soon, but shiney pretty awesome things make me happy.

MUA Haul

So yes. My MUA order arrived yesterday. I have to say I'm very impressed, I only ordered things on Thursday. "But what about the spending ban?" I hear you cry. Well, this was an order I planned to make way before I started the spending ban, I just had to wait for things to be back in stock. And it was kind of fuelled by pre-funeral sadness, so I'm letting myself off the hook.

This is what I ordered:

 

Pro Palettes in Glamour Days and Starry Night (forgive my reflection in the photo, they're pretty reflective), Undress Your Skin Radiant Undereye Concealer and the Gel liners in Underground and Tribe. Super excited to try out the gel liners, I've read good reviews and given my experience with the technic liner (review pending) I really want these to change my opinion on gel liners so far!

Glitter Nail Quake in Green, the Nail Constellations in Leo and Libra, and the plain Nail Quake in Quiver. I always said I'd never really understand "caviar" nail type things. They seem very messy and impractical, but I've heard if you use a top coat the beads stay put pretty well and with such pretty colours at only £2 it seemed rude to say no! Hoping to have a play with these soon.

E1 eyeshadow brush, E2 eyeshadow contouring brush and F4 powder brush. Again very much looking forwards to trying these :). I was hoping to get the eyeshadow blending brush too, but that sold out before I got a chance, much like the ELFstudio powder brush does (I blame the beauty bloggers! haha)

I shall have swatches and reviews coming throughout the next few weeks as I try things out.

As for the ordering itself, I'm really happy with MUA for the most part. This is I think the fastest I have ever had an order arrive for anything (outside of downloads of course) and everything was well packaged. The palettes, nail varnishes and constellations were all bubblewrapped safely, the brushes had these attractive plastic pouches (which I attempted to take pictures of but it just became a reflective, glare-filled mess) that held little cards naming the brushes and detailing their purposes, there were no breakages or missing items, and the invoice was included with everything circled so I could see they had checked and included everything. I am disappointed that I didn't get any kind of notification my package had been dispatched, it's one of those things that I expect as standard from any online order. I want to know when my package has left so I can estimate a delivery time and have an idea if something has gone wrong or the package has been lost in transit. That's my only real complaint though.

Mini Boots, Bodycare & Superdrug Haul

So yesterday I might have done a naughty thing...
I nipped into town to pick up some new scrub, lipbalm and eyelash curlers (because I refuse to spend £4 on QVC ones in Asda when I know you can get them from Superdrug for less), ended up in Boots and Bodycare trying to compare prices and may have picked up some other things...

quick swatches of the colour tattoo & eyeliner. Left to right: Painted In Light/Liquid Light (it's labelled differently on the pot to the stand, I think it might eve be Light In Purple on the boots site! haha), Pink Gold, Timeless Black, Technic eyeliner (several swipes).

Giving the liner and the Painted in Light/Liquid Light colour tattoo a test run today. The liner is a bit stubborn as far as application (though I am using the tiny brush with it), as you can see it's a bit patchy and takes a few goes to get a good colour, but it lasts for-blooming-ever. I've had it on since about 10am and been out in the sun, squinting with watery eyes and my liner is still good, even on the waterline. The pot is so very small though, but it was only £1.49 and I wasn't expecting miracles. The Colour Tattoo is gorgeous, doesn't seem to be 24 hour wear on me though. It's only creased in my worst creasy bits, but it has (7ish hours in). Also with this shade I needed two coats to get as full a coverage as I'm used to with powder shadows. But I've never used cream shadow and this is first impressions so, might be me :).

Full reviews coming when I've actually test driven these properly.

Have you tried any of the Colour Tattoo shadows or the Technic liners? Curious to know your experiences.

I May Have Hauled

So, that whole No Buy thing... oops!
I got £20 off the Glinda palette thanks to a gift card, Nail Paints were on 3 for 2 and the Matte Perfect was £1 off... the lipstick I have no excuse for other than it was pretty.

Swatches, reviews and suchlike will be forthcoming. Eventually.

Hope you've all had a great day and a lovely evening! I should be in bed but a Graduate Scheme application took waaaay longer than expected and I'm so far behind with stuff I can't yet. Boo hiss.