HAUL: COLOUR POP COSMETICS.

LIQUID LIPSTICKS, EYESHADOWS & HIGHLIGHTERS. 

Hi! Today I'm showing you some things I purchased from Colour Pop cosmetics. This is the first time I've ever bought anything from Colour Pop as they're an American Brand which have only recently starting shipping to the UK. Colour Pop is an extremely affordable brand and I've heard really really good things about them so I was really excited to try them out. I thought it would be helpful to include shipping information so that if you're wanting to try this brand you can know what kind of shipping times to expect. 

I ordered these products on the 28th September, I received a shipping notification on the 3rd of October (this is longer than I'd expect although I did receive an email telling me so) and I received my package 10th October after paying a customs charge. I can only compare this to my orders from Jeffree Star (as these are the only other things I've bought from America) for which the international shipping was $10.95 compared to Colour Pop's $25 which was quite expensive in my opinion. Additionally all but one of my Jeffree Star packages has arrived within one week which I thought was exceptional compared to Colour Pop's 2 weeks. Taking all of this into account Colour Pop is a lot more inexpensive so I can forgive these things (perhaps not the shipping cost though). 

• EYESHADOW

The first things I bought were some matte eyeshadows. I've heard some things saying that their matte eyeshadows are a strange consistency so I only got 3. I haven't tried them yet so can't comment on that but the shades I got were (L-R): Paradox, Central Perk & Beverly. They're deep reds and purples which is great going into autumn. I'll try them out and let you know how I like them. 

[COLOUR POP SUPERSHOCK EYESHADOW $5]

I also got a selection of shimmers which I have actually tried and they're amazing, especially when you just apply them with your finger. They're very pigmented and creamy. I got 3 shades (L-R): Game Face, Kathleen Lights & Drift. 

[COLOUR POP SUPERSHOCK EYESHADOW $5]

I also picked up another eyeshadow but this one has a considerable amount of shimmer and glitter through it. I thought it would be great for a really intense inner corner/brow bone highlight and because I'm quite fair I thought this one would show up on me the best. This is in the shade Tassel.

[COLOUR POP SUPERSHOCK EYESHADOW $5]

• HIGHLIGHTER

I got two highlighters, as you can see from the photo one of them arrived smashed although because of the formula it was quite easy to press it back into some sort of useable shape. The shades I got were Stole The Show (L) & Hippo (R). I bought the purple one to try and experiment as I've only ever just used normal highlighter colours.

[COLOUR POP SUPERSHOCK CHEEK $8]

• GEL LINER 

I also decided to pick up this gel liner. I usually always wear some kind of winged liner so I'm always open to trying new gel liners. This one is in the shade Swerve as it's just a black colour. If I like the formula I'll probably try some of their brighter shades. 

[COLOUR POP CREME GEL COLOUR $6]

• BRONZER

The last face product I got was a bronzer in the shade Bon Voyage. It seemed to be the best shade for me considering I'm quite pale. Colour Pop is very affordable so at only $8 (£6.50) I thought it wouldn't be too much of a disaster if I didn't like it. Again, I haven't tried it out properly yet but it seems like a great colour when I've swatched it.

[COLOUR POP SUPERSHOCK CHEEK $8]

• LIPPIE STIX

Colour Pop don't sell standard bullet lipsticks so I think these are the closest to those that you can buy. They come in a variety of finishes: matte, satin, gloss. I got a selection of colours and finishes to try them out, the shades I got were (L-R): Pitch, Taurus, Skimpy, Tootsi, Aquarius & Kiddo. Again, they're a very reasonable price at $5 (£4) so I'll try them out and report back. 

[COLOUR POP LIPPIE STIX $5]

• LIQUID LIPSTICK

Colour Pop sells liquid lipsticks in 4 formulas: matte, satin, metallic and gloss; metallic and gloss aren't really for me so I thought I'd give the other 2 a go. The shade on the left is Prim and on the right is Littlestitious, these are the satin formula. 

[COLOUR POP ULTRA SATIN LIP $6]

Finally I picked up their matte liquid lipsticks as, generally, I prefer a matte finish with lip products in general. Shades (L-R): Trap, Kae, Times Square, Lax, Vice. I got a good mixture between nudes and darker more vampy colours. I can't wait to try these, it would be really good to find a slightly more affordable brand of liquid lipsticks which perform similarly to my more expensive ones.

[COLOUR POP ULTRA MATTE LIP $6] 

thanks for reading, 

CATRIONA 

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HAUL: BEAUTY BAY.

BEAUTY BAY, BOOTS & LASHES.

Hi! Today I'm showing you some things I purchased from Beauty Bay- a website here in the UK which stocks lots of brands which can be difficult to get ahold of. I also bought a few bits from Boots and stocked up on lashes but I thought I'd just include them in this post anyway! 

• MORPHE

The first things I bought were these Morphe palettes. The top one is the 35k (Colour Koffee palette) which is a lovely selection of warm browns with a mixture of matte and shimmers. The bottom left is the 12NB palette (Natural Beauty palette), again warm shades with a few shimmers in there. What really attracted me to this palette was the size- a lot of my palettes are quite big and not good for travelling or carrying about in a makeup bag, on a usual day I'll wear a warm smoky eye so I thought this would be ideal for using on the go. The final thing from Morphe was the 12P palette (Picasso palette). Again, this is for me to try and experiment a lot more with colour and this has the main primary colours all in one place so it's ideal. Morphe is a great brand, very very affordable with buttery, pigmented shadows. I'd recommend to everyone.

[MORPHE 35K PALETTE £19.50, MORPHE 12NB PALETTE £11.95, MORPHE 12P PALETTE £11.95]

• MAKEUP GEEK

The next brand which I purchased was Makeup Geek, who, in my opinion, have some of the best eyeshadows available. They're pigmented, buttery, and very easy to blend. Additionally they have an amazing range of colours which they sell by the pan, so you can pick and choose exactly what colours you want. The colours I chose were: Chickadee (top left), Mango Tango (top middle), Poppy (top right), Cherry Cola (middle left), Mocha (middle right) & Dragonfly (bottom). They're all warm shades except for Dragonfly which I just really liked the colour of and I'm going to try and use in a more colourful look. Makeup Geek is a fantastic, affordable brand and I highly recommend them.

[MAKEUP GEEK SINGLE EYESHADOW PAN £5.95] 

• MILANI

Milani is a brand which I haven't really had a lot to do with except for my love of their cult baked blush 'Luminoso'. They're a very affordable brand with a large range of products so I thought I'd pick a few things up to try. The first is a beautiful baked bronzer and as I liked my Makeup Revolution baked bronzer so much I thought I'd give this a go. The shade is 'Soleil' and as far as I'm aware is the only one on the Beauty Bay website- I'll definitely try this out and report back.

[MILANI BAKED BRONZER £8] 

I also picked up 3 of their matte liquid lipsticks- I've seen a lot of good things about Milani's lip products from various beauty gurus so I thought I may as well give them a go. The shades I bought are 10- Adorable (left), 19- Covet (middle) & 20- Sugar (right). I haven't tried them properly yet, I've only swatched them but from my first impressions of that they look amazing. I'll try them properly and report back!

[MILANI MATTE LIP CREAM £8]

• BEAUTY BLENDER 

I also invested in another Beauty Blender. I've already got a pink and a black one so I thought I may as well get the nude one as well. I use and wash my Beauty Blender every day so they do tend to get quite worn out quite quickly. I read somewhere the other day that you're supposed to replace your makeup sponges around every 3 months, which I definitely do not, so I thought it was about time to get a new one. 

[BEAUTY BLENDER NUDE SPONGE £16] 

• Z PALETTE

I also picked up this cute mini Z Palette. I've got a couple of highlight and contour pans which don't really belong in my large eyeshadow Z Palette so I thought I'd get this for them to live in. Additionally, I thought it would be ideal if I wanted to travel with a few single eyeshadows, I could just pop them in here rather than carrying round a full sized Z Palette. 

[Z PALETTE SMALL HOT PINK £8.95]

• L.A. GIRL

I was running low on one of my favourite concealers so I thought I'd also stock up. The top 3 shades are Porcelain, the one I usually use and the lightest shade they do, but I also bought the shade Light Ivory for when I've got a few layers of fake tan on, or to spot conceal on my face. This is a very good, affordable concealer so if you're not looking to splash out give it a go.

[L.A. PRO CONCEAL HIGH DEFININITION CONCEALER £5]

• ZOEVA 

I also got this brush holder from ZOEVA. Zoeva is one of my favourite brands for brushes, they're not too expensive and they're great quality. I picked up this brush holder with the intention of putting my brushes in it (obviously), but I've actually decided to use it to hold all my liquid lipsticks. It's made from quite thick plastic and feels sturdy and fits a decent amount of products in. I'm really glad I bought this!

[ZOEVA CLASSIC BRUSH HOLDER £10.50]

• VIOLET VOSS

I also find it difficult to believe that before buying these I did not own ANY glitter. I had glittery eyeshadows or shimmers etc but no loose glitter. I thought I'd pick up two pots of loose glitter from Violet Voss to try. The first shade is a golden colour called Golden Fairy and the second is a bright purple called Paige. I think they'll be great for adding a bit more drama to a look and especially at the moment, glitter is really on trend (although there's literally no way I'll be putting it anywhere near my hair because I'd never be able to get it out). 

[VIOLET VOSS GLITTER POT £8] 

• NYX 

All these NYX products I bought from Boots, which is pretty much the only place you can get NYX products easily in the UK. The first thing I bought was the All Over Balm (Coconut Oil), it's not made very clear on the packaging exactly what this product is for but I'm just going to use it wherever my skin feels extra dry. The fact that it contains coconut oil means that it'll make a really good moisturiser wherever you choose to use it. 

[NYX ALL OVER BALM COCONUT OIL £5.50]

The second thing I bought were 2 of the Blotting Powders, in Light & Light Medium.  They're marketed as setting powders which don't have too much pigment therefore aren't adding too much coverage to the face. These will be good for more natural makeup looks or for touching up during the day, I'm going to try the light one to set under my eyes as well. 

[NYX BLOTTING POWDER £10.50]

Finally I bought some refills for my favourite NYX Contour Kit, these are a light slightly pinkier shade called Soft Light. They're very affordable so whenever I see them I just grab a few. 

[NYX HIGHLIGHT & CONTOUR REFILL PANS £3.25] 

• LASHES 

Finally, I stocked up on some of my favourite lashes. Ardell Demi Wispies are sold quite commonly in the UK for around £6 per pair, including on Beauty Bay and in Boots, however you can get these 4 packs on Amazon for just under £8 each! I also thought I'd try the full Wispies which are a bit bigger (they could prove a bit too big for my eyes) and I picked up a few different brands, Eyelure, Morphe and Red Cherry- all very affordable. 

thanks for reading,

CATRIONA

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HAUL: AFFORDABLE MAKEUP.

NYX & MAYBELLINE.

Hi!

Today I'm showing you a few products which I recently purchased. All of this is 'drugstore' makeup (affordable brands) which I purchased from Boots here in the UK. Most of this is from the brand NYX which is a relatively new brand in the UK, but it's quickly become one of my favourites- it's very cheap and great quality. 

• FOUNDATION

 

The first thing I bought was a restock of one of my favourite foundations (featured in my July favourites post) the Maybelline Fit Me! Matte + Poreless foundation. I also bought a darker shade in what I can only assume is the same foundation but I don't really know why the packaging is different. The shade I use when I'm pale is 105 Natural Ivory and the darker shade I bought to try is 128 Warm Nude. I'll report back on whether I like that shade but it seems to have a strong yellow undertone which is good for me. 

[MAYBELLINE FIT ME! MATTE + PORELESS FOUNDATION £5.99] 

• POWDER

Staying on the Maybelline track I also bought the face powder from the same range as the previous foundations. I've heard good things about this whole range so thought I may as well pick this up at the same time. I got a shade which is between my light and dark shades although it's a lot easier to make powders which are the wrong shade work than a foundation which isn't the right shade. 

[MAYBELLINE FIT ME! SET + SMOOTH FACE POWDER £5.99]

I also picked up some refills for my NYX Contour Kit. I meant to get 2 of the banana shades [Cream] and 2 of the lighter more pink shade [Soft Light] but for some reason I ended up buying 4 of the banana shade colour (welcome to my life). Oh well, at least I won't need to restock those any time soon!

[NYX HIGHLIGHT & CONTOUR PRO SINGLES £3.25]

• EYELINER

In an attempt to push my boundaries slightly and be a bit more creative I also bought 4 NYX eyeliners, 3 of which are from their Vivid Brights collection (I already have the green one). In addition I bought the white version of my favourite eyeliner to try and be slightly different. I'm going to try and experiment a bit more with colour and hopefully looks incorporating these new products will be coming soon. 

[NYX VIVID BRIGHTS LIQUID LINER £5.50, NYX WHITE LIQUID LINER £5.50]

• LIQUID LIPSTICK 

I also jumped on the bandwagon and got some of the NYX Lingerie line. The only problem is I can't seem to see the names of the shades that I bought. The top shade is 03, the middle 12 and the bottom 10. I'm really happy with the shades I've chosen and I'll report back on the formula. I'm not sure what finish they're meant to achieve, whether they dry down matte or are a satin finish but I'll try them out and let you all know! 

[NYX LIP LINGERIE LIPSTICK £6.50]

thanks for reading,

CATRIONA

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