Car Boot Sales Are Back

When last years car boot season came to an end I was longing for next summer to begin. However saying that, I've only just in the past few weeks started going to them again. I'm not sure why I didn't jump to the chance of attending one again, I may be due to the fact my most local one sadly wasn't open throughout the whole of July! But having finally found a date when I'm free to go, I actually managed to potter around and unintentionally find some great bargains. Though you do have to work up some good haggling skills to get the best deal, it's hard to get the hang of it again having not been to a car boot in over a year. 

So I thought, considering I didn't actually have a blog this time last year, it would be a perfect idea to share with you some car boot purchases! 

Barry M Gelly Nail polish | 75p

 Estee Lauder creme lipstick in Crystal Coral | £2 

A lovely finish, more on the orange side for a coral, but still wearable and perfect for everyday. I assume it's limited edition

Small makeup mirror | £1

Mac Zoom Black mascara | 75p 

Sadly when I opened this at home it was dried up, however it can contribute to a new lipstick as this is one 

of the products that mac allows their customers to use on their 'back to mac' deal.

Chanel Rouge Coco lipstick in 06 egerie | £3.50 

And no... this isn't real sadly, the packaging looks very realistic but once I opened it I knew straight away. It smells fairly odd, and the finish of it doesn't look the best. But at least I didn't waste £6, as that was the price the lady originally wanted it for!

The flowers featured in this post are actually another one of my purchases, I hope you thought they were real because they're not! They were only 50p per stem, a few larger were £1, but altogether it only came to around £4 for the whole bunch. 

I hope you found this post interesting, as much as I find reading posts concerning car boot sales. I'd also like to apologise for lack of content on my blog, a whole summer without blogging... I know that's pretty bad. I did have time. But I chose not to as I believe a break from even hobbies once in a while is never a bad thing, I also didn't want my blog to become chore which I must complete/post for the sake of it. But I managed to find my way to an alternative car boot sale today, as my usual one wasn't running, therefore another haul is most definitely on its way... Have a lovely week back at school! I know school isn't 'lovely', but after a long break, I find myself remembering the perks school includes.


Have you discovered any good buys this summer?

Collective Haul | Sales

This weeks post is a post I've been waiting to do for a few weeks, Christmas has been and gone which left me with some Christmas money and many sales to search for. A few days after Christmas my friend Laura and I went on a trip shopping, Laura is also a lovely blogger and I recommend you follow her here! I knew I had some money to play with but didn't initially think to spend much of it. But walking into shops and seeing so many inviting deals and sales drew me in…Therefore the past 3 or 4 weeks have consisted of a lot of shopping and spending. The weekend after I wanted to pick one product up from boots, but the deal of ‘Buy one, get the second half price’ persuaded me to buy the ‘second’ – of course of which I wanted but didn't need! As well as these two trips, Kathryn and I (another blogger who you should follow, to see her blog click here), went shopping too. Once again a large amount of sales caught my eye, I’m sorry but a stand of Topshop half price makeup couldn't be walked away from.

Therefore after weeks of searching and purchasing (I forgot to mention yesterday was another day spent in shops…) I felt the need to do a collective haul and share what sales I had found as well as some good buys  -  also I will be featuring  my ‘Top 3 Buys’ out of everything I have bought in this haul too!

Why not start off with a high note and talk about my top 3 products?

Top 3 Buys...

1    1. This top buy is number 1 of my 3 for a reason and I think it will be an essential in my collection from now on, unless I find something better – but this is Miss Sporty’s Studio Lash incrediBALL mascara. Now when it comes to mascaras I often avoid purchasing a new one and let myself use up my current mascara until it’s basically dry! Now I find it’s because finding a new mascara just isn't an easy task, it’s so hard to get wrong and some can be £10.00 therefore you have to be careful! I once bought a miss sporty mascara and really loved it with a price of only a few pounds. For some reason I haven’t though of repurchasing any of their mascaras since. I now ask myself, why not?! This mascara only came to the price of £2.99 and is now a massive essential as I don’t touch any other mascara and can’t stop using this one. I’m not sure if I will review this or not but in a nutshell I love it and highly recommend you at least try it out!

2    2. My second out of my top three would be something I always wanted to try and it’s the ‘holy grail’ Maybelline Colour Tattoo, which I bought in the well known colour ‘On and On Bronze’. I've always put off buying this for some reason and who know why, the only reason I bought it was because Maybelline were promoting a ‘buy on get second half price’ therefore from being an appropriate £4.99  went down to a bargain of £2.99. All I can say is I use this most days, whether using it alone or underneath as a base it works a treat! I’m definitely considering buying more shades soon.

      3. The final out of my top 3 would be Topshop’s crème blush in ‘Prime Time’, the colour of the blush is a prime (how ironic) example of a ‘hot pink’ definitely not something I would go for on the cheeks. However a stand of HALF PRICE (yes 50% off!) Topshop makeup was definitely a yes for and I can’t normally justify spending that much on a product not purely branded as makeup (as Topshop is initially clothing). But there crème blushes normally stand at a decent £6 but half price to £3, so I couldn't resist and this was no regret of a purchase.

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Now onto the rest…I’d be here for days if described every product in detail therefore the rest will be a short summary.

Rimmel Stay Matte Powder, £3.99 | sadly this product wasn't in the sale, but still at a reasonable price I wasn't going to give it a miss. I’ve repurchased this several times considering I use the product until it breaks (my last one was practically unusable) therefore no hesitation when buying this.

Mac Lustre Lipstick in ‘Plink!’ £15.00 | this was my first Mac purchase and probably not my last; I have quite a large Mac wish list but the price just daunt me. So when it comes to purchasing a high end product (I would class Mac as high end, other wouldn't), I do always research before to make sure I know what I want especially for lipsticks/eye shadow shades – I was pretty happy with this colour, it’s an every day (not that Ii will be wearing it every day) and subtle but pretty lipstick with a shimmery finish.

 

TopShop Lipstick in Saint, £4.00 (half price from £8.00) | As well as the crème blush I couldn't not buy some other half price Topshop makeup. Saint is a pinky-nude and has a creamy finish but I do have to finish this off with a pink gloss as it washes me out slightly.

Natural Collection Lipstick in Raspberry, £1.50 (3 for £5 deal, therefore around £1.50 from £1.99) | Kathryn was buying some natural collection products therefore we did a joint deal which work out well as it gave me a 25% off discount. Raspberry is a lovely rich, almost matte pink which I think will look lovely for spring.

Maybelline Fit Me Concealer in shade shade 15, £5.99 | this I also bought with a Maybelline Baby Lips in Cherry Me (sorry, I forgot to include this in the photo). This was still the same deal that Maybelline had of ‘buy one get second half price’ – therefore giving the baby lips a discount of £1.25 from £2.50. I have also bought the concealer once before and loved its creamy texture, it’s my current ‘go to’ concealer.

Topshop Lip Marker In Berry, £3 (half price from £6) | Autumn has past and winter is coming to an end soon, but why not still wear a deep berry lip? I did find this lip marker/stain was drying on the lips and was hard to apply however I’m in love with the colour.

17 Lipstick in Berry Crush, £1 (sale, but I’m unsure of the original price) | this lip stain Ii prefer to Topshop’s as it comes with a non-tinted balm on the other side to give the lips more moisture, whilst blending in the stain. Berry lips are gorgeous and I love the fact that lip stains like these can be dark/deep coloured but with a smaller amount of pigment, therefore not too harsh.

Natural Collection Mascara in Lash care (see through), £1.99 | I normally use this for my brows to keep them in place and find it’s a simple cheap product that does the job, therefore another needed (well…) repurchase.

Topshop Nail Polish in Daredevil, £3 (half price from £6) | I really want to build a collection of their polishes as the colour range is insane and not to mention I just love Topshop’s packaging. As soon as I saw the rows of half price polishes I automatically knew I needed to buy one. I chose Daredevil as it’s a deep purple with gold specs, it’s a lovely colour and appropriate as I've been searching for a nice winter deep purple.

17 nail polish in silver (an iridescent polish, silver and purple), £0.50 (sale, but unsure of original price) | A nail polish for 50p, why not? It may not be something I usually go for but it could look nice on the nails let hope, but for 50p you can’t really go wrong.

17 lasting fix lipstick in the shade showbiz, £1.00 (from £4.49) | I have been wanting to try out a statement red lipstick for a while and when I saw this for only £1 I couldn't say now. In the bullet it appeared a matte red but once the fresh coating slides of it’s actually a slightly shimmey red with a pink hue. I can’t wait to try this out for an event or evening out!

Hollister Body Lotion in Silver Strand Beach, £2.99 (from £12, 75% off) | I’m very keen on Hollister’s signature scent and when me and Laura spotted they were selling a few lotions and moisturisers with a 75% discount we couldn't not. I normally tell myself £12 is too much when buying Hollister’s body care therefore this deal was perfect.

Hollister’s Hand and Body cream in Solane Beach, again £2.99 (from £12, 75% off) | I had to also pick up the hand and body cream, they all smell too good

Lush Space Girl (£2.25) and twilight (£3,25) bath bombs | Lush rarely have sales on but having some change left over in my purse and a trip to lush didn't leave me empty handed – I can’t wait to have a lush bath as I haven’t had one in ages.

Maybelline Baby Skin primer, £7.99 | a price of £7.99 whilst only receiving a small 22ml product, I thought I would try this out as it’s new in the ‘baby’ range that Maybelline sell. But currently I have mixed feelings on this… there may be a post including this soon.

Thank you for reading this massive haul, I think I will be putting myself on a spending ban from now on. But I hope you enjoyed it and have a lovely week!

~ Happiness is not a destination, it’s a way of life ~

What have you been purchasing recently? 

Festive Makeup Look | Blue Eyes

Christmas is only 1 week away now and I think its time to explore some different festive makeup looks, therefore I decided to create a simple yet festive deep gold makeup look. I did this with my friend Kathryn (effievanity.blogspot.co.uk) who has also posted a makeup look, which is lovely so I recommend you check it out after this! I have blue eyes and think gold and pinks compliment this eye colour well, looking through the photos I took it really shows how much the gold makes the blue stand out. I have heard silver compliments blue eyes too, however I personally don't feel silver is a very versatile colour for me as I love my neutrals - if I was to ever use silver I would use it in the inner corner, apart from that I don't think it’s for me. 

As a result in this look I opted for faded gold, bright gold, deeper gold, matte browns and a darker shimmering brown. To accomplish this look I mostly used my MUA undress me too palette - this palette is a dupe of the Naked 2 palette by urban decay, MUA also supply an undress me palette (Naked 1 dupe). I use these palettes on a daily basic and I highly recommend them! 

Face

For the face makeup I kept it really simple, as always, I just apply a concealer my current favourite being the Maybelline 'Fit Me' concealer. Recently I have been using the 'make up for ever' HD high definition powder, but only small amount underneath my eyes to set my concealer in place. For blush I thought I would use my Estee Lauder blush in Nude Rose, I hardly use this palette as I find the bronzer to shimmery (I think a matte bronzer is a must, no shimmer for me).However I love the blush that comes in this palette, it’s a fairly muted rose shade and looks lovely for Autumn or Winter! As well as this I also used an e.l.f. all over colour stick in Persimmon I used this as a highlight above Nude Rose. To finish of the face and keep it lasting all day I use my trusty Rimmel Stay Matte powder. 

I don't actually wear foundation anymore, as much as I find it therapeutic to apply (weird I know, haha) I just find it will clog up my pores and there's no need unless I have a major breakout, which luckily for me they're rare. 

Eyes

This is my favourite part by far, I just love experimenting with so many different combinations, I have to admit I not the best when it comes to eyeshadow and don't actually own very good eye brushes. Luckily Kathryn has recently received some a Nanshy Eye Brush Set, therefore she let me try them out and use them for this post. No word of a lie, I do love them, the set contains 7 brushes of which most I used for this look. 

As mentioned before I used the MUA undress me too palette for this look, with an exception of Natural Collections single eyeshadow in Barley. I used Barley as a base and thought it looked lovely (I also applied it in the inner corner as seen above). However before applying Barely to the lid and inner corner, I applied Artdeco's eyeshadow base and also e.l.f.'s eyelid primer in sheer, I used two primers to increase the pigmentation of the eyeshadow as well as it helping the eyeshadow last longer. 

After applying both primers and Barley, I took Devotion from the MUA palette (dupe for UD's Half Baked) and compacted this onto the inner half of the lid with the Nanshy large shader brush. Then applied fiery (UD's Chopper) to the outer lid and slightly into the crease, again using the large shader brush. At this point I had very harsh lines as a didn't blend them but did this on purpose and I then took Lavish (UD's Tease) and used the Nanshy eye crease brush to blend this into the crease, taking away the harsh lines. To follow on from this I then Obsessed (UD's Busted) and applied this directly into the crease with Nanshy's tapered crease brush. I then used Nanshy's blending eyeshadow brush to blend out any imperfections or harsh lines. Last minute I decided to take Devotion and fiery underneath the bottom lash line, using Nanshy's flat definer brush - I applied devotion in the inner half and fiery on the outer half. I finished off the look with Naked (UD's Foxy) and applied this on the brow-bone as a highlight. 

Moving on to the lashes and lash-line, I used e.l.f.'s cream eyeliner to apply a thin layer of this to the top lash line; I used Nanshy's precise bent eyeliner brush to do so. I feel this increased the volume of my lashes before applying benefits they're real mascara. 

Lips

It was hard to pick a lip colour, but I opted for Chanel's rouge allure luminous intense lip colour in 217 radieuse, this lip colour has an obvious blue undertone and therefore suits my skin-tone well. However the consistency of this lipstick is quite drying on the lips therefore I applied a balm before this and finished it off with a BarryM lipgloss!

I hope you enjoyed this post and tell me if you want anymore makeup looks in the future! Have a lovely rest of your week and enjoy the weekend ahead!

♥