London Loot - Makeup!

Hello lovelies :)

Some of you might remember my earlier post calling for any of you UK gals to let me know of any products I should pic up while I was over there for a day's retail therapy, a big thanks to anyone who commented!

As you can probably tell from the pic above I am now back in Ireland with some gorgey purchases! I thought I'd let you all know what I picked up. First off I just wanna mention that I don't usually buy this much makeup at once, but I saved because I knew this trip was coming up! It was also my birthday in the past few days so I had a few extra pennies :)

I'm not gonna go into too much detail, as I have a feeling that I'll be doing quite a few reviews!

♥ Britney Spears Fantasy - I adore this perfume. I'm rubbish at describing scents but I love this for daytime wear, it's girly and just yum!

♥ Sleek Pallettes - At last I got my mitts on these babies! I ran straight for these when we got to Superdrug on Oxford St, and picked up the Sunset and Original palettes. I had a look at the acid palette but decided against getting it as I felt I had similar shades already. I was a bit disappointed when I didn't see the Storm palette, but I had heard it was a bit harder to find. Until....I found one hiding behind a bunch of acid palettes -YAY! I wanted the contour kit but they were all out of the light shade :( I did pick up medium to see what it'd be like when I have tan on. If it's still too dark I'll just pass it on to a friend and get her opinion on it.

♥ Beauty UK Palettes 4 & 5 - Again I picked the palettes in shades most suitable to what I like wearing lately. These were a little smaller than I expected, but at under £4 they are amazing value. I need to give them a trial run and will get back to you :) Oh one more thing - when I got home I realised that one of the shadows had shattered during transit :(

But losing one isn't so bad I suppose!

♥ Barry M - Lipsticks in 100, 101 and 129. Following the crowd here I know but I've heard such great things that I just had to try em out! I also picked up their lovely mint green nail polish. Can't wait to try these out!

♥ Nars Orgasm and Laguna - I have been lusting after these for the longest time! Theres no Nars counter in my area so i am particularly happy at having been ale to pick these up. :)

♥ Mac - I picked up 5 shadow inserts for my palette, in shades Satin Taupe, Black Tied, Woodwinked, Sable and Sketch. I also grabbed blacktrack fluidline and blackground paintpot - Obviously I'm loving dark eyes right now! :) I had intended on getting Dollymix blush and a couple of lipsticks but just didn't have the time in the end... I guess they'll have to stay on the lust list for a little while longer! :)

♥ A Few Other Random Bits of Gorgeous - A couple of drugstore lipsticks, Gosh concealer in shade 2 (I'm crossing my fingers and toes and everything that this will keep my dark circles at bay!), and Prestige Skinloving Minerals in Glam Tan.

That's about it!

I don't think I'll be hauling (ugh hate that word...why can't there be a nicer word for it!!!) for a while again! But I'm so happy with what I picked up.

I also picked up some clothes and accessories while i was there and if anyone would like to see a post on this please leave a comment and I'll happily do one!

*Thanks so much for reading *

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Ash

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Small Haul - Mac, Benefit, NYC

I never really liked the word haul, I don't know why, just isn't the nicest sounding word is it?

Anyway, here are just a few bits I picked up :)

Mac 109 Brush

Benefit Coralista

Benefit BadGal Lash

NYC Colour Wheels in Peach Glow and All-Over Bronze Glow

Some of you might remember me mentioning Benefit Coralista and Mac 109 brush as two products I wanted to get my paws on in 2010. Well here they are! Isn't Coralista gorgeous?

And hopefully I will soon be the supreme queen of contouring with the help of this baby!

Now onto the BadGal...

Just look at the size of this brush - it's ginormous!

It's like bigger than my eye!

As for the colourwheels, well NYC is a brand I haven't tried out yet, and these have been rated quite well from what I've heard. Plus they are super cheap! These were under a fiver each... Compare that with my Coralista and theres a pretty hefty difference.

I'm not too sure about the peach shade yet. I'm usually pretty predictable when it comes to blush. I go shopping for makeup and think I'm all adventurous with my purchases and then I come home with about six variations of pink blush. So I decide to try this peach out... Gotta admit not crazy excited but we will see!

BTW guys, I'm not bragging here. It's a beauty blog I gotta tell you what I'm using don't I! :)

Anyone used any of these before? What did you think?

If anyone would like a review on anything leave me a comment :)

* Thanks for reading *

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Ash

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Penneys, I heart you!

First off - Penneys is what we over here in Ireland call Primark.

I don't know why really....but no matter!

Penneys/Primark (whatever) is fast becoming one of my fave shops!

It's always been a good place to go for a root and find the odd bargain, but I've often felt that the Irish ones (at least the ones closest to me) have been more miss than hit.

For example, if I'm reading a clothes feature in a UK magazine and it has an item from Primark in it, I can NEVER find said item here.

I have felt so cheated! :(

That is until now...Penneys stock has mucho improved the last few times I have popped in!

Here are a few bits I picked up during the week...

2 x lovely flowery bags 11euro each

2 x flowery bobby pins 1.50 each

2pk tights - pink and grey 2.50

Can you tell I was in a flowery mood?! :)

I had seen these bags in a few posts on here and just thought oh well, won't have them here, forget about it. Then I take a wander into Penneys and there they are, looking right at me, shouting buy me buy me buy me!!

Happy times!

After that I sort of just got carried away with the flowery theme...also got flowery ring and top in Miss Selfridge!

The absolute best thing about Penneys is that when I am super broke I can pop in there and pick up a few bits on the cheap, thus sustaining my shopping addiction for a little longer!

Anybody else loving it right now?

ALSO - I now have over 20 followers and am smiling from ear to ear :) Thanks so much for following, lovely to know people are reading x

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Ash

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Sales Time! Small Jewellery Haul

I havn't been too flash for cash this year, but I still had a gander around the sales! (hey girls, it's gotta be done?!)

I thought I'd show you guys some bits n bobs I've picked up - jewellery!

Above are 3 pairs of earrings I picked up in River Island for a steal.

1. the small pearly ones with the bigger corally/orange hearts. Only 3euro! (as you can see by the big manky sticker I left on there...). Think these will be nice to wear to college.

2. The same big hearts bt in black this time. Only 2euro. Planning on wearing these out at the weekend.

3. Lovely massive pink circles and little diamonte type studs! Only 2euro again - that's a euro a pair! I am quite proud of my bargain huntress-ness! A closer look...

Sorry about the blurriness... The pink ones kinda remind me of wallpaper material? But nice wallpaper?!

I also got this oversized ring that I've had my eye on:

This was (as far as I can remember) 14euro down to 7euro. It's from Miss Selfridge, one of my absolute favourite shops. I know it's huge but I love it. It's so different to anything I've had before. The rings that I buy seem to be gettting bigger and bigger!

Next up is this gold long necklace from New Look, down from 7 to 3 euro. It's only recently that I've started wearing any kind of gold jewellery. Anything I found before now just looked tacky to me, and I've always thought that gold just didn't suit me...

But now I'm gonna make it suit me! Haha! I think this will go really nicely with a navy dress I have.

I also really like the little charms hanging off it. Cute!

Last but not least are these beads from Topshop:

WAS: 22euro

NOW: 3 euro.

I thought these were nice and a good bargain. They are a little heavy, but I think they will dress up a simple top nicely if you were going out to dinner or whatever.

Well that's about it?!

Did anyon else get anything nice in the sales??

Thanks for reading! :)

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Ash

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