Beauty Haul

So as mentioned in my first post, i went a little crazy shopping the other day. Granted, there is probably far too much! I'm justifying it to myself because i hadn't gone makeup shopping in months AND had recently cleared out my makeup collection almost to a minimum. 

An overview - MAC, KIKO, INGLOT, Models Own.

My first stop - The models own bottle shop!

Next was MAC.

Then came KIKO.

And finally INGLOT!

I decided that the best thing to do was to go all out - it was go hard or go home at this point! I started off at the models own bottle shop in Westfield Stratford City (see here) as I went before 12pm on a Sunday so nothing was really open yet. I had a lovely chat with the girl working there (shoutout to Jasmine) and they had an incredible little sale going, almost any 5 items in the entire store for only £20! Naturally I took advantage of this deal and got myself a little bit of everything. Firsty I went for the two eyeshadow palettes available - one in smokey and one in nude, then came nail polish! I went for a more natural colour in 'Midsummer Mauve' and a more pastel-coloured pink in the shade 'Paradise Pink'. Next was a lipstick from their festival collection, another gorgeous pastel pink in the shade 'Daisy Chain'. They were also giving out a free gift with any purchase so i received a lovely sparkly black eyeliner!

Next was MAC, oh MAC. You beauty. This is without a doubt my favourite part of any haul and will forever be the key to my heart. So, naturally i went a lil' nuts. (I'll also mention now that in the eyeshadow quad i already owned 3 of the 4 eyeshadows, this is just how i had organised them before I photographed them.) So skinwise i went for the 'sized to go' version of the fix+. I've heard many good things about this product from the likes of Jaclyn Hill and Kathleen Fuentes. I also picked up a transparent finish powder in order to mattify certain areas of my face without necessarily colouring them using a normal pressed powder. Only slightly skin-related, but next came the brush cleanser. You get one massive 235ml bottle for only £11! I've seen much worse brands who offer for less product and charge more for it! After skincare we have the rest of the face, i had already been to my local MAC counter earlier in the week and picked up my usual foundation, unfortunately though they didn't have my usual concealer so I just picked up a studio fix concealer in NW20. Next: eyes. I picked up a refill pan of 'Amber Lights'  as one of my favourite youtubers absolute raves about this, and boy was she right! It's a gorgeous highly pigmented shimmery bronze that i've only had for two days but can already not live without! I also picked up 3 sized to go pigments in 'Melon', 'Naked' and 'Kitschmas'. Finally onto lips! I picked up two lipliners in the shades 'Ruby Woo' and 'Whirl'. The former was to go with one of my favourite reds of all time, the latter was for the lipstick which I also picked up that day - 'Velvet Teddy'. This is a beautiful matte brown-ey nude. The final item i picked up was a sized to go lipglass in 'Pink Lemonade'. Annoyingly the lady in the shop managed to charge me twice for this and i didn't notice till i got home, so I ended up paying more than I would have even with a full sized lipglass!

After I spent 90% of my budget in MAC i decided to head to a slightly more cost-friendly store - KIKO! I purchased three lipsticks here (as rather than being over £15 they were under £3) I got 902, 905 and 906. I also went for two lipliners in here as i had chucked away all of mine due to old-age or completely incorrect colouring. I picked up 701 and 712. I also picked up one of their CLIC palletes as they had some incredibly pigmented shadows! I got the shades 226 (as more of a blush), 223, 211 and 411. I also picked up one of their 'Mystery eye pencils' which are not such a mystery once you realise you have to open the case to use the actual pencil! Finally i picked up some cosmetic sponges and KIKO's take on a beautyblender, i adore my blender but it would be nice to know of some cheaper alternatives for when mine finally takes it's last steps (or sweeps should i say!)

Finally I decided to bite the bullet and grab myself one of INGLOT's freedom palettes. The staff there were incredibly helpful in helping me figure out what i wanted in my palette, and even showed me a fragrance pan i could get! I'll be considering that one next time I go there. Instead i stuck to eyeshadows and lipstick this time. Eyes-wise, i went for 347 (far right), 07 (one left), and a brow powder in 557 (middle). Next was lipsticks and I went for: 06, (second to left) and 52 (far left). I also got a handy little refill remover for removing the pans once they're all used up to replace with new ones!

That finishes the makeup part of my haul, I hope you enjoyed and got some inspiration on some good makeup! Both high end and drugstore, until next time sweets! xxx