Make Up Haul (birthday)

Hello lovelies! 

This is the makeup part of my birthday haul. I thought I should separate them because there is a fair amount of stuff in this post and it'd be soooo long if I put it all together. Hope you don't mind!

But anywhoo.. getting straight into the goodies I bought. 

Nice little shot of it all jumble together for you there

For some reason I went on a bit of a eyeliner, mascara and lip balm mission. First up I found Maybelline's Master Duo eyeliner which if you twist the applicator, you can achieve either a thicker line of a thinner line. I thought this would be the best idea EVER. But I have to say it's just a bit of a faff trying to twist the wand without making the line go wonky. Maybe I just need a bit more practice.. 

The next eyeliner I picked up was Collection's Lasting Colour Gel Eyeliner. This is the first gel eyeliner I've tried and I have to say I'm not overly impressed. I found that it didn't dry properly and smudged onto my lid and left me with a black line just above my crease.

I then came across the lip balms where I found Maybelline's Baby Lips on offer so of course I bought the ones that I didn't have. The ones I picked up were Intense care and the peach one...but the name escapes me and I can't remember where I put it to find out. Sorry!

I then grabbed a balm from Carmex because I've heard so many good things about it and my                                                    lips have been really soar lately. I'm hoping this                 will take care of them.

The first mascara I picked up was Loreal's Miss Manga mascara. I haven't really used this enough to say what I think about it but one quick note is that I'm not too keen on the packaging, it just seems a little tacky. But hey, that's just my opinion.

The next mascara I picked up was Maybelline's The Falsies. Amazingly, I still hadn't tried it but when I noticed Maybelline had an offer on I thought what better time to get it than now. I've used it pretty much every day and I absolutely love it!

The next things I found were these thermal face masks by Skin Wisdom. I really like these, my skin feels really fresh and cleansed after using one. Definitely recommend! 

I then stumbled across the Barry M stall and these two just fell into my basket..
The pink colour is called Princess and is one of the glittery textured ones. The nudey/brown colour is from the matte range and I love it for when I want a more sophisticated nail look.

I was in desperate need of some cotton wool balls so instead of getting a normal size bag. I got two bags of 300. So now I have 600 cotton balls...

I also grabbed Real Techniques Core Collection because I bought the Expert Face Brush and fell in love with it and really wanted to test out some more. 

One of my favourite buys was Channel's Sole Tan De Channel. I know its a bit pricey at £31 but I've been wanting this for so long and I thought since it's my birthday...

I then picked up Bourjois' Healthy Mix Foundation which is absolutely brilliant. I'm normally one for a completely matte finish but this leaves my skin looking healthy and radiant but not so duet that it just looks shiny. Really happy with this one. 

And lastly I picked up my first ever Revlon lip butter. I can't believe I haven't ventured into these yet, I don't know what I've been waiting for! This is so light and soft on your lips and adds just the right amount of colour for a balm as well as leaving your lips hydrated and smooth. I will definitely be purchasing more of these bad boys! I think this shade is called Cotton Candy 045.

That's everything from the beauty section of my birthday haul. I really hoped you enjoyed and if you want to take a peek at what I got from Lush for my birthday then click here, or if you want to see what I was given by friends and family and the more fashion/home wear things I picked up then click here. 

Bye guys x