Lipstick Crazy

I somehow seem to have gone crazy with my recent purchases, especially lip products. I'm finding it a wee bit ridiculous just how many I've brought over the past few weeks, but honestly, they were all necessities!

MUA PowerPout £3.00 each Nail Polish £1.00

Firstly is MUA, a few weeks ago I did a post telling you about the new release of their Power Pouts. MUA just seem to be going from strength to strength at the moment. Whilst waiting for my train home today, I popped into Superdrug, (it's the worst habit I have,) and picked up a few of the colours I had my eye on. Luckily, they were very well stocked so I had my pick of the bunch. From left to right I brought Irreplaceable, Broken Hearted and Justify. They are obviously so similar to the Revlon Lipstains, but I have to say, already I prefer the smell of the Power Pouts than to the Revlon Lipstains! I also brought a Nail Polish. MUA have changed the packaging of their Nail Polishes and they are very much identical to Essie Polishes, except they are a lot smaller. I haven't tried their polishes yet so I thought I'd give them a go, and picked one up the colour Strawberry Crush.

Rimmel Apocalips £5.99 each Kate Moss Lipstick £5.49

Finally, when Superdrug held their 3 for 2 offer I couldn't resist purchasing some more Rimmel Apocalips, I now own five in my favourite colours, and I'm hoping that that'll be it for now! From left to write I brought shades Luna and Stella. I'm also wanting to try my hand at coral Lipstick so I went for a Kate Moss Lippie in shade 16 as I already own two, one from her first collection and one from her Matte collection and I love them both, so I'm expecting good things for this one too!

Hope you all had a good start to the week! What have you been purchasing recently?!

New: MUA Power Pouts

I am an absolute MUA fan and I love all their products. I follow them on Twitter and Facebook religiously checking for any discounts or news on new products along with other bloggers reviews of their products. Last night MUA released a status on Facebook saying that tomorrow (today) they will be announcing a new product which was revealed an hour ago.

Due to MUA becoming more and more popular due to the quality of products and their prices it has allowed them to keep on expanding and release new products which are keeping up with the beauty world. So are you ready to see what MUA are going to be releasing next?!

Picture was taken from the MUA Facebook page.

MUA are releasing their own version of the Clinique Chubby Sticks and Revlon Lip Stains with their very own Power Pout. They have the exact same concept of the Chubby Sticks and Lip Stains but at a much more affordable price. For an amazing £3.00 you could own your own Power Pout which comes in 6 different colours. They will be available to buy in stores from the 10th of April. They're not saying when they will be available to buy online for all you international MUA lovers but they're saying it might be very soon.

I really can't wait for these to become available and I've already got my eye on a few which I want, if they're anything like their other products I know they'll be great!

 

What do you think of the new MUA Power Pouts?!

 

Shopping When You're Ill Leads To This...

GOOD MORNING LOVELIES!

The sun is shining down here and it's just a lovely Friday! I know I've been absent for a while and that's because of a number of things. 4 weeks ago I lost my job, the company are facing financial difficulties and around the last 100 people they employed had to be let go. I was working a fairly high earning job for retail and when I heard the news I completely panicked and turned into a stressed out, panicked mess. For me, being in work is so important no matter what job it is, a job is a job, bringing in an income. I relied on that money for so many things such as car insurance, my phone bill, my gym membership, my monthly train ticket and then savings in case anything were to happen and I needed back up money for example, in case something happened to my car. So for the past few weeks job hunting has been my main goal. I've had a few interviews and I'm still applying for more jobs, so fingers crossed for me!

So with not knowing when my next paycheck is going to be I've had to go carefully and not buy things I don't need such as makeup. But when I headed into Boots and Superdrug yesterday for some medicine I came back with more makeup than I should have as I thought they would be little pick-me-ups for being ill. I didn't realise I had picked up so much.. I blame my hazy flu and coldy head!

Can you see what I mean now? But this was all necessities, I just had to have them!

However, in my defence a few things were buy 2 get 1 free! First up is Rimmel. I am in desperate need of this Foundation as mine is running very low so this was a must have. The Rimmel Lasting Finish 25 Hour Foundation retails at £6.99 which I think is amazing for such a brilliant foundation. As Rimmel had the 3 for 2 offer I thought I would pick up a Kate Moss Lipstick. I have one of her original lipsticks from when she first brought them out in 2011 and love it! I haven't yet tried her new matte collection and as so many bbloggers are raving about the 110 colour I decided I had to try it. The lipstick was my free product from Rimmel as the Apocalips is 50p more expensive. I also chose the new Apocalips in Big Bang as I'm a sucker for a red. Lastly, a few days before hand I had brought the Apocalips lipgloss in Apocaliptic and I can't wait to try both of these!

Next up is Revlon. I have to admit that I have never brought anything from Revlon before, I couldn't tell you why, I just haven't. One of my friends who is also a beauty and makeup enthusiast suggested the Revlon Photoready Perfecting Primer to me after she brought from her trip to Chicago. Now I full trust her judgement so if she says it's good then it best be good! I'm also late jumping on the bandwagon with both these products now. The Revlon Lipbutters and Lipstain are such a talked about product in the bblogging world and as Revlon also had a 3 for 2 offer I had to try them both. I brought the Lipbutter in Strawberry Shortcake and the Lipstain in Cherish Devotion, both are lovely pinks for the summer and as they are both £7.99 each it didn't matter which one was free.

I am a sucker for a new mascara, I'm always trying to find something that is bigger and better than my one before. So when I saw Number Seventeens new mascara, Doll'd Up, I wanted to try it, especially as so many people rave about their mascaras and at the moment Number Seventeen have got a promotional offer where if you buy their new mascara you get their Doll'd Up Liquid Eyeliner free. I couldn't resist! They aren't currently selling the Eyeliner separately by its self, so I cannot tell you the price of it.

Finally, I made a quick stop off at Superdrug and as usual, I couldn't resist MUA. They released the Mega Volume Mascara just before Christmas, and again, I have to try it! They also released their new Undress Your Skin Range the other day, and in one of local Superdrugs they only currently stock the Cover & Conceal Concealer Wand, which I hope will be fantastic, and I can't wait to try their new range out, especially the palette!

 

Pricing

- Rimmel Lasting Finish 25 Hour Foundation - £6.99

- Rimmel Kate Moss Matte Lipstick in 110 - £5.49

- Rimmel Apocalips Lip Lacquer in Big Bang and Apocaliptic - £5.99

- Revlon Photoready Perfecting Primer - £11.99

- Revlon Lipbutter in Strawberry Shortcake - £7.99

- Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain in Cherish Devotion - £7.99

- Seventeen Doll'd Up Mascara - £6.29 (Current promotional offer £5.29)

- MUA Mega Volume Mascara - £3.00

- MUM Cover & Conceal Concealer - £1.50