As the title suggests, I was let loose at the Metro Centre a couple of weeks ago (literally the biggest shopping centre in the UK), with Maya and Olivia, and money was definitely spent. I only had a pound or something left by the time Maya's mum and Dad picked us up. Everything I bought was definitely stuff I'd been after for a long time, so I don't regret it!
Here's Maya's haul if you're interested!
First, we hit Primark, the teen's heaven of cheap but quality products. Whilst Maya went gaga over dresses and floral headbands, I found some interest in stud earrings. I'm not one for dangly earrings, so studs are brilliant, and Opia studs are pretty good quality. I've been wearing them for the last week or two when I'm able (damn no jewellery rules), and they're so different to other studs I own, a bit more artistic, and I just like them, and £2 for 9 pairs isn't bad when they're so good.
I also picked up some sea salt spray, because I love trying new things with my hair, and I've been wanting to try out salt sprays for a while, and I'd rather try out a cheap one and sea how I like it before splashing out on a branded one.
Then we found ourselves at the Making Faces stall outside of Primark. Essentially, they buy in makeup products from France and places so they can sell them on at a lower price to shops like Boots. When we got around to the nail varnish, I spotted something that I knew to be £4.50 elsewhere. It was the Rimmel Nail Nurse Stronger Nail; I had a nail biting habit as a child, and it took until I got braces for that to completely break, so my nails aren't in the best of states. In the couple of weeks since I've been wearing this, I certainly feel like they're stronger, I'll have to keep an eye on the breakages/splintering though.
Do I need to tell you the price?
After loads of browsing we made a stop at the Body Shop. Maya spent ages umming and aaahing over a tea tree set (which we went back and bought later), whereas I decided to get something to treat my sister with. My middle sister is currently pregnant (due date was the tenth, so we should be seeing a new nibling (niece/nephew gender neautral term) sometime in the next week), so I thought she should have something to treat herself with post-birth. I know she likes the mango range by the Body Shop, so I got her a body sorbet (kind like a really light body lotion) and a nail varnish to go with it. When we were leaving after our second trip in, I decided to put my scrap change towards the Teenage Cancer Trust jar they had in the corner; they had pots of samples that you didn't have to pay for, only give a donation towards the charity, so I got myself a pot of the sorbet, which smells so nice!
We stormed Boots next, and I formally apologise to my purse now, your HP took such a hit in Boots.
I mentioned in my end of school post that I take mutlivitamins, and seeing as I was running low, I picked some up whilst I was there, and I was surprised to find that they were cheaper than usual, so bonus!
I've been wanting to branch out makeup-wise, so have been wanting to try pen liners. Seeing as Collection's pen liner is £3, I picked that up, as I'm one of those people who tries with cheap products so that it's not a massive loss of money if it doesn't work out.
Then I had the fortune to find an offer at Barry M; I absolutely love Barry M, especially for nail varnish, so when I saw that if you spent over a certain amount on Barry M, you could get a Gelly Hi-Shine polish for free, I jumped at it! I've been wanting to try the matte nail paints, so I picked it up in this absolutely beautiful colour (Cancun Turquoise), then I had to get my own Genie lipstick, which I've been wearing so much. The Gelly polish I chose is Coconut, this off white colour; I feel so hipster when I wear it, seeing as plain white nails seems to be a trend at the moment.
Lunch was at KFC, after we'd all gotten our eyeliner and mascara done at the Benefit counter in House of Fraser using the new They're Real coloured liners and mascara, so of course, got a selfie in!
And yeah, KFC!
It was a great day, I absolutely loved spending time with my friends, should really do it more often!
What do you reckon to my photography, I've been trying to improve so that my blog has better quality pictures - Apoorva'sblog photography posts have certainly helped!
Currently binge-writing a load of posts and scheduling them :)
So on Tuesday, I travelled down to Birmingham (5 hour drive) to attend the last day of the Clothes Show Live. This post is going to be a haul of what I got with swatches of some of the products!
BAGS!!!
Although Maya managed to get all she had been excited for in the first ten minutes, it took until we saw that the Rimmel London stand had reduced their goodie bags from £10 to £5. They'd sold out of the Kate bag, so I went with the Rita bag, simply because it had two nail polishes in it!
Fix & Perfect Primer, Sweetie Crush Polish in Violet Swizzle, Exaggerate Waterproof Eye Definer in Starlit Black, Rita Ora 60 Seconds Polish in Midnight Rendezvous, Lasting Finish Colour Rush Balm in Give me a Cuddle, Extra 3D Lash Mascara in Extreme Black, Sample Matte BB Cream in Light
Rita Ora 60 Seconds Polish in Midnight Rendezvous (flash makes it seem bluer than it is, but my room is dark, so I need the flash)
My next hit was at the Model's Own stand where they were running a deal where you could pick out 5 nail polishes of your choice and then get a bag of other cosmetics and a magazine (not pictured) all for £10. One Model's Own polish retails for £5 alone, so it's an incredibly good deal.I actually picked two polishes each for my two sisters for Christmas and the last for myself, so I managed to get in a bit of Christmas shopping whilst I was at it. :)
Goodie Bag includes 2 eyeliners, a lip gloss, a lip balm, a due eyeshadow, a 4 way buffer, a black nail art pen, eyelash curlers, 4 sponge applicators and 2 cosmetic sponges
Hed Kandi in Disco Heaven, Sophie's Pink, Beetlejuice in Pinky Brown, Disco Pants in Paradise Garage, Hydra Gel in Blue Glint
Goodie Bag includes 2 eyeliners, a lip gloss, a lip balm, a due eyeshadow, a 4 way buffer, a black nail art pen, eyelash curlers, 4 sponge applicators and 2 cosmetic sponges
Lip gloss and the two eyeliners
Duo eyeshadow
Next up after the fashion show we watched (amazing dances and music (Elyar Fox sang at the start), though the fashions were a bit weird) I decided to finally cave and get the Barry M goodie bag, which we'd been avoiding all day, because we were hoping it would reduce in price, but with only half an hour left to shop, me and Olivia went to buy it at £10, a great deal once again.
Goodie Bag includes magnetic polish, textured polish, crackle polish, glitter polish, 2 polishes, Dazzle Dust, Fine Glitter Dust, Metallic Liquid Eyeliner, Lip Lacquer Crayon, Lip Gloss, Eye Crayon
Magnetic Nail Paint in Magnetic Violet, Instant Nail Effect in Black, Glitter Nail Paint in Gold Glitter, Nail Paint in Dusky Mauve, Textured Nail Effect in Atlantic Road, Nail Paint in Racing Green
To find swatches, go here (I was having trouble with blogger, so I gave up!)
Dazzle Dust #96 Gold, Fine Glitter Dust #22 Black Gold, Loud Mouth Lip Colour in Tell-Tale, Matte Eye Crayon #8, Lip Lacquer Crayon #4, Metallic Liquid Eyeliner #6
The eyeliners, lip lacquer, lip gloss and dusts
So there we have it! I also bought a present for my sister, but I won't be posting a picture of that, as she has the link to this blog, and I don't want to spoil it!
I'm sorry there was no Writing Wednesday this week, as you can probably tell, this post took a while with swatching and picture taking and finding the names of the products. We'll be back to normal next week!
