Beauty Repurchases

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This post is a continuation from the one on Monday as I bought these in the same trip.  These however were things I've owned and really loved and needed to replenish as I was starting to run out.

 

Elizabeth Arden Makeup Remover
I've already written about my love for it here so I won't go on about it.  It's the first makeup remover I've used and will probably be the only as it is so good. My makeup comes off so easily and it is able to take off mascara and lipstick so it's the only thing I'll ever need.  My face also feels so smooth afterwards, it's amazing.

Revlon Colourstay
Once again please refer to another post where I express my undying devotion to it here. It's the best foundation I've used, though in saying that I've only used two and I'm pretty sure the other one was too dark for me.  Anyway it gives me a good coverage, I use the oily/combination one which help disguises my oil ridden skin.

Rimmel Stay Matte Powder
To finish things off I like to use this.  Once again I got this after watching Shaaanxo say that it was amazing, who needs another reason.  It works great for me, keeps my makeup good throughout the day. I use the translucent one but I really want to try out the others to see how they are.  The one I'm currently using has hit pan so I needed to get a replacement urgently.

Hope you all enjoyed this post!

Cover and Conceal

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I've only been back to uni for three days and I already need a break, as soon as your back they hit you with all the assignment dates and I instantly become stressed *sigh*

 

Anyway on to happier things on Sunday I went to Farmers and straight away headed for the makeup.  In a perfect world I would have gotten everything, but for some reason I have a problem where I just can't decide what I want so I just end up not getting anything, this also applies to food as well.

My main goal of the trip was to invest in some foundation and concealer as my current foundation shade makes me look like an oompa lompa, not sure what I was thinking when I got it... I went with Revlon Colourstay for Combination/Oily skin again as it's good and works for me. I got colour matched in store and was two shades lighter than my previous foundation (oops)

 

While I was there I also wanted to get some concealer so I don't look like death when I get up at insane times for uni.  I had a look at the Maybelline Fit Me Concealer but decided to go with Collection Cosmetics as I've heard great things about it and it's cheaper (it was actually on sale at Countdown which was a major score).  I got it in Fair, the lightest shade and works well, it really does brighten up my eyes.  I originally thought I would be more a medium but I realise with the whole foundation incident I am lighter than I think I am which is weird, I think I'm tricked by all the redness.

 

Hope you all enjoyed this post! :D

Mini Christmas Beauty Haul

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Hope you all had a good Christmas and New Years, have not been blogging much but this year I'll try to more consistent (here's hoping).

 

Thought I'd share what I got for Christmas beauty wise.  I only got two products but they were ones I really wanted. 

As you can see I got a Revlon Colourstay Foundation and Rimmel Stay Matte Pressed Powder.  I've heard really good things about these two products and wanted to try them out and add to my fairly beginners collection of makeup. 

 

The Pressed Powder is transparent as I didn't want to risk having a powdery white face and I just wanted to neatly cover my foundation; now I just need a powder brush to properly apply it. 

 

The Foundation is in the shade 240 Medium Beige and is for Combination/Oily Skin.  While picking a shade I was tossing up between this shade and one that was one shade lighter.  I picked this one hoping it would look good and it does.  The formula is really smooth and goes on easy with my XO Beauty flattop brush.  The formula is also very yellowy (not sure that's a word) which was very apparent when I compared it to my Rimmel foundation which is in the shade 303 True Nude.  While the Rimmel is more skin toned the Revlon looks better on me I think as the Rimmel kind of made me look darker.

 

Hope you enjoyed this post, next week I start summer school for uni so it will be nice to get out of the house and do something.  Hopefully the paper will inspire some more art focused posts as I get back into study mode.