Sale hauling!

I had planned on posting this around new year but as some of you may know I ended up with Norovirus and could hardly walk let alone blog so I'm now catching up on blogging!

This is just a quick post to show what I picked up in the sales, some prices I can't remember due to buying them so long ago but I'll try my best! 

 New Look

Studded shoes - £5

Gem shoes - £9

Glitter slippers - £7

Brown bow shoes - £9

ASOS

Pistachio cross over bag - £12.50

Cath Kidston luggage set - £7

POP eyeshadow palettes - £10.50 each

River Island pegasus pendant - £7.50

Fekkai shea butter hair treatment - £9 (was over £30 originally!)

I will review these once I've tried them out properly.

Clinton Cards

Cherries in Snow medium jar candle - £8.49 (I did want a few of these but this was the only one left)

Lush

500ml Snow Fairy shower gels - £5

Next

Stitch bedding - £30

Knee length boots - £20

Topshop

Pauls Boutique bag - £44

I also had a giftcard which had £16 left on it so this was a real bargain as it was originally £66

Boots

Benefit Crescent Row perfumes

Ralph Lauren Big Pony perfumes

Both of these were around £19.99

 Debenhams

Watercolour butterfly duvet set - £34

Philosopy shower gels - £7

Nip & Fab set - around £12.50

Not pictured:

Fogarty duck feather pillows - £20 (was £40)

Snuggledown luxury springbuck duvet - £36 (was £120) 

I did order a few more Philosophy products but when my order was dispatched I got an email saying they were now out of stock. Slightly annoying as there were lots of different shower gels I could have got instead. Also when my Debenhams order arrived two of the packages were open as the bags hadn't been sealed properly.

So that's my huge sale haul! I still have a few things from Next on their way but I was really happy with what I picked up and it was all done online so I didn't even have to brave the sale shoppers!

Link me to your sale hauls and I'll check them out!

Christmas Gifts - £10 to £50

This weeks Christmas gift post is featuring gifts which are priced between £10 and £50.

Boots

Ralph Lauren Big Pony Womans Collection Gift Set - £29.99

Champneys Bubble Heaven - £16

Fearne Bag of Treats - £16

Baylis and Harding Large Gingerbread Trio - £12

Benefit Crescent Row Perfume Gift Set - £29.50

Benefit High Flying Glosses Gift Set - £19.50

Debenhams

Urban Decay Ocho Loco 24/7 Glide On Eye Pencils - £40

Philosophy The Cookbook Set - £16.50

Philosophy Winter Escape Set - £22

Harvey Nichols

Cowshed Knackered Cow Luxury Bath Set - £36

Bliss Berry Bubbly - £29

House of Fraser

Heathcoate & Ivory Mimosa and Pomegranate Birdcage set - £22

Thierry Mugler Miniature Perfume Set - £31

Cowshed Best of the Best Gift Set - £40

Molton Brown Orion Gift Set - £36

Bellapierre Shimmer 9-Stack - £59.99

Next

The Collection Fragrance wardrobe - £14

QVC

Frontcover Desk to Date Collection - £16.25

Nails Inc 6 Piece Neon & Nudes Mini Collection - £22

Emma Hardie 4 Piece Starter Kit - £25

L'Occitane 5 Piece Shea Bath & Body Collection - £43.92

Selfridges

Swarovski Aura Miniatures Set - £45

Jo Malone Sweet Lemon Cologne 30ml - £38

Kiehl's Orange Flower and Lychee EDT 30ml - £26

Aromatherapy Associates Miniature Bath and Shower Oil Collection - £30

Next week's Christmas Gift post is going to feature non beauty gift ideas.

Dupe alert! Benefit Hervana and Rimmel match perfection blush

When Benefit released Hervana in January this year I couldn't wait to get my hands on it as Benefit blushers are simply amazing but at £23.50 they aren't cheap. Then Rimmel released some new blushers as a part of their Match Perfection range. I loved the colours of them and at a mere £5.99 they are great value for money. 

So typically I bought both Hervana and Rimmels blush and was kind of shocked when I found them to be perfect dupes for each other.

The colours in both are so similar and they both give a matte look, the Rimmel blush has a very slight glitter effect to it but not much.

In fact if I had the choice of whether to buy Benefit's Hervana or Rimmel's Match Perfection blusher I would hands down choose the Rimmel product. It's cheaper, gives the same results and I prefer the shape of the pan to the Hervana.

Do you know of any good dupes out there at the minute?

Review - Too Faced Lemon Drop shadow insurance

I suffer from really bad dark circles under my eyes and no matter how many hours sleep I have or how much water I drink they're always there. Yes I use concealer but sometimes it isn't enough. A few years ago I discovered Benefit's Lemon Aid, a colour correcting product, but as I now mainly use power foundation the creamy consistency doesn't work too well with powder and it can cake up. But a few months ago Too Faced launched their own version called Lemon Drop.

I couldn't wait to try this out so last month I bought a tube to try. At £16.50 you get a 11ml tube of product which is massive compared to Benefit's Lemon Aid where for the same price you get a teeny 2.7ml of product.  

When I first squeezed a bit of this out to try I was a little shocked to find it had separated and I got creamy product and water but regardless of this the product texture was nice and creamy and it was a subtle shade of yellow.

When rubbed in it definitely brightens up the skin and even though it doesn't completely hide my dark circles it does do a good job at calming down the darkness.

I'm not sure if I would buy this again, I would have to see how long the tube lasted but I am quite impressed with the results.

My lipstick collection

I first wrote this post back in June last year and since then my lipstick collection has grown quite a lot so thought I'd do a new post.

 Avon lipsticks L-R:

Color Trend - £3.50

- Sequin

- Berry Pink

- Creme Caramel

Smooth Minerals - around £8, can't find on the website

- Smooth Nude

- Smooth Berry

Swatches in the same order as above 

Boots 17 lipsticks L-R:

Supreme Shine 'Bella' - £4.99

Mirror Shine lipsticks - £4.59

- Sugar Daddy

- Flirtini

- Hollywood

- Peace

- Belle 

 Swatches in the same order as above

Left - Right:

 No7 Sheer Temptation 'Attract' - £10.00

No7 2011 Limited Edition - No longer available

Benefit 'LaLaLand' - no longer available

Kate Moss for Rimmel 'shade 3' - £5.49

 Swatches in the same order as above

Left - Right:

L'Oreal Naturals 'shade 235 nude' - £

L'Oreal Studio Secrets lip glow - £8.49

Mac 'Midimauve' - £13.50

Collection 2000 lasting colour 'Queen of Hearts' - £2.99

Collection 2000 Cream Puff 'Cotton Candy' - £2.99

Collection 2000 Cream Puff 'Fairy Cake' -  £2.99

Swatches in the same order as above 

My current favourite lip products are Collection 2000 Cream Puffs and 17 Mirror Shine lipsticks. What lip products do you love?