Save vs Spurge - Mineral foundations

Mineral foundations, they're popping up everywhere nowadays. For me a mineral foundation shouldn't contain any nasties like parabens but more often than not they do. I've managed to find four which fit this category which also vary in price. These are:

L-R:

Collection 2000 Perfecting Minerals - £4.99 (15g)

Une 100% Mineral Foundation - £9.99 (4.5g)

Avon Smooth Minerals - £10.50 (6g)

Lily Lolo Mineral Foundation - £12.49 (10g)

Swatches and shades L-R:

Une (M08)

Avon (Shell)

Lily Lolo (Barely Buff)

Sorry no swatch of Collection 2000's as I finished this months ago, luckily kept the pot for product dregs!

Collection 2000's was the first mineral foundation I tried. For the money you can't go wrong and you get alot of product. It covered well, looked natural and but didn't last all day.

I bought the Une foundation more recently and I was shocked at how little product you got compared to others, you get a teeny 4.5g for a tenner. Despite this it gave the best coverage and lasted all day.

Avon ran a promotion a while ago where you gave then an old bottle of foundation and you got a brand new one for £4 so I got their Smooth Minerals powder foundation. This has a slight simmer to it which people always comment on and say how nice it looks. The coverage is really good and lasts all day. The only bad thing is the silly hole the product comes out of. Sort it out Avon!

Lily Lolo only makes mineral make-up products and I love their blushers. Their foundation is the most expensive I've tried but you do get a 10g pot. This is the lightest shade I've got which is probably a tad too light for me after trying darker shades from the other brands. It also gives quite a light coverage but it does last.

Collection 2000, Une and Lily Lolo all have a normal sifter top for getting the product out.

So my final thought....

This is taking into consideration price, amount of product and coverage:

1st place - Avon Smooth Minerals (mid priced product)

2nd place - Collection 2000 Perfecting Minerals (cheapest)

3rd place - Lily Lolo Mineral Foundation (most expensive)

4th place - Une (mid priced product)

Avon won because of the coverage and Une lost because of the whole 4.5g of product. I'll be interest to see how long this lasts compared to the other ones.

Have you tried any mineral foundations, what did you think to them? 

Haul - Next, Boots, ASOS & more!

This is the last big haul post I'm going to do for a while due to tarting my new job and having no pennys as I have shed loads of stuff to pay for when I get a decent wage. So I went shopping on wednesday to get the last few bits for my job so here is what I got:

Lakeland

Cupcake caddys - £3.99 (was £7.99)

 Next

Peter Pan collar top - £10

I thought this would be way more than £10 so snapped it up at this bargain price!

Boots

Sanctuary Brightening Eye Gel - £10.20 (£5.20 with my £5 skincare voucher) 

Sanctuary Purifying Face Wash - £8.99 (£3.99 with my £5 skincare voucher)

Models Own eyeshadow applicators - £3.00

Une mineral foundation - £9.99

Bourjois Smoky Eyes eyeshadow in Rose Vintage - £7.99

L'Oreal Color Riche lipstick in shade 235 - £8.19

Cosmetics are currently on 3 for 2 so the Bourjois eyeshadow was free!

Swatches:

Top: L'Oreal lipstick

Bottom: Une foundation

Bourjois eyeshadow without flash

Bourjois eyeshadow with flash

From Lanzarote

So technically this was a present but thought I'd show you anyway. My grandad bought this back for me but it's not exactly what I wanted but it still smells gorgeous! It's soap which has sand in it so it's exfoliating.

I love the detailing on the back with the embossed tree and brand name

ASOS

Jersey Wrap Top - £25

This was from their Curve range which starts at a size 20. I'm currently a 16-18 so thought this might be too big but it fits perfectly. I'm keeping this for my birthday night out which isn't for a month and a half but hey ho!

Waterstones

Paradise by Katie Price - £3.29

So there we have it my last big haul for a while. Hope you enjoyed seeing what I bought! Have you bought anything recently or have you a product you'd recommend? Let me know in the comments below!

Haul - Make up

Just before christmas my mum's friend gave me some make-up which she couldn't use as they irritated her eyes so this is a quick post showing what she gave me.

Une eyeshadow - £9.29

Maxfactor Masterpiece silver cream eyeshadow - £6.99

Barry M silver metallic liquid eyeliner - £4.79

Barry M blue metallic liquid eyeliner - £4.79

Barry M pink liquid eyeliner - £4.79

Une is a fairly newish brand which is available in Superdrug and Boots where 98-100% of the ingredients used are derived from natural origins and the products are free from mineral oils, genetically modified organisms, artificial colours and synthetic fragrances. But when I looked on the back of the eyeshadow I was intrigued to see it was actually made by Bourjois!

Have you used any of these? What do you think?