£30 Well Spent!

Hello little chummies,

So as you can see I had an accidental shop! I desperately wanted a bronzer after recently my old favourite's powder fell out of the tin -cry- and heard that Sleek was a good cheap (silly poor student money) brand. So I went down to Superdrug and got a tad distracted.

First of all, I actually managed to buy a sleek bronzer which I'm slightly surprised about. I got the Face Contour Kit in Light (884) for £6.49. It includes a highlighter and bronzer and a handy little contour instruction leaflet thingy for anyone that doesnt know, I think thats quite nice!

I'm actually very excited about this because the main idea for a bronzer (for me anyway) is contouring and since this is a matte shade and has no shimmer in it that should work well, it is just a darker browny skin colour. As well as this, as an added bonus, the highlighter actually looks lovely! It looks quite similar to a Topshop one I had my eye on so (depending on how this goes) I shouldn't need to buy it anymore.

Then there is the Sleek Blush By 3 in colour Lace (367) for £9.99. It has 3 Sleek blushes in it- Crochet, Guipure and Chantilly and they can be layered with each other or just used alone.

I really love the packaging to both the bronzer and the blushes, they are very simple and much better than they used to be! They look expensive now and the mirrors are such a lovely size, from now they will most likely be my mirrors of choice :) The colours are beautiful as well and include both shimmer and matte. I think I will most likely use the peachy looking one a lot its looooovely.

Here is a little swatch for ya! the colours are so pigmented and seem to blend quite well. They have so many other mixes of blushes and also do 3 sets of a bronzer, highlighter and blush if you like that- I may have even bought that instead if I saw it because of how easy it is and i'm a lazy soul.

Next up I got something I've been wanting for ages! Its the Real Techniques expert face brush.

I am actually someone that does not use brushes and it makes me feel like I am missing out and not getting my full potential of face loveliness. Every time I have used one, though, they have not made an improvement and it just did not go well and I never really thought it might be the brush i'm using. So I am having another go! and I have heard a lot of people living for this one so I am very very very very excited.

So there isn't too much to explain for these 2 little ones. Maybelline Baby Lips (£2.99) is being raved abut just about everywhere and I suddenly felt left out when I saw them sitting next to the till. Yes, it is so frigging soft and yes it smells like those little cherry chewy sweet droplet things which is lovely if you are walking around with it on your lips all day. I am not sure if I am going to like this though, i'm not really sure that I can get away with glossy/sheeny things but it might be ok since it isn't super pigmented, we will see!

And then there is Scandaleyes Thick and Thin Eyeliner (£5.49). I have had so much trouble with liquid eye liners and this is frustrating because I wear it daily! They never seem to work for whatever reason and this is why they are piling up in my bedroom and being thrown away. So I am going to have a go with this one! I like that it has a thick and thin bit though, I can imagine it makes applying a little easier.

Lastly, a little last minute thing that I couldn't leave behind, a Models Own amazing nail varnish. I think the name is Sardonyx? with number NP176. I can't really find another word that would look like a name for this? so I am just going to go with that, even if that does sound slightly odd and I cant find it on the Superdrug website.

There were so many of these that I wanted (including Hedkandi Hedonist) but I went with this one because it reminded me of Christmas and thats only about 2 months away! Excited. Its so glittery and a sort of deep burgundy colour which I don't have yet. I think it was a little awkward to put on at first just because of how much glitter it had in it and how quickly it dried. Another thing I loved was the lid, I thought it was so great that it was made out of a velvety material and I keep stroking it (weird) because it feels so nice. I think I will most likely buy a hell of a lot more a these, especially the glitter ones for christmas!

So thats it for now, I hope this may have given you a little bit of inspiration for some cheap but lovely products!