I’ve been trying so hard to put myself on a spending ban, and I’ve been failing at it miserably! I just can’t help myself when I see something pretty! On the other hand, a couple of these bit I did actually need…
I had never actually owned or tried anything from Too Faced, and this was a big error which needed fixing. I had been eyeing up the Too Faced Chocolate Bar palette for ages, and was admiring it in my local Debenhams… I happened to be in the right place at the right time. As I was stood at the Too Faced stand I witnessed a woman returning a palette that she had just purchased as one of the pans was a bit loose and wobbly, she exchanged this for a new one, leaving the ‘faulty one’ with the sales lady. I enquired about what was wrong with it, and she explained that one of the pans had not been glued properly, other than that it was perfect, but because of the ‘fault’ it would have to be reduced by 20%. Bingo for me. I took it at the discounted price, and put a little superglue under the pan when I got home. Perfect, and a slight bargain!
This palette is absolutely gorgeous, and I am so disappointed in myself that I didn’t purchase it sooner! The colours are so pretty, so pigmented, super blendable, and smell like chocolate, obviously! I have absolutely fallen in love with this palette. The shimmer shades are gorgeous, the matte shades are beautiful. I am in love. When I’ve tried out a few more looks and more of the shades I will likely do a post all about this, so far, I absolutely adore it.
Next up, whilst I was in Debenhams I thought I would pick up a decent concealer. I’ve been out of decent concealer for a while now, I had been trying to use the Maybelline dream illuminating concealer, but was not getting on with that at all, it just wasn’t doing the trick. I thought I would jump on the bandwagon and try out the Urban Decay Naked Skin concealer. The wonderful sales lady was super helpful in colour matching me, I’m fair neutral if you care to know.
I understand the raving reviews of this, it is insane, the coverage ins absolutely incredible, it blends like a dream, feels wonderful on the skin and I don’t have a bad word to say about it. The packaging is gorgeous, the product is gorgeous, and to be fair, for the quality of this concealer, the £17.50 price tag isn’t that bad!
I also popped into The Body Shop, because I just can’t not, I have an unhealthy addiction to spending all of my money in The Body Shop. I did restrain myself though, and only picked up a couple of bits. Firstly I picked up the Tea Tree Skin Clearing Lotion, I had just finished a sample of this and it was working wonders for me, it made my skin feel clear and refreshed and was doing a great job of tackling blemishes along with the Tea Tree Oil that I use.
This is wonderful stuff, its much calmer than the oil, not to intense or drying on the skin, but still tackles blemishes wonderfully. I have been using this every day and have been really loving it!
I also picked up the All In One InstaBlur Eye, this is a tinted concealer and primer for the eye area. I had been looking at this a lot recently, as I needed a new eye primer, I wasn’t too fussed about the concealing benefits, but it’s a plus! This applies really nicely, and works really well as an under eye primer, not so great as an eyelid primer though, so I guess I’ll still be on the look out for one of those!
Finally, I nipped into Sainsburys and saw that the Maybelline Baby Lips were on offer for £2.50, so picked one of those up. I had seen the great reviews of these everywhere, so thought I would give them a try. I picked up the ‘Cherry Me’ one, as I was expecting a nice cherry scent and cherry colour.
The packaging of these I think is pretty cute, but I will say it does feel cheap, I know it is cheap, but it feels a bit flimsy to me, I don’t think I would trust this in the bottom of my bag… Other than that, the scent is lovely, the hydration is brilliant and the colour is okay. I would have liked a little more colour pay off, but for a tinted lip balm, it’s pretty good. I am glad that I finally have my hands on one of these.
That’s all that I’ve picked up for myself recently. I really need to learn how to stop spending, because my bank account and I are not getting on very much at the moment! My makeup bag and I however are getting along better than ever!
Have you tried out any of the bit’s I’ve picked up? What are your thought on them? As always, chat to me in the comments!
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April 17, 2016 at 4:41 pm
The jealousy is real here.
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April 17, 2016 at 4:41 pm
Ps I’m glad you got along with the skin clearing lotion so well 😘
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April 17, 2016 at 4:43 pm
It’s amazing, thank you so much! 😘
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April 17, 2016 at 4:42 pm
Why’s that?!
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April 17, 2016 at 4:44 pm
Because I’m so desperate for Too Faced products I just can’t afford them. I’m doing my Loreal staff order at the end of the month though so I’ll get that concealer then 😉
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April 17, 2016 at 4:48 pm
It is pricey, I am so lucky that I was in the right place at the right time to get 20% off though!
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April 17, 2016 at 6:14 pm
Dying to try this Too Faced palette,so lucky finding it discounted!
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April 17, 2016 at 6:41 pm
I was definitely lucky to be in the right place at the right time!
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April 17, 2016 at 8:49 pm
I really understand the struggle of trying and failing at not buying new things. I have plenty of things to last me for a good while, but I still went on and bought so much. And now I obviously want the Too Faced palette haha
I love your posts, I have included you in my nominations for the Liebster award, looking forward to reading your answers! xx
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April 17, 2016 at 8:50 pm
Here’s the link, that I forgot to include haha
https://saturdayonwednesday.com/2016/04/17/liebster-award/
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April 17, 2016 at 9:41 pm
I need to put a lock on my bank account or something haha! It’s a lovely palette, but I have so many palettes and definitely didn’t need another, but I wanted it, it was pretty, and i got 20% off so who can say no?!
And thank you so much, that’s so lovely of you! 😘 xx
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April 17, 2016 at 9:13 pm
Love my chocolate bar palette!! I have the naked skin concealer and its alright. I don’t think its worth the price though (:
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April 17, 2016 at 9:43 pm
It really is a wonderful palette! How come you don’t think the concealer is worth it? It’s the best concealer I have ever used! Have you got cheaper alternatives? Any recommendations?! 🙂 xx
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April 17, 2016 at 9:45 pm
I guess I just don’t see the hype about it. I love my maybelline fit me concealer and the maybelline master conceal is amazing!
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April 17, 2016 at 9:51 pm
I’ve had a bad time with maybelline concealers, maybe we have differing skin types and just get on with different products! I am intrigued by the fit me concealer though, I have heard good things about it! xx
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April 17, 2016 at 9:56 pm
Yea that’s probably it lol 🙂 maybelline is one of my favorite drug store brands (:
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April 17, 2016 at 10:36 pm
I am exactly the same. I always fail at spending bans haha
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April 18, 2016 at 8:19 am
I need to change my pin to something that I won’t remember, just so I can’t spend any money haha!
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April 20, 2016 at 2:41 pm
Great blog, love these products!!
Love Rhi xx
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April 20, 2016 at 2:42 pm
Thank you!:) xx
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April 21, 2016 at 6:25 pm
Great post! Can’t wait to order this palette 🙂
p.s. I love your blog ❤
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April 21, 2016 at 7:10 pm
Thank you so much! x
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April 22, 2016 at 11:23 am
Wow! You were lucky! That was a real bargain 😄 That palette looks beautiful 👌 I haven’t bought a single makeup product from last October. Well, I bought chapstick but that doesn’t count 🙈 I will have huge makeup shopping hauls in May tho lol. I’ve had the instablur eyeshadow primer. For me it was almost a flop. It kind of worked and at the same time it didn’t. I used half of the tube and then threw it away.
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April 22, 2016 at 2:34 pm
I really was just in the right place at the right time! It’s so beautiful, and definitely worth the price!
Wow, how have you restrained yourself like that? You need to tech me, immediately!
I must agree with what you’ve said about the primer, I hate to dislike something, but it’s just not really… well, working. A great disappointment. ): xx
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