Collective Haul

I've been incessantly shopping these last few weeks. I just can't say no to visiting the stores to see what's available. Especially when there are christmas collections or sets to be found everywhere... And then with the opening of Sephora, I just couldn't pass it up.

 Let's start with the most exciting thing of all. Sephora! I went quite late and there were a few things that were out of stock. And honestly, it was just way too crowded. But I did manage to pick up some amazing things.

First is the Tarte Bon Voyage Collection that contains an eyeshadow palette and minis of some of Tarte's most famous things such as their Lights Camera Lashes mascara and Smooth Operator powder. I'm seriously looking forward to giving everything a go and you'll definitely see a review of the whole set up in the near future.

I also bought the Tarte Pin Up Girl blush palette (I can't seem to find a link to purchase this anywhere, sorry!) which has five of Tarte's famous amazonian clay blushes. It comes in this gold clutch and strangely enough, it also comes with two bobby pins.

The last thing I bought from Tarte is their Gifted mascara. Not that I needed any more mascaras, but I heard some amazing things about this mascara and I'm hoping to find another mascara that gives a similar effect to the Too Faced one I love, but a little more subtle.

Moving along, I also purchased the Kat Von D Tattoo Liner in Trooper. It's a black liquid liner with a brush tip. I've heard some seriously rave reviews about this liner and  that it may be better than the Stila liner that I swear by. I had to give it a go.

I also bought two of the Sephora Matte Lip Creams in 01 Always Red and 03 Strawberry Kisses. Once again, there are amazing reviews on this product and I've already tried these out (oops). They're insanely pigmented and seriously long lasting and oh so incredibly matte.

Another thing I bought is the Bite Beauty Agave Lip Mask in Champagne. You might be able to tell I was on a bit of a kick for beauty guru favourites from Sephora that I couldn't get my hands on before. But it's this super thick hydrating leave on mask for your lips that's like a step above lip balms. Definitely excited to give this one a go.

The last thing I got from Sephora was the Elizabeth and James Nirvana White Perfume. It comes in this gorgeous white and gold packaging and has notes of musk, peony and muguet. It's quite a musky floral perfume that I think translates well in the daytime and the night time.

Moving on from Sephora, I crossed the pathway and entered Mecca Cosmetica and Kit. Oops.

First thing I I bought is the GlamGlow Gift Sexy set which contains a full sized ThirstyMud hydrating mask and mini sizes of the YouthMud and the SuperMud. I'm so excited to give these a go because, like all the other products from before, I've heard seriously incredible things about GlamGlow masks and well, my skin needs a little more love.

I also bought the Ren Rediscover Radiance Kit which contains a full sized Glycol Lactic Renewal Mask, and sample sizes of the Micro Polish Cleanser and Radiance Perfection Serum and a little sachet of the Resurfacing AHA concentrate. It also comes with a muslin cloth, which I'm also strangely happy about. But the value of this set is really great so if you're curious about Ren products, then I'd definitely tell you to try out this set. That and I really like the tin.

Makeup wise, I bought the Smashbox Cherry Smoke Photo Op eyeshadow palette. It's this gorgeous set of eight eyeshadows with a smokey burgundy tone to them. It's probably a little more appropriate from winter looks, but hey I can work with it.

I also got the Lipstick Queen Liquid Assets Set. It contains three of Lipstick Queen's liquid lipsticks with a high shine finish and leave lips feeling really nice and hydrated. And yes, I wanted to try out some Lipstick Queen products.

We're on the last leg! I bought these things a very long time ago, and most of them have been used or featured in posts before.

Let's start with the largest package. The Soap and Glory Soaper Heroes set contains five travel sized Soap and Glory products, Girligo Scented Moisturising Body Mist, the Righteous Butter body butter, Flake Away body scrub, Clean On Me Skin Softening shower gel, and Hand Food hand cream. I already know I love the Hand Food, but I definitely want to give the other products a go. 

I also got the Nars Hardwired Blush in Almeria. I'm not really going to go into this because I know I mentioned it in my last monthly favourites, but it's a gorgeous rosy tan blush that has some serious pigmentation.

The last thing from Mecca (finally) is another of the Josie Maran Coconut Watercolour Eye Shadows in Rio De Rose Gold which is a gorgeous coppery rose gold shade which was in my last post. I love these eyeshadows and I swear I will have a review up soon.

Then from Priceline I got three Essie polishes. I bought two treatment polishes, Millionails and Grow Faster. They both are supposed to make nails stronger and make them grow faster, which is what I'm looking for because I have ridiculously short and terrible nails. I also bought the Essie nail polish in Splash of Grenadine because essiebutton recommends this polish like no other. And I love her so I wanted something that she owned... That does sound a little creepy doesn't it?

And that's it for this huge haul. Looking back at this I really need to learn how to spend money responsibly. But it's okay because we have some amazing new products to try out.