Makeup Haul: Nail Polish and Other Delights

Hi Tory,

we made it!

We made it! Part Three of the great Albert Hall of makeup with polishes and sundries this time around... there's also Part Two and Part One. Next time I won't leave it so long ;)

Products Featured

• MUA Nail Polish in All Nude, Stormy Skies, Shade 1, and Shade 13
• Primark Nudes
• NYC In a New York Color Minute in Prince Street, High Line Green, and Grand Central Station
• 2True Glossywear Nail Polish in No 26 and No 27
• Barry M Nail Polish in NP150 Red Glitter, NP297 Blue Glitter, and NP339 Gold Glitter
• MUA Professional Eye Brow Kit and Every Lash
• Revlon Precision Dark Lash Adhesive
• Travalo Perfume Atomizer
• False eyelashes from Revamp in Brighton

Hugs and kisses,
xxx

Makeup Haul: Liners and Shadows

Hi Tory,

this week it's all about the eyeliners and eyeshadows

Part Two of the Albert Hall video - lips, blushes and brushes from Part One are here.

This week it's all about the eyeliners and the eyeshadows - some you may have seen in previous tutorials and some will turn up in future ones... stay tuned!

Products Featured

• Fashionista Fashion Secret Gel Liner in Fashion Line and Exhibition
• Collection 2000 Gel Liner in Gold and Collection 2000 Glam Crystals in 4 Hustle, 5 Le Freak, and 7 Rock Chick
• 2True Eyeliner Dazzlers in No 3
• Bloom Eye Definer in Blue - no longer available
• Barry M Bold Waterproof Eyeliner in Purple and Barry M Eyeshadow Pencil in No 4
• MUA Gel Liner in On the Move
• Stargazer Eyeshadow in Red
• Rimmel Traffic Stopping Trio in 006 Sharp Turn
• Beauty UK Eyeshadow and Eyeliner Collection in No 2
• Sleek i-Divine Ultra Matts in V2
• Barry M Dazzle Dusts in No 71 and No 102

Hugs and kisses,
xxx

Makeup Haul: Lips, Blushes and Brushes

Hi Tory,

I'm renaming this one the albert hall video

Normally, I do a makeup haul once a month - my semi-legendary Annie Hall videos that have a small assortment of bits and bobs that I've acquired along the way. What with one thing and another I haven't made an Annie Hall video for a while, nor even a Daryl Hall video (which is when it's bigger than a small assortment but not huge).

Many months have passed and it's become so big and so pressing that I do this, that I'm renaming this one the Albert Hall video. Some of the bits and pieces have appeared in tutorials but I didn't have a chance to talk about them, and some of them will be appearing in future tutorials, just to whet your appetite. It's in three parts tho' - you might want to make a cup of tea...

Part Two coming next week, with eyeliners and eyeshadows!

Products Featured

• MUA Professional Mozaic Bronzer in Natural Glow and MUA Professional Blush Perfection Cream Blusher in Yummy
• Sleek Blush in Flamingo
• 2True Crystal Lipgloss in No 3 and 2True Colour Drench Lipgloss in No 10
• MUA Professional Lip Boom in Bring It and MUA Professional Intense Kisses in Stolen Kisses
• NYC Lipstick in 410 Plum Rum
• Barry M Lipgloss in No 9
• Bloom Lip Definers in Trace and Outline, Lipstick in Deep Plum and Swing - no longer available
• MAC Marilyn Monroe Collection Lipstick in Deeply Adored - this is Limited Edition
• Samantha Chapman Real Techniques Brushes in Fine Liner, Setting, Stippling, and Blush
• Boots No 7 brushes in Contour and Smoky Eye

Hugs and kisses,
xxx

Tutorial Annie Haul

Hi Tory,

Our local Superdrug was having an insane clearout this past week with a whole bargain bin full of products that I assume were part of a discontinued thing, and all at 49p each. I nearly fainted when I saw those prices, particularly when part of the haul were Sleek Ink Pots - oh yes! I already have their black Ink Pot, which is a gel liner (terrible little brush that comes with it, mind you) and love it, so was really excited that I managed to bag Denim (a lovely inky blue), Glacier (a flat white), and Stone Cold (a gorgeous metallic grey).

I'm especially excited about the white gel as this now means that I don't have to trawl eBay looking for a NYX Milk pencil. ;) Now, as you can see from the photos the gel liners, although brand new, have already started to dry out, but fear not! This week there is a tutorial on that very subject with tips on how to reanimate your crunchy, crispy gels.

Next up are a couple of lip pencils by a company called Elle, which I don't know much about - maybe something to do with the magazine? I'm not sure... I snagged a deep burgundy (which goes perfectly with the MUA Lip Boom I bought recently) and a chocolate brown. This got me thinking about more tutorials, which brings me on to my last purchases (although they weren't in the Bargain Bin of Joy).

I've had my eye on some MUA Out There plumping lip glosses for some time now and picked up two really lovely nude shades at £2 each - Nude and Buff. Really nice texture, good pigmentation, excellent price and they do plump up those lips. (Brace yourself for the sting which comes from the cinnamon oil. Oof. It's worth it tho, trust me.)

ALL of my purchases were geared around tutorials... between the Lip Booms and the Out There glosses I started hatching some ideas for retro looks which I'm going to call The Lipstick Series. They'll be coming next week. :) The gels get their own series, starting the week after, and I'll fit the lip pencils in hither and yon. If I tell myself that I'm buying makeup so I can make tutorials it staves off the pangs of buyer's guilt. That's my fiendish plan anyway. ;)

Hugs and kisses,
xx

Swatches from left to right: MUA Out There plumping lipgloss shades Buff and Nude, Elle Lip Pencils in shades Dark Brown and Fig, Sleek Ink Pots in Stone Cold, Glacier, and Denim.

June Makeup Haul!

Hi Tory,

I've been doing some digging in the mark down bins in Superdrug as well as regular shopping and came up with some tasty bargains for this month's haul!

So first off, I'm dyeing my hair - REALLY dyeing my hair! Bleaching underneath and then colouring it purple (hence this purchase), and then dark chocolate brown on the layer above so I get this funky, punky two tone thing going on. I'll be photographing the process as well, don't worry!

Collection 2000 have brought out four gel eyeliners at a really affordable price of £4.99 each. Along with the standard black and brown, they also do a pale gold, and this GORGEOUS teal which I just had to buy, a) because it's beautiful, and b) so that I can show you how to do a great smoky eye using a gel liner. ;) I'm really impressed with the texture of these gels, and the staying power is tremendous.

Again from Collection 2000, I got these twist up eye definers, which go on like a gel and last for a really long time - they are excellent for tight lining and highly pigmented - plus they're a bargain at only £1.99 each!

I needed all my how to tips on repairing eyeshadows for these bad boys... but it was worth it! TWO Sleek palettes - Bad Girl, and Oh So Special - and ONE MUA Professional palette in Starry Night, and all of them half price. :: (I spent £8.98 on the three as opposed to £16.98.) I am currently OBSESSED with the Sleek Bad Girl palette - all these fab black black blacks shot through with intense colour. Tutorials ahoy!

And last, but by no mean least, I finally got the E.L.F. bug, and it was definitely worth it. :) Two wonderfully creamy concealer palettes (I got the medium and the dark, just waiting on the light to come back into stock), and two really nice brushes - the sponge smudger and their blending brush. All really affordable and pretty good quality, plus the delivery was quick! (I also bought an art brush, which I'm using for makeup and I'm doing a special tutorial on that later)

Hugs and kisses,
xxx

April/May Annie Haul!

Hi Tory,

It's time for a mini haul - and this time I thought I'd do it in a pictorial style with some quick notes and links - enjoy!

This is a before shot to show you the condition that some of the half-price, damaged palettes were in when I bought them... applied the surgical spirit trick and got myself several bargains. (Yes, some of the shadows are missing - but half price is half price!)

Here's the after shot of the MUA Professional Palette in Starry Night, Sleek i-Divine Palettes in 658 Oh So Special, and 596 Bad Girl. All half price!

Two Collection 2000 Eye Definer Lasting Colour wands in Black and Brown - both are fantastic for tight lining and waterlining as they go on smoothly and don't shift, smudge, smear or dissolve.

I'm a sucker for gel liners, particularly coloured ones, as you can do some really outstanding smoky eye work using a gel liner as a base, so I was pleased to find that Collection 2000 have started doing ones in gold and this gorgeous teal - expect some tutorials!

I also FINALLY succumbed to e.l.f. and got the medium and the dark Complete Coverage Concealer sets, the Professional Blending Eye Brush, and the Professional Smudge Eye Sponge (plus a Daler Rowney art brush for some push eyeliner work - another tutorial to follow...!).

And finally... I've decided to go back to purple with my hair again, so I got a streaking kit from Superdrug. After two weeks of persistent health issues, I figured it was groovy cheering up time. Yay!

Hugs and kisses,
xxx

March 2012 Mini Haul!

Hi Tory,

Beautiful, lovely things and at beautiful, lovely prices - always makes me happy!

Products in the Video:

• Barry M Nail Paint in Racing Green
• Primark 4 Nail Polish pack in Neon Colours (available in store)
• MUA Brow Pencils
• Barry M Dazzle Dust
• Barry M Glitter Dust

Hugs and kisses
xx