I'm Haulin Baby....

Oh yes, I have a beauty haul for you. I think this month for the first time in ages I've actually gone a bit ott with my make up purchases, however I have two excuses- Holly's wedding (roll on Saturday) and Tenerife in October. So what have I been spending my pennies on this month..

Superdrug Nail Whitening Tables £2.99- my nails are horrible at the moment, from fake tan, and forgetting to wear base coat. I have a review on this to come in the next few weeks, so all what I will say on this is don't waste your money.

Barry M Lipstick in 147- aka the Mac Ever Hip dupe. This is my first ever BM lipstick and in all fairness I'm finding this quite drying on my lips compared to my Mac lippies. Originally bought this for my holidays as I'm not taking my Mac babies with me. This does look fab with a tan though, kinda more of a pigmented Mac Cut a Caper.

OPI Steady as She Rose- from the Pirates of the Carribean Collection. I bought this from ebay (beautyzone2007) and it cost approx £5 (including p+p from America), delivery is super quick too. It look a week to come. This is the colour I'll be wearing on my nails for the wedding on Saturday (Holly has approved it) so expect a NOTD on it soon.

OPI Over the Taupe- Again bought from ebay, I wore this for the hen do pt 2 the other week, and its worth noting you need two coats for this. The polish was quite watery if that makes sense. However I do love it, and I have a NOTD ready to post this week on this.

Sleek Pout Polish in Milkshake- again I've bought this ready for my holidays, really like how its not too pink on your lips. Definately going to buy Minx (?) next month. Haven't really had much time to play around with this, however I am very impressed.

Then we go onto the Mac goodies... I got my make up done for the hen do, and I asked for some products to be used to recreate a smokey eye with a pink lip. So what did I end up getting...

Studio Fix in NC35- now I was after a new foundation ready for the wedding and I was matched to NC even though I thought I was a NW. This colour equates to 2 coats of St Tropez. The MUA applied this with a stippling brush (as I call them) and I thought it looked too caked on. However when I got home I took this off and applied with my usual foundation brush, and I'm very happy with the coverage/colour. However I am a bit shocked with how orange/dark it looks (see swatch below)

Mineralize Eyeshadow in Rare Find- I am in love with this eyeshadow. I never even both looking at the mineralize eyeshadows when I go to the Mac counter, its up there with Typographic as my favourite eyeshadow.

Eye Shadow in Copperplate- I asked the MUA if she could use Typographic on my eyes, and along with Rare Find, she used this. She put Typographic on the brush, tapped into Copperplate and seriously it looks gorgeous!! Fab addition to my eyeshadow pallete. I'm hoping I can recreate this smoky eye next time I'm out.

Paintpot in Painterly- This along with my foundation were the real reasons I went to get my make up done. I could be here all day gushing about it but I have stuff to do. Its just love- if you don't have this in your primer collection, run out and buy it now.

Some cheeky swatches for you...

Barry M 147, Sleek Pout Paint in Milkshake, Mac Paintpot in Painterly, Mac Eyeshadow in Copperplate, Mac Mineralize eyeshadow in Rare Find, Mac Stuid Fix Foundation in NC35.

All what I need now is a couple of ELF make up brushes, Head over Heels or Flush Cream Blush from Topshop, and the other Sleek Pout Polish and thats me done... not including the Models Own 50% off sale lol.

Don't forgot to enter the vintage dress giveaway below.

Jadda Jadda Jadda- May Favourites

Apologies as this is REALLY late, honestly at the moment I'm having no concept of time- I can't believe its nearly mid June already. I have a 1001 posts to do, however like the spanner which I am, I'm either forgetting my camera wire or totally forgetting I have posts to do. Seriously if any of you have a wet kipper slap me now please.

I've also decided to mix my favourites up starting from May and include a product/products which I am not liking that month. This could be products which I have favoured before.. you never know.

So the long overdue May favourites are...

Sleek Storm Palette.

This is my go to palette for work- I'm not wasting my Mac eyeshadows for work. For some reason this month I am in one of those moods to try and use up as many products which I can, where I can before buying new stuff. A bit like a project 10 pan, just without the commitment. You can't knock Sleek for their pigmentation and value for money, however for some reason, I just stick to the same colours in this palette. I always wear my glasses to work as my contacts normally start playing up mid morning if I'm at a computer all day, so I never wear much colour on my eyes.

Top row- third along (I always use this as a base), and then it varies between the first and second shadows.

Bottom row- first brown, and then if I am feeling adventurous, I will use the fifth colour to lightly shade in my eyebrows.

He-shi dark foaming mousse- I did a review of this product here. Been comparing prices of this online, as the bottle I have is nearly used up.

Elf brush shampoo- I'm now in the routine of cleaning all of my make up brushes weekly, and since I used my Mac brush cleaner, I decided to buy a cheaper alternative. I don't know if this is antibacterial, however it does the job. Tip if you use the mac brush cleaner don't bin the empty bottle, it still classes as one of your back2macs.

Marc Jacobs Daisy- still trying to use this up, I think its refusing to go down. This is my work perfume as its quite light, and not strong enough for a night out. I don't think I would repurchase this.

Shea Body Butter- free with last month's Marie Claire. I only bought the magazine for this, as I use this to moisturise my knees/ankles/elbows/knuckles before fake tanning. My last tub of this lasted just over a year- excellent value for money.

Models Own Top Turquoise- loving being able to wear bright colours of my nails now that the extensions have been taken off. I wore this colour for Take That and had loads of compliments in the queue about it. This is one of the verstalie colours which look fab on your toe nails or your finger nails. One coat of this polish is enough for even coverage. One of my all time favourite nail polishes.

17 Wild Curls Mascara- I bought this for Tenerife, and have only recently started using this again. I normally wear this for work, and then really apply a 1001 coats for a night out. Works really well with max factor false effects mascara.

Mac lipglass in Florabundance- my all time favourite/HG Mac lipgloss. I think this is my 4th tube of the stuff, I love it that much. For the last year or so I've been neglecting my lipglosses for lipsticks, however this over the top of Mac Shy Girl is my now go to colour combination for a night out.

Mac 217se brush- After the incident of loosing my 219 brush in the loos in Budda (still gutted about it to this day), Stephy kindly bought me a brush set as part of my Xmas present two years ago to use on nights out. I think out of the set, this is my go to brush when doing my eye make up- but I still won't take these on a night out.

Collection 2000 blush in 02 bashful- I've had this for years although its been neglected for other blushes. I'm now on a mission to get it used up and its gone down quite quickly in the last week or so. This is the perfect "my cheeks but better" colour and can easily be built up. I would actually re-purchase this again.

Product which I'm not loving this month...

Umberto Giannini- Hold Me Curl Hairspray.

Don't waste your money on this product. It does nothing for my curls on a night out, bar making my hair go really sticky. Smells nice, but it does nothing for you hair.