Holiday Haul - Drugstore Brand!

Sooooo, as I said in my last haul post I'd do one of my drugstore brand purchases (which I received this afternoon). They're all from MUA Makeup Academy! I love MUA stuff, as it's cheap and cheerful... the products are great too! 

So this is all that I got, a green mascara, 2 eyeliner pencils, 2 liquid eyeliners and 4 lip lacquers! 

I didn't try this yet but I did have an open up of it and had a look and it seems like it will be a good enough mascara that only cost £1!! The colour is shade 2. I seem to be obsessed with coloured mascara lately, and particularly green mascara's! 

I picked up a green eyeliner pencil, because who doesn't love green? I love this shade of green... and if I decide I don't like it as an eyeliner I can always use it as a lipliner for my Lime Crime Serpentina Lipstick as it seems to be just the right colour to match it (I'd match them up now but I'm still away and didn't bring Serpentina with me!). What I love about these eyeliners is that they have a built in sharpener on the lid, HANDY AS HELL! This colour is called Forest Green. 

I also got this lovely orange colour! If you know me well.... you'll know that I do love an orange eye... and this will just make it even better for me! If anyone can recommend an orange mascara for me, PLEASE DO! Again love the handy sharpener on the lid! This colour is called Bright Orange. 

Next up I have the 2 liquid eyeliners that were actually free with any purchase! Please excuse the really bad swatch of the black one, I was rushed taking the photo's! I opted for black and silver because why not! The consistency of the liquid eyeliners are great and they dry quite quick I find BUT... the applicator is really stiff, it feels like a piece of bendy plastic and isn't a brush! The silver is shade 4 and the black is shade 5! 

And I've saved the best till last! The MUA Luxe Lip Lacquers which have been said to be dupes of Lime Crime's Velvetines, which are liquid to matte lipsticks! I loveeee these, I already have 3 other colours are home! They're slightly slow to dry I have to admit but they do have a lot of staying power! This shade is a lovely light nude and the colour is called Halcyon. 

This colour is a slightly darker nude (although they look very similar in the photo's) and the colour of this is called Tranquility.

This one is a lovely powder pink colour, and the colour is Serene! 

Last but not least is this lovely bright almost neon shade called A Flush, and to be honest it isn't the colour advertised on the website... the swatch on the website is what i'd describe as a dusky pink colour, I still love this colour though!



So that's it for my drugstore haul, hope you enjoyed reading it! If you have any questions or anything just drop me a comment or a tweet @haylahhh! Also if you like my blog, gimme a cheeky follow! 

xo 

Holiday Haul!! High end products!

So I've been in England, visiting my boyfriend.. Hence the lack of posts, but he's asleep right now so perfect time to do a haul post! 

I was excited to be going through the airport to get some airport priced treats for myself, but didn't get everything I needed so I had to buy some online and get them delivered to Matthew's house because I had my list in mind and I needed my things! I did order some drug store brand things that should be here in a day or two so I'll post about them when I get them! 

On with the haul... 

All of the things I picked up! 

First thing I picked up (before I went away because I needed it) was Benefit's Hello Flawless Oxygen Wow in the shade "I'm pure 4 sure" Ivory. 

There's a swatch on my arm of it there! 

To be honest I was quite disappointed with this product, maybe it just doesn't sit well on my skin or something but it just seems to come off after a while! I could set it with all the setting powder I have in the world and it still just doesn't seem right! However there was a little saving grace with it, a free sample of the Stay Flawless primer with it (gotta love free samples!) and that did help a lot but I still found that for whatever reason this foundation just isn't my friend, in saying that I will just use it for every day and get a different foundation for going out looks! 

Second thing I got was the full size Stay Flawless 15-Hour Primer from Benefit! 

I have to say I did try this before and loved it with an old foundation so I decided I must have it! It's great, the texture is nice and it's easy to apply. I've heard it described as pritt stick, and that's pretty much exactly what it is... Just the make up version! It's fabulous, would recomend to a friend! 

The next thing I got was a MAC lipstick in the shade Myth (satin)! 

I've heard rave reviews about this lipstick, it seems like it's a must have for every makeup artist, and that it is! For me it kinda looks like I've just put foundation on my lips but if I put it on top of a pink lip liner it's a perfect nude for myself! 

The next one I wanted to get in the airport but they didn't have it (devastated!!) because I bought it when I used to work in the airport and it's gone missing, I searched high and low, in pockets and bags and under beds for it but it's no where to be found in my house.... It was possibly one of my favourite lipsticks I ever bought, so I had to get it online while I was here! It's MAC's Viva Glam III (matte) lipstick, it's a kind of browny red colour and I adore it so much! 

In my eyes this is a must must must have!!!! 

I then got MAC's Violetta (amplified) lipstick as I was sent a newsletter email from MAC about pro lipsticks, and like the sucker I am... I had to have it! In saying that it's a lovely bright purple but it's not as deep as Heroine lipstick from MAC! 

Such a pretty shade! 

The last but certainly not least product I got was a MAC pigment in Green Space! It's a stunning bright green colour and I'm absolutely in love with it! Anyone who knows me knows I am a sucker for crazy colours! Now, to my sadness there was a warning not to use Green Space on the eye area... HEARTBROKEN, but I sent MAC an email and asked what would happen if I did use it on my eyes and they said it could cause irritation but it doesn't irritate everyone... So if I do use it on my eyes (which I will) it'll be at my own risk and I'll take the consequences! 

I've swatched it without any primer, then in the middle with the Too Faced Eyeshadow Insurance Primer in the middle and then with NYX's Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk. In my opinion it looks best with Milk (had I have blended Milk out properly and made it even!!). Nonetheless I LOVE this colour and I can see myself using it a lot! 

That's all for the high end holiday haul, and when I get my drugstore products I'll make a post about them! I hope you've enjoyed this post, if you have any questions just leave me a comment or tweet me @haylahhh on twitter! 

Thanks for reading xo