Mid Week Mini Haul

So I haven't been having the best week at work this week and so to cheer myself up I did a little bit of shopping on my break. Here's what I picked up.

VO5 Shine On Shine Serum 45ml - £4.15

I have very thick and sometimes somewhat frizzy hair, I never ever style without a good serum. My old one had ran out and as it was nothing special I decided to try something new. I've heard good things about this one so I'm hopeful. It's also on 2 for £5 offer with other VO5 products in Superdrug at the moment, which brings me onto my next purpose.

VO5 Give Me Texture Instant Oomph Powder 7g - £4.09

I had a haircut yesterday and while I really like it I was looking for something to help give it a little bit more movement now that I have more and shorter layers. I added this to my roots, massaged it in and pushed the hair up a little and I can honestly say I was so impressed with the results. It really did add volume and having never used a product like this before I was definitely pleasantly surprised. 

Sleek Blush Sweet Cheeks - £9.99

Ever since I got the Face Form palette from Sleek I've been wanting to try more of their blushes. The blush in the palette, Rose Gold, is so beautiful but I wanted a matte blush without any kind of shimmer for daytime. As I personally prefer a pink blush I decided to just try a Blush By 3 palette in Sweet Cheeks. I'm not even going to lie, I opened this and thought I'd made a massive mistake! They looked so bright and so dark I thought they'd never suit me. A quick try with all of these though and I soon realise I needn't have worried, I do have to be a little bit careful when applying the two darker/brighter shades in the palette but once blended correctly they look great and apply nice and evenly.

Rimmel Lasting Finish Foundation True Ivory 103 - £7.99

I'm having a really hard time with my current foundation at the moment! I've been using Healthy Mix Serum for well over a year now but lately it just hasn't been agreeing with my skin. It doesn't last more than a couple of hours even with primer and powder and its showing up any slight dry patches where it used to be moisturising. So since I'd already picked up two other products and Superdrug still have the 3 for 2 offer on cosmetics I searched for a foundation. I had actually tried this before but it was long before my beauty product days. Back in the days when I didn't even know it was possible to apply foundation with a brush and when primer and powder weren't even on my radar. I thought I'd give it another go now I'm a bit more savvy when it comes to this kind of stuff. I've had a quick go and so far so good, the shade match is perfect for my pale winter skin and since this time I used a brush it doesn't feel caked on which was the problem I had with it the first time.

Barry M Limited Edition Nail Paint - £3.99

It's been a surprisingly long time since I bought any new Barry M nail products, I saw this sparkly little number and had to have it. If you're not a fan of glitter polish stay well clear but if you are I'm sure you'd love this. Tiny pieces of multi-coloured glitter sparkle so much when the light catches. Definitely going to be my Christmas polish of choice.

SEVENTEEN Phwoarr Paint - £5.49

Finally a trip to Boots got me this much blogged about little beaut! I've heard mainly good reviews on this but a couple bad so I was very excited to try this for myself, especially with how tired my eyes have been looking lately. Well... I am most definitely impressed. So easy to apply, doesn't set into creases and definitely lives up to the description of being a "heavy duty under eye concealer".

This little mini shopping trip did the job of cheering me up. Now I'm thinking I should try and stop spending so much! I've said it before, having a Superdrug right next door to my workplace will be the end of my financial stability!!

Barry M Autumn Release and Strawberry Waves Rollers

Just a quick one today for the new Barry M collection. Popped straight into Superdrug after work today to get the new polishes, At first I grabbed them all, then I thought about it for a second and decided I should see how I like these ones first.

So after my sensible side kicked in I decided to get two of the matte collection and went with Espresso,  because you can't go wrong with black, and Vanilla because from the swatches I've seen so far this is one of my favourites. I also got two of the textured glitters in Lady, because I look at it and all I see is Christmas, and Princess, because this really is a Princess shade.

They also had an offer on where if you spend £9 or more you receive a free Lash Vegas mascara. I wasn't looking for this mascara and I'd have preferred a 3 for 2 offer but hey-ho, can't turn down free beauty products.

No time for a full review just yet but I'm excited to try all of it!

Also last night I finally got round to trying my cute strawberry rollers from the last post and seriously, I would suggest everyone go out and buy them!! They're actually amazing, I'm so glad I tried them before I spent money on expensive curling tongs like I was about to. They were so comfortable to sleep in and made my hair look amazing! My manager thought I'd been and had my hair done that's how good it looked, and I am not someone who is good with hair. I was running late so sadly didn't have time to take a picture but I used quite thick pieces of hair as I wanted waves rather than curls and it gave me the perfect waves,  so bouncy and natural looking and without any product on it it lasted pretty much the whole day, we're talking 12 hours before there was a noticeable difference and even then it still looked good just not as bouncy, I'm sure next time when I have the time to style properly they will last ages! So they don't use heat so don't damage your hair, they leave hair with an amazing natural looking curl, are comfortable to sleep in and more importantly they're as cute as this

These rollers are so cheap on eBay for very very cheap. I have very long thick hair and I only needed a pack of 12 to get my wavy result, you would maybe need 18 if you want super curly hair from these though :)

PS. Don't forget to check out the competition from MRP to win clothing, I've had a look at the site and they actually have some nice stuff. Click here to enter.

Superdrug Mini Haul

Woohoo it's the weekend!!!

Actually, I'm ill and back to work on Monday so my bed and Netflix is about as exciting as it will get for me. I do however have a few little treats to play with on my lazy Sunday off tomorrow. My pay came a couple of days early so as soon as work was over I was off to Superdrug.

This is how bad I am for my little Superdrug trips during and after work, I went in there and two out of the three staff working said to me "it's been over a week since we've seen you, I'm guessing todays payday". I felt kind of special haha!

Anyway onto the post, there's nothing amazing just a few bits I'd been wanting

I have naturally wavy hair which I very rarely wear down without straightening it, the problem is I don't want to cause too much damage with too much heat styling but think my hair just doesn't look styled enough when worn natural. I'd heard a few good things about various sea salt sprays and so here it is Schwarzkopf got2b Mermaid Look Texturizing Salt Spray. Now I've never tried a salt spray before and I can't even lie, being the little weirdo that I am I got this because it said mermaid look and who wouldn't want to look like a mermaid? I'll no doubt review this product in the next couple of days so wish me luck!

Yet another hair product to hopefully help with my new salt spray, Herbal Essences Tousle Me Softly shampoo and conditioner. Herbal Essences never let me down and I'm hoping this won't be any different, I already know this much; it smells GORGEOUS!

Hands up, who's the last beauty blogger on the whole of planet Earth to try out Maybellines Baby Lips? Oh right, that would be me! It was there, right next to the till, and before I knew it two of them were in my hands. Damn Superdrug and their impulse buys and damn me for being sucked in by it. I'm sure from the reviews I'm not gonna be disappointed by it though, I picked up Pink Punch and Mint Fresh.

Last but not least, another blogger favourite that I am ridiculously excited to try! I present to you Sleek Face Contour Kit, in Light for my pale self. Very excited I might even try this tonight.

That's all for now, I'll no doubt be here in no time with a review for a couple of these purchases. Hope everyone has an amazing weekend, and hopefully yours is a little bit more exciting than mine :)