Beauty: £20 mini boots Haul

 

 

Happy Easter Monday everyone.

I hope you are all having a lovely bank holiday and have stuffed yourself silly with chocolate? I know I have.

 

So todays post is just all about my little trip to Boots last weekend. My purpose of going to Boots was to get a new foundation and powder, and that was meant to be all! Then I saw they had 3 for 2 across all makeup and I also had a voucher for 200 boots points if I spent £20 and hey who can say no to an offer?

 

For details on what I brought keep reading...

 

So as I said the reason for my visit to Boots was to get a new foundation. I have been using the Max Factor Skin Luminizer foundation for a few months now. Which i adore, it is a lovely light to medium coverage and really does illuminate the skin. However at around £12 a bottle i wanted to see if i could find a slightly cheaper alternative. That's where this wake me up anti-fatigue foundation by rimmel comes in. At only £7.99 I thought I would give this one ago, as I already have the wake me up concealer which i love. This foundation illuminates the skin leaving a flawless nature looking finishing and is actually very moisturing as it is rich with vitamin C. The only thing i would say with this foundation is go a shade lighter than you think. I have gone for true ivory after testing it on my hand with ivory, however now i have used it on my face it is just slightly a shade too dark. Please tell me it isn't just me who struggles to get the right shade in the shop?
 

 

 

The next thing i picked up was this pressed powder from Miss Sporty. I have to say I don't normally buy Miss Sporty products, it tends to remind me of when your around 12/13 years old and your just getting started with make-up, but I am trying to save some pennies at the moment so thought I would give them another go. And boy am I glad I did. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this powder. This is their so matte perfect stay powder, and it does exactly that. it is really great for mattifying my foundation and lasts all day giving a natural look. Again i think it have gone a shade darker than I should of (I got 002 medium) but hey it is coming into spring/summer now so will be fine when I have a tan.

 

 

 

 

Next up is this amazing nail varnish from Barry M. Now this is completely an implus buy. I had no reason to buy a new nail varnish, and I did tell myself I would only look just to see what new pretty pastel colours they had for spring summer, but then I saw this gorgoues colour, I just couldn't resist. as you would of seen from my previous blog post, I am obsessed with all things mermaid at the moment, and this is really mermaid in a bottle. It is so bright and vivid once on the nail. This is part of their aquarium collection which is new, and I am not sure if it is a limited edition collection, so just to be on the safe side I would highly recommend snapping this up as soon as you can.
 

 

 

 

I was then on the hunt for a nice nude lip stick and lip liner to create the perfect Kylie Jenner Lip. This combo from rimmel ticks all the boxes. This is the lasting finish lip liner in shade 050 tiramisu and lasting finish lipstick by Kate Moss in shade 03. And oh my god I have literally worn this duo everyday since i got them. They look amazing together and give the perfect natural nude lip. I am in love, and I can not get over how mosituring this lipstick is for a matte lip stick. If you are looking for a cheap dupe to the Mac Velvet Teddy, then this is the lipstick for you.

 

Lastly I picked up this eye shadow quad from Miss Sporty. Again this wasn't something i needed, but at just £1.99 this got me to £20 so i could use my 200 points voucher. Sucker for a deal i know. But i have to say for £1.99 i am so impressed. The colours are actually really pigmented and super shimmery and just lovely pretty colours. This is the 408 smokey rose pallet and I have been really enjoying using this to create some lovely subtle smokey eye looks. I have also been using the pink shade as a blusher, so 2 in 1 what a bonus!! Great value for money.

 

And here is a selfie of me using these products, plus some extras.

 

Thanks for reading

Josie XO

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