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Zara Duty Free And Random Haul!

This has been a bit of a funny week for me. If you follow me on Snapchat, you’ll probably already know. And, I touch on it a bit in the video aswell. Last week was lovely, we spent it in Spain (Almuñecar to be exact), for our lovely friend Ella’s birthday. I had bought some stuff in duty free on the way back and the plan was just to give you a nose on Snapchat. But something pretty shitty happened this week and my brain hasn’t really let me get back to normality…yet. It will though 🙂 So, I thought I would combine a few bits that I have bought in town, some Zara bits and the duty free products and show them in a haul.

Hauls are fun to film, and hopefully fun for you to watch aswell. This was a good compromise for me. It meant I could just sit in front of the camera and ramble about the goodies I have picked up, and it gives me blog content too. I actually ordered some of the Zara things while I was still in Spain, online. I thought they would be a nice little treat to come home too 🙂 Then, we had prolonged our holidays for a little bit longer by spending the day after we came back, in town, doing some shopping.

I only did a haul here before I went away. So if you want to see more shopping you can watch that too!

What I can link I will, in case anything takes your fancy:

Zara online purchases.

Pom Pom Sweatshirt. Link here.
Two Tone Sweatshirt. Link here.
Mini velvet embroidered backpack. Link here.

Duty Free purchases. I bought these in Malaga airport, but they pretty much cost the same as they do here:

Esteè Lauder Doublewear Nude Foundation. Link here.
Lancôme Matte Shaker Liquid Lipstick in the shade…Link here.
L’Occitane Almond Shower Oil. Link here.

Clinique Beyond Perfecting 2 in 1 Foundation. I wanted to get this in the airport but they were out of stock of my shade Alabaster. So I treated myself to it in store from Arnotts. They have it online here.

And yes I bought a third foundation for good measure. The new Rimmel Lasting Perfection Breathable foundation. I picked this in from Boots here. The brand was on buy one get one half off, so I got their Insta Fix & Matte Powder because my lovely friend Sue (itscherrysure) raves about it.

The rest of the things are from Penneys so I can’t link them, but they are in store now. To watch the video in full, click on it above or head to my YouTube channel directly here.

Thank you so much to everyone for your lovely messages on Snapchat and for taking the time out to talk to me. I really appreciate it.

Gemma.

xxx

October 13, 2017/by Gem

Haul, Youtube Video

Beauty And Fashion Haul

I put myself on a bit of spending ban for a bit. It didn’t go great, I still managed to spend money. And I use the blog as a reason to buy makeup too, don’t judge me 🙂 But, we have a little holiday coming up and the season is changing so that’s a good excuse to go shopping for both beauty and fashion stuff, right?

We’re only going on holidays for five days and we’re going to spend most of it chilling by the pool, so I didn’t need much for that. But an excuse is an excuse.

I ended up getting some beauty stuff from Penneys and Boots. I still haven’t let myself into Harvey Nicks to check out the Fenty stand. I know I’ll end up spending a fortune 🙂 Alot of the beauty stuff consists of mini products to bring away with us, but I did pick up a few other bits.

For clothes, I didn’t go too crazy. I picked up some bits in Penneys and H&M in store. I went into Zara thinking I was going to spend a fortune, but they had feck all here in Dublin. Some online shopping happened on ASOS and Boohoo aswell for some holiday bits.

I am going through a bit of a weird time with clothes at the moment. I’ve been trying to go to the gym a good bit lately. I haven’t lost tonnes of weight or anything. I still enjoy eating too much. But my body shape is changing every so slightly. So, I feel like I don’t want to spend a fortune on stuff that might end up not fitting in the near future.

Anyways, I shall stop rambling here. I do enough of it in the video :). As always you can click above to watch or click here to go directly to my YouTube channel.

Let me know what you think.

Gemma

xxx

September 27, 2017/by Gem

Haul, Makeup, Youtube Video

Superdrug Haul!

I went beauty shopping! Very unlike me I know 🙂 To celebrate Superdrug opening it’s doors in Liffey Valley shopping centre here in Dublin, the lovely PR gave me a voucher to spend. So, I thought I would do a little Superdrug haul here in video form. I do love a good haul 🙂

I spent the voucher and some of my own dosh too, and I’ve also included a couple of Superdrug own brand B makeup goodies. These were with the press release.

Now this was not my first time in this particular store, I’ve been in there a few times already and bought some bits and bobs. It’s so clean and new and I actually prefer how the makeup stands are laid out. Boots tends to have aisles. It’s nice having everything all in one line, so you can mosey your way down easily. May I add, the girls working there are lovely and super helpful too!

My Superdrug haul consists of, of course some makeup goodies, but I also got some practical boring stuff too. I love that Superdrug and Boots tend to have different specials on so you can compare and contrast to get the best deals on what you’re looking for.

I got some ‘self care’ products 🙂

L’Oréal were on 3 for 2.

You know I go on about the Fixing Mist all the time so I got a back up as well as two new products. I have a full review of it here.

I got two products from Collection.

A blush and highlight duo from Elf.

And then finally the products that were gifted to me.

These are part of Superdrug’s own makeup range.

And that would be it for my Superdrug haul. Of course you can buy the products in store or directly from the website here.

Click on the video above to see me chat about everything, or you can head directly to my YouTube channel here.

As always thanks for watching 🙂

xxx

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July 28, 2017/by Gem

Haul, Makeup

Inglot Cosmetics Haul

My lovely best friend Sue gave me a voucher for Inglot Cosmetics for my birthday. She knows me well 🙂

So, I headed to the South Anne Street store and picked up some new eye goodies to add to my collection.

I ended up leaving with four eyeshadows and two AMC Gel Eyeliners. Honestly, their gel eyeliners are some of the best I have ever used, ever! There was no real rhyme or reason to the eyeshadow colours I picked if I am honest. I just tried to go with shades that I don’t already have in my collection. They don’t really go together at all. But they are super pretty none the less. They’ve set up home with the rest of my Inglot Cosmetics shadows in one of my very grubby Z Palettes.

All of their eyeshadows are linked here, if you want to see them on the Inglot website.

First up is number 366. It’s a matte raspberry shade.

My second new shade is 296. This is a matte red with a hint of pink to it.

407 is a orange toned shimmering golden shade. I am imagining this will look super pretty as a ‘pop’ shade in the middle of the lid. I’m excited to play with it.

419 is my last Inglot Cosmetics eyeshadow purchase. It’s a super pretty shimmery, nearly metallic olive green.

I picked up two of their gel eyeliners.

Number 70 is a matte baby blue shade. I got this up because I actually have a Maybelline kohl pencil in the same shade. You can see it swatched here. I use it all of the time in my water liner and love it. I thought I would treat myself to a more long wearing version.

The second one is number 96. A mid toned brown with flecks of golden shimmer running through it.

The AMC Gel Eyeliners cost €15 a piece and come in a multitude of colours. You can find them on the Inglot Cosmetics website here.

And, there you have my haul. Thanks Sue for the pressie 🙂

xxx

June 18, 2017/by Gem

Bargain Buying, Haul, Makeup

Maybelline New In Products!

More Maybelline chat 🙂 I reviewed the new colours of the Eraser Eye Concealers here. Now, I am chatting and applying some of the new products out for Summer 2017!

Maybelline, as a brand for me can be very much hit or miss. I am not always a fan of the releases, so some of the products end up in bags for friends or for charity. Obviously, if I hate something enough I will tell you why and if I love it I will shout it from the rooftops too! But if something is just ‘meh’, it doesn’t always get a second look.

I have some of the new Maybelline Summer releases and I thought I would put them altogether and do a makeup look with the goodies I own. Some are PR samples, some I bought myself. Nothing majorly fancy or groundbreaking. But, it just means you get to see some of them in action on my chubby little face , and I get to give initial impressions 🙂

I will list everything I used below, in case anything particular takes your fancy and you want to investigate it further:

I have already linked the new Eraser Eyes in Neutralizer and Brightener above.
Master Blush Color & Highlight Kit. Available on the Boots website here.
Master Ink Waterproof Liquid Liner. Available here.
The Colossal Big Shot Mascara. Available here.
Great Lash Waterproof. On the Boots website here.
Master Fix Setting & Perfecting Loose Powder. Boots online have it here.
Vivid Hot Lacquers. Available here.

I did use some other Maybelline and non Maybelline products just because I had them and I didn’t have a whole face of newness in my stash. As always, you can click the video above to watch and go directly to my YouTube channel here to check it out.

I think my stand out favourites are the loose powder and the concealers. The Colossal mascara is pretty damn good too though!

xxx

June 11, 2017/by Gem

Haul, Makeup

Bourjois Haul First Impressions

So, as you might have seen in my last post here. I hauled some Bourjois products in Boots. They are currently doing 3 for 2 and I took full advantage 🙂

I love the Bourjois brand overall, but some products for me can be hit or miss. However, their Rouge Edition Velvet matte liquid lipsticks are probably one of my ride or die matte lip formulas. And for some reason, I have never done a proper review of them. Since I bought two shades last week (as well as a new mascara), I thought I would show you the colours as well as the formula in action. And, give you my first impressions of their new Volume Reveal mascara in waterproof. I have seen alot of good things about this mascara online so I thought I would add my thoughts into the mix.

The two shades of the Bourjois Rouge Edition Velvets I picked up are:

08 Grand Cru which I thought was more of a deep matte red off the bat. It comes off as a brighter red on the lips though.

Then we have 14 Plum Plum Girl which is a matte plum shade.

I will say although both of these dry down to a matte finish, the formula itself doesn’t dry down completely unless you wait for every layer to dry completely. I do love the texture and the finish of them though. They last well and fade leaving a stain behind. The colour range is great too. The Rouge Edition Velvets retail for €12.99. You can get them in store or online from Boots here.

My other purchase was of course the Volume Reveal Waterproof Mascara.

It comes with a x3 zoom mirror on the side of the tube. Not sure if I would get much use of it. But you never know 🙂

It has a quite a large plastic spooley.

The formula itself is thick and dries very quickly. You can layer it but you have to work fast. It definitely does give plenty of volume to the lashes though.