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Mini Priceline Haul & First Impressions xx

So today I took advantage of the 40% off at Priceline. If you haven't heard about this yet, it will still be going tomorrow!

Australis Velourlips in Tok-i-o

The main reason I got this is because Jessi from Jessi in Wonderland Blog raves about the vibrancy of these. Although she is right, they are very drying. I noticed that straight away, and to be honest I found it a bit difficult to get even coverage. I can look past that though as they are so bright! I love the purple! Easily fixed with a balm or gloss if I don't want the matte.

Models Prefer Infinite Colour Eye Pencil in Black Cat

This is so BLACK! and to make it a little more special, it has a sparse amount of glitter in it.

It is already starting to be one of my favorite Eyeliner Pencils.

It's very creamy on first impression, and after hearing it being raved about on Youtube, I thought I may try it. Lucky that I have!

Essence Get Big Lashes Mascara

I haven't tried this yet. But I got this as the wand is kind of similar to the Maybelline Colossal Mascara.

I was on a budget thanks to lovely darling fiance, so I thought I may try this.

Garnier BB Cream for Combination to Oily Skin in Light

This was a re-purchase, if you follow the blog you know I already love this.

I have been mixing this with a couple drops of my Kett Cosmetics Foundation as it is a lot lighter than last time I brought it!

Face of Australia Face Base Primer

If you follow me already, you will know that I find primers a bit pointless. I have recently had very bad acne, and my pores are massive, and getting to the point they are stretched and hard to hide. Thought I may actually try a primer to fill them in before applying my BB Cream. I'll see how this goes.

Made a wee bit of a mistake as I got the one with SPF 15 and I do not like that cosmetics...

Hope you enjoyed my mini haul!

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Maybelline 8-in-1 BB Cream xx

8in1

So today in the mail I received my samples of the Maybelline 8-in-1 BB Cream. I got this product recommended to me by another blogger for Oily Skin BB Creams. So when I saw this on Facebook...

I though meh I will register and hope my samples come and well they did :)

I've had a bit of a play with it so far. All my samples are in Medium-Light which is a bit too dark for me. It's actually close to my summer-time colour, and I'm still pretty tan skinned throughout the whole year.

In this swatch I had rubbed it in a bit on the bottom and it's got a bit too dark of a yellow undertone for me personally. I don't think this would be suitable for oily skin as it has way to much of a shine to it in the sun... And it does feel very greasy. I am still considering purchasing a full size and testing it over summer, but if I feel it's greasy already it may be a bit of a miss otherwise I will be touching up with a translucent powder throughout the day which I have already touched up once over this past two hours...

What are your thoughts on this, especially if you have oily skin? I would love to know so I can make up my mind whether or not to purchase the full size or stick with my Garnier!! :)

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Garnier BB Cream x

BB Cream

BB Creams

So it wasn't very long ago that I bought these 3 beauties.

These have been my no.1 in my make-up bag for a little whilst now.

But the middle BB Cream is the newest addition.

There are two types of BB Cream from Garnier, so we will start with the middle one.

BB Cream for Oily Skin

This one pictured is the BB Cream that is for me.

This one is different to the other two as this is intended for oily skin. It reduces the look of dark under eyes and can reduce the pores on your nose.

I have been using this for a month now as an alternative to foundation.

When I use this I find that the oiliness look to my skin is dramatically reduced.

And the mores on my nose are much less clogged and pimply.

I find that this works much better than a foundation! Hides most of my imperfection better than a normal foundation. Most will be in shock when I say this, but I have actually given up my CoverGirl! That's how much I love it!

Swatch

This is a swatch of the BB Cream for Oily Skin.

It is a very runny cream, so don't squeeze the tube too much as it will literally just pour out!

This particular swatch is in "light"

This is a little bit too light for my skin, but my pressed powder corrects that :)

This is my second type of BB Cream.

Although this one is aimed for more of dry skin types as is is basically just a tinted moisturizer. Except so much more better.

I don't really tend to use this too much as the light is too light and the medium is too dark, and well.. I cannot be bothered mixing to match every day! Yes I'm lazy.. haha

But I do use this on my forehead when it becomes dry from the warm weather.