Florida Drugstore Wishlist

While I’m dying to get to Sephora (You can read my Sephora Wishlist here) I really can’t wait to do some damage in Wallmart, CVS, Wallgreens and more for some drugstore bargains.

There’s a few brands that you just can’t get here and there’s some items that aren’t available here yet.

As far as I’m aware you can’t get these Maybelline Eye Studio Color Plush quads in Ireland and the colours in them are really something else.

Another Palette from Maybelline that you can’t get here is The Nudes Palette. I’ve heard good things about them and seen some amazing tutorials with it being used. It’s only $10.00 so I might buy one or two as stocking fillers.

The Jordana Best Lash mascara is less than $2.00 and is used in nearly every Lauren Curtis tutorial, one of my favourite YouTubers. I haven’t heard any other recommendations from the brand but I’ll definitely be trying this one out.

 

NYX has recently arrived in Ireland but I have yet to get my hands on any of their products so I’ll be going a bit crazy buying some of the items in their collection. I can’t wait to get the blushes, the Lip Butters, some of their primers, eyeshadow palettes and so much more.

 

After watching Americas Next Top Model I’ve always wanted to try Covergirl, I haven’t really decided what to get from them but the concealer sticks I think will be good for contouring so I might buy some of them.

 

Yet another Maybelline product, the Age Rewind concealer. I’ve been trying to get my hands on this for months but they never have it in the shade I need so fingers crossed I’ll be able to get it when I’m in Florida.

 

We can get Physicians Formula in Ireland but I haven’t managed to get my hands on a lot of their products yet. This recommendation comes from Sinéad over at The BeautifulTruth. It’s supposed to a really long wearing and easy to use and I need all the help I can get when it comes to eyeliner.

I’ve only ever seen Ardell Lashes at beauty shows, so if you know where you can buy them in Dublin please let me know! I love the Demi Wispies so I’ll be stocking up on them as they’re my favourite lashes ever.

 

Hands down Milani Cosmetics is the main reason I’ll be going wild when I get to the drugstores! Milani blushes and shadows are, from what I hear, the most amazing products to ever come from the drugstore beauty aisles. I hope they live up to the hype!

 

If you have any recommendations on what else I should buy in the drugstores then I want to know!

Thanks for reading.

Love Sarah xoxo

Sephora Wishlist

Sephora won’t know what hit it when I touch down in Orlando! Every time I go to the states I have to go to Sephora, they just have so many brands of makeup and skincare that we can’t get in Ireland and in some cases not even in the UK. I’ve picked out some of the items that I can’t wait to get my hands on, I’m sure more will be going into the basket but for now these are the beauty products that will be definitely coming back to Dublin with me.

Sephora have their own brand of makeup as well as selling other brands. This Color Festival Blockbuster palette has 72 eyeshadows, 28 lip glosses, 8 blushes, 18 cream eyeliners and 4 2 in 1 cheek and lip creams all for the tidy sum of $49.50. It might seem expensive but for all you get it’s a bargain!

Sephora are great for their value packs, usually containing a mixture of travel, deluxe size and sometimes full size products from their own brand and high end lines. I have my eye on Glitz & Glam pack containing Stila, Smashbox, Benefit and Makeup Forever minis as well as some other brands. I think the value packs is where I’ll do the most damage.

I love my Anastasia Beverly Hills brow powder duo so I can’t wait to get my hands on the Brow Wizz, the Brow Gel and the Dipbrow Pomade. They are some of the best brow products and I’ll be stocking up on the brand as it’s much cheaper to buy it in Sephora then back in Dublin.

I don’t know if I need the Beauty Blender but what I do know is that I want it in my life. From what I’ve seen it makes foundation application that much easier and quicker.

I’ve heard such good things about the Kat Von Dee makeup especially the Lock It Foundation and concealer. They’re longwearing which is my favourite kind of foundation so I hopefully I can find the right shade for my skin tone.

I know you can get the Glam Glow muds much more easily in Dublin now but with the exchange rate it might be a bit cheaper in the states so I’ve been holding off getting it until now.

The Stila Magnificent Metal Foils are another item that I can get in Dublin but it costs €44.00 here and only $32.00 which with the exchange rate is only €25.00. I’ll probably only be getting one of these, €25.00 is still pretty expensive for just one eyeshadow.

Bite is a brand that’s been on my radar for a while from watching all the American YouTube bloggers. I’ll be getting the Agave Lip Mask and the Luminous Cream Duo Lipsticks. The mask helps rejuvenate your lips and can be used as an overnight treatment for them to keep them in tip top condition. The Duo lipsticks are only $12.00 and for that price I just can’t say no to that!

Marc Jacobs makeup is exclusively sold at Sephora and I can’t wait to get my hands on one of the eyeshadow palettes. As you can imagine it is an expensive brand but we all deserve a bit of glam in our lives.

Make Up For Ever have recently come out with a new line of shadows and from the reviews I’ve seen they are amazing. They’re called the Artist Shadows and can be bought in singles or you can make up a palette of your favourite colours.

There’s a few Urban Decay items that I have my eye on but I really want to try their new Perversion Mascara and you can buy a value pack in Sephora that includes the a deluxe sample of the Subversion Mascara primer.

 

Finally the Smashbox Full Exposure Travel Palette is a miniature of the Palette that was out last year. I’ll have to see what it’s like when I’m in the store because I thought the original Full Exposure palette seemed a bit chalky but the palette is only $22.00 so I think I can manage chalky for that price.

That concludes my Sephora wish list, I’m sure I’ll come back with so much more but for the moment these are the main things I’ll be buying.

Thanks for reading.

Love Sarah

Penneys Haul

If you don’t know already I’m heading off to Florida on Wednesday. I’ve been saving like mad but I popped into Penneys yesterday and the whole spending ban kind of went of the window. I did buy stuff for the hols and a lot of it was on sale, all those €3’s seem to add up very quickly though!

When I went in I went over to the sale rail as they were selling off their summer clothes. I grabbed this striped maxi dress which was only €3.00. I love the spaghetti straps, I’m just hoping the horizontal stripes don’t make me look huge.

I then found this denim dress for €7.00. It’s a light fabric which will be great in the heat and love how it’s a bit longer at the back.

The denim shorts weren’t in the sale but I couldn’t resist, I haven’t tried them on yet so fingers crossed they look alright on me. These where €13.00.

I have a few sandals and runners for the holidays but these cute little runners where only €4.00 and looked very summery. Fingers crossed they don’t cut the feet off me walking around the parks.

I then went round to the beauty section which is where I think I did the most damage.

I picked up this roller ball perfume for €2.50, I’d never seen it before and thought it’s cheap enough that if I didn’t like it then it won’t have caused too much of a dent in my purse. It’s a lovely fresh yet musky scent but you need to get close to it to get a proper sniff of it.

These revitalising eye pads looked really interesting, I can’t wait to see use them. If they work out good I might bring them to use them on the plane.

I then got these toothbrush holders, I just thought they were handy to put on my toothbrush and chuck into my case.

I don’t need any more nail polishes but it wouldn’t be a haul for me if there wasn’t some nail polish in the mix. I couldn’t say no to this little box of 12 mini polishes just look how cute they are and only €3. I think they’re for children but I’m a big kid and just couldn’t resist.

I’m trying not to pack so much and I know my skincare will take up the most space in my bag so I had to get these travel bottles to but my face wash and creams into, these where only €1.50.

To save even more space I got these oil balancing wipes to take off my makeup, I usually use a cleansing oil to take my makeup off but I think that will be too messy to bring the oil with me so I’ll use the wipes to take off the first layer of makeup and then go in with my usual routine. These where only €1.50 for a two pack – bargain!

I don’t know when I’ll use these but these lashes where only 50 cent each.

This ombre polish topcoat was really intriguing to me. You put different layers on your nails and it creates a graduated look. It was only €3.49 and I can’t wait to try it out when I take my Shellac off to see if it works.

I’ve been trying out a foundation that will be in an upcoming review and it hasn’t really worked with any of my foundation brushes so I decided to get a blender to try something new. It’s only €1.50 so we’ll see if it makes a difference.

Finally I got this PS Love Beauty lipstick, I got it because I don’t think I have this colour from their collection. It’s only €2.00 and smells like the fizzy stuff inside of a Refresher bar.

That’s it, I bought one or two things extra like socks and boring stuff like that. Just have to pack up everything now and I’ll be all set J

Benefit They're Real Trio | Review

While I love mascara I don’t always think you need to have the most expensive one in your makeup bag to give you the best results and I always told myself that I didn’t need the Benefit They’re Real mascara but when I was in the airport and saw it in a little bundle with the new Push Up Liner and the Remover I couldn’t resist buying it.

Now this was supposed to be a big They’re Real post with the liner and remover but I’ve mislaid the eyeliner. It’s in my room somewhere but it’s such a mess I just can’t find it right now so do look forward to that post in the next week or so. I’m an actual disaster sometimes when it comes to losing things.

Anyhow since buying the mascara it has been one of two mascaras that

I have been wearing over the last two months and has definitely gone into my top 5 favourite mascaras.

I’ll start with the packaging and the wand. I love the sleek mirrored exterior and just like other benefit products it does have that retro/vintage design. The wand is something else, it’s plastic with bristles all over including the top. Having so many bristles means that you don’t get any clumps, which is hard to come by when you have such a volumising mascara.

The formula is extremely black and with one swipe you get instant volume but giving it 2 to 3 coats really pumps it up, doubling them in size. The tip of the wand has added bristles so it means you can get every lash, top and bottom.

This is such a long lasting mascara and doesn’t lose volume throughout the day. Which is a good and bad thing as the only problem I have with it is that it’s too long lasting. It’s an absolute bitch to take it off and even using the new They’re Real Remover you don’t get it fully off. I’ve also fallen asleep with it on and you don’t wake up looking like a panda, in fact I think my lashes looked better, whatever way I slept on the pillow seemed to curl them. Saying all that I obviously wouldn’t recommend falling asleep with makeup on, I was very bold that night.

At €26.00 it is pretty expensive for a mascara and I probably wouldn’t have bought it if it wasn’t in a bundle with the new Push Up liner and remover, but I’m pretty happy that I now have it in my collection. If you do want it but don’t want to spend the money the Bourjois 1 Seconde Volume mascara is a great cheaper alternative to it.

As a mascara it really does live up to all the hype which is refreshing to see a product do what it actually claims to, definitely a 9/10 product.

What do you guys think? Is it worth it? Do you love it or hate it? I’d love to hear what you think!

Thanks for reading.

Love Sarah xoxo

Bielenda Skincare Review

A month or two ago I was sent a package of skincare products from Primavera Beauty of a new skincare company to Ireland called Bielenda. They are a Polish company and from my research I have done it is a very popular skincare company in Europe. They offer products for professional salon use as well as general skincare.

I was sent products that would suit oily skin as I have oily to combination skin. The products included moisturiser, lip balms, face masks, face wash gel and body oil.

I loved the face masks my favourite being the Cucumber & Lime Deep Cleansing Mask and Intensive Moisturising Mask. This is a 2 part mask, the first part is mud mask that clears your pores. When I cleaned the mud off my face my pores had visibly shrunk, I was so impressed by this little mask. The second part was a moisturising mask that you leave on for a few minutes, however when I took it off my pores had grown slightly, I think if I put a cold cloth on my face before I put the second mask on maybe my pores wouldn’t have grown again but they did only grow slightly and where still smaller than before the mask. All the masks I received I loved, worked amazingly and only cost €2.50 each which is a bargain.

The Cucumber and Lime Face Wash Gel is a 3 in 1 wash gel, scrub and serum. I used this as both a wash gel and a serum. Used as a wash gel it cleans your makeup off as well as any other cleansers I have, although it has small beads in it to exfoliate the skin so I didn’t like to use it as an everyday scrub as I only like to exfoliate my skin once or twice a week. When used as a serum it is basically a face mask, I layered it on and let it dry into my skin then washed it off, it exfoliates the skin and clears out any clogged pores. This 3 in 1 gel only costs €5.60.

The Bielenda Precious Oils 3 in 1 Body, Face and Hair Argan oil was another popular one out of the pack that I was sent. I didn’t try it as a face oil as I thought that my skin is oily enough already so I didn’t want to risk it, but I did use it as a skin and hair oil. I would use it in my hair on nights that I knew I would be washing it in the morning, I’d put a good amount of the product into the ends of my hair and leave it to soak in for the whole night and would put any leftover product on my arms. I prefer my Aldi Miracle oil but for only €6.90 it’s well worth it especially for its versatility and the amount of product you get.

The lip products where good but I seemed to reach for my Balmi and Body Shop lip balms quicker, the Lip Balm and Lip Butter are both €2.99 each. I also received samples of their day creams, I only tried one sample and it left my skin feeling a bit greasy after application so I didn’t try them again.

You can go to the Primavera EBay page to purchase any of the Bielenda products. I think a product like this could be sold in the likes of supermarkets, they’re reasonably priced and good quality for what you pay for them, as they’re sold online I don’t think I’d be going out of my way to buy anything from them but I do hope they start to sell in supermarkets. Out of everything I received I would definitely purchase the face masks again, for €2.50 they are a bargain and you definitely see results after each mask, they would definitely be something I’d throw in the trolley when I’m going around the beauty aisles of the supermarket.

Thanks for reading.

Love Sarah xoxo

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