Whats in my make-up bag

Hello, Happy Weekend people!! = o)

Haven't 'blogged' in a week or two so I just thought I would post this tonight.

This is what's in my make-up bag(s)

make-up case by Celia Birtwell

Came with the 4 make-up brushes

2 x YSL e/shadow palettes

& 1 x lipstick

MSF, MAC lip conditioner, Barry M lip & eye pencil

& a Chanel blush brush

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This Mac make-up bag is just for longer items such as pencils etc

2 x Mac lustreglasses, Rimmel lipstick & elf plumping lip gloss

Benefit speed brow, mac plush lash mascara, NYX jumbo pencils,

mac powerpoint liner & tweezers!

These items change every now & again either when a product is used up or when I want a change.

All these items are generally what I may need if I need to touch up through the day when Im at college or work. I don't wear a lot of make-up at all so I don't really need to carry this much around but I guess its better to have too much than not enough!! :)

RacheL ♥

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Mac Goodies! =D

Just a quick blog for tonight, have a few Mac goodies to show you all! ....& yes... Project 20 Pan = FAIL! =/ ....oh well! =P

There is nothing from the new collection here as I ordered these a few days before they came out! So here's what I got...

pro palette £11.00

5 x eye shadow refill pans £9.00 each

Colours from left to right

*Prussian

*Shimmermoss

*Electra

*Tilt

*Beautiful Iris

Powder Blush in Peachykeen £16.50

Mineralize Skinfinish Natural - Medium £18.00

yep..thats it!

Hope you've all had a good weekend!

Rachel ♥

P.S Thank you to all my new followers!! xx

500 Subscribers Contest!

Yes I know that 500 is quite a modest amount but I am very happy with that! :)

So to thank all my subscribers, Ive been saying forever & ever that when I reach 500, I would do a contest! ..I have 510 at this moment in time so I thought Id better get the video up!..

Its Lush Inspired ...Surprise Surprise!

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you can enter by commenting 'enter me' on this post!

RacheL ♥

New Lush Products!

Yipee! ...Ive been waiting & waiting for these products to come out & finally last Saturday I took a quick peek on the Lush site to find they were out! yay!

The valentines products were not put on the site till Monday so I missed them! :( ....but Im going to get them on Tuesday! =D

So anyway, here's what I got -

• Happy Blooming Bath Melt - £3.60
• Bubblegum Lip Scrub - £4.50
• Mint Julips Lip Scrub - £4.50
• Sweet Lips Lip Scrub - £4.50
• Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes Box which contains - mini sugar scrub, mini each peach massage bar, Vitamin C Toner Tab & Skin Drink, Lemony Flutter, Pied De Pepper, Handy Gurugu ...(all sample size) 45g pot of Brazened Honey Face Mask & 25g pot of Big Shampoo - £12.50
• Sample of 13 unlucky for dirt soap
• Sample of Ring of Roses shower cream

Slight disaster though with a couple of the products! .... The lid on the Big shampoo had not been screwed on properly so it had leaked on to the other items, also the Skin Drink sample had also leaked onto the Toner Tab and was all mushy in the bottom of the box! :( ..(thats why its not in the pic!) I emailed Lush & they are replacing the damaged items & some complementary products, so I'll see what they are when they arrive!

Apart from that, all was great.. the Happy Blooming Bath Melt is by far my fav, it smells GORGEOUS!! ♥♥♥ Ive been longing for a cherry scented Lush item for so long now & this was definitely worth the wait!!

Click This Link For My YouTube Video On These Products

Ok, that its for tonight

RacheL ♥

No7 Sale Items

I love No7 products, I have almost all of their nail varnishes, I just bought some more of their face wipes & I l♥ve the beauty serum.. which I have run out of now! :(

I am in Boots at least twice a week & never usually leave without buying anything! A lot of the time they have an offer where if you spend over £5 they give you a skincare voucher.. this normally gives you £5 of No7 & Ruby & Millie.....My local Boots dont have Ruby & Millie products so I use the voucher on No7!

The first set below I bought with a gift card given to me for Christmas by my brother (Thanks James!x) So I got that, a Lee Stafford hair spray & brolly set & the Celia Birtwell make-up case & Brushes..... all for £16.00! BARGAIN!! =D

The 2 palettes/quads I bought another day, I spent £5 twice (separate transactions) so I could get 2 £5 off vouchers! (crafty eh? haha) ...the cashier gave me a funny look for doing this but so what!! =D

..so instead of paying £14 for them both, I only paid £4 ..woot!!

was £15 reduced to £7.50!!

Contains ~>

a headband
a cleanser
a toner
an eye make-up remover
a day cream
a night cream
& a spongy 'clarisonic' shaped thingy!?

was £14 each reduced to £7 - then with my £5 off vouchers ..they were only £2 each!!

These 2 palettes/quads are for contest prizes so I havent swatched any colours!

RacheL ♥

Celia Birtwell Make-up Brushes

I bought this cosmetics case from Boots a couple of weeks ago in the sales. The original price was £12 but as everything was Half price ....it was £6!
The designer of the case is called Celia Birtwell, I have never heard of her before but have seen a selection of her products in Boots in the past.
I have a small Mac make-up bag which I keep lip/eye pencils, lip glosses, mascara's etc in but need a bigger one for larger items! I was carrying them in the side pocket of my bag & they were rattling around so I decided they needed a home!
Anyway, I discovered that it came with 4 make-up brushes..

• a face brush (blush/powder)
• a smaller face brush (similar to macs 189)
• an eye shadow brush
• & a lip brush

When I discovered Mac about a year ago, I threw out all my old make-up brushes and started collecting Mac ones. I could resist the price however I could not resist the quality & how soft they were!. I bought about 8 to start with (the basics) then have been building on my collection since.
I was a little sceptical to start with about how good these Celia Birtwell brushes would be considering that at full price the whole case only cost £12, so I didnt expect anything great.
However, I was pleasantly surprised! The bristles are quite compact, firm but soft & have not yet started to shed. They are really soft & the lighter part of the handle has a nice texture (good grip)
The lip brush has come in quite handy as I have misplaced my 316! =/ - The brush that is similar to the 189 I havent used much as I have a 189 & a 190 & l♥ve them both, so this one isnt really needed! The eye shadow brush is great, really soft & Ive used the larger face brush almost every day for my MSF!
So over all, I am quite pleased with these! I am not pushing my Mac ones to the side though! These are what I carry around in my bag with me, for when I need to touch up at work or at college etc ....so that I dont loose any more of my Mac ones!
So Thanks to Celia Birtwell (whoever you are!) for my cheap but good quality brushes!! :)




RacheL ♥

Just had a Lush bath! :)

Today has been a pretty busy day, nothing exciting unfortunately!

I went supermarket shopping this morning ....lots of friut & veg ....& a bit of choccy! ;D then this afternoon I have been tidying up the garden after all the snow, frost & Ice made a complete mess of everything! =/

So by the time I got in, I could not wait to run the bath & jump in! (not literally! haha)

I used ~>

• Jingle Spells Bath Ballistic
• Yummy Yummy Yummy
• Dreamwash
• Ocean Salt
• Lemslip
• Strawberry Feels Forever

( & I washed my hair with Daddy-O shampoo & American Cream conditioner) - forgot to take a picture!

Probably no need to use all of these products as 3 of them do almost the same thing, but I like to use a mixture of products!

I finished off with Strawberry Feels Forever... & Now I smell soo good! (even if I do say so myself! =D)

Happy Monday!

RacheL ♥