Sunday 17 March 2013

MUA Make Up Haul!

Hello everyone! How are you all? I've seen some panic round the bloggesphere about google removing it's google reader or something, and everyone moving over to bloglovin? I have no idea what this is all about, could someone kindly explain it to me..?! Thanks! haha.

Anyway, moving on. Before I carry on I'll tell you a story. I'm currently at home in Somerset for a few days, and packing I decided to bring quite a lot home, as usually when I'm home for just a weekend I literally take the basics, but this time I packed my curlers, several outfit options, necklaces, some work, everything I could think of. I even remembered to pack my toothbrush, razor, and deodorant (items I regularly forget!)

So imagine the horror that bestowed me when I realize I'd left my entire make up case on my desk in my room in Southampton. Yep, I was planning to be home for at least 3 days, and every single make up item (luckily apart from my favourite topshop lippy I keep in my bag!) was left back at my student flat. I honestly wanted to burst into tears, but my mum just gave me some tough love and said 'well, at least nobody died'. Which is true, just the fear of going make-up-less for several days made my skin crawl!

 It's not like I have acne or anything majorly wrong with my face, I just do not feel comfortable in any way shape or form leaving the house without my products on. Sad really! I'm just a very girly girl, I love my make up, and feel as if most days I need it. My mum had a few cheapy bits and pieces which I slapped on this morning (to go and buy some new make up!), and I ended up with an orangey face and clumpy lashes, but it was better than nothing!

Where I live the local boots is shut on a sunday, so we had to go a bit further (20 mins drive) to get to a super drug! Living in the countryside in Somerset is ridiculous when I'm used to the city shops.

I knew it was 2 for 1 on rimmel products, so I thought I might as well stock up on my primer and foundation that I'll always use. I was going to pick up the other things I needed from the rimmel counter too, when I realized superdrug sold MUA products. I kept the foundation and primer (products I knew where good and worth the price) and decided to stock up on cheaper, MUA products, that were safer for my student budget. I've heard these products are really good for the price, and I've tried the pressed powder, and it seems to work just as well as any other product I've used. 

I picked up some essential items I needed to use for the next few days, and treated myself to a couple of products I'd wanted for a while, oops! In the Southampton stores, the MUA stand is usually half empty and wrecked, obviously the sign of a good brand! However this smaller store's was perfectly stacked and fully stocked, and had loads of products I hadn't seen before.


Can you believe I got this all for under a tenner?! £8 in fact, such a bargain. I went  a bit mad and spent a good 10 minutes looking at all the fun things and deciding what I should get, here's what I eventually chose..





Eyeshadow palette - Was £4, now £3

We've all seen the urban decay pallettes, but this cheaper one really resembles it at a much affordable price. The pigmentation of the colours look really good, and theres a really lovely range of colours. I've been using cheaper brown eyeshadow during the day recently, and these shimmery colours just did it for me. I can't wait to use it and see what nice effects I can achieve.




Shimmer highlighting powder - £2

I'd been looking for a highlighting powder for a while, and this one seemed a bargain. I really liked the textured finish on this powder, and the shimmer is really nice and subtle, ad not glittery (which I think it OTT in the day!). I think a few swipes of this over cheekbones, nose and forehead it'll just give that extra something to my daily make up.



Blusher and Pressed Powder - £1 each

These were my basics! For such a cheap brand I love the lettering in the powder. It doesn't last long but it makes the product look more professional. This blusher is a perfect all round colour, and I hope it works as well as the powder.




Concealer stick - £1

I haven't used this before, but it's really similar to the collection 2000 concealer stick I usually buy, and is 99p cheaper. I can't go wrong really, it's only to cover my under eye bags for the next few days, I'm hoping it'll do a good job!

Hope you enjoyed that little haul, I'm so annoyed at myself for leaving my make up bag in Southampton, but I'm really looking forward to using all my new things tomorrow haha! :)


7 comments:

  1. I love the Mua Pressed Powder. So good for just £1!
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  2. Wow, you've got loads! Haha, I love MUA so amazing for a baragain :) xxx

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  3. like that eyes shadows pallet, really pretty;)X

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  4. That eyeshadow pallet looks perfect for me! Must purchase soon!!
    Lovely post :-)

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  5. Amazing review! I love MUA products! Keep up the amazing blog! Followed!

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  6. Such a great Haul!! The eyeshadow pallet looks really stunning! I love those classy shades and I think you own every important color rigth now:)

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  7. Love the haul, I have quite a few MUA products but really love their blush and their cover & conceal xx

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