Makeup Haul

A few weeks ago I received a brand new camera from my husband for my birthday. Ours had broken in the winter and I've been wanting a good quality DSLR camera for sometime, especially with a baby on the way. If you've had a look at my Instagram account you'll know I'm a tad bit obsessed with taking pictures of my Alaskan Klee Kai Misha, so I have a feeling once this little human I've created decides to make an appearance I'm going to be obsessed with taking their picture, so hence a new camera.

So with my new Canon Rebel t3 I thought I'd start shooting some photos and eventually some video to post on my blog. So I shot some of my new beauty products from my latest hauls over the summer months.

I've decided to rebuild my makeup collection with some better quality products so here's a start!

I started off my new collection of makeup by picking up some beautiful lipstick from Yves Saint Laurent. I'm not huge into wearing lipstick but I love YSL lip products. They are very moisturizing and long lasting which is great for someone like me who tends to have dry lips. I bought my first in this beautiful bright pink. I usually don't like bold lips on myself, but I'm experimenting and I liked the results.

Second YSL pick was this beautiful nude, a colour I'm definitely more comfortable wearing. Don't you just love YSL lipstock tubes? They are so beautiful! 

More lipstick! After many ravings from fashion and beauty vloggers alike I decided to try out the Rimmel Kate Moss lipsticks. I picked up two colours, again a beautiful nude number 113. 

And a gorgeous deep shade of red: 107

Two of my favorite drug store liners would definitely be Rimmel's gel liner, shown above in a navy blue. and Revoln's Color Stay Liquid Liner in black.

I only ever wear liquid or gel liner, mainly because I love enhancing my eyes, in my option they are my best feature so I tend to play them up. My signature look is a simple cat eye with a beautiful liquid or gel liner, as well as some smokey shadow. 

While I was at my local drugstore picking up some things I saw these beautiful eye shadow palettes from Rimmel. In the past I've stayed with cooler colours like blacks, grays and silvers for my eye, but again I'm expanding my horizons and thought the colours in this were beautiful and thus picked one up. 

Found I needed a good nude colour lip liner to go with all my nude lipstick, found this one from Rimmel at a good price. 

This has been a miracle product for me. For years I've been annoying with my eye brows! I keep them fairly thin and thicken them up with shadow but I've inherited my grandfather's curly brows! The little pieces of hair like to curl up and do crazy things, which is really annoying. I was watching a favorites video on MissGlamorazzi's youtube channel and she mentioned she uses this clear mascara gel on her eyebrows! I had a DUH moment and went out immediately and picked one up for myself. Needless to say I LOVE IT.

Both Tanya Burr and Zoella of youtube rave about Rimmel's Wake Me Uo concealer for brighten up under eyes. I grabbed a tube and won't ever turn back! 

The last time I was in Sephora picking up some skincare products I picked up these lip balms. Actually I got them for free because it was my birthday month! Fresh Sugar lip balm are simply amazing. So silky and smooth! I throw one on every morning after I "finish putting on my face"

I also got a free sample of Smashbox eye brightening mascara. I'm a sucker for trying out new mascara so those little tester tubes in the Sephora checkout line are hard for my to pass up!

I've been looking for a good primer, I've used Smashbox primer before and this time decided to grab their hydrating oil free formula. I've always had dry skin, it's the bane of my existence, and it's only gotten worse now that I'm pregnant and the baby is sucking all the moisture out of my body! Anyways! I digress! Love this primer, probably will be my top one from now on!

I've been making a valiant attempt to grow my nails, especially since getting pregnant. I've always been a nail bitter, I don't even realize when I'm doing it. Nervous habit I guess. Anyways, I've been making a conscious effort not to bite my nails because I don't want all that extra bacteria in my body! So I've been painting my nails a lot. I love Essie nail polish. It's basically the only brand I buy anymore. I was looking for a nice fall colour and picked up Mochacino. 

So there you have it! My first real beauty post! I know I'm proud of myself too. Since picking up these products I've been back to Sephora and purchased more things - much to my husband's dismay, it's okay though I had a gift card.....

There will be another post up soon once I take some shots of my more recent beauty purchases and do a review of sorts.

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Christine