Recent Purchases Feb 2014 / March 2014

New things :-)

Recent purchases from the past 6 weeks that I love! I bought some of these online and the rest in Boots and at the Irish beauty show, which again was a huge success and great fun to attend for the third year in a row. 

Marc By March Jacobs cosmetic bag from iOffer

 The first purchase I made was on ioffer.com. I've heard loads of bad things about this website, such as ordering an item and getting something completely different or an empty package. I was very skeptical about ordering so I chose something small and sweet for my first purchase and I am defiantly impressed! I ordered this Marc By Mac Jacobs cosmetics bag. The only downside to ordering was the wait, they say anything from 2-6 weeks and mine arrived in nearly 4 weeks. Very happy with this cosmetic bag, how much it can hold and the overall quality.

Cocoa Brown Lovely Legs

I've been a Cocoa Brown tan fan since it was first released. At the Irish Beauty Show is where I stocked up last year on my one hour tan and it was time to get more. I picked up 4 bottles of the one hour tan and then two of these new releases. Lovely legs which is an instant tan makeup for legs (similar concept on Sally Hansen, but I find the consistency lighter and a better colour). 

Suddenly Diamonds by Lidl

This was a random purchase when I was food shopping in Lidl last week. I had seen on many irish beauty blogs that a Lidl perfume resembled a Chanel for a fraction of the price and wanted to check it out. I definatly was not a fan of the Chanel dupe as it reminded me of 'old lady' strong purfume that caused me to sneeze! I then tried this and really like it, its a light fresh, floral scent and for 3.49 you can't go wrong. Going to keep this in my handbag for when on the go!

I have been seeing texturised hair on blogs a lot on celebrities such as Kim Kardashian, and wanted to try out a sea salt spray for that texturised beach hair effect. This was a good purchase from Boots, costing between 5/6 euro. I spray it in my hair when it is still damp and dry the rest. I leave my long hair wavy and reduces frizz. 

Placed my first order on beauty joint.com. As I watch many youtube beauty gurus online, Lauren Beauty always recommends Jordana best last extreme so I made my order and it arrived within a week along with some Jordana brow powder. I really like both products. The mascara is quite quick on the brush so I tend to wipe off the excess before applying and it holds the curl nicely all day long. This brow powder doubles as a good crease colour for adding depth to my eyes. 

I purchased two 'BlankCanvas' eye brushes at the Irish Beauty Show in the RDS. I really want to order more as they are brilliant for blending compared to my sigma blending brushes that I already own. 

Laura Mercier Body Crème and Scrub - Review

I recently picked up this gift set from the Laura Mercier counter in Brown Thomas, Dublin. It was part of their Christmas sets, and I've heard Tanya Burr mention these many times throughout her videos. The body cream is aimed to moisturise your skin without being too heavy and greasy. The scrub claims to gently exfoliate your skin whist also protecting and naturally conditioning the skin. Although these are pricey to buy and quite high end` (I got a good deal being a Christmas set) they are most defiantly worth it. This will be a product that I will use sparely until empty and re-purchase.

There are 5 scents to the collection of creams and scrubs which are:

          - Ambre Vanille

                      -Almond Coconut Milk

        -Creme Brûlée

-Fresh Fig

               -Creme de Pistache

I choose my body cream in Almond Coconut Milk, which has a strong long lasting scent when used, even hours later which every body cream should do! It's the first cream that has lasted on my skin also, without feeling like my skin is greasy as it absorbs fast.

The texture as you can see is very thick, but also creamy and soaks into the skin fast.

I choose my scrub in the Vanilla scent, Ambre Vanille, which is sweet smelling. The exfoliating beads and small and are crushed vanilla seeds which are gentle on the skin leaving it silky smooth. The scent like the cream, also lingers on your skin which is nice and refreshing to smell during the day as it is long-lasting. 

Each jar contains 150ml / 6OZ of product which is a generous size, especially to try out! I defiantly recommending if you have been questioning whether to splurge and go for one of these that they are worth the price as the quality of the products are very high and my favourite thing is the long lasting scent that is left on your skin hours after applying.