So last weekend I went to London with my Boyfriend (a post I will be posting soon), and when in London of course you have to do a little bit of shopping. So here are a few things I picked up..
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So I've seen a few beauty bloggers talking about this range by Loreal. The Collection Privee are the formula of the Colour Riche lipsticks and they are a six nude shades which are matched to six of Loreal's spokespersons complexion. I picked up Cheryl's Nude. I'm guessing the aim of this is to see which spokespersons complexion is most similar to yours and then this shade will be the most suited to you... However, I have gone completely against this. As you may or may not know I have a very fair complexion and dark brown hair, a far cry from Cheryl's olive toned skin, but I thought I would give this a go anyway. I have not had the chance to use this properly yet, however from what I have it is a very moisturising and quite sheer coverage but build-able. It has golden shimmer to it and I think it will be a perfect nude lip to accompany a dramatic smokey eye on a night out. The packaging of lipstick is something I love making it look very high end but with a £8 affordable price tag!
When I come across a Mac counter I always walk in and seem to end up with my hand covered in Lipstick swatches and umming and arring which one to choose. So I picked up this beautiful Cremesheen Lipstick in the shade 'Hot Gossip'. This is a dusky pink with a hint of plum, beautifully moisturising and builds up to a beautiful natural colour. As the name cremesheen suggests it does have a sheen to the lips but it doesn't leave a sticky finish.
Another little Mac purchase from Selfridges is there Studio Finish Concealer and mine is in the colour NW15. I've been thinking about where to get my next under eye concealer from, I've been loyally using Benefits Erase Paste for a couple of years now and fancied a change. As you can see by the photos how fair I am when I was matched to this colour I was worried it would appear very white on my skin. However, I have been blending this under my eyes with my trusty real techniques setting brush and it has been doing just the trick at brightening up my face. I only wear a small amount of YSL's BB cream on a day to day basis, as my skin doesn't need a high coverage foundation or concealer. So a little of this concealer goes a long way!
A couple of other things I picked up include these gold Topshop hoop earrings, which I'm hoping to wear soon and my holy grail Liz Earle Cleanse and Polish.
And last but not least I had to pop into Oxford street Topshop whilst in London, and I picked up these beautiful brogues! I am known to wear a lot of black, because I think you can never go wrong and it always looks smart. So I fancied a statement flat shoe to make a change to my Topshop boots. I picked up these Pewter metalic cut out brogues. I fell in love with these at first site, they look perfect with a pair of black skinny jeans and crisp white shirt, adding an edge to any outfit. I think with the cut outs they will be great in the summer too. I love the shiny shoe look from patent black brogues to these, they might not be for everyone, but when you try these on they look even better than on the hanger! I'll feature these in an outfit post soon!
What have you been picking up on your shopping trips recently? Let me know what you think of my little purchases in the comments!
Thanks for reading,
Rhiannon
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