Beauty Haul

Bonjour! I am finally settled in my new home and i can now get this blog up and running (plus Instagram and Tumblr). So for this first real post i thought i'd tell you about my little splurge. I've got a haul post for you guys today, including Amazon, Wish and Royal Extensions. I will leave links so you can check it out. Just a quick disclaimer ; the opinions given are my own, i'm not sponsored or anything. The prices given are what i paid and obviously that may vary!

Royal Extensions :

For years I had platinum blonde hair and loved it. When i fell pregnant i couldn't bleach my hair anymore. As i am a natural (light) brunette i chopped most of my hair off and dyed it brown to match my roots. For a year my hair was natural but this weekend i longed for old me. You know how it gets sometimes you yearn for a past self and after all the changes due to pregnancy, i found myself yearning for the old me ; old body, hair and everything. Anyway! This weekend I cracked and dyed my hair blonde again! So for my mothers day gift (come early), my boyfriend and daughter have got me a set of extensions. I have already bought some extensions from Royal Extensions a couple of years ago. I bought a pack of clip in synthetic ones because I didn't want to invest in something especially not knowing the site. But I loved the price, color range and rapid delivery. Even though the old ones were synthetic they served their purpose well as they were used for hairstyles such as fishtail braids instead of loose natural looking hair.

This time I have bought “Natural Classic Clip In” extensions in platinum blonde. The color is amazing and blends perfectly with mine. They are soft and feel amazing. I was slightly disappointed about the blending with my natural hair. I straightened my hair then added the extensions but my own hair was too visible for my liking, although i'll admit that I kind of rushed it and I guess if I took my time and did it properly they would blend great with my natural hair. I can't wait to try again and even try with curled hair. All in all, they cost 49€ (the pack included one 4 clip, two 3 clips, two 2 clips and two 1 clips.) so for the price they are perfect. I might buy another set to give a bit more volume to my hair. I will have a play around and definitely keep you updated!

Amazon :

My first purchase was a set of make up brushes. It's a set of 30 brushes with a pouch to store them in. They cost 11,99€ and that's what made me want to try them. They have a great selection and the brushes are super soft. I love the pouch they came in. For the price they are an amazing buy and i'm glad to have snapped up this offer. I think they go above and beyond considering the price. They are a perfect size and honestly I can't think of a single complaint.

Second purchase was a small sponge with handle. Believe it or not it cost 0.01€ which was the reason I bought it, I was thinking about swapping to a sponge to apply my make up but didn't really want to invest in a Beauty Blender as they cost 17€ so the idea was to buy this little sponge just to try out. I admit I love the sponge to put make up on so i'm pretty sure i'm going to get a Beauty Blender or something along those lines. For the price, it's a great little tool. On the negative side, when i apply my foundation i worry that the sponge is going to come off the handle. I feel like it's not stuck on properly. So far I have used it about 4 times and it's not come off. It's served it purpose i guess but I wouldn't recommend it. It's small and cute - it's a hard one because i can't say it's not worth 0.01€ but i'd rather have the sponge in my hand to get into the creases rather than hold a handle with a small sponge.

Finally I have decided to group these two purchases together because they go together. I bought a foundation and concealer : Wake Me Up by Rimmel London in True Ivory. I have heard people raving about this foundation and the concealer for so long. Now that my old foundation has nearly run out I've decided to try this one in it's place. I've not tried it yet but the color looks amazing! The packaging is simple but I love it - I love the orange lid, i'm not sure why I love it so much but every time I look at it, I just can't wait to try it! 

Wish :

I got a couple of things from Wish and i'm actually in love with this site. I was worried because I had heard bad things about it ; purchases not arriving or being broken and generally people were disappointed. But I decided to give it a go and i'm in love. I have used it again since my first purchase and I hope to be just as satisfied (the second time I bought a phone case for my mum, who finally bought an Iphone after years of wanting one).

For the first time ordering of this site I bought 4 items : a set of make up brushes for my mum for mothers day (I will keep you updated and let you know what she thinks of them - but they look beautiful and I love the color), I got something called a nail dotting pen, a contour/concealer palette and an eye shadow palette. I haven't received the contour palette nor the nail dotting pen but I have to rave about the eye shadow palette. I bought it because I fell in love with the color Mulberry and I was not disappointed - the color is absolutely beautiful as are the rest of the colors but I have to admit I have a big crush on that color.  

There you have it, a couple of pleasures for mummy and obviously I got Sophia a few things too (she got a Smoby push walker). Thank you for reading - don't forget to follow me on Instagram...

Until then bisous!

Hair extensions : 49€ - Make up brushes : 11.99€ - Sponge : 0.01€ - Foundation : 12.50€ - Concealer : 8.75€ - Make up brushes : 5€ - Nail dotting pen : 1€ - Contour palette : 5€ - Eye shadow palette : 12€