*Milk; London beauty haul

As promised, today I will share with you some of the things that I bought whilst in London!
Base makeup has always been a weakness of mine and as you can see I could not resist the temptation when I went into Space NK. The first brand that I gravitated towards was 'By Terry'. Two of my favourite British beauty gurus, ViviannaDoesMakeup and Gh0stparties have raved about 'By Terry' products and so I wanted to try a few things out as well. I picked out the 'Cover Expert' foundation and the 'Touch Expert Advanced' concealer and oh man, do I looooove the concealer! Hands down best undereye concealer I have used so far! It covers without looking or feeling heavy and the shade is just perfect for covering dark circles.

Next, I also picked up another bottle of the 'Nars' Sheer Glow Foundation which is my favourite every day foundation and I also asked the sales assistent at Space NK to recommend me a good silicone-free primer and she recommended me the 'Pro-Prime' primer also from Nars. The primer compliments Sheer Glow very well and gives a very natural flawless finish.

The last face product that I got is the 'Kevyn Aucoin' The Creamy Glow cream blush in the shade 'Tansoleil'. I haven't had time to play with it yet, but am very excited! I really wanted to try a cream blush for the summer and read amazing reviews on this one.


I bought the 'Real Techniques' stippling brush to use in conjuction with the 'Kevyn Aucoin' cream blush because it's the perfect size!


Another 'Kevyn Aucoin' product, the expert lip color in the shade 'Blood Roses'. As the name already suggests, it iss the perfect shade of dark, burgundy red.


This 'Giorgio Armani' Flash Lacquer in '521' is also one of my favorite purchases. It doesn't feel tacky at all but still manages to give pretty good color pay-off. The shade selection is also very nice and if I had any money left I would definitely have bought another one!


I already mentioned this one in my London wishlist post and I ended up purchasing the shade 'Lovesick'. I can see why a lot of people love these, but is it me or does it smell a bit like toothpaste?


Another ViviannaDoesMakeup inspired purchase. These two shades are 'Satsuma' and 'Green Berry'.


Finally got my hands on the 'Paul & Joe Nail Enamel in shade '14'. I have been oogling swatch photos of this shade and it looks just as pretty in real life if not prettier. It is a bright raspberry red with ultra-fine mutli-colored shimmer. It compliments fair skin so well.


I had a full-sized tube of this 'Origins' Drink Up Intensive Overnight Mask before, but it expired before I finished up using the entire tube so this time I bought the 50ml tube at Harrods. I have been using it almost every other night and fell back in love all over again. Such a great 'lazy girl' mask if you know what I mean.


Last but not least, my first 'Jo Malone' fragrance! I have never been a big fan of perfume because I have a very sensitive sense of smell, but have heard so many people with the same problem say that Jo Malone do fantastic light and unique fragrances that I just had to take a whiff of while I was there. And yes it's true, they all smell amazing and are non-offensive to my nose. The scent I ended up getting is the 'Nectarine Blossom & Honey' one.




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*cookiie; belated london haul post

Yeah, I know it's a little late for this post, but it's never too late for a haul post right?


So before I show you the beauty products I'm such a tease, I want to tell you more about our trip. We basically shopped for 4 days straight, and that's almost the only thing that went really well, haha. Sometimes we had trouble finding stores, but most of the time it was really easy to find the places we wanted to go. The underground transport system is really easy and we basically travelled to everywhere with the tube. We had some great and some less good meals, but overall it was pretty good and not pricey at all. I met a friend that I've known from the internet for a long time, drank a bit and even attempted clubbing. We did that on the last day, but the club was horrible and I even got sick afterwards, so that was not so nice.. haha~

I didn't snap pictures there at all, because this was my second time going and I really didn't think about it much. I'm sorry guys, I wish I could show you a bit more of London. So yeah, that's basically a short summary of what we've done there. Onto the haul!


Some hair products: L'Oréal Paris Elnett Satin hairspray, Batiste dry shampoo and some Aussie hair masks. So far I've only tried the 3 Minute Miracle mask, but I was actually expecting a little bit more of it. It's okay but it's not as good as my regular hair mask, so I was a little bit disappointed. Hopefully the big bottle one will be better.


Drugstore eye make-up! I've gotten two Sleek palettes: The Original 594 and Sunset 568. I also got the Revlon ColorStay 12 Hour Eye Shadow in 05 Blushed Wines and two random eye colour pencils. The pink one actually from Primark; I saw it and I liked the hot pink colour and thought, why not? The other one is called the Technic eye shadow shimmer stick in E13; it smells like cheap lipstick and it's very sticky and creamy, so it has some potential to be a nice cheap eyelid primer, haha.

Close-ups of the Sleek palletes: the inside and the back of the palettes. First one is The Original 594 and the second one is Sunset 568.




The first time I went to London, I actually missed my flight back home, so we were really stressed about it and made sure we made it on time. However, our flight was delayed for at least an hour because of the snow. This gave us a little bit more time to shop on the airport, and guess what I got? A Dior eyeshadow palette! I had about 30 pounds left and I didn't really know what to do with it, so Milk suggested me to just treat myself a Dior palette (since I was sick and stuff), haha. This one is the 5-Colour Iridescent Eyeshadow Palette in 609 Earth Reflection.





MAC~ There was a MAC store in the shopping centre Westfield, so that's where we did the hauling. I also bought a 187 brush for myself, but I forgot to make a picture of it. And if any Londoner is reading this, is it normal to stand in queue to get in? Not that it was bad, I actually liked the fact that I had more space to walk around.


You've probably seen the Korres Body Butter and Lip Butter from Milk already, so I won't tell you again how nice the deal was Ha! I did it anyways, but I'm really regretting that I didn't buy more. It's so good! And for anyone who lives in the UK and has mild acne like me, try the Superdrug Store's Tea Tree Spot Stick for spot treatments. It's not magical or anything, but it works really well in my opinion. I've tried many spot treatment products, and I've got to say that this one is one of the most effective products I've had. I bought two for 5 pounds, but I wish I had bought more now, haha.


Some stuff from Muji! I haven't tried the hair scissor yet, but I can finally maintain my hair myself now~ Oh and the tweezer with the light is from Primark. I don't really use it, I just wanted to have one and see how it works, haha.


This is also a product from Primark; it's supposed to remove mistakes made when applying mascara, but I haven't tried it out yet so I'll post about it later if it's any good.


And last but not least, nail polishes! I was really in need of some nice nail polishes, and these were buy 3 get 1 free. So far I've tried the Gosh one in 'Holographic (the glittery one) and I love how it looks on my nails. The only bad thing about it is that it chips off incredibly fast, so if anyone has tips for better "staying on power" I guess, please let me know!

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