Budget Beauty Haul

 

I have recently made a deal with myself that I would try to go a bit more ‘high end’ with my make-up purchases, however payday arrives and I find myself stood in Superdrug with an armful of bargain basement priced products yet again.  So I have decided to embrace my budget beauty side and accept that I would rather treat myself to lots of little bits and pieces rather than one expensive product every six months!!!

Don’t get me wrong, I fully accept that you get what you pay for but sometimes if you haven’t paid that much you just don’t care!  Nothing beats the buzz of having lots of new products to try out so with that in mind I am going to do a small haul on some products I bought this morning from Superdrug.  If you would like to see swatches or a full review of any of the products mentioned please leave a comment below.

The first product I picked up is the MUA Heaven and Earth palette (£4).  I have been using the Undress Me palette for ages and most of the colours are nearly used up so I thought I would try a different one.  You get 12 eyeshadows in a range of neutrals, browns and taupe colours.  I don’t think there is one colour in this palette that I wouldn’t use which is great (whenever I buy a palette there are at least four colours that I never touch).

 

The next product is the MUA cream blush in the shade Yummy.  This is the first cream blush I have tried so I am interested to see the results.  To be honest the colour wouldn’t be my first choice for a blusher but as is often the case with MUA all the other shades were out of stock.  Still, as it only cost me £2 I’ll give it a go!

I then picked up two more MUA products (noticing a theme here!)  Firstly the Pro-Base Eye Primer (£2.50).  I have an older version of this primer and it has always served me well.  I’m sure there are better quality primers out there but this has always done the job for me. 

The last MUA product I bought was the Power Pout Colour Intense Tint and Balm in the shade Rendezvous (£3).  I love the Jelly Pong Pong lip blush and thought this looked like a good dupe.  Again, the colour wouldn’t have been my first choice but the selection was limited to say the least!

I then managed to venture away from the MUA stand and purchased two Maybelline products.

The first is the 24hr Colour Tattoo eye shadow in the shade Pink-Gold (£4.99).  I’ve had the on-and-on bronze shade for ages and couldn’t quite decide whether I really liked it but I watched a couple of tutorial videos that were using them and decided to give it another go.  I think this colour will make a really good base with possibly some of the Heaven and Earth palette blended on top.

The final item I picked up was the Volume Express Falsies mascara (7.99).  For ages this was literally the only mascara I would use but I have recently been trying to ‘widen my horizons’ in the mascara department.  However, there is nothing else for the same price that comes close to this product, it really does do what it says on the tin which in the beauty world is a rare thing to be treasured!