January 2016: Collective Beauty Haul - Chads

In the spirit of the new year, I decided to take a break from my shopping ban and take advantage of all the sales & offers which are currently on. I ordered most of these products on-line and bought a few in-store over the past few weeks. So here's my collective beauty haul for the month!

I popped into Boots last week to buy some toiletries and ended up with these in my shopping basket:

Rimmel Glam Eyes Liquid Eye Liner - £5.29

Boots - direct link

This was a repurchase, and also one of my favourite liquid liners. The brush has a thin tip so I can get a precise and easy cat-eye with this. Plus, its lasting power is also very good.

Soap & Glory Supercat Eyeliner Pen - £6.00

Boots - direct link

I have been meaning to buy this eyeliner for the longest time ever, but always seem to forget about it every time I'm shopping. I have read so many positive reviews about this pen so I obviously had to try it out. From first impressions, the tip of the pen looks very precise and the colour pay off intense and pigmented.

Soap & Glory Massage Glove - currently £5.67

Boots - direct link

Okay, so the first thought in my head when I saw this was what a remarkable resemblance it had to the 'Sigma Spa Brush Cleansing Glove'! The Sigma glove isn't readily available in the UK and is also much pricier - but it's a popular favourite amongst many beauty bloggers & Youtubers for cleaning their make-up brushes. For only a fraction of the price, the S&G glove is such an affordable dupe. I'll be using this glove to clean my brushes soon - anyone interested in a review? Oh, and I forgot to mention, I actually bought it for only £3.99 from Boots in Westfield.

KIKO Mixing Solution - currently £1.90

KIKO - direct link

I really want to start experimenting more with different eyeshadow looks this year, especially glitter, so I bought this mixing solution from KIKO. I did a glitter eye look recently, using loose silver glitter and the DUO lash glue - it did the trick and I had no fall out but..my days was it hard to remove! Hopefully, I won't be having that problem with this.

KIKO CC Cream Cushion System - currently £11.10

KIKO - direct link

Normally retailing at £15.90, this foundation is currently on offer (in-store and on-line). I can't explain to you how excited I was to buy this. Recently, I have been super obsessed with South Korean beauty & make-up and  cushion compacts have been around for a few years in S.Korea, but only recently in the West. Lancome came out with one last year and KIKO shortly after. To put it simply, the compacts come with a sponge which is soaked in a liquid foundation or CC/BB cream, and another sponge applicator which can be used to pat/dab the formula (from the soaked sponge) onto your face. The formula is paraben free, non-comedogenic and contains SPF 25.

I have been using this for a few days and I realllly love it. I've even convinced 2 friends to buy it. I was expecting it to have very light coverage, but surprisingly it has a more medium to buildable coverage, yet looks like skin. I love that it is also travel friendly for touch ups. I will be testing this out for another week and write a review on it soon :)

KIKO 208 Water Eyeshadow - £8.90

KIKO - direct link

After a year of searching for this, I am still in disbelief that I finally have it. I have read countless reviews on this eyeshadow/highlighter and can see why it has such glowing reviews. It's a gorgeous gold which can be used dry or wet (for a more intense colour pay off) and if you Google it, you can see it's a dupe to many high-end gold highlighters, such as Estee Lauder 'Heatwave' and MAC 'Whisper of Gilt', but at a much lower price.

Glamglow Supermud Face Mask - RRP £40.00

ZestBeauty - direct link

Another blogger enabled purchase..I just had to.

I've been on the look out for new face masks to try out, other than Lush ones and the Glamglow Supermud face mask always seems to come up as a favourite. You can purchase this from various websites, including FeelUnique, Space.NK, CultBeauty and LookFantastic. The mask is currently on offer on many of these sites but I purchased mine from ZestBeauty.com, simply because I couldn't decide between the orignal 'Supermud' or the 'Youthmud' face mask, and they're currently giving away free travel size Glamglow Youthmud (worth £12.99) when you purchase the 'Supermud' mask. Plus, they do free delivery in the UK when you spend more than £15.

The mask is a gentle exfoliating mud mask, with many benefiting factors such as:

un-clogging and tightening pores, improving skin texture, help fight against breakouts, aid healing of scars and help pigmentation issues.

Embryolisse Lait-Creme Concentre - 

FeelUnique - direct link

FeelUnique had an offer going on a few skincare brands, including Embryolisse, and on top of that, a 10% off everything promo (including sale items). Code: LASTCALL.

Anyways, back on track. With the current colder and harsher weather conditions, my skin needed a more intense and hydrating moisturiser to use at night and days where my skin needs a pick-me up. I am yet to test this out but I have high hopes for it.

The cream is also multi-functional; it can be used as a moisturiser, primer and make-up remover!

It claims moisturise, nourish and repair the skin and disappear signs of dryness. 

TONYMOLY I'm Real Mask Sheets

Amazon - direct link

Continuing on with my new found obsession with Korean beauty - I was super excited to see CultBeauty stocking TonyMoly products (along with other Korean brands)! 

The 'I'm Real' face mask sheets are sold on Cult Beauty for £6 each..and I was very close to purchasing a few of them from there!

However, you can get them for much cheaper from Amazon - I got a pack of 11 (as shown above) for just £5.19.

Each different mask sheet has different beneficial properties. I'm especially looking forward to trying out:

Rice Face Mask Sheet - for clear skin
Red Wine Mask Sheet - to tighten pores
Lemon Face Mask Sheet - for glowing skin and pigmentation

Etude House Collagen Eye Patch (pack of 3) - £3.89

Ebay - direct link

I've been very sleep deprived the past few weeks and it's becoming visible. So I ordered these under-eye patches to moisturise, smooth and tighten the skin under my eyes.

Eye patches work similarly to face mask sheets, but are usually more hydrating.

This was a longer post than anticipated but I hope you enjoyed it nonetheless.

- Love Chads x