Forgotten Illamasqua and MAC Birthday purchases

Ok so I'm a bit rubbish and managed to miss two of my birthday purchases!

I picked up an Illamasqua Sheer Gloss in Rousse and MAC Frost Lipstick in Angel

Love both of these colours! Both just look so cute on - would point out though that the Illamasqua Sheer Gloss in more pink than it looks here (would say it was more a candy pink).

The Gloss isn't sticky at all (which is why I have such an addiction to these glosses) and smells so sweet and edible.

Angel is actually my first MAC lipstick and I love it. It looks very natural on, so its perfect for everyday.

All in all, very happy with my purchases.

Lx

Birthday Haul

So I've been abit MIA lately - firstly it was my birthday last weekend and then my niece's and mums this weekend just gone! So just been very busy!

My niece's party was the best bit it was so much fun, my sister hired an adult size bouncy castle yet she was only turning 2! So the adults were on it most of the day :)

Anyway back to the post :) So with my birthday money I picked up a few bits. I have to admit that after the drama in the trafford I didn't get as much as I wanted but still got a few bits

1. Bag - River Island

2. Soap & Glory - Beauty Make Yoourself Youthful Super Rejuventating Face Serum

3. Bare Minerals - Prime Time

4. Revlon - Colourstay in Ivory

5. Soap & Glory - Supereyes Moisturising Eye Gel

6. Soap and Gory - The Fab Pore

7. Bare Minerals - Get Starter Kit in Light/Fair

8. Accessorize Goodies

9. Lilly Lolo Samples (quite a lot actually haha)

I'll post a reviews once I've had a good go of things. Still need to pick up need to pick up a new perfume though........

Lx

Lush Breath of Fresh Air

Thought I'd do a review of this as I've just finished my first Bottle. So the obvious question that arose was - Do I want to repurchase?

Well firstly the product promises to:

'Tone without tightness. Soften your skin with aloe; feed it with vitamins and minerals. Reduces dryness, soreness and redness'

I've been using this daily since I got it. I use it just before my moisturiser - sprayed directly on to cotton pad and then wiped over mt face (althought some morning I spray it straight on my face and then a bit on a cotton pad and wipe over face)

It can also be sprayed directly on to your face when you need as a mist - also good in the lovely air con offices!

Its got a very refreshing smell - not to strong (which is great for me)

Verdict - Overall I love this product! I suffer from redness around my nose and on my cheeks and I have seen a change in this - not massive but enough! My skin doesn't feel tight after use and its definitley feeling softer. My Skin just looks healthy and feels in much better condition. I just don't think I could be without this is my dailt rountine - so going to repurchase!

MAC: Disgraceful Customer Services!

Ok so I know its my Birthday and I'm banned from the laptop for the weekend, but I'm so annoyed and just needed to rant about it now!

So I posted yesterday that my fiance was whisking me off to the Trafford Centre today for a nice treat (I live in Lancaster - so its about an hour there and back! so not just around the corner).

I really wanted to go and get a nice pink MAC lipstick and try the foundations. I'm very fair so wanted to be colour matched!

Got there and went straight to Selfridges and started playing with the lipsticks (I would say there was about 7 staff on the corner and about 5 customers - including me and the fiance). I eventually decided on Angel - Just a perfect everyday lipstick for me!

So at this point I've been there 5 minutes and no-one has asked me if I needed assistance, which ok I do prefer that but I now wanted to get the lipstick and pay for it. Tried to get someones attention but nothing (a girl behind the till just turned her back on us and applied makeup to her already OTT face!!) I was starting to get annoyed at this point!

So not wanting to make a fuss I went back to play with the lipsticks again and see if I could get anyone's attention (the fiance really doesn't cope well in these situations and didn't want to just keep quiet! but as it was my birthday he said he would behave). At this point a young girl walked up to the counter and a blonde shop assistant appeared from nowhere and asked if she wanted any help and proceeded to go through about 20 different lipsticks with her - I'D BEEN THERE FOR ABOUT 10 MINS NOW.

Couldn't stand it any long and off I went to Illamasqua, very angry and upset

I got helped straight away and after pruchasing a new cute lipgloss thought to myself DAMN IT I CAME HERE FOR A DAMN LIPSTICK AND TO TRY THE FOUNDATION AND I WAS AT LEAST LEAVING WITH THE LIPSTICK! ITS NOT EVERYDAY THAT I CAN GET TO A MAC STAND

Got back to the counter and was making sure I was happy with the colour choice. So I was sticking it on my hand and showing the fiance, when the blonde shop assistant (still helping the young girl) pushed my arm out of the way to get a lipstick and got lipstick on my cardigan!!!!! I WAS BEYOND FUMING!!

So fiance thought sod this and opened the storage drawers and found the lipstick for me and we proceeded to the till to be greeted by the girl from earlier who turned her back on us to apply her makeup. She still didn't come to serve us, so the fiance had to go and break up another two having a chat and get one to serve us. He voiced his disgusted but I just wanted to leave at that point.

I just cant believe how bad the customer service was!! and whats worse that it seemed to be just me that was being ignored, as there was never more than a few customers at the counter at one time (I purposely had got there for when the Trafford Centre opened).

I've had some really bad customer service before but this was awful - it felt as though I didn't exist. Problem is I like the products, but no way on earth the fiance is going to take me back there now!

So sorry for the long rant but I just couldn't get over how bad my experience was and too top it off the young girl left with nothing and I was fully prepared to purhcase a foundation, powder and a number of lipsticks today and instead came home with over half my birthday cash left!

Lx

Birthday Weekend

Well tomorrow anyway ;)

Yep I'll be another year older and to be perfectly I'm not taking it all that well!

(I'm on the wrong side of 25 already!)

so I'm having a bit of a sulk :(

But to cheer me up my lovely Fiance is taking me to the Trafford Centre tomorrow

(and promised to try and not get annoyed when I've spent the last 20 mins in one shop)

So the plan is, that, as I currently don't own a MAC Lipstick I thought I would pick one up as a treat. Only really got into wearing lipstick this year - I'm a die hard lipgloss lover.

- fancy a cute everyday pink!

Also going to have a look at the MAC Foundations and see what I think!

Other than that just on a hunt for:

1. New Bag - always get a new one on my birthday and at Christmas

2. A Primer - been given some good suggestions so off on the hunt!

3. A New setting powder - possibly MAC

4. Perfume - I want something cute and summery.

I'll do a Birthday Haul next week!

Finally just a quick Happy Birthday to my twin, Kirsty, for tomorrow as well!