Bank Holiday Beauty Haul

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Hello Lovlies so with the easter bank holiday fast approaching I realised I needed a few essentials to rock me through the weekend and picked up this lovely lot.

• Im obsessed with Ardell Lashes honestly they are the best around and these are my fail safe for a night out or event. This Bank hol Im actually going to Leeds for a friends birthday night out and seen as though Im recycling an old out fit I thought I could treat myself to a few accessories!

Lashes are DEMI WISPIES in black.

• On to the foundation, I needed a new foundation and after testing a few samples I thought id try my luck with a drugstore cheeper option. I opted for elf and the new Rimmel match perfection. I previously owned the elf foundation after picking it up from a local Target while back in Florida and loved it, its oil free and gives pretty good coverage with out being too cakey. The Rimmel was more of an impulse by and I still have mixed feelings its a rather light/ sheer coverage and on its own i really didn't like it.. however I've been mixing it with my elf foundation and find it gives me a great coverage and the colour matches perfectly. (I did buy elf darker for 'summer skin')

• The L'Oreal nail polish I've had my eye on the confetti and I needed a new red so when it was 2 for £7 I couldn't resist. See my NOTD for more on these products!

Eye spy a new lippy, right so I'm not a big lipstick kinda gal *gasps* but I have been eyeing up the orange trend as seen on Kourtney Kardashian and Jessica Alba.

This colour to be exact....

• I found a great colour from Artdeco sold in Debenhams and my god I'm actually in love! It took a bit of guts for me to put this on and actually leave he house but I totally love it..I could be converted!

• Last but not least was my Bad Gal Lashes mascara by Benefit, What can I say I ran out of my previous tube and re bought, this for me gives great results and I prefer the wand on this to the 'they're real' mascara.  These will all defiantly be featuring over my bank holiday weekend and seam like a worthy beauty investment! 

Love Holly

xoxo

American Beauty Haul... elf product reviews

So while I was away I decided to get as  many beauty treats as I could and considering the prices over in the US are wayyyy cheaper than UK I could have spent a fortune in Target and duty free! ha

So here are a few of the products I picked up, these are all my favourites!

I love elf products they are such good quality and amazingly low prices that I use them in my everyday 'face' all the time and to me some of their products are just as good at doing the job as all the top brands. 

These are a few of the elf products I picked up from a local Target. Some good and some not so great but still not bad for the price. 

• First off is the Good: My elf foundation was a risky one as out in the US there seams to be no colour samples anywhere so I guessed and surprisingly it's a perfect match! Only thing I would say is the formula is a little drying but for my oily skin thats not a problem. 
• Next is the eyebrow kit this is brilliant i don't do much with mine, so the gel and powder work well to shape and fill in.
• Tone Correcting Powder, I use this as a powder to set my foundation as if is very light and works really well this way. 
• The concealer and highlighter I picked up I have mixed feelings about sometimes it works a dream and others it doesn't really make any difference. I tend to use the highlighter as a primer for my eyeshadow.
• Golden Bronzer this is another hit and miss I like to be bronzed and for me this doesn't feel like I'm getting enough colour from it but it does give you a glow you're not gong to be completely pale after using. 
• Daily Brush Cleaner for me this doesn't do a lot of good, I wash my brushes every week or so and this cleaner is to be used straight after use but tbh I'm a little lazy and always forget so I can't really say if it's working or not oops!

What are your favourite and least fav elf products? 

I'd love to hear your recommendations!