So you wanna call me the devil's advocate?

I've noticed my lipstick collection has been building over the past few months, so I thought I'd share a few swatches of my favourites! At the moment I seem to be sticking more to the red and purple palettes, winter just makes me love the darker shades that little bit more. (Sorry about the not-so-brilliant photos, lighting is a bit rubbish at the moment and it's kind of hard to get all the shades as accurate as possible.) 
I seem to go through different make up obsessions, and at the moment it's definitely lipsticks! 

Pink palette

(From L-R) 

1) Glossy Box in Glossy Pink- RRP £9.50

2) Dainty Doll in 003 It's my party- RRP £12.25

3) Lancome Colour Design in Wannabe- RRP £9.95

4) Barry M Lip paint in 113 Sheer pink - RRP £4.25

Red Palette

(From L-R)

1) Yves Rocher in 101 Framboise/Rouge- RRP £14.50

2) Avon Ultra Colour in Red Kiss- RRP £0.99

(this shade is no longer available through Avon so I had a look on ebay, just for you guys!)

3) Barry M Lip paint in 121 Pillarbox Red- RRP £4.25

(no idea why this looks orange- it's definitely red!) 

4) Rimmel Volume Lipstick in 085 Holler- RRP £1.19

Purple Palette

(From L-R) 

The first 3 shades really aren't showing all that accurately...sorry! 

1) Revlon Super lustrous Lipstick in 475 Icy Violet- RRP £7.49

2) Rimmel Volume Booster in 062 Desirable- RRP £3.99

3) Revlon Colour Burst Lipstick in 010 Plum- RRP £3.49

4) No7 Sheer Temptation Lipstick in 9 Sassy- RRP £9.00

5) Rimmel Lasting Finish in 400 Lights Out- RRP £2.99

I leave for New York on Friday, so I'm hoping to raid Sephora while I'm out there. I've had my eye on the Tarte brand for quite a while, so although this is going to be New York on a budget (i'm taking very little money out there) I'm hoping to find a lipstick or blusher that will making parting with my $$s worth it! 

If there are any lipsticks you feel I should know about, please do let me know! Lipsticks make me happy :) 

Also as a small side note- hopefully I'll be able to blog while I'm in New York so be sure to keep an eye out for those posts. It'll hopefully be everyday but it completely depends on how busy we are (or how sleepy I get!) 

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We drink the fatal drop

I don't think I've ever really done anything like this before, but I thought I'd just make a short post about my 'go to' make up. I do like to play around with eye make up if I have the time/if I'm awake enough in the morning, but like anybody else, I have my set routine that is quick and simple (but still effective...I hope!)

Here we have it!

Items used: 

Face:

Rimmel Fix&Perfect Pro Primer - £6.99

 L'oreal true match (shade: C1 rose ivory) - £9.99

Dainty Doll loose mineral powder (shade: 001 ultra light) - £19.40

Eyes:

HD Brow Eyebrow Kit (shade: bombshell) - £18

Bourjois Volume Clubliner (shade: ultra black) - £6.99

Bourjois Volume Glam Ultra Curl Mascara - £7.99

Barry M Kohl Eyeliner (shade: silver) - £2.99

Lips:

Yves Rocher Cream Lipstick (shade: rouge) - £14.50

Since this morning, a lot has changed, and I'm not sure how I feel about this. 

For about 2 years, the bourjois clubliner was my go to liquid eyeliner. However, over the past 2 weeks I have fallen out of love with it and I rushed to superdrug to buy a different eyeliner. I'm intrigued to see how I get on with it, or if it's been a bad mistake, only time will tell. 

I had a bit of a mini 'haul' earlier today (my friend is useless at reigning in my spending!) and as superdrug currently have a 3 for 2 offer, I don't feel too guilty about being open with my spending! 

L'oreal True Match Foundation- as above :) 

L'oreal Studio Secrets Primer- £14.29

L'oreal Superliner Gel Intenza- £9.99

Simple Baby wipes- £1.35

To be honest, I'm happy enough with my Rimmel primer but I ran out of it this morning and as I love the Loreal foundation so much I couldn't resist trying out the primer! 

Am I the only one who prefers baby wipes over actually face wipes? If the normal 'simple' face wipes are on offer, I'll go for them, but I love using these baby wipes. They're so nice for my ridiculously sensitive skin and they're a lot cheaper!