parcel from Britt

My friend in Canada sent me a parcel!!

Hey everyone, I'm sorry that I've not been posting a lot lately..

I haven't been feeling myself, but I am trying my best to get content up when I can!

I hope you've all had an amazing Christmas, and hope you have a great start to 2016 <3

- So as you all know I have PCOS, I'm part of a few groups on facebook for women to talk to each other openly and freely without being judged by others, the one day I posted asking if anyone would like to be my pen pal, and the only person that has bothered, and even still stayed in contact now is my beautiful amazing friend Britt!

After writing many letters, I thought it would be nice for her if I put together a package of makeup/sweets/skin care etc from the UK, and it was something she was super excited for, she couldn't wait to open it! But around the same time Britt told me she was also putting one together for me, and now I finally have it and I love EVERYTHING she has sent me!

It's so amazing how alike we are even though she's in Canada and I'm in the UK!

One day it will be amazing to get together as she's such an amazing person <3

- I will post the pictures of my amazing things below <3

I have never tried many sweets that aren't from the uk so I was excited to see she sent me these!

* Tootsie Roll

Cadburys Crispy Crunch

Nestle Coffee Crisp 

Hello Kitty Twirl Pops

Peppermint Almonds

Two Canadian leaf lollipops&two little ones

Angela's candy land chocolate factory chocolate covered fruits,

and banana shaped & flavoured sweets!

Although the hello kitty lolly is too cute to eat <3 

Hello kitty is mine and Britt's favourite!

    In the uk we have Betty Crocker things, but not a wide selection....

  I never even knew that DUNKAROOS  were a thing, but my GOD they are SO amazing!

And as you can see in the picture one side is vanilla biscuits and the little pot on the side is the frosting. Britt sent me a pack of the vanilla frosting & rainbow sprinkles, and the chocolate frosting.

I can't believe that these aren't sold in the UK <3

    In a few certain american candy stores we have jolly rancher, but not many nor have I ever seen these! I have had most of these now with my boyfriend and I can't believe how unusual but nice they are...

I had two bags of the Juicy Burst Explosion Watermelon, green apple and cherry liquid filled centers

Two boxes of original and tropical flavoured chews

And three packs of hard boiled sweets original, wild berry and passion fruit flavours.

They are very unusual tastes but they are amazing and the chews were amazing!

    These are also amazing, Britt knows me so well!

    Two body lotions, three nail varnishes from sally hanson, sinful colours and nyx.

    Two lip balms from the body shop (which smell beautiful)

    A MK watch, gorgeous eyelashes, eyelash glue and an adorable little notepad!

    I have used the nail varnishes so far and they are amazing, I can't wait to get more NYX nail        varnishes now that they are sold in the uk now :D can't wait to use everything else too..

The last things I got was a beautifully wrapped scarf, and a gorgeous necklace which comes in a cute little blue bag <3 

- I am SO lucky to have such a kind friend, I am thankful for her every single day and I hope one day we'll be able to meet, thank you again Britt you're amazing!

<3 <3 <3 <3 

Mini BeautyCrowd Haul

Mini BeautyCrowd Haul

Hey guys so as you probably know I'm a member of BeautyCrowd, they sell so many amazing products, their website is easy to navigate around and if you want you should visit their site!

www.beautycrowd.com      

This will be a short and sweet post, but later on today I'll have my first impressions post up!

I was so excited when I received my order,
Can we just admire how nicely they wrap the products before they are shipped out to people!!!

It's amazing how many products they sell which we struggle to get here in the UK!



I will post all the pictures together below,
then by picture order I'll let you know the information about the products I ordered.






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BELL HYPOALLERGENIC FIXING MATTE POWDER £5.95

MILANI GRANDISSIMO LASHES INCREDIBLE VOLUME MASCARA - BLACK £6

ABSOLUTE MATTE LIPSTICK - BULGARIAN ROSE - £3.95

ABSOLUTE MAXI SATIN LIP CRAYON - Very red - £3.95

ABSOLUTE MOOD LIP GLOSS - JOY - £3.95

So those were the products I got from BeautyCrowd -

 I am excited to do my first impressions of them for you later on today!

Thank you for reading and once again please feel free to follow me on Instagram,

I'll leave mine and BeautyCrowd's below.

BEAUTYBLOGGER94_

BEAUTYCROWD

Sarah xo

Freedom Makeup -

Freedom Makeup - Swatches/prices/first impressions!

Hey guys so as promised here are my swatches, details about the products and my first impressions.

I am happy to say that I'd seriously recommend this company to everyone :).

Hope you enjoy!

         

                                                   

Mono  Eyeshadow
Base 202 and Base 203
They are £1 each, 
For a base shade I didn't expect there to be much colour pay off..
I gently swept my finger across each one and well... 
                                          They are both super pigmented, which for £1 is perfect!
                The formulation/texture was super smooth and felt a little bit creamy.
                From now on these will be my holy grail for a base!
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Mono Eyeshadow - Nude 209 - Also £1
This is the perfect nude shade for your crease,
It's easy to blend and has the perfect creamy texture, the formulation to this eyeshadow is amazing. 

I can't wait to use this as a crease shade!!




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Mono Eyeshadow Gilded - from left to right;
Gilded 216, 217, 218 and 219!
They are also £1 each.
As you can see from the swatch... it's amazing.
You can tell from the picture how crazy the pigmentation of these products actually are.
There's actually no fall out, also some eye shadows at this price that have shimmer in them actually feel gritty, 
Freedom REALLY know how to make super smooth eyeshadow products!! Such gorgeous colours. 

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PRO MATTIFY - Primer
First of all this costs £4 so to get 25ml of product that is just amazing, as most primers you get less.
They have two different primers, they have this one which is aimed more at people who suffer from oily skin, like myself, or they have the Pro Prime which is aimed more for dry skin as it claims to moisturise and make your foundation last longer. It's just a clear colour and I slowly rubbed this into my hand it felt super matte, but a nice smooth base at the same time, I am                                                very excited to try this out!
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Pro Shade & Brighten Mattes Kit 1 - £2.50
These mini palettes contain 6 eyeshadows,
and one highlight. Perfect for taking in your bag.

As you can see for a matte palette they have strong pigmentation, the first three shades don't show up that well on my hand in the picture 
( due to the fact I'm so pale ) BUT believe me the pigment is amazing for all of these shades!
They are quite smooth and would be perfect as an everyday natural eye look!


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Pro 10 Eyeshadow Palette - Smoulder
I'm not sure on how much this palette actually costs as it came free with the offer they had on.
None of the less it's such a great palette!
I'm not one for using bright noticeable colours but i'll be using these creating different looks thats for sure! Maybe in the crease? Who knows! :)

They don't have shade names, but the first 5 shades from the left of the palette are the top row, then the last 5 shades from the palette are on the bottom row. Highly recommend this palette (if they still sell it) super pigmented and perfect formula. 
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 PRO MELTS - £3 each!
L-R Jammy Dodger & Sugar Fix.
I wasn't sure how I felt at first (before opening)
But once swatched and applied the pro melts to my lips I was blown away with the pigment and how they applied! 
Freedom say it's meant to give that high definition intense finish as these are classed as a melted lipstick formula lipglosses!
I can actually agree with their statement.
Although they are a lipgloss, after a few minutes it does have the finish of a lipstick, so it's not too glossy which is great as we all hate our hair getting blown onto our lips by the wind ;) ! So for £3 I'll be making sure I get some of the nude shades next time as well.
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Blush Professional Pro Blush -   3 - True Loved.   £1 each

I think this is the  perfect pink/peach shade,  great pigment and I really stand by and support their statement on this product. 
They claim that it's 100% Build-able & Blend-able!
Also that it gives a nice professional natural finish..
All of those are correct, I've never found a company like this to be so accurate with their claims on products!

Excited to try this one out! 


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Pro Glow Pink Cat - £2.50 
 Pressed Powder Translucent 101 face power - £2 

So I'll start off with the Pro Glow Pink Cat Blusher,
I completely love the pattern, the 3 different shades in this just makes it the perfect blush!
Super blend-able and smooth, it's not powdery either..
Which as we all know some blushes are quite powdery.
As you can see in the swatch it's such a gorgeous colour.
I would highly suggest this!   

Now as for the face powder, I got the translucent shade due to being so pale, I'm thinking it may be a bit too yellow toned for my skin, but hopefully once I have used it to set my concealer or foundation it may be okay! Great coverage and it's actually very smooth, I'll have to do a make-up look with these products and let you know how I get on! 

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Pro Line  Ultra Black, liquid eyeliner. £1.50

My first impressions of this product wasn't so great.

It took me around 30 minutes to open the eyeliner.

No matter how much strength I used it just wouldn't open, it was like the lid was jammed or something.

But after not giving up after 30 minutes I eventually got it open, maybe I got a bad batch who knows?

It's still a little difficult to open but at least I know it's not going to leak in my make-up bag anytime soon haha! Now as for the smell, I can't work out what it smells like but it's not pleasant, maybe it's a bad batch again? I don't know, please feel free to let me know if any of you guys have used this before? I'll still be giving it a go irrespective as liquid liner has been my holy grail for many many years now and I'll at least give it a go! 

 It's got good pigment though so for £1.50 I can't complain.

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P.S I also have their Pro Fixing Spray which costs £3.50 I am yet to try this out.

So after nearly 2 hours of writing out my honest first impressions, I hope you all enjoy the read!
Being a beauty blogger is what I am passionate about, so  I am very thankful for all of you who are taking the time to like my posts or even read my blogs - I didn't think anyone would read my posts, but it's amazing to see that they have reached people from all across the world.

So once again thank you so so much for your support!!

To purchase their products please go to  www.freedommakeuplondon.com

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