The Haul.

Alright, so when I went to Mac, I'd planned on buying a Mineralize Skinfinish/Natural in my skin tone, a slightly darker one for contouring, and a Mineralize Skinfinish for highlighting. I also wanted to try out a blusher as it's something I've never worn before. So I get there and ask the assistant/makeup artist person about the skinfinish naturals, and she gives me a shade which I thought would be WAY too light for my skin. I trusted her judgement though so the first thing I bought was the skinfinish naturals in light.

Then, instead of a darker shade for contouring, she recommended a Powder Blush. I'm liking it, but I'm still going to go get my skinfinish instead and use the blusher just as a blusher and not for contouring. It makes my face too red.

'Tenderling'

Again, instead of a mineralise skinfinish for highlighting, I was recommended a different product. It's a Cream Colour Base, and can be used in a variety of ways. I'm actually loving this and will continue to buy it.

'Shell'

I also wanted a concealer, and I ended up buying the same one I had had in mind anyway. It's the Studio Sculpt Concealer, and I'm liking the coverage it gives, though it is quite thick and takes a good bit of blending.

NW15

As I mentioned in my previous post, I already had a foundation from MAC. On talking to the assistant though, I discovered it was completely the wrong one, so I bought a Mineralize Satinfinish foundation while I was there. I got it in an unexpected colour for me (NC15. The NC colours are yellow toned, and I am not) but this one matched my skin perfectly. My NW18 Studiofix fluid was actually looking a bit orange on me, which is odd, but I'm pleased to have something better!

NC15

And finally I bought something which I've wanted for AGES and I have to say I'm loving it. It's Fluidline gel eyeliner in blacktrack. Love!

You can see I've been using it a lot!

So, after all that I'm loving what I bought, but I still have a bit of a list of things I want to buy. First it'll be a Mineralize Skinfinish Naturals in medium, then who knows after that. If I ever win the lottery, I'm buying out that whole shop!

Makeup obsessed.

Recently I've become totally obsessed with makeup and watching tutorials on YouTube (specifically BeautifulFreak and LittleKiva) and have started buying new makeup again. Previously I'd been using the same makeup for years, and only replacing my mascara and pressed powder when I ran out. A few weeks ago I bought my first MAC product, studiofix fluid foundation. Later I was to find out that this was totally the wrong thing to buy for my skin type, but at the time I was totally overwhelmed by the mac store and didn't know whether to pick something up off the shelf or ask someone to get me what I wanted. I ended up taking it off the shelf which was apparently the wrong thing to do, and someone got me a new one. *facepalm*

Last week I went to the MAC store again with a list of things I wanted, and this time I nabbed someone and asked for help. I ended up with a few items that I hadn't planned on getting but which I am now happy I got. I'd still like some of the things I'd originally gone for which I ended up not getting, so I'll have to go back at some point and get them one by one (because I'm now skint and can't afford to buy a whole load of products again!)

I'll do a little rundown of what I got with some pictures tomorrow, as it's now almost 11pm and I'm going to head off to bed! (Plus I haven't actually taken any pictures yet and I quite honestly cba at the moment.)

Also I'm not sure if I mentioned this yet or not, but I stretched my ears again and am now at 18mm :) I'm quite happy with this size at the moment, but no doubt I won't be after a while! My goal size is still 1inch :D