So today on my lunch break I accidentally (on purpose) ended up in Boots and I took advantage of their 3 for 2 offer on cosmetics and the half price offer on selected products from their Botanics range.

I'll start off with the make up bits I picked up. Like I've already said it's on 3 for 2 and so I obviously had to take advantage of that, I couldn't just buy one thing could I?!

I've been wanting to try a BB Cream for a while now, but my skin has always been quite bad so I always wore full coverage however since my skin has got slightly better recently I thought I'd purchase one! First of all I spotted the Maybelline Dream Fresh BB Cream which was £7.99 and was the most expensive out of my make up purchases. I did a quick swatch and compared it to the 17 BB Cream which was only £6.99 (only £1 difference but I'm saving for my holiday in summer so every little helps!) and the 17 BB Cream seemed a lot darker so I went for the Maybelline BB Cream. I'm super excited to try this since today it has been Spring weather and it's not snowed! Of course I bought this in the lightest shade 'Light'.

 Next I re-purchased my favourite concealer, Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer for £4.19. I think this is the third time I've bought this concealer now and for me that's quite a big thing since I never usually re-purchase products! I bought this in 'Fair 1' and it matches my skin almost perfectly.

This is another re-purchase for me since I'm running out of my Soap and Glory Thick and Fast Mascara. This Collection Supersize Mascara is a bargain at only £2.99 and I got it in 'Ultra Black'. I love to just chuck this in my make up and bag and know I can make my eyes look more awake and my lashes look better at such a cheap price as well.

 Now onto the items I bought from the Botanics range. I've never actually tried any of the Botanics products before but since selected items were 1/2 price I thought I had to take advantage of this!

I had seen Emma (Roselovelybones) mention this in one of her videos, and I wanted to try it out so I checked online and couldn't find it, however it was there right at the bottom of the shelf in my Boots. It's at an introductory price of £5.99 until the 17th April and then it will be £8.99 so if you're interested in trying it out I'd suggest you buy it whilst it's cheaper! Anyway, I know it might seem a bit silly to buy two BB Creams in one go, but I couldn't resist! I also got this in 'Light' and I'll do a review of this in a few weeks time.

 Finally I bought the Botanics All Bright Purifying Face Scrub which was on offer for £2.69 (usually £3.99) and I only bought this because it's on offer. I've not read any reviews about this specifically but I've heard the  Botanics range is meant to be really good, so I'm going to give it a go!

Have you taken advantage of the 3 for 2 offer on at Boots at the moment?

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So anyway, this is just the make up I've been wearing on a daily basis recently.

Face
- Lanacane Anti Chafing Gel (used as a primer)
- Maybelline Fit Me Foundation - Shade 120
- Collection 2000 Lasting Perfection Concealer - Fair 1
- Bourjois Chocolate Bronzing Powder - Shade 52 - (post on this here)
- Mac Semi Precious Mineralize Skin Finish - Crystal Pink (post on this here)
- Benefit High Beam Highlighter - (post on this here)
- ELF Eyebrow Kit - Light - (post on this here)

Eyes
- 17 High Drama Liquid Eyeliner - Blackest Black
- MUA Every Lash Volume and Lengthening Mascara (post on this here)
- Rimmel Scandal Eyes Mascara

Lips
- Rimmel Kate Moss Matte Lipstick - 101 - (post on this here)

 A little bit of shopping always seems to improve my mood, so yesterday lunch I did just that. I went into

Boots and took advantage of the 'buy one get one half price' offer* on make up and nails.

I was most excited about buying the Maybelline Fit Me Foundation. I'd only seen it advertised but I hadn't read any reviews on it but I just bought it anyway. I liked the idea that you can buy the concealer and powder in the exact same shade so you know it will match.

I got mine in 120 because it was the lightest shade available in my Boots, if I'd researched properly I would have waited until 115 was available. Although surprisingly it isn't too dark for me. I've only used this foundation twice so I'll do a full review once I've used it more. It's also only £7.99 which I think is a great price for a foundation, especially if you compare it to some of the drugstore foundations which are almost £15.

 This is a re purchase since my current Collection 2000 Lasting Perfection Concealer is running out, and I might as well buy it whilst it's cheaper since I never have enough money! I bought mine in 'fair 1' as you can see. For £4.19 it's still a reasonable price considering the quality of the product, and I'd say it's my favourite concealer at the moment.

Next is a product I've not tried or really heard about either, it's the 17 High Drama Intense Liquid Eyeliner in 'Blackest Black'. I only bought this because the brush seemed really similar to the Rimmel Exaggerate Eyeliner which is my favourite eyeliner. However this 17 one is only £3.99 rather than £5.29.

Finally I bought one of the new Rimmel Kate Moss Matte Lipsticks in shade 101. I don't really like wearing lipstick because I feel my lips are too big for my face anyway and I don't like drawing extra attention to them (weird reason, I know!). But I thought since this was an everyday looking colour I'd try it out. For £5.49 I'm really hoping I get use out of this lipstick, as usually I end up buying lipsticks but stick to wearing only one or two.

Are there any drugstore products you'd recommend?

*I listed the prices for the products as they stand without the buy one get one half price offer. 

The other at work I decided to go into Boots on my lunch break and spend some of the money I'd earnt that day. Since they had a 3 for 2 offer for all Rimmel products I chose to buy some new make up.

First of all I bought a new nail varnish (405 - Rose Libertine) which I'd heard about before, it's such a pretty colour and the fact it claims to dry in 60 seconds made it more appealing because I hate waiting for my nails to dry. It was only £3.69 as well, which is a really good price. I've worn this already and it does dry very quickly and stays on the nails for a good few days before chipping.

This next product is the main reason I chose to buy Rimmel products. I've heard so many good things about their Stay Matte Powder so I thought I'd give it a try and see if it is worth it. It was only £3.99 which is a lot cheaper than the Mac MSF Natural I bought recently. It seems to be a good powder so far and does keep my skin matte throughout the day. I'd definitely recommend this as a drugstore powder. I have mine in 01 translucent since as I always say I'm so pale.

Edit: As much as I love this powder, it appears to have broken me out, so I don't think I can keep using it anymore.

Finally this is the third product I bought from Rimmel. I've purchased this Soft Khol Eyeliner before and love using it for my tight line to make my lashes appear thicker. My current one is getting small and this was a good time to purchase it whilst the offer was on. I have mine in Jet Black and it was only £2.99 so this is the product I got for free.

I also wanted to buy a new liquid eyeliner, and I saw this Extreme 24 Hour Felt Tip Liner from Collection 2000. It claims to last 24 hours, and even though I don't think that's true, it does last all day when I wear it (about 7/8 hours).

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On my lunch break on Saturday I decided since I had £10 worth of Boots vouchers that I should spend them since there was a couple of things I wanted. And I thought I'd do a post on what I bought.

So I finally went and bought the Collection 2000 Lasting Perfection Concealer after I'd seen so many amazing reviews about it. I got it in 'Fair' and I haven't actually used it yet, but I'm sure I'll love it. It's only £4.19 and has been compared to MAC concealers, so I do have high hopes for this concealer.

I also bought the Collection 2000 Sheer Loose Powder which was only £2.99 but I can't find it on the Boots website, so I'm not sure if they're discontinuing it, but it's still available on the Collection 2000 website. I've never bought a loose powder before and since I had money to spend, I thought I should try it.

Finally the last thing I bought was this Collection 2000 Supersize mascara which was once again, only £2.99.  It was an impulse buy but I don't usually just wear one coat of mascara, so I thought I'd try something new.

I'll do a review on all of these products once I've used them.

This is also how the English 'summer' is looking currently...


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