Gerard Cosmetics Haul

I swear everyone and their mother has been talking about Gerard Cosmetics over the past few months. I realise I'm probably a little late jumping onto the bandwagon, but I finally cracked and decided I had to know what all the fuss was about.

Vintage Rose is a mauve pink with rose undertones. This will definitely be finding its way into my every day makeup routine.

1995 is a matte, neutral brown inspired by 90s grunge. I wouldn't say I'm confident with rocking the "Kylie Jenner" lip trend, but I'm definitely going to give it a shot!

All Dolled Up is a vibrant, hot pink. This is my favourite kind of colour to wear during the warmer months.

Tequila Sunrise is a peachy coral.

Audrey is a golden champagne highlighter.

All the gorgeous gold packaging makes these babies pretty hard to resist (and makes them look super pretty sitting on my counter!). If you've tried anything from the brand, I'd love to hear all your thoughts.

Colourpop Cosmetics Haul

I have been itching to try Colourpop for the longest time after seeing all the love the company has been getting online. When they recently began shipping to Australia and New Zealand, I immediately bought everything on the site that was within a ten click radius. And so began three weeks of aggressively stalking the progress of my package (I swear I have better things to do!), but the wait was worth it.

Small High End Beauty Haul

I can't even count the number of times I've wistfully replaced a product at makeup counters after having suffering a mini heart attack upon finding out the price. No matter how hefty the packaging is or how gorgeous the colour, there are some things I just can't justify... Unless it happens to be coming up to my birthday, because let's face it, who doesn't love a good excuse to spoil themselves?

To make myself (and my bank account!) feel slightly better, I did manage to buy these goodies off StrawberryNET when they were offering an extra 10% off makeup. I'm actually quite pleased I managed to stick to items that were already longstanding members of my beauty wishlist. And if you couldn't tell,  I'm currently having a love affair with eyeshadow sticks because I'm way too lazy to bother with eyeshadow at the moment.

With those things checked off the lust list, I'd say that's enough damage done to the beauty fund for at least the next few months! I love to live vicariously, so please let me know if you've had any high end beauty buys you've fallen in love with recently.

Lily Collins Made Me Do It: Lancome Haul & First Impressions

Ever since I found out Lancome had taken Lily Collins on as its new spokesmodel, I've been patiently awaiting the release of their spring collection. The campaign images have been taunting me since the end of December, and I might as well have worked at the Lancome counter for how many times I've visited it in the past months, obsessively checking for the new display. So of course, the one day I actually had no intention of splurging on makeup was the day the collection actually became available.

I didn't buy everything, as tempting as it was. I tried to restrict myself to the big items, but of course, a lipstick managed to find its way into my bag as did a glitzy eyeshadow. I believe there were quite a few nail varnishes available, as well as a couple of eyeliners and lip glosses. As far as I know, the lip products promoted with the collection are permanent, so you can purchase them whenever you please. 

Also, can we just talk about how adorable the packaging of the compacts is? I just love being able to pull these out of my makeup bag! I haven't had a chance to properly play around with the eyeshadow palette and illuminating blush yet, but I have been wearing the lipstick and single shadow quite often over the past week or so. Anyways, here are a bunch of pretty pictures along with my initial thoughts on the products!