EllyBellyBaybee Giveaway

Elly Belly Baybee is having a giveaway of a NAKED Palette!!

She's a stunning blogger, with an amazing blog!

So give her a follow even if you have a NAKED Palette! :)

I really want a NAKED Palette, but at the moment €40 is a lot to part with for me!

And I'm dying to try it.

So fingers crossed Random.org will chose me!! :)

All images are from ellybellybaybee.blogspot.com

Thanks, Aislinn

xox

Collective Haul

Sorry I've been away for so long!
This is a bit of a months hauls. Even though some items I've mentioned many many times here! :)

I'm not going to do swatches of any products but if you want to see a top on, or see a lipstick on, by all means don't hesitate to ask, if you'd like a review on any product, or swatches I'll do them! Just comment below, email (abarrymakeup@gmail.com) or Tweet me (@ABarryMakeup)

I've been bold this month and spent alot!!! I don't even remember what I bought! This is all I remember but there was ALOT more!!

I bought a tiny amount of clothes and a weensy amount of accessories, so here's my clothes:

First off I was at the River Island sale and I got this top. I plan on wearing it with a pencil skirt of some sort. I just thought it was sooo cute and it was a steal, it was €27, reduced to €12.

Then going back a month ago I was in New Look at the sale and got this fabby dress which I am in  love with! It's perfect for summer, and again this was only €12.

To match I got these beautiful wedges in Penneys (Primark). They have browny, dark greyish ones as well and I want to get them too! I got these for €23.

I got some leather jackets in Penneys (Primark) too on sale, Ohh me I'm such a bargain hunter. I got a grey one and a black one. They were down from €23 each to €9.

And here is my Accessories and Nail Polishes.

Now onto my little tiny bit of Topshop accessories shopping in the sale, I love all these, and they were all so cheap. I'm super happy, I was over the moon about the Leaf Necklace because I wanted it before the sale, and was going to buy it about two weeks ago but I don't know why I waited, but I did and it was a bargain from €18.50 before the sale, down to €4.50. Then I got two rings, the first is this cool deer one and it was €8.50 down to the most bargain able price of €1.50. As well as that I got this really classy ring that was €10.50 reduced to €1.50.

I got two Nail Polishes by OPI as well in a little set! I got OPI Ink and You Don't Know Jacques. Both of these I absolutely love! OPI Ink on my toesies, and You Don't Know Jacques on my fingers, is my Summer colours at the moment!

Next is my prized possession, MAKE-UP!!!

Half way through June, I went to Boots, I wanted to get the almighty Maybelline EyeStudio Lasting Drama Gel Eyeliner and they had 3 for 2 so I bought 2 mascaras as well - Maybelline Volum' Express Falsies, I heard so much about so snatched it up! And then I got Maybelline Volum' Express One-by-One, I hadn't heard much but figured it was the new mascara! I am in love with this, I can't rave enough about it! I got some TRESemmé Dry Shampoo last week, which I am deeply in love with!!!

Next I was in MAC, I got alot here! Spent a small fortune!

I got Eight Lipsticks, Six Eye shadows, Two Blushes, A Paint pot and A Gel Eyeliner.

And included is that is a giveaway I won, I'll start off with that, I won a DGS Beauty Giveaway. Unbelievably shocked! I won a Lipstick, a Blush and a Fluidline (Gel Eye Liner). The Lipstick is from the Viva Glam range in Viva Glam V, which I seriously am loving now because of this. The Blush is Fleur Power, which is a a beautiful pinkish coral. And the Fluidline is in Blacktrack, which is a must have by all beautylovers! Believe it or not, I contemplated buying all these in the past month, lucky I waited, I don't know why I did! I think I bought the Maybelline EyeStudio Lasting Drama Gel Eyeliner instead of the MAC one! These all arrived this week!

A month ago I bought a Lipstick, and two Eye Shadows. The lipstick is Saint Germain, which I've been lusting after for months now. The two eye shadows were Swiss Chocolate and Handwritten. The MUA who did my makeup used both of these with Cranberry, which I own, to create a smokey eye with a sort of red tint through it!

A few days after I went back and I got Two Eye Shadows in Woodwinked, Naked Lunch, A blush in Dollymix and A Bronzer from the Surf Baby Collection in Pressed Powder.

Another few bold days later, I was in town, and I've been to MAC everyday that I've been in town in the past four months! Well on this day I bought Ruby Woo Lipstick, And Two Eye Shadows in Prussian and Aquadisiac!

I wanted a Lipstick from the Surf Baby Collection before it came out, then not so much, now I'm kicking myself I didn't get Hibiscus because when I wanted it, it was out of stock.. But don't worry about me, they got it back online so I ordered it of MAC UK and it should be here next week! Seeing as I couldn't get that, when I was in MAC I swatched Mocha from the same collection. Mocha has to be the most Amazing Lips but Better colour. I was also given some MAC Face Charts because I plan on Making a Face Chart book.

Seeing as I missed Hibiscus, I was making sure I wasn't missing Ever Hip from Fashion Flower Collection, which I had been eyeing up since the collection was announced, and it had gotten the same ravings and everyone wanted it like Hibiscus had, so I was preparing not to miss it! So I snatched it up straight away, I got Gem of Roses from the Semi Precious Collection as well!

I got Vegas Volt from Back to MACing six empty containers; three foundations, a powder, a blus and a mascara. Adding my lipsticks up to Eight from this haul.

Then the day before yesterday I went in and bought Painterly Paintpot.

All pictures are my own.

Have you being buying? What do you think of these purchases?

Thanks, Aislinn

xox

Summer 2011 Trends - Colour Blocking

COLOUR  BLOCKING

This is such a cool trend! I really am moving from my more comfortable brown neutrals to colour blocking! Three colours is particularly what your hoping for, you just don't want to to end up looking like a Rubik's Cube! :) Basically you have to throw everything you know from your styleguide out the window! If your a person who uses black as a safety colour, this may be a bit hard for you! Wear all those bold bright colours you thought you wouldn't get away with!

The Makeup part of it is crazy, I love it so much! Bright Yellows, Pinks, Greens and Blues. These are always colours I really just loved so much in the pans and I couldn't wear but now I finally can wear MAC Passionate and Freshwater (even together with Goldenrod, like how crazy is that) , rather then All That Glitters or Handwritten! I'm completely in love with this trend! :)

All pictures are from Google Images.

Have you colour blocked?

Thanks, Aislinn

xox

June Favourites '11

This being my first favourite I'm unsure on how I will structure it! So I'm just going to start typing and hope it'll come out okay. So my makeup everyday reach fors were:

As usual my reach for foundation was MAC Studio Fix Fluid in NW20. Such a great foundation. Great full coverage! MAC foundation is a hit or miss, love or hate! And I love them! :) Studio Sculpt, Studio Tech, Studio Plus Powder, Select, Pro Longwear, I have and love them all!

For eye shadows, MAC eye shadows are my go to for a long time now. The colour pay off is worth the extra couple of euros from a drugstore brand, and the colour variety is just out of this world. I don't know can I pick just one so I'm going to say Satin Taupe, Woodwinked, Sketch and Handwritten.

I think that's my most go to four. I've had Black Tied, which is a black shimmer, for a long time now and I love it. All four are late May/early June purchases. Satin Taupe and Woodwinked are alike in pan but so different in swatch and on eye. They both are shimmery browns, Satin Taupe is a frost and Woodwinked a veluxe pearl. Sketch is the most beautiful purple ever! I'm in love with this burgundy velvet, it has a red shimmer in it which makes it so different, it's great for lid, crease, under-eye. Handwritten I love wearing with Swiss Chocolate! on the lid, blended together. Just an unbelievable all rounder. I've been loving smokey eyes and dramatics.

Mascara and eyeliner I've estranged from my usual MAC products. I am loving Maybelline Volum' Express One by One mascara or Volum' Express The Falsies, I think One by One is just amazing, it seperates the lashes so effortlessly unlike a lot of mascaras, this just doesn't clump!

Eyestudio Lasting Drama Gel Eyeliner is the most amazing gel eyeliner, it comes with a brush too, so if you don't have a angled eyeliner on hand, this brush would work a charm.

MAC Dollymix blush has been my go to cheek product, well I have two cheek products but blush-wise. It is the most amazing hot pink blush!

My other go to face product is a new bronzer from the MAC surf baby collection, the Studio Careblend/Pressed Powder in Lush-Light Bronze. The detailing on it is so cool. MACMACMACMACMACMAC. I got both this and the blush new and I've literally being using them everyday.

For lips, MAC lipstick same reason as for MAC eyeshadows, the colour pay off is amazing, and range of colours is just incredible. I think I'm going to say, this is so hard - I think I'm going to split it to two everyday and one other - Naked Paris and Viva Glam Gaga LE, well not together but they were my main lips for June, and Riveting Rose LE for when I want to amp it up.

And my go to brush; my everyday lifesaver, holy grail, can't worship enough brush is any eyeshadow blending brush. It has to be the one thing I could give to any girl, and it would change each and every one of those girls lifes. MAC 217 or a Sigma E25 are my goto's :)! :)

1. MAC Studio Fix Fluid - NW20.

2. MAC Eyeshadows - Satin Taupe, Woodwinked, Sketch and Black Tied.

3. Maybelline Volum' Express One by One mascara.

4. Maybelline Volum' Express The Falsies mascara.

5. Maybelline EyeStudio Lasting Drama - Blackest Black.

6. MAC blush - Dollymix.

7. MAC Surf Baby Studio Careblend/Pressed Powder - Lush-Light Bronze.

8. MAC Lipstick - Naked Paris, Viva Glam Gaga LE and Riveting Rose LE.

9. Blending Brush - MAC 217 Blending Brush/Sigma E25/No7 Eyeshadow Blend and Contour Brush.

I look forward to hearing all your favourites, please post them for me in the comments; face, eyes, cheeks and lips. It's that easy!


All pictures are my own, except Sigma and MAC brushes, which I got off Sigma and MAC websites.


HAVE YOU USED ANY OF THESE? WHAT'S YOUR JUNE FAVOURITES?

Thanks, Aislinn

xox

MAKEUP DIARY GIVEAWAY!!! Sigma, MAC, NYX and More!

JC is a beauty blogger that I love to read her blogs in my spare time, there always just the perfect exactly what you want blogs! I just love her name :O It's so slick and cool. Here is her blog... and HERE is her MASSIVE GIVEAWAY!!

You could win a:

Sigma F80..
I love this brush so so much :)

An Eyes Lips Face (ELF) Studio Endless Eyes Pro Eyeshadow Palette!
A 100 Eye shadow Palette, wow I want this sooo much!

THIRTY PAIRS of Dang Khoa and Models 21 Lashes..

WHAAAAAAAT!?! OMG ehh helllooo! :O

Thirty NYX Pigments..

Come on, how amazing is this!!

AND THATS NOT ALL....

I've kept the best to last!

*Drum Roll Please..*

Two MAC Products..

Like wow this girl is good! Check her out:

The two MAC Products are:

Lipstick in Hibiscus

Blush in Pinch O' Peach

Both of these, I've nearly bought for the past couple of weeks like a bizillion times! Pinch O' Peach alot longer!

I AM DYING TO GET HIBISCUS!! But it's alway sold out! I've gotten so upset because I really want it, and I'm afraid the collection will be gone and they won't be getting it back before then :(

I'm sooo excited to hear who wins this!

Fingers crossed it's me ;)

It's over on the July 10.

GOOD LUCK TO YOU IF YOU ENTER!! :)

Oh my god if I won this I would cry!

It would be my lucky day..

I won DGS Beautys Giveaway today :)

and I've never won anything before,

well not like this,

maybe a box of chocolates in a raffle!

Check her out too here

All pictures I got off MakeupDiarys Giveaway post, except the MAC pictures of products out of boxes, which I got of MAC website.

HAVE YOU FOLLOWED HER AND ENTERED?

Thanks, Aislinn

xox

MAC Tartan Tale @ Beautyticket.com

I found a website where they sell MAC Tartan Tale Holiday Collection 2010 Sets! :) I don't know which to buy though :O Can someone help me please? :)

MAC 6 Beauties Play it Cool Eye Palette - I don't even have to say anything! Just look at it! The eye shadows are:

Heather Belles Dark charcoal (Satin)

To the Ball Dusty lavender (Satin)

Hold My Gaze Medium grey (Frost)

Magic Moor Purple grape (Veluxe Pearl)

Altered State Blackened plum (Veluxe Pearl)

Silverwear Metallic lavender (Frost)

MAC Violet My Love Lash & Line Eye Kit - This violet pigment is to die for! I keep looking at it in MAC! Included in this is:

Macroviolet - Deep smoked violet with red pearl (Frost) (Fluidline) (Permanent)

Violet - Vivid bright violet purple (Frost) (Pigment) (Permanent)

Zoomblack Black (Mascara) (Permanent)

209 SE Eyeliner Brush

MAC Noble Knights Lash & Line Eye Kit - Like the violet one, the teal pigment is just dragging me in. In this set is:

Blitz & Glitz - Intense black with gold pearl (Frost) (Fluidline) (Permanent)

Teal - Medium blue/green w/ Pearl (Frost) (Pigment) (Permanent)

Zoomblack Black (Mascara) (Permanent)

209 SE Eyeliner Brush

And there is more eyeshadows and stuff! I'm so confused! :O So much to choose, and they sell loads of Smashbox! Not only all that but there is a 15% off discount code - summer15! :O


All four pictures I got of beautyticket.com, which I'm not affliated at all with. I just want your advice to get something.

WHAT DO YOU THINK I SHOULD GET?

Thanks, Aislinn

xox