My Christmas Presents - Beauty Edition

I must have been on Santa's "nice list" this year because I got some amazing gifts from both friends and family!

Together with 2 books in Norwegian, Glee dvd, hat and scarf, 2 purses and giftcards, I got quite a few beauty related gifts - yey!



From my boyfriend I got this Elizabeth Arden goody bag:



 My all time favourite lip balm & limited edition 8 hour cream in a pot, an eyeshadow palette, perfume sample and a cream cleanser.





Biotherm skincare set from a friend:



 I have used Biotherm before - their moisturisers are amazing!

Love, Chloe perfume and body lotion set (this was to me from me, haha):

For some reason the original Chloe scent makes me a bit ill, but this one is lovely!

Clinique skin care set from bf's parents:

I swear by Clinique's 3-step skincare, but not tried their body items. Will be tested soon :)

From my work bosses I got the Estee Lauder perfume set in Pleasures & their Christmas makeup suitcase!

In the suitcase there was an eyeshadow and blush palette, 4 lipsticks, 2 lipglosses, 3 eyeliners, 4 makeup brushes and an eyemakeup remover.

Pretty impressed that my two male bosses picked this out for our christmas gift (probably got some input from their wives... ;))

I hope you got some nice presents too :)

Enjoy the rest of your christmas holiday!

♥

Updated makeup storage using my new MUJI drawers!

I owe you all a HUGE thank you for your tips on my Blogger Help post the other day.

A lot of people told me to go and look at the MUJI website, and sure enough there they were, the storage drawers that I have been hunting for!

I tracked down the shop (in the Trafford Centre, for those of you living near Manchester)

and purchased a set of 4 double drawers (£7.95 each).

I am SO happy with them, but of course I waaaaaaaay underestimated the amount of drawers I need to house all of my makeup, so I need to take another trip to MUJI and buy some more soon :)

Anyway, for now I am using the clear drawers for my everyday/go-to makeup of the moment,
as it is so easy to find and organise.

Some pictures:

Now I just need to buy drawers enough to store all of my blushes, which are still kept in the old box...

And the remaining face and eye products that I don't normally use on an everyday basis...

I will probably need another 5-6 double drawers :D

How do you store your makeup?





♥

Saturday shopping

I haven't done one of these posts for a while now, simply because I am trying to save up for my New York trip in September...

But on a quick trip to town yesterday I ended up picking up a few new things after all :)

Gorrrrrrgeous lace up cuff ankle boots from New Look! LOVE the turn down cuff & fleece!

(£29.99)

 

Pretty Illamasqua sheer lipgloss in Lily-Rose, a warm raspberry pink.

(£12.50)

Estee Lauder brow setting gel. This clear gel is supposed to keep the brows in place all day!

(£11.50)

Sleek kajal eyeliner for a smudged saturday night eye look :)

(£3.99)

 

After hearing nice things about 17's lipsticks, I decided to pick up this 17 Mirror Shine lipstick in Nudist Peach. Very smooth and moisturising. Love already!

(£4.49)

2 for £4 in Boots and Superdug on my favourite eye makeup removal pads. I have raved enough about these already on this blog, but a definite can't live without for me!

And on a random note, my boyfriend's sister is having a baby in, well...any day now, so I picked up a few irresistible outfits. Baby clothes are SO freakin' cute! I really enjoyed picking these up from Boots and Debenhams ♥

Anybody else been shopping this weekend? :)

♥