Saturday 18 February 2012

Haul: Boots, Debenhams & Cheapsmells

Since I've had a few days off, I've been doing a little bit of shopping. I've been pretty restrained; I had a lot of Boots coupons so I went a bit wild in there. I also made a teeny order on Cheapsmells and picked up a couple of things from the Clarins counter in Debenhams.



I needed some new nail polish remover and cotton pads so I picked them up in Boots. I always just go for the cheapest nail polish removers as I don't find the more expensive ones to be any better. Weirdly, though, I find Superdrug's cheapest polish remover and cotton pads are pretty rubbish in comparison to the Boots ones despite them being almost the same price. 



I had a money off coupon for Aussie and I really like their Mega shampoo so I picked up the huge 500ml bottle. I'm running out of body scrub so I picked up the Botanics Moisturising Sugar Scrub. This is also massive and it was pretty cheap too!



Speaking of scrubs, I also picked up the Boots Extracts Mango Scrub and the corresponding Body Butter. There was a 3 for 2 offer so I bought the Shea Body Butter too. I use body butters almost every day so I'm sure I'll get through these in no time!



I've not tried anything from the Soap & Glory cosmetics range so I decided to try a few products. I went for the Supercat liquid liner pen and lipstick in Naked Beige. I've been using the liner pen so there'll be a review of that up very soon.



I placed an order on Cheapsmells last week because everyone was going crazy over them selling NARS products at low prices. I picked up Galapagos single eyeshadow; I've been after it for a while. I've heard that a few people were unhappy with the NARS products they received as they thought they were old stock but the shadow is what I was expecting. I also bought another bottle of Macadamia Natural Oil Rejuvenating Shampoo because it's my favourite and I'm running low. 



After trying a sample of Clarins Ever Matte foundation and loving it, I decided to go and pick up the full size. I got the shade 109 Wheat. Whilst I was there, the assistant recommended the powder to go with it and since I've been having issues with oil control recently, I decided to give it a go. I got it in the shade 02 Transparent Medium.



I also got three samples of Clarins skincare products. I love getting these - it's a great way to try them without committing to the full sizes. I've found that Clarins are the most generous with these which I really appreciate - I usually end up buying the full size of at least one of them. She gave me the HydraQuench Intensive Serum, Water Purity One Step Cleanser and the Hydra Matte Lotion.


That's all for now!

Stace xx






11 comments:

  1. Nice bit of haulin there hon I am pretty jealous xx

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    1. Thanks :) I got a lot of Boots points for it all! My bathroom is well and truly re-stocked now!xx

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  2. haha thats so weird i bought the exact same 2 items from soap and glory last week that u did and I had never got these before x

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    1. How strange! We obviously both have good taste :P How've you been getting on with them?x

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    2. Great I never had an eyeliner like that before so I really wanted to have one I love the lipstick its really moisturising and I dunno if its just me but it smells like chocolate!

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  3. I find the bopts own "clean off nail polis remover" to be the best cheap own brand one! I think it's around £1.40 ish and I love it! It's the pinky peachy one :) I'll tweet you a photo to show you what it looks like :) xxxx

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  4. Lovely haul :) I am dying to try out some of the soap and glory makeup! :D xx

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  5. Wow you spoilt yourself! Let me know about the S&G cosmetics. My nearest boots that stock them is miles away.
    xx

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    1. There's a review coming up of the Supercat liner - I need to try out the lipstick a bit more before reviewing it :) xx

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  6. I want to try Macadamia products. Can you do a review once you get an idea of how the products are. Great blog, just started following your blog.

    xxx

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    http://elefont-at.blogspot.com/

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    1. Aw, thanks! I've been using them for several months now but I've not done an indepth review because I'm rubbish at talking about hair! What sort of things would you like to know and I'll try to get a post together :) xx

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