NYX, Sleek and MAC Goodies

Haven't posted for so long it's ridiculous! Definitely need to keep up with this and I know I say it all the time but over Christmas I'm going to get the ball rolling again.

As I haven't posted in a while I thought I'd do one about my new bits and pieces that I've been using recently. I've been branching out a bit and trying some new products that I've heard of through artists, mainly on Instagram.

This is my most recent set of purchases that I've made over the last 6 weeks or so.

Here we have products by my favourite MAC, as well as NYX and Sleek.

Starting off with the NYX bits. I've heard so many good things about this brand but as at the moment it's only available in the US it can be hard to get hold of things. Luckily I hear that it's coming to the UK and Next are going to be stocking it. I however got my bits off eBay.

From NYX I bought a lipstick and the colour is Hestia. It's a deep oxblood red and it's gorgeous for Christmas. The colour is very rich and it does stay on for ages. My only issue with it really is that it can bleed quite easily without liner and it does stain your lips and can be hard to get off! However I love love love the colour and would buy another NYX lippie.

My other NYX purchase was a jumbo eye pencil in the shade milk. This is a white chunky eye pencil with a quite a waxy consistency but don't be put off by that cos it's fab. It's so easy to use and doesn't budge, making it perfect to use as a primer. The consistency helps here too because shadows, especially loose or pigmented ones, will stick to it easily. It's so multi-useful as I also use it as a brow highlight and on my waterline to make my eyes pop. As you can see I've already used it a lot!

Moving on to my Sleek, I purchased a Correct and Concealer Palette. I've been after one of these for ages as I love using concealer to get the perfect contour. I got shade 4 as I wanted one of the concealers to be quite dark. I love how the set also comes with a powder to get rid of any excess shine. I don't think I'd use this as my go-to concealer though as this one is quite a lot lighter in terms of coverage compared to MACs which is practically industrial! However, it is perfect to use it for highlighting and contouring your face and making it look natural.

Finally I have the MAC Pro Longwear Lipglass in the shade Long Love Love. As far as I'm aware this colour isn't available in the UK as I got mine from my favourite bargain place, eBay. The colour is beautiful. It's a blue based pink which makes your teeth look whiter supposedly. It also smells really nice which is always a plus. The gloss is quite slick when going on and it can be quite difficult to get the placement of colour right with the Pro Longwears I find. However keep blotting and dabbing and you can get it to look perfect. I find that it looks gorgeous on top of Snob lipstick.

Apologies for the lip pictures looking messy, I have no other make up on but want to show what these two lip products look like on!

In terms of what's coming up, it's getting closer to Christmas so I will try and post a few looks for the holidays. As well as that, I am on the look out for some MUA Lip Lacquers which I've heard great things about, so I'll try and get hold of a couple of them to review. I also have some more of my favourite Eldora lashes on their way to me so I can't wait to use those!