The Cosmetic Company Store

Three words! O! M! G!

It was AWESOME! I was excited to learn that we had a CCO in th UK after hearing so much about them from youtubers across the pond. So SatNav in hand I decided we were going to brave the crazed masses and make our first trip to York Designer Outlet..

It's a pretty huge place so it took a while to navigate..

After all that wandering we stopped for a bite to eat and nobody wanted their picture taking...

We made a trip to Ellas favourite shop..

Where she stocked up on goodies before I got to..

Ahhh!!! There it was, through the craftily placed Armani Outlet to a haven of all things beautiful and beautifying!

I'm sure I looked mad taking photos but I had to give you guys a glimpse!

Before I WENT I searched for photos of this place and found none so if you are arriving here having done the same hopefully you are grateful and my crazy behaviour will have been totally worth it!

It was like a MAC mecca!

Everything was marked down, they had items from past collections that I got a second chance at.. I hope to gind some tartan tale cast offs here in a month or so..

It was basically a Lauder Group store! You'll find prescriptives, clinique, origins, mac, bobbi brown and of course.. Estee Lauder!

The Bobbi Brown stuff tempted me and I think I will return for some but this trip was a MAC mission!

This was my favourite stand!!!

If you click to enlarge hopefully the picture quality is good enough for you to see the pricing..

It was a LONG trip out and Ella wad tuckered..and sleeping like she was afraid she'd fall out of her seat..

And a highlight of the journey home was finding this oddly named radio station!

All in all it was a fab day out and I got some real bargains..

My inner budget beauty still winces at the thought this lot set me back £75 but the makeup junkie in me that rises to the surface everytime I shop says it was all worth it.. And besides it was money from a returned (ill

Fitting but beautiful) christmas gift (thankyou lee) so it was free!!!

you can watch my video about my trip and MAC haul here..

xoxo

Miss BB

MAC Haul

I'll admit when I rocked up at York Designer Outlet today I had pretty high hopes! I'd heard fabulous things about this Cosmetic Company Store and just couldn't wait to see it for myself... I'm very happy to tell you I was not disappointed! It was a-mazing and these were my purchases! 

Made to Order (Lustre)

 

Revealing & Flurry Of Fun (To The Beach) Lip Glass's

 

Flurry of Fun

Revealing 

 MSF in Comfort 

This is really quite beautiful on the skin! It gives a glowy golden bronzed look.. not something I normally go for but I love it I really do! It's almost a festive bronzer with the golden sparkle to it. Definitely a keeper!

On the Face

A better indication on colour on skin

Brushes - 225 & 165

I've wanted 165 for what seems like forever! It's the one brush that always stood out to me as a must have, mainly because I don't have anything like it and haven't seen anything like it in other cheaper collections readily available in the UK. I didn't want to fork out for MAC brushes only to be duplicating ones I already had or knew I could get for a better price elsewhere, I love love love my Sigma blending brush so as I was picking up the 165 I thought I'd have the 225 too as it's a slightly larger a fluffier version of the sigma I love so much but I'd like to have one reserved just for undereye powdering - that sounds a little excessive now I write it lol.

So that was my little MAC haul... I'd say today was a good day :)

I'd like to point out that these were in lieu of a returned Christmas present for all of you that want to slate me for being "budget" and spulrging on higher end cosmetics!!! I will definitely be returning so you will see more of the same from me in future.. I'm sorry!

But for those who enjoy anything I haul or are also MAC fans this will be good news! The more higher end stuff I try the better equipped I am to really say whether the more affordable ranges are really worth your money. I am really looking forward to testing out rhw 225 to see if it's any better than my Sigma equivalent!I will of course keep you posted :)

xoxo

miss bb

NYE Sparkle

I haven't done a tutorial on youtube in what feels like forever! I wanted to get one done for Christmas but as I missed that I thought I'd better get on with it if I was gonna make it before NYE!

When I think of New Year I think of family, we always have a party with friends and neighbours and usually run with some kind of theme so I don't get to do the NYE party dress and sparkly makeup deal (this years theme is "bad taste" ugh) but if I was to go out on the town this New Year I would definitely hit the sparkly trend HARD!

I went for something that's still pretty subtle and wearable from a distance but upclose it's an explosion of glitter on your eyelids! 

 I used my new MSF in Comfort and elf HD finishing powder ( I LOVE) to give me a glowy, bronzed base.

I am really liking the Urban Decay Stardust shadows, they are packed with sparkly glitter and as it's so fine the fall out isn't as terrible because it's just a dusting of shimmer on your cheeks as opposed to full on chunks of glittery mess!I used 2true eyeliner in silver and UD 24/7 liner in Oil Slick. On my lips was a MAC gloss in Flurry of fun from the "to the beach" collection.

 As my main eyeshadow base I used this TopShop palette which I must say I'm not impressed with! 

It didn't blend well and the colours had little impact. They weren't heavily pigmented.. I guess I've just spoiled myself with the ultra blendable UD shadows I wear everyday but I don't know if I'll be using this again... Good job oit was on sale! You could use any light/silver and grey/black  colours to achieve the same look - with the quality of these I would say you'd probably get a better effect!

 So that's my New Years Eve look!

You can watch the tutorial video here..

xoxo

miss bb