MUA mini haul

First of all, sorry for not posting for a long time I had a hard time at university.. but now I am back with a new post.

I recently made a purchase from MUA (Make Up Academy) website. I have been interested in this brand for a while but I never bough anything from them. 

Little information about the brand:

Brand: UK brand MUA (Make Up Academy)

Website: http://www.muastore.co.uk/index.php/

What they say about themselves: 'Great makeup doesn’t need to cost the earth and it is MUA’s promise to bring surprising quality, colour, fun and innovation to each and every product it delivers. Bringing guilt free makeup to every ladies makeup bag!'

After watching lots and lots of review videos I finally decided on things I wanna get.

SHIPPING

In the photo below you can see the package everything came in.

I will say I was expecting a little box but the envelope is ok too because the things inside there wrapped up really well (except eye primer, it was left unwrapped for some reason but it wasn't damaged or anything so it's good)

The shipping cost me £4.95 (I live in Europe) and I think its not that expensive.

It took 5 days for the package to be delivered to me. It is fast, I usually wait for a lot longer to get things I order. BUT it took very long till they actually shipped the package. They said on the website 'We aim to dispatch all orders within 5 working days of receipt during our working week' and they actually dispatched my order on the evening of the 5 day. Maybe they had a lot of orders..

Products

These are the five products I've got:

• Undress Me Too Palette £3.00
• Eye Primer £1.50 
• Nail Varnish (Shade 5) £1.00 
• Lipstick (shade 5) £1.00
• Trio Eyeshadow (Pink sorbet) £2.50

Total Cost: £9.00 (without shipping)

From the first view products products look cheap (well they are cheap..) but once I looked inside and swapped them the quality is actually very good. I think they saved up a little on the packaging and put it in the products quality, in the end I think that's what matters..

From the first look I liked all the products except the lipstick because it has a lot of shimmer and I'm not into very shimmery lip products..

Overall

Would I buy from this shop again? Yes.

So far I think MUA products are really great for the price. Of course I need to use them for some time to know for sure.

Would You like to see a full review of any of these products?

Have You ever tried any of MUA products yourself? 

I would like to know what You think so leave a comment below. Thank you for reading, take care 

Haul

Hey ~ヾ ＾∇＾

I went shopping today and brought back some nice stuff I wanna share :) 

Lets start with these incredibly cute pens I got from Tiger. Aren't they adorable? (｡♥‿♥｡)

 I wrote a review about Planeta Organica Marrocan shampoo and conditioner 

(http://citrusbubble.blogspot.com/2013/03/planeta-organica-moroccan-shampoo-and.html).

I really liked them so I picked up this Ayurveda hair mask. It's suppose to make hair thicker and stronger and also help them grow faster..well we'll see about that :)

Ohhh and this mask actually has little golden shimmery pieces in it. I think that's very pretty.

The next thing I got is The Body Shop Pink Grapefruit Body Butter

I saw that there was a sale on the 50 ml ones so I couldn't stop myself from getting one (⌒_⌒;)

I loved the smell of this one. It's not sweet (kinda got tired of sweet ones recently), very fresh smell that actually reminds me of grapefruit and its not a chemical smell. I think it's a very nice smell for spring.

Next up I walked on another sale.. There was a 30%  off nail polishes and I picked up Golden Rose Selective nail lacquer in a shade South Beach 08 and Nail System in shade 223.

I also got this super cute hair pin. The camera didn't pick up the color right.. the color is actually 

creamy pink with white dots. 

My favorite lipgloss (✿ ♥‿♥)  got another color. This is the shade 03 Candy Bar

And the last thing is this dress from Stradivarius. It's a simple tight black dress. I think it's gonna look very pretty with some accessories :)

That would be all of my little haul :) If you have any questions please leave them in the comments below. Thank you for reading, take care 

Maybelline Nail polish

This is my little collection of Maybelline COLORAMA nail polishes (I think they are called COLORSHOW in USA..)

I have 6 at the moment and these are the numbers:

Well at first I have to say that I really Maybelline cosmetics but these nail polishes are not that good (×_×#
I really expected them to be better quality..

The color 170A is the worst! It has no shine at all and it looks really bad without top coat.. 
Color 645 stains the nails horribly! I never wear a primer before applying nail polish (never needed to). so after i applied this color and removed it few days later my nails were blue! and they staid blue untull the nails grew out..

All the other colors are ok.. nothing special. 

Brand: Maybelline New York
Product: COLORAMA nail polish
Shades: 40 shades
Price: About $3.99
Availability: Drugstore
Would I repurchase: Yes, some of the colors. 
Website: www.maybelline.com

CATRICE cosmetics - mini haul +reviews

A little but about Catrice cosmetics:

''CATRICE is inspiration – stylish, vibrant, sensual, glamorous and always professional.

Life in all its colors and many exciting facets. Can you ever get enough? We certainly can’t!

The joy behind a perfect beauty appearance is the passion of the CATRICE experts. No trend, no must-have and no detail can escape our attention.

And we transform them into fashionable make-up collections. We set the pace at full speed as it is fun to constantly develop colors and looks that interpret the latest trends. This results in 12 convincing CATRICE Trend Editions per year. And naturally, the entire range is revised 2 x per year to complement the latest catwalk looks.

But can we really have all that we want? Yes, because CATRICE makes shopping fun. Everything that pleases is allowed. That’s what CATRICE is all about.''  (From: http://www.catrice.eu/inside-catrice/philosophy.html)

Recently I heard a lot about Catrice cosmetics from my friends so I went and checked out some reviews on youtube.. and I got intrigued O.o so I went and bought some stuff ^_^

This is what I picked up:

• Infinite matt up to 18h make up foundation. Shade 020 honey beige
• Liquid lip tint. Shade 010 red my lips
• Eyebrow set
• Ultimate nail lacquer. Shade 460 in the Bronx
• Skin finish compact powder. Shade 010 transparent

I bought all of these on the beginning of January so I already had time to try them out. I will be reviewing all of the products shortly. 

Infinite matt up to 18h make up foundation. Shade 020 honey beige

Pros:

• Very nice shade. Fits mine perfectly ^_^
• Nice medium coverage
• Good texture, easy to apply. 
• Oil-free

Cons:

• Doesn't look so good on dry skin 

Would I repurchase it? Mmmm..not sure yet

Liquid lip tint. Shade 010 red my lips

I already did a review on this one. You can check it out here: http://citrusbubble.blogspot.com/2013/02/months-favorite-january.html

Skin finish compact powder. Shade 010 transparent

Pros:

• Oil-free
• Great color. Fits with Infinite Matt foundation (020 honey beige)
• Great quality for the price

Cons:

• Haven't found yet

Eyebrow set

Pros:

• Nice texture
• Has a two side brush and tweezers

Cons:

• The set only comes in one color

Ultimate Nail Lacquer. Shade 460 In The Bronx

Pros:

• Beautiful color!
• Stays long enough
• Nice shimmer

Cons:

• Haven't found yet

Skin finish compact powder. Shade 010 transparent

Pros:

• Very nice skin coverage
• Oil-free

Cons:

• No, so far

Overall, I can honestly say that I found my new favorite drugstore make up brand. It has great prices, great quality and wide range of products. 
(Can't wait to try out their eye shadows and lipsticks ;))