Collective Haul & FOTD - One Of My Favourite Looks

It's been a while since I've posted, and over the past couple of I've hauled quite a bit. Butttttt, I justified my hauling cause..

My 18th birthday is tomorrowwww!

I'm not planning to do anything, I'll probably just go out to dinner with family or something, I don't really celebrate birthdays, haha. But the first thing I'm going to do is hit up the local convenience store at 12am and buy myself my first lottery ticket. Hopefully I'll get lucky! *crosses fingers*

But anyways, here's what I hauled. I hit up MAC's freestanding store in Eaton Center to exchange Satin Taupe. I ended up exchanging it for Nocturnelle eyeshadow pan, and I also picked up Cork and Era eyeshadow pans. I haven't really used Cork or Era much yet, but I'm in LOVE with Nocturnelle, it's such a pretty colour, but the payoff sucks butt. I have to dig my eyeshadow in to get some colour, and really go back and forth and pack it on. I also had 6 empties, so I decided to trade it in at a store instead of a counter and get an eyeshadow. I picked up Woodwinked potted eyeshadow (which I later depotted). Woodwinked is a staple in a lot of peoples kits, and I really loved the colour, it's so pretty, and I think it'll be really versatile too. I especially love that it's a veluxe pearl formula. VP's to me are soooooo buttery, pigmented, and easily to apply. I only have two VP's; Woodwinked & All That Glitters, but they are definitely my favourites as far as my MAC collection goes. I also picked up a empty quad.

From top to bottom, left to right: Empty quad, Woodwinked eyeshadow pot, Era, Cork and Nocturnelle eyeshadow pans.

I also stopped by Sephora and picked up my Beauty Insider birthday gift.

I stopped by Claires the other day and picked up this brush set for $9.75 CDN, and I got an additional 20% off with my SPC Card, so my total came up to $8.81 CDN. The brush set is not bad, it came with 6 brushes, 2 shader brushes and a angled eyeliner/brow brush made from synthetic bristles, a foam-tipped applicator brush, eyelash/eyebrow groomer brush, and a blush brush. I've used them a bit so far, and they're nice. I would recommend them for a beginner, or for someone looking for cheap travel brushes.

That same day I also stopped by my MAC counter in The Bay and picked up Bare Study paint pot. I love paint pots cause they seem to help a lot better with creasing on my oily lids, but I find that the colour fades after a couple of hours. It sucks cause it seems like I'll never find anything that'll help make my eyeshadows last longer. :/

From left to right: MAC paint pot in Bare Study, brush set from Claires.

I also picked up two Annabelle eyshadows from Shoppers Drug Mart that were on sale for $3.99. I picked up Vanilla Chilla (pan) and Gleam (potted). I also depotted one of my other Annabelle eyeshadows a while ago, and for anyone wondering, they do fit into MAC palettes.

Annabelle's Vanilla Chilla eyeshadow. It's a pretty highlight colour, it has a satin-like finish, but there's minimal glitter or frost.

Annabelle's Gleam eyeshadow. It's a pretty light-golden colour.

Anyways, here's a look that I've been doing a lot lately. It's pretty simple and quick, and I love the purple. I'm still using my camera phone, so picture qualities will suck until my sister gets back with a new camera next week.

Used:
UDPP (as a primer)
MAC's Soft Ocher paint pot (as a base)
Annabelle's Aura e/s (all over the lid)
MAC's Nocturnelle e/s (on the outer 1/3 of the lid)
L'Oreal HiP Duo in Wicked (matte purple on the outer V)
Rimmel's Sexy Curves mascara
Wet n' Wild's Glow e/l (on waterline)

I also have to catch up with things that I've been tagged with or awarded, so I'll do that on my next post. (:

Till later!