Car Boot Sale Bargain Haul

Ok so I go to car boot sales nearly every Sunday morning (I know, I'm sad...) and I've found some of the best bargains recently. If you're not familiar with car boot sales, they're basically where people go to a field to sell a load of their unwanted things, from furniture to clothes and everything in between! Honestly, about 98% of the stuff there is a load of crap but occasionally you find an amazing bargain and i'm going to share with you the best bits I've found in the last couple of months...

The first item is this Chanel Infrarouge lipstick in shade 12 Crystal.

I'm not sure how much this is new but I got it for only £2! It's a lovely light pink colour with silver glitter all the way through it. All make up I buy at car boot sales, I either cut off the top (for lipsticks), wash the wands (for lipglosses) or scrape the top layer off (for concealers). I also (I know this sounds so bad...) look at the sellers of the makeup and decide if I should buy it or not. 

The next 2 items I got were these Mac Lipglass lipglosses in shades C-Thru (top one) and Spirited (bottom)

The RRP for these are £14 each and I got both for £3! C-thru is a pinky peach nude tone lipgloss with a little sparkle to it. I love Macs lipglasses as they're not sticky like other lipglosses and I find they stay on for quite a while. The other shade is Spirited which I think is discontinued and is a nude bronze-y colour which is fairly sheer, I'm not too sure on this colour as it doesn't suit my skin tone so I think i'll just stick with the other one.

I got these Chanel Glossimer lipglosses for £2 each instead the RRP price of £21 each! 

The one on the left is in shade 407 and the right is 12, I'm completely in love with these and they both are so glossy and glittery. The one on the left is a sheer pink with glitter and the one on the right is a very pale pink with less glitter in than 407.

I had wanted to try the Rimmel London Apocalips after I had seen a few youtubers and bloggers talking about how great they are. 

I got these both for brand new for £1.50 instead of £5.99! The shade on the top is Apocaliptic and the bottom is Stellar. Apocalips are basically a liquid lipstick, the formula of these are so amazing as they're not sticky, so glossy and stay on all day and also he applicators are super easy to use!

I got this Chanel Chance Shimmer Touch for £2 instead of around £40 so a massive bargain!

When I got this I wasn't quite sure what it is but bought it anyways because, you know, it's Chanel! I now know that it's a glittery gel version of their perfume, Chanel Chance. It smell amaaazing and I wear it very often. 

I got these Mac eyeshadows for £1 for both instead of an RRP of £12.50. 

The left is Nocturnelle and the right is Sumptuous Olive. There are SO many fake Mac products out there so I did a bit of research and so now I know how to tell a fake product from the real ones. Nocturnelle is a frost finish and is a deep purple with a light shimmer to it, Sumptious Olive is a Vuluxe Pearl finish and is a shimmery golden green colour.

I got this Maybelline Color Tattoo 24 Hr creme eyeshadow brand new for £1.50 instead of £4.99.

It's in the shade 20 Turquoise Forever and I haven't actually used it yet but from what I have read, they are great affordable dupes for Mac's paint pots. The colour I got is a very bright and pigmented silver shimmery turquoise. 

I am in love with YSL Blush Variation and I got it for only £2 instead of $44

This blusher contains 2 different pinky shades, 1 matte and 1 shimmery and suites my skin tone quite well. Both shades are quite a deep plum-y pink with 1 being quite iridescent. 

This American Apparel skirt is one of my favourite buys from car boot sales. It's the Corduroy Circle skirt and I got it for £1 instead of £44. The one in the picture isn't actually the one I got for £1, it's another one I bought on Ebay for around £10. The other one I got at the car boot sale was a light peachy pink colour and I l o v e it! It looks great with American Apparel leotards teamed with my much loved Jeffrey Campbell Coltranes

Okay now this is my favourite buy. I got this last week from a dealer who is there every week with different brand new clothes. It's a all over sequin crop top from Topshop and had a RRP of £45 but I got it for £7. The sequins are a blue-y holographic colour which change colour when in the light. It really reminds me of a blue version of the crop that Rihanna wore the other week which I completely loved!

And that's it! Those are my favourite bits I have got from car boot sales recently and hopefully I will be finding some more bargains. Hope you enjoyed reading, 

Millie x

My Mini Mac Lipstick Collection - Swatches & Review

from left to right : Hibiscus, Viva Glam V, Viva Glam Nicki, Speed Dial, Lickable

I thought I'd make a post about my Mac lipsticks as i'm completely in love with Mac and most of their products! I only currently own 5 Mac lipsticks but I'm hoping to grow my collection soon (even thought Mac have just raised their prices to £15 for 1 lipstick!)  
I have only purchased 3 of these directly from a Mac store as honestly, I think they're a rip off! I've got Hibiscus and Viva Glam V from a blogsale for around £7 each which is a much more reasonable price.

How I apply them..

When applying these, to get a neat finish, I usually use a tiny thin eyeliner brush (picture below) and wipe it on the top of the lipstick and outline my lips first by just brushing round the edge of my lip shape with the brush which. I then use the thicker (concealer?) brush (picture below) and wipe it in the lipstick then just fill in my lips carefully to make sure I don't smudge the lipliner. 

If you really can't be bothered with all that, just get the lipstick and apply it directly which is really much easier but I don't think it looks as good. 

Left : eyeliner brush

Right : concealer brush (I think...)

Shades and Swatches

Lickable

This is a Cremesheen finish and my favourite shade out of all 5. Because it's a Cremesheen finish, it goes on so nicely and doesn't dry out your lips at all, unlike the Matte finish ones. It's a deep, blue toned very pigmented pink colour and gives a opaque finish that stays on all day if you blot and reapply once when first putting it on. Like all of Mac's lipsticks, it has their signature vanilla smell which smells amazing! Even though you can't see in the swatch below, Lickable has a faint glittery shimmer which I love.

Lickable swatch

Speed Dial

Speed Dial is also a Cremesheen finish and is my 2nd favourite lipstick, just behind Lickable. I purchased this shade after someone on my Instagram recommended it to me after I said how much I was loving Lickable. Speed Dial is a light (lighter than Lickable) slightly blue based pinky colour and also has a shimmery finish with a slightly less opaque finish than Lickable and therefore doesn't stay on as long. I feel like Speed Dial would suit most skin tones quite nicely!

Speed Dial Swatch

Viva Glam Nicki

This is my least favourite shade out of them all which I hate to say because I love Nicki Minaj, but not the lipstick. It's a Matte finish which is partly why I dislike it, it leaves my lips so dry and doesn't apply very well so leaves the creases of my lips without lipstick or it just comes off very quickly. Another reason I dislike it is the shade, it's a bright (I mean bright..) pink with yellow undertones and really doesn't suit my skin tone at all! Oh well, at least the money for this lipstick all went to charity!

Viva Glam Nicki Swatch

Viva Glam V

This is one of the lipsticks I have purchased from a blogsale which is why there isn't much less as the blogger cut off the top of the lipstick for hygiene. This is my only Lustre finish Mac lipstick (I can't really tell the difference between Lustre and Cremesheen) and is a pinky brown/nude colour. I haven't worn this much as I can't decide whether I suit it or not. It's semi-sheer and is very shimmery and reminds me a bit of a less pink version of Mac's Shy Girl.

 Viva Glam V Swatch

Hibiscus (limited edition shade)

This is another Cremesheen finish and was part of Mac's limited edition Surf Baby collection and is no longer available to buy. I also purchased this one from a blogsale as I loved the colour and packaging but you can't buy new in store. Hibiscus is a bright red-y coral colour and is very pigmented, it also has a slight gold sparkle. It's a very summery shade and is quite sheer, I haven't worn this much as it's so bright! A good dupe for this would be Mac's Cyndi or Rimmel's Coral Queen.

Hibiscus Swatch

And that's it! Please let me know what else you'd like me to blog about via comments below or my Instagram (@studdedpetals)

Thanks for reading!

July Wish List

1. ASOS Sheer Panel Mini Dress - £22

2. Topshop Chunky Gold Chain Necklace - £12.50

3. Jeffrey Campbell Coltrane in White - £123

4. ASOS Lizard Cat Eye Sunglasses - £15 (on sale)

5.  River Island Cream Beaded Kimono - £60

6. Topshop Blue Lace Ankle Socks - £3.50

Hey everyone!

I've finally decided to start my own blog after years of lusting over everyone else's fashion and beauty blogs! I've put my first post as a fashion wish list for this month and i'll be (trying to...) do a wish list every month. I'll be adding beauty product reviews, ootd posts, fashion/beauty hauls and more! 

 July Wish List

1. OK so this isn't really a 'wish' item as I actually purchased it the other day (as you may have seen on my Instagram) and i'm already in love! The only thing I dislike about this dress is that it's white and i'm obviously going to spill something down it or get makeup on it...

2. A staple piece of jewellery really, a chunky gold chain goes with about any outfit!

3. I already own these cut out boots in silver and I wear them ALL the time! I'm so tempted to buy them in white, they're just so perfect aaaaahhhhh

4. Who doesn't love lizards? Who doesn't love sunglasses? Exactly.

5. Kimono jackets are perfect for the summer and this one is just so beautiful. I've seen it in a River Island store recently and it's so nicely beaded, think this may need a purchase..

6. Everybody needs to own some Topshop frilly socks and if you're me, you buy 3 pairs (for £8) then lose them all within a week. Think I might just stick with the Primark ones for £1.50..