Top 5 Budget Red Lipsticks under £5

Hi there my pretties!

So, seeing as Valentine’s is today, the internet is practically abuzz with all sorts of V-Day makeup look tutorials! Did you know, that the Chinese have their own Valentine’s Day based on the Lunar Calendar? And tomorrow, for the first time in a long, loooong time, the Chinese and English Valentine’s coincide on the same day! Right, trivia for the day done with… time to get to the topic of the day which is budget red lipstick!!

Back to Valentine’s looks, most of these seem to contain that quintessential red lip. Depending on how you pair it with the rest of your look and whether it’s a warm or cool red lip, it can be sexy, dangerous, classy, inviting… you name it. Honestly you can never have too many red lipsticks and I for one don’t think I’ve found my ultimate, perfect one yet but I have found loads of amazing budget ones in my parsimonious quest for good makeup.

This post is for those of you who want to rock that glam, V-day look without breaking the bank 😉

And even if V-Day is not for you or it’s long past by the time you read this, a red lip that you like should always be an essential part of your makeup bag!

1) MUA Matte Lipstick in Scarlet Siren

Scarlet Siren

You’ve probably read my million and one posts that I’ve already done about the amazing MUA Matte Lipsticks and how they’ve come to my rescue in a makeup emergency one time in Germany but I can’t resist mentioning them once again.

Budget Asian Drugstore Mini-Haul

Happy Sunday Everybody!

I’m not sure if you’ve realised but I’m trying to have a good balance of ‘beauty’-type posts (ie. reviews, hauls, etc.) and ‘freebie’ type posts (ie. samples, deals, sales, etc.). Just out of curiosity, what do you prefer??

It’s extra-hard to plan ahead on this blog because I never know what new freebie is going to pop up tomorrow and I swear I’ve a ton of products I’ve used and done hauls about and promised to review that are now no longer products but are ’empties’ (yep, been that long…), one day this backlog of reviews will come flooding in.

Anyway! Let me know 🙂 But for now, haul time!

It’s a teeny-weeny haul but I’m excited to share it because all the items were on my wishlist for 2014, I’m ticking through it pretty fast and also being quite good in not veering off it (which is what a wishlist is for!), makes me feel ‘productive’, haha, cheap thrills.

I guess it’s also a small haul because there’s just so much that fascinates me in an Asian drugstore (because I haven’t been in one for  very, very long) that I know if I let myself go I’m gonna come home with a ton of random stuff, so I’m being very strict on following that wishlist!

It really is a mini-haul isn’t it!!!

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Sales Watch – Secret Sales Make-Up Must-Haves Sale

I mentioned this sale briefly in my previous post a couple days back here, so as promised here’s the low-down on the Secret Sales Make-Up Must-Haves Sale which has just opened today and will be one for the next 3 days.

For those of you unfamiliar with how Secret Sales works, they basically work together with brands to offer flash sales of certain items and these sales are usually limited to just one brand of items. For example, Bellapierre is also currently on Secret Sales till the end of today and that sale offers a range of Bellapierre eye-shadows, mineral foundations, brushes etc. I’ve actually seen Bellapierre recently on Cocosa too (another flash sale site), I guess they must be making the rounds now for some reason so if you’ve been considering trying them out now’s the time!

But back to the Make-Up Must-Haves sale, this sale is a little different because it’s not just products from just one brand but a sale put together by one of the sale site’s buyers. It’s usually an assortment of brands but linked together with a central theme (in this case, make-up). The brands this time include YSL, Bobbi Brown, Clarins, Benefit, Liz Arden and and OPI. So now let’s get on to exactly what products are on offer and for how much!