Inglot Pro Store South Anne Street Launch

Hi Everyone!

Hope you all are well :)

*Disclaimer*

I cannot be held responsible for the possible damage caused to your bank balance after reading this post. If you choose to do so, drooling over products shall be done at your own risk!

Now that we have that out of the way...lets get onto the details :D

I was so chuffed to be able to potter along to the bloggers event at the store the evening before it opened. The grand opening of the store on South Anne Street (just off Grafton Street) was on the 28th of September at 11am, with goody bags supplied to the first 50 people in line.

If you haven't seen the inside of the store yet...lets have a look now!

On entering the store, to the left we have a wonderful wall filled with glorious products. First up we have nail products such as the nail enamels from various different collections like the 'noble collection', 'nightlife collection' etc.

Next to the nail varnishes we have the lip products. Included on the wall are products such as lipsticks, lip paints, sleek lip gloss, soft precision lipliners all in every shade imaginable. There are also pigments, gel eyeliners and brushes located to the left up near the counter.

As you all know by now I am a die hard Inglot fan, I don't think I have created a makeup tutorial without using one of their products. For someone who loves to create colourful makeup looks, Inglot is an absolute god sent for me!

 Great products that are highly pigmented in an array of colours at an affordable price!

What more could a girl want?

Aside from Inglots amazing colour selection, my favourite thing about the brand is that you can create your very own palettes. This is so handy for me, as a makeup artist it majorly cuts down on the weight in my case.

It is not practical for me to carry around tonnes and tonnes of eyeshadow palettes so that I can offer my client a variety of shades and finishes.

With the freedom system I can customise my palette depending on my client and his/her needs. Another brilliant thing about the freedom system is that you are not limited to just eyeshadows. With this unique system you can create your own blush, bronzer, concealer and lip palettes. I would be lost without it!

To date I customized 11 palettes...and I still need more.

The eyeshadows come in a rainbow of colours as you can see, and are situated when you walk in the door on your right.

Next to that we have all the foundations, powders, concealers, bronzers...the works! Along with two fully lit makeup stations down in the bottom corner.

The new pro store stocks all of the Inglot Cosmetics range along with a few exclusive products from 'The Professional Zuca Makeup Case' to 'The Mattifying 3S Range of Pressed and Loose Powders' and more!

One particular item caught my eye as I walked straight in the door, and that was the 'Multi Action Toner'. I had absolutely no idea that Inglot stocked a toner so I am really excited to pick that up when I can!

Amazing so far isn't it? Yes, I did say so far.

There is an upstairs too!

Upstairs is quite spacious with various makeup stations to aid private makeup courses, parties and master classes.

Speaking of which, top makeup artist Jon Hennessey is flying in from Vancouver  to celebrate this exciting launch. Jon will be hosting a couple of masterclasses sharing his tips and tricks of the trade. 

The classes will take place on the following dates:

Wednesday 2nd of October from 11am-1pm

Thursday 3rd of October from 6pm-9pm

For more information call 0873973434 as places are limited!

Rosaleen and I at the launch :) 

(check her out here!)

As there was a full house at the event, the Inglot Makeup Artists put on a couple of demonstrations for us. One upstairs and one downstairs :)

I love seeing makeup being applied on models! As a makeup artist I am always learning so it was nice to pick up a few tips and tricks from the girls and also to learn a bit more about products from Inglots range.

With makeup there are no rules. Just because a product is labelled 'eyeliner' it doesn't mean it has to be used solely on the eyes. One of the extremely talented makeup artists created this floral look on the night using an array of the gel eyeliners. So detailed, so gorgeous!

A fantastic night was had by all and of course a few cheeky purchases were made! I'm thrilled with the new location, as I am from Wicklow the easiest store for me to get to is Dundrum. I'm in college about 5 minutes away from Grafton Street so I have a feeling I won't be a stranger to the store!

If you haven't been down to the new store yet, definitely pop in..the atmosphere alone is great..you won't be disappointed! :)

Have you tried any Inglot products before?

Let me know which ones you can't live without!

Eimear x

Lush Haul: Face masks, Shampoo Bars and more!

Hey Everyone!

Hope you all are well :)

I would consider myself quite an organised person with regard to many things in life however, Christmas shopping this year was a disaster.

I left absolutely everything until the last minute. 

Instead of my usual trip to Dublin on Christmas Eve to soak up the festive atmosphere, I was running around like a headless chicken present shopping.

Thankfully I got all my bits and bobs sorted in just a couple of hours. 

Before leaving I took my usual trip into Lush.

To put it lightly, the place was jam packed. Clearly I was not the only one who left the Christmas shopping until the last minute...pheeew!

I've had a few items on my list for a while that I have wanted to try out and now I was finally getting round to it.

 The first thing I needed was a good ol face mask. At the time I had been trying out a new skin care routine and to say the cleanser broke my skin out was an understatement, my skin was fried.

I had no idea what I was looking for with regard to face masks or what would suit my extremely sensitive skin.

 I decided to seek the advice of a member of staff.

The girl that helped me find the perfect face mask her name was Eimear too :)

She was extremely helpful and she actually stayed with me and helped me for the remainder of time that I spent in Lush!

Eimear decided that the Cosmetic Warrior Face Mask would be ideal for my highly sensitive skin. This face mask will suit anyone with sensitive skin who is prone to breakouts. I've used it about 4 or 5 times already and its amazing.

The next product I wanted needed to try out was a bath bomb. 

I have used these in the past and they are divine. The one I used previously had gorgeous pettles in it!

Due to stress I suffer from quite bad eczema so again, I needed a product that would not irritate my skin or a product that wouldn't cause a breakout.

The bath bomb Eimear recommended was the Butterball Bath Bomb.

This bath bomb is filled with chunks of creamy cocoa butter which is ideal for rehydrating dry skin. I've since used this also and it left my skin feeling so silky and soft..review coming soon!

Next I decided my lips were in need of some TLC.

As you can probably guess, yes I suffer from very dry and chapped lips.

Everytime I've been in Lush paying for items at the counter I've been tempted by the lip scrubs and I decided today was the day to get one.

It was a toss up between the mint and bubblegum flavour scrubs but in the end I went for the bubblegum.

I rub the bubblegum lip scrub over my lips and this gently exfoliates them removing any dry skin I may have. Its literally good enough to eat and because its all natural you can lick away the excess, the part I look forward to most!

I use the scrub if I am going to be applying a matte lipstick as dry skin and matte lipstick just don't mix well! This pretty pink pot is a life saver :)

Shampoo bars are something that I am just boggled by so picking up one was an absolute must.

I have been using a Rockaholic Shampoo Bar for a couple of months now and this is due to hearing so much about the Lush Shampoo Bars. 

I was very surprised that the bar actually made my hair silky and shiney so while I was in Lush I thought I'd try out one of their bars.

I have very long hair....bum long so sometimes it can be quite hard to manage.

Because it is so long it is quite flat and knots easily. I also have to unfortunately wash my hair daily as it gets quite oily...pity it cannot be more like my skin ha!

This is why I picked up the shampoo bar Seanik.

Lush describe it to:

'Soften tangled locks and add oceans of shine with this mineral-rich, sea salt volumizing shampoo. Like a trip to a blue lagoon, Seanik is made with the best ingredients from the sea; softening Irish moss seaweed, and Japanese nori seaweed to make your hair soft as silk from root to tips, and sea salt to give body and volume to hair that’s fallen flat.'

and that is good enough for me!

Lastly I just had to pick this up, even for the packaging alone!

Its so cute and an absolute bargain buy at €8.95.

I have yet to open this one (can't bear to rip the packaging)

when I do I'll let you know my thoughts! :)

What are your favourite Lush products?

I'd love to hear so I can pick up some new ones :)

Eimear x

Haul: e.l.f, Catrice, Inglot and more!

Hey Everyone!

Hope you all are well :)

Today's blog post is going to be a haul as you could probably have guessed from the title.

Now I have always said to myself that I would never do a haul video, purely because I don't want to sound as if I'm boasting. Sometimes I feel haul videos can come across that way for example I spent "X" amount of money on this and "X" amount of money on that. That's just my own view on them I realise that may not be the intention but there you go...(digging yourself a hole Eimear haha)

Anyway, I decided it might be better to write it down in a blog post so I could show you all what beauty bargains I picked up, and good quality pictures of the products :)

So the first item I picked up was this e.l.f 32 piece palette. This is my first e.l.f purchase so naturally I'm very excited! I have been reading reviews about e.l.f products for a long time on Nina's blog. She is another Irish blogger/vlogger who is a fellow bargain hunter! 

I'll leave a link to her blog here, so you can check her out. 

When I saw this beauty in Tk Maxx for only €6.99 I had to pick it up! 

The next set of products I picked up are all from Catrice. My mam rang me to say that the pharmacy down the road from where we live had a sale on cosmetics. Selected products from Essence and Catrice were reduced to half price! This was around the 20th of August I think so I'm not sure if the offer is still on in the selected pharmacies. The first few products I picked up were eyeshadows. You have to excuse the packaging, they were riddled with sellotape and half price stickers haha!

Absolute Eye Colour

280 Heidi Plum

 Absolute Eye Colour

130 Sitting On A Volcano

                              

Absolute Eye Colour

Grey's Philosophy

Absolute Eye Colour

390 Top Of The Cops

Absolute Eye Colour

030 OMG! I Want That

                                  

I love the cute little names these eyeshadows have! I think eventually when I make myself a magnetic palette I will depot these eyeshadows and put them into that, just to save space.I misplaced my receipt but I'm almost certain these eyeshadows were €1.40 each, they were half price anyway, absolute bargain! I can't exactly remember how much the quad was either as soon as I find out I'll stick in the price!

I'm not a huge fan of blusher I usually like to play up my eyes with some colour and then add some bronzer to my cheeks. I like the main focus to be on my eyes :) So my next purchase is for my kit! I picked up these two gorgeous blushes. The coral shade will be lovely for summer, oh if I had of spotted it sooner! These blushes were half price too I think I could have paid €1.40 for these aswel! If not they were definitely under €2 anyway.

Defining Duo Blush

030 Pink Grapefruit Shake

Defining Duo Blush 

020 Peach Sorbet

So back to Tk Maxx with my next purchase. I actually bought these the same day as the e.l.f 32 piece palette. I've never heard of this brand before but when I saw the price I figured it was worth giving them a shot! I had seen these lashes sold separately in Tk Maxx before €5.99 each but when I was in there recently I saw they had a pack of four for €12.99. Absolute no brainer there so I picked them up! On the price tag it said they retail at €59.50, shocking! I haven't tried the lashes yet but they look like they are good quality lashes, cant wait to use them on my next night out!

i - lash

Black

2703

i - lash

Black

2701

i - lash

Black

2702

i - lash

Black

2704

Last Sunday I went up to Dundrum Shopping Centre with my friend Laura so she could get a few bits and pieces for college. Of course I couldn't go to Dundrum without visiting Inglot, and that's where I picked up my next few pieces :)
I got three eyeshadows in refill form. Soon they wont be selling the eyeshadows in the circle pans anymore so they are having a sale on the last few. I already have a 20 circle palette and that is why I picked up the eyeshadows in refill form just so I could pop the eyeshadows in there when my other ones ran out. As I said Inglot are scrapping the circle pan palette system so these eyeshadows were on sale at €2.50 each!

AMC Shine 05

D.S 504

Pearl 426

Inglot Duraline

The last item I had been meaning to pick up in Inglot for a long time and that is Duraline. This basically will turn any powder to a liquid so any eyeshadow you have now can be transformed to a liner. I also own the Inglot Gel Eyeliner, the duraline will be perfect to make that more fluid as it can dry out easily. This set me back €8, I used my Inglot MUA card.

And that brings my haul to an end! I hope this was helpful and maybe you got a few ideas :)
I'll do reviews on the products after I have had a good run through of them too! So far I am very very impressed with the e.l.f 32 piece palette to say the least!
Hope you all had a lovely day and I'll chat to you again soon :)

Eimear x