Anna's Birthday Haul

Hello! Long time no see! I'm back from London and I have loads of new stuff to show you! Since my birthday was a week or so ago, going to London was my parents' present and I got a lot of new things there. You wouldn't believe the diversity of literally everything they have around there! Most of the things in this haul post were gifts from me to me really but I also included the makeup/beauty related things that I was given by my friends. I am by no mean bragging, only trying to show you new products and things.

With no further due, let's get started! 

MAC Lip Pencil in Nightmoth

Sleek Matte Me Liquid Lipstick in Rioja Red

Essence Eyeshadow in 73 Mint Candy

Essence Eyeshadow in 75 Purple Clouds

Escada Turquoise Summer Limited Edition Perfume
lovely present from my godfather and aunt who were so sweet to have me in their house back in London

W7 Paintbox

W7 Neon Nights Eyeshadow Palette

W7 In The City Eyeshadow Palette

W7 In The Mood Eyeshadow Palette

Rimmel London Kate Moss Collection Lipstick in 04
(very close match to MAC's Cyber, comparison photo at the end of the post)

Royal Eyeshadow Brushes

Sleek i-Divine Ultra Mattes V1 Eyeshadow Palette

Sleek i-Divine Ultra Mattes V2 Eyeshadow Palette

Benefit How to Look The Best At Everything Complection Kit in Light

Includes travel sizes of: The Porefessional, Hello Flawless Oxygen Wow foundation in "I'm pure 4 sure" Ivory, Boi-ing concealer in O1 and O2, Hello Flawless Powder in "I love me" Ivory

Real Techniques Bold Metals Collection 301 Flat Contour Brush

Real Techniques Bold Metals Collection 202 Angled Liner Brush

perfect to fill in the brows ever so slightly to achieve a natural look

Lush Fluffy Egg Bath Bomb
a delicious candy floss scent 

Lush Space Girl Bath Bomb
had to get the galaxy one obviously

Sleek i-Divine Au Naturel Eyeshadow Palette
an unexpected gift from my girlfriend

Kiko Luscious Cream Lipstick in 522
another gift from my girlfriend that is also a close match to MAC's Cyber
(comparison photo at the end of the post) 

MAC Cyber Lipstick
something I've been wanting forever that I got as a birthday present from my bestfriend

Here's the comparison photo of the three lipsticks
Rimmel London Kate Moss Lipstick in 04 on the left, MAC Cyber Lipstick in the middle, Kiko Luscious Cream Lipstick in 522 on the right

As you can see the three lipsticks are very similar but quite different still. MAC's Cyber is the one that has less shine to it and Kiko's is the glossiest and, therefore, the sheerest. Color wise they all look very similar but in terms of undertones, Rimmel's 04 and MAC's Cyber are both plum shades and Kiko's 522 is a true dark berry purple, more on the blue side. This said, I'll just add that Rimmel's 04 has a pink undertone, MAC's Cyber has a redish brown undertone and Kiko's 522 has a true blue undertone. I noticed this when I cleaned the swatches off of my hand and the stain left behind showed these undertones I referred.

I only included makeup/beauty things I got in this post but I also received a lovely pearl necklace from Tânia, Arch Enemy tickets from my school friends and some other things that are not at all related to the blog.

The photos were taken in different days and in different parts of the day and that's why the lighting changes throughout the photos.

I hope you have enjoyed this post. I thought of doing a review of some products but this post would just get too long if I decided to do so, so I may do that in further posts and also swatch some of the palettes I got. If you'd like to see any of these reviewed let me know.

Also, how about this new Flower on the blog? Looking forward to check her posts!

That's it for this post, I'll be back on the next one hopefully with a look created with all these lovely new things I got!

Love,

Anna