US beauty haul

June seems to have been a bit of a haul month for me and with IMATs this weekend I’m sure there will be another (roll on July spending ban)! After a friend of mine moved back to the states a few months ago, we’ve been promising to act as each other’s beauty suppliers on opposite sides of the Atlantic. After sending her over a parcel of face oils, wham bars and kit kats, she kindly returned the favour by sending me over some items I’d been lusting over for some time.

Now, you’d think by looking at these photos I have some sort of obsession with EOS lip balms. You’d be right. Not only are these one of my favourite products EVER, but they cost just over $3 each in America. Compared to the £7 each I have to pay for them here, that’s a massive difference! So you can see why I went a bit crazy with this order. Hopefully 6 is enough to keep me going for a few months *ahem*.

I’ve never tried anything by Lorac before as they aren’t available in the UK, but I’d heard really good things about their palettes. I ended up choosing the Pro To Go palette as this seemed like a great way to test out both eye and face products in one go. On one side of the palette are 6 neutral eye shadows and a brush – what I love here is that they’ve made two eyeshadows (and ones that will probably get most use) much larger than the others, so you don’t hit pan on your base shadows before anything else in the palette. If you flip the palette over, you’ll find another side that has two blushers and bronzer, along with another brush. The palette costs $36, which I think is ok given the fact it’s the perfect travel companion and I’ll use pretty much every shade in the kit.

My final order was one of the new NYX Macaron lipsticks which I don’t think have been released in the UK yet. This is a vivid lilac shade which is quite different, but I wanted to see if it was something I’d ever be able to wear!

What’s your favourite thing from my haul? Is there anything from the US you’d really love to try?