Here's my adventures in Manchester yesterday: I had some time to kill waiting until my sister finished work so I decided I'd go on a swatch spree. First off I went into selfridges, to the Charlotte tilbury counter. I swatched the Panther felt liner pen and it didn't seem very dense. The film stars on the go I was shocked at how dry they were and hard to blend plus the packaging felt flimsy. A lot of the lip liners I wrote off instantly as the colours were too dark or bright. I'd been lemming charlottes Magic cream - it feels super thick and nice on my hand, but i didn't like the smell. The eyes to mesmerise eyeshadow pots looked lovely though so I put Marie antionette on with my finger, then the SA came and finished the look off with a brush. I loved how they looked but knew my oily eyelids and sensitive eyes might not agree so I said I'd see how they wear. A few hours later and yep they were all creased up. I just got the Audrey classic pencil (finally saw that it was a dark brown like I had wanted - as last time I went home with the Sophia thinking it was the dark brown pencil doh!) and the pillow talk nude lip liner I'd wanted for ages. The liner is sadly quite drying, I'll make it work for summer by using it with lots of lip balm but im disappointed. In lush I had a good smell of the things I went in for, just to make sure I was as sure as I could be before I bought: ultrabland cleanser, new charity pot sample size and the cosmetic warrior fresh Face mask I got for free for returning 5 empties. I also got the SA to do me a sample of sympathy for the skin body lotion. Onto the body shop to look at the new vitamin c cream and booster primer thingy - both horrible. At the perfume shop and boots I sprayed a few perfumes I'd fancied: Taylor by Taylor swift, Taylor swift made of starlight, library of fragrance moonbeam, Vera wang hippie princess and I HATED them all! So then I stank! I was all swatched and sprayed out but then I was shocked: I would have easily blindly bought all of those items without ever testing them first :/ I can have an idea of what a perfume might smell like based off of the notes, or what a face cream might be like based off of previous releases from that brand, but ultimately I don't know so it's mad to think Ive been blindly buying so often! I know sometimes it feels easier to click away those purchases online and avoid the hustle of shopping in person, but It's yet again reminding me that it's so important to me to try before I buy!
