Collective haul

This is a haul of things I've purchased from about 3 months ago approx. I've been trying not to spend so much money on clothes or makeup lately, I haven't bought any clothes! Which is a good thing because I really have too much. I've also been saving for this trip so have been good with spending. 


The first two things I got when Debenhams were having a 10% off promotion (I think it was 10% anyways) 


I'd been looking at purchasing the Estee Lauder Double Wear for a while and after trying a sample finally decided to buy it. I chose the colour bone and will be doing a review on this soon. 

Another thing I've wanted for a while was the Rouge Volupte lipstick by YSL, this is an expensive lipstick so took me a while to finally purchase it but I'm glad I did. Will also be doing a review of this soon-ish.

I purchased two more things from Debenhams while they had their promotion going, That Gal by Benefit in the special edition packaging for the Olympics and the Coralista blush. Both I've had my eye on for a while.

I bought this Bikini at a shop in Santa Barbara over the weekend, I wanted a new one for when I go to Vegas this weekend but I wasn't expecting to spend... $80!! on one. But I fell in love with it and Roxy is never cheap, so I paid $40 a piece for it. I love the bright orange shade and betting over the top.

I also visited CVS with a 25% off voucher, I tried not to go crazy in there though lol. Usually I'll spend about $80 on makeup. While I was there I got some moisturiser. 

Brulee eyeshadow by Wet 'n' Wild that I hear so much about.

Wet 'n' Wild magnetic nail varnish, this was $4.99 and a cheap alternative to the Sally Hansen or Nails Inc polishes. I wanted to try this out for myself without paying a lot.

I also got this Milani Highlighter, I just think it's packaged so nicely.

And in a small corner of the store I managed to find this OPI polish which I've been after for a while. It's Last Friday Night from the Katy Perry Collection but has been discontinued as it was released a while ago. 

Also sorry for the quality of these pics, I'm taking them on a regular camera as I don't have my DSLR with me.


Hopefully I can get some time to do some reviews and more posts soon, either before or after my Vegas trip.  Hope you are all enjoying your summer xxx

Sweet As Candy

Wet 'n' Wild is a brand I hear a lot about over youtube and blogs and for some reason I was slightly reluctant to try their products, maybe it was down to the cheap price tag? I've never heard bad things about their products so I'm surprised it took me so long to try anything of theirs. And I have to say I'm really glad I did! It's probably one of the cheapest makeup brands I've come across and I always expect the product to reflect the price. But this was not the case, I picked up this palette as I liked the colours and wanted a naked/nude eye look but with a tad of colour thrown in (this is me being adventurous lol)

The first thing I do when buying a product is to see how it swatches, obviously a product is not going to look the same when applied on your eyelids as it does when you swatch it. But it gives you a good idea as to how the product feels and how pigmented it is. One small swipe of this and the colour is so rich and vibrant! I'd say that these eye shadows would rival even the big name brands like MAC. I only own two MAC eyeshadows but when comparing the quality of those with these, Wet 'n' Wild gets my vote! This is good quality for something you would buy in the drugstore, and one of the cheapest brands too. I don't find these eye shadows to be too chalky either which is something I've encountered with cheaper makeup. I haven't noticed creasing with this trio but I do use a primer and have never experienced that with other brands. I think that these 3 colours also make a change from what I'm used to wearing on my eyes. I'll always go for browns but with this you have the light pink colour. I also like that it's clearly stated where best to put each colour, obviously there's no rule that says you need to put each one in that specific place but it's a nice indication and great for anyone who is just starting out with makeup.

Instead of going for a 6 or 8 palette I went for the trio to test out in case I didn't like the product, I'm starting to wish I'd bought more and know that when I get the chance will definitely be getting more!

If you have the chance of checking this brand out, I would definitely recommend their products. This product sells at Walgreens and CVS for $2.99

For your chance to win a Sweet As Candy palette, enter my giveaway here

100 follower giveaway! (closed)

Sorry this post has taken SO long to put up! I've been so busy lately, with uni, hospitals, job seeking etc etc but it's here! My 100 follower giveaway! I'm so glad I decided to pick up some things from my recent trip to the USA, I'm so thankful to everyone that I've met and all the people who follow my blog. I really didn't think anyone would ever want to read it lol

This giveaway will be a UK only giveaway. I'm hoping to have an international giveaway in the future though so hopefully you can all enter that :)

These are the things I've picked out for my giveaway:
Wet 'n' Wild trio palette in Sweet As Candy
Maybelline Dream Bouncy Blush in Pink Frosting
EOS lipbalm in Summer Fruit
Slatkin & Co mini candle in Mango Beachwood from Bath & Bodyworks

To enter you need to be following me through GFC or Hello Cotton, please leave a comment on this post telling me which one you follow me on. If you follow through both you'll get 2 entries :) Just make sure you tell me your usernames in the comments below. I would do the same for Blog Lovin' but it doesn't tell me who my followers are :(

If you want to earn one more entry if you tweet this "@Linnetbirdxx is having a 100 follower giveaway, check it out here! greenfinchandlinnetbirdx.blogspot.com"

If you tweet just let me know your twitter username as well in the comments.

I hope this all made sense, you can earn up to 3 entries!

This giveaway will end on the 14th of May 2012 :)