CCO & Escentual

If you don't know what CCO's are, I highly recommend you watch this video, it has everything you need to know!

Now, in the UK I would probably say there are only a handful scattered around the country.

The boyf and I went to the Cosmetics Company Store in Cheshire Oaks of Ellesmere Port, don't expect it to have a full range of items, as they usually only have overstock, and past collection items (on 30% discount)

Usually I find the items are just rejects, but I guess if you go at the right time you'll find some gems, which I managed to this time around! (btw- I don't like Clinique as a brand, so I never pick up any of their stuff... discounted or not!)

MAC 165 Brush 
A brush I've been searching for... for god knows how long, it was limited edition with the Colour craft collection, I tried eBay, ACW... but everywhere was sold out, so imagine my surprise and glee when I found it at the CCO and for 30% off too!
If you find it, I'd say GRAB it while you can, it's great for highlighting, contouring, blush... everything, it's a BEAUTIFUL brush!
My boyfriend loves it too, it reminds him of his old Black Velvet Rex Rabbit =)

Bobbi Brown Corrector "Bisque"
A product I've always been interested in but at £16-£17 for less than 2g of product, I've turned it down many-a-time, it's still not exactly a *steal* at £11 but it's better than paying the higher price, right? I'm around NC35, and this is a great counteracting colour for my undereyes.
I'm also pretty sure these have been reformulated, and very creamy now, so I was more than happy to pick up the old formula, because my skin is quite oily, I don't want it slipping and sliding all over the place.

Origins Spot Remover(R)
Contains a massive amount of Alcohol denat, (which is just plain old alcohol) that dries out the spots, and salacylic acid which is an anti bacterial - does wonders for my problem areas.
At the discounted price of £7 from the original £10

Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess Sea Star Bronzing Blush
I felt like this was one of the star products of the summer, so I was relatively surprised there were quite a few of them left at the CCO along with it's younger sister the bronzing blusher from last year.
Either way, I was happy to pick it up at it's discounted price of £20.50

Those 4 items conclude my CCO haul
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Now, onto ESCENTUAL, a website I LOVE buying Dior from, they have it all brand new and at discounted prices too! and if you shop through TOPCASHBACK you'll get an additional 7% back!!
You'll realize that they are probably the first to receive and sell Dior's Spring, Summer and Holiday collections, so Escentual is a firm favourite of mine to shop at.

Dior Celebration Collection Eye Palette & Dior Vernis 704 Nirvana

Unpackaged

It's quite pricey for 3 basic colours and a brown liner, but I couldn't resist it's *Limited Edition-ness* and pretty packaging, Dior's quality has always got me sniffing for more!


Escentual offer free 1st Class Delivery on orders over £40 =D

Cute Wedding Favours

Unfortunately, I did not get the pleasure of attending the wedding party, my parents however did have a great time, whilst I was left to slave away filling in for them (haha)

She brought back these cute red ribboned bags

A beaded bunny rabbit charm in a bag covered that was covered in the words "I Love You"

Contents included a Sticky HK "Wedding Day" and 利是 sweets(which I promptly scoffed)

I hope to have wedding favours just as cute as these one day!

I Canmake you CRAZY!

Canmake is a "drugstore" brand in Japan, probably the equivalent of something like Rimmel in the UK.
It's great to find these products because they are geared more towards "asian culture"(something you wouldn't find regularly in the west) there are lots of nude lip colours, lots of cutesy fragrances, cute packaging and fashion-forward items such as their infamous cream blushers,
The brand is endorsed by Lena Fujii or as they would call her; the "spokesmodel" either way, Canmake cosmetics have got it allll down, offering a whole host full of different cosmetics and accesories, so you couldn't even imagine the excitement on my face when I finally found a Canmake counter!

Canmake is available at selected Sasa stores, and counters are available in YATA, Citistore, LOG-ON and CITI'super - again, only selected locations carry the line, with that being said, you will notice the stores they are available at are those "Japanese based supermarket" types, so it's clear where their home lies. 

Can't not love canmake! I got a fair few free items too!

Agebuto Mascara, Canmake Nail Glitter 06 Turquoise Blue, 2x Tropical Mango edt

Bubble Grape edt, Fragrance Hair Essence(free), Fragrance Hair Oil(free), Make Cover Mist

Melty Nude Lip: 01 Baby Beige, 02 Creamy Nude, 03 Baby Pink, 04 Peach Beige.

I have to say, these are all quite pale nudes, so against my skintone they look a little white, probably best suited for paler skintones, but who can resist the cute packaging *dies*
I'm not saying they still won't work though, I love them paired with the nudy glow glosses

Coloring Eyebrow 01 Yellow Browm, Nudy Glow Lipgloss: 01 Rose Macaron, 02 Strawberry Whip, 04 Sugar Milk Tea, Bubble Grape hand cream (free)

There are other shades of coloring eyebrow which I am looking to invest in, I chose the Nudy Glow glosses a little more strict, only the shades I knew would go well with my skintone.

(far corner: Perfect Brown Eyes 02 Natural Brown) Canmake Shading Powder 02 Burnt Brown, Cheek Gradation 04 Chocolate Stripe, Cream Cheek 07 Coral Orange

Eyshadow Base, Cream Cheek(clockwise): 10 Sweet Orange, 05 Sweet Apricot, 02 Cherry Pink and 07 Coral Orange

Look forward to my upcoming reviews and swatches ^3^