HAUL; E.L.F makeup in Cardiff

I split my time between my university city of Manchester, and my home town of Cardiff, the latter I return to maybe once a month? However, when I do, the one place that is top of my list to visit is not the historic Cardiff Castle, not the amazing delight that is my local tea and cake shop, or even the high street shopping area that is Queen Street.

Instead, I make my way down the old arcades of central Cardiff, and find Royal arcade which houses the only E.L.F in Europe! (Eyes Lips Face for those of you who don't know!) All you have to d is look up their twitter (@elfStoreCardiff) to see all the high praise from people around the Cardiff area making regular trips to the shop, and even people coming specially from England just to pop in!

The staff are helpful, and as long as its not too busy, will be more than happy to help recommend what shade of blusher you need, or what skin type you have and the best foundation to help combat it!

On my last trip, i had a bit of a splurge;

Oh i do love winning!

I entered a competition with New York Colour (NYC) the makeup range on twitter telling them about my summer plans. However, the majority of my summer had already passed, so i told them what i had already done!

Its safe to say i squeeled a little bit when i found out i had won, i love their brand, their wide range of nail polish which is easy on the budget is a staple of mine. I also love anything i get for free, so to find out i was winning a NYC goodie bundle was exciting. About two weeks later when i returned to uni, i was welcomed with a little pink package waiting for me. I had also sent of for two 'free sample' of 'Cetaphil', a sensitive skin moisuriser and shower gel to try, and expecting small sachets, when these two lumps turned up i was very happy. Full sized!