May’s 2015 £25 Beauty Budget

Whilst I wasn’t meant to be buying anything beauty wise this month, and I did cave, I have stayed well within budget – and I bought nothing additional, no shampoos/no conditioners etc that would normally not be counted as a spend. So I’ve done marvellously this month, if I do say so myself!

NARS Polishes – £2.49 Each

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When I saw some NARS polishes in TK Maxx I did unfortunately have to cave and buy them. NARS polishes have been on my hit list to try for a while and I’ll take trying them at £2.49 rather than £15. The two shades I got were Libertango (Brick Orange/Red) and Sherwood (Deep Purple – and LE from the 2014 Christmas collection so a good find too!).

Illamasqua Celestial Eyeshadow Palette – £15

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I recently joined a UK Beauty bloggers selling group on Facebook to sell and buy stuff you’re not using and I couldn’t resist this when I saw it. I’d regretting not getting it and from last Christmas’ Illamasqua collection it’s now been discontinued. The original of this would have been £34 and I got this, completely unused one for £15 – great steal! I saw this reviewed by Miss Budget Beauty and mainly wanted it for that rose gold shade, but all of those colours will make a gorgeous eye look.


I’m going to attempt to keep my buying well on track for June, July marks my trip to Valencia, and therefore hopefully Sephora and I already had a no low buy rule in effect for then!

Have you been spendy or frugal this month? Let me know what you’ve been buying and whether there’s anything I should be considering for June, and what I should be thinking about adding to my Sephora list, I already have KVD Bow and Arrow on the list, and I’m considering the shade and light palette too!

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11 Comments

  1. Kathy
    May 25, 2016 / 7:53 am

    The eyeshadow palette is so darn pretty! You must do an eyelook on this and share it with us, I love the colours 🙂

    Kathy x

    • Oh I will, planning on wearing it this weekend for my best friends wedding so I’ll attempt to photograph it or re do the look when I’m off work all next week!

  2. May 25, 2016 / 12:30 pm

    Such a bargain! And the eye shadow palette looks so beautiful!! 🙂

    Lii

    • 3 Great steals this month, there was no way I could resist them! So excited to try the palette, I want to get a few more pics of it before I start swatching and playing, hopefully I can do that tonight as I’m itching to try it! x

  3. May 25, 2016 / 12:47 pm

    What beautiful buys this month, hope we get to see these products in action soon 🙂

    • Already wearing one of the polishes and planning to play with the palettes this weekend for a friends wedding – reviews will be on their way! Thanks for reading Chanelle! xxx

  4. ilovebeautyboxes
    May 25, 2016 / 2:45 pm

    Ahhh I love Illamasqua! I got a palette in the sale after Xmas, Fatale, its gorgeous. I love the colours in yours too.

    Lise 🙂

  5. May 25, 2016 / 4:25 pm

    Awesome deals – drooling over the NARS np and the Illa. palette!

  6. May 25, 2016 / 4:40 pm

    I actually really love the idea of having an alloted beauty budget for the month because I really do not need any more makeup but can never resist! You’re doing great! XO -Kim
    http://www.thethirtysomethinglife.com

    • You wouldn’t have said that if you saw last months blow out spend 🙈 it is a good idea though keeps you on track and prioritise what you really want!

  7. saturdayonwednesday
    May 26, 2016 / 8:43 am

    I really need to start spending less on make up. Well done! I bow my head.

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