Mini Haul & Review: Collection, MUA & NYC!

All products were purchased by me with my own money. All thoughts are honestly my own.

Hello lovelies, today I have a mini (and by mini, I mean mini!) haul to share with you all today! After taking a trip into town and checking to my local Superdrug for a certain mascara, I cam out with two other little Halloween treats for myself.

Really, I should learn that going in for a Mascara ultimately means buying something else, especially when Superdrug has a fantastic 3 for 2 offer going on! I couldn't let that deal go to waste, so I found myself buying the eyeliner that I have been eyeing up for a while, as well as a brand new lip balm just in time for winter!

Anyway, here's what I got!

 

MUA Professional Mega Volume Mascara (£3) - I needed a new black mascara, seeing as I haven't used a good ol' black mascara in a while! Usually, I stick to Brown/Black that are waterproof, but this time I wanted black! That, and MUA brought out their latest products, so I thought that I would give this baby a try and see how much I liked it, because I just adore MUA as a brand.

Firstly, the brush: This is actually a very nice brush, I love how it feels on my lashes and how it works through every lash and separates them nicely. It's fairly standard in size, but it works nicely enough for me! I had a easy time applying the mascara, which is generally what you need in a mascara brush.

The charms of my wonky eyes

It also does a really nice job with the application! As you can see, my left eye (or right in real life, but pictures are fickle) has the product on, whilst my right eye doesn't. I found that this mascara did a very nice job with making my eyes look bigger, and my lashes longer and a lot more noticeable. I do think it does a good job with volume as well, and considering the result was via a few coats, this mascara is looking pretty promising and could easily replace my beloved 17 Peep Show Mascara!

This is a very nice addition to the growing MUA line. I am loving the formula already and how great this mascara applies! Of course, give me a few more days or weeks before I can officially say I love it, but for now, I am really enjoying this mascara!

Collection Extreme 24 Hour Felt Tip Liner (£2.99) - This is an older product from a nice little brand called Collection, formerly known as Collection 2000. I've actually been checking this eyeliner out for a while now, but never bought it due to fear of a faulty product. It happened in the past with this brand, because there is no seal on any of their products in the stores, and so I just put off buying anything for a while from this brand...

But other than the whole no-seal thing, I actually do like this brand.

The product itself is your everyday felt tip liner pen, and the application is, in my opinion, very nice. It glides on smoothly, the liner is nicely pigmented, and it has a pretty good staying power from what I can tell. Also, it doesn't sting my eyes at all after applying it, which is always a bonus for me and any liquid based liner, because my eyes are very sensitive!

The felt tip allows for easy application, with thick or thin lines, which is what you want in a liner pen. It's easy to use, and so far I quite like it!

NYC Applelicious Glossy Lip Balm (£2.49) -  This is a new little product which I happened to catch out of the corner of my eye on the NYC stand in my local Superdrug, and whilst I haven't used this brand in quite a few years, the products always look appealing... but this one really did catch my eye, and I knew that I just had to have it, even if I don't necessarily need it!

I decided to get this product in the shade Applelicious Pink, which is actually my second choice. I actually wanted to get Apple Blossom, but it was the only shade that had actually sold out, annoyingly enough. So I settled for this colour, and I am pretty glad I did! Applelicious Pink is a duo made up of a dark pink colour with a baby pink center. It's a very nice colour, actually, and as this is a balm and not a lip gloss, it applies a lot sheerer than the colour you get in the tube.

The application itself is very smooth, and the colour can be built up to give a more noticeable finish to the lips. I actually found that about two or three swipes was enough for me and gave a pretty good colour pay off. It's nice and glossy, and it feels very smooth and comfortable on the lips, something that is pretty much a must in any lip balm.

This has to be my favorite buy for this haul! I'm glad that I picked it up, and for the price, this is a very sweet little bargain and I got it just in time for the on-coming winter months! Also, as a little bonus, this product smells absolutely delicious! It has a nice fragrance of apples, something which I hoped it would have, given the name. It smells lovely, and I do love it when my lippies smell nice!

So, have any of you lovelies checked out these products at all? If you have, what do you think of them, and which one is your favourite? Be sure to let me know!

Kel xxx