Only recently have I began highlighting and contouring my face since purchasing my trusty Sleek Face Form Palette (review here) and now that I have gotten to grips with knowing where and how to highlight my face I have wanted to venture out and try more highlighters. The Topshop Sunbeam Highlighter was one I had my eye for a while after reading so many reviews from fellow bloggers and i'm so glad I finally took the plunge and purchased it.

I love everything about this highlighter, it's super pigmented golden colour allows me to add a little amount of lightness and radiance to my face with a slight shimmer that looks beautiful. I usually apply this with either my Real Techniques Blush Brush (review here) or my Real Techniques Contour Brush (review here) applying as it says on the box 'lightly dust on face and body' as you only need the smallest amount of this stuff.

As you can see I didn't buy that much, which for me is quite impressive but I did get some right bargains! Starting with the Topshop Platforms, oh my god I have had my eye on these for ages and I was gutted when I saw them go into the sale with only size 8 and 9 left, but I popped into Topshop at Merry Hill yesterday and they had about four pairs of size 6's.. you can imagine my excitement and they were reduced to £40 from £55 so if you've got your eye on these head down to your local Topshop!

Sticking with shoes onto the Primark Gladiator Sandals. I wanted to get some cheapy sandals and Primark seemed like the best bet for this and I was right, you wouldn't believe these were from Primark would you?! They stock these in three colours, black, tan and white which is the colour I picked up as the tan were practically all gone, but for £12 i'm really pleased with these.

Next is this beautiful Primark Purse which I spotted whilst I was browsing the bags and accessories which looked just like River Island purses so I snapped up one of those quickly as i've been needing a new purse for a while and for £5 I thought that was a bargain!

Finally I was browsing the Topshop Makeup as my local Topshop doesn't stock that much of the makeup range and I noticed that the Sunbeam Highlighter was priced at £6 and I know it's priced at £10 online so that inclined me to pick it up and I have been wanting it for a while, so I will be reviewing that for you all soonish.

Did you make any payday splurges yesterday?

The first Topshop lipstick in question is the shade 'Innocent' which is a really pretty pink shade which I was a little skeptical about when I first chose this shade as I don't normally tend to wear light pink shades as they wash me out but this similar to the MAC 'Please Me' lipstick (review here) suits my skin tone really well and is just pink enough to not wash me out. This shade has a velvet finish to it and is slightly more creamy which I prefer compared to 'Please Me' as it doesn't dry my lips out as much and it lasts really well throughout the day.

The second Topshop lipstick is the shade 'Beguiled' which is a deep plum red shade which was where my obsession for deep plum lipsticks started, I blame you Topshop! I really love this shade as it warms up my skin tone and adds some colour to my very minimal everyday makeup look. This shade has a satin matte finish to it which I do prefer to matte finishes but I do find this lipstick to be quite drying but not as drying as my matte finish lipsticks.

Overall I really am impressed with these two Topshop lipsticks and I have my eye on plenty more shades which I may treat myself to sometime soon. For £8 per lipstick you really can't complain as there are plenty of shades available and a little secret for you all, Topshop Make-up is said to be made by the same company as MAC.. I bet you didn't know that!

Have you tried out any of the Topshop lipsticks?

As you can see I didn't go mad but I bought enough things to add to my little collection of Topshop Makeup.

Starting with the lipsticks, so many bloggers rave about these lipsticks from the range of shades to the duration the lipsticks last on your lips throughout the day and of course this meant that I needed to try these out. The lipstick section was quite crammed but I was able to swatch a few shades on my hands before deciding on the shades I wanted. I picked up 'Beguiled' which is a deep plum red shade which I fell in love with as I can never find the right deep red and this was just perfect for me. The next shade I picked up was 'Innocent' which, the name says it all it is an innocent light pink shade which isn't too bright and is subtle enough for me to wear as bright pinks really do not suit my skin tone what so ever.

Onto the nail varnishes, I already own a couple of shades from the Topshop Nails range and I love them, they apply so easily with just a couple of coats and last a really decent amount of time. I decided I would pick up a couple of shades that I don't already own in different brands as I thought it would be pretty pointless buying shades I already had.. Anyway, the shades I picked up were 'Stolen Sapphires' which is a really deep purple tone and I instantly fell in love when I saw the shade as I have never been able to find a deep purple that didn't look black so I thought this was perfect and from the swatch it shows this. The next shade I picked up was 'Awol' which is kind of darker pastel blue (so hard to explain) and I thought it would be perfect to wear in all seasons, it's very hard to find a nail varnish that can be worn all throughout the year!

Phew, that was a lot of writing. I hope you all liked this post!

Do you own any products from the Topshop Makeup range?

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