MAKEUP HAUL | LAGOS MAKEUP FAIR 5

Hello and welcome to my FIRST makeup haul of 2016! Can you imagine? Somewhat shameful for a Beauty Blogger right? I don't know what happened to me honestly, but I've caught the bug again and I am back to my 'makeup acquisition' ways.

The Lagos Makeup Fair is a MUST ATTEND for every makeup lover! Their most recent edition, fifth in the series, was this past weekend (June 18th - 19th) and it was as always, AMAZING! I have attended every edition since the first, you can read up on a few of my previous LMUF experiences by clicking here. So, let's get right into this haul shall we.

I love lipliners, they are ESSENTIAL for me! L.A. Girl lipliners are cheap, cheerful and exceptionally good quality. I got these from Beauty Rev NG and they had an offer going, buy 3 get 1 free!

L.A. Girl Lipliners from Beauty Rev NG - N300 each

'Forever Red' & 'Sexy Red' are the exact same thing, no?

I desperately needed to add a few nude/beige liquid lipsticks to my collections. I've got a lot of Reds, Purples, Pinks and Corals, but I needed a few neutral tones and I am pleased with my new additions!

Dose of Colours Liquid-Matte Lipstick 'Truffle' from Beauty Rev NG - N8,500

Anastasia Beverly Hills Liquid Lipsticks 'Ashton' & 'Naked' from Beauty Rev NG - N7,500 each

Kylie Matte Liquid Lipstick & Liner 'Dolce K' from Beauty Rev NG - 12,500*

I will have actual lip swatches and 'recipes' up on my instagram page in the coming weeks. I'll also share them here on the blog.

Glow Tonic from Beauty Rev NG - N8,000 (100ml) & Skindinavia Makeup Finishing Spray from AskOnyeka - N9,500

Remember I mentioned Pixi Glow Tonic in my recent skincare haul post, well I got a mini backup because my main bottle is almost done. I also picked up the Skindinavia finishing spray because I am nearly out of my Urban Decay one, and I wanted to try something else this time. Fun fact: The Urban Decay finishing sprays are produced by Skindinavia.

Posh Lashes '43' from Beauty Rev NG - N700*

Apologies for the swatch marks in the product. I did an exclusve haul reveal for snapchat yesterday, so had to swatch all the products. Hope you are following me on snapchat! My snapchat followers get sneak peeks and first reveals! Username: BeautyInLagos.

Anastasia Beverly Hills 'Sundipped' Glow Kit from Beauty Rev NG - N20,000* (N18,500 Makeup Fair Special price until June 25th)

I honestly cannot wait to start playing around with all this makeup! Expect more makeup looks and reviews in the coming weeks! I hope you're following me on Instagram and Snapchat as I am a lot more active on those platforms. My username on all social media platforms is 'BeautyInLagos'

Share your haul with me in the comments. What new products have you purchased recently?

Ez xxX

FIRST LOOK | LILA'ALLI MAKEUP - Multifunctional Cosmetics

Hi Guys,

I am quite excited to introduce this brand on the blog today, and you will see why in a minute.

Lila'alli makeup is a Nigerian-owned British makeup brand. I stumbled across Amina's (lady behind the brand) instagram page early last year and I don't remember the specifics on how this happened, but it had something to do with her brand.

When I was contacted by the Lila'alli PR team months ago, informing me that Amina was visiting Lagos in a few weeks and wanted to take a meeting with me, I was very interested. I love to meet the people behind beauty brands, because as with anyone there is always a background story and that story is what I love to hear. I may be weird, but I love to see the connection between a Entrepreneur and their brand, right away I can tell if I am dealing with someone who knows what they're doing or just another person trying to get rich quick. With Amina it was definitely, the former! She went right into it getting all the makeup out and talking in-depth about it all. Amina is a trained cosmetologist, who primarily was interested in skincare and her philosophy is exactly like mine, look after your skin first as makeup will never compensate for bad skin. So one way or the other Amina found herself as a Production Manager at a very popular international makeup brand where she worked for about 4 years (I forget exactly how long she said), before she left to set up her own brand.

As a trained cosmetologist you know Amina didn't just go pick some of-the-shelf products from any manufacturer and stick her labels on them. No, she worked closely with the manufacturers, flew down to China and started creating her products. She even laughed about the fact her manufacturers were tired of her sending back samples saying "No it's  not quite right" and her penchant for quality paid off. Just have a look at the products and swatches below.

The Lila'lli theme colours are white, purple and gold and this runs through the product packaging.

There are a lot of things I love about these products, the packaging, the pigmentation, but I most especially love the concept behind the brand, every single product is multi-purpose. So the lipliners double-up as eyeliners, brow fillers, eyeshadow bases. Lipsticks double-up as blushers and Blushers can be eyeshadows, highlighters, contour powders or mixed with some clear-gloss can be used as lipglosses. As a makeup artist imagine the money you could save with these products.



Lip Collision

Like I mentioned above, all their products are multifunctional and they represent this in their product-naming convention. These lipstick/gloss combos are called 'Lip Collisions'.

 On one end is the lipstick and on the other a lipgloss

Both products are very pigmented as you can see from the swatches.

 The glosses can actually be worn alone, the pigmentation provides enough coverage.

Line. Define.Fill

These are essentially lipliners, but can also be used to fill in your brows and also as lipsticks!

Pigment Infusion

These are blushers but can also be mixed in with some clear lipgloss and applied to the lips.


False Lashes

Unfortunatley I haven't got the Nigerian prices for these items, but to get an idea you can have a look at the pricing on their website,  Lila'alli Makeup.

Apologies for the lengthy post, but I really wanted to share all the information I had on this brand, because I am sure for most of you this is the first time you've ever seen or heard of Lila'lli, and I like to share information the way I'd like to receive it. I have got lip swatches and will share these in a separate post, as this one is picture-heavy enough.

Where to Buy

My Makeup NG - Online and in-store
Beauty Kink 

Lilla'lli will be launched this weekend by My Makeup at the 3rd edition of the Lagos Makeup Fair (LMUF).

LMUF holds this weekend! Yes guys, it's a 2-day event this time, Saturday and Sunday! I will be there all day Sunday, hanging out at the My Makeup stand, so come say Hi!

So please tell me after all you've read and seen, who else loves Lila'lli?

Laters,

Ez xxX

BEAUTY CONCERNS - Beauty Hall

Last weekend my friend and I decided to go makeup/skincare shopping. She had been telling me about this place that she goes to regularly for her facials (although she's stopped now) and to replenish her skincare stash.

I have gone past this place a few times, in fact my mum's hairdresser used to work out of one of the salons in here. So she was a frequent visitor until said stylist moved and so did she. It's funny how we ladies will follow our stylists anywhere and everywhere they go (within reason of course. Not following no hairdresser to say, Abuja. No thanks!!).

Entrance

I must say I was deceived by the exterior of this place. Its actually really spacious in there, its even got a mini courtyard (and a bar/lounge to boot, called Greenwich).

Reception Area

After having a browse of the salons on the premises. We headed to the beauty-hall.

Now this is the most impressive beauty-hall I've come across so far in lagos. Have a look at the pictures

These candles smelt absolutely divine.

Been dreaming about them since I saw them and after looking at these pictures again, think I'm heading back Saturday to pick one up. Just got back from a business trip and my hotel room smelt funny, one of these candles would've been handy.

I wasn't allowed behind the counter (honestly being a beauty blogger in this place is a chore, you don't even know the half of it, anyway..),

They've got an extensive selection of MAC products, NYX, Revlon and Maybelline eyeshadows etc.

They also offer various facials and treatments and are happy to have a consultation. I haven't personally had any treatments done with them, quite happy with my beautician at the moment so will be sticking with (Lakshmi at Facial Bar). But they seem really popular and I know quite a few people that go here, always worth a try.

I got something from the beauty hall, will share that in another post.

Address:
Beauty Concerns
21B Saka Tinubu Street,
Victoria Island, Lagos.

Mobile: 08026706019

Anyone ever been to Beauty Concerns? Any good?

Laters

Ez xxX

Lagos Makeup Fair - The Pictures

So over the weekend I attended the first ever Lagos Makeup Fair. I had NO idea what to expect, but the word 'Makeup' in the title got me! I heard about it on twitter (gotta love social media) and just asked for more info. So saturday came around dragged my makeup-obssessed-now-turned-skincare-obssessed friend Tallulah and my girl Mo' and we headed down to Ikeja for the event.

It was Makeup Heaven, there were a lot of vendors, I think I got there a little late. The event was scheduled for 10am-7pm, I strolled in at 5pm x_x (In my defense it was a HOT saturday, and we didn't really fancy walking around dripping in sweat, and we guessed it was gonna be in a marquee of some sort, so we waited till the sun had gone down a bit).

But there were still a lot of Vendors and Merchants there. Makeup Brands: Sleek, Sacred, BarryM and NYX. I did a little scream when I saw the NYX stand, unreal! Then there were a host of vendors selling limited selections from popular brands like MAC, Fashion Fair, Mary Kay, E.L.F, Iman, Inglot etc.

I did get a few things from the fair (haul post up later this week), but here are pictures I took of a few stands at the fair. Enjoy!

OMG!! A  NYX stand! Like everything on it was NYX. So unreal! I loved it. Didn't know where to start. I was so overwhelmed, that I was confused on what to get. So just ended up getting a couple things, don't you HATE when that happens.

More NYX. And the picture below as well. They had quite good selection.

Nail Polish, Eyeshadows, Lipsticks and Glosses. Powder, Foundation etc.

BarryM!! Great selection as well. Got some items from them too!

 So that's how it all went down (for me anyway), there were so many colors everywhere it was unreal. Like the nail polish and eyeshadows at every stand! It was so awesome! Loved that such an event took place in Lagos and I'm glad I could make it.

I wasn't really impressed by the Sleek stand, mostly because I was after two items and they didn't have them (don't think they're available in Nigeria yet). Their Sleek 'Blush By Three' palette and the Sleek 'Shimmer Brick'. I have got a 'Blush By Three' palette, but I didn't get it here. If you want to know what exactly it is, leave a comment below and I'll do a little post about it (swatches and all).

So my next post will be a haul post of items I got. Here's a sneak peek of what's to come:

Just wanted to take this opportunity to THANK everyone that reads this blog! The support is awesome and I'm gonna try to post more often, thanks for coming back again and again.

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Have a lovely week!

Did you attend the LMUF?

Laters,

Ez xxX