On Thursday night, I brought along my best friend to the Barry M Beauty Evening in the Golden Square mall in Warrington. We were really looking forward to it, especially the promise of free makeovers, goodie bags and maincures. I brought along my camera to capture the events of the evening.

When we arrived I honestly thought the evening had been cancelled! No posters were guiding us into the store, I was a little worried to say the least! But we eventually found it, at the back of the store on a little makeover stall. There was only one goodie bag left, the assistant said it wasn’t a very good one as they had been taken already. But nevermind! Superdrug kindly sent me a £20 giftcard to spend for reviews, and a lovely Barry M cosmetic bag filled with make up arrived in the post, which was just splendid!  Definitely made up for the lack of goodies on the night! Alas, here are the first set of photos!

amazing make up from no other than Barry M…which the artists were using

make up artist in action!

a lady having a free makeover done

Unfortunately no makeovers were offered to me, I didn’t particularly mind though as I was already “made up” so to speak. As we’d arrived at 6pm and the event had already been on for an hour, I think the influx of people had stopped, as there was no one really shopping by this hour. I think the first hour really must have been busy, which is a shame as we had missed all the fun! But nevertheless, I went to all the make up counters to choose which items to buy.

I ended up choosing Sleek‘s gold liquid eyeliner, which is just a dream to use. Definitely my new favourite brand. Their whole packaging look is really eyecatching, and their make up is just really good….more about them later! I needed some new concealer, so 2true’s 3 in one concealer did the trick! I also picked up a blue eyeliner and pink lipstick from Barry M. Really lovely stuff!

from my free goodie bag – I ended up sharing some with Emily as she couldn’t get one. Love that shampoo!

Cosmetic case and make up courtesy of Bronwyn @ Superdrug!

All in all, it wasn’t a bad night. I think the make up reconciled for the lack of interesting happenings at the event. There wasn’t really much to photograph in the end, as a photographer I love to capture the atmosphere but with not many attendee’s there wasn’t a lot to take snaps of. Although we didn’t take advantage of the makeovers on offer, I think it was a successful event nationwide for Superdrug. The staff seemed really into it, photographing the makeover constantly for the superdrug site I’m guessing!

The next night, I decided to try out some of my purchases…

I used my free Fabulous for Barry M black eyeliner, gold eyeliner underneath and Urban Decay purple eyeshadow underneath this. Topped off with Gosh mascara. I wanted to create a striking layered effect with the colour.

Barry M pink lipstick in 100 for my lips – love this colour! Its not for everyone, its very very light pink, but is definitely a contrast to all the red lipstick I wear!

Overall I think I the make up used really complimented each other. It felt very fresh and very me. Something I’d wear time and time again and feel confident wearing. Kudos for Superdrug for allowing me to buy such wonderful make up, they’ve really broadened my make up palette, and got me to try things I wouldn’t have worn before. I’m super happy!

Infact, I think I’m a little obsessed with buying cosmetics now. I popped in to the ‘drug today and bought more!! Had a hectic Valentines day, I’ll get them photographed later (including another Sleek buy – I’m in love!) and show you the gifts I received from my boyfriend.

Hope you’re all having a loved up February 14th! x