E.L.F: Baked Eyeshadow Palette in California Review & Swatches

Hello my lovlies :) 

Today I have for you a post on the baked eyeshadow palette from my recent 50% off haul.

Now this is supposedly a dupe for the Naked Palette... Now I haven't used the Naked palette, only seen it in videos/palettes or online but I highly doubt that it is. It is all shimmer/has glitter in it. When I say glitter, I mean quite big chunks! Which might not be to everyone's taste.

Dry swatches with no Primer, top & bottom rows.

 As you can see, there is barely any pigmentation, I really had to swipe a lot of product to get this pay off. When wearing, I have only tried using a concealer as a base as that's what I normally use, I never use a primer as my lids particularly oily. The only way I could get could colour pay off from nearly all of them was by using it wet. Which I don't really fancy doing day to day, really? I could just as easily use my MUA palette which has the same sort of shades and a hell of a lot more pigment.

Here are the wet swatches, the colours are actually very pretty! Such a shame they couldn't be this beautiful without using them wet :( 

For a baked shadow palette, I really though it was going to be good, especially with it being from the Studio range, and it being £10! Now I don't know if I got a bad one but, I'm actually rather disappointed. The packaging is pretty sturdy though and there is a nice big mirror.

All in all, the best way is to use this wet, which is a bit of a hassle for me if I'm in a rush to get to work in the morning! So I doubt it'll be used a lot, I'll probably stick with my Undress me Too MUA palette, during the day, and maybe use this for more evening looks.
I paid £5 but it is normally £10 on eyeslipsface.co.uk

Have you tried this palette? I would love to hear your thoughts! 
Until next time,
xoxoxox.

Unbranded Neutral Palette Review & Swatches

Hello my lovlies, today I have a palette for you that I bought on ebay aaaaaages ago (find the haul here) and never got round to posting about, woops! I have this in my kit, so I've used it quite a few times now, so I can give you quite a good idea of how they are.

As it is unbranded, it has no colour names, so I've numbered them for your ease.

As you can see, there is a lack of pigmentation in this row accept for 7, which is unfortunate, however, I like to use 1 to blend crease colours.

As you can see again, 8,9,10 have a bit of a lack of pigmentation. 8 & 11 also have a bit of fall out.

Once again 15, 16 aren't very pigmented, which is a pattern in this palette, unfortunately!

This row was a lot better, however 28 isn't the most pigmented black I've used.. 22 suffered with a bit of fall out.

In this palette, there is a good variety of warm, cool, neutral, shimmery, and matte shades, which is good if you're starting out with playing with make up, or are after a cheap back up palette for your kit. I tend to use the light peachy shades as blending colours and colours like 22, or 8 as highlight shades.

The plastic of the palette isn't the strongest, so you need to be careful as to not be chucking it about, although I doubt you would anyway! 

I bought this march / april time, so unfortunately I cannot find the eBay listing anymore, however I do know it was £7.49 (I don't know if that was with or without P&P) and really, they are all much the same. You can find similar listings here.

PS. Please be careful with getting make up online, from places like eBay, and try and steer clear from overseas sellers, as other countries don't have the same rules and regulations as we do in the UK, when it comes to make up. 

 I hope this helped, until next time; 

xoxoxo.

MUA Immaculate Palette: Swatches & Review

Hiya, I know I'm a bit late posting this, as the palette has been out since October '11, but it's worth a review none the less, as some people are a bit wary of buying cheaper brands.  

Here is a photo of the back of the palette, it has a great little 'Mini Master Class' for a Green Smoulder look. I thought this was a great little add on.

All the colours have been named by numbers, which is unlike the smaller palettes they do.

Here are the the pans with the shade numbers that I think you can just about make out. I couldn't take a good enough picture so had to do a bit of a bodge job on photoshop, that's why the pans are different sizes, woops!

Row one: Shades 1 - 8.

All colours were highly pigmented except for the matte black (shade 4) which as you can see isn't as pigmented and would need some building up to achieve a dark black.

Row 2: Shades 9 - 16.

 All colours had great pigmentation except shade 9, I found this colour a little weak, however with a primer it might improve. It's also quite close to my skin tone which doesn't help.

Row 3: Shades 17 - 24.

 Again, all shades had great pigmentation, except for shade 23, which I really had to try hard with to get some colour out of it. The white, shade 20, also wasn't great and you can't really notice it on my skin tone.

Pros

1)Most colours have good, if not great colour pay off and pigmentation

2)Packaging feels quite sturdy and not so cheap looking

3)There's a mix between matte & shimmer shades, which is great for day or night looks, and a good variety of colour.

4)Price is excellent for the quality of the palette.

Cons

Matte shades are definitely not as pigmented as the shimmery shades.

Staying power isn't fab, some sort of primer or base is needed.

So overall, this is a great palette, for the price it's worth having. There are so many beautiful shades, with numerous colour combinations you can't go wrong! 

RRP: £8 found at superdrug and MUA online.

xoxo.

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E.L.F Beauty Clutch

Hello my lovlies! Here are some pics of the E.L.F Beauty Clutch, with some numbered pictures of the eyeshadow pans for future reference. Pictures of the other products coming soon to this post, and I'll do a review at some point too.

MUA Starry Night Palette: Review & Swatches

Hello my lovlies! Another review and swatch post of a MUA eyeshadow palette that I got for crimbo! This time it's the 'Starry Nights' palette, here are some pictures :) 

 The packaging is nice, not sure it would be as sturdy as the sleep palette for instance, but it's nice to see the pans through the little window.

All the colours are shimmery, some more than others, all perfect for evening looks. The palettes don't have names so I've had to number them; 

Lets start with the first half;

1) A pretty lilac, would look beautiful in a purple smokey eye in the inner portion of the eye.

2) A sort of baby pink, again, don't know when I'd use this tbh, but I'll give it a go! 

3) A stealy charcoal grey, really beautiful shade

4) Sort of a navy grey, great shade, I'm a sucker for blue shadows just not confident wearing them! (This picture doens't really pick up the blue tones of this shade which is unfortunate!)

5) White, just like no.1 from the MUA Heaven & Earth palette (you can see my review here) 

6) Steal grey, really pretty shade, would go well blended out into no. 3

Now for the other half;

 7) Another steal grey but with blue undertones, would look nice on the inner portion of the eye with blue smokey eye.

8) Navy blue, slightly more grey tones that no. 10.

9) Beautiful black, deeply pigmented which is really great, sometimes it can be hard to find a good black, can't wait to experiment with this and see how well it blends out.

10) Beautiful deep blue shade, really nice, so excited to try it out.

11) A dark blue, but with slight purpley undertones, think some people call it 'blurple'? ahah, really nice shade.

12) A darker shade of no. 1, beautful also! 

All in all, this is a beautiful palette with pretty, pigmentated shades. Great palette for taking to like a work when you've got a work do straight after and you don't want to take lots of single eyeshadows. Really great selection of colours for the price too! 

RRP: £4

You can find it most local Superdrugs, online at Superdrug here and on the MUA website here.

Thanks for reading! Until next time.

love love,

xoxo 

MUA Heaven & Earth Palette: Review & Swatches

Hello my lovelies, hope you all had a wonderful new year! 

One of my new years resolution is to make sure I try and blog regularly, so lets hope I can keep to this one! 

You can click here to read my first look at this palette, now to get onto the review and swatches .

All of the shadows are shimmer based, and as far as I can tell, the eyeshadows don't have actual names, so I've had to number them:

Lets look at the first half first;

1) A beautiful white shade, perfect for highlighting pale skin tones. I tend to use this lightly from the lid to the eyebrow, then go over again a bit more on the lid and brow bone as a base & highlight.

2) A bronzey brown colour, looks lighter in the pan though, it's great used lightly in the crease, very blendable and you can build the colour up nicely, although it's got great pigmentation, then again they all have! 

3) A gold, yellow based brown, looks green in the pan but it's definitely more yellow. A beautiful shade, but it doesn't really suit me, I'm afraid! 

4) A beautiful chocolatey brown, not as shimmery as the others, which is good in my opinion, great for a brown smokey eye.

5) A cappuccino brown, again not a lot of shimmer which I like, good for a natural eye look, in the crease.

6) Cream based highlight shade, I like to use this on my lids with no. 5 in the crease, really beautiful.

Now for the second half; 

7) A pink based cream, looks more pink based on the skin. Really beautiful colour and great as a highlight.

8) Another chocolatey brown, but darker than no. 4 in the other half. Again great for a brown smokey eye.

9) Orangey copper colour, again I haven't tried this out on my eyes because it doesn't look very nice on me, in my opinion.

10) A mauvey shade, really love this! I often wear it in the crease with no. 6 from the other palette on the lid too.

11) a more yellow based chocolate brown that no. 8 but a gorgeous colour none the less!

12) A darker mauvey colour than no. 10, and is one of my favourite shades of this palette, I don't know if it's possible to be in love with a colour, but I think I am! 

All in all,  it's a really great palette for the money, I've seen a lot of reviews that compare this as a cheaper version of the Urban Decay palette, however I've never used it so I can't say myself. This palette has suprisingly good pay off and pigmentation for the price, great for people who love neutral shadows, or for someone who wants to try them out but doesn't want to spend extortionate amounts on money. 

RRP: £4

Can be found here on the superdrug website or here on the MUA website

Thanks for reading, my next post will be on the MUA Starry Night palette, until next time,

love love

xoxo.

MUA Heaven & Earth Palette: First Impressions

Hey lovlies, this one of the MUA eyeshadow palettes I received at Christmas, here are a few pics.

 They kind of look like the sleek palettes inside, with the 12 pans inside and same sort of size. 

And here is a close up of the pans in natural light. They are some really beautiful natural shades, great for a good daytime look, or you could use the darker shades for a sexy smokey eye for evening or day! I've only been able to have a little play with this palette so far, but the colours are really impressive with a nice silky texture and great to blend! 

They seem, so far, great value for money!

RRP: £4

Available instore at superdrug, and online on there website here or on MUA's own website here.

You can find my review and swatches of the palette here.

Love love

xoxo

Sleek's PPQ Palette 'Me, Myself & Eye'

I know, I know, I'm a bit late on the bandwagon, but when I saw this palette, I knew I had to have it, and so I bought it for myself from someone on ebay, (I'd give you the seller's link but they have none left, it worked out cheaper getting it from them which is a shame!), however my boyfriend gave me the money and said it was from him from christmas ;) 

It's so beautiful!

 Here are the pans, I really really love Lilac Allen, just gotta find a way to wear it!

I find myself mostly wearing 'Nougat' from the Sleek Au Naturel palette with 'Supernova' from this palette in the crease, I'm really into matte looks at the moment, it's a good look! 

 Here is from left to right; Barry White, Black Box, Salt 'n' Peppermint, Fade to Grey, Blue Monday & Supernova.

From left to right; Simply Red, Pink Beret, Primal Green, Chris De Burgundy, Lilac Allen & Golden Silvers.

As you can probably tell, or already know, their names are music puns, which is really clever!

I really do love this palette, hopefully I can put some make up looks for you in the near future.

RRP: £6.49
PPQ Me, Myself & I can be found here on the sleek website.

Sorry for the long break I took from blogging! Had a bit on an unexpected surge in being needed at work so really had no time to blog! But I am back, and bought a few things today ready to swatch and review for you guys!  

I hope you all had a wonderful christmas! And if I don't get on here before, an even better new year! 

Love love

 xoxo.