30 Day Make Up Challenge: Day 4

Well well well! Day 4! I got the inspiration from this video (click here)

Products used:

E.L.F Complete Coverage Concealer

Sleek Au Naturel Palette in Nougat & Taupe

Bella Pierre pigment in Champagne (3)
Studio London in Turquoise Skies 

Sleek Kohl Eye Pencil in White (131)

Collection 2000 Extreme 24 hour Felt Tip Liner

Barry M Intense Black Eyeliner Pen

 Bourjois Coup de Théâtre 2 in 1 False Lash Effect Mascara in Noir Exceptionnel (51)

Eyelure Shape & Shade Brow Pencil & Tamer in Medium

E.L.F Wet Gloss & Brow Gel

How I did it: 

1) Using the second shade in of the E.L.F Complete Coverage Concealer, I covered my under eye and lid up to the brow.
2) Using Nougat from the Sleek Au Naturel palette, I covered the lid up to the brow lightly, then concentrated more on the brow bone as an highlight.
3) I used Bella Pierre Pigment in Champagne on the lid then blended it upwards into the crease.
4) I then used Taupe from the Sleek palette to deepen the colour of the crease, didn't really show up that well in the picture though!
5) Using the Sleek Kohl Eyeliner penci in white, I made a line, or flick from the outer corner outwards
6) I then used the Collection 2000 felt tip liner to line the eye and made a cat eye wing above the white, and then a pointy bit by the inner corner.
7) I used Studio London's turquoise skies with a pencil brush and lined the lower lash line up to underneath the white line.
8) I tight lined and lined the waterline with the Barry M eyeliner and used a few swipes the false lash effect mascara.
5) I filled in my eyebrows with the Eyelure Shape & Shade Brow Pencil and then set in place with the E.L.F Wet Gloss & Brow Gel


Hope you enjoyed! Talk to you soon,
love love
xoxo.

30 Day Make Up Challenge: Day 3

Now we're on day 3! This is quite a dramatic look, I was dying to mess around with some glitter! 

Products used: 

E.L.F Complete Coverage Concealer

Sleek Au Naturel Palette in Nougat & Noir

E.L.F Shimmer Pencil in Boldly Bronzed

MAC Glitter in Antique Gold

Sleek Kohl Eye Pencil in White (131)

Collection 2000 Extreme 24 hour Felt Tip Liner

Barry M Intense Black Eyeliner Pen

Rimmel Day 2 Night Glam Eyes Mascara

Eyelure Shape & Shade Brow Pencil & Tamer in Medium

E.L.F Wet Gloss & Brow Gel

How I did it:

1) Covered whole eye area in E.L.F Complete Coverage Concealer (second from left shade)

2) Take Nougat from the Sleek Au Naturel palette and use lightly from lid to brow bone, then concentrate more on the brow bone and inner corner as a highlight.

3) Cover you lid in E.L.F's Shimmer Pencil in Bodly bronzed, and blend with your finger. (Creased so bad! Should of put an eyeshadow on top of it to set it, totally forgot! )

4) Pat on Antique Gold, try to get it on just the lid.

5) Use Noir from the same Sleek palette and line it in the crease, blend upwards, and then apply more in the sort of center, to give it a cut crease look. After, blend some more under the lower water line.

6) I then used the Collection 2000 eyeliner to line my eye with a wing.

7) I tight lined and lined my water line with the Barry M eyeliner

8) Filled in brows with the Eyelure Shape &Shade brow pencil and then fixed in place with the E.L.F Wet Gloss & Brow Gel

Hope you enjoyed this look :) it's so beautiful, be careful of the fall out though! That Antique Gold get's literally everywhere! 

Love love

xoxo.

30 Day Make Up Challenge: Day 2

Hey! Day 2 of the challenge. Here is a day look, hope you enjoy!

Products used:

E.L.F Complete Coverage Concealer

Sleek Au Naturel Palette in Nougat & Bark

Collection 2000 Extreme 24 hour Felt Tip Liner
Sleek Kohl Eye Pencil in White (131)

Barry M Intense Black Eyeliner Pen

 Bourjois Coup de Théâtre 2 in 1 False Lash Effect Mascara in Noir Exceptionnel (51)

Eyelure Shape & Shade Brow Pencil & Tamer in Medium

E.L.F Wet Gloss & Brow Gel


How I did it:
1) Used E.L.F Complete Coverage Concealer all over the eye and under eye.
2) Used Nougat from the Sleek Au Naturel Palette in Nougat all over from the lid to brow, and then concentrate more on the brow bone and even more on the lid.
3) Get very little of Bark, and blend it lightly into the crease, to get a light warm brown colour, then get more of the product to darken the outer corner and crease. (It's best to do this step building up colour, it's easier to add colour but not take away)
4) Line the upper lash line and make it winged using the Collection 2000 Extreme 24 hour Felt Tip Liner.
5) Line the waterline with Sleek Kohl Pencil in White.
6) Tight line the upperlash line & lightly use under the lower with Barry M Intense Black Eyeliner Pen.
6) Coat the lashes with  Bourjois Coup de Théâtre 2 in 1 False Lash Effect Mascara in Noir Exceptionnel.
7) Fill in eyebrows with the Eyelure Shape & Shade Brow Pencil and set in place with the E.L.F Wet Gloss & Brow Gel.


All done! Really quick and easy look for everyday and / or for work / school. I wear it to work often! 


Until next time,
love love
xoxo.

30 Day Make Up Challenge: Day 1

I was looking through some beauty blogs today, and I came across this blog, (click here) so I decided to jump on the bandwagon ;)

Here is my day 1 entry;

It's a purpley smokey eye, would look lovely in the evening :) 

Products used:

E.L.F Complete Coverage Concealer

Sleek Au Naturel Palette in  Nougat

MUA Starry Night Palette: Numbers 5, 9, 11, 12. (click here for the pictures to go with numbers)

Sleek Kohl Eye Pencil in White (131)

Collection 2000 Extreme 24 hour Felt Tip Liner

Barry M Intense Black Eyeliner Pen

 Bourjois Coup de Théâtre 2 in 1 False Lash Effect Mascara in Noir Exceptionnel (51)

Eyelure Shape & Shade Brow Pencil & Tamer in Medium

E.L.F Wet Gloss & Brow Gel

How I did it:

1)I covered from lid to brow and undereye in the second shade from the left of the E.L.F Complete Coverage Concealer

2)Covered from lid to eye in Nougat from the Sleek 'Au Naturel' palette and concentrated a bit more on the brow bone for highlight.

3) Used No. 5 (click here for the review so you can see what colours I am referring to) on the inner corner.

4) Used No. 12 all over the lid, blending a little into the No. 5 & underneath the lower lash line.

5) Used No.11 in the crease, not really blending into No.12 so it's more of a cut crease.

6) No. 9 blended into the outer portion of the cut crease.

7) Used Collection 2000 Extreme 24 hour Felt Tip Liner to line upper lash line with a wing

8) Lined the water line with Sleek Kohl Eye Pencil in White.

9) Tight lined upper lash line with Barry M Intense Black Eyeliner Pen

10) Used Coup de Théâtre 2 in 1 False Lash Effect Mascara in Noir Exceptionnel on upper lashes x 2 coats and once on bottom lashes.

11) Filled in lashes, & combed with Eyelure Shape & Shade then used E.L.F Wet Gloss & Brow Gel.

Then all done! Hope you enjoyed this look, until next time! 

Love love

xoxo.

New Product Alert: Limited Edition Cheryl Cole Lipstick!

Cheryl Cole is in her third year of her campaign for L'oreal, and now she's bring out a lippy for a great cause.

This month, we'll be seeing her shade no. 297 Red Passion being sold with her Limited Edition Cheryl Cole packaging, and £1 from every sale will go to the Cheryl Cole Foundation, in aid of Prince's Trust. 

The Prince's Trust helps young people who have been in trouble with school, or the law, and helps them get into education, training or jobs. Which is great considering youth unemployment is supposed to be something like at an all time low at the minute! 

Here's a press pic; 

The packaging is so classy and beautiful! So tempted to buy this as it looks so great and goes to such a wonderful cause! 

You can / will be able to find this product at Boots and Superdrug.

 L'Oreal Cheryl Cole Limited Edition Color Riche Lipstick 

 RRP: £8.16

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.

E.L.F: Mini Haul & Swatches

E.L.F had another code (it was a mystery gift one which turned out to be the Christmas Make Up Clutch Palette found here) so I took advantage! Here is what I bought;

Eyes

Here is the Shimmer Eyeliner Pencil in 'Bodly Bronzed' really like this colour! & The sharpener pencil lid is also a plus! Really proud of this for it's price! 

RRP: £1.50 each

Lips

I got some of the new lip products!

 Here is the Studio Pout Perfector, the box says it's in the colour 'Glow' but you can't get any other colours, so I don't know if they'll be bringing more out! 

Here are the swatches, there's so much glitter! Makes me feel so christmassy! On first impressions though, not too impressed with the applicator, found it a bit hard so it's kind of hard to get an even finish, I'll have a play about though and see if I need a change of technique.

 RRP: £3.50 each

Here is one of the new Studio Glossy Glosses, I had to get my hands on 'Merry Cherry' with Christmas coming up! Yaaaay

 Here are the swatches, really beautiful shade, however there is a bit of a stain left on my arm from it, woops!

RRP: £3.50 each

Here are the Studio Glitter Glosses I purchased, I got Ruby Raspberry (on the left) and Jeweled Jam (on the right)

Sorry for the flash! British weather wasn't on my side today :( so you can't really see the beautiful glitteryness!

The natural light was so awful today you can't see the glitter how annoying! At least you can see with the flash, the Ruby Raspberry (on the left) is much more pigmented than Jeweled Jam (on the right) but Jewelled Jam has yellow, purple and pinky glitter which is so beautiful! Whereas Ruby Raspberry only has pink glitter, which is more wearable :)

This is the best picture I could take! It definitely reminds me of the J2O Glitterberrys!

So much beautiful glitter! 

RRP: £3.50 each

Here are the lip glosses all together 

Again apologies for the picture not being the best! :( The Pout Perfector has more product than the glossy and glitter glosses, but they fit in your hand bag perfectly & have an amazing vanilla scent! £3.50 is so cheap you might as well try some of them out! 

Want me to do a proper review on these? Let me know! 

Until next time, love love

xoxo.