NYX Ultimate Brights Palette

Hey Dolls,

I’m back after a break filled with uni assignments and presentations so let’s get back to talking about beauty! This week I’m reviewing the NYX Ultimate Brights Palette!

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This palette is not only affordable but is really pigmented and the perfect eyeshadow palette for bright looks, pops of colour and even everyday looks using some of the orange shades.

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I was very impressed with the pigment and blendability of the shades, the colours are also buildable so you can create everything from a subtle look to a bright bold eye! The shade range in the palette is also great with everything from yellows to links to blue and greens. If you buy one palette with bright shades in I would highly recommend this one!

Ciao Bellas,

S

xxx

 

Charlotte Tilbury: Instant Look Palette!

Hey Dolls,

This week I’m going to be reviewing the Charlotte Tilbury’s Instant Look in a Pallette, so let’s go!

I chose the “Beauty Glow” shade of the palette, and oh my I have not been disappointed, literally since the palette arrived on my door step I have used it for my makeup EVERY day!

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The palette contains 3 eye shadows, 2 blushes, a bronzer and highlight- let’s start with the shadows!

The 3 shadows are in brightening, enhancing and smoke- a pearly white, shimmery bronze and Matte medium brown. The shadows are super pigmented creamy and bendable and last all day without any movement.

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Next up bronze and highlight, the bronzer is a perfect shade not too orange or too cool toned and the highlight is a beautiful subtle gold buttery shade that provides the perfect glow!

Along with a huge mirror the palette is completed by Charlotte’s signature swish and pop blush combo resulting in the perfect easy makeup look in one palette. Once again Charlotte Tilbury has smashed it!

Highly recommend you pop this on your Christmas list!

Ciao Bellas,

S

xxx

Review: Rimmel Eyeshadow Palette!

Hey Dolls,

This week is a review of Rimmel Magnificent Eyes Shadow Palette in the shade London  Nudes Calling.

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The reason I picked up this palette was because it had several pinky shades and from the packaging a lot of them looked Matte, and for £7.99 I thought I’d give it a go as I normally love Rimmel Products.

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On closer inspection there are only 2 Matte shades, a pink and black/brown. The pink shade is not very pigmented and hardly shows up whilst the other Matte shade is chalky and doesn’t blend that well.

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The shimmers on the other hand are all very pretty, the second half of the palette and the darker shades being much more pigmented. The first 6 shades I have to build up in order to get the desired finish.

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Unfortunately I was disappointed by this palette and don’t feel it matches up to the quality of Rimmels other products which I love, I haven’t found myself reaching for this palette as it’s hard to create looks as I like my crease colours to be Matte, if you love shimmer all over the lid or a drugstore shimmer palette I would recommend but as an alrounder I wouldn’t recommend which is a shame as it is a perfect travel size palette.

Ciao Bella’s,

S

xxx

Morphe 35O Palette!

Hey Dolls,

This weeks post is about cult beauty product the Morphe 350 Palette.

This Palette is full of beautiful warm toned shimmers and mattes creating the perfect essential, every occasion palette.

The price of this palette is amazing for the quality and pigmentation of the eyeshadows you receive. £23.50 on cultbeauty.co.uk which still have a waiting list for this must have palette!

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I decided to purchase the palette due to the YouTube and blogging hype that surrounded it and I must say I have not been disappointed!

The pigmentation of the shimmers is insane and much better than a lot of the higher end eyeshadow palettes I own, especially the UD Naked Palettes (I love them too!)

The 35O is mostly orange based shades which a good selection of highlight shades and a lovely selection of browns.

I have swatched all 35 shades for you so you can see for yourself how stunning they are and although I only have this Morphe Palette I would definitely recommended you trying one that suits your eye colour and is full of shades you will wear.

Here are all the shadows (top left is top row, top right 2nd, bottom left 3rd, middle 4th, bottom right 5th)

I hope you all have a fantastic weekend!

Ciao Bellas,

S

xxx

Mini Charlotte Tilbury Haul!

Hey Dolls,

I have a mini makeup haul for you beautiful people today!

Like many girls I absolutely love Charlotte Tilbury’s makeup range, her products and packaging are gorgeous however her products are quite pricey so I decided to treat myself after a very stressful term at Sixth Form of coursework, mocks and revision.

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I decided to take the plunge and purchase 4 makeup products and a new liner sharpener as I was in desperate need of a new one which was good quality after having lots snap and break which sucks!

The first two products I bought were the Colour Chameleon Shadow Pencil’s. I got the two for brown eyes in Dark Pearl (top left swatch) and Amber Haze (top middle swatch). The Dark Pearl colour is for day and Amber Haze for night. Now although I have dark brown eyes I find both of these colours super dark if I just apply them all over my lid straight from the pencil for the day time so what I’ve found works really well for a softer look is applying the colour to the centre of your lid and blending it out with a big fluffy shadow brush. The colours are beautiful and super pigmented, so for me all over straight from the pencil is perfect for creating a dramatic evening look. The formula is super creamy and unlike some other cream shadow sticks I’ve tried I get absolutely no creasing or smudging especially when I use an eyeshadow primer underneath. I will definitely be purchased some more of these in the lighter colours for a perfect spring/summer day time look.

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I already have a Charlotte Tilbury lipstick from the K.I.S.S.I.N.G collection in Bitch Perfect which I love and after seeing the quality I knew I needed to try a gloss as the summer months draw closer! I adore this colour which is Portobello Girl (bottom left swatch) it is just the perfect pinky peach gloss for spring and with glowing skin and soft gold eye it looks perfect! I was not disappointed with the quality of the gloss, it is one of the best pigmented glosses I’ve used, it’s not sticky and it actually lasts instead of coming off in 10 minutes like lots of other lip glosses! I will definitely be buying more!

My final product was the Film Star on the Go palette in Rebel without a Cause. Now I was so excited to use this palette but was left a little disappointed and for £42 that was not good. The packaging is stunning and the pink lip and cheek colour (bottom right swatch) is beautiful, its really pigmented and blendable. When I put it on my lips it is also really moisturising. The thing I was disappointed with was the gold shadow, when I swatched it I loved the formula it was really creamy but felt like it would go from cream to powder. However the pigmentation is rubbish for a gold shadow especially when you compare it to amber haze and Urban Decay’s Half Baked. Not only was the pigmentation not great it was super difficult to apply with a brush as I got no coverage, the same with my finger it just moved about and when I eventually got it on it creased in a few hours so I was not impressed especially as the quality and pigmentation of all the other products are bought was amazing!

But I would 100% recommend any of the other products I purchased!

 

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And remember dolls don’t let anyone dull your sparkle!

Ciao Bellas!

SSS

xxx