NYC Smooch proof lip stain.

Lip stains are a great way of putting colour on your lips without having to reapply during the day. The trend with them at the moment is to be in a felt tip pen. I'm a lip product junkie and love grabbing new lippies whenever I see one. I've used a few lip stains before and have hated having to apply them. The nail polish like brushes are annoying and don't give an even finish so I always use a lip brush, so when I saw this one in my local Superdrug I picked up and decided to give it a try.

NYC Lipstain - £3.99 superdrug

I grabbed Berry long time. Which is a beautiful pinky berry colour. It applies to the lips really easy and gives a subtle wash of colour. The amount of colour applied to the lips is enough to see a change but too much.

The trend is to have them in a felt tip pen style applicator, which I love. These pens give you more control on how you apply and allow you to create effortless neat lines around your lips. With these there is no need for an additional lip liner as you can line your lips with it.  The product smells like sugary sweets. I have used this a fair few times since buying and I must say it does last a long time! I've used it on nights out and the next morning its still there, which is good if I'm just wanting a wash of lip gloss but not if I'm planning on a new colour. It is quite hard to take off you do need a little elbow grease.


I use this as a base for berry lipsticks (such as Kate Moss matte 107) as once the lip stick has worn off there is still colour on the lips and the change is minimal. It does mean when your out and about if your lip colour does wash off you can leave it longer than normal to reapply.

Do you use lip stains? Let me know which ones work best!

xoxo - Lizzy

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MUA Cream blushers.

Cream blushers are great way to apply colour to the cheeks. You can get so many different looks with one product. You can wear them sheer for a wash of colour or build them up for a more intense look. Everyones favorite budget brand MUA recently released 4 shades. I picked up 3 of them as I'm sure you're aware there stock just doesn't hang around!

Left to right - Bittersweet, Blossom and Dolly

Each little tray contains 3.2 grams of product. A fair amount for £2.They come in a clear topped flip open case, which is great for finding a colour quickly and being able to see it straight away. 

Left to right - Bittersweet, Blossom and Dolly

The formula doesn't have a scent to it, they kind of smell like Vaseline. The texture is nice and creamy its not sticky or slidey on your fingers. It glides on to the cheeks giving a subtle glow that lasts all day. It doesn't look to greasy on the skin just a slight sheen. These blushers can also be set with the matching powder blush from their £1 range. Which is great keeps the product on longer while not muting the colour. 

The colours I chose are Bittersweet, Blossom and Dolly. Bittersweet is a cute girly baby pink and corresponds to shade 1. Blossom is a darker pink with a touch of brown and would be set with shade 2. Blossom I sometimes use as a cream contour when I want a more subtle colouring. Lastly Dolly is a beautiful  peachy pink and goes with shade 5. 

Left to right - Bittersweet, Blossom and Dolly

Applying cream blusher is so easy, you can either pick up a small amount of product with your fingers and blend and build the colour to the desired intensity. By patting it into the skin along the cheek bones and onto the apples and blending the edges out you get the best effect.  You can also use which ever foundation brush you use. Pick up a small amount of colour and work is as you would a powder blush. Just as you would with your fingers build up the colour. Once you've applied the cream set it with the coordinating  powder blush and you're set to go. 

Do you use cream blushers? What ones are your favorites? Let me know =] 

xoxo - Lizzy

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My must have mattes!

As I've said before I have oily skin and am prone to oil slicks on my face! To combat this I use a whole host of matte finishing products. My favourites are:

1. MAC Studio fix concealer. I love this concealer. It is thick and gives a flawless finish to the skin. It is also a full coverage concealer which covers anything I may have on my face. Having oily skin I am prone to breakouts to a good concealer is a must. With this one I find it doesn't slide around my face and it stays on beautifully through out the day. It does crease a small amount but I so far haven't found a great full coverage concealer that doesn't to some extent. It doesn't dry shiney or gooey. A small amount really covers an awful lot. A small swipe can completely do under my eyes and round my nose. (£14.50 at MAC counters or online. Find them in House of Fraser and selected Debanhams.)
2. Rimmel stay Matte pressed powder. I love this powder, it isn't chalky or cakey on my skin and I only need to load my brush two to three times to do my whole face and neck area. This powder keeps my foundation set all day and soaks up any unwanted oil. It keeps my skin so soft as well. (£3.99 most chemists, drug stores and super markets)
3. Maybelline Dream Matte Mouse, This is a holy grail product for me. I could not live my life without it. For me it keeps my skin looking flawless while keeping me shine free. I know alot of other bloggers hate this foundation but I simply Love it. The colour is a perfect match for my skin tone and one jar lasts me around a month. I blend it in with my real techniques expert face brush. It doesn't sit in my pores or dry my skin out. I can put this on early morning and it still looks matte and perfect when I arrive home some hours later. Even on a night out it stays put. (£7:69 Superdrug, Boots and selected independent chemists)

A few other products to keep my skin matte

Urban Decays De Slick: This sets my skin perfectly and keeps the shine at bay. You can also use this to prime the skin by spraying onto your skin before starting your make up routine. 

Urban Decays Eden primer potion: This keeps my eye lids oil free. Occasionally I find that my eye lids can become rather oily and my eye make up separates leaving greasy lines. Using Eden which is a mattifying primer potion this doesnt happen. It keeps my shadow looking exactly how I applied it that morning. With no creasing or with it sliding off. 

Using all these products together I find I can achieve a better standard of make up. My make up looks better and stays on my skin much better and for much longer. It also helps keep breakouts to a minimum as I rarely swap my basic make up products. 

Do you have oily skin? What products do you swear by? Which would you recommend to me? Let me know -[ 

xoxo - Lizzy

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Rimmel Glam eyes

Liquid Liner, every girls best friend! I never stay loyal to one liquid eye liner, There's always something for me to complain about. But finally I've found one I actually like and its been under my nose the whole time!

Rimmel Glam eye £5.29

My local Superdrug currently has an offer where if you spend £6:99 on Rimmel products you get this free. So I got this after buying my usual staples. I was a bit skeptical to use it at first as I always find liquid liners to be a bit annoying. Theres always something I hate about them no matter what brand so I switched to gel liner and didn't look back. Until I decided to give this a try, what was the worst that could happen it was a free promotional gift so I wasn't loosing in anyway.

Glam eyes brush.

I actually liked it! The handle is great. Just the right length and thickness to get a great amount of control and to apply the right pressure. The brush itself is a soft bristle brush. Normally I hate these, the bristles splay out and just make a huge mess but with this one its easy to get a neat thin line or a thicker line if you desire it. I find I can do more with one flick of the brush and do not need to go to back for more product.

Swatched. 

This eye liner lasts all day without going peely or cracking like some low end eye liners do. I need my make up to last all day especially my eye make up, being at Uni I don't have time between lectures to be reapplying make up. So this fits the bill just right. It lasts all day until I remove it. It's also a nice eye liner to remove. Some eye products are pretty stubborn to take off. This one a small amount of eye make up remover on a cotton round and it comes straight off in one.

What eye liners do you use? Know of any other good liquid eye liners? Let me know =]

xoxo - Lizzy

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MUA Prow Brow: The ultimate eyebrow kit.

Everyone wants nice eyebrows. Eyebrows frame your face and lets face it without them we just look weird! After running becoming frustrated with the look of my eye brows using a pencil I decided it was time for a change and some powder and wax was the way to go.

My local Superdrug is a bit hit and miss with its stock so when I saw this and saw it was on offer I didn't hesitate to grab it! Just what I was looking for and more for only £3!


The brow kit comes with 3 different shades of brow powder. One light one medium and one dark. It also comes with a wax, a double ended brush and a pair of mini tweezers. The kit also boasts a rather nice large mirror. Perfect for on the go touch ups!  The packaging is really nice and sleek and is easy to handle.

I use the medium shade in the pan it looks pretty light but once blended into my brows its perfect, occasionally I might opt for the darker shade and rock an ombre eyebrow look. The powders are nice and creamy and really blendable. They aren't chalky or cakey. The lightest colour also doubles up as a highlighter.  The wax is great it slicks eye brows into place and sets them for the day. Its a clear wax so it doesn;t add any colour to your brows. So for them days when you don't want to add colour you can just set them in place with the wax and go.

The only problem I have with the kit is the brush. It is a bit fiddly and quite harsh. Its a blunt brush and I just don't like it. So I use an angled liner brush that I have instead and its fine. I do use the brush for the wax though. The tweezers are great. I always find mine go missing in the sea of my 'junk drawer' in my make up drawers. (My junk drawer consists of false eye lashes, tweezers, excess make up, scissors etc)  So having these in the kit is so handy for removing the strays in between getting my eye brows done.

Darkest to lightest from top to bottom

My top tip for doing eye brows: To avoid that awful too dark look start with the lightest colour and work up to the darkest to find your perfect shade and fill brows in then set with wax.

HAve you used this brow kit? Prefer a pencil? Let me know your thoughts =]

xoxo - Lizzy

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Rimmel Kate Moss Matte Lipstick.

Rimmels Kate Moss signature lipstick collection has been hugely successful. I love the original collection and as soon as I heard that a matte collection was on sale I made a bee line to my local Boots on my lunch break at uni to grab one.

They have the same style of packaging as the original line but to differentiate quickly between the two they have made these red. Which is great they stand out in my lipstick box which makes for easy grabbing and easy finding in your hand bag!

Colour 101 on left and 107 on the right.

I chose colours 101 and 107.

101 is a beautiful rosy pink. Which looks great day and night. The formula is the same great one you'd expect from Rimmel. For a matte colour these aren't too drying. Obviously matte colours do usually dry your lips out but its nothing a little lip balm cant fix. For a pale colour this is really opaque and blocks out the darker pink of my lips. It also lasts on my lips for a good 3 to 4 hours depending on what I'm doing.

Left to right 107 and 101

107

Photos really do not do this colour justice. It is a beautiful berry colour that sits perfectly on the lips. It's a perfect berry colour that isnt too dark or to pinky. The matte finish on these isn't too harsh like some other matte lipsticks I've tried.  I love these for an evening out or to make a day time make up look a little on the vampy side. This one being darker does have a little tendancy to bleed a little and to leave a lip line stain, but if you're like me you'll be reapplying so this wont be a problem. The great thing I love about matte lipsticks is you have 2 products in one tube. If I decide I love these colour and want to wear them out but Don't really fancy the matte finish I can just add a slick of one of my favorite lipglosses and there you have it another look.

For £5:49 these are a steal and make a great addition to anyones make up bag.

Do you have any of the other colours? Found any other great matte lippires? Let me know =]

xoxo - Lizzy

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Schwarzkopf Color XXL

I'm a hair chameleon and decided that after 3 years of having bright red hair it was time for a change. So I went for a purple colour and chose Schwarzkopf as I love how vibrant their hair dyes are.

Schwarzkopf are one of the leading hair dye brands both in home dying and professional so when it comes to dying mine they are the go to brand. I find that for the size of the product and the amount of money your paying for the product there is enough in one bottle to completely cover my mid length hair which is fairly thick. Normally for my length hair I find I do need with some brands 2 bottles to completely cover and get an even coverage with the hair dye. Nothing worse than freshly dyed hair but a massive patch where youve missed it or had to leave it where you've run out of dye! The dye itself is easy to use and is easy to do by yourself. The only downside is the size of the conditioner. A few hair dye brands do give you alot of conditioner which is meant to last you up to 6 treatments. With this the bottle size is almost enough to do your whole hair just the once.

One thing I like about Schwarzkopf is there isn't an over whelming hair dye smell. It doesn't smell particularly pleasant but definitely isn't the worst smelling! 

The box stated it should come out similar to this colour. As with all hair dyes this does depend on the colour your hair already is. Mine started as a bright red with a bleached dip dye ends. leaving this on for the stated 30 minutes left me with this result.

My starting colour.

Finished colour.

Its much darker than I expected it to be It is in some lights almost black but in other lights it is very purple. I think its going to take alot of getting used to to be honest! But I do like it so far! As you can see from the images with a lot of light on my hair it does look purple but without being so close with good lighting just very very dark.

How my hair looks up close.

What hair dyes do you use? Had any hair dye horror stories! Let me know =]

xoxo - Lizzy

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Sleek Contouring Kit.

I have been looking for a perfect contouring kit for a while, i usually would use a bronzer and either a powder high lighter or a shimmery pale eye shadow, but while I was scanning the shelves of my local drugstore I came across this sleek complete contouring kit. I picked up Light which is great for lighter skin tones like mine. Sleek was originally a collection for women of colour. I used to work in an independent beauty boutique where we had a small sleek stand and alot of the products didn't come in lighter colours. Now the brand has exploded and everyone whos a bit savvy grabs their stuff while its around. (This product has been out of stock in a number of stores for a little while now!)

Sleek contouring palette £9.99

The packaging for this product is divine! It looks almost like a bar of chocolate not a make up palette. It is a nice sized compact. It would easily slip into someones hand bag for the night.

I can see why they have named the company sleek, as all the products are in a nice sleek package. The palette itself is nice and easy to open. So all products are protected from accidental dropping.

The palette has great sized products inside and a big mirror which is always handy so you can contour on the move. The colours are perfect for fair skin like mine. The contouring colour is a matte shade which is great news when contouring.  The high light shade and the blush are shimmer shades.

top to bottom: contour shade, highlight shade, blush shade.

The blush shade is a beautiful burnt coppery orange. I find it to be quite reminiscent of urban decays chopper eye shadow. It does look beautiful when worn. I go get a few compliments on the colour when I'm out and about. The high light is also a shimmery shade in a beautiful ivory colour. This shade catches the light perfectly when your out and about.

All three powders are beautifully soft and blend like a dream on your skin. I use a large angled blush brush to blend these and they look amazing. Together they make my cheeks pop. The highlight and contour also look fab with any other blusher you may have you don't need to use the one in this palette. All three products together give the skin a natural glow

Since buying this I am putting the blush palette they do on my wish list!

Do you use sleek? What products do you swear by? Let me know =]

xoxo - Lizzy

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Rimmel Stay Matte

I have oily skin so am constantly on a mission for products that keep my skin nice and matte and keep the oil slick away! Powder is the easiest thing to do this with. With a good powder I can be a bit naughty and use a liquid foundation. My all time favorite powder is Rimmel's stay matte.

Rimmel star matte powder £3.99

This powder is great for people with oily skin like mine. Using this I am sheen free all day. They have a wide range of colours to suit every skin tone as well as a translucent.

I'm quite pale in the winter I'm an NC20 so I use peach glow, which is a beautiful colour. It gives the skin a subtle glow without being too over powering, it doesn't change the colour of my foundation much at all. The one thing I love about this powder is yes at £3.99 it is pretty cheap but you don't get the usual cheap characteristics, the powder doesn't create alot of dust, it isn't chalky on the skin. It glides on effortlessly and a little goes a long way. Its a really easy powder to buff into the skin.

Do you use Rimmels stay matte? Found any other powders which keep your skin matte all day? Let me know!

xoxo - Lizzy

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Cha Cha Tint Benefit

Benefit products are go to for me. I love the design the smells and how great the products are. I've been debating with myself whether or not I want to purchase the Cha Cha tint. I'm not a huge fan of tints and find them a bit awkward to use so I didn't want to spend the cash on a bottle for me to hate it. So when I saw that Instyle were giving away mini tints with their November issue I had to search for the cha cha tint!

The sample size is 4 ml which is enough to try a fair few times and get a feel for the product.  Cha Cha tint is a gorgeous mango coloured cream tint. Its not a watery one that you need to layer up a few times to get a good colour pay off. With one dip you can cover a cheek or a mouth.

I love this as a lip tint, its opaque enough to give a full lipstick coverage and can be sheer enough to give just a tinge of colour. Im not to crazy about it as a cheek tint, I find its quite hard to blend as it dries so fast,. You really need to work fast with it. If I blend out with my fingers I can get a better look and find I don't leave those tell tell lines where the tint has started to dry in the position I've applied it. I did try to blend in with a brush and it did work but when the product had dried you could see a darker patch where the product had sat for a few seconds.

You used any good tints? Let me know

xoxo - Lizzy

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Kate Moss for Rimmel

I have a bit of an obsession with lipstick at the moment. I just can't resist a pretty lip colour and how one simple item can change a whole make up look.

 A while ago I came across the Kate moss for Rimmel range and saw a beautiful deep purple colour, (colour 4) and just had to have it! I'm a massive fan of the Rimmel lasting finish lipsticks already and of their moisture rich lippies. So I didn't hesitate to pick it up.

The formula is great the lipstick glides on effortlessly over the lip and their super moistuising as well. I do find where this is such a dark colour it can go on pretty patchy if I use a brush so I do put it on straight from the stick and blend the edges gently with a brush for a polished finish.

Colour 4 is a very deep plumy purple colour which makes for a nice gothy/grundgy look. I also use it along with a deep pink or a red to create an ombre look across my lips. This colour would look so stunning on someone with a deeper skin tone than mine as I am really pale so it does wash my skin out if I dont use a touch of bronzer or a warm blush.

Loving the first one as much as I do obviously I had to purchase another colour. So I picked up 26 which is a beautiful nude colour. This particular colour has a real full coverage on the lips. My lips are naturally quite pigmented and using nudes can sometimes mean I have to use a concealer to try to block out my colour or I have to really layer the colour on, But this one goes on like a dream. Its a shade that doesn't look as though I have used concealer it has a nice apricot colour to it. It smells fab like sweets. I love layering this with my Urban Decay lip junkie in midnight cowboy as this gives it a beautiful shine and really doesnt interfere with the colour of the lipstick.

With both these shades they both last for ages on the lip. I wear the nude to university and most days I've applied it around 7ish in the mornings and it doesn't need a reapply till 2 which is great for me! Means I don't have to keep getting a lip stick out and applying the colour in between lectures, when your a student you just don't have time for that.

Left 4 right 26

I have recently also purchased a nice matt colour from the collection which I'm currently trying out. I will post about this in a few days.

As with all Rimmel products you can pick them up in Superdrug and Boots stores as well as online. You can also find Rimmel in many independent chemists and supermarket stores.


Have you tried any Kate Moss for Rimmel lip sticks? Which ones are your favorites? Let me know!

xoxo - Lizzy

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Oral B 3D white

Like most people I want a nice set of pearly whites. You name the product I've tried it. Most of them I've persevered with and ended up discontinuing use mainly due to the taste of them. So when I saw Oral B were bringing out their own whitening tooth paste I had to try it. I love Oral B toothpastes already I'm so fussy about the taste of most tooth pastes that there's only a few I'l use and Oral B taste nice and I love the clean feeling my teeth are left with after brushing.

The tooth paste comes in 2 different types Brilliance and Enamel protection. I choose Brilliance. The packaging on this is nice its easy to open and easy to get the tooth paste out. The taste is surprisingly nice to. Its not too minty and not to dentist tasting.


This is the second tube I've brought, I've been using it for a month and can tell a fair amount of difference in my teeth They are much whiter in general since using this tooth paste. I have found that if for some reason I use a different toothpaste the colour does fade back to my natural colour but its okay you can get back to where you were after a few brushes.

One of my favorite things about this toothpaste is that instead of the normal red or blue stripes the stripes on this are purple!

I do like this toothpaste and it has made a difference, have you tried this? Or tried something better? Let me know

xoxo - Lizzy

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Garnier Soothing eye make up remover

 One problem I always have is I wear too much eye make up and nothing ever gets it off! I always wake up like a panda even though I go to sleep thinking I've removed it all. So I went on a mission to find a good eye make-up remover. On my journey I found this:

Garnier soothing eye make up remover £2.99

Garnier's Simply Essentials Soothing eye make-up remover. I have sensitive eyes and alot of products make them sting so seeing that there was :

• No perfume
• No alcohol
• No colourants

I was sold and grabbed a bottle to try. The label claims that it 'perfectly dissolves mascara' I was a bit skeptical as I wear an awful lot of mascara. But I was pleasantly surprised  My eye make up melted away using this. Just a small cotton round soaked in the liquid gently pressed onto the eye area and very nearly everything was removed. A little agitation was needed to remove some of the more stubborn bits.  

What other eye make up removers out there are good? Let me know. 

xoxo - Lizzy

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Maybelline Master smoky

Maybelline Master smoky pencil: £5.99

Like every girl I love a good smoky eye and a good dramatic eye. So those great people at Maybelline have created a quick and easy pencil to create just that! The master smokey shadow pencil is a dark smudgey pencil that creates effortless smokey eyes in a flash.

The pencil itself is a jumbo black pencil. Its highly pigmented and blends really well. Its the quickest way to create a smokey look especially when you're having one of those lazy days where doing your make up is a chore. They are waterproof and take a little elbow grease to get off. (I swatched this in store on my lunch break and it was still intact when I go home eventhough I'd washed my hands twice during the day!) I would suggest a primer as it did crease really quick but then I do have greasy lids so everything creases on me! It was really easy to blend out and you can build it up.

Top: unblended bottom: blended

You can use it to line the waterline as well. Multi use pencil! Over all I like this, I'l probably layer a matte black shadow over the top to intensify the effect.

You got the master smoky? How do you use yours? Let me know

xoxo - Lizzy

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MeMeMe blush

I'm a bit obsessed with coral blushes at the moment. I love how they look on my skin and how they warm up my skin. While wandering the make up aisle in my local drug store recently I came across this:

 MeMeMe's blush box in coral. There was no way I could resist I'm a sucker for pretty girly looking make up. I love MeMeMe Cosmetics. Their packaging is stunning and really stands out in my make up drawers. The quality of their products is so beautiful.

Looks just like a Benefit box o powders but at only £8.50 how could I say no?
The blush comes with a square brush and a lid sized mirror. As small mirrors go its actually pretty good.

The coral colour is really nice, its not overly orange or overly pink it has a subtle hint of gold shimmer. It is highly pigmented and a small amount goes along way. It blends out across my cheeks really well. It looks great used very lightly on my pale skin but I can imagine this looking phenomenal on someone which a much darker complexion than mine.  The formula is great its nice and creamy. When swirling a brush around the box hardly any dust is made which is great. Means less product wastage.

The brush included is very much like one you'd find in a benefit box o powders. Its small with a wooden handle. Its good for on the go and don't have a brush handy but it is hard to control well and to blend in properly, so I do find using a blush brush much easier. Using a blush brush gives a much better finish to the product.

You can purchase MeMeMe at your local Superdrug store or online here.

What MeMeMe products have you used? Let me know below

xoxo - Lizzy

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MUA powder blushes.

MUA have slowly started to become a much blogged about brand. Having seen them countless times in my local Superdrug and buying a good chunk of their lip stick range, which I love!, I decided to jump right in and purchase a few of their blushers.

Top to bottom shade 5, 3 and 1

The photograph really does not do these blushes any justice at all!!

 I purchased shades 1,3 and 5.

Shade 1

 Shade one is a shimmery light pink.

Shade 3

 Shade 3 is a dark shimmery pinky brown colour.

Shade 5

Shade 5 is a shimmery coral colour.

Top to bottom 1, 3 and 5

I was so skeptical about using these as they are only £1, having used a few cheap blushes before and finding the pigmentation was very poor and I needed to really build the product up to get even a hint of colour on my cheeks I was so surprised by what I got.  These are so pigmented I find that I often have to blend them out as I've gotten so heavy handed with them.  One quick swirl around with my real techniques blush brush gives a perfect amount of colour. They aren't chalky at all and sit perfectly on my skin. The do kick up a fair amount of dust when picking the colour up but most powders do.

For £1 they aren't in amazing cute packaging just standard plastic flip up cases. The case does allow to pop out the pan so you could put them into a palette if you wanted to.

They were completely not what I expected and I must say I'm converted! For £1 I really can't complain about them. Am definitely going to purchase some other bits from their range.

You can purchase MUA at selected Superdrug stores and online Here and Here

Have you used any MUA products? What ones do you love and recommend?

xoxo - Lizzy

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