MUA poptastic palette

I love eye shadow palettes and playing with many looks you can achieve with them. I have been playing with MUA's poptastic palette lately. 

The poptastic is a collection of 12  bright colours. A mixture of shimmers and mattes. There is a great mix of colours in this palette perfect for a variety of looks. 

Mine is now a bit battered where I've used it a fair amount wet and dry. 

In usual MUA style the shades are pigmented and beautifully creamy. Normally I find that matte purple shades are awful to work with but the one in the palette is actually rather nice! 

Top row swatched. 

Bottom row swatched

They are beautiful in there own but used over a nice shimmery primer (like sin by Urban Decay) and the colours pop. 

This palette is great for creating a full on colourful eye look or for adding just a pop of colour to the eyes. I love using the greens to add a little something to a neutral eye. Or the golden colours for a bright highlight. 

Just a quick look created with the palette  and Rimmel glam eyes, eye liner in Aqua.

Have you used the poptastic palette? Whats your favourite MUA palette?? Let me know!

xoxo - Lizzy 

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Nails of The Week

This week I have been loving Sinful Colors! Boots have started to stock the Sinful Colors range so last time I was there I picked up a few.

I have been solidly wearing Nirvana which is a gorgeous taupe colour. With L'Oreal nail confetti as an accent nail.

The only down side to Nirvana is they've said its a matte finish and its more of a glossy finish. But nothing a matte top coat can't fix!

Have you tried sinful colors? Let me know!

xoxo - Lizzy

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Riri Woo Mac

I'm a lip sick junkie and a sucker for a good celebrity collaboration so obviously I had to purchase Riri Woo. I know everyones read about it and seen about it but I had to tell you all about it! I got it as a present to myself for completing my dissertation and it's beautiful!

Riri Woo is based on the classic Ruby Woo but is darker and more of a blue based lipstick.

I have found that Riri Woo isn't as drying as Ruby Woo. Its also more versatile and suits more skin tones. For me its the perfect red and looks so glam when its on. 

This has become my go to red. If your unsure about matte shades you can always use a gloss over the top, just make sure you keep your lips in tip top condition. Use a lip scrub or an old soft toothbrush and gently exfoliate them and use a lip balm. 

This is relaunched next month so I hope if you don't have one you can get your  hands on one! 

What do you think of Riri Woo? Let me know! 

xoxo - Lizzy

 

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Sleep Lip4 lipstick palette

I love lipsticks All colours all finishes all brands I just love them all. I have so many its unreal! So when I saw Sleep had released lip palettes i knew i had to have one!! 

I choose tease which is a dark red palette. With 2 glosses, a matte colour and a satin shade. 

The palette comes with a little brush. Not something I'd use but would be useful on the go. It is a nice firm lip brush. 

The packaging is usual Sleep packaging. Matte black box with a lovely big mirror. 

Theres four beautiful shades.  

-Spot light a glossy classic blue red

-show off a bright coral red

-Paris bright red

-Dita a pinky red. 

Left to right spot light, show off, paris and dita. 

These lip sticks apply like a dream. They are gorgeously creamy and so highly pigmented the swatches are still stained on my hand! The glossy shades sit perfectly on the lips. They have a fair amount of wear on them. The matte and satin formulas are distinguishable and not as drying as I expected. They are a little harder to work with but the colour pay off is brilliant! 

They do leave a slight staining which i like means the colour lasts longer! They wear brilliantly! I wore spot light to a party at the weekend I reapplied once and my boyfriend had a fair amount of it on his face. We both woke up with it still fairly in tact! 

For £8.99 these are a bargain! 4 good quality lip products for under £10! 

You can pick this up in selected Superdrug stores (who at the moment have a 3 for 2 offer on!) 

Have you tied these? Know any otherlip products   I should try? Let me know! 

xoxo - Lizzy

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Nivea In Shower body Moisturiser

As you may know my boyfriend lives in Reading so I stay with him quite regularly and he's a shower and go guy while I am not! Showering moisturising and other lotions and potions. So I am alway on a quest To speed up my showers when I'm at his. So when I saw Niveas In-showerbody  moisturiser skin conditioner I was quite excited so I grabbed one from my local Superdrug. 

This skin conditioner is literally like a hair hair conditioner its a moisturiser that you rub in to your skin and rinse off. Then once you've dried you've no need to moisturise your skin. Time saving everything's easier and faster in the shower! 

Nivea is a brand I've dipped in and out of using I am always skeptical about moisturisers as I do have 2 that I swear by so I was a touch hesitant with the way this works. 

I used my normal shower scrub and applied a handful of the in shower body moisturiser all over and rinsed it off. 

I didn't feel hydrated straight away once I'd dried I did debate with myself for a little while about using my regular moisturiser. I didn't and am glad I didn't as After a few minutes and drying completely my skin felt silky soft and hydrated. It hasn't really soaked into my problem elbows so I will have to use something else there or just use some more next time! 

I think this is a winner and will be used after showers when I don't have much time. 

You can grad one from Superdrug and Boots! 

Have you tried this? Let me know!

Xoxo - Lizzy

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MUA Undress Your Skin illuminating Foundation

I'm a huge fan of MUA I love a lot of their products! But I had never tried any of their foundations due to a limited colour range. Many high street ranges never seem to go down light enough. So seeing the new Illuminating foundation I discovered they do a nice light on that is perfect for my skin tone! At £5 it was a steal!

MUA claim this foundation will cover imperfections and blemishes whilst maintaining your skins natural glow with light diffusing particles of shimmer that create instant radiance. So I was a little worried that it would be full of tiny glitter particles and I'd end up looking very young. I was also a little worried about how sheer it would be.

I didn't really need to worry as the shimmer is minimal if you even notice it and the coverage is light to medium but definitely buildable. I have porcelain which is the lightest of three shades.  It is perfect for my skin (I'm an NC 15 in MAC for some comparison)

It's not cakey or heavy on your skin. The lasting power is great. It lasts all day without melting off.  I do like the coverage. Imperfections are hidden but your skin still shines through. With a little concealer and translucent powder you get that no make up look.

The best bit of this foundation is a little goes a long way. It has a fairly thick consistency but with a brush a small amount will over your whole face. I use a foundation brush then buff it in with the real techniques expert face brush.

In all I love this and for £5 it's a no brainer!

You can pick on up from selected Superdrug stores and online Here!

Have you used this foundation before? What do you think? Let me know!

xoxo - lizzy

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L'Oreal CC Cream Anti - Dullness

I never really jumped onto the BB cream wagon, none of them really stood out to me or worked as well as I wanted them to. So when I saw L'Oreal had released a line of CC Creams I was a little intrigued and thought these would be more up my street.

I picked up the mauve anti - dullness CC Cream as my skin is quite dull in places and has areas that need to be evened out. The product comes out the tube a mauve colour and once it has been blended with fingers it turns in to a foundation.

L'oreal claim that this CC cream can is a 5 in 1 perfecting cream for:

• Flawless Coverage
• perfectly even skin texture
• fresh dewy glow
• 24 hour hydration
• SPF 12

For me the SPF is a redundant feature I use a high SPF separately on my face.  Same with Hydration. 

I did feel with the product it is a little dark for my skin so I do need to use it sparingly and really blend it in well.  With the summer months creeping in and Britain seeing a nice amount of sunshine lately this will match my tanned skin! 

Other than the problem with the colour I do like it. It does make my skin less dull and gives it a vibrancy. It does leave a nice dewy glow.  I get good coverage from it and it lasts all day. I do use a little bit of concealer just to give trouble areas some extra coverage. 

The CC Cream gives a light coverage but it is buildable to about a medium. I do prefer a full coverage but there are days when a light one is nice! 

In all its a great product and does work shame it only comes in one colour though a lighter one would be amazing and would most defiantly would get a lot of use.

You can get this from Boots or Superdrug  or online Here! They are £9.99

Have you used a L'Oreal CC cream? USed another one? Let me know! 

xoxo - Lizzy 

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Revlon Baby Stick.

While browsing my local Boots I noticed there were a few new Revlon pieces. The Baby Stick caught my eye and I had to grab it!

The Baby Stick is a lip and cheek tint. Normally these type of products worry me a little and I stay away from them. Most of these tints are in liquid form which I dislike their so messy and I just don't get on with them! So to see one in a stick form was unusual.

I picked up tahitian which is a baby pink colour. I thought this would be a perfect pink for a flushed look on my cheeks. A cute amount of a colour pop for those days when I don't want to wear too much make up.

So I was a little disapointed with how little colour pay off I got on my cheeks with this colour. I think this may be because even though I am pale I'm not incredibly pale. So as a cheek tint this would definitely suit someone of a very pale complexion.  Or just as a sheer wash of colour. It is quite dewy as well.

 But it works amazingly as a lip tint or lip balm with a hint of colour. Has a slight shine to it and it quite moisturising. It has a slight pleasant scent to it. Nothing over powering.

The baby stick itself is in a small twist up style bottle Perfect for throwing into a make up bag or a hand bag.

In all not a great cheek product but a really nice lip product. I think if I'd have grabbed a different colouir I would like it as both.

You can grab one of these at Boots or Superdrug or online Here. They are £6.99

Have you tried one? Know of any other good double up products? Let me know!

xoxo - Lizzy

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Is back :)

Okay I've been so slow on posts recently due to a heavy uni work load! Buuuuuut my dissertation is written and done and ready for printing and giving in all 50 pages of it! So next week I'll be back in business :) once I've partied and become a normal human being again!

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