MUA Artiste Collection

I like alot of beauty bloggers love MUA, I've seen all the excitement about their artiste collectione. Unfortunately for me my local Superdrug is always running out of stock on their MUA stand! Pretty annoying! I'm also not a big fan of buying make up online especially new pieces. The amount of times I've seen something ordered it and when I've opened the box I've discovered its nothing like what I thought it was going to be is unreal! So I do prefer having a tester I can look at in store. So when I finally found an Artiste collection I had a quick look and decided I just couldn't resist it. At £6 for 6 marbled eye shadows, 2 blushers, a bronzer and a highlighter. That equates to just 60p an item! Who can resist?

The palette comes with 6 beautifully pigmented marbled eye shadows. These blend like a dream. The marbled effect changes the colour ever so slightly, but not enough to be noticeable  They have a beautiful shimmery sheen to them. I love these colours MUA eye shadows are always highly pigmented with such a great colour pay off. None of the shadows are sheer and even though they are cheap you do not need to build the colour up.

The colours:

From left to right.

Pistachio: A beautiful pastle greeny blue. Looks different in different lights. Sometimes catches a very bright white colour.
Mocca: A gorgeous ivory shimmery colour. Perfect base colour.
Ice: intense powder blue.
Grape: A sheer purple. This is the only sheer colour
Chocolate: A shimmery golden brown. Almost on the bronze side.
Cookie: A coppery pinky brown.

The Artiste Collection also has 2 blushers, a bronzer and a highlighter.

FRom left to right.

Pink sparkle: a light pink girly shimmery blush. This is pretty pale and great for a sheer flush of colour.
Primrose: A darker matte pinky coral blush. Its still a pale shade so both these are suitable for all skin tones.
Bronzed: A matte bronzer, this one isnt too orangy and is a similar colour to their bronzed perfection bronzer. Its a great colour for contouring, but lighter skin tones might want to be a little careful with it as if you are little a heavy handed with it you will end up looking a little funny.
Shimmer kiss: Am ivory highlight colour, which is shimmery and catches the light perfectly when your out.

I love this palette its what my boyfriend would describe as a 'Download make up item' a few things in one and it is great for festivals or going on holiday saves a bit of room in your make up bag!

You can buy one Here

Do you have this palette? Do you know any other great multi use palettes? 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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