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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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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