MAC viva glam Nicki 2

I am so excited by the news of a Viva glam Nicki 2! Im a huge MAC lipstick fan and a big Nicki fan! (This is a guilty pleasureefor me I have to say) so seeing this and the lipstick colour is the best thing!


The lipstick is a lavender colour. I love purple toned lipsticks and my Barry M lavender has seen much better days and does need replacing hopefully it will hold out till Feb when this is launched!

Whats not to love? Lavender is the new pink so a cute lavender lippy with all revenue going to AIDS/HIV charities the world over. Nice guilt free new product for you!

Will you be grabbing the viva glam Nicki 2? Let me know!


xoxo - lizzy

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Weekend wants

Here are the pretty things I'm lusting over this week. I know its a little late. But here goes!

1 - MAC Fleshpot - I'm a recent convert to MAC lipsticks and I'm always trying to find a nude lippy that is the perfect shade for me. But finding out this one which is pretty perfect is sold out is rather rubbish. So back to the drawing board there! But theres ALOT of mac shades I'm liking at the moment!

2 - Sleek Snapshots palette - I love Sleek, and this palette has a real cute girly vibe to it and so many pretty colours. I just hope superdrug get it in stock soon! £7.99 at selected Superdrug stores or online Here.

3 - Real Techniques starter kit - I'm in love with Real Techniques. I have a fair few face brushes but I'm so wanting to try their eye brushes and see if they're just as good as the rest. Available at selected Boots stores or online here £21.99

4 - Benefit Dallas - I love Benefit powders. Not too keen alot else with them but these are fab. Dallas is a beautiful colour which I have used before in there Powderazzi kit. I love it as a contour colour or a blush.£23.50 selected Boots, Debenhams and house of fraser.



Those are what I wanna get. What items are you wanting this week? Let me know!

xoxo - Lizzy

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Face of the day

I thought I'd share with you a few looks I do each week. Only if I really like it.

So today I went for a purple look.

To create this I used:

Complexion
- 17 Miracle Matte primer
- Rimmel Match Perfection foundation 010
- MAC studio finish concealer NC20
- Rimmel Stay Matte powder Peach glow
- MAC Lightscapade
- MUA Shimmer Kisses blush

Eyes
- Rimmel Scandaleyes waterproof kohl purple
- Bourjois ombre stretch in violet
- Rimmel Glam eyes liquid liner black
- Urban Decay Big fatty mascara
- MUA pro brow

Lips
- MAC lipstick Snob
- MUA sheer finish gloss

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Real Techniques powder brush

I have a love affair with real techniques brushes. So when I opened my birthday presents and saw the powder brush in there I was incredibly happy!

The powder brush is a nice big fluffy domed shape brush. The bristles are made of taklon and are so soft its unreal. The bristles are dense and pick up the perfect amount of powder. Powder is evenly distributed over your face. I find with this I don't go too heavy with the powder, so I don't get that horrible powdery look that makes it obvious you're wearing make up.

The brush is gold coloured to indicate that its a complexion brush. The handle on this is great. Its perfectly weighted and is moulded for easy gripping. This one is also made to be free standing. So you don't have to find space for it in your brush holder you can pop it on the side and it will stand there itself. Which is great for me as I'm trying to figure out new storage!

This brush is great for all over powdering such as face powder or a bronzer. I've also used it for high lighting but its not to great for that. Its too big for around the nose and mouth area. So a small brush for high lighting is my next purchase!

Real Techniques are also really affordable. This one is £12.99 and is the most expensive individual brush in the range.

You can purchase Real Techniques at larger Boots stores or online Here

Have you used any Real Techniques brushes? Let me know!

xoxo - Lizzy

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Mac snob

I love lipsticks and have a vast collection. I can't resist a pretty one! So when I opened my birthday presents from my boyfriend I was incredibly happy to see Snob by MAC. I have obviously taught him incredibly well as he has my taste in make up pretty much down to a tee!

Snob is a satin finish which is a semi matte finish. I love the formula. Its not drying on my lips and is pretty matte once its on. It lasts for ages. Also the rub off isn't too bad I wore this to a wedding reception and yes you could tell my glass by the lipstick marks but it was a very pale lip mark for such a pigmented lip colour.

Snob is a beautiful opaque pink lipstick. Its not to different to Rimmels Kate Moss range Matte in 101. But Snob has a more lilac tone to it. I'm a huge fan of purple toned lipsticks. So this is perfect.

It goes onto the lips nice and easy and doesn't take too many goes over to be completely opaque. Its long lasting as well. As I said I wore this to a wedding and only reapplied it twice during the whole night. More because I'm quite obsessed with redoing my make up at events than it had worn off. It also smells divine  Such a nice sweet smell but not too sickly sweet. Once on this isn't too in your face and too bright. If your lips arent in tip top condition you may find this shows that up. Nothing a little exfoliant can't sort out!

I'm not normally a user of high end make up. I normally stick to high street brands. But now I think I'm ruined for lipsticks. I love this and have worn it everyday since receiving it.

At £14 it may be a little pricey but its so worth the money!
You can get this from selected House of Fraser stores and online here

Have you used MAC lipsticks? What shades are your favorites? Let me know!

xoxo - Lizzy

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Too faced Galaxy Glam

Sometimes Im a little snobby and quite often in TK Maxx I ignore the beauty area because there's never anything that catches my eyes and the brands aren't ones I'll use. Recently TK Maxx has had an explosion of great beauty brands available. I've seen a lot of Urban Decay, Too Faced, NYX and Nails Inc in my local store. Last time I was in there I grabbed a Too Faced Galaxy Glam eye shadow. I didn't really look at this in the store, it was one of those impulse buys. As the shade was called moon beam and there's a little running joke in our house about the words moon beam so it tickled me a little and I had to have it. At £3.99 I was really going to complain either.

The shadow is a marbled powder. Its nice and shimmery and catches the light beautifully. Its in a nice screw top tub and you get 3 gms of product. It is quite a chunky packaging but I like it its not fiddly or hard to handle. There also doesn't seem to be a way to depot this one.

The colour is a beautiful black based dark green. Looking into the pot I did originally think it was a black shadow but when \I swatched it at home was pleasantly suprised by the green that came through.

You can see from the swatch the actual colours of this. I love it! It looks amazing as a laydown colour and also so beautiful just in the crease. For me this colour is what I wanted from Libertine, the green black in Urban Decays black palette. But that shade left me pretty disapointed.

Top Moon beam bottom Libertine

You can see the difference in the amount of green between the two. If you've ever seen the black palette or own it you'll understand what I mean about this.

I'm loving this shadow and think I've started a little love affair with Too Faced products. So a few palettes are going onto my wish list.

Do you have this? Have any other Too Faced shadows I should try? Let me know

xoxo - Lizzy

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Sleek Primer Palette

I've become a huge fan of Sleek make up. I've been looking for some cream eye shadows to layed upnder powder shadows, So when I saw this in my local Superdrug I thought it was a perfect fit for me!

This is Sleeks Primer Palette. Its a 12 shade palette with cream shadows in. They are meant to be used as a base for layering powder shadows on top. You can use them on their own, I do, Just to create a nice wash of colour on your lids. For those days when you want a little eye make up on and some colour but not too much. They also blend together quite well so you can create looks with the primers themselves.

Like with all Sleek palettes this one comes with a lovely big mirror. I love how big their mirrors are, means when I stay at my boyfriends ,whos bedroom mirror is so awkward to get to, I can either use a mirror from one of my sleek palettes or grab my handy table top mirror. The palettes themselves are nice a sturdy. Their matte black and hard plastic. I'm in a weird way not too concerned about these. I don't mind travelling with this palette or accidentally dropping it. There pretty hard wearing. The palette comes with a brush, this brush isn't one of those little sponge ones Its a double ended bristle brush. I don't use it I blend these with my finger. Not something I normally do I'm quite fussy about that.  But I do find these go on better with your fingers. It also has a plastic overlay which I love, this keeps the mirror clean. Sleek also use this to label their shades.

Top row swatched

Top row left to right.
.Moonshine -           A white primer
Calypso -                Electric blue
Ultra Violet -           Purple. This ones very sheer.
Dare Devil -            Bright pink
Pink Frost -            A pale frosty pink
Silver Lining -         A grey/ silvery colour

Bottom row swatched

Bottom row from left to right:

Noir -                  Black
Peach -                A peachy creamy colour
Money tree -        A pearly green
Truffle -                A golden brown colour
Money Honey -    An ivory gold
Hot Wired -         A peachy mid pink

I love hot wired on its own or under Urban Decays Chopper. I also use Noir under matte/shimmer blacks for a full on black look. Or on its own blended up and out for a smokey look.

Sleek say all these primers match shades in their other Idivine palettes. I only have 1 at the moment (another is sat in my mums room wrapped for christmas, ultimate torture!)so I cant really comment on that aspect to the palette yet.

Its a great little palette that has many uses and so far has been used a lot!

Have you used this? What did you think? Let me know

xoxo - Lizzy

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