Naked3 Palette Review

When I first heard there was another Naked Palette on the way I was a little sceptical, I don't own Naked or Naked2 as I just don't tend to lean towards eye shadows with a bronze or taupe hue to them and  at £37 each here in the UK, that is an awful lot of money to spend on a palette which despite the hype I might never use. But after looking into Naked3 a little more I started to get very excited. This time Urban Decay had decided to make a palette with rose-hued neutrals. My pale complexion has been begging for this for a long time. So I decided to join the Naked revolution and asked for Naked3 for Christmas. 

 

I finally got my hands on this a few days ago and I have to say I am not disappointed. It comes in such beautiful metallic rose gold case which feels wonderful to just hold. 

 

 

 

Inside are 12 stunning rose hued colours, from left to right there is:

 

 

Strange- A pale neutral matt-satin

 

Dust- A pale pink metallic shimmer with a glittery finish

 

Burnout- A peachy pink satin with an almost pearlescent finish 

 

Limit- A dusty rose matt with a very smooth feel

 

Buzz- (My personal favourite) A warm metallic rose shimmer with a glittery

finish

 

Trick- A copper pink metallic shimmer with a glittery finish

 

 

Nooner- A pinky brown medium matt with warm undertones

 

Liar- A warm mauvey brown metallic shimmer 

 

Factory- A pinky brown satin with warm almost reddish undertones 

 

Mugshot- A pinky taupe metallic shimmer

 

Darkside- A deep taupe satin with almost purple undertones and a pearlescent finish 

 

Blackheart- A smoky black with red microsparkles and warm burgundy undertones

 

All of the shadows in this palette are beautifully blendable and feel light and creamy when applied. They all have a lovely colour payoff the finishes are gorgeous. The Palette comes with a brush which is lovely quality and samples of 4 primer potions which hold about a weeks worth of primer each.

 

All in all I would definitely recommend the Naked3 Palette to anyone who likes rose toned shadows and it is a must have for any beauty enthusiasts out there like me. 

 

As always have a wonderful day and thanks for reading.

 

 

MeMeMe Little Angels Collection

At the end of last week while surfing the net I came across a groupon offer for a cosmetics brand called MeMeMe Cosmetics, I had heard of them before but never tried out any of their products. They are a company which sell high end type products for a much lower price tag (always good to hear)available online and in superdrug. The groupon offer was £18 for £45 to spend on the website which is a great deal.

I bought a variety of things but this review is going to be on the Little Angels Collection which are very reasonably priced dupes for a few Benefit products.

First thing which caught my eye was that the packaging is very sweet and girly which I love. On the back of the box it says,

"This adorable collection of Little Angels is ready to give you an added flush of colour whatever the occasion or skin tone"

All four of these come in 12ml bottles, which when opened have a brush just like nail polish and simply brush onto the skin to be blended in with fingers or a makeup brush.

Beat the Blues Moonbeam is a light pearly pink toned highlighter, you use it by applying it to the top of cheekbones and the brow bone for an iridescent glow. 

 

This colour really suits a pale or blue skin tone and brings a slightly shimmery pearlescent brightness to the complexion it is not glittery at all but just seems to catch the light perfectly and create a glow. Another way to use this highlighter is to mix a small amount with foundation or tinted moisturiser if you like a really dewy  and glowing complexion.

Beat the Blues Sunbeam is a shimmery gold highlighter which reminds me alot of Benefit high beam. This is used the same way as Moonbeam.

This lovely golden colour looks great on a slightly warmer skin tone as it brings a shimmery sun kissed look to the skin. This also looks amazing when mixed with a foundation because it gives that lovely golden glow which will look perfect for summer.

Both this and moonbeam have a nice creamy workable consistency to them and they don't dry out the skin either which is great if you have naturally dull dry skin like me.

This is a cheek and lip tint which you use by putting a few strokes on cheeks or lips for a nice pink flush.

This is an almost perfect dupe of benefit's posie tint, it is the exact same colour (light pink and pretty) and a very similar consistency. The thing I like about this colour so much is that it is buildable and natural looking on my pale skin. As I was swatching this colour on my hand I got distracted for a few minutes and when I went back to remove it it wouldn't budge at all. So my advice to you with this is blend quickly unless you wand a line along your cheeks. They don't call it a stain for nothing!

Pussycat Lip and Cheek tint is a stunning deep red colour which is used the same way as Poppy tint.

I know this looks like a scary colour to be putting on cheeks but it has a very  runny watery consistency which means that once is is blended it only gives a lovely rosy tint nothing too dramatic at all. Although I will give the same warning with this as Poppy, on cheeks blend quickly!

Overall I am really happy with this purchase, it is so pretty and I will use all of these products again and again!

MeMeMe Little angels collection £15

Avon Supercurlacious Mascara

I have been super lazy in the last few months when it comes to blogging partly because I have moved house and been busy getting that all sorted but also because I havent really bought many new beauty products.

I made the huge change last week from a blonde to a brunette (Eek!) and it got me thinking I may have to change some of the makeup I have been wearing because some of it looks a little wrong now. So i decided to have a bit of a clear out and came across my all time favourite mascara, which I had kind of forgotten about, Avon Supercurlacious.

I have naturally long but straight eyelashes whch need so much curling and when my mum got me this from her Avon catalogue a while back I instaintly fell in love with it! It looks pretty with just a splash of my favourite colour, pink, but its the wand which makes it stand out to me. It's bristles are so small compared with other mascara's but there are so many of them that it coats every lash and feels like it is brushing them into place rather than just caking them in product. It dispenses just the right amount of product for a natural curled effect but after a few coats your lashes will look amazingly long and thick.

This is a must have for anyone who loves a good curl!

You can buy this mascara here

Bourjois Healthy Mix Foundation Review

My skin has undergone a slow subtle transformation in the past few years from my oily teenage skin to the quite dry skin I have today. Because of this the foundations I was using before seemed to cling to my dry skin far too much so I decided I need a change.

After many hours of researching blogs and reviews on drugstore foundations (I’m working on a bit of a budget) to try out I finally decided that Bourjois Healthy mix foundation was the one which seemed to meet my particular skin needs. 

I bought shade 51 light vanilla because I have very pale skin all year round and it is a very good match for my skin tone. It is also available in shade 52 vanilla and shade 53 light beige. It boasts it has apricot for radiance, melon for hydration, apple for anti oxidant and ginger for energy. I’m not sure about these claims but the fruity ingredients have given it a very subtle and pleasant fruity scent which is really nice.

The texture of this foundation when you first pump it is very creamy and light, it feels expensive and blends beautifully into the skin with almost no effort. It gives a light to medium coverage which is buildable and leaves skin with a gorgeous radiant glow without looking shiny.

 I do feel like I have to use quite a few pumps of this foundation to cover the whole of my face which is a slight drawback but at around £9.99 for 30ml you can afford to be more generous with it than some of the more expensive foundations around. It also claims to have 16 hours of wear which is a bit optimistic although if you set it with a powder it does last really well for the price.

All in all this is a great product which I highly recommend if you are looking for a high quality drugstore foundation. It is available in the UK in Boots, Superdrug and online at www.ASOS.com

Make Up Academy Professional Eye Palettes Review

Last week after doing a little research I bought some Makeup Academy products and this review will be on the MUA Professional eye palettes. I bought five of these, there are six in total but the Heaven and earth Palette was out of stock so I will pick that up at a later date. 

So here goes The first palette is the Glitter Ball.

Glitter Ball

This is a gorgeous palette with lovely shimmery colours, they are not overly glittery though but have a definite shimmer to them which is probably better as glitter tends to get very messy. My favourite colours are the two pinks on the left hand side mostly because I suit pink shades. All the colours go on very easily, they are nicely pigmented and feel creamy when wearing them.

Dusk Til Dawn

 This palette is a good mix of colours my absolute favourite has to be the dazzling deep blue sparkly colour on the bottom row, third from the right which I have been using as more of a glittery eyeliner. The colours are all extremely pigmented and so easy to blend. They are also gloriously shimmery which I love.  This palette has a few silvery toned shades on the left and a few slightly pink/lilac shades also. The greys and blues would be perfect to create a really stunning smoky eye effect.

Pretty Pastels

This palette looks much more matte than the others but at a closer look it is a little shimmery. The colours are very minimal and subtle and so it is very difficult to build us a strong colour with them. They are nice if you are just trying to add a little hint of colour to your make up. If you are looking for bold colours then this if not the right palette for you. Some of the shades are really good for highlighting though and also for using as bases.

Poptastic

The first thing I thought when I picked up this palette was “wow those colours are bright” and they are. They are mostly a mix of turquoise blues and purples with a couple of others thrown in there too. The colours are pigmented to the max and go on so strongly. They have a slight shimmer to them but not too much. These are not the kinds of colours you would wear all the time but if you are going out and looking for a really bold look then this would be the perfect palette for you.

Starry Night

Starry night is packed with shimmery silver and grey colours but also has a pink and purple in there for a little extra colour. These are less pigmented than some of the other palettes and go on lighter with less of an intense pay off but they still look pretty on. They are perfectly blendable to create a gorgeous evening smoky eye effect.

All the palettes came with a double ended sponge applicator which I personally will never use but they seemed good enough quality. The majority of the colours last for around the four or five hour mark which for a £4 palette is pretty good, much longer than expected. Using a primer doesn’t seem to give them much more wear but maybe that’s just me. I didn’t expect to get such good quality eye shadows at such a low price. I would have liked the individual colours to have had names as I always like that in a palette but that is not a big deal really. These are a definite must have, for £4 each you can’t really go wrong.

Soap and Glory Review

I have always been quite keen to try out some of the products from Soap and Glory as I seem to have heard nothing but good things about them from friends and family, so I was delighted when a got a bundle of products for Christmas this year. I have now been using them for a few weeks and I now feel I have been using then long enough to give a fair review. So here goes.

Hand Food from Soap and Glory

This smells so nice and feels very luxurious when using it. It is creamy and smooth going on to the hands and feels so moisturising. After a day or two of using this product I had no dry skin and even my nails felt stronger. For me this is one of the best hand creams out at the moment and I am definitely going to buy more when this one runs out.

Shower Puff from Soap and Glory

I desperately needed a new shower puff as my old one had gotten a bit loose and just old. This was a perfect replacement. As I unwrapped this at Christmas I remember smelling it and thinking it smelled amazing! I’m not sure if it was because it was amongst the rest of the Soap and Glory products but it was still nice none the less.

Flake Away Body Polish from Soap and Glory

I’m not a big user of body scrubs at all but I gave this one a go. As always it had that gorgeous pink smell and unlike some scrubs the grains were very tiny and not too harsh on my skin. If you like body scrubs this is a particularly good one but personally I would not buy it again just because I know I wouldn’t use it.

The Righteous Butter from Soap and Glory

This product is very nice, it is everything it claims to be. After a shower it feels amazing to cover myself in such a nice smelling body butter. It also mousturises skin without leaving it feeling oily. If I have one negative to say about this it’s that it does seem to take forever to massage into the skin.

Clean On Me Shower Gel from Soap and Glory

This is the last and also my favourite product in this review. This stuff is AMAZING! It smells sublime, it moisturises skin as it cleans and it feels like I’m being pampered as I use it. I love this shower gel and will be picking it up many times in the near future.

Mini Make-up Haul

Rimmel London Crack your Colour Crazy Top Coat in Silver Clash

Rimmel London Crack your Colour Crazy Top Coat in Rocking Royal

I have been hearing a lot lately about crackle effect nail polishes so I thought I would go out and buy a few to give it a go. I picked up the two of these in my local Superdrug and I have to say they are a little tricky to get the effect right especially the first few times. The trick with this particular brand seems to be to put a very thin coat on as a thicker coat doesn’t seem to crack properly. Once I figured this out I loved the effect. It is also alot of fun to experiment with different base colours.

China Glaze Ring in the Red

This was my first ever China Glaze nail polish as it is quite difficult to get hold of this brand here in the UK. I saw a great review on this colour online and it looked so beautiful and festive that I decided to see if I could try and get hold of it. When it arrived I was very pleasantly surprised at the size of the bottle, it seemed much bigger than the standard polishes we tend to get in the UK. I love this polish so much, it glitters beautifully and has such a deep gorgeous colour on the nails. I can’t wait to buy more China Glaze polishes!  

Barry M Eyeshadow Trio in Pretty Pastels

Barry M Eyeshadow Trio in Smoky Seduction

I picked up a couple of these pretty eyeshadow trios’s from Barry M and they look lovely on, they are simple and very reasonably priced. The Smoky Seduction Pallet has everything you need for a lovely smoky eye effect and the Pretty Pastels has three nice colours ideal for blending. The packaging on there also looks very pretty and feels more expensive than it really is which is always a plus.

Barry M liquid Eyeliner in Electric Blue

This was the last thing I picked up, I love Barry M eyeliners and this one is no different. It is easy to apply, lasts all day and looks fantastic. I just can’t get enough of these!

 

Vaseline Healthy Hand and Nail Conditioning Review

In the past few weeks I have been on a placement where I have had my hands in disinfectant a lot and so as you would expect my hands became incredibly dry, my nails very brittle and the skin around my fingers was literally flaking off.

I decided I needed to find a hand cream which was very nourishing to hands and nails as there were in dire need of some TLC so I decided to try Vaseline healthy hand and nail conditioning.

This is what the makers say about this product:

“Incredibly, our hands are made up of 5 unique surfaces, but because they are constantly exposed, they are prone to dryness, and require custom care.

Healthy Hand & Nail Lotion is formulated just for your hands. Its conditioning moisturizers are fast absorbing and non-greasy. It nourishes completely for softer palms, fingertips and knuckles, smoother cuticles, and stronger nails.”

I have to say this cream is amazing! From my very first application my hands instantly felt more moisturized and softer. This cream also smells lovely and is not greasy as some hand lotions can be. After using it for almost a week my hands feel soft and smooth my nails are strong and healthy again and the skin around my nails is almost completely healed!

I would highly recommend this cream because it is classic and does exactly what it says on the tin!