MUA swatch fest (picture heavy) *review*

I only have a few of the MUA single eye shadows but after getting 3 more the other day I decided I really wanted to review them properly, if you haven't already tried them then you really should!

The individual eye shadows are just £1 each and you get 2g of product in each one and are available on their website and at superdrug stores ^_^
the shades i have are:
1* Shade 2 Pearl (frosty shimmery white perfect for inner corner highlight)
2* Shade 3 Pearl (Gunmetal Silver Shimmery)
3*Shade 5 Pearl (High shimmer lime green with slight yellow undertone)
4*Shade 7 Pearl (Shimmery Forest green)
5*Shade 8  Pearl (low shimmer dark turquoise)
6*Shade 10 Pearl (Dark Shimmery navy with purple shot through)
7*Shade 12 Pearl (Red based brown with green shimmer)
8*Shade 13 Pearl (deep purple with black undertone)

The Packaging is really nice and simple, doesn't feel flimsy at all and is minimal compared to the amount of product you get so no wasted space in your makeup bag!

The Pictures are as close to the real colors as i could get  (due to lighting and such) ^_^

*edit* i forgot to say, the swatches are on the left no primer in the middle black underneath and on the right with UD primer potion ^_^

Shade 2

Beautiful for inner corner highlights.

Shade 3

gorgeous when paired with black with this in the center of your lid.

Shade 5

Awesome lime green, catches light beautifully to make it almost glow!

Shade 7

Perfectly paired with shade 5 to add depth!

Shade 8

Gorgeous deep turquoise especially when paired with purple.

Shade 10

Really pretty navy color really makes silver colors pop!

Shade 12

Possibly my favorite color ever, really weird color and very eye catching .

Shade 13

Gorgeous black based purple picture isn't doing it justice at all shifts from black to purple when the light hits it.

overall though these get a 4.9 out of 5 for me there's just something missing.. names! i love colors that have names  as it makes them easier to identify.

So i hope you like my swatches and i do really like the eye shadows that i have and will probably get more when i can  so i can try some more colors out  ^_^

Becky xXx

Eau La La Liner Rainbow *Review + Makeup Look*

I adore Rainbows and bright colors, so when Sleek came out with thier new eau La La Liners i knew i needed them in my makeup box, they have 20 colors avaliable, and i splurged out on 7 of them i went slightly mad when i got in there, and as they had only just been put out there werent any open ones to test so i had to wing it, though i am VERY happy with them with only a few complaints which i will explain later.

The colors i bought were:
1*white noise (matte white)
2*Canary yellow (matte mid toned bright yellow)
3*Pumpkin (matte mid toned bright orange)
4*Moulin \Rouge (matte mid toned red)
5*Rasin (matte deep red toned purple)
6*Tonic (matte with slight shimmer forest green)
7*Cobalt Blue (matte sky blue)

As you can see from the swatch picture these are VERY pigmented and I have to admit that picture is almopst the exact color they are in person apart from the green which is slightly more greeny (camera made it go blueish.) the packaging is nice too ^_^



Pro's:
.Good value for money £3.99 each compared to a mac pencil which is £14 admitidley they have the more muted everyday colors but thats why i adore these because they are so bright!
.very long lasting and they will NOT budge they only started to smudge when i rubbed my hand franticly, and when i tried to wash them with water they stayed beautifully.
.waterproof, as i said just, they dont move XD




Con's:
.they are a bit waxy which can make applying them a bit awkward until they soften up a little.
.when i opened mine the ends often snapped off and the red in particular still does and sharpening them is a nightmare as the pencils body material is plastic from what I can tell but with a bit of work you can get them sharpened up nicely. but be warned they are a CHORE to sharpen sometimes which really annoys me >_>
.color choices, as much as I adore the color choices I wish there where some more, like bright green and royal blue or lavendar and really bright purple but hey maybe one day they will as they are still new.




The Look I Created

Rainbow liner

Eyes:
all sleek liners mentioned
Mac bare study paint pot (as a lid base)

I wore this look the next day and it has so far lasted all day with little wear, again I'm extremely impressed!


Overall I adore these liners and am using them allot since I got them and will be buying more unfortunately for my wallet lol


I really suggest you try them out and I bought the black one and another blue after I originally started this post so I will be doing a review and test on the black as black never lasts on me so this will be interesting XD


Becky xXx

Fiance does my makeup *makeup look*

A few months back i saw a video on youtube of a boyfriend doing his girlfriends makeup, and  I promised my fiance I would let him do mine some day, well today was that day.........

 So at this point honestly I thought wow okay he is doing well ....... I thought too soon XD

 He found my non neutral eyeshadows >_>  and yes that is the brightest blush i own plastered across my cheeks ^_^ with a choice of a few nice normal ones he went with that XD

 He also found my glitter eyeliner XD and decided it would look better all over the eye

 To be honest I'm proud of him, first time doing makeup and my skin looked alright... might need to restrain the all over eyeshadow look though ;)

Awww bless him he is so proud of himself XD mr gingey ^_^

Products used:

No idea XD i had my eyes closed half the time hahaha and he has no idea anyway,

 lets just say ALL OF THEM!

I hope you liked this, it's just a bit of fun XD

Becky X

Blue Steel *makep Look*

Hullo Thar

Todays look Was supposed to be just blue, but when it was finished it looked grey .. oops.

It's very in line with my mood today, yeah... a bit dull lol but still colorful in general ha!

I used as many highstreet makeup products as i could so that more people could do the look!

So its allot less dramatic and in your face as the previous looks I have posted so I hope you like it and let me know what you think!

 

The blue color didnt come out as I wanted it to in the pictures though it was really blue in person XD

Sorry if the pictures are too bright I just couldnt get a decent shot without it being glary!

Products used:

Eyes:

Sleek The Original Palette (black ,dark blue and lighter blue)

Barry M Kohl Pencil (1 / black)

Maybelline Eyestudio Gel Eyeliner (01/Black)

Barry M Dazzle Dust (8)

Rimmel Sexy Curves Mascara (Intense Black) 

Optional: Urban decay Primer Potion (eden)

Rest of my face:

the same as in my previous posts ^_^

so just do your normal foundation foutine if you use any ^_^

I am finding the prices for the products i used that are avaliable from the highstreet so you can get an idea of what the items this look uses incase you wanted to try it out!

i just went on superdrugs website to get a rough idea, and this DOESN'T include any offers they have going!

Barry M Kohl £2.99

Barry M Dazzle Dust £4.59

Rimmel Sexy Curves Mascara £8.19

Sleek The Original Palette £6.49 (amazing value for money and awesome quality in all palettes)

Maybelline Eyestudio Gel Eyeliner £7.99

So I really hope you enjoy and let me know what you think and any ideas you can think of!

Becky X

Zombie Caterpillar *Makeup Look*

Name courtesy of my lovely fiance and a zomie tweak from me hehe .

this was also supposed to be posted yesterday.. oops i pressed save not post XD

 So after feeling rotten all day I decided to brighten my mood with some lovely bright colors!

I know this wont be to many peoples tastes and wouldnt be worn out my many thogh I would, but I do hope you like it and I tried to find the closest dupes of colors used I could so you can get a similar look from boots and superdrugs for UK folks ^_^

 As You Can see NOT a look for the faint hearted

Products used:

Eye primers:

Urban Decay Primer potion (eden)

NYX jumbo eye pencil (milk)

Eye:

Sugarpill Loose eyeshadow (Absinthe)

Sugarpill Pressed eyeshadow (Bulletproof, poison plum, tako)

Illamasqua Sealing Gel

Barry M Dazzle Dust (95)

Glamour Doll Eyes (dinospotz)

Rimmel Sexy Curves Mascara

(cheaper close-ish dupes)

Bulletproof - Sleek Eye Dust (drama)

Poison Plum - Barry M Dazzle Dust (99 or 66 difficult to tell)

Face:

Collection 2000 Concealer (1)

Body shop Extra Virgin Minerals Loose Foundation (202)

SleekBlush (fenberry LE christmas sorry)

Sleek Face Contour Kit (Light)

i hope you like it ^_^

Becky X

Vampesque *makeup look*

 After playing around with my makeup for quite literally hours I decided to actually create a look, it definately looks vampy and the contact lenses add to the eerie feel I think, 

 

I love red as you may be able to tell from my hair, and I have an abundance of red eyeshadows and such so i just went mad with them and had no real direction on what i wanted.

 

The contact lenses I feel really finished off the look for me I think they look amazing and I adore the etheral look for eyes!

So for the products I used,

for my eyes there is:

*Mac Paint pot Soft Ochre

*Sugarpill loose shadow in Asylum

*sugarpill pressed shadow in Tako, Love+ and Bulletproof

*Maybelline Eyestudio gel eyeliner 

*Rimmel sexy curves mascara

for the lips:

*Sleek True color lipstick in cranberry (christmas limited edition sorry)

*lipcote!

and for my face:

*Body Shop extra virgin minerals loose powder foundation

*Collection 2000 concealer

*Sleek Blusher Fenberry (same christmas limited edition)

So overall im soo pleased looks allot nicer in person as my camera skills seem to be failing me today ^_^

i hope you like it and if you have any questions let me know and ill be happy to awnser ^_^

Becky *hugs*

Little Jem *Review*

A week ago I went shopping for makeup but just went for anything I liked the look of after finding nothing I really liked I saw some Barry M brushes.
I had walked past them a few times dismissing them until i saw a little eyeliner brush for £2.99 and couldnt resist getting it!
And it turns out it's the best decision I made of the day.

it is an incredible brush and is a bargain!
the brush is BRIGHT turquoise and has black bristles, the overall quality if it is actually really good, and it is brilliant at its job.
The brush itself is an angled liner brush and its tiny!
It allowed me to do not only a nice thick line but also tiny delicate detailed lines too.

overall I adore this brush and would recomend you get one yourself!
And for £2.99 its an awesome price
its avaliable from superdrug along with others from the same collection that I will be buying as soon as I can!


*hugs* Becky x

Welcome!

Today i have decided!
im making a beauty/makeup blog!
i love makeup and i just want others to love it too!
i will be posting about, new makeup, old makeup and new discoveries, that could be anything!.
i will also be including art related things and special effects makeup whenever i create something new.

i really will try and post regularly on here and let you know about everything i know about makeup!

so if you have any idea let me know ^_^

Becky