MUA Matte Palette in Ever After - Product Review

 

 

So far on my blog most of my product reviews have been pretty positive , so I thought I would write a product review about a product I was disappointed with. I like to review products also that don't have much written about them online because I think there is enough reviews on the Urban Decay naked palettes and the Make up forever HD foundation at this stage and there are so many more products out there waiting to be found. The eye shadow I am reviewing today is the Make up Academy Professional Matte Palette in Ever After . I bought mine in Superdrug for £4 but to be honest I wished that I had spent that money on food , here's the reasons why I felt this way :

Packaging : Pretty standard packaging for £4 , would of been nice to have a mirror but sure for the price you wouldn't really mind if it didn't. There is ten eye shadows in the palette , five on each row .

Colours : The top row of eye shadows are nearly identical. In the bottom row the brown colours are pretty similar also . All colours in the palette are matte.

Texture : The texture of theses eye shadows are pretty awful . There very chalky. I have tried one of the brands single eye shadows for £1 before and loved the cream/buttery texture.  Even the best of brands have trouble creating matte eye shadows that aren't to chalky and are highly pigmented , so I wasn't really to shocked at this result .

Top Row From Left To Right : Unwrap, Butter, Bare, Taffeta, Fade

 

 

Pigment : The top row of eye shadows (Unwrap, Butter, Bare, Taffeta, Fade) where a nightmare to try get a photo of . I used an eyelid primer and applied the eye shadows on top of the primer but all that was coming through was the skin tone colour of the primer. I ended up removing the swatches an applying the eye shadow to my arm without primer. You can barely see anything in the photo , it doesn't help that I am so pale . The brown shades and the dark green colours aren't as bad but there still not great , I have the colour packed on to try show the true colour.

       Bottom Row From Left to Right : Penny, China , Truffle , Fog ,Smoke

Longevity : After a few hours the eye shadows start to crease. I have slightly oily eyelids and usually use collection 2000 lasting concealer or Make up Designory corrector to prime my eyelids . Both these concealers stop most of my eye shadows from creasing but it didn't make a different for theses eye shadows .

Conclusion : Not even worth the cheap price of four euro . If your looking at eye shadows try the brands single eye shadows for £1 or save that four pound in your money bank and invest in a good palette. Out of five I would give this palette half a point just for the idea of the product , it would be nice if there was a nicely pigmented, really inexpensive palette with all matte shades , it would come in really handy in everyone's make up kit.

Eye Makeup To Compilment Dark Lips - Step By Step

Dark lips are seen as a winter trend . In Ireland its feels like its always winter . Dark lips and dark eye make up can clash and are really hard to pull off . When your wearing a dark lip its nice to have an eye make up look that complements the look and is not completely boring. So I thought I would do a blog post on how to achieve this eye make up look that works well with dark lipstick . Oh and the lipstick is from Avon in the colour Vixen, enjoy .

Step 1 : Prime your eyelid using a concealer(i used collection 2000 lasting perfection concealer)  to make the pigment in your eyeshadow more vibrant use your finger to blend it out. 

Step 2 : Using a fluffy blending brush blend some light brown eyeshadow(i used Inglot eyeshadow) into your crease . Make sure its well blended . 

Step 3 :Using black eyeliner(I used Inglot gel eyeliner) starting from the inner corner of your eye drag it out wards an create a flick at the end . 

Step 4 : Apply a black eyeliner pencil(I used MUD pencilled liner) on the tight line of your eye .
 

Step 5 : Using a medium sized eyeshadow brush apply some gold eyeshadow to your inner tear duct (I used half baked from the Urban Decay Naked 2 palette) . 

Step 6 : Apply your favourite mascara (i used Maybelline Great lash blackest black mascara) .

Sorry for the lack of posts the last while , had plans for something new for my blog in 2015 but I'm putting it off for a while because a few things (college etc) . So for now I will be doing my normal make up blog posts . Hope everyone had a nice christmas and have a happy new year :) .

New Love For Lipgloss

From doing make up all the time you sometime come across ways ,tricks or products that make you life a whole lot easier and you wished you had of known about them before to save you a lot of time . I have recently started using lipgloss on the daily (<who even says that) and cant believed I been without it for so long . I have always been the kind of girl who spends all of her time creating the perfect(look who's cocky) winged liner and ends up running out the door with nothing on my lips (sorry lip product lovers) . Lipgloss used to annoy me so much especially with having long hair , if the wind blew in the wrong way I would end up with a mouth full of hair (which is not fun).

Lipgloss works wonders on my mature woman , there lips tend to be thinner and with lip liner and lip-gloss they turn into Angelie Jolie (maybe slightly over exaggerated) the glossiness creates the illusion of bigger, fuller lips . I am not a fan of sticky lip glosses though.

The pictures I have included with this blog post are some of my favourite lipglosses.  I would do a review on all of these lipglosses but there all very alike non -sticky, a nice mild scent and glossiness with pigment but not to much pigment (which I like for when I wear lipstick underneath and still want to be able to see the lipstick)  , I know what I like when it comes to lipgloss .

If your new to lipgloss I recommend you trying out 'Essence XXXL Shine lipgloss In Dazzle Glow' its a sheer gloss with a pink sheen to it , a natural lip gloss and a dark smokey eye are the perfect combination for a night out make up look .

Essence XXXL shine ligloss - Dazzle Glow & Big Night Out       

 

Rimmel Vinyl Gloss -Fashion Icon

 

 

 Miss Sporty Hollywood lipgloss-Sunset Boulevard        

Lancôme Lip Lover - 355