Beauty And The Band

hi all!! so I'm back with another review on the colour pop Cute AF eyeshadow palette. this one unlike the CP x Kathleen Lights i have some mixed reviews on. the formula for a lot of these shades are thankfully very similar to the Dream St palette, if you haven't read my review on it, then click here  but it describes in depth on what i think of colourpop's formula and how well the palette works as a whole. when you first look at this eyeshadow palette, on mine you can see its taken quite the beating. the packaging and colours are nice, but the feel of the palette is a pain in the booty to clean. its not quite paper or cardboard or even quite plastic feeling. but whatever the packaging is made out of.. it sucks and i dislike it. the actual design, spot on. its nice and light, petite but a good range of colours. but for staining is shite! especially with colours such as the reds and dark burgundy.. they're just a bitch to get rid of from anything, and thi...

Hi all!! though this palette has been out for some time now, i wanted to wait until i had tried it and found out whether i really liked this palette. or not. now i have some mixed views on it. the overall palette? beautiful. i love the rose gold, the shade choices are nice. a good variety. one thing i will say, is that the 'darker shade' on the bottom row, isn't that dark when you put it on. even through swatches it looks so much darker, but when it is actually on the eyes i personally feel the colour changes a fair amount and goes a lot lot lot more red than brown. this is a look that i did from my instagram @lauren.jonesmua  and i loveeeeee how pretty it came out. of course all credit goes to RawBeautyKristi, as i followed her phenomenal video. shades used: shooting star, moony, spark, potion, water bearer, mermaid boy, kaleidoscope, sweet dreams  now for the colours! please excuse my horrendous swatches. I'm trying! the shimmer shade...

Hi all! this is my review on the Kat Von D Shade and Light eyeshadow palette. I first got this palette around July last year, and i used it on occasion. firstly, I cannot fault the quality on this palette. for matte eyeshadow shades, the range is lovely. and i love the fact that you can create three separate eyeshadow looks from the 'neutral' 'cool' or 'warm' toned quads. the only thing i dislike, is there is not a shimmer shade for the lid. i feel like this would have completed the palette and therefore made it a one hit run for everything you could need in a nice base, transition shade and a crease shade. although as i said, the main shades i would change, are the three largest. now, i do use the cream shade from the neutrals section regularly, however the other two i just dont. they're too dark for me to use to set my eyeshadow base, and not dark enough for my skin tone to use as a transition. i feel that this is where shimmer shades would go perfec...

hi all! here is a quick review of this Vichy Dermablend foundation in shade 15 - opal now I'm usually an NC15 in mac, and this is comparable. i actually prefer the coverage on this compared to Mac Studio fix fluid. i find it to be a lighter weight foundation. as i have rather oily skin, vichy claims to be 16 hour wear. to this i somewhat agree. the foundation can last a good 8-10 hours on my face (whilst at work) however it starts to disintergrate around my nose and chin. however no matter the foundation and powder i use, it always seems to break apart in those areas.  none the less the coverage is lovely, and definitely hides any redness that i have that day. as i mentioned it is rather light weight, however it is very very shiny if you do not set it with powder. i decided to take photos before i started work as well as after work on a busy day (that i dont have time to touch up my makeup) and show you all how it works for my skin. for people with dry skin...

Hi all!! as many people know, z palettes have been the life and soul of the makeup community as they're just so damn convent. i have started to incorporate this palette into my everyday life as it becomes so convenient to have shades i love all together.  the palette that i decided to use is an old mac palette, i had originally bought the palette and inserts along with a few of the bottom row colours, but decided that the insert was useless and is much easier for me to use it without. each of the shades that are not magnetic i bought some magnet tape (just a cheap one from pound land) and cut it to the size of the bottom of the eyeshadow, and voila. starting with the top two rows of eyeshadows from this palette, if you had read my 'whats in my makeup bag' you would have seen that this palette is in it. i decided that the packaging on the 'Zoeva Matte' palette was just becoming inconvenient to me, and so i decided to depot it and place it in this...

Hi guys! wow its been a while since I've done a blogpost. but I'm feeling ever so determined to continue posting new content. for my first post back, i thought i would do a 'whats in my everyday makeup bag' and show you the products I'm currently using and loving.. so here we go.  the first being palettes! the Kat Von D shade and light eye palette £37  this is my main palette, as i use it for my eyebrows! of course i also use it on the eyes, but that is my main purpose. next is the Zoeva Matte palette £18  again these are pretty much my every day eyeshadow palettes. between the two there is a really nice mix of neutrals, warm tones and a few colours i like to play around with regularly. the last palette i use on an every day basis is the Zoeva Basic moment blush palette £13 . this carries a bronzer / contour shade, a blush and a highlighter, which is extremely handy that i can use one palette for all of my needs. also as both of my eyeshadow palette...

hey guys! so today i thought i would do an updated whats in my makeup bag. i think its extremely fair to say that my makeup skills and products have changed so so so much over the past year and a half and so has my skin; and so the products i have used have to cater towards that. some products i am still trialing out again, to see how well they work and i am beginning to venture into some more expensive brands which are working wonders on my skin but not for my bank account. i tend to switch up a lot of my makeup, and so this is my basic pretty much every day makeup. enjoy. PRIMER: - Benefit Porefessional -Max Factor facefinity -Too Faced shadow insurance (candlelight) -MUA pro base mattify fixing mist FACE: -Vichy Dermablend foundation (15 - Opal) -Max Factor miracle touch (40 - creamy ivory) -Collection Lasting Perfection powder (2 - medium) -Rimmel Stay Matte loose translucent powder -Revlon Colourstay concealer (01 - fair) BROWS: -Benefit Browvo Conditioning P...