Sunday, 7 September 2014

Too Faced Natural Eyes | Neutral Eye Shadow Collection

Ooooo I love it, I love, I LOVE IT! There has been so much hype over the Urban Decay Naked Pallet that I sort of lost my need for it. I wanted an alternative that was just as good but maybe not as well known. Too Faced is not a brand I have used before, but I have read about its Natural Eyes Shadow Collection from a lot of bloggers. So when I made my little Sephora shop I knew this needed to be in it.

What they say: Flaunt your natural side with eye looks you can wear before breakfast or after dark.

What I say: The packaging, its very cute! The dusky pink package gives it a bit of a vintage feel. The eye shadows are protected by the metal tin container, very useful if you are carrying it around in your bag to stop the powders breaking. It comes with a little instruction booklet with some tips on how to create the three recommended looks. I love it when brands include these, they are super useful and I like to see how they think the shadows should be used.

There are nine eye shadows in the pallet, each split to create three looks .The powders themselves are super pigmented and each works perfectly with each other. My favourite is the Classic look! The layer and blend really easily meaning it is easy to create a beautiful smokey eye. I used the Classic look for a night out and I was surprised to find that my eye make up was still in place when I got home. Big tick!!!

The downside is that there aren't any mini brushes with it. I like to carry my pallets around with me so some brushes included are really useful. The shadows them selves are a bit small with the matt nude shades being the biggest, I hardly use these colours so it is a shame they are so big.

Over all though I really love this palette. I have a whole box full of eye shadows; I'm a little obsessed. Also if you hurry there is a sale at Escentuals - £25.95!

Too Faced Natural Eyes - Neutral Eye Shadow Collection, RRP £32.00

Have you used this eyeshadow pallette? Or are there better ones?

Stay beautiful

xoxo

Sunday, 13 July 2014

What's in my Sephora Haul

It is often said that America is the land of dreams, certainly for me it is the land of my beauty dreams. I recently took a trip to America but stupidly missed every Sephora store over the two weeks I was there. I was clawing to go! I was sneakily directing my friends so we walked past stores and casually hinted that I wanted to ‘pop’ in. What I should have done was scream and jump up and down until I was in the Mecca of beauty heaven. But I didn’t and the two weeks past without a visit.

For those of you who don’t know what a Sephora store is I will explain…. Imagine a Boots, but not just any kind of Boots, one that holds only makeup and from brands that hold a cult status. I recently heard that you can order from Sephora online and get it shipped over; jumping on my laptop I placed an order straight away!

They are a little bit funny about what you can and can’t order. Nail polish, aerosols and perfume are a no no. But weirdly so are a lot of eye shadow pallets, like the Urban Decay Naked Pallet. So after an hour of going through I chose some of my favourites and paid the postage (not cheap, but better than paying double the price in the UK) Note: the prices on the website do not include tax, this is added on at the end, so make sure you think of that when you are purchasing anything.

I was so excited for my parcel to arrive! Here is my excited face!

Wanna see what I brought?

1. Anastasia Beverly Hills Contor Palette - Kim Kardasian's answer to perfect cheek bones

2. Becca Shimmering Skin Perfector - The cult blogger favourite for highlighting – fakers way to luminous skin (Review)

3. Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Wiz - Another cult hero product for getting the Cara brow! (Review)

4. Too Faced Natural Eyes Shadow Pallet - The perfect combination of colours for day and night looks I am going to review these products separately, so look out for the posts.