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Showing posts with label lip gloss. Show all posts

Review: BECCA Aurora Pallette

Oh swoon! This is an amazing little palette! I love love love every little aspect of it! Let me go through each item and tell you why!

Eye Colour Wash, Madras: The perfect colour for a softer smokey eye if you don't want to go down the matte black route. I love to use it with a black pencil liner or a plum. It's a bronzed plum colour with a hit of shimmer to make your eyes sparkle! 5 stars
Compact Eyeliner, Aubergine: If I was to name this colour, I'd call it Heather. It's not reaaaaly dark enough to warrant the name Aubergine in my opinion, but it is gorgeous none the less! Works back perfectly with the Madras Eye Colour Wash. I use a thin liner brush dipped in water to apply it along the upper lash line and it looks smashing. This would make green eyes really pop! 4 stars
Creme Blush, Terracotta: Just stunning! The colour doesn't look all that exciting in the pan, but a quick swipe of this on the apples of your cheeks and you are the freshest, prettiest gal in town! Just too too delicious! I like to use Benefit Georgia over the top of this to 'set' the colour, this works well and Georgia has very little pigment and doesn't effect the amazing colour. 5 stars
Creme Eye Colour, Ametrine: Love the colour, but don't love the staying power. The colour is one of the best contour colours I have ever seen. It's a soft pearly pewter and it mimics the colour of a 'shadow' on skin amazingly well. The staying power is okay in the world of creme eye shadows but still not perfect and I find that I need to give it a bit of a blend with my finger every couple of hours, to me it's worth it for the colour. 3 stars
Nude Lip Gloss, Hibiscus Tea: Wow. Great colour that will work on almost anyone! The texture is the right amount of stickiness and lasts and lasts. 5 stars
Dual Ended Brush: The longer flat side works absolute wonders with the gloss. It's perfect for getting right into the corner of the lips. The smaller side is great for smudging any eyeshadow along the lash line. 5 stars
All up I have to give this palette 5 stars. It really is one of the most useful make-up palettes I have ever owned.

My Holy Grails of Make-Up

I am a fully fledged beautyista and I adore every aspect of it from skin care to fragrance to bath and body, but I have to admit that my first love and the thing that brought me into the world of all things beauty was Make- Up. Here is a list of some of my very favorite things!


Primer: Smashbox Photofinish Primer in Apricot

Light Coverage Base: Invisible Zinc Tinted Day Wear- Light

Medium Coverage Base: Jemma Kidd Light as Air Foundation- Ultra Fair

High Coverage Base: Georgio Armani Designer Shaping Cream Foundation- 4

Pressed Powder: The Balm Sexy Mama Powder

Loose Powder: I have yet to find one that I love

Bronzer: NARS Laguna

Powder Blush: NARS (when it come to blush I can't choose just one shade)

Cream Blush: BECCA Lip and Cheek Cremes (see above)

Brow Shaper: Smashbox Brow Tech- Taupe

Eyelid Primer: Too Faced Shadow Insurance

Pencil Eyeliner: Jemma Kidd Define Stay Put Eye Liner- I love all the colours, but the Peacock is especially special!

Gel Liner: Smashbox Gel Liner- Caviar

Liquid Liner: Haven't found one I love yet

Eye shadows: MAC- there is no way I am picking a shade!

Mascara: Too Faced Lash Injection Pinpoint

Lip liner: Benefit D'finer D'liner

Lipstick: MAC Mattene- Shame they were Ltd Edition

Lip gloss: Too Faced Status Gloss- Trophy Wife

I think that's it, but I might be editing this in the future!