Hey Guys, Today's post is another review on Smashbox X Vlada collection. This is the first time I have purchased a few items from a collection. This palette retails for £26 and is available from their Smashbox website and Boots. This palette is however limited edition for summer 2018 so I recommend snapping this up quickly before it's gone for good! I think the packaging for this eyeshadow palette is beautiful, just like the rest of the collection it is rose gold. The top of the case is textured and has a 3D print which when moved changes. The top is quite thin but has a gorgeous mirror on the inside. It also has magnetic closing which I love! The lid doesn't open fully which can be annoying when your working with the palette. This is definitely small enough to be travel friendly and is light too, perfect to take on holiday's. Above we have swatches of the 2 matte shadows and 6 shimmers. The left is with a flash and the right is without. The actual shades and their formulas; I feel like they are of an extremely high quality. They are like butter to touch, so velvety. They're extremely easy to apply and they blend beautifully., with such little effort. Very easy to use. I love the variety of shades in the palette. The mattes are perfect for both transition and darkening the crease. The metallic are absolutely beautiful. The 2 shadows across the top of the palette which do have the description of being base colours, which I don't agree with, are absolutely beautiful and even make a gorgeous highlighter. This palette is a fantastic palette for all, however because of it's amazing formula and how easy it is to blend out it would be great for beginners. The palette is bunched into 2 quad's the left is slightly warmer and the right has cooler shades. Although the differences are only slight it's enough to create a look from both sides The pigmentation this palette gives you is amazing, you barely need to build up coverage as it gives it to you instantly. I have used the palette both with and without primer and both times the shades looked amazing, it lasted all day and didn't crease. You don't need a heavy hand to pick up a lot of product. You can create some quick looks because of how easy it is to pick up and distribute My final thoughts, I personally love this palette. I love the colour scheme of it, the metallic shades are truly beautiful and the pigmentation is out of this world. It really is a gorgeous palette. It lasts all day without creasing and looking bad by the end of night. It blends out without any issues, the shades are all truly beautiful. I have reached for this palette several times since purchasing it and cant wait to keep creating some gorgeous looks with it! The formula has made me want to purchase a few more cover shot palettes by Smashbox! The price for this is so reasonable at just £26. For these reasons, I give this a full 10/10 and highly recommend trying a cover shot palette! This one wont be around for ever being limited edition so if you like the look of it make sure you grab it as soon as possible. Until Next Time,
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Hey Guys, Today's post is all about Smashbox's collaboration with make up artist Vlada Haggerty who has created a gorgeous rose gold collection, from highlighters to eyeshadow palettes & liquid lipsticks. Me being obsessed with highlighters I had to grab one from the collection and I went with Gilded Rose. The highlighter is available from Smashbox's website & Boots. Retailing for £30. The packaging for this collection is one of the best I have seen. The highlighter is absolutely beautiful, it's a metallic rose gold metal and really does catch your eye. It's truly beautiful, probably the best packaged highlighter I have ever owned! The weight of this product is quite hefty, feels very luxurious and high quality. Not only is the packaging out of this world beautiful but the actual highlighter itself is pressed into a rose to match the outside. I almost didn't want to ruin it by using it! On to the actual formula and performance of the highlighter. The formula of the highlighter is a gel to powder formula which gives it a really smooth and soft texture. The formula was very flattering and impressive, it didn't emphasis any imperfections on the skin but rather blended into the skin perfectly. The shade I purchased was Gilded Rose; which is a subtle gold with champagne reflects, giving off a slightly pink sheen as it reflects the light. Now although I really do like this highlighter to me it was slightly underwhelming at first, I was expecting to be blinding to the gods but instead when I first applied it definitely is a more natural/day time kind of glow. Once I played around with it and layered it a few times it gave me more of a glow that I was looking for. It is still quite a conservative highlight and much more subtle than I usually wear. However I have found myself going to it everyday for day time make up, its always good to have a more subtle highlight in the collection right?! You can also make it more intense by wetting your brush with some setting powder before picking up the highlighter, or use the end of a damp beauty blender for an even more intense pick up. The above picture is a swatch of the highlighter both with a flash (top picture) and without the flash (bottom picture). So my final thoughts, the packaging is absolutely beautiful and really luxurious. I think I'll use it as a compact mirror when the highlighter is finished! The inside was just as gorgeous. The formula makes this one of the softest I have tried, it applies like a dream, it sits so naturally on my skin, it just blends so perfectly. No texture is visible and it catches the light beautifully, lasting all day perfectly. It is a subtle highlighter but if that's what you want or what you go for then you'll love this. If subtle highlighters aren't your thing then I would give this one a miss. Although I was a little underwhelmed to start with once I accepted it was a more subtle highlighter I fell in love with it and have used it for daytime make up non stop! So all in all I would give it a 7/10 but I'm definitely glad I have added it to my collection! Until Next Time, Hey Guys, Today's review is all about Jouer's High Coverage Crème Foundation which is available from BeautyBay & Cult Beauty retailing for £34 and has a massive shade range of 50 shades, with so many shades and undertones that there really is something for everyone! I shade matched myself after much deliberating and went with the shade Biscuit. There are some pretty bold claims with this foundation; supreme high coverage, longwearing & lightweight. Needing only a small amount to achieve an impeccable airbrushed matte finish. The foundation has some amazing properties such camomile & cucumber extract. with hyaluronic acid o help give you that perfect complexion that let's be honest we are all chasing! This foundation's formula really does make it one of the most high coverage products I have used. Application of the product was so easy, you really do only need a small amount, you can apply with both brushes and sponges for a natural and streak free application. The only downfall is that it dries fairly fast so you either need to work fast or do your face in batches. Because it's a pump it is easy to control how much product comes out. The formula blends out beautifully and it made my skin look silky smooth, straight away you can see how full coverage it is as it covers up all imperfections and dark circles! I was pleasantly surprised at how amazing it made my skin look, it looks airbrushed and almost perfect. It feels very lightweight and doesn't look cakey at all! Now although it says that it dries matte I disagree with this statement and would say it never fully dries down unless you use powder. If you don't use powder it does transfer slightly. This wasn't a problem for me because I always set my face. All in all I cant believe how amazing this foundation is. It really is extremely full coverage yet lightweight. It gives a gorgeous demi matte finish letting a small amount of radiance to poke through. It applies easily and lasts all day, without cracking or setting into fine lines or wrinkles. It didn't crease under my eyes which is a problem I have to battle normally. This so far is one of the most perfect foundations I have ever tried. The only downfalls for this foundation is that there isn't quite a fluid oz in there like most foundations, however they combat this by you not needing as much as other foundations. I'm not sure if it would be a suitable foundation for those with oilier skin with it not fully drying down. I have normal skin and it works beautifully for me. That being said I would definitely repurchase and give this foundation a 9/10 just because of the price for a smaller bottle. I have attached a photo of me with the foundation down below! Until Next Time. Other Post's You Might Enjoy Superdrug's Vitamin E Range Review Kat Von D's 10 Year Anniversary Metal Crush Highlighter |
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