L’Oreal Infallible Sculpt Collection - review and Swatches.

it’s a foundation that is the texture of a tinted moisturiser, it is only available in two shades for £8.99. I have the lighter shade, I was pleasantly surprised just how well it covered my redness and freckles. It Provided the perfect base for my contour, a Light coverage base that has Smart Pigments to match the skin’s colour, it also builds to a perfect level of blendable coverage. It leaves me with flawless-looking skin without caking as it has grip technology which fuses with your contour for a long-lasting sculpted finish. You can wear as a primer/base or as your foundation which I think is great depending in the look you prefer.

Nude Beige

Soft Sand

Soft Rosy

Infallible Sculpt Blush available in three gorgeous shades, Nude Beige, Soft Sand and Soft Rosy all come with a cheek highlight and two complimenting blush tones. All are beautiful and look like they will suit all skin tones, so compact but with great pigmentation to give you a stunning finish. Priced at £7.99 currently on offer of 3 for 2 to allow you to snap them all up! Such a great idea to give you three seperate products in one little compact.

innovative cream to powder technology is easy to apply and super blendable.

Sculpt and define your features with shadow and light, with our cream to powder Contouring Palette. Your sculpted finish looks true-to-skin, with a flawless matte finish.The lighter shade is designed to lift and highlight the high-points of your face, whilst the darker shade creates the illusion of shadow, to sculpt your face to perfection. Available in light/medium and medium/dark. Available for £9.99 each, the contour is a little orange on my skin if I use too much product, but used lightly and blended well I can easily make it work.

Have you tried anything from the new collection?

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Kiko Total Sculpt 3 in 1 Contour Kit in Light.

True to the style of the "Cosmic Starlets" collection, the Total Sculpt 3 in 1 Contour Kit comes in a geometric-shaped case with an internal mirror! Contouring palette trio with two sculpting face powders and a highlighter.  The sculpting powders accentuate the face's contours. The highlighter creates points of light to bring out your best features. The sculpting powders combined with the highlighter conceal your imperfections while emphasizing your positive aspects. The palette also contains a contouring brush to achieve a sculpted look as well as a tutorial to learn contouring techniques. The silky powders blend easily and allow you to simply and quickly sculpt your features. A beautiful palette to give you a gorgeous contour this Christmas.. I really like it but think the packaging is a tad bulky I won't be popping it in my clutch on a night out. But it be kept in my make up collection to get me party ready!! It is priced at £19.90 from Kiko stores and online.

Have you seen this lovely collection?

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Real Techniques Collectors Edition Sculpting Set.

Another amazing value set from Real Techniques which includes three brushes - Sculpting Brush, Fan Brush and a Setting Brush - Accentuate your favourite features, create defined contours for added depth, or simply enhance your natural bone structure with RT's Collector’s Edition Sculpting Set. With the use of light and dark makeup shades, this set gives you the flexibility to transform your look.

Each brush is a special design: a sleek, high-shine pink instead of the classic matte.

• sculpting brush: features a wide, angled head specially designed to help create defined contours
• fan brush (exclusive to set): softly sweeps on powders + whisks away any excess makeup for an even finish
• setting brush: the key to completing any look with a controlled dusting of powder or highlighter

They certainly don't disappoint, I love every single one of them.. I've never owned a Fan brush as thought they were rather pointless, but once I'd tried it to apply my highlighter.. I'm a complete convert! It just applies like a dream making my highlighter look so much more natural, as it leaves such a light dusting of the product. The setting brush is also great for contouring the sides of my nose if I choose to do a full on face contour otherwise I just use to set my under eye powder.. The sculpting brush is perfect for contour & 'Sculpting' my cheek bones.. A great set for everyone.

Available in stores now as released March 2015 for £19.99.

Pür Minerals "Bare it All" Gift set

Highlight, contour and accentuate your natural features in four easy steps! Give your cheeks a healthy glow and enhance your bone structure with Pür’s vitamin-rich Mineral Blush and Contour/Highlight Powder Duo. 

Add a splash of lush, natural colour to lips with Au Naturel Lipstick with hydrating shea butter and jojoba oil. Pure Black Precision Eyeliner completes the look with a quick and easy dose of long-wear definition.

What’s Inside
Pure Black Precision Eyeliner – defines eyes with long wear, bold colour 
Au Naturel Shea Butter Lipstick – hydrates with shea butter and jojoba oil
Contour/Highlight Powder Duo – enhances features for natural definition
Mineral Blush in Peep Show – nourishes a healthy glow with vitamin E

This really is a great little Christmas gift set for female in your family who are interested in make up, 2 great compacts with a lovely natural bronzer/highlighter and a gorgeous rosey blush that would compliment any skin tone, priced at £29.00 and available online or at Marks and Spencer, the shades are soft, easy to use & pigmented. This brand also don't test on animals.

What do you want under your Christmas tree?

Wedding Make up.... Bronzer

When you are choosing a Bronzer for your big Day, I would recommend going for a matte shade, this will allow you to not only contour your face making the shape more defined for pictures but also for adding colour. I like to use a cream bronzer under my foundation & then add a little powder bronzer to add extra shape to my face especially under my cheek bones & chin! It doesn't matter what budget you have there are some great products out there, here are a few of my favourites.

The velvety finish of this light cream-gel bronzer leaves your skin with a beautiful sun-kissed look. Wear it on its own to enhance your complexion, or for a hint of outdoors radiance, over or under your Foundation. A great cream bronzer, you need to use a light hand & slowly build the colour as this can look a little orange if your not careful.£31.00 for 30ml

The Bronzer Multiple, is a cream-to-power, multi-purpose makeup stick. You can apply with fingers, brushes, or directly from the stick itself. The bronzer shades of The Multiples are designed to help naturally bronze or sculpt the face/cheeks. This is my favourite multiple I wear mine in Tuomoto & the colour is perfect for my skin, the product just melts into my skin creating the perfect shadows. Full Review can be found HERE. £29.00 for 14g

If you want to learn more about Contouring & Highlighting to help make the most of your features & help any flaws disappear... then read my post HERE. Or just to give you a couple of extra tips.

your complexion lightens and darkens naturally with the seasons, Guerlain has invented Terracotta 4 Seasons: a selection of four shades that blend together to create a matte & customised, natural-looking glow any time of year. This sun-kissed palette is perfect for sculpting and highlighting, To help women make the right choice, Guerlain has created a set of coordinated shades tailored to each type of complexion. All women, fair or dark, can indulge in the pleasure of a Terracotta glow. This bronzer gives a lovely natural colour as you are able to mix the shades giving you a unique colour. £46.50 10g

This honey-enriched pressed bronzing powder from The Body Shop gives skin an even, bronze matte natural looking finish, it is a lovely smooth powder that can be used to contour or add colour. This bronzer is brilliant, cheap in price but the product is quality, it gives a great natural shade & has no shimmer. £13.00 for 10g

A great bronzer at a Budget price, Let a little sunshine into your life for cheap, with NYC New York Color Smooth Skin Bronzing Powder. It glides on easily for a sheer bronze glow that looks like you just stepped off the beach. It is easy to use everywhere and is perfect for quick touch-ups throughout the day. This is my daily go to bronzer, It has a great matte finish & looks very natural on the skin, it can also be built up for a more night time look. £3.00 for 10g

With all bronzers you need to apply little product & blend as it is easy to add colour than take away! They can dramatically change the shape of your face by enhancing your natural features instantly slimming & contouring your face especially when you use along with highlighters.

Do you have avFavourite Contour/Bronzer?

Soleil Tan de CHANEL Bronzing Makeup Base - Bronze Universal.

Soleil Tan de CHANEL Bronzing Makeup Base is an incredibly flattering bronzer that comes in a velvety smooth creme-gel formula, that literally seems to glide effortlessly on application, to melt seamlessly into your skin.

 This is a truly universal shade indeed  - appearing neither too orange, red, or yellow, but a perfect contour colour that will suit practically every skin tone across the spectrum, the effect is so subtle, this is great for fair skins. 

It looks very orange at first glance, but it blends away very nicely and is pretty much foolproof. Once on the skin it is absolutely matte – there’s no dewy finish. it just disappears into the skin as though you’ve just dusted on a fine layer of extremely pale bronzing powder, the product  just becomes part of the base.

I apply mine with my Real Techniques stippling brush & wear it underneath my foundation, this gives an amazingly natural contour. Then once I've powdered i will put a light dusting of NYC 'Sunny' over the top to add a little more for nights out.

I really wished they would release this in a travel size (Similar to the tester in the stores) as the packaging as stunning as it is, is just impractical as it is so bulky, but until then i will continue to use my Nars multiple in tuomoto for travelling.

 

Being a Chanel product, this is a little pricey at £30 for 30ml, but it is a seriously beautiful product, it looks amazing and I imagine it will last a long while. 

What's your favourite bronzing product?

Nars Blush/Bronzer Trio

It comes in a Stylish zippered compact nylon case with a huge mirror, which is handy for travelling – not a big fan of the design but at least the nylon will be more durable than the usual rubber case which I'm definitely not a fan of!

This trio of Iconic classics together we have NARS Laguna with NARS Orgasm (a shimmery peachy golden pink) & Albatross (a shimmery ivory with a pale gold ) 

This was a ltd Edition, but i have seen a few still available on Amazon & Ebay, Also keep an eye on Blogsales.

Are you interested in an affordable possible Dupe?
Sleek Face Form in Fair £10.00 available from Sleek MakeUp.

What's your Must have travel essential?

Nars Multiple in tuomota

I have always wanted to try a Nars multiple, but decided not to part with my cash as cream blushes & bronzers aren't really for me.

I purchased the Chanel Bronze universal tan de soleil or whatever it is called now! As everyone was raving about it, i was so glad i did as i love it - but that's for another post......

I then saw a Youtube video about this product & it was described as the Travel friendly version of the Chanel tan de dada!! So i had to have it. I started to look for it, but no luck on Nars website, eventually discovered it had been....... Discontinued. I nearly cried!! After lot's of searching I eventually tracked one down on Ebay - brand new :)

It is a bronzing multiple that is matte. I took one look and one swipe and I was sold. This colour is PERFECT for my skin tone, the perfect tan and the perfect contour colour. It is FANTASTIC! It is so natural looking. I am really impressed with this colour. I have no idea why it was discontinued as it is perfect for fain skin tones & the ones they do sell are either too dark or shimmery?

Do you prefer cream or powder Bronzers?