Clarins Spring 2016 Ombre Iridescent

A new cream-to-powder texture that offers the comfort and smoothing effect of a cream with the fine quality and hold of a powder. Silky and lightweight, these eyeshadows are confortable and easy to apply. A smoothing, iridescent and long-lasting formula that glides over the eyelid and blends evenly into the skin upon application.

There are 4 new shades in this gorgeous cream to powder textured eyeshadow:

• 04 Silver Ivory
• 05 Silver Pink
• 06 Silver Green
• 07 Silver Plum

I absolutely love these little pots of loveliness all the shades are beautiful and perfect for spring, they apply easily and last all day! Both the matte and shimmer shades are gorgeous, very pigmented and don't crease on me even without a primer they look great all day. All eight shades are available on Clarins.co.uk for £18.00

Have you tried them yet? 

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Becca Glow on the Go

Get the secret to the iconic BECCA glow in travel-friendly sizes. This collection features BECCA's #1 Luminizer Shimmering Skin Perfector Pressed Opal paired with Liquid Opal Spotlight Wand. These two formulas absorb and reflect light for a superb natural glow. Layer to create ultimate light & lift or wear alone for different highlighting effect.

Includes:

• Shimmering Skin Perfector Spotlight in Opal
• Shimmering Skin Perfector Pressed in Opal

Becca shimmering skin perfector in Opal, is one of my favourite highlights it is just stunning, it doesn't turn you into a glitterball, it makes you look like a gorgeously glowing goddess. It is just so pretty and when you mix that with deluxe samples - I couldn't resist picking them up!.. I have a massive soft spot for mini's.

This set is available for £20.00, I picked mine up from Cult Beauty, but you can pick up from all ggod online stores.

What's your number one highlighter?

Stila Kitten All Over Shimmer Duo

Introducing a gorgeous all over shimmer powder with Kitten and a pale iridescent pink. This multi-purpose powder instantly enhances the complexion with a fresh, radiant glow. Inspired by light, Stila Kitten All Over Shimmer Duo creates a luminous, youthful glow. Packaged in a convenient compact with mirror, this powder can be used as an eye shadow, highlighter, cheek colour and décolleté. 

Features include:
- Enhances the complexion with natural, illuminating glow
- Micro-fine pearl adheres to the skin, lasting all day
- All-over-glow powder can be used on the eyes, cheeks, face and décolleté
- Packaged in an easy-to-carry compact with mirror.

I absolutely love the Kitten eyeshadow and have been eyeing this up for over 12 months, but always talked myself out of it, but last week when Feel unique did an offer of spend £30 and get £10 off.. So in my mind it only cost me £5 :) I have not been disappointed with it, I've used it as an eyeshadow and a highlighter and it looks so pretty as both. It provides just enough shimmer without glitter so can be used day or night.

Available for £15.00 at all good beauty outlets.

Have you tried Stila Kitten?

theBalm Nude tude Palette

This amazing palette consists of 12 beautiful shadows that make wearing nudes sexy! These satiny smooth colors can be applied naturally or beautifully layered. The wide range of shades gives you light highlighters as well as brazen bold shades that work to add definition and emphasis to your lids. 

I have been dying to get my mitts on this palette for well over a year, but kept telling myself I didn't need another neutrals palette, but it was never far from my eye line with reviews and tutorials, It seemed to be everywhere I looked! Then I saw that Birch Box had started to sell it in their online store, I decided to save and use my reward points to get it I had just under 200 points (£20) meaning I could get it for £6.00 delivered! After a month or so I had managed to get to just over 200 points but I soon realised it was OUT OF STOCK! - The three words I hate to hear!! I was gutted... I think I waited 6 weeks before it was back in stock - Woohoo finally mine :)

The palette does not disappoint, It is very pretty, the shadows are creamy making it very easy to blend in, I have been using it for just about two weeks and have been loving the different looks I can create with it. The shades are...

Sassy is a frosted white with good colour payoff and a buttery, smooth texture. It has a metallic finish.

Stubborn is a light-medium peach with a soft frost finish. It has a frosted finish.

Snobby is a gold shimmered medium-dark yellow. This shade is a bit sheer.

Stand-offish is a light-medium bronze-shimmered brown with warm, red undertones and a frost-metallic finish.

Selfish is a frosted taupe–it’s greyish brown,.

Sophisticated is a dark brown with subtle warm undertones and a bronze shimmer.

Sultry is a warmed-up, medium brown with a satiny finish. 

Schitzo is a warm, golden bronze-brown with a soft, pearly finish. 

Sexy is rich burgundy with hints of red and brown and a matte finish. 

Serious is a medium-dark black with a matte finish.

Silly is a red-tinted brown with flecks of copper sparkle. 

Sleek is a dark black-brown with a matte finish.

Some of the shades are a little pale but I use them to neutralise my eyelids or as a transistion shade to blend my look together. Overall this is a great versatile palette, if you are wanting to buy it you can find on most online stores for around £26.00. If you are subscribed to Birch Box use your reward points like me and get yourself a bargain!

What's your favourite neutrals palette?

Becca Shimmer Skin Perfector pressed powder in Opal.

A sequel to the cult favorite liquid Shimmering Skin Perfector, this creamy powder luminiser is like crushed gemstones in a compact. A Gorgeous peachy bronze Shimmering Skin Perfector Pressed in Opal, with no glitter just a beautiful sheen. It suits all skin tones but personally I think it leans slighty warm making it perfect for taking on holiday and showing off your tan! (or if you fake it!)

It's a multi-task product and looks amazing over the eye lid, The Pressed formula is packed with a variety of multi toned pearl particles that give the skin a creamy powder like application- it doesn’t settle into fine lines and wrinkles! it also stay put all day long.

It's comes in four shades one of which is rose gold - I'm hoping to pick that one up VERY soon! Available online or from Space NK for around £30.

What is your favourite Highlight? 

Kiko Neon Glow Light Effect Serum

Neon Glow Light Effect Serum from the current Dark Heroine collection. Is a limited edition product that comes in a very glamorous box and inside is Something quite beautiful! An innovative breakthrough in cosmetics, brightness renewal serum for an immediately more radiant complexion. An exclusive solution that combines the moisturizing and smoothing properties of a gel with the brightening effect of the reflective particles contained in its internal helix. As the serum is dispensed, the gel combines with the luxurious pearls. 

The product is packaged in a transparent container in which the spiral of the purest pearls is suspended in a soft, transparent gel. The serum performs a complete action. The efficient technological packaging dispenses the two textures in a perfect mix.

Its formula is effective, containing ingredients to help revive the skin’s natural splendor and to prevent skin aging. The components of the gel act together with the full bodied, multi reflective pearlescent texture to provide elegant radiance to the skin. 

The face rediscovers a young and smooth appearance for a radiant glow throughout the day. Easy to apply for immediately visible radiance. Its effective formula massages the face with a revitalizing and intense action.

Once blended out on the skin it is a little shimmery, but when you put your foundation on top the effect is magical. It turns the shimmer aspect into a gorgeous luminous glow. It is not a primer, in that it won't mask your pores or promise to help your make up stay put longer, but it makes a lovely smooth base for your foundation. Leaving you with a lovely dewy 'Lit from within' finish.

The Kiko Neon Glow Light Effect Serum is £13.90 and is available from the Kiko website.

Wedding Make up...... Eyeshadows

I personally think the 'no make up' natural make up looks gorgeous on a bride, using neutral shades that complement the skin tone as the only thing that should get the guests talking is your DRESS! Not your blue kohl eye & neon pink lip.... Here are a Few of my  favourite Neutral palettes.

Stila In the Light Eye Shadow Palette is a beautiful collection of Stila's award-winning eye shadows in wearable, neutral shades for every skintone that can be worn wet or dry.The palette also includes an exclusive Smudge Stick Waterproof Eye Liner in Damsel, a matte chocolate brown. £25.00

Clarins quartet in Rosewood, A collection of wet and dry formula eye shadow quartets, each containing four toning shades of satin and iridescent long lasting, super silky and blendable eye colour. Presented in Clarins' signature pale gold compact with mirror and two quality foam tipped applicators; one for defining the eye and one for shading and blending. £31.00

Urban Decay Naked Palettes, You can look great NAKED! These long, lean, seductive case is packed with TWELVE gorgeous neutrals. Shades range from delicate champagnes to dark, gritty gunmetal, with names like Darkhorse, Virgin and Buck. They also included a range of textures: everything from glitter to shimmer to matte. £36.00 each

Wet n Wild in Comfort Zone, a stunning collection of 8 silky, ultra-pigmented day-to-night colors. Mix-and-match for a variety of looks from sweet to wild! Lot's of different shades to choose from. $4.99 or eBay around £5.00

MUA Heaven & Earth is a palette of 12 beautiful earth tone shades that blend effortlessly to give a soft shimmery finish. Create a natural effect using the individual shades, or mix colours together to intensify your look. But this brand has several great palettes on offer. £4.00

Sleek Mke up, The most feminine palette around creates super-sultry looks with shades from every day beiges and peachy hues, to matte browns and shimmering greys.A palette of 12 pressed, mineral-based eyeshadows, Oh So Special contains five shimmers and seven mattes. Each super- blendable eyeshadow is ideal for creating multi-dimensional looks. £7.99

There are lots of palettes & shadows from different brands that can suit your bugdet, you need a base or the lid, a mixer & crease colour, the other shades just add that something extra to make it suitable for you.

Wht's your favourite shadow or palette?

Dainty Doll Eyeshadows

I got these Two at a Bargain price of £1.99 each from Fragrance Direct, too good a price not too Try!

They had about 7 different colours but these two are the inky ines i liked & would probably wear as Green, Purple, Yellow & Orange don't really do it for me :)

The first one is in 002 Treat Her Like A Lady is a heavily pigmented nude tone.
It is a Grey Nude colour & looks great for a no fuss natural look, Mine didn't contain a mirror, not sure if that's why they are being sold cheaper? The pigmentation isn't too great & i definatley wouldn't pay full price for more, but at this price they are nice to have in my ever growing make up collection. 

MUA Undress me too - UD Naked 2 Dupe?

The Undress Me Too Palette embraces this season’s fresh-faced look and urges you to strip back and go nude! Made up of 12 warm and timeless shades, this palette will suit all skin tones and any occasion. 

When i first heard about this palette, I thought " Oh not another Nude palette!....." But then i saw it & fell in love. It will get a huge Welcome into my collection!...

Featuring a shade range that runs from the palest champagne to the grittiest gunmetal grey, this isn’t just ‘shades of beige. Each shadow has a distinct look that works for everyone.