Back with a bang!

Well I just noticed it's actually been 2 months today since I last blogged and I have a lot to catch up on. There's a lot of stuff sitting in my "waiting to review" box which are all the things I have purchased since my last reviewing session.

I will list them below so that I can take them all out of the box and actually find them a home!

• Elizabeth Arden - Bronze in Bloom
• Bare Minerals Get Started Complexion
• Smashbox Beauty To Go Photo Finish Foundation Primer Set
• YSL Touche Éclat (Radiant Touch)
• Mascara Volume Effect Faux Cils (Luxurious Mascara For A False Lash Effect)
• Sleek Caribbean Collection Curaҫao Palette
• Sleek Primer Palette
• Sleek Mediterranean Collection Monaco Palette 
• Front Cover Go!Go!Go!
• BeneTint (free with Glamour)
• Clinique Superbalm Moisturizing Gloss in Grapefruit (free with Glamour)
• Boots Expert Sensitive Daily Defence Moisture Cream SPF 12
• The Body Shop Lip Scuff
• The Body Shop Lipstick in Soft Sienna
• The Body Shop Big & Curvy Mascara
• No.7 Exquisite Curl Mascara
• No.7 Beautifully Matte Foundation in Almond
• No.7 Eye Awakening Gel
• No.7 Spring 2011 Limited Edition Eye Palette
• No.7 Spring 2011 Limited Edition Lipstick in Grace
• No.7 Spring 2011 Limited Edition Eyeliner in Turquoise
• Max Factor Miracle Touch Liquid Illusion Foundation in Warm Almond
• 17 Natural Radiance Foundation in Caramel
• 17 Skin Perfecting Shine Free Foundation in Caramel
• L'oréal Infallible Make Up Long Lasting Perfecting Foundation in Vanilla
• No.7 Lift & Illuminate Foundation in Almond
• 17 Metallic Eye Pencil in Gold
• 17 Metallic Eye Pencil in Silver
• 17 Metallic Eye Pencil in Green
• 17 Metallic Eye Pencil in Bronze
• No.7 Beautiful Brows Pencil in Brown/Black
• Rimmel Professional Liquid Eyeliner in Dark Chocolate
• Models Own Eye Pencil in Neon Hot Pink
• Models Own Eye Pencil in Peacock Green
• Models Own Powder Eyeshadow in Orangeade
• Models Own Powder Eyeshadow in Hot Red
• Models Own Powder Eyeshadow in Pale Jade
• Models Own Powder Eyeshadow in Bright Grass 
• Models Own Powder Eyeshadow in Emerald Green
• Models Own Powder Eyeshadow in Bright Turquoise
• Models Own Powder Eyeshadow in Purple Sky
• Models Own Powder Eyeshadow in Gold
• Models Own Powder Eyeshadow in Brown & Gold Sparkle
• Models Own Nail Polish in Pastel Pink
• Models Own Nail Polish in Vintage Pink
• Models Own Nail Polish in Red Alert
• Models Own Nail Polish in Cherry Pie
• Models Own Nail Polish in Lime Green
• Models Own Nail Polish in Lilac Dream
• Models Own Nail Polish in Becca's Brown
• No.7 Speed Dry Nail Colour in Violetta
• Barry M Nail Effects in Black
• Barry M Nail Effects in White

Please let me know if there are any items you would like me to start reviewing first, otherwise I will slowly go through the list one by one. I won't be buying much in the next few months - or the next year as I have a wedding to save up for!!

I'm going to start reviewing my most recent purchase first because I was so excited when I saw them on the Sleek make up stand. I had hoped they were on 3 for 2 like the last time I bought my Sleek palettes, but no such luck!! So this week I will be reviewing my new Sleek palettes - Caribbean Collection Curaҫao, The Primer Palette & Mediterranean Collection Monaco.

Lazy FOTD

This whole weekend I have been pretty slack on my blog, I apologise, but I will continue to post almost everyday from Monday onwards. I have had a very lazy weekend in general, so let the lazy FOTD post commence.

I used: 

FACE

L'oreal True Match Liquid Foundation in (W3) Golden Beige
No.7 Perfect Light Loose Powder in Medium
Rimmel Powder Blush in Santa Rose

EYES

Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion
Sleek Sparkle Palette in Festive
Kitten & Vixen Magic Mascara and Kohl Eyeliner in Bewitching Burgundy

LIPS

The Body Shop Lip Butter in Sweet Lemon
Gosh Light n Shine Lip Glaze in 02

What do you wear on your "lazy days"?

Sparkly FOTD

Today's look was created in the last 10 minutes I had before I left for work. I only used a few things...and some of them were new :) So here it is!

I used:

FACE

L'oreal True Match Liquid Foundation in (W3) Golden Beige
No.7 Perfect Light Loose Powder in Medium
Rimmel Powder Blush in Santa Rose

EYES

Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion
Sleek Sparkle Palette in Mistletoe - eyelid
Front Cover in Toffee - under eye
Front Cover in China Cup - highlight
L'oreal Telescopic Clean Definition Mascara in Black
Rimmel Kohl Eye Pencil in Black - lower waterline

LIPS

Avon Extreme Glazewear Gloss in Sand Shine

I am loving the sparkles and I'm tempted to try some more tomorrow!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Hiya everyone, hope you had a lovely new year and are ready to get back to reality? I have a December favourite post coming up soon! But for now I will show you what I recently bought whilst on a Christmas sales shopping trip.

It was still 3 for 2 on cosmetics in Superdrug - I love that it includes palettes! I checked out the Sleek collection, and what do you know - they have the sparkle set in stock! They also had one other Sleek palette (Sunset) I didn't have so I got that too. Then thought I would check out the Max Factor and L'oreal stands for my free item. It's always best to get the expensive items free :) Dave also helped me choose - it's no surprise he wanted me to get the Queen Bee eyeshadow trio because of it's bright colours.

I can't wait to get some glitter on my eyes tomorrow for my first day back at work! I haven't had time to have a play with any yet, but I have many new products to use this month! My bedroom is almost completely organised so I won't even have an excuse anymore!

Hope you're all ok! x

Work Christmas Meal FOTD

I wanted to do a vibrant look for my work xmas meal, I was wearing pretty neutral clothing so thought it was the obvious option.

I used:

FACE

No.7 Mineral Perfection Foundation in Almond
No.7 Cheek Tint in Maple Silk
No.7 Mineral Perfection Blusher in Soft Damson

EYES

Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy

Sleek Acid Palette - 1. inner corner,  2. eyelid
Sleek Storm Palette - 3. outer corner, 4. highlight
Urban Decay 24/7 Glide On Eye Pencil in Electric - lower waterline
Rimmel Kohl Eye Pencil in black - upper waterline
No.7 Amazing Eyes Liner in black - upper lashline
Wet n Wild Mega Length Double Action Mascara in black

LIPS

No.7 Stay Perfect Lipstick in Nude Rebellion
Skittles lip balm in Strawberry Starfruit

What do you think? Have you got any requests - let me know, email me: samwells87@hotmail.com

Sleek Storm FOTD

After yesterday's review of the Sleek Storm palette, I thought I would use it for a natural look that was a bit more exciting than normal. It didn't take long to do this as I only used a few products, and I think it looks great considering.

I used:

FACE

No.7 Mineral Perfection Foundation in Almond
No.7 Mineral Perfection Blusher in Soft Damson

EYES

Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy

Sleek Storm Palette:-

1. all over eye - upper & lower

2. upper eyelid

3. crease

4. lower eyelid

Barry M Shimmering Eye & Lip Crayon in Gold - highlight

Rimmel Kohl Eye Pencil in black

No.7 Lash 360° Mascara in black

LIPS

No.7 Pink Crush Moisture Drench Lipstick

What do you think? Have you created any FOTD's from the Storm palette??

Sleek Storm Palette Review

Some people may look at this palette with an "untrained" eye and think the colours are boring. This review is going to prove otherwise.

Here is a picture of the palette:

Here are my swatches of the colours over the top of Pixie Epoxy:

With flash

Without flash

I popped in two pictures because one shows the shimmer more and one shows how pigmented the colours are. I absolutely love them. For the price of £5.99 for 12 eyeshadows they are very high quality. Much better than I thought they would be.

I did notice that the black is a bit harder than the other shadows, it takes more pressing to actually apply. But this is probably a good thing as I don't tend to use black much and when I do I use it cautiously. The fact that it's slightly harder to apply means I'm less likely to apply too much.

The variety of shades in this palette coordinate perfectly. You can pretty mcuh match any of these shades with another and still make it work. I love every single shade and will be using this plenty. If I wake up early enough tomorrow I fancy doing a bronze look...


What do you think?

Sleek FOTD 2

This is a quick blog post because I have been up since 8am and I didn't get in til 3am last night so I need to go to bed early tonight!! Just a quick one to show you my make up from last night. My friend's mum turned 60, so we celebrated in style! I had an excuse to use my new Sleek palettes, however I ran out of time very quicly and found myself with only 5 minutes to do my make up!!

I used:

FACE

L'oreal True Match Liquid Foundation in (W3) Golden Beige
New ID I-Bronze in Rio
No.7 Cheek Tint in Maple Silk
New ID I-Glow in Ice Pop

EYES

Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion
Sleek Original Palette in shimmer olive - eyelid
Sleek Original Palette in shimmer cream - highlight
Sleek Storm Palette in matte dark brown - outer eyelid
Rimmel Kohl Eye Pencil in black
No.7 Lash 360° Mascara in black

LIPS

No.7 Wild Volume Lipstick in Toffee Apple
Cherry Carmex

Quite a quick and simple look to do in the end I think it took 7 minutes, hehe.

Sleek FOTD

Hello everyone, here is my latest FOTD, as promised I used my new Sleek palettes!

I used:

FACE

L'oreal True Match Liquid Foundation in (W3) Golden Beige
New ID I-Bronze in Rio
No.7 Cheek Tint in Maple Silk
NYC Smooth Mineral Loose Blush Powder in Almost Apricot

EYES

Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion
Sleek Acid Palette in matte yellow - eyelid
Sleek Acid Palette in matte orange - outer corner
Sleek Original Palette in shimmer blue - lower eyelid
Urban Decay 24/7 Glide On Eye Pencil in Flipside - lower waterline
No.7 Amazing Eyes Liner in Black - upper lashline
No.7 Lash 360° Mascara in black

LIPS

Rimmel Exaggerate Full Colour Lip Liner in Ultimate
No.7 Wild Volume Lipstick in Toffee Apple

What do you think everyone? I'm not sure I would get away with wearing this to work but today was my day off. I will probably be stuck at home tomrrow too with all this snow we have been having here in the UK!! How is the weather where you are?

Sleek from Bluewater Trip

For my birthday I got something I've wanted for a loooooong time. I persuaded the boyfriend to get me a sleek palette, well not just one - three - it was 3 for 2 so how could I resist?! The Superdrug they had wasn't as big as I expected it to be.

I got Acid (as pictured above), Storm and the Original palette. It comes in clear plastic packaging with white and pink font. It really is a stylish looking palette, black with some swirly writing and not too much going on.

It's relatively small, you could fit it into any handbag, it seems pretty stable as the guy dropped it when he was scanning it through the till and I checked it once I got outside the shop and it was fine! This makes me feel comfortable about taking them out with me.

 

Original

Acid

Storm

All the colours look pretty pigmented, I've had a little play but not properly. I will hopefully do my first FOTD with them tomorrow. I'm also hoping to get more in the future. The sparkle palette is the new limited edition and was unfortunately sold out when I was in Bluewater, I was quite sad, considering it would have made a great birthday present to get some new sparkly eyeshadow!! hehe.