Urban Decay Gwen Stefani Blush Palette

This Palette has six shades each one contains 2.8 grams. The shades are smooth and very wearable for everyday use especially for us pale ladies

CHERRY - Light Cool Toned Pink (satin) with a soft sheen. This shade is quite sheer but you can build the color to the intensity that you want.

EASY - This shade is a Deep Rose with gold shimmer going through. Such a pretty shade it can be very pigmented if you don't use a light hand. This is one of my favorite shades out of the palette. 

ANGEL - Champagne Shimmer . This is smooth and bendable with a frost finish. Personally I love using this as a highlight it's very pretty and gives of such a soft glow. 

LO-FI - Soft Bronze Matte the texture is quite smooth and bendable if used with a fluffy blush. I like to use this to add warmth to my pale complexion. I have seen some mention they can't contour with this shade because it's too warm personally I can get away with using it that way.

HUSH - Rosy Copper with gold shimmer. This is another favorite of mine that is very smooth and blendable.  I like to use it with a little bit of EASY mixed in but again you need to use a light hand if you are pale as the shade is quite pigmented. 

OC - Soft Peach this shade is a lot more sheer then Cherry but you can build it up but it requires a lot more product on the face. Some have mentioned they can use it as a highlight but for me it's more of a blush which I prefer. It gives off such a soft glow to the cheeks. 

Overall I am loving the palette. I've been using this for a month now and can't fault it in anyway. I even brought a backup because I can see myself hitting pan at some point with it only having 2.8 grams of product in each pan. I would totally recommend this to you guys especially for light to medium skin tones.

The retail price is £35 pounds and they are still in stock with Urban Decay and Debenhams if you want your hands on this beauty I'd suggest to get it as soon as you can with it being Limited Edition.

MAC A Novel Romance Yield To Love and A Passionate Quest Quad

This eye palette and lipstick has to be by far my favourite combo together right now. These two was released in the A Novel Romance MAC Collection on the 28th August 2014 these items are Limited Edition so it would be hard for you to find now.. well the lipstick is still available on their website. 

Yiled To Love - This is a Cremeshade Lipstick which is creamy, glossy and opaque I find that it is hydrayting and not drying on the lips. This is a pretty rose shade with a cool undertone which you can deepen with a lipliner.

A Passionate Quest Quad - I do have the three quads from this collection but this one is my favouite out of them. This is a cool palette with a mix of purples and one pink. There's a good mix of shades and finishes in this palette that work well together... buttery and blend well together! I've never been impressed with MAC and their eye quads until this collection. 

The Wrong Man - Dusty Cool Pink with a Satin finish but I find that it comes off more of a matte then a satin.

Serenade - My favourite shade within the quad, this is a Veluxe Pearl... pink with a blue duochrome through it pulling off as a plum frost finsh! I find it's more of a purple similar to Stars n Rockets by MAC. 

Brazenly - This is a eggplan with a Veluxe Pearl. I find that this pulls off more matte on me with a dark plum finish wasn't what I expected as I thought it would pull off more of a purple shade then it does.

Stay Sultry - Deep Navy with a Satin Finish. Apparently this shade has a shimmer going through either I'm blind or mine didn't have it. I find that this was a little difficult to blend and was on the drier side but I can make it work you just have to take your time and put some effort into this shade. It works a lot better applied with a fluffy brush, awesome as a crease or outter v to deepen up the look.

I know I've stated a few negatives within the eye pallete but overall I still think it is a beautiful quad and worth having in my collection. Underneath I've posted a picture wearing the pallete and lipstick.

Sharon Osbourne Lipliner & Lipglass

I recently brought some products out of the MAC Osbourne Collection. When I seen this collection I was like WOW this is definitly up my road, especially with Kelly's two lipsticks Kelly Yum Yum and Dodgy Girl (which I had to BU both, as I'm in love)

 

I'm only going to review the Lip Liner and Lipglass from Sharon Osbourne for now.

Lip Liner Cranberry - I'm obsessed with Lip Liners, I love to define my lips before applying the choice of lipstick over plus it helps the staying power of the lipstick to last a lot longer especially if it's not a matte. This Lipliner is absolutely GORGEOUS! Unfortunately this an most of the collection is sold out now but if you can get your hands on it please do. MAC Lip liners are highly pigmented, creamy and glide on like a dream. This one is perfect to wear on it's own, with a lipstick or even outline the lips and apply a gloss. Sharon’s Lip Pencil is a bright red color with her signature in lavender, where as Kelly's is the lavender packaging with her signature in red.

LipGlass Bijou - I'm not a lip gloss fan but recently I have been wearing a gloss, I only own three lip glosses this one and two out of the Alluring Aquatic collection. Bijou is described as pinky mauve colour. This is a perfect gloss if you're not into brights or want to tone a lipstic down or add some colour to a lipstick that makes you look like concealer lips. This gloss does have a sticky feeling but I kinda like it? I find that it makes it last longer on my lips. I love pairing this with the Cranberry lipliner above, outlining my lips and applying this over.... looks GORGEOUS!

 I'm in love with these two products I had to do a cheeky BU of both!

March BirchBox

I'm late reviewing My First BirchBox that I got in March! I was tossing between subscribing to these guys or Glossybox but after looking at reviews and comparing what people got I ended up choosing BirchBox.

 

The Items I received in my first BirchBox was -

Benefit Don't Stray - This is a primer for your eyeshadow to help keep it in place and prevent from creasing. I have used this a few times, It did help with evening out my eye lids and it did keep my eyeshadow in place but not for long. If I was to compare this with my Urban Decay Primer Potion then the UD would win hands down, best primer I've used with my eyeshadow by far.

Korres Citrus Body Milk - This is a hydrayting lotion which does smell lovely. I honestly can't put my view on this as I've not used it, keep forgetting I have it.

Dr Brandt Pores No More Pore Refiner - This is a product that helps minimize the pores and absorbs excess oil. With this being a mattifying product I've not given this a try as it wouldn't do any justice for my skin with it being dry and the matte look just doesn't go well with me. So I'm probably going to give this to a friend that will get use out of it.

Molton Brown Rhubarb & Rose Replenishing Hand Cream - This is by far one of the best smelling hand creams I've ever came across, It smells yummy I could even eat it haha. I've found that it keeps my hands soft and smelling sweet. I've been thinking of buying this product in the full size which I'll have to hurry and decide with it being Limited Edition!

English Laundry Signature For Her Perfume - This is a very sweet and light scent. I have worn this sample a few times and I found it did last good on me but it's not one I'll buy as a full size as I have perfumes far better then this that I love which I'll do a blog post on. It actually does remind me of Britney Spears Fantasy.

Candy Rock - I gave this to my mother as I dislike rock.

I have to say I wasn't disappointed in this box, I don't think I'll ever be with one as after all we know we're paying to try out products, not receive the ones we actually want as we don't have a choice. I got my April box today which I'll review soon!

Top 5 Lipsticks

These are my top 5 go to Lipsticks at the moment.

MAC Subculture Lip Liner - This is really a good neutral shade for me to pair with a nude lipstick. This applies smooth and doesn't dry out my lips. I find that it makes my lipstick last longer especially the one above.

MAC Flair For Finery - This Lipstick is a Cool Nude with a Lustre finish that is LE that came out with the Divine Night Collection. This is very sheer when applied on it's own, hydrates my lips very well. I love pairing it with the Subculture Lip Liner which makes it a lot less sheer and makes it last longer on my lips. This is my go to lipstick if I have a strong eye look or if I don't want a bold lip. I'm not much of a nude fan but I love this, love it that much I had to back it up.

 

MAC Dervish Lip Liner -  This is such a pretty Lip Liner that is a Neutral Warm Rosy Pink with a sheen. This glides on smoothly without drying out the Lips. 

MAC Morning Rose - This Lipstick is a Soft Cool Rose which is a Cremesheen but to me it comes across as a Frost finish that gives such a pretty sheen to the lips. This is LE that came out with the Magnetic Nude Collection. This is perfect if you want to go for a subtle lip, I find this lipstick to be creamy which doesn't dry out the lips. Again another Lipstick I was happily to back up.

MAC Half Red Lip Liner - This is a classic toned down muted Burgundy. You can wear this liner with a variety of lipsticks. Long lasting and doesn't dry out the lips.

CHANEL L'Adoree - This Lipstick was recommended to me by a friend, Laura "http://jaxxhighlights.tumblr.com/". 

This is a Matte Satin Lipstick that is a Deep Mauve Colour and I'm a sucker for Plum/Berry/Mauve Lipsticks. This is my first and only CHANEL Lipstick at the moment and I'm happy it was this colour. With this being a Matte you would think it would dry out the lips but it's far from that, has good lasting power and the formula feels great on the lips.  

 

MAC Vino Lip Liner - This is a Deep Berry Wine colour that I love to pair with my Vampy Berry lipsricks to bring out more of the berry tones and to make them look deeper and more drastic. If you're into your deep colours I definitely recommend this liner.

MAC Rebel Lipstick - This is a Berry Plum colour, by far one of my favorite Lipsticks. I abosolutely love this. This is such a perfect Lipstick for my NC15 pale skin, I wear this mostly in the Winter. The formular and staying power of this is amazing, I can't recommend this enough...If you don't have it you NEED to purchase it. 

 MAC What A Blast! Lip Liner - This is one of the Pro Long Wear Liners that has amazing staying power. This is a bright orange with brilliant pigmentation and the formula is soft and glides on smoothly

 

MAC Morange Lipstick - This is a beautiful Bright Orange, the pigmentation of this lipstick is brilliant you don't even have to do two swipes. Morange is definitely a lipstick that draws people's attention but in a good way, with this lipstick you won't be un-noticed haha! Fantastic lipstick for the summer, brightens up my fair complexion.

MAC Sassy Moss Fluidline

Foundation - Nars Sheer Glow Gobi

Concealer - Collection 2000 Fair

Powder - MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Light

Blush - MAC Stereo Rose LE

Lipliner - MAC Hip n Happy

Lipstick - MAC Snapdragon LE

Eye base - MAC Soft Ochre

Eyeliner - MAC Sassy Moss Fluidline LE

Sassy Moss is described by MAC as a vivid green. As soon as I seen this as well as Phlox Garden I had to get both. I've not wore Phlox Garden yet but Sassy Moss is one of my favorite fluid lines. This fluid line applies easily for me and creamy with a brilliant pigmentation. I have to say it has amazing staying power maybe that could be due to my eye lids not being oily. This was released with the MAC Fantasy Of Flowers Collection £15.

Sleek Candy Palette.

Candy iDivine palette - the palette contains a mixture of shimmery and matte textures. These shadows are very pigmented, soft and bendable. I find the colours bright and wearable. You could even use one of these colours on the bottom of your lash line to make your natural eyeshadow/winged liner pop.

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