Colourpop Super Shock Shadow Swatches

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I have seen a lot of buzz recently on YouTube regarding the Colourpop Super Shock Shadows and decided to give them a go. They are cream to powder shadows and come in individual, screw top pots.

My Favourite MAC Eyeshadows

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As you can see from the picture above, I have a pretty large collection of MAC eyeshadows! They are amazing, there is a wide range of colours and finishes to suit everyone. I have lot's of shadows in my collection from various brands but the MAC ones have a special place in my heart! They are the first ones I purchased when I really got into make-up. Woodwinked was my first, followed by Satin Taupe and they are still used on a regular basis to this day! I have repurchased both of them several times! So when I sat down to write this post I wanted it to be a top 10 but I just couldn't select only 10! So here are my favourites!

Anastasia Beverly Hills Eyeshadow Review & Swatches

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I am a big fan of Anastasia Beverly Hills (ABH) products and decided to try the shadows as I'd heard so many great things about them online! As you can see, I have filled up a large Z Palette with 27 shadows. I love warm, neutral and purple toned colours as you can see!

Morphe Eyeshadow Swatches

 

 

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Today I wanted to share my collection of Morphe shadows with you. I only have 9 but I really like them! As a fan of YouTube videos and especially Jaclyn Hill, I've heard a lot about this brand. They are very reasonably priced and offer large palettes and also single shadows like the ones I have. These shadows come in individual magnetic pans so you can add them to a palette. The shadows are the same sized as MAC shadows.

 

Makeup Geek Eyeshadow Swatches

 

 

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Today I thought it would be fun to share my Makeup Geek eyeshadow collection with you! As you can see, I have quite a lot and I love them! They are amazing quality and affordable! They come in individual, magnetic pans and need to be placed into a palette such as the Z palettes that I have.

Bobbi Brown Eyeshadow - Review & Swatches

 

 

 

Hi everyone!

So I have to confess, despite being a major make-up addict Bobbi Brown is a brand that I just haven't used much off. I've used the concealer and corrector, as most of us have, but after watching many Jaclyn Hill videos I thought that I'd give the eyeshadows a go!  

 

 

 

 

 

So I purchased one of the four pan palettes which cost £6. They are a decent quality and have a great, large mirror on the inside of the side and a snap-shut closure. You simply pop the individual shadows out of their casing and into the palette.

I selected my eyeshadows, again based on what I've seen Jaclyn use (major fan of her)!

 

 

 

ROSE GOLD: Golden pink

CHAMPAGNE QUARTZ: Champagne pink

CAMEL: Medium caramel.

TOAST: Toasted peach.

 

Swatch on MAC NW20 skin (for reference).

Overall I have to say that the shadows are excellent quality. All four apply and blend well. Rose Gold and Champagne Quartz make excellent all-over-the-lid shades, Toast is a great transition shade and Camel is perfect for in the outer crease and for definition.

Would I purchase Bobbi Brown shadows again? Yes I probably would but I don't think that they are quite as good as MAC or Makeup Geek which are more affordable.

You can purchase the shadows from Bobbi Brown for £17.50 each.

Maz x

 

Top Neutral MAC Eye Shadow's

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Today I have decided to share my top 15 neutral MAC eye shadows with you. MAC shadows are amazing and these are my most used shades:

The Palette Tag!

 

 

Hi Everyone!
I recently did the lip product tag and really enjoyed it so I thought that I would do the palette tag! This was a really tough one but I think I have made some good choices!

Nars Narsissist Palette

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Today I have a quick review of the NARS Narsissist palette for you. This palette is limited edition and was previously released earlier this year, I believe. I missed out on it that time so when I saw that it was back in stock on the NARS website and quickly ordered!

Too Faced Chocolate Bar Palette

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Today I have a review for you! This is the Too Faced Chocolate Bar palette which contains 16 shadows in a mixture of matte and shimmer finishes. The packaging is in the form of a metal box with a magnetic snap-shut closure. Inside there is also a decent sized mirror. Two of the shadows (White Chocolate and Champagne Truffle) are larger in size than the other colours which is quite common with Too Faced palettes. To keep with the theme of a chocolate bar, the palette has a chocolate scent to it which is quite strong but disappears when the shadows are applied to the eyes.

 

Maybelline Color Tattoo Cream/ Gel Eyeshadows - Review & Swatches

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There has been so much hype recently surrounding the Maybelline Color Tattoo's on the Internet and they have been available to buy over in the US for quite a few month's and they are finally here in the UK! I was so excited to get them, I am a huge fan of the MAC Paint Pot's so I was hoping that I would love these too! I picked up 3 pots in the following colours:

05 - Eternal Gold

20 - Turquoise Forever

35 - On and On Bronze

There are currently 7 colours available to buy here in the UK and these 3 really stood out to me! Eternal Gold is a beautiful, more subtle colour that makes a gorgeous every-day shade. On and On Bronze is one of those classic colours that everyone needs in their kit and Turquoise Forever is a much more vibrant, daring shade that I will probably apply to my lower lash line to make my eyes pop!

SWATCHES SHOWN ON NW20 SKIN:

(L to R) On and On Bronze, Eternal Gold, Turquoise Forever

As you can see, these colours are really pigmented! The consistency is much smoothier, creamier and easier to apply than the MAC Paint Pots. I have used both my fingers and a brush to apply them and had a good result with both methods. They blend out really well too. I have tried them out over an eyeshadow primer and on their own and they wear really well, there was, however, a little bit of creasing when worn without the primer. The colour stays vibrant all day and do not require a pressed shadow to set them which is great especially if you are in a rush!

Overall, these eyeshadows are amazing! They are great quality and brilliant value for money! I will definitely be getting some more!

Please note: The Eyeshadows appear to have different names and numbers in the UK than in the US!

You can purchase them from Boots for £4.99 each.
Maz x

MAC Mineralize Eyeshadow Duos

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MAC has recently released some new Mineralize eyeshadows for 2011. The colour selection is amazing. I was given 2 of the duo's for my recent birthday in This & That and Thunder & Rain.

Here are their swatches shown on NW20 skin followed by their descriptions:

This & That: Frost beige rose/ Satin light beige
Thunder & Rain: Frost blue purple/ Satin grey

The eyeshadows have a really smooth texture and are really nicely pigmented. Mineralize eyeshadows can be used either wet or dry, when using them wet I first spray some Fix + onto my brush (the MAC 239 and 242 work well for this) then load the shadow onto the brush. The colours are much richer when applied wet but still blend well.

I am sure that This & That will be a really popular choice, the beige colour makes a great inner eye and brow highlight colour and the brown is beautiful as an all over wash of colour.

Thunder & Rain is right up my street! The purple colour is beautiful and would look great paired with Digit and Carbon to create a gorgeous purple smokey eye. The grey colour is you standard smokey grey colour that can be used with the purple or other colours such as blue and silver.

Overall these eyeshadows are great, they are quite expensive (£15.50 in the UK) but you do get quite a lot of product for your money. There are currently 10 other colour options on the MAC UK website and all colours look great when paired with each other. I think that the duo's are also especially great when you are in a rush and don't have time to look through your makeup collection to find 2 colours that work well together!

Overall 4 stars out of 5!
Maz x

My Favourite Neutral Eyeshadows

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These are my favourite neutral eyeshadow colours. These are more flesh toned colours that I use as a eyeshadow base to neutralise my skin colour, as a brow highlight and as an all-over wash of colour for a more subtle look. They are also great for blending out harsh eyeshadow lines. (Swatches shown on NW20 skin).

(L to R) Bisque, Blanc Type, Brule, Dazzlelight

(L to R) Kitten, Phloof!, Shroom, Virgin

MAC BISQUE: Soft muted pinky-beige (Matte)
MAC BLANC TYPE: Creamy beige (Matte)
MAC BRULE: Soft muted creamy-beige (Satin)
MAC DAZZLELIGHT: Neutral with silver/copper reflects
STILA KITTEN: Pinky bronze
MAC PHLOOF!: Frosted off-white (Frost)
MAC SHROOM: Soft muted golden beige with opalescent shimmer (Satin)
URBAN DECAY VIRGIN: Pale shimmered nude beige

Please note that some of the shadows may have been discontinued from the main collections but may be available to but in CCO store or as re promotes in upcoming collections.

I hope that you have enjoyed my favourite neutral eyeshadows, please check out my other favourite eyeshadow posts!

Maz x

NYX Haul

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I really like NYX as a brand and have several of their blushes, jumbo pencils and lipglosses but have never tried their eyeshadow palettes before. I had a look on their website and found that they have quite a few small, affordable palettes such as the Nude on Nude kit. This one really stood out to me (along with the Purple smokey look kit) so I thought I'd give it a go! The kit comes with 9 eyeshadows and 2 lip colours in a drawer below along with 2 applicator brushes.

Here are the eyeshadow swatches shown on NW20 skin:. (I swatched from the top left of the palette to the bottom right).

I am really impressed with the colours, they applied smoothly and are nicely pigmented. I think that the quality of them is great considering they are from a relatively cheap palette. There is a lovely selection of neutral colours including a great highlighter shade and darker colours which are ideal to darken the crease or to use on the lashlines as well as lots of great lid colours.

Here are the swatches of the 2 lip colours. (Apologies for the poor photograph, they don't show up too well).

The 2 colours are nice but not amazing! One is quite peachy and the other is more pinky.

Overall, this is a really nice palette and is great value for money. I was surprised that the shadows where such good quality and they are definitely the best part of the palette. The lip colours are nice to have in the palette and great if you are on the go! The palette was a little smaller in size than I was expecting and the shadow sizes are quite small but for the price of the palette it is OK.
I also purchased a Jumbo Eye Pencil in Purple Velvet and 2 Lip Pencils in 848 Flower and 858 Nude Pink.

(L to R) Flower, Nude Pink, Purple Velvet

I have wanted to get the Purple Velvet jumbo pencil for a while now and it is a little darker than it looked on the site, I would describe it as an eggplant colour. I feel that it will go well with MAC shadows such as Indian Ink and Nocturnelle. The Nude Pink Lip Pencil is a great colour and reminds me a little of MAC's Dervish Lip Pencil. Flower is a bright dolly-pink. The lip pencils are also really good quality and glided onto my skin really well, I can't say as I can tell much difference in quality between the NYX pencils and the MAC pencils which is quite shocking considering the price difference (Around £10 in the UK!) Big thumbs up to NYX!

I purchased my NYX Products from Cocktail Cosmetics in the UK, they are also available directly from NYX

Maz x

My Favourite Silver & Grey Eyeshadows

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The next in my series of favourite eyeshadows are the silver and grey's! These aren't really colours that I use too often so this is a pretty small list!

Here are the swatches shown on NW20 skin

(L to R) Electra, Idol Eyes, Knight Divine, Uzi, Vex

MAC ELECTRA: Muted silver with icy metallic shimmer (Frost)
MAC IDOL EYES: Silvered violet threaded with gold (Lustre)
MAC KNIGHT DIVINE: Carbon black with silver/blue reflects (Veluxe Pearl)
URBAN DECAY UZI: Metallic silver with iridescent sparkles
MAC VEX: Soft pale green duochrome with pink opalescent shimmer (Frost)

I hope that you enjoyed this post and found it useful. Please note that some of the shades may have been discontinued from the main collection but may be available to buy in CCO stores or in upcoming collections as re promotes.

Please check out the rest of the favourite eyeshadow posts!
Maz x

My Favourite Purple Eyeshadows

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The next in my series of favourite eyeshadows is purple. As purple is my favourite colour I knew that this list would be pretty big! I have brown eyes and purples really make their colour pop. I encourage all of you out there with brown eyes to give purple a go!

On with the swatches and descriptions (Swatches shown on NW20 skin)

(L to R) Beautiful Iris, Digit, Indian Ink, Nocturnelle, Parfait Amour, Plum Dressing, Poison Pen

(L to R) Shale, Signed Sealed, Sketch, Stars n Rockets, Ransom, Trax

MAC BEAUTIFUL IRIS: Fresh lavender with sheen (Veluxe Pearl)
MAC DIGIT: Soft pale violet with subtle shimmer (Satin)
MAC INDIAN INK: Dark purple (Matte)
MAC NOCTURNELLE: Pinked-up chrome purple (Frost)
MAC PARFAIT AMOUR: Vivid blueish-violet duochrome with violet opalescent shimmer (Frost)
MAC PLUM DRESSING: Subtle pinky-plum shone with metal (Veluxe Pearl)
MAC POISON PEN: Lavender grey (Matte2)
MAC SHALE: Muted mauve-plum with subtle shimmer (Satin)
MAC SIGNED, SEALED: Deep dark eggplant (Matte)
MAC SKETCH: Intense burgundy-plum flecked with red shimmer (Velvet)
MAC STARS N ROCKETS: Dirty lavender with red/pink reflects
URBAN DECAY RANSOM: Vibrant purple
MAC TRAX: Burgundy-plum flecked with bronze shimmer (Velvet)

Please note that some eyeshadows may have been withdrawn from the main collections but may be available to buy in CCO stores or in upcoming collections as re promotes.
Please check out my other favourite eyeshadow posts!

Maz x

My Favourite Blue Eyeshadows

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I am continuing my series of favourite eyeshadows today with the blues. I don't use blue on my eyes all that often so this list is relatively small. I love to apply a bright blue shade such as MAC's Bang on Blue along my lower lashline when wearing a neutral shadow on my lid to give a fun pop of colour!

Swatches shown on NW2O skin.

(L to R) Bang on Blue, Contrast, Freshwater, Moon's Reflection, Radium, Tilt

MAC BANG ON BLUE: Electric blue (Frost)
MAC CONTRAST: Intense purplish-blue flecked with blue shimmer (Velvet)
MAC FRESHWATER: Bright summersky blue (Veluxe Pearl)
MAC MOON'S REFLECTION: Mid tone blue with white/blue reflects (Veluxe Pearl)
URBAN DECAY RADIUM: Medium blue
MAC TILT: Bright violet duchrome with blue-greem opalescent shimmer (Frost)

Please note that some shades may have been discontinued from the main collection but may be available in CCO stores or in upcoming collections as re promotes.

I hope that you have enjoyed my favourite blue eyeshadows and please check out my other favourite eyeshadow posts!

Maz x

My Favourite Brown Eyeshadows

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This is the third in my series of favourite eyeshadows! I mainly have MAC and Urban Decay shadows but I do have a pretty big collection to chose from. This category was so hard to narrow down and 17 was the best I could do!

So on with the swatches and descriptions. (Swatches shown on NW20 skin).

(L to R) All that Glitters, Amber Lights, Bronze, Chopper, Espresso, Half Baked

(L to R) Handwritten, Honey Lust, Hustle, Mulch, Romp, Satin Taupe

(L to R) Sable, Soft Brown, Tempting, Twinks, Woodwinked

MAC ALL THAT GLITTERS: Beige with gold pearl (Veluxe pearl)
MAC AMBER LIGHTS: Peachy-brown with shimmer (Frost)
MAC BRONZE: Gold brown with gold-bronze shimmer (Frost)
URBAN DECAY CHOPPER: Rich copper fawn
MAC ESPRESSO: Muted golden brown (Matte)
URBAN DECAY HALF BAKED: Coppery bronze
MAC HANDWRITTEN: Rich chocolate brown
MAC HONEY LUST: Bronze dipped peach (Frost)
URBAN DECAY HUSTLE: Dark plummy chocolate brown
MAC MULCH: Red-brown with bronze pearl (Velvet)
MAC ROMP: Chocolate laced with gold (Frost)
MAC SATIN TAUPE: Taupe with silver shimmer (Frost)
MAC SABLE: Gold plum with bronze pearl (Velvet)
MAC SOFT BROWN: Soft golden peachy-brown(Matte)
MAC TEMPTING: Sinfully rich coco (Lustre)
MAC TWINKS: Deep plum with pearl (Veluxe pearl)
MAC WOODWINKED: Warm antique gold (Veluxe pearl)

I hope that you all enjoyed this post about my favourite brown eyeshadows.

Please note that some colours may have been discontinued from the main line but may be available to buy at CCO stores or in upcoming collections as re promotes.

My next favourite eyeshadow post will be up very soon!

Maz x

My Favourite Green Eyeshadows

Hi Everyone!

The next in my series of top eyeshadows is the greens! I really like to use green eyeshadows as my eyes are brown and it really makes them pop! I also love to smudge a bright green shadow such as Urban Decay's Peace along my lower lashline when wearing a neutral shadow on my lid!

So here are the swatches (shown on NW20 skin) followed by their descriptions:

(L to R) Club, Graffiti, Humid, Kush, Peace, Shimmermoss

MAC CLUB: Muted reddish brown duochrome with green opalescent shimmer (Satin)
URBAN DECAY GRAFFITI: Vibrant shade of grass green
MAC HUMID: Intense vivid green with shimmer (Frost)
URBAN DECAY KUSH: Medium grassy green with cool undertone
URBAN DECAY PEACE: Shimmering turquoise
MAC SHIMMERMOSS: Green with turquoise reflect (Veluxe Pearl)

I hope you enjoyed this and found it useful! Please look out for my next favourite eyeshadow post which will be on very soon!

Maz x

My Favourite Pink Eyeshadows

Hi Guys!

I decided that it would be fun to put together a series of my favourite eyeshadows for you! I have divided my eyeshadows into colour groups and picked out my favourites. Today I am starting with the pinks. Here are the swatches, shown on NW20 skin followed by their descriptions.

(L to R) Da Bling, Fishnet, Hot Pants, Last Call, Naked Lunch

(L to R) Pink Freeze, Sushi Flower, Post Haste, Swish, Yogurt

MAC DA BLING: Pink with gold pearl (Veluxe Pearl)
URBAN DECAY FISHNET: Iridescent pink/ purple
URBAN DECAY HOT PANTS: Medium pink shadow
URBAN DECAY LAST CALL: Rich plum
MAC NAKED LUNCH: Minimal pink with shimmer (Frost)
MAC PINK FREEZE: Bright pink with icy metallic shimmer (Frost)
MAC POST HASTE: Shocking red/ pink
MAC SUSHI FLOWER: Soft bright pinky-coral with pink opalescent shimmer (Satin)
MAC SWISH: Soft bright pink with icy metallic shimmer (Frost)
MAC YOGURT: Soft pale pink (Matte)

Please note that some of the shadows may have been discontinued from the main collections but may still be available to buy at CCO store or in upcoming collections as re promotes.

Maz x