Sugarpill Chromalust Eyeshadow Pigments - Review & Swatches - Part 2

Hi Everyone!

This is the second of my two post's about Sugarpill's Chromalusts (you will find the link to part 1 at the bottom of the page). As I have quite a large collection I split the post up into two, in part 1 I discuss the eyeshadows in much more detail than I will here, including how I apply them, this post will focus more on the swatches of the shadows! Here are the 8 Chromalusts from my collection that were not included in part 1:

(L to R) Paperdoll, Tipsy, Lumi, Hysteric

( L to R) Royal Sugar, Tiara, Goldilux, Stella

DESCRIPTIONS:
Goldilux: Brilliant, highly reflective metallic gold.
Hysteric: Metallic purple with turquoise sparkles and luminous flashes of green.
Lumi: Snow white with turquoise sheen and flashing bursts of blue and green.
Paperdoll: Lovely lavender with dazzling shimmer and sparkle.
Royal Sugar: Striking bright blue with a heavenly burst of turquoise diamonds.
Stella: The blackest of jet blacks, bursting with rainbow diamond sparkle.
Tiara: Brilliant. highly-reflective metallic silver with maximum shock value shine.
Tipsy: High shimmer true grass green.

(L to R) Top: Royal Sugar, Tiara, Bottom: Goldilux, Stella

(L to R) Top: Paperdoll, Tipsy, Bottom: Hysteric, Lumi

Swatches shown on NW20 skin (without a base):

(L to R) Paperdoll, Tipsy, Lumi, Hysteric

(L to R) Royal Sugar, Tiara, Goldilux, Stella

As you can see from the pictures above, all of these shadows are super pigmented and look amazing! The colour selection is incredible and there has to be something for everyone here!

Check out part 1 of my Sugarpill Chromalust series by clicking here which also includes information on where to purchase them from!

Maz x

Sugarpill Sweet Heart Palette - Review & Swatches

Hi Everyone!
I really like Sugarpill cosmetics as their products are great quality and also vegan and cruelty free which is fantastic. I have a large collection of Sugarpill Chromalusts and love them so I thought that I would give some of their pressed shadows a go! The colours are really bright and eye catching and I fell for this palette when I saw it online! The Sweet Heart Palette contains 4 shadows and comes in a square case that has a magnetic, snap-shut closure. The front of the palette is black with pink detailing and the back contains the names of the shadows. There is a decent sized mirror on the inside of the lid.

The 4 shadows are really nicely pigmented and, if worn together, would create a really striking look. I think that I would definitely chose one or two of the colours at a time and use with some darker shades from my collection. The colours would also look great along the lower lashline as a bright pop of colour and to add more fun to your look. The shadows have a nice texture and apply to your skin well. I have had no problems with fall-out and have found that they all blend really well.

COLOUR DESCRIPTIONS:

Dollipop: Vibrant, matte hot pink.

Afterparty: Bright turquoise with a semi- pearl sheen.

Midori: Vibrant green with a slightly pearl sheen.

Tako: Pure matte white.

SWATCHES (SHOWN ON NW20 SKIN):

(L to R) Dollipop, Afterparty, Midori, Tako

Overall, this palette is great, it is on the pricey side I suppose, but the shadow sizes are really big (I would guess 2 or 3 times bigger than a MAC shadow). This palette would be great if you are a fan of bright colours or if you want to experiment with brighter shadows but do not wish to buy too many!

You can purchase this palette from the official Sugarpill website by clicking here. I purchased my palette from Love Make-up for £22.99 and these shadows can also be purchased individually for around £8 each.

Maz x

Sugarpill Chromalust Eyeshadow Pigments - Review & Swatches - Part 1

Hi Everyone!

I thought that it would be fun to share my collection of Sugarpill Chromalust Loose Eyeshadow Pigments with you all! I have a large collection of them, 16 to be exact, which I have accumulated over the years! I think that these pigments are amazing, they have great colour pay-off and are excellent value for money. The pigments come in an array of colours, some of which are super bright and quite hard to find elsewhere.

(L to R) Magentric, Junebug, Weekender, Starling

(L to R) Birthday Girl, Decora, Darling, Magpie

DECRIPTIONS:

Birthday Girl: Sweet princess pink with iridescent fuchsia sparkles.

Darling: Stunning teal loaded with iridescent turquoise star bursts.

Decora: Delicious hot pink with iridescent bursts of green.

Junebug: Luxurious forest green with a burst of diamonds.

Magentric: Metallic deep magenta with a dazzling turquoise sheen.

Magpie: Dramatic silky black with metallic blue sheen and turquoise sparkles.

Starling: Vibrant, metallic turquoise with intense sheen.

Weekender: Metallic blue- violet with intense sparkle and sheen.

(L to R) Top: Birthday Girl, Magentric, Bottom: Decora, Weekender

(L to R) Top: Darling, Junebug, Bottom: Starling, Magpie

Swatches shown on NW20 skin (without a base):

(L to R) Birthday Girl, Magentric, Decora, Weekender

(L to R) Darling, Junebug, Starling, Magpie

I apologise for the rather poor quality swatches, we are having pretty bad weather here in the UK at the moment and the lighting is proving to be a big problem!

I tend to apply the pigments using a flat eyeshadow brush such as a MAC 239, over a primer such as Urban Decay Primer Potion and a base such as a MAC paint pot or NYX Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencil. There is quite a lot of glitter in some of the shadows so you have to be careful of any fall-out so I would recommend applying your face make-up after you have finished your eyes. The pigments also look amazing when applied wet using some MAC fix plus or Liquid Sugar by Eye Kandy for example, and the pigments then take on a high shine, metallic finish. The pigments have a lovely texture and are nice and soft and not gritty at all which I love, which means that they blend really well too.

You can purchase these products by visiting the official Sugarpill site by clicking here. I purchased my pigments from Love Make-up for £8.25 each, Cocktail Cosmetics for £8.45 each and Genie Cosmetics for £8.39 each.
Click here to read part 2 of the Sugarpill Chromalust Posts! Please let me know what you think of Sugarpill as a brand and the chromalusts in the comments section below!

Maz x

Top 10 Loose Eyeshadows/ Pigments

Hi Everyone!

This is a post dedicated to my top 10 loose eyeshadow/ pigments. A lot of people are put off from using loose shadows as they think that they are harder to work with than pressed ones and guarantee a lot of fall out but if you use a decent primer and/ or base and the correct type of brush they are amazing and give you a much stronger effect than a pressed shadow can. They also blend out really well and can also be used wet to give a foil-like effect. I like to use either the MAC 239 or 242 brushes to apply them, a great tip is to dip your brush into the jar and pick up some of the pigment then crush it into the lid, also make sure that you tap off any excess back into the jar and apply with a patting rather than sweeping motion to begin with. So on to my top 10!

10. Illamasqua Pure Pigment in Involve:

Illamasqua describe this pigment as a Royal purple with shimmer but to me it is more of an shimmery eggplant shade. I like to layer it over their cream shadow in Mould (such an attractive name!) with a lighter purple shadow such as MAC's Digit in the inner tear duct area for a dark smokey eye that is perfect for a night out especially for those of us with brown eyes.

You can purchase this pigment from Illamasqua Online for £15.50.

9. NYX Loose Pearl Powder in Mocha: 

I purchased this pigment after seeing one of my favourite YouTube beauty guru's, JulieG713 using it in one of her tutorials. It is a lovely shimmery brown shade that looks great during the day for work or on a night out. This is the only loose shadow from NYX that I own and I am really impressed with the quality of the product itself but I really dislike the packaging as the opening is too small to fit your brush into which makes the application slower and messier than it needs to be, however, for the price I don't mind purchasing a separate jar to transfer it into!

You can purchase this shadow from NYX for £2.50.

8. Barry M Dazzle Dust in Bright Indigo (99):

This is a matte indigo-purple shade that is super pigmented! A little goes a long way with Barry M Dazzle Dusts so they are great value for money. If you are a fan of purple and would like to try a loose shadow then I think that this would be a great one to start with due to its ease of application, intense colour pay-off and affordable price.
You can purchase Dazzle Dusts from Barry M for £4.59 and also from Boots and Superdrug stores across the UK.

7. MAC Violet Pigment:

My favourite colour is purple so this vivid bright violet purple pigment was a must have for me. It is your classic true purple shade and I love to apply it all over my lid with a pale lavender shade such as MAC's Digit with a dark colour such as MAC's Black Tied in the crease for a gorgeous purple smokey eye.

You can purchase this pigment from MAC for £15.50.

6. MAC Heritage Rouge Pigment:

This was a limited edition pigment from the Makeup Art Cosmetics Collection from 2009, it is described as a dark cranberry-burgundy frost. I love this pigment as it has a lovely smooth texture and is great for autumn/ fall. I love to layer this over MAC's Artifact paint pot and pair it with golds and chocolate browns. I only have a sample size of this at the moment but I'm hoping that MAC will re promote it at some point in the future so that I can get the full size!

5. MAC Rose Pigment:

This is such an unusual colour which MAC describes as a rose with copper sparkle. The gold colour, to me, comes across much stronger on the skin that it does in the pot, it is a great colour to experiment with as you can pair it with so many other colours and it looks great!

You can purchase this pigment from MAC for £15.50

4. Sugarpill Goldilux Loose Eyeshadow:

This metallic gold pigment is amazing and is so sparkly and bright! The consistency of this shadow is a little finer than the MAC pigments but not as fine as a glitter. This shadow looks amazing paired with golden brown shades such as MAC's Bronze and Twinks and plum shades such as MAC's Sketch. It is also perfect from Christmas time as it has a slight festive edge to it!

You can purchase Sugarpill products in the UK from Cocktail Cosmetics the pigments cost £8.45 each.

3. MAC Tan Pigment:

Tan is probably my most used pigment and looks great on everyone no matter what their eye colour or skin tone. It is described as a muted pinky brown bronze and I love to wear it over MAC's Rubenesque pot with a warm brown such as Mulch in the crease. It I had to recommend one pigment to buy from MAC this would be it as you would get so much use out of it!

You can purchase this pigment from MAC  for £15.50.

2. MAC Mutiny Pigment:

Mutiny was a limited edition pigment that first became available from MAC back in 2008 as part of the Naughty Nauticals collection and is a sky blue with gold pearl. This really is the most beautiful shade of blue that I have ever seen and is so bright and rich in colour. It looks amazing applied along the lower lashline with a neutral lid.

1. MAC Pink Pearl Pigment:

Pink Pearl is my favourite MAC pigment and is a stunning pink with a lavender duochrome (the picture below really doesn't do it justice). I love to use this wet all over my lid with Sketch in the crease. This pigment used to be available in the permanent collection but I think it is now only available in the pro line. Stars n Rockets pressed shadow from MAC is very similar to Pink Pearl but less pigmented.

Some swatches for you (shown on NW20 skin):

(L to R) MAC Pink Pearl, MAC Heritage Rouge, MAC Violet, Illamasqua Involve, Barry M Bright Indigo

(L to R) MAC Rose, Sugarpill Goldilux, MAC Tan, NYX Mocha, MAC Mutiny

I hope that you have enjoyed reading about my favourite loose eyeshadows, please feel free to share yours with me in the comments section below and click here to read my Top 10 MAC Pigments post.

Maz x