Technic Cosmetics 'Invite Only' Eyeshadow Palette!

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Can we all just take a second to appreciate how STUNNING the new Technic Cosmetics Invite Only Eyeshadow Palette is, I mean I don't think I've ever seen a prettier, affordable palette if I'm honest! It's safe to say I couldn't wait to get this little beauty onto my eyeballs, and the fact it looks extremely similar to my Huda Beauty New Nude Palette had me intrigued too!

The Technic Cosmetics Invite Only Eyeshadow Palette contains 15 beautiful shades with a mixture of pinks, berries and neutral tones to play with, there 8 matte shades, 4 foiled shimmers, 2 pressed glitters and 1 metallic and wowza theres some show-stopping shades within this palette I tell ya!

For a £6.00 palette the formula of all the shades is pretty good, the mattes have a nice amount of pigmentation and blend out really softly which I like, as for the foiled shimmers.....wow - those beauties feel as soft as butter, they do appear foiled on the lid and they do sparkle too but I would say not as sparkly as the Huda Beauty palette, but hey your saving yourself some serious dosh with this palette so it's to be expected really. The pressed glitters are lovely, I find using my finger or a damp flat eyeshadow brush applies these best,  there is a little fall out with the glitters but again I expect fall out from any glitter shadow I wear so it wasn't a biggy! Lasting power was good too, I suffer with the dreaded oily eyelid so it always worries me that the cheaper shades will breakdown but they didn't, the only thing I did notice by the end of the day was a little creasing!

Overall if your looking for an affordable palette I cant recommend this one enough, the foiled shades are the star of the show for me as I was honestly shocked at just how well they looked and performed, I was expecting a glittery mess if I'm being completely honest but the foiled shades are actually so dreamy! The mattes are lovely too, they blend out and build up softly which I like and I didn't find them chalky which is always a bonus! For £6.00 you really cant complain, what a bargain!

You can find the Technic Cosmetics Invite Only Eyeshadow Palette HERE!



* This post contains a gifted item, all opinion are my own!

New Releases From Technic Cosmetics!

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If you've read my blog for a while now you will know I'm a HUGE Technic Cosmetics fan, not only is their makeup super affordable but it's really good too. Something else I love about Technic is that their always working on new projects and releasing some amazing new collections and I've been testing out a few brand new products by Technic over the last month or so that I just have to share with you!

Technic Colour Max Face And Eyes Palette In Show Stopper* £6.00

This little palette is perfect if your going off on your holidays or if you like your makeup bag to be quite lightweight, it's a multi-use palette that contains four eyeshadows, a blusher, a highlighter and a bronzer! The four eyeshadows within the palette are all warm toned - super wearable shades for day or night, theres two matte shades and two metallic's which all blend easily with only a little fall out and they look so nice on the eyes around this time of the year! The blush, bronzer and highlighter all work beautifully, their well pigmented and blend with ease and I have to say the highlighter is absolutely blinding, I love it!

Technic Mega Blush Quad* £4.00

Another great little palette if your on your travels or if you like a nice selection of shades all in one place is this little Mega Blush Quad, it contains four all matte shades in different tones of pink to add a nice pinky flush to the cheeks! Again these pick up on the brush well, they blend really easily with very little fall out, they are buildable which I like because if you have an over pigmented blush you can end up looking like a clown and ruining your base makeup but these shades aren't like that at all, and for £4.00 you really cant go wrong,  

Technic Shade Adjusting Highlighter Drops* £5.50 + Get Gorgeous Liquid Highlighter in Bloom* £4.50

These little highlighting drops have to be my favourite things, I'm all glowy skin and a few drops of this gorgeous stuff mixed in with my foundation creates the perfect dewy, radiant skin, ahh its lovely! You can also use them alone as a liquid highlighter and at the moment I've been loving mixing them in with my body moisturiser or sun cream to give my body that all over Summer glow! Honestly beaut's if you don't have any liquid highlighter drops in your collection you need some pronto!

Technic Prism Luna Rocks*

The Luna Rocks are a brand new addiction to Technic's popular Prism range, their essentially individual little square rocks of pale lilac, baby pink and white highlighter! They remind me on bronzing pearls my mum used to have when I was little, I used to be totally obsessed with them and now I can get them in highlighter form I'm pretty shook!! To use the Luna Rocks all you have to do is simply swirl a damp or dry brush around the rocks and then go to town on your face and body and get that glow going, these rocks look particularly good dusted on your shoulders and collar bone! 

Technic Lip Primer* £4.00

This lip primer is an essential for me, I pop it on my lips whilst I apply my makeup and it preps my lips to perfection ready for me to pop on my chosen lip colour. The primer itself contains aloe vera and vitamin e which really softens and nourishes the lips and creates the perfect canvas for any lip product but especially dryer formula's like liquid lipsticks and matte lippies!

Technic Get Gorgeous Highlighting Powders* £4.50 each

Oh my, I think I've saved the best until last, how frickin' stunning are these highlighters! If you know me you'll know I'm not happy unless I am laced in highlighter and these really don't disappoint! Theres four shades to collect...Canary Diamond - this one looks icy white in the pan but when applied it has a beautiful golden shift to it, Perwinkle - a stunning violet highlighter with a pink shift to it, Virtuoso - this one is a super intense silver it almost looks like a foil sheen and lastly theres Galaxy Girl - this one is a cross between a galactic blue but with a lilac shift! Each highlighter comes in a sturdy plastic compact with the cutest star and moon raised design within the pan, they certainly look pretty cool. They have a super blendable formula which glows on the cheeks so nicely, theres a tiny amount of shimmer within each highlighter but nothing crazy, I love them!

You can find all of Technic's new launches along with the rest of their products on their website HERE. Also look out for full reviews and swatches on each product coming on my blog soon!

Makeup That I Need To Use More In 2018

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More often than not I forget about some absolute makeup gems within my collection, I'm such a makeup addict and buy so much makeup I just cant keep track of what I've got sometimes, and that means I miss out on using some gorgeous pieces even though their sat in my Alex drawers. I recently had a bit of a makeup clear out and organisation and picked out a few products that I know I definitely want to get some use of again so I thought I'd share them with you all today!

I switch up my lipsticks all the time and often forget about the 10 swimming in the bottom of my handbag but one I definitely need to use more this year is MAC's Whirl. Whirl is such a 90's throwback shade and is the prettiest medium-dark rosy brown with warm undertones and a matte finish, it looks lovely on and I cant believe I forget about it. Next up is a couple of foundations, I'm a creature of habit when it comes to my foundations and just repurchase my favourites over and over which means I don't get to use all the others I own, but two that I know I LOVE and need to get more use of is L'Oreal's Lumi Magique and the Too Faced Born This Way Foundation. These are both extremely good foundations, the Lumi Magique is super glowy, very light weight, silky soft, blends into the skin well and provides hydration all day and the Born This Way Foundation has AMAZING coverage without feeling heavy or cakey at all. Next is my Technic Metalix Eyeshadow Cream, I actually own three of these, two of which I use loads but the third in the shade Taupe Be has actually been lost for a while so that's why I need to get more use out of this beauty, I'm so happy I found it because the formula and colour payoff of these is insane!

Arhhh the adorable Too Faced Sweet Peach Glow Palette...I haven't used this much because in all honestly I wasn't blown away with the formula but I mean just look at it, it contains the most stunning looking powders which I NEED to make work this year. The highlighter shade creates a lovely peachy-champagne glow, the blush is the most beautiful shade of peach and is super dewy looking and the bronzer is nice and warm, I just need to become friends with the formula again and we will be fine hehe. 


Finally we have the Kat Von D Shade and Light Eyeshadow Palette, I can honestly say these matte eyeshadows are the BEST quality matte eyeshadows I have ever used or owned. They are so well pigmented and blend like an absolute dream, matte shades can be chalky sometimes too and create a lot of fallout but these aren't chalky what so ever, I'm definitely going to use this beauty more this year!

What makeup from your collection do you want to use more of this year? I'd love to know beaut's!

Technic Colour Icon Palette Review

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It's no secret that I LOVE a Technic Cosmetics eyeshadow palette, I have a fair few in my collection now and love them all so much so when I saw how gorgeous their Colour Icon Palette looked I couldn't resist giving it a whirl!

The Colour Icon Palette* (£2.99) contains 14 eyeshadows all of which are either metallics or shimmers. The palette is actually split into three sections, the first six shades are perfect for the party season and for anyone who isn't shy about using a bit of colour, the centre then has a base shade to prep the lids and a define shade do add depth to the crease, then finally we have the third section of the palette which is my absolute favourite because it contains some gorgeous golds and neutrals which are right up my street!

 The formula of these shadows is super nice considering the palette is so affordable, I never thought I'd see such pigment in a palette that costs a tiny £2.99 but hey theres certainly plenty of pigment to go around, the shades applied and blended well with only a small about of fallout and they lasted really well on oily eyelids too which is a bonus.

I've swatched a few of my favourite shades within the palette and as you can see their stunning, I never thought I'd see such pigment in a palette that costs a tiny £2.99 but hey theres certainly plenty of pigment to go around, I literally cant get enough of those gold shades! Overall I cant recommend this palette enough if your looking for something super affordable that actually works well, what a beauty bargain hey!

You can find the Technic Colour Icon Palette for £2.99 HERE.

Makeup Revolution Unicorns Are Real Eyeshadow Palette Review

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Today I'm back to share a rather exciting new release from our friends over at Makeup Revolution! This time around the lovelies at Makeup Revolution have released an all new eyeshadow palette called 'Unicorns Are Real*' which features twelve eyeshadow's in majestic, enchanting and bold shades, it certainly packs a colourful punch that's for sure, and with Spring and Summer fast approaching this palette is going to be perfect.

The 'Unicorns Are Real' palette comes packaged in a lightweight, slim, plastic palette with a clear lid which I really favour because you can easily see the eyeshadow shades inside the palette, it just saves a lot of faffing about opening up lots of different palettes trying to find your desired shades doesn't it. Within the palette are twelve metallic/shimmer eyeshadows that are all placed in long, narrow pans ranging from light, to colourful, to dark, to create a stunning eye look, anytime. 

Now I know that this palette might not be for everyone because of it's brightness and colour but personally I think the 'Unicorns Are Real' is a palette everyone should own because you never know when your going to need that pop of colour in your eyeshadow look and theres also a great khaki, bronze and gold shade within the palette too that perfect for the not so daring. You could easily create daytime looks with this palette buy adding subtle pops of colour around different area's of the eyes, something I like to do in the Summer is add some colour smudged onto my lower lash line, I find it's a great way to use colour if you play it a bit safe with your eyeshadow like I do he he.  

 As always I don't really have any complaints on the eye shadow's quality, Makeup Revolution seem to make such amazing eye shadows don't they he he. Each eyeshadow within the 'Unicorns Are Real' palette is packed full of pigmentation, are all super soft to swatch, easy to work with and blend out a treat. The eyeshadows also last great on my oily eyelids without any creasing or fading most of the day which is a major bonus!

What do you think of the new Unicorns Are Real palette beaut's?? I'd love to know!!

March Beauty Wishlist ♥

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Today I'm back with another beauty wish list of all the things that I'm lusting after at the moment in the beauty world. Firstly Makeup Revolution have some exciting new releases, their Flawless 2 Eyeshadow Palette looks beautiful and I certainly need that in my life and their new Strobe range looks great, I already have and love their Strobe Cream but their new highlighting balms sound lovely too and I'd love to give them a whirl. Too Faced also have quite a few new releases I'm after, they've just launched a range of Chocolate Melted Liquid Lipsticks which look gorgeous and their new Love Flush Blush Wardrobe is on my must buy list! Other pretties that I'm after include the Bourjois Radiance Reveal Concealer, Barry M's new Spring shades of nail paint, Rimmel's new gel nail polishes and I cant wait for the launch of the Maybelline Lash Sensational Luscious Mascara because I absolutely love the original Sensational mascara!

Marc Jacobs Daisy Eau So Fresh Blush / Rimmel Super Gel Nail Polish £5.99 / Makeup Revolution Ultra Strobe Balm in Euphoric £5.00 / Barry M Sunset Nail Paint in Pinking Out Loud £4.99 / Benefit Cosmetics Dandelion Shy Beam Matte Highlighter / Yves Saint Laurent Touche Eclat Neutralizer Violet £25.00 / Benefit POREfessional Matte Rescue Primer Gel £21.50 / Too Faced Melted Chocolate Liquefied Long Wear Lipstick £19.00 / M·A·C 'Flamingo Park' Pigment / Maybelline Lash Sensational Luscious Mascara / Bourjois Radiance Reveal Concealer £7.99 / Maybelline Color Sensational Vivid Matte Liquid Lip Color  / Makeup Revolution Ultra 32 Eyeshadow Palette Flawless 2 £8.00 / Too Faced Love Flush Blush Wardrobe

What's on your beauty wish list at the moment beaut's! I'd love to know!

Zoeva Cocoa Blend Eyeshadow Palette Review

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I've always lusted after the Zoeva Eyeshadow Palettes and last year for my birthday my Mum and Dad kindly bought me the Cocoa Blend Eyeshadow Palette which just looks so god damn beautiful! My birthday was actually last August so I've had plenty of time testing out this palette, I totally forgot to review it and then recently found the images of the palette on my memory card so I thought it was about time I gave the Cocoa Blend Palette a cheeky review.

The Zoeva Cocoa Blend Eyeshadow Palette (£15.50) is a chocolate lovers dream containing 10 eyeshadows inspired by warm truffle colours, delicate nougat shades and tones of shimmering marzipan, sounds good enough to eat doesn't it he he! The 10 shades within the palette are mostly warm toned with golds, bronze an chocolate browns in the mix which and all have an array of finishes including matte, satin, duo chrome, pearlescent and glitter so theres plenty of choice when it comes to finishes.

The formula of each eyeshadow within the Cocoa Blend Palette is wear the party is at, the pigmentation is out of this world - I'm talking insanely good, each eyeshadow blends out an absolute dream because of their ultra-micronised formula and they last all day without creasing which is a HUGE bonus for me because I do tend to get oily eyelids from time to time. The only negative I have to say about this palette is that I've found that some the shades have quite a lot of fall out, they seem to be quite powdery when picking them up with my makeup brush which is quite odd as their almost creamy to swatch, and if I haven't tapped out the excess eyeshadow really well then I do get some fallout, this in no way faults the quality of the eyeshadows as they are brilliant but it can be annoying at times but other than that the formula is luscious.

As you can see from the swatches the shades are stunning and so rich in pigment! Theres quite a few shades within the Cocoa Blend Palette that are slight dupes too, Warm Notes which is the red-brown shade really reminds me of MAC's Cranberry, Subtle Blend is very much like Smog from Urban Decay and Pure Ganache has a definite Half Baked vibe also from Urban Decay, and finally Delicate Acidity really reminds me of my MAC Satin Taupe eyeshadow. Overall I think this is a stunning palette and for the £15.50 price tag it's an absolute win, I'm now lusting after the Rose Golden Palette and might treat myself with my Christmas pennies he he.

Have you got the Zoeva Cocoa Blend Eyeshadow Palette beaut's? What did you think? I'd love to know.

Essence Goody Bag | Winning the Essence Blog-e Award ♥

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Back in August I received a very excited email from the budget friendly makeup brand Essence, stating that I was the lucky winner of their September Blog-e Award. Essence pick one blogger each month to win their Blog-e Award based on any Essence related blog post/posts that you might have posted, I happened so share a Mini Essence Haul of a couple of things I picked up whilst shopping in Wilkinson's and tagged Essence on Twitter and it was after that they then got in touch, I cant tell you how chuffed I am to win the award so thank you soooo much Essence. If winning the award wasn't exciting enough they sent me a little goody bag too which was so nice of them so I thought I'd share with you all what I got and do a mini first impressions on each item.


Essence All About Chocolate Eyeshadow Palette £4.00

Firstly I received this little palette of six eye shadows which is so nice, all of the shades are well pigmented, buttery soft and have a gorgeous metallic finish that looks stunning on the eyes. I will say the shades are more on the taupe side rather than chocolate but I actually really like that, theres something very 'MAC Satin Taupe' about them all and I cant wait to experiment more with them throughout the autumn.

Essence Blush Up! in Heat Wave £3.50

Next up is the Essence Blush Up in the shade Heatwave. Heatwave is an all matte blusher that contains almost a sunset design in the pan going from a bright orange, which then blends into a bright fuchsia pink, this allows you to use the orange side singularly, the pink side singularly, or you can choose to swirl your brush around the whole pan to mix the shades together like I do. The formula is highly pigmented so you don't need to load your brush up to much and leaves you with a gorgeous pop of colour on the cheeks.

Essence XXXL Nude Lip Gloss in Taste The Sweets £2.00

The Essence XXXL Nude Lip Gloss is lovely, I got the shade 'Taste The Sweets' which is a 'your lips but better' kind of shade which is perfect for everyday wear and adds a gorgeous glossy shine to the lips without being sticky at all, which is a major plus for me because I hate sticky gloss which is why I rarely wear lip gloss but surprisingly I love this one.   

Essence Maximum Volume Mascara in Black £2.79

I've been using the Essence Maximum Volume Mascara for the past week and have really been enjoying it, it's really black, doesn't flake or run, provides a smooth and clump free application and leaves me with defined, voluminous lashes. So far ,so good with this little beauty, I'll be doing a full review soon. 

Essence Liquid Ink Eyeliner in Black £2.29

I haven't actually used the Essence Liquid Ink Eyeliner yet, I do wear winged out liner everyday but I always use the felt tip style pens as I find them really easy to use, however this little beauty doesn't have a nib it has a thin brush applicator instead so I'm definitely going to have to practise with this first. I have swatched the eyeliner and its very black, well pigmented and inky so I think it will look gorgeous I just hope I can apply it OK he he.

Essence Waterproof Gel Eye Pencil in Gunmetal £2.29

The Essence Gel Eyeliner in Gunmetal is absolutely lovely and has me lusting after all the other shades within the collection now, it's just so soft and creamy, well pigmented and because it has a waterproof formula it lasts for hours without a smudge in sight. If you haven't tried any of these yet I'd highly recommend you pick one up as I am in love he he.

Essence Eyebrow Designer in Blonde £1.49

I've never been a brow pencil sort of girl but I actually really liked this Eyebrow Designer in blonde,  the texture is quite thick and hard, but that gives you the advantage of easily building up your desired intensity on your brows and adding definition. I also love that fact that the pencil has a tiny brow brush on the cap, its very useful and I use it to brush my brows through everyday. 

Essence Nail Art Stickers £1.30 Each

Arhhh I haven't used nail art stickers for years so I'm so happy to have a few packets to play with. Essence actually have loads of designs to choose from and they are £1.30 each which I think is an absolute bargain.

Essence Gel and Bling Bling Effect Nail Polish

Lastly in my goody bag I received a few nail polishes to try. I actually already own quite a few of the Essence nail polishes and really like them, the quality is always great and they are so reasonable priced so I'm really happy I have a few more to add to my collection. 

What are your favourite makeup products by Essence?? I'd love to know!

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