My First MAC Eye Shadow Palette | Neutrals | Review

Hey girlie's!!!

I celebrated my birthday recently and i was lucky enough to receive a Mac Pro Palette quad from my Mum with four gorgeous Mac eye shadows to fill the palette, i cant tell you how excited i was to finally own my very first Mac eye shadows palette eeekkk.

When deciding on what shades to start with i knew i wanted neutrals as I'm definitely a neutrals girl so i gave my Mum and few shades to choose from and i think she done a fantastic job as i love every shade she chose. The shades i got are.....

All That Glitters- A shimmery bronze/gold with pinky tones, its a veluxe pearl eye shadow that doesn't disappoint. The pigmentation is fabulous, its blends on effortlessly and looks amazing on brown eyes.

Satin Taupe- A taupe/mushroom shade with a frost finish, its an amazing all rounder eye shadow that looks great all over the lid or through the crease to create a gorgeous mid tone smokey eye .

Naked Lunch- A shimmery nude/champagne shade with a frost finish, great to use all over the lid but i love using it as a brow bone highlighter, its just so pretty.

Omega- A matte 'greige' i say that because its somewhere between a grey, brown and beige. Its the absolute perfect brow colour for me so i will probably only use it to fill in my eyebrows. 

Being a newbie to the Mac eye shadow world i didn't really know what to expect, obviously i know they are well loved but i didn't realise just how nice they actually are. All four shades i have go on so effortlessly and blend out beautifully, the pigmentation in all the shades i have are great, there's no fall out when applying, they last on my oily eyelids all day without creasing and i can already see myself buying another palette and then getting addicted to filling it with lots of eye shadows he he.

All in all I'm super impressed with the quality of the Mac eye shadows and would recommend them to everyone especially the little quad palette if your knew to MAC eye shadows like me, its just a great way to start out your very own collection with a little quad.

The little pro palette quad is priced at £6.50 and the single eyeshadow pans are £10 each.

Let me know if you have any good Mac eye shadow recommendations, id love to know for future purchases.

Real Techniques Expert Face Brush | Review

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Being the massive Real Techniques fan that i am ive taken it upon myself to try and collect every brush that Pixiwoo's Samantha Chapman has realeased. Ive wanted the Expert Face Brush for a while now but put off buying it as i thought it was very similar to the buffing brush but after receiving the brush as a birthday gift an trying it out for myself i can now see some differences between the two brushes.

As with all the Real Techniques brushes the expert face brush has a light weight aliminuim handle with a nice sturdy part at the bottom of the brush makeing the brush able to stand up for easy storage. The brush itself has short dence bristles, shorter than the buffing brush bristles and has more of a smaller oval shape where as the buffing brush is more circler. The brush is made up of  hand cut ultra plush synthetic taklon bristles and are 100% cruelty free which is a major plus. 

I find the Expert Face Brush is perfect for applying and blending liquid, cream and powder foundations. I have found to get the best results you need to use brush strokes rather than a buffing motion, i use the brush like i would use a stanstard foundaion brush and it gives you a pixil perfect finish to the skin. I also find as the brush is slightly smaller it makes it easier to get to smaller places on the face such as around your nose and eye area and because the bristles are smaller and more dence it gives you the effect of more coverage.

Overall i really love this brush and love the finish it leaves and yet again the lovely Samantha Chapman has made another pretty amazing brush.

Real Techniques Brushes are available in selected Boots and Superdrug stores and on various online retailers.

Have you tried this brush yet??? Are you a big fan of Real Techniques like me??? Id love to know.

  

Lush Bubblegum Lip Scrub | Review

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The Lush Lip Scrubs have always attracted me when I've been into Lush but for some reason I've never tried one before, it seems silly as my lips are prone to being dry and flaky all year round and what with the colder months fast approaching i just thought what the heck and caved in and purchased one. 

The lip scrubs come in four different variety's Bubblegum which i opted for, Popcorn and Mint Julips. All of them equally smell amazing and i could of bought them all but i must admit the only reason i lent more towards Bubblegum was because it was pink ha ha.

The Lush Bubblegum Lip Scrub is made from caster sugar to act as a gentle scrub and jojoba oil to help moisturise your lips enough without leaving them feeling greasy, the scrub itself smells incredible, to me it smells like a mixture of candy floss with a hint of Lush's Snow Fairy, and it tastes just as delicious. All you have to do to use this is simply apply as much or as little of the scrub to your lips as you like then scrub and buff away with your finger until your lips are soft and gentle, then lick off the excess. The scrub works to give you a fantastic base to apply your lip balm or lipstick, it really does make a difference as to how smooth your lip product apply.

All in all i do absolutely love this lip scrub, I've also found it to be quite addictive, i literally want to use it all the time. My only grumble with this is the price, its £5.50 which i think is a little over priced for whats essentially just caster sugar and oil, but then again i know i wont waste any of the scrub as i love it so much so its not really a waste of money i just wish it was cheaper ha ha.

Have you tried the Lush Lip Scrubs??? What did you think???