First Impressions of the Naked Heat Palette

I'm probably one of the last people to write a blog post about this, but for Christmas from my lovely boyfriend I was very lucky to receive the newest member of the Urban Decay Naked palette family; the Heat palette. It's been a long wait, as for months I have been dying to get my hands on this beautiful, glistening eye shadow palette containing a mix of amber-hued neutrals, warm browns and burnt oranges. I'm kind of sad Autumn has been and gone, as this palette would have been perfect for that season. I can sense it will become my Autumn staple later this year.

When it comes to eye shadows, since first discovering Urban Decay I have become an Urban Decay eye shadow snob, and they are pretty much the only eyeshadows I wear now.  I can guarantee they will go on my eyelids evenly and last all day. Personally I think that they are the most pigmented eye shadows I have tried.

What I love about this palette and actually all of the other Naked palettes too,  is that you can create day and night looks. Even just using two different eye shadows you can easily create a look, and I always think it looks like you've put more effort in that you actually have. Especially, as I never have that much time to get my face ready in the morning. It's also a great palette to turn a day look into a night look, to do this I use one of the darker shades; 'En Fuego' or 'Ashes', and blend it into the corner of my eye.

My go-to day look is either using 'Sauced' or 'Chaser' or both all over my eyelid, and then working 'Low Blow' into the crease, whilst adding 'Ounce' on my brow bone and in the corner of my eye to add a bit of brightness. Or instead of applying 'Low Blow' I will use 'Lumbre'  if I fancy a bit of shimmer.

In the night, whether it's a night out with the girls or date night I have been reaching for either the shades 'Scorched' or 'Dirty Talk' onto my lids. Then I will use 'En Fuego' and 'Ashes' in the crease and corner of my eyes. One of my favourite combinations is using 'Scorched' all over my lid, then in the outer corner I will apply 'Ember', then using 'Ashes' in the crease and to further darken the look, whilst adding a almost subtle hint of purple; my favourite colour.

Let me know what you think of this palette and what your go-to combination is? 

xoxo

Connie 

Surprise Sunday: Birthday MAC Makeover

On Friday it was my 16th birthday and as a birthday treat, my best friend and I went to MAC for a makeover. We travelled to Plymouth with no-makeup on, which is quite a big deal for us. When it was my appointment I was asked so many questions about what look I wanted, what colours, what skin type I had etc. I chose to have a purple smokey eye as purple is my favourite and my friend also chose a smokey eye but wanted berry colours. We were taught about what products we should use and how to use them and we learnt a lot from our makeover. When it was done we had £30 to spend on products but I ended up going over by £26... oops. But there was so much choice. 

Here are the products that I chose...

Mineralize Blush in Gentle

Mineralize Skinfinish in Soft & Gentle

Hidden Motive Eyeshadow

xoxo

Connie

Beauty Tuesday: April Favourites

Hey guys, its that time of the month again when I'm going to share with you my beauty favourites for the month. There's not much I've been really loving this month as I only have 3 things to talk to you all about.

One thing that I have actually been using for a while now but I have never mentioned is a makeup brush and it is the Urban Decay makeup brush that came in the Naked 3 palette. I use it everyday for my eye shadow. I really like this brush because I like the shape as I find it really easy to apply my eye shadow and because of the shape I sort of pat my eye shadow on and this stops any fall out.

I have also been loving the Bourjois Happy Light Foundation. I have done a first impressions post on it a while ago - link. I've been reaching for it recently because as the weather is getting nicer and its nearly Summer I have been wanting a lighter foundation. This one is really nice, as its really hydrating and has a nice finish. It also lasts along time and has pretty good coverage for a light foundation.

Another makeup product and the last product I've been loving this month is the Bourjois chocolate bronzer. I've been reaching for it a lot lately as its a really nice light natural bronzer that just slightly bronzes up my face. I have had it for a while but only recently I have been using it a lot and recently I have been using it pretty much everyday for a nice sun kissed glow.

That's all of my favourites for this month, thanks for reading.

xoxo

Connie