Showing posts with label superdrug. Show all posts
Showing posts with label superdrug. Show all posts

Tuesday, 30 April 2013

Colour Unlimited Eyeshadow Palette

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Colour Unlimited
Eyeshadow Palette
Superdrug

My Aunt works for the PR company which works for Superdrug
Who have a new exclusive make up line coming out soon (not sure on exact date or prices yet) and the above eyeshadow palette is one of the products in the line up
There are ten pans of eyeshadow in the palette each with three different colours
The size of the palette is about the same as the MUA palettes but the size of each pan is larger, around the size of a 10p coin
It's quite difficult to seperate each colour out to use individually but not impossible with a thin brush
The colour pay off is pretty impressive in the majority but some are a little wishy washy 
This would be the perfect palette to take travelling as you have colours to suit every mood, outfit, or occasion 
When this comes out I wouldn't expect it to be anymore than £10 but I'd definitely recommend picking it up as it's such a versatile item to add to your collection
Each of the seperate trios are designed to be used together to create the perfect complimenting eye look
There are smokey eye trios, neutrals, neutrals with greens thrown in, brights, pastels....everything 
They are also all a mixture of finishes with some being shimmers and others matte
Definitely a huge variety and if you only want one palette in your kit this would be perfect

Judging by the Superdrug website there will be quite an extensive collection of different products in the Colour Unlimited range
It does seem to be mainly sold in kits though but I'm not too sure as I haven't seen anything else in the flesh yet
Keep an eye out in your local store 

Don't forget to enter my giveaway!

Love
Belle
xoxo

Saturday, 27 October 2012

Sleek Blush By 3 in 'Lace'

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Sleek Blush by 3 blusher trio 
Lace
£10.00

Recently I bought the blush by 3 in the shade Pumpkin and straight away knew I wanted to pick up the shade Lace as well
Unfortunately when I initially purchased it there was the Pumpkin palette in the Lace box... I only realised this when I got it home to take photos for the blog
I was pretty gutted as I couldn't wait to use it and put it on here
It took me around a week to manage to get back into Superdrug and get it swapped over
The customer sales assistant looked at me like I was some kind of criminal when I said I wanted to swap it as it was wrong, not exactly my fault the wrong product was in the box
Anyway... The shades are gorgeous and to me much more wearable than Pumpkin
I find bright blushers intimidating but these are easing me in gently, I guess the trick is a light hand which I'm now mastering
As the shades are all so pigmented you only need to swipe your brush on the surface lightly and you've got enough for your apples of your cheeks
It's easier to build up colour than to take it away after all

lace swatch

In the swatches I have heavily applied the shades on my arm
The first colour is a matte orange, normally this wouldn't get used but I find myself reaching for it on horrid, rainy mornings to add a bit of colour to my cheeks. Perks me up straight away
The middle colour is very similar to the Rose Gold shade which is deemed a dupe for Nars' infamous blusher Orgasm. I have Orgasm in my collection and will admit it's similar but not the same. Orgasm will forever be my favourite blusher but now I have something so similar I won't use it as much as I was...I don't have £20 to be spending on blushers on a regular basis after all!
The third colour is a lovely rich, coral. It seems darker than a traditional coral, even rose toned. It's a hybrid shade and again with a light hand this looks gorgeous 
I love this palette overall and think it's such good value for £10.00 you get three great shades

Have your tried the blush by 3 palettes?

Love
Belle
xoxo

Friday, 26 October 2012

MUA Undressed Palette

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Undress Palette MUA
£4.00 from Superdrug
MUA is a fantastic British drugstore brand with all the products amazingly cheap but still great products
Being an eyeshadow fiend, especially nude colours, I was drawn to this palette instantly when seeing it all over beauty blogs but everytime I was in a Superdrug they always had no stock available. 
All the colours in the palette are dupes for the shadows in the Urban Decay Naked palette

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Top Row swatches
The shimmer finish shadows are really well pigmented whereas the matte colours are a bit on the subtle side, luckily only two out of the twelve shadows are matte
The pigmentation is great considering the palette only costs £4

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Bottom Row Swatches
I kind of wish I'd waited for the inevitable dupe palettes to come out before buying the Urban Decay Naked palettes but then again it's nice to indulge in a bit of premium beauty sometimes...
I can definitely see this little wonder coming with me to New York next year, perfect shades for both daytime wear and evening 

Oh and if you have any recommendations for must sees in New York let me know!

Love
Belle
xoxo