Too Faced: Romantic Eye Kit (review and swatches)

I'm  SO sorry for the lack of blog posts, but I've just been so busy with Christmas and New Years, but I have a whole list of products that I want to review:)

Anyways, on with the review.. I've had this palette for quite sometime and have kept meaning to review it but just kept on forgetting hehe;) Its a really nice palette and its set out the same as the natural eye palette (which I reviewed a while back) except its much slimmer and less bulky, mainly due to the fact that it doesn't have that little pull-out draw. However, it still has 9 shades, 4 of which are shimmer, and the remaining 5 are matte. This retails at £26, and I purchased mine from Boots. 

Same kind of lay out as the Natural eye, except this one is pretty and pink hehe

Un-Veil, First Dance and Ever After all seem to look very similar  but in the
swatches you'll see they look quite different...

Still got the little guide cards

 Soulmates- a shimmery white shade, that when caught in the light appears to be quite pinky.

I Do- a matte grey, with a purple tint.

Un-Veil- a very deep matte chocolate brown.

Kiss the Bride- a sheer matte pink.

Cut the Cake- a frosty lilac shimmer.

First Dance- a deep matte purple.

Bouquet Toss- a very pale, sheer green.

Honeymoon- a very pigmented, shimmery yellow-green.

Ever After- a quite glittery copper brown.

Although I do love this palette, I find that it isn't the most wearable for everyday. I find myself reaching for other (more neutral) palettes, even though this one is so pretty. However, I think I may try to use this more and maybe I'll even try to come up with some new looks using this palette and blog about them, let me know what you think!

Thanks for reading!xo

bareMinerals: Get Started eyes cheeks and lips (review and swatches)

Hi everyone, I know it's been a while since I last blogged but I'm back now and ready to blog! Hehe anyway I recently bought this kit from bareMinerals at Debenhams for £42. Whilst being a little pricey these loose pigments last ages as you only need a tiny amount to get a great amount of colour. The kit comes with 3 brushes; a blush brush, a double ended crease and flat eye shadow brush and an eyeliner brush. The only thing I hate about this set is the double ended brush, I hate double ended brushes as I like to stand to stand my brushes up in a pot, but I can't with a double ended brush as it may ruin the bristles and bend them. 

The complete "8 piece Custom Colour Collection".

Fair to Light complexion.

This is the blush brush, they call it the tapered blush brush
but I don't think it's very tapered, however I still love it!

       This is the crease side of the double ended brush

           its a very fluffy crease brush with long bristles,

              used to contour the socket or crease of the eye.

This is a large flat shading brush, used to pat shadow

                                onto to the eyelid.

This is an eyeliner brush it looks quite thick, but it can createa thick or thin line depending on what you want to create.

 My camera does not show up the shimmer in the blush or liner.

Mini Buxom lips lipgloss ~ in Dolly 2ml.

Also, this smells like a caramel pudding but somehow tastes of mint..

 Liner eye shadow ~ Nurture 0.28g

Eye shadow ~ Smoke 0.28g

Glimpse ~ Winter White 0.28g

Blush ~ Kiss 0.57g
The Colours

Dolly lip gloss, is  a plumping gloss that is dusty mauve rose like colour with tiny flecks of golden glitter.

Nurture is liner that can be used wet or dry. When used wet, it becomes a really intense dark line, however when used dry it gives a sheer smokey look. Its a plum brown with a reddish shimmer. Can also be used as a shadow.

Smoke eye shadow is a matte grey, slate colour that's perfect for blending colour out or used as a crease colour.

Winter White glimpse eye shadow is a great brightening base colour that is a light, white colour with golden shimmer.

Kiss blush is a very shimmery pretty pinkish rose with a lot of silver shimmer.