Product Spotlight: Benefit World Famous Neutrals: Most Glamorous Nudes

Hey Guys!

When we heard Benefit were coming out with three neutral eye shadow kits featuring both cream and powder shadows we knew we had to get our hands on one. They sound perfect, six complementary colours that you can combine in order to achieve the perfect smokey eye or daytime look, and they certainly lived up to our expectations.

As always, Benefit do not disappoint with their packaging. The shadows are housed in a super cute box that looks almost like a book, and is also fairly compact and suitable for travelling, making this kit a good choice for holidays.

Inside the box there are two creaseless cream shadows in the shades 'Birthday Suit' and 'My two cents', along with four powder shadows (from left to right, starting on the top row) in 'Call My Buff', 'Kiss Me I'm Tipsy', 'It's complicated' and 'Gilt-y Pleasure'. There's also a really helpful 'tips and tricks' booklet with application guidelines, and behind that a medium sized mirror, again making this a good option for travel.

As you can see from the swatches, all the shades are fairly subtle and 'everyday', although they can be built up to create a smokey evening look if that's desired.  From the Top down the swatches are: 'Birthday Suit', 'My two Cents', (Hard to see) 'Call My Buff', 'Kiss Me I'm Tipsy', 'It's Complicated' and 'Gilt-y Pleasure'.  Our favourite shades are ; 'Kiss Me I'm Tipsy', which is a great crease shade and 'My Two Cents' which is a great all over lid shade and as it's a creaseless  cream shadow it's very long lasting.

Penny & Clio

xox

Product Spotlight: Maybelline 24 hr Colour Tattoo

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There's a lot of buzz at the moment surrounding the 'Maybelline 24hr Colour Tattoo' eyeshadows. So on a recent trip to Boots we picked a couple up of our favourite shades to see if the hype is well deserved. The product is a long-wear cream shadow which claims to last '24 hours' (hence the name). We can't speak for the day long claim (neither of us has ever worn an eyeshadow for 24 hours at a time). However, they do last for as long as you want them to, with no smudging and very little creasing. 

As you can see the product comes in a little glass pot with a screw top lid, very similar to that of the 'MAC paint pots'- the overall appearance of the packaging is luxurious and simple - something we find very appealing. The shades you see here are 'On and On Bronze' (the pot with the forward facing label) and 'Permanent Taupe'- two neutral tones which are in keeping with the colour scheme we both favour.

Both shadows have a creamy formula enabling easy blending with either an eye shadow brush or your finger. As with most cream shadows  you can use them either as an eye shadow base or even just on their own for a quick fix! Although neither of us has worn this product for a whole 24 hours, there is one thing we can say for sure: your eyeshadow will not budge! We had difficulty even removing the swatches from our hands with a makeup remover wipe. You can be sure that on a night out your eye shadow won't be rubbing off! 

As shown in the picture'On and On Bronze' is a brown shimmer shadow with a warm golden undertone. However,  it is still a fairly subtle neutral colour to wear in the daytime- the shimmer just gives it that little bit more glamour! 'Permanent Taupe' is a darker matte brown shadow with purple-grey undertones, and it is another understated neutral, perfect for wear at work or school to accentuate your eyes without being too over the top!

Penny & Clio

xox

Product Spotlight: Urban Decay Naked Palette

 Hey Guys!

The Urban Decay Naked Palette is somewhat of a cult beauty product in the blogging world at the moment, so when we got our hands on one, we thought we should add in our two cents about what we think (just in case there weren't already enough reviews!).

The inside of the box includes a fairly large mirror and an urban decay shadow brush, perfect for on the go application. Overall the packaging looks quite appealing however there are a few downsides to the materials they have used to manufacture the box and how they have chosen to secure the lid. The outer shell of the box is made of a velvet textured material which unfortunately collects dust and dirt very easily and very quickly. Another flaw in this packaging is the magnetised closing mechanism which is far from suitable for travelling etc. because it isn't particularly well secured.

The palette contains twelve highly pigmented eye shadows, including ten shimmer shades and two matte shades (Naked & Buck) of varying neutral tones. 'Virgin' and 'Sin' are particularly good highlighting shadows whilst the darker shades such as 'Dark Horse' and 'Hustle' are good for a more dramatic smokey eye effect. Our favourite shades are 'Virgin', 'Half Baked' and 'Toasted'. However if you aren't a fan of shimmer shades this palette probably isn't for you. You might want to try the 'Urban Decay Naked Basics' eye shadow palette as an alternative. Something else worth noting when using this palette is the fact that there is a slight amount of glitter fallout after application - although it is nothing that can't be corrected with the swipe of a make up wipe!

All in all we think that this is a great product to have in your collection and is definitely a worthwhile (although slightly expensive) purchase! In the UK this product is available to buy at Debenhams and House of Fraser for the RRP of £36.

Penny & Clio

xox