Product Spotlight: Collection 'Bedazzled' Palette

Hey Guys!

A couple of weeks ago it was my birthday and among many other lovely presents and cards that I received from my family and friends, I was given this Collection eye shadow palette. Let me just start by saying that if you hate shimmery eye shadows and the thought of glitter makes you shudder then click away now - this definitely won't be for you.

The packaging of the product isn't fantastic, it's just a cardboard 'book style' palette with a magnetized close -however for the price point I wouldn't really expect anything too expensive looking packaging-wise.  

The eye shadows themselves are of average size, and as you can see from the above picture, very, very glittery. The bottom row of colours aren't really ones that I would think to wear (being a strictly neutrals only girl) but I think that they're a nice addition for someone who likes to add a pop of colour to their look now and again.

Sadly, as you can see from the above swatches, the colour payoff from the majority of the shadows isn't great - there is extensive glitter fallout from all but the copper toned brown on the far left, and the white, grey, peach and bronze shades barely show up at all. The shadows are fairly chalky and difficult to work with (again with the exception of the copper-brown) and so I wouldn't really recommend this product to you if you're looking for good quality eye shadow on a budget (perhaps somewhere like Sleek or MUA would be better).

The palette can be picked up from Boots or Superdrug for £4.49

Hope you've all had a great week!

Penny

XoX

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: 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